2010 - 2011 Catalog - Briggs Nursery

Gaultheria procumbens
Wintergreen
Zone 3 6” x 18”
A slow-growing evergreen groundcover with glossy green leaves that
give off a wintergreen odor when crushed. Pinkish-white flowers appear
off and on through the growing season and are followed by red berries.
Demands humus-rich, acid soil and shade. Excellent for Christmas
sales. AGM winner.
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2” Liner Pot, 3” Liner Pot, C1
Gaultheria shallon
Salal
Zone 5 24”-30”
A native to the Pacific Northwest. Use in shade or partial shade. Large,
dark green leaves and purple-black berries make it an impressive
groundcover.
2” Liner Pot
Grevillea victoriae ‘Marshall Olbrich’
Zone 7 2’ x 4’
Evergreen shrub with silvery leaves and arching habit. Flowers are redorange
occurring in autumn.
2” Liner Pot, Quart
Halesia tetraptera subsp. monticola ‘Arnold Pink’
Mountain Silverbell
Zone 5 Arnold Arboretum 30-40’ x 20-30’
This choice form of Mountain Silverbell has soft pink, bell-shaped
flowers in midspring. They line the stems of a broad rounded tree that
branches low to the ground. The yellowish-green foliage turns shades
of yellow in fall. Shade tolerant—the species is often found as an
understory tree in its native South.
2” Liner Pot, Quart
NEW! Halimium halimifolium f. maculatum
Rockrose
Zone 7 3’ x 2’
Evergreen shrub with gray foliage. Yellow flowers with burgundy blotch
at the base of each petal.
3” Liner Pot
Hebe buxifolia ‘Nana’
Boxleaf Hebe
Zone 7 1’ x 1’
Compact, dense, and upright, with glossy evergreen leaves that have
yellowish-green edges. If it weren’t for the masses of small white flowers
it produces in midspring and the sporadic dividends it yields in summer,
you’d swear this was a dwarf boxwood.
Hebe ‘Caledonia’
Hebe
Zone 7 3’ x 3’
Masses of mauve-blue flower spikes cover this bushy evergreen from
June through fall. Attractive and interesting glossy foliage.
Hebe glaucophylla
Hebe
Zone 6 30”
Leaves glaucous gray-green, flowers are white, shrub grows to 30”.
Evergreen shrub.
C1
C1
C1
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Hebe ‘Hinerua’
Whipcord Hebe
Zone 6 24” x 24”
Dense, upright-growing green-leaved shrub to about 3 feet. White
blooms. Evergreen shrub.
Hebe ‘Red Edge’
Zone 7 2’ x 2’
Blue-green foliage with margins of rosy red. In winter, the leaves deepen
in color to an outstanding maroon. Lilac flowers, which fade to white
as they mature, are produced in midsummer. Dense, mounding habit.
Excellent in a container or a mixed border. AGM winner.
Hebe topiaria
Whipcord Hebe
Zone 7 3’ x 6’
Gray-green leaves, white flowers. Name refers to neat appearance, as if
clipped.
Heptacodium miconioides
Seven-Son Flower
Zone 5 12-15’
Snow-white blossoms in large clusters, replaced by brilliant red sepals
and colorful fruits. Best in partial shade. Fall foliage is reddish-purple.
Brown exfoliating bark.
C1
C1
C1
2” Liner Pot, Quart
Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris
Climbing Hydrangea
Zone 4 50’
This handsome deciduous vine attaches itself by means of rootlike
holdfasts to any porous material, including masonry, wood, and tree
bark. The serrated foliage is heart shaped. The early to midsummer
flowers are white and appear in large clusters. Slow to get going but
worth the wait. AGM winner. GPP award.
2” Liner Pot
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
Smooth Hydrangea
Zone 4 4’ x 8’
Enormous white balls of bloom—up to 12” across—appear on this
vigorous shrub in midsummer and last until fall. Forms a large mound.
Blooms on new growth, so it can be pruned hard in early spring to
manage size. Best in partial shade. AGM winner.
3” Liner Pot
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Penny Mac’
Bigleaf Hydrangea
Zone 5 5’ x 4’
Deep blue, 7” flowers rebloom on this hardy Hydrangea. One of the
choice rebloomers!
3” Liner Pot