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 / Sterling Silver
Vinca minor 'Sterling Silver'

Vigorous trailing evergreen plant. Mid-green leaves with creamy-white margins. Attractive groundcover, bank or massing plant.
Spacing : 12" To 18" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Vigorous trailing evergreen plant
Item Usage : Attractive groundcover, bank or massing plant
Leaf Description : Mid-green leaves with creamy-white margins
Blooms In : Late Spring thru Fall


Cam Jap. Jury's Yellow
Camellia japonica 'Jury's Yellow'

Narrow, erect evergreen shrub. Shiny dark-green, oval leaves. Attractive accent, border or container specimen.
Spacing : 10' To 12' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Narrow, erect evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Attractive accent, border or container specimen
Leaf Description : Shiny dark-green, oval leaves
Blooms In : Late Winter thru Spring


London Planetree Bloodgood
Platanus x acerifolia 'Bloodgood'

Pyramidal when young, maturing to spreading, rounded form. Mid-green, lobed foliage. Excellent street, specimen, shade tree.
Spacing : 60-100' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Pyramidal when young, maturing to spreading, rounded form
Item Usage : Excellent street, specimen, shade tree
Leaf Description : Mid-green, lobed foliage


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


Linden Greenspire
Tilia cordata 'Greenspire'

Dense, rounded, broadly pyramidal deciduous tree. Rounded, lustrous dark green leaves. Attractive specimen or street tree.
Spacing : 25' To 35' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dense, rounded, broadly pyramidal deciduous tree
Seasonal : Golden-yellow fall foliage
Item Usage : Attractive specimen or street tree
Fruit Info : Dry, nut-like fruit
Leaf Description : Rounded, lustrous dark green leaves
Attraction : Bees
Blooms In : Mid-Summer


Boxwood Grace H. Phillips
Buxus microphylla 'Grace Hendrick Phillips'

Dwarf, mounding form. Dark, rich green foliage. Excellent specimen, low hedge plant.
Spacing : 3-6' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Dwarf, mounding form
Item Usage : Excellent specimen, low hedge plant
Leaf Description : Dark, rich green foliage


Acorus calamus
Acorus calamus

Upright herbaceous perennial. Dark green, sword-like aromatic leaves. Good watergarden, naturalizing, wet location plant.
Spacing : 3-4' Apart
Water Use : Heavy water use
Form : Upright herbaceous perennial
Item Usage : Good watergarden, naturalizing, wet location plant
Fruit Info : tolerates acidic cond.,food for waterfowl
Leaf Description : Dark green, sword-like aromatic leaves
Blooms In : 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


Elm Allee
Ulmus parvifolia 'Allee' (Elmer II)

Upright, spreading form. Dark green, ovate toothed foliage. Good naturalizing, woodland, street tree.
Spacing : 60-100' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright, spreading form
Seasonal : Yellow to purple-bronze fall foliage
Item Usage : Good naturalizing, woodland, street tree
Tree Bark : Exfoliating orange to tan bark
Leaf Description : Dark green, ovate toothed foliage
Attraction : Resistant to Dutch Elm Disease


Pieris J. Prelude
Pieris japonica 'Prelude' (Taiwanensis Group)

Upright, slow growing evergreen shrub. Glossy, shiny green with new foliage red-orange. Attractive accent, shrub border or woodland garden plant.
Spacing : 2'- 3' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright, slow growing evergreen shrub
Seasonal : Evergreen
Item Usage : Attractive accent, shrub border or woodland garden plant
Leaf Description : Glossy, shiny green with new foliage red-orange
Attraction : Beautiful evergreen shrub with showy flowers
Blooms In : Spring


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