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.


Cedrus Deodara Electra
Cedrus deodara 'Electra'

Stiff, upright evergreen. Needle-like, intense powder blue needles. Excellent screening, specimen or accent tree.
Spacing : 20' To 30' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Stiff, upright evergreen
Item Usage : Excellent screening, specimen or accent tree
Leaf Description : Needle-like, intense powder blue needles


Marigold Taishan Org/Yel Mix
Tagetes erecta 'Taishan Orange''Tashian Yellow'

Mounding. Dark green aromatic foliage. Good bedding, border, massing plant.
Spacing : 1' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Mounding
Seasonal : Flowers freely all summer
Item Usage : Good bedding, border, massing plant
Leaf Description : Dark green aromatic foliage
Attraction : Showy summer flowers
Blooms In : May through September


Pine Loblolly
Pinus taeda

Conical, becoming rounded, evergreen tree. Long, dark green needles. Attractive shade or lawn tree, screening tree.
Spacing : 65' Apart
Water Use : Drought tolerant
Form : Conical, becoming rounded, evergreen tree
Item Usage : Attractive shade or lawn tree, screening tree
Fruit Info : Narrowly conical, rust-brown cones with winged seeds
Tree Bark : Scaly, deeply furrowed gray-brown bark
Leaf Description : Long, dark green needles


Dogwood Kousa Wolf Eyes
Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes'

Upright. Ovate, green leaves with white variegation. Second canopy cover tree.
Spacing : 20' apart
Water Use : Regular
Form : Upright
Item Usage : Second canopy cover tree
Fruit Info : Red raspberry like, fleshy fruit
Leaf Description : Ovate, green leaves with white variegation
Attraction : Specimen tree
Blooms In : Late spring, early summer


Grass Calamagrostis K.Foerster
Calmagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Clump-forming perennial grass. Arching linear, flat, slightly glossy mid-green leaves. Excellent in a herbaceous or mixed border.
Spacing : 3' To 4' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clump-forming perennial grass
Item Usage : Excellent in a herbaceous or mixed border
Leaf Description : Arching linear, flat, slightly glossy mid-green leaves
Blooms In : Mid and late Summer


Calib. Can-Can Orange
Calibrachoe 'Can-Can Orange'

Mounding,spreading. Uniform,dark green-leafed. Borders, pots,baskets and planters.
Water Use : Regular, keep evenly moist,don't let dry out beween watering
Form : Mounding,spreading
Seasonal : Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Item Usage : Borders, pots,baskets and planters
Leaf Description : Uniform,dark green-leafed
Attraction : Well-branched with full centers,abundant blooms,self cleans
Blooms In : Spring-frost


Verticillata/Southern Gentleman
Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'

Dwarf, upright, rounded, slow growing shrub. Glossy, dark green leaves. Generally grown as a pollinator for female Winterberries.
Spacing : 6'- 8' Apart
Water Use : Heavy
Form : Dwarf, upright, rounded, slow growing shrub
Seasonal : Purple-green to yellow fall foliage
Item Usage : Generally grown as a pollinator for female Winterberries
Fruit Info : Effective low hedge, good shrub for wet soils, pondside
Leaf Description : Glossy, dark green leaves
Attraction : One male plant will pollinate 9-10 female plants
Blooms In : Late Spring - Early Summer


Hyd. Mac / Ayesha
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Ayesha'

Rounded, deciduous shrub. Broad, coarsly toothed dark green leaves. Attractive border, specimen, group plantings.
Spacing : 3' To 5' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Rounded, deciduous shrub
Item Usage : Attractive border, specimen, group plantings
Leaf Description : Broad, coarsly toothed dark green leaves
Attraction : Cut / Dried flower
Blooms In : Mid and late Summer


Echinacea Magnus Purple
Echinacea purp. Magnus

Erect, clumping-form. Coarsely serrated, dark-green leaves with stiff hairs. Attractive bedding, border, wildflower garden perennial.
Spacing : 2-3' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Erect, clumping-form
Item Usage : Attractive bedding, border, wildflower garden perennial
Leaf Description : Coarsely serrated, dark-green leaves with stiff hairs
Attraction : Butterflies, Cut flower
Blooms In : July - September


Gaillardia Mesa Yellow
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Mesa Yellow'

Clump forming. . Landscape and perennial bed planting.
Spacing : 24-30" apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clump forming
Item Usage : Landscape and perennial bed planting
Attraction : Cut flowers and nice solid yellow
Blooms In : Summer


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