Fast Plants

This hardy evergreen shrub has long-blooming white flowers and responds well to pruning.

An excellent Red Maple with good fall color persisting into November. Good choice for the south.

Another superior Red Maple introduced by Schmidt Nursery with a proven track record. Spectacular orange to red fall color.

Introduced by Schmidt Nursery in 2006. This selection has improved branch angles with less co-dominance producing a better central leader. Red fall color.

This hybrid maple is an excellent choice for a street or shade tree. Brilliant red, orange fall color.

A distinctly upright and fast growing shade tree.  An excellent choice for a narrow area.  Yellow to orange yellow fall color.

A fast-growing shade tree with outstanding red foliage in the fall. Well adapted to the heat of the southeast and has the best red fall color of any of the maples

Great for training on a fence, arbor or walls, but also good as ground cover in shady woodland gardens.

A native tree that is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Exfoliating bark adds interest to landscape.

A native tree that is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Exfoliating bark adds interest to landscape.

Vigorous, highly adaptable vine with large orange showy flowers.

Dark purple flowers accent a background of green foliage on this large, flowering plant. Will bloom continuously through the summer if spent flowers are removed.

Dark lavender flowers on a moderate growing Butterfly Bush with finer-textured foliage. A good choice for summer long interest in the landscape.

A versatile ornamental grass with purplish plumes and deep green foliage. 

This is the largest and fastest growing evergreens used for screening and can be used where an 'instant' screen is needed.

Large flowers with pink and white stripes. This upright grower is vigorous and upright with dark green glossy leaves.

This showy sedge is a great accent for partly shady gardens, and deer will leave it alone.

Slightly slower-growing than the species, this cultivar has pleasing blue-green foliage.

Purple flowering clematis.

White flowering clematis.

This purple flowering clematis produces many flowers.

This pink flowering Clematis stands out with its dark red stamens at the center.

Fast growing Japanese Cedar with dark evergreen foliage and pyramidal habit.

Large fast growing evergreen tree that is frequently used in screen plantings.  This plant grows best in sun

Beautiful silver blue foliage, more finely textured than Blue Ice.  Prefers it hot and dry.

Produces edible persimmon fruit.

This hardy plant makes a great screen, somewhat irregular in appearance but becomes an impenetrable hedge in time. Silver gray foliage and fragrant flowers are a plus for this screen plant.

An excellent choice for a border or mass planting, the bright show of yellows flowers in mass are breathtaking.    

This evergreen vine blooms heavily in the spring and in the fall with sporadic yellow flowers during the summer.  Grows slightly slower than Carolina Jasmine.

This native twining vine has fragrant yellow flowers in the spring.  Hardy and easily grown in just about any conditions.

Upright, columnar habit let this Rose of Sharon grow in tight spaces.

This shrub will provide loads of flowers to dress up the landscape and the table.

Blue re-blooming Hydrangea.

This dwarf version of Quick Fire® Hydrangea is an ideal choice for color in the landscape.

Tough, tall evergreen ideal for the shrub border or as hedge. Heat and drought tolerant. 

A spreading shrub that blooms fragrant white flowers in the summer.

The Eastern Red Cedar is a great choice when a simple evergreen tree is needed in the landscape.

Beautiful vase-shaped and spreading habit.

A nice size for a hedge or screen.

Large shrub or tree perfect for mass planting or as a specimen.

A large shrub or tree with loads of character.

Crinkly white flower clusters are produced on nearly every branch tip.

This hardy Lantana has a multicolor flower head with yellow, orange, and pink petals.

Easy-to-grow shrub and very versatile.

Adds form, adaptability and color contrast to the landscape.

This is a very clean, front yard tree.

A truly remarkable Sweetgum that stays columnar in form, typically spreading no wider than 6'.