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.


Cyperus haspans
Cyperus haspan 'Viviperous'

Small, clump forming perennial. Round leafless stems bear glossy green umbels. At the margins of a pond, bog garden or in containers.
Spacing : 1-2' Apart
Water Use : Keep wet
Form : Small, clump forming perennial
Item Usage : At the margins of a pond, bog garden or in containers
Leaf Description : Round leafless stems bear glossy green umbels
Attraction : Good in dried arrangements
Blooms In : Summer


China Boy Holly
Ilex x meserveae 'China Boy'

Rounded evergreen shrub. Mid-green glossy foliage. Attractive accent, hedge, massing or specimen plant.
Spacing : 8' To 10' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Rounded evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Attractive accent, hedge, massing or specimen plant
Leaf Description : Mid-green glossy foliage


Cedar Blue Atlas
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca'

Upright, wide-spreading evergreen tree. Steely-blue needle-like foliage. Excellent screen or background tree.
Spacing : 80' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright, wide-spreading evergreen tree
Item Usage : Excellent screen or background tree
Fruit Info : Cones throughout the year
Leaf Description : Steely-blue needle-like foliage


Begonia Dragon Wing Pink
Begonia x Dragon Wing Pink

Vigorous, dense flowering annual. Large, dark green, leathery angel-wing shaped foliage. Good bedding, border, container plant.
Spacing : 12-15" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Vigorous, dense flowering annual
Item Usage : Good bedding, border, container plant
Leaf Description : Large, dark green, leathery angel-wing shaped foliage
Blooms In : Summer


Rhododendron Yaku Princess
Rhododendron 'Yaku Princess'

Compact, dense, low-growing evergreen shrub. Narrowly-elliptic, olive-green leaves, beige-wooly beneath. Attractive shady garden, informal low hedge, accent plant.
Spacing : 4-6' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Compact, dense, low-growing evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Attractive shady garden, informal low hedge, accent plant
Leaf Description : Narrowly-elliptic, olive-green leaves, beige-wooly beneath
Blooms In : Mid-Spring


Magnolia Sweet Single Stem
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
Seasonal : Semi evergreen
Item Usage : Attractive screen or accent plant
Fruit Info : Contorted seed pod - good food source for birds
Tree Bark : Silvery gray bark
Leaf Description : Oval green foliage with silvery undersides
Attraction : Salt tolerant, deer resistant
Blooms In : Early Summer to early Fall


Abelia White Little Richard
Abelia x grandiflora 'Little Richard'

Dwarf, mounding semi-evergreen shrub. Glossy, dark green foliage. Excellent hedge, low border plant.
Spacing : 2' To 3' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dwarf, mounding semi-evergreen shrub
Seasonal : Leaves turn bronze-purple in fall
Item Usage : Excellent hedge, low border plant
Leaf Description : Glossy, dark green foliage
Attraction : Butterflies, Bees
Blooms In : Summer


Dawn Redwood Ogon
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'

Upright, conical coniferous deciduous tree. Soft, golden-yellow foliage. Excellent specimen or street tree.
Spacing : 20' To 30' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright, conical coniferous deciduous tree
Item Usage : Excellent specimen or street tree
Fruit Info : Ovoid, light-brown female cones
Tree Bark : Fibrous, orange-brown bark
Leaf Description : Soft, golden-yellow foliage


Hyd. Lacecap / Blue Wave
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Wave'

Fast growing flowering decdious shrub. Thick shiny coarsely-toothed leaves. Attractive bedding, border, or container plant.
Spacing : 4' To 5' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Fast growing flowering decdious shrub
Item Usage : Attractive bedding, border, or container plant
Leaf Description : Thick shiny coarsely-toothed leaves
Attraction : Cut/dried flowers
Blooms In : Summer to Fall


Vinca Cora White
Catharanthus roseus 'Cora White'

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
Attraction : Disease resistant
Blooms In : Late Spring to frost


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