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.


Spruce Blue Continental
Picea pungens 'Blue Continental'

Dense, symmetrical, pyramidal form. Steel-blue-green, stiff needle-like foliage. Good accent, screen or windbreak.
Spacing : 20' To 40' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dense, symmetrical, pyramidal form
Item Usage : Good accent, screen or windbreak
Leaf Description : Steel-blue-green, stiff needle-like foliage


Hornbeam Weeping
Carpinus betulus 'Pendula'

Mounding, pendulous habit. Ovate, toothed, mid-green leaves. Attractive accent, specimen tree.
Spacing : 15'- 20' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Mounding, pendulous habit
Seasonal : Yellow to orange Fall foliage
Item Usage : Attractive accent, specimen tree
Fruit Info : Green fruit, maturing to yellow-brown
Leaf Description : Ovate, toothed, mid-green leaves
Blooms In : Spring


Encore Az. Twist - White-Pink
Azalea Encore 'Autumn Twist'

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


Ajuga Silver Queen Variegated
Ajuga reptans 'Silver Queen'

Clump-forming, spreading evregreen/semi-evergreen perennial. Mid-green foliage splashed with creamy white. Good groundcover, rock garden plant.
Spacing : 12" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clump-forming, spreading evregreen/semi-evergreen perennial
Item Usage : Good groundcover, rock garden plant
Leaf Description : Mid-green foliage splashed with creamy white
Blooms In : Summer


Sciadopitys Verticillata
Sciadopitys verticillata

Columnar, coniferous evergreen tree. Glossy, linear dark green foliage. Attractive specimen, rock garden or accent tree.
Spacing : 20' to 30' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Columnar, coniferous evergreen tree
Item Usage : Attractive specimen, rock garden or accent tree
Tree Bark : Peeling, red-brown bark
Leaf Description : Glossy, linear dark green foliage


Boxwood English
Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'

Dwarf, rounded evergreen shrub. Rounded, glossy dark-green foliage. Excellent foundation, formal garden plant.
Spacing : 4' To 6' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dwarf, rounded evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Excellent foundation, formal garden plant
Leaf Description : Rounded, glossy dark-green foliage


Digitalis Mertonensis
Digitalis mertonensis

Erect, clumping form. Dark green, lance-shaped, hairy leaves. Attractive accent, border or container plant.
Spacing : 1-2' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Erect, clumping form
Item Usage : Attractive accent, border or container plant
Leaf Description : Dark green, lance-shaped, hairy leaves
Attraction : Cut flower, Hummingbirds
Blooms In : Late Spring - Fall


Pansy Blue Light True Delta
Viola x wittrockiana 'Delta Light True Blue'

Compact, mounding, flowering perennial grown as annual. Heart-shaped, shiny, deep green leaves. Attractive bedding, border, container or massing plant.
Spacing : 12" To 15" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Compact, mounding, flowering perennial grown as annual
Item Usage : Attractive bedding, border, container or massing plant
Leaf Description : Heart-shaped, shiny, deep green leaves
Blooms In : Late Fall thru early Spring


Lewisia Rainbow Mix
Lewisia cotyladon 'Rainbow Mix'

Compact form. Lance-shaped dark green evergreen foliage. Good bedding, border perennial.
Spacing : 12-15" Apart
Water Use : Low water use
Form : Compact form
Item Usage : Good bedding, border perennial
Leaf Description : Lance-shaped dark green evergreen foliage
Attraction : Drought tolerant
Blooms In : Spring through summer


Yucca Texas - Single
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 leave blades make up trunk, tan to buff colored
Leaf Description : Narrow, slender, blue-green leaf blades
Blooms In : Summer


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