Eastern red cedar is a native evergreen tree that provides food and shelter for wildlife. It is a good choice for screening and privacy. The wood of eastern red cedar is used to create cedar chests and fence posts. It was also used by indigenous people to make flutes and furniture.
American holly is an evergreen tree with glossy, dark green leaves. Its red berries color up just in time for the winter holidays and provide food for birds. An unusually hardy and long-lived tree, American holly is a great choice for privacy screens.
The Witch hazel tree features bright yellow flowers that bloom in the fall when most other trees are done flowering. Its unique, spidery flowers and interesting seed pods make it a fun and beautiful tree to have in your yard.
Flowering dogwood has stunning white or pink flowers in the spring that look like they’re blooming from the tree’s branches. Its colorful fall leaves and unique, red berries make it a beautiful and interesting tree all year round. Heads-up: Cornus florida can sometimes face issues with diseases like dogwood anthracnose, so it’s good to keep … Flowering Dogwood
American bladdernut is a densely branched, vigorous small tree/large shrub that is often found on or above floodplains. Spring leaves emerge bright green in the spring and darken to deep green for summer and pale yellow to gold-red in fall. Beautiful clusters of drooping green-white flowers appear in April. The blooms transition to pale green … American Bladdernut
The serviceberry genus includes several native species in the US and Canada with three found in our region. Serviceberries are confused in the nursery trade and seemingly hybridize easily. Most of what you will find at nurseries will be cultivars from crosses between A. arborea and A laevis which are two of the species that … Serviceberry
Muscadine grape is a deciduous climbing vine that forms substantial woody trunks. It will grow over a structure, can be formed into a shrublike mound, or trained to a trellis and pruned for fruit production. This common southeastern grape produces purple-black or bronze fruit that has high acid and sugar content to provide a complex … Muscadine Grape
Carolina jessamine is one of the best vines you can grow in the southeast with beautiful blooms and fine textured, glossy evergreen leaves. Its bright yellow, fragrant flowers show up sometimes in February as one of our earliest native flowers. Blooms usually peak in late March in our region. An excellent choice for screening and … Carolina Jessamine
Virgin’s bower is a vigorous, deciduous vine with fragrant white flowers that appear from late summer into fall. Its vigorous growth requires attention and pruning to keep it off other plants and to maintain an attractive appearance. It will tolerate a wide range of sun exposure but performs best with morning sun and afternoon shade … Virgin’s Bower
Crossvine is one of the best vines for southeast gardens with beautiful blooms and evergreen foliage. It clings/twines by tendrils that have a small disk that cement themselves to wood or masonry allowing it to climb without the damage that vines like English ivy cause to structures. Its trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of red and … Crossvine