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.


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


Sciadopitys Verticillata
Sciadopitys verticillata

Columnar, coniferous evergreen tree. Glossy, linear dark green foliage. Attractive specimen, rock garden or accent tree.
Spacing : 20' to 30' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Columnar, coniferous evergreen tree
Item Usage : Attractive specimen, rock garden or accent tree
Tree Bark : Peeling, red-brown bark
Leaf Description : Glossy, linear dark green foliage


Phlox Creeping Scarlet Flame
Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Low growing, dense evergreen flowering perennial. Evergreen needle-like foliage. Attractive edging, border or groundcover plant.
Spacing : 18" To 24" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Low growing, dense evergreen flowering perennial
Item Usage : Attractive edging, border or groundcover plant
Leaf Description : Evergreen needle-like foliage
Blooms In : Late Spring - early Summer


Mimosa Silk Tree
Albizia julibrissin

Vase-shaped, arching habit. Dark green fern-like, airy foliage. Specimen, patio, small garden plant.
Spacing : 20-30' Apart
Water Use : Low water use
Form : Vase-shaped, arching habit
Item Usage : Specimen, patio, small garden plant
Leaf Description : Dark green fern-like, airy foliage
Blooms In : Summer


Hyd. Arb / Invincibelle Spirit
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA1'

Upright, mounded. Ovate leaf with serrate margin is rich dark green. Native plant great in mixed borders,perennial beds,cut flowr.
Spacing : 4' Apart
Water Use : Moderate (low once established)
Form : Upright, mounded
Seasonal : Deciduous, blooms on new wood
Item Usage : Native plant great in mixed borders,perennial beds,cut flowr
Fruit Info : $1from each plant purchased donated to Breast Cancer Researc
Leaf Description : Ovate leaf with serrate margin is rich dark green
Attraction : Showy flowers,1st pink arborescens,long bloom period
Blooms In : Early summer until frost


Lonicera John Clayton / Yellow
Lonicera sempervirens 'John Clayton'

Climbing vine. Dark green foliage. Good on fences, arbors, trellises.
Spacing : 6' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Climbing vine
Item Usage : Good on fences, arbors, trellises
Leaf Description : Dark green foliage
Blooms In : Summer


Heuchera Mint Julip
Heuchera 'Mint Julep'

low mounding. Bright green with silver overlay. shade beds, borders, pot & containers, groundcover.
Spacing : 15" - 24" apart
Water Use : Even and consistant
Form : low mounding
Item Usage : shade beds, borders, pot & containers, groundcover
Leaf Description : Bright green with silver overlay
Attraction : Showy leaves brighten landscape
Blooms In : Spring


Epimedium Rubrum
Epimedium x rubrum

Clump-forming deciduous perennial. Thin pointed, spine-toothed leaflets. Great border, under trees and shrub shady perennial.
Spacing : 12" To 18" Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Clump-forming deciduous perennial
Seasonal : Reddish-brown fall foliage
Item Usage : Great border, under trees and shrub shady perennial
Leaf Description : Thin pointed, spine-toothed leaflets
Blooms In : Mid and late Spring


Rhododendron Yaku Prince
Rhododendron 'Yaku Prince'

Compact, dense evergreen shrub. Narrowly-elliptic, olive-green leaves, beige-wooly beneath. Attractive shady garden, informal low hedge, accent plant.
Spacing : 3' Apart
Water Use : Regular water use
Form : Compact, dense 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


Tropical Agave Vict. Reginae
Agave victoriae reginae

Dense rounded rosette. Green leaves curving up and in toward center. Specimen, pots & containers, exeriscapes.
Spacing : 2' Apart
Water Use : Low
Form : Dense rounded rosette
Seasonal : Evergreen
Item Usage : Specimen, pots & containers, exeriscapes
Leaf Description : Green leaves curving up and in toward center
Attraction : Unique form
Blooms In : Midsummer


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