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.


Bamboo Aurea
Phyllostachys aurea

Upright clump-forming Bamboo. Dark green, narrow foliage. Use as barrier, hedge, specimen plant.
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright clump-forming Bamboo
Item Usage : Use as barrier, hedge, specimen plant
Leaf Description : Dark green, narrow foliage


Grass Pennisetum Fountain
Pennisetum alopecuroides

Fine textured perennial grass. Bright green foliage. Excellent for accent, mass or group planting.
Spacing : 3' to 5' Apart
Water Use : Water regularly as needed
Form : Fine textured perennial grass
Item Usage : Excellent for accent, mass or group planting
Leaf Description : Bright green foliage
Attraction : Salt tolerant
Blooms In : Late summer thru fall


Liriope Monroe's White
Liriope muscari 'Monroe's White'

Clumping grasslike perennial. Dark green, grass-like, tufted foliage. Attractive groundcover, edging or accent plant.
Spacing : 12" To 15" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clumping grasslike perennial
Seasonal : Bleaches out white if too much sun. Best in part shade
Item Usage : Attractive groundcover, edging or accent plant
Fruit Info : Small, black rounded fruit
Leaf Description : Dark green, grass-like, tufted foliage
Blooms In : Mid-Summer to Fall


Birch Dura Heat Single Stem
Betula nigra 'Dura Heat'

Multi-stemmed, deciduous tree. Lustrous, dark green spot-resistant leaves. Excellent garden specimen, accent tree.
Spacing : 30-50' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Multi-stemmed, deciduous tree
Item Usage : Excellent garden specimen, accent tree
Tree Bark : Exfoliating creamy-white, aging to salmon & cinnamon brown
Leaf Description : Lustrous, dark green spot-resistant leaves


Callicarpa Early Amethyst
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst'

Loose, open arching shrub. Ovate, toothed, mid-green leaves, white-woolly undersides. Shrub border, woodland garden plant, attracts birds.
Spacing : 4' To 6' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Loose, open arching shrub
Seasonal : Decideous
Item Usage : Shrub border, woodland garden plant, attracts birds
Fruit Info : Clusters of round, bead-like, bright purple berries
Tree Bark : Smooth gray
Leaf Description : Ovate, toothed, mid-green leaves, white-woolly undersides
Attraction : Showy berries in late summer
Blooms In : Mid Spring


Santolina Lavender Cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus

Low, mounding evergreen shrub. . Good formal garden, massing, edging plant.
Spacing : 4 - 6' Apart
Water Use : Low water use
Form : Low, mounding evergreen shrub
Item Usage : Good formal garden, massing, edging plant
Tree Bark : Narrow, crinkled aromatic gray foliage
Blooms In : Summer


Cryptomeria Yoshino
Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino'

Conical, coniferous evergreen. Blue-green foliage. Good specimen, screening plant.
Spacing : 20-30' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Conical, coniferous evergreen
Item Usage : Good specimen, screening plant
Leaf Description : Blue-green foliage


Hyd. Pan / Fire and Ice
Hydrangea paniculata 'Wim's Red' (Fire and Ice)

Rich red in fall. Ovate leaf, heavily veined. Showy summer&fall shrub for woodland & mixed beds,specimen.
Spacing : 6'-8' Apart
Water Use : Moderate
Form : Rich red in fall
Seasonal : Decidious
Item Usage : Showy summer&fall shrub for woodland & mixed beds,specimen
Fruit Info : Inconspicious
Tree Bark : Older bark is gray, new branches have reddish tinge
Leaf Description : Ovate leaf, heavily veined
Attraction : Showy cone shaped panicles,long bloom time,turns 3pinkshades
Blooms In : Summer to fall


Angelonia Spreading Pink
Angelonia angustifolia 'AngelMist Spreading Pink'

Spreading. Fine narrow leaf. Color.
Spacing : 14" apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Spreading
Seasonal : Spring annual
Item Usage : Color
Leaf Description : Fine narrow leaf
Attraction : Blooms
Blooms In : Spring


Kerria Pleniflora
Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'

Upright flowering deciduous shrub. Sharply toothed, oval, bright-green leaves. Attractive border or woodland garden plant.
Spacing : 6' to 8' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Upright flowering deciduous shrub
Item Usage : Attractive border or woodland garden plant
Leaf Description : Sharply toothed, oval, bright-green leaves
Blooms In : April to May


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