4032 Mechanicsville Pike, Mechanicsville, VA 23111
Phone : 804-781-0500
Monday-Saturday : 8 am- 5 pm

Plant Finder





Below, you will find a random sample of plants available from the nursery at Ed's Landscaping & Garden Center. Use the form above to select plants by specific criteria.


Pine Loblolly
Pinus taeda

Conical, becoming rounded, evergreen tree. Long, dark green needles. Attractive shade or lawn tree, screening tree.
Spacing : 65' Apart
Water Use : Drought tolerant
Form : Conical, becoming rounded, evergreen tree
Item Usage : Attractive shade or lawn tree, screening tree
Fruit Info : Narrowly conical, rust-brown cones with winged seeds
Tree Bark : Scaly, deeply furrowed gray-brown bark
Leaf Description : Long, dark green needles


Verticillata / Berry Nice
Ilex verticillata 'Berry Nice'

Upright, spreading deciduous shrub. Mid-green, toothed foliage. Good for wet areas, near pond or stream, naturalizing.
Spacing : 4-6' Apart
Water Use : Moderate water use
Form : Upright, spreading deciduous shrub
Item Usage : Good for wet areas, near pond or stream, naturalizing
Fruit Info : Heavy producer of bright red berries
Leaf Description : Mid-green, toothed foliage
Attraction : Birds
Blooms In : Summer


Spiraea Little Princess
Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'

Compact, low growing deciduous shrub. Small, mid-green leaves. Attractive accent, foundation or border plant.
Spacing : 2' To 3' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Compact, low growing deciduous shrub
Item Usage : Attractive accent, foundation or border plant
Leaf Description : Small, mid-green leaves
Blooms In : Mid Summer to Fall


Heucherella Alabama Sunrise
Heucherella x 'Alabama Sunrise'

Mounding form. Deeply cut gold leaves with heavy red veins. Good border, mixed bed, container plant.
Spacing : 2-3' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Mounding form
Seasonal : Orange-pink fall foliage
Item Usage : Good border, mixed bed, container plant
Leaf Description : Deeply cut gold leaves with heavy red veins
Blooms In : Spring


Tropical Colocasia Diamnd Head
Colocasia esculenta 'Diamond Head'

Tuberous spreading form. Large, heart-shaped, dark black glossy leaves. Excellent pond margin, waterside, container plant.
Spacing : 3' Apart
Water Use : Keep moist
Form : Tuberous spreading form
Item Usage : Excellent pond margin, waterside, container plant
Leaf Description : Large, heart-shaped, dark black glossy leaves


Liatris Alba White
Liatris spicata Alba

Stout, herbaceous perennial. Bright green lanceolate foliage. Attractive border, bedding or massing plant.
Spacing : 24" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Stout, herbaceous perennial
Item Usage : Attractive border, bedding or massing plant
Leaf Description : Bright green lanceolate foliage
Attraction : Cut flower
Blooms In : July - September


Ajuga Chocolate Chip / Blue
Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip'

Clump-forming, spreading evregreen/semi-evergreen perennial. Narrow, bronzy-green foliage. Good groundcover, filler plant.
Spacing : 12" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clump-forming, spreading evregreen/semi-evergreen perennial
Item Usage : Good groundcover, filler plant
Leaf Description : Narrow, bronzy-green foliage
Blooms In : Summer


Elaeagnus Variegated
Elaeagnus pung. Variegata

Vigorous fountain-like evergreen shrub. Rounded, wavy-edged, silvery-green leaves w/creamy edges. Attractive screen, accent or hedge plant.
Spacing : 10' To 15' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Vigorous fountain-like evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Attractive screen, accent or hedge plant
Fruit Info : Brown fruit that ripens to red
Leaf Description : Rounded, wavy-edged, silvery-green leaves w/creamy edges
Attraction : Salt tolerant
Blooms In : Fall


Centaurea Montana Blue
Centaurea montana

Stoloniferous cool season perennial. Oblong lanceolate leaves. Attractive in rock garden, bedding or border.
Spacing : 12" To 18" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Stoloniferous cool season perennial
Item Usage : Attractive in rock garden, bedding or border
Leaf Description : Oblong lanceolate leaves
Attraction : Bees, Butterflies
Blooms In : Late Spring thru mid-Summer


Hinoki Cypress Cripsii
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Cripsii'

Pyrmidal. Rich golden, less intense when grown in shade. Accent, specimen.
Spacing : 10'
Form : Pyrmidal
Item Usage : Accent, specimen
Tree Bark : Reddish-brown
Leaf Description : Rich golden, less intense when grown in shade


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