Slow Plants

Delicate, red foliage and weeping growth habit make this a beautiful focal point in any garden or small area.

This orange to red weeping, cutleaf maple has a slightly faster growth rate with improved fall color.

A heat tolerant Japanese Laceleaf Maple with purplish red foliage.  Similar to Crimson Queen, but slightly faster growing.

Beautiful green cutleaf Japanese maple. Weeping habit.

Excellent fall color on this Sugar Maple makes it a perfect specimen tree.

White flowering dwarf Aronia. Leaves turn bright red in the fall.

Compact butterfly bush with light purple flowers.

Compact butterfly bush with pink flowers.

Compact butterfly bush with white flowers.

Dwarf Japanese boxwood that forms a 3x3' mounding shrub.

Easy-grow, cold-hardy form of small-leaf boxwood with compact growth habit.

Dark green foliage distinguishes this classic shrub, often used in formal plantings.

A great, early-blooming, camellia with peony-like flowers is deserving of a prominent place in the landscape.

A great, early-blooming, camellia with peony-like flowers is deserving of a prominent place in the landscape.

Medium-sized growing camellia with large double white flowers adorned with a pink edge.

This Southern Living selection has a low growth habit similiar to Shi Shi Gashira, but has a beautiful double white flower.

Camellia 'Shishigashira' has a spreading habit that is covered in bright pink flowers.

A popular fall through winter blooming Camellia, Yuletide has dark red, single blooms that contrasts well with the deep green foliage.

Winter's Snowman is a vigorous camellia that blooms white and is perfect for shady locations.

Native tree tolerant of wet soils. Useful where a smaller growing tree is needed.

Low growing evergreen that can tolerate dry and shade conditions.

A spreading plum yew with yellow highlighted foliage that forms a nice upright vase shape.

Compact, low plum yew with great heat and drought tolerance.

Globose selection of Falsecypress that have bright yellow foliage.

This dwarf form of hinoki cypress with its unusual growth habit and texture can add interest to the landscape without overpowering the planting.

A compact form of False Cypress; Golden-yellow foliage will brighten any landscape.

A compact form of False Cypress that has bright yellow foliage to brighten the landscape.

An improved gold-colored False Cypress that retains its color and is more sun tolerant during the heat of the summer.

This slow-growing native tree blooms in early May.  It has striking white panicles of flowers just before it leafs out.

Dwarf form of Cryptomeria that can be used in smaller areas without danger of overpowering the landscape.  Dark green foliage and unusual texture make this an interesting plant.

Sweet smelling Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' is a moderate grower with a mounding habit.

This Distylium selection has improved cold hardiness. It has a compact habit and small leaves making it great for foundations.

A great evergreen foundation shrub that produces red, witch-hazel like flowers.

An excellent Distylium with a mounding habit. Features dark blue-green foliage and red flowers.

This upright selection of Distylium is perfect for foundation plantings.

Cascading Distylium that flowers in late winter.

This late winter, early spring blooming tree is decorated with fragrant creamy yellow flowers.

This Fig has a dwarf, compact habit yet still produces many fruit per season.

White bottle-brush type flowers are both fragrant and showy.  Dark green foliage in summer that becomes an array of yellow, orange, and red in the fall.

This variegated Gardenia has similiar leaves and growth habit of Fragrant Pathways. Expect a beautiful, compact gardenia with white flowers sitting on top of creamy golden leaves.

Compact shrub with glossy green leaves with spines on the tips. 

This sport of Soft Touch has bright yellow foliage.

An excellent native alternative to the Boxwood, Gem Box Inkberry forms a dense, mounding shrub.

A fine-leafed holly which is favored for providing a formal look in the landscape.

Grows like the regular Oakland holly but features stunning yellow-green variegated foliage.

This holly has both male and female flowers and requires little or no maintenance. Prefers acidic soil for full, lustrous growth.