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.


Vinca Titan Red
Catharanthus roseus 'Titan Red'

Woody-based, spreading fleshy annual. Oval, dark green glossy foliage. Excellent bedding, border, container or hanging basket plant.
Spacing : 18" To 24" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Woody-based, spreading fleshy annual
Item Usage : Excellent bedding, border, container or hanging basket plant
Leaf Description : Oval, dark green glossy foliage
Blooms In : Late Spring to frost


Aegopodium Variegatum / White
Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Vigorous spreading ground-covering perennial. Deep green leaves margined and splashed with creamy white. Shady groundcover, container plant - **Can be invasive**.
Spacing : 3' To 5' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Vigorous spreading ground-covering perennial
Item Usage : Shady groundcover, container plant - **Can be invasive**
Leaf Description : Deep green leaves margined and splashed with creamy white
Blooms In : Late May thru late June


Coreopsis Rosea Am. Dream
Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream'

Clump-forming, flowering perennial. Thread-like, dark-green foliage. Excellent border, bed or massing plant.
Spacing : 15" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clump-forming, flowering perennial
Item Usage : Excellent border, bed or massing plant
Leaf Description : Thread-like, dark-green foliage
Attraction : Butterflies, Cut flowers
Blooms In : June - September


Leucothoe Axillaris Curly Red
Leucothoe axillaris 'Curly Red'

Dense, compact form. Thick, leathery curly bronzy green leaves - Red new growth. Good shady garden, bank, massing plant.
Spacing : 1-2 Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dense, compact form
Seasonal : Deep red fall foliage
Item Usage : Good shady garden, bank, massing plant
Leaf Description : Thick, leathery curly bronzy green leaves - Red new growth
Blooms In : Spring


Ilex Opaca American Holly
Ilex opaca

Pyramidal when young, more open mature. Dull green spiny foliage, yellow-green underneath. Good specimen, hedge, screening plant.
Spacing : 25 - 40' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Pyramidal when young, more open mature
Item Usage : Good specimen, hedge, screening plant
Fruit Info : Small red fruit
Leaf Description : Dull green spiny foliage, yellow-green underneath
Attraction : Salt and pollution tolerant
Blooms In : June


Ginkgo Golden Globe
Ginkgo bil. Golden Globe

Dense, rounded form. Thick, fan-shaped mid-green leaves. Attractive specimen, street, urban area tree.
Spacing : 20' To 30' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dense, rounded form
Seasonal : Yellow fall color
Item Usage : Attractive specimen, street, urban area tree
Leaf Description : Thick, fan-shaped mid-green leaves


Magnolia Sweet Bay
Magnolia virginiana

Spreading, semi-evergreen shrub / small tree. Oval green foliage with silvery undersides. Attractive screen or accent plant.
Spacing : 15' To 20' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Spreading, semi-evergreen shrub / small tree
Item Usage : Attractive screen or accent plant
Tree Bark : Silvery gray bark
Leaf Description : Oval green foliage with silvery undersides
Attraction : Salt tolerant
Blooms In : Early Summer to early Fall


Yucca Texas - Double
Yucca rostrata

Upright, slender trunked desert plant. Narrow, slender, blue-green leaf blades. Attractive specimen, rock garden, seashore plant.
Spacing : 10' To 20' Apart
Water Use : Low water use
Form : Upright, slender trunked desert plant
Item Usage : Attractive specimen, rock garden, seashore plant
Tree Bark : Old leaf blades make up trunk, tan to buff colored
Leaf Description : Narrow, slender, blue-green leaf blades
Attraction : Salt tolerant
Blooms In : Summer


Hosta Frances Williams / White
Hosta 'Frances Williams'

Clumping, mounding perennial. Quilted blue leaves with wide golden margins. Attractive container, shady border or accent plant.
Spacing : 2' To 3' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clumping, mounding perennial
Item Usage : Attractive container, shady border or accent plant
Leaf Description : Quilted blue leaves with wide golden margins
Blooms In : Mid Summer - early Autumn


Encore Az. Chiffon - Pale Pink
Azalea Encore 'Autumn Chiffon'

Compact evergreen azalea. Large dark green foliage. Border, hedge, foundation, accent, massing, containers.
Spacing : 3 - 4' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Compact evergreen azalea
Item Usage : Border, hedge, foundation, accent, massing, containers
Leaf Description : Large dark green foliage
Blooms In : Spring, then again in summer, then fall


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