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 Fat Albert
Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'

Broad, conical form. Silvery-blue, stiff needles. Excellent lawn specimen, accent tree.
Spacing : 20' to 30' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Broad, conical form
Item Usage : Excellent lawn specimen, accent tree
Fruit Info : Pale brown, scaly cones
Leaf Description : Silvery-blue, stiff needles


Black Gum Autumn Cascade
Nyssa sylvatica 'Autumn Cascade'

Weeping form. Lustrous dark green glossy foliage. Good naturalizing, woodland garden tree.
Spacing : 20-40' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Weeping form
Seasonal : Yellow, orange and red fall foliage
Item Usage : Good naturalizing, woodland garden tree
Leaf Description : Lustrous dark green glossy foliage


Phormium Pink Panther
Phormium cookianum 'Pink Panther'

Upright, fan-shaped clumping-form. Linear, sword-shaped candy-pink leaves w/red brown margins. Good container, vertical effect plant.
Spacing : 3-4' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright, fan-shaped clumping-form
Item Usage : Good container, vertical effect plant
Leaf Description : Linear, sword-shaped candy-pink leaves w/red brown margins


Hyd. Querc / Ellen Huff
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ellen Huff'

Upright, mounded deciduous shrub. Large dark green lobed foliage. Good hedge, border, container plant.
Spacing : 6-10' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright, mounded deciduous shrub
Seasonal : Red-purple fall foliage
Item Usage : Good hedge, border, container plant
Tree Bark : Exfoliating bark
Leaf Description : Large dark green lobed foliage
Attraction : Heat tolerant
Blooms In : Summer


Lig. 2 Ball Poodle
Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum'

Fast growing, evergreen shrub. Glossy, deep green, heavily textured leaves. Excellent trained topiary plant.
Spacing : 6' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Fast growing, evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Excellent trained topiary plant
Leaf Description : Glossy, deep green, heavily textured leaves
Blooms In : Spring


Palm Needle
Rhapidophyllum hystrix

Clump-forming palm. Fan-shaped, palmately lobed leaves. Good small garden specimen, container plant.
Spacing : 8-10' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clump-forming palm
Item Usage : Good small garden specimen, container plant
Leaf Description : Fan-shaped, palmately lobed leaves
Blooms In : Summer


Maple - Red Sunset Park Grade
Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset'

Round-headed, open-crowned deciduous tree. Dark green glossy leaves. Excellent, shade, specimen or street tree.
Spacing : 30' To 40' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Round-headed, open-crowned deciduous tree
Seasonal : Bright orange-red to red Fall foliage
Item Usage : Excellent, shade, specimen or street tree
Fruit Info : Bright red winged fruit
Leaf Description : Dark green glossy leaves
Blooms In : Spring


Pine Sylvestris Poodle
Pinus sylvestris

Upright, conical evergreen tree. Blue-green, stiff needles. Attractive specimen or trained topiary tree.
Spacing : 20' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright, conical evergreen tree
Item Usage : Attractive specimen or trained topiary tree
Tree Bark : Flaky, red-brown or orange bark
Leaf Description : Blue-green, stiff needles


Barberry William Penn
Berberis gladwynensis 'William Penn'

Dense, mound-forming evergreen shrub. Lance-shaped, spiny, leathery rich-green foliage. Attractive accent, border or massing plant.
Spacing : 3' To 5'
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dense, mound-forming evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Attractive accent, border or massing plant
Fruit Info : Ovoid, purple-yellow fruit
Leaf Description : Lance-shaped, spiny, leathery rich-green foliage
Blooms In : Spring


Stewartia Pseudo. Multi-Stem
Stewartia pseudocamellia

Broad columnar, flowering deciduous tree. Finely toothed, dark green leaves. Attractive specimen or lawn tree.
Spacing : 25' To 35' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Broad columnar, flowering deciduous tree
Seasonal : Yellow to orange-red fall color
Item Usage : Attractive specimen or lawn tree
Tree Bark : Peeling, pink to red-brown and gray bark
Leaf Description : Finely toothed, dark green leaves
Blooms In : Mid-summer


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