Tree Calocedrus decurrens [California Incensecedar] The California Incensecedar is a large, handsome plant, excellent for formal plantings. In youth it is distinctly columnar and may develop a more conical habit at maturity. This plant is quite adaptable to different types of soils and is drought and heat tolerant once established. The California Incensecedar is known to be quite long-lived and large in the wild, even over 1000 years old and reaching more than 150' in height.
Tree Calocedrus decurrens 'Columnaris' [Columnar California Incensecedar] The Columnar California Incensecedar is a large, handsome plant, excellent for formal plantings. This cultivar is very narrow-columnar in habit, retaining this form well into maturity. Quite adaptable to different types of soils, this plant is also drought and heat tolerant once established.
Shrub Calycanthus floridus [Common Sweetshrub] The Common Sweetshrub was one of the first native plants in the US used as an ornamental. Widely adapted to soil and sun or shade. Certain selections can permeate an area with fragrance. Can be forced for indoor fragrance. Not all plants have equally fragrant flowers; don't use seed propagated plants for that reason. Seeds are poisonous, causing convulsions, myocardial depression, and hypotension.
Shrub Calycanthus floridus 'Aphrodite' [Aphrodite Sweetshrub] 'Aphrodite' has an upright form with deep red flowers. The flowers are fragrant and large and bloom throughout the summer season. Large bright green leaves, can grow to be bigger than a human hand.
Herbaceous Campanula carpatica 'Deep Blue' [sold as Deep Blue Carpathian Bellflower] [Deep Blue Carpathian Bellflower]
Herbaceous Campanula carpatica 'Pearl White' [sold as Pearl White Carpathian Bellflower] [Pearl White Carpathian Bellflower]
Herbaceous Campanula punctata 'Cherry Bells' [sold as Cherry Bells Spotted Bellflower] [Cherry Bells Spotted Bellflower]
Herbaceous Campanula rotundifolia 'Thumbell Blue' [sold as Thumbell Blue Scottish Harebell] [Thumbell Blue Scottish Harebell]