Dwarf/Small Growing Plants

Buy Tiny Gold Barberry online. Tiny Gold is a deciduous, dwarf shrub with bright sunshine yellow foliage. Exhibits a tight compact rounded habit. This is an easy care and drought tolerant shrub.

Buy Cinnamon Curls® Dwarf Korean Birch online. Cinnamon Curls® Dwarf Korean Birch is an elegant all-season gem! Transform your garden with Cinnamon Curls® Dwarf Korean Birch, a compact and captivating tree that stands out with its unique exfoliating bark. This dwarf form of Korean birch features an outer bark that peels away in long, curling strips to reveal the stunning white inner bark, a feature present even in young trees.

Throughout the summer, enjoy the dark, glossy green foliage that adds lushness to your landscape. Come fall, the leaves transition into a brilliant golden yellow, offering a spectacular seasonal display. Originating from North Dakota State University, this hardy seedling selection boasts excellent pest resistance and thrives in higher pH soils.

Enhance your garden's beauty year-round with Cinnamon Curls® Dwarf Korean Birch, a delightful tree that brings elegance and multi-season appeal to any outdoor space.

Buy Estrellita Little Star® Firecracker Bush online. When's the last time the color of a flower really knocked your socks off? The eye-popping red-orange-hot pink color of Estrellita Little Star® Firecracker Bush will do just that! Native to the Southwest of North America, this shrub has long been favored by cut flower growers and florists. It features a compact habit that's perfect for landscaping in warm climates and as a container accent in cooler areas. Blooms all summer without deadheading.

Buy Butterfly Candy® L'il Coconut™ Butterfly Bush online. Enhance your garden with the enchanting Butterfly Candy® L'il Coconut™ Butterfly Bush! This charming, heat-loving shrub will attract a parade of butterflies, creating a lively oasis from spring through fall. With clusters of fragrant, cone-shaped white blooms that open gradually from base to tip, this compact bush adds a lasting splash of beauty to your landscape.

Its upright growth and lush green foliage make it perfect for borders, mixed beds, or as a delicate flowering hedge along walkways. Not only is it a visual delight, but it also emits a soft fragrance, ideal for high-traffic areas where you can enjoy its beauty up close. Easy to care for and resilient in the heat, Butterfly Candy® L'il Coconut™ Butterfly Bush is a delightful, low-maintenance way to invite pollinators and add natural elegance to your outdoor space.

Buy Butterfly Candy® L'il Raspberry™ Butterfly Bush online. Attract butterflies and brighten your garden with the Butterfly Candy® L'il Raspberry™ Butterfly Bush! This compact, heat-loving shrub offers a stunning display of fragrant, ruby-pink blooms from summer through fall. The tiny flowers, arranged in cone-shaped clusters, create a bold and continuous splash of color that pollinators can't resist.

With its upright, bushy form and vibrant foliage, Butterfly Candy® L'il Raspberry™ Butterfly Bush thrives in butterfly gardens and makes a beautiful addition near vegetable patches. It's an ideal choice for mixed beds, low hedges, or foundation plantings, where its rich pink hues can truly shine. This fast-growing, easy-care shrub also resists deer, making it perfect for rural gardens. Invite nature's visitors and enjoy a garden full of life and color with Butterfly Candy® L'il Raspberry™ Butterfly Bush.

Buy Humdinger® Lavender Cupcake Butterfly Bush online. This compact, dwarf Buddleia features long, 12 inch lavender purple flower panicles and a rounded habit. Blooms intensely in mid to late summer, then secondary blooms continue into fall. The term Humdinger describes something impressive or exciting, which definitely applies to these beauties!

Buy Pink Cascade II Butterfly Bush online. Like the other members of the Cascade series, 'Pink Cascade II' consists of large 12" arching panicles of flowers in late summer to fall. This variety improves over the original with larger, puffier panicles. This blooms later to match 'Grand Cascade' and will serve as a season extender. We also have yet to observe seed set on this plant believing it may be sterile - a stand out trait among Buddleia.

Buy Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush online. Blue Heaven has lavender blue flowers that will cover this plant. Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven is a dwarf upright. It is part of the Flutterby Petite® series.

Buy Monarch® Princess Pink Butterfly Bush online. 8" apple-blossom pink flower panicles. When in full bloom, this plant is particularly floriferous and attractive. The butterflies and hummingbirds will love them, too!

Buy Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush online. Meet Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush - a member of the unique Pugster® Series that offers full sized flowers on a dwarf plant. This compact butterfly bush has the large, full flowers normally seen on a much larger plant. It blooms non-stop from early summer through frost with amethyst-toned flowers, each with a tiny yellow-orange eye in the center. Thanks to thick, sturdy stems, the Pugster® Series offers vastly improved hardiness and winter survival over other types of dwarf butterfly bush.

Buy Violet Cascade Butterfly Bush online. If you're familiar with 'Wisteria Lane' on the market, this Buddleia has a similar interesting look, but with better defined flowers and more intense color. From the Cascade Collection from Walters Gardens, this butterfly bush has deep purple flowers. In 4 years of trials, there has been no seed set, so you can be sure that this Buddleia is sterile! Blooms in late summer at a time when other plants are already spent. Adored by butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

Buy Purple Poppy Mallow online. This Great Plains native is an amazing groundcover wildflower. In late spring into June, masses of purple-violet, cup shaped flowers are produced on top of green leaves that resemble Cranesbill Geranium foliage. They are excellent when used as a groundcover planted in masses for full sun areas!

Buy Dwarf Columnar European Hornbeam online. A terrific dwarf columnar to pyramidal specimen tree that needs little to no pruning! It is a great tree for tight and small spaces in the landscape, and it even has unusual winter interest with larger than normal buds.

Buy Silver Lace Japanese Hornbeam online. Silver Lace Japanese Hornbeam is a unique and hard-to-find specimen tree that features deeply cut, feathery leaves, that are extremely beautiful to the eye! Silvery green in color throughout spring and summer, in fall color is yellow to beige. Fruit production is in fall, and is hop-like in appearance with greenish-pink flowers and fruit. An extremely odd, yet stunning specimen tree!

Buy Sapphire Surf™ Bluebeard online. Sapphire Surf™ Bluebeard has a stunning amount of deep blue flowers in your yard! This compact, low-maintenance shrub produces abundant flowers from top to bottom. It is a excellent garden specimen from late summer through early fall. Its sweet blue blooms are a butterfly magnet, and make excellent cut flowers. It's also deer resistant and drought tolerant. It makes a great border or accent plant.

Buy Beyond Midnight® Bluebeard online. Beyond Midnight® Bluebeard is dark and dreamy. You're sure to love this new Caryopteris with its extremely dark green glossy foliage, compact habit and rich blue flowers.

Buy Horstmann Dwarf Blue Atlas Cedar online. Horstmann Dwarf Blue Atlas Cedar is an excellent landscape specimen that is the little brother to standard Blue Atlas Cedar. It is a dwarf variety that can be planted much closer to a building or foundation. It features the same icey-blue foliage that makes Blue Atlas Cedar a standout in any landscape, and it works great in southern landscapes as it is much more heat and drought tolerant than blue spruce. It also showcases multiple leaders and lateral growing branches that give it a quite unique and unusual appearance in your garden.

Buy Gold Cascade Dwarf Weeping Deodar Cedar online. Gold Cascade Dwarf Weeping Deodar Cedar is a stunning dwarf golden variety of the deodar cedar that brings a splash of sunshine to your garden. This enchanting small tree features strongly cascading branches with yellow foliage on top and light green lower and inner branches, creating a beautiful contrast.

Gold Cascade Dwarf Weeping Deodar Cedar forms a conical shape in the garden, adding a touch of elegance to any landscape. Its pendulous branches showcase golden leaves, giving the tree a radiant appearance. As it matures, this desirable tree naturally develops a broad upright form, but with selective pruning, it can also be maintained as a garden-sized spreading specimen.

Perfect as a specimen tree, Gold Cascade Dwarf Weeping Deodar Cedarr promises to be a favorite in any garden. Enhance your outdoor space with this unique and captivating tree, and enjoy its vibrant beauty year-round.

Buy Prostrate Beauty Deodar Cedar online. Prostrate Beauty Deodar Cedar is an elegant landscape addition that allows plant lovers to experience the unique charm of a beautiful mid-size conifer that adds distinctive blue foliage and a spreading, horizontal growth habit to their garden. This conifer starts nearly flat when young, developing a leader that can be pruned to maintain a low, spreading form.

The new blue-green needles retain their soft, feathery look as they mature, providing a soothing color to your landscape. Discovered at Iseli Nursery in 1979, this cedar is set to become a classic with its superior qualities and graceful pendulous form.

Initially, Prostrate Beauty Deodar Cedar grows horizontally with cascading arms, eventually producing a leader that can form a broad pyramid shape. For a more prostrate growth, simply snip off the central leader.

Whether used as a standalone specimen or in groupings, this cedar's superior qualities and unique form make it a standout feature. Its versatility makes it an excellent choice for placing near upright red or purple-leaved Japanese maples, boulders, or water features.

Transform your garden with the elegance of Prostrate Beauty Deodar Cedar, and enjoy its unique beauty and charm in your outdoor space.

Buy Snow Sprite Deodar Cedar online. Snow Sprite Deodar Cedar is a radiant garden gem that will transform your garden. Snow Sprite Deodar Cedar is a compact and unique conifer that adds a touch of radiance to your landscape. This mid-size plant starts with ivory white new growth that turns creamy yellow as it matures, creating a striking contrast against its surroundings.

Snow Sprite Deodar Cedar develops a leader with age, maintaining a small and compact form compared to other species. Its irregularly mounding growth habit makes it an eye-catching addition to any garden.

Best grown in part shade, this cedar's bright foliage practically "glows in the dark," providing a luminous touch to shaded areas. The new growth is quite light-colored, transitioning to a yellowish hue, which enhances its visual appeal. This low mound plant thrives in partial shade, ensuring its vibrant color appears without the risk of sunburn.

Whether used as a standalone specimen or in groupings, the Snow Sprite Deodar Cedar has superior qualities that make it a standout in any landscape. Add a touch of elegance and light to your garden with Snow Sprite Deodar Cedar today.

Buy Hedgehog Japanese Plum Yew online. Long, deep green, glossy needles cover this low-growing, spreading evergreen conifer. Hedgehog Japanese Plum Yew is much more dense than other spreading forms. Easily pruned to use as an alternative to boxwood for low edging or border, especially in shade.

Buy Spreading Japanese Plum Yew online. Spreading Japanese Plum Yew is an elegant shade lover and is a captivating evergreen that enriches any garden with its undulating, horizontal branches and waves of deep green needles. This broad, spreading variety adds a serene elegance to your outdoor space.

In spring, Spreading Japanese Plum Yew produces beautiful lime-green new growth, accentuated by clusters of prominent pollen cones emerging on older wood. This shade-loving plant thrives in groups beneath larger trees, creating a lush and cohesive landscape.

Originating from Hillier's Nursery in England, this deer-resistant cultivar is also remarkably resilient, tolerating both drought and heat when fully established. Enhance your garden's beauty and functionality with Spreading Japanese Plum Yew, a versatile and enduring choice for any shaded area.

Buy Cascading Hearts Weeping Redbud online. In early spring, lavender-pink flowers are produced before the leaves emerge, creating a wonderfully beautiful show for your landscape. The heart-shaped, green leaves appear soon after the flowers. This amazing tree also has a more compact and tight growing habit than Lavender Twist™ Weeping Redbud, as the leaves are smaller in size than other redbud cultivars. Developed by Steve Bennett of Riverbend Nurseries.

Buy Purple Rain Weeping Redbud online. A purple-leafed weeping redbud, 'Purple Rain' is characterized by a very vigorous and fast growth habit. Dark purple leaves are produced in spring after pink flowers have appeared. The leaves mature to purplish-dark green in summer, and fall color shows off a great bright yellow explosion of color. The weeping habit helps to provide winter interest in the landscape.

Buy Vanilla Twist Weeping Redbud online. Vanilla Twist Weeping Redbud was created by crossing Lavender Twist™ Weeping Redbud with Royal White Redbud. It is truly a unique weeper, and will be a favorite of any collector! Featuring white flowers in early spring, followed by green leaves that cover the umbrella-shaped habit until fall.

Buy Don Egolf Miniature Redbud online. Is somewhat more compact in growth habit than 'Avondale'. When in flower, it really is a sight to behold, with its bright pink flowers so tightly packed on the stems as to obscure the bark. The floral display is all the more impressive because you'll find flowers solid from the branches all the way to the ground. The plant in full flower actually looks a lot like a pinata done in shrub form. We must not fail to mention that this variety is completely sterile, so there is no need to worry about reseeding or untidy pods hanging on all winter.

Buy Butter Ball Hinoki False Cypress online. Butter Ball Hinoki False Cypress is going to be your next favorite garden accent! This small, globe-shaped shrub brightens up any landscape with its fresh, lemony yellow tips on tightly packed foliage. The striking color contrasts beautifully with the darker inner foliage, creating a vibrant display throughout the year.

With its consistently rounded form and very slow growth, Butter Ball Hinoki False Cypress stands out as an exceptional choice for modern gardens. Ideal for use as a color accent along walkways or as a focal point in garden beds, this dwarf conifer boasts finely-textured yellow-gold foliage that remains striking year-round.

This evergreen shrub is not only ornamental but also hardy and low maintenance. It thrives in moist, well-drained soil and requires minimal pruning—just trim back the new growth of the current season and remove any unwanted growth to keep it in shape. Butter Ball Hinoki False Cypress has no significant negative characteristics, making it a versatile and resilient addition to your garden.

Enhance your landscape with Butter Ball Hinoki False Cypress—a cheerful, colorful, and easy-care shrub that brings year-round beauty to any setting.

Buy Chirimen Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress online. Chirimen Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress is a standout dwarf Hinoki cypress that captivates with its extraordinary foliage and compact form. Named after the traditional Japanese crepe fabric used in kimonos, Chirimen Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress features a fascinating mix of juvenile and adult foliage in striking shades of blue, bluish silver, blue-green, and deep forest green.

This unique evergreen showcases narrow, upright shoots that resemble bottle-brushes, creating a dense cluster that adds both texture and color to any garden. Chirimen Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress is not only visually appealing but has also earned the prestigious 2011 Conifer of the Year award from the American Conifer Society, making it a favorite among gardeners.

To ensure its optimal growth, plant Chirimen Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress in full sun to partial shade with excellent drainage. Its crinkly, congested foliage will stand out as a beautiful textural accent in your landscape, whether along pathways or as a focal point in garden beds. This low-maintenance conifer thrives in well-drained soil and requires minimal care—just make sure to give it the right growing conditions.

Elevate your garden's charm with Chirimen Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress—an exceptional choice for adding unique texture and color throughout the year.

Buy Gemstone Hinoki False Cypress online. Dense and dramatic, Gemstone Hinoki False Cypress was selected at Iseli Nursery as it displays an unusual blend of color and texture. Its tightly layered, green fans are alive with darker and lighter shades, and the plants are so dense that a single specimen can lend extraordinary character to a small space. This garden nugget is a must-have for conifer connoisseurs as it establishes an irregular upright form as it matures very slowly.

Buy Just Dandy Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress online. Just Dandy Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress—a top-tier selection of Chamaecyparis obtusa, carefully chosen from thousands of seedlings in 1981 at Iseli Nursery in Oregon is a standout shrub that features compact sprays of dense, finely textured foliage that adorn its low, rounded, and spreading branches.

Unlike many miniature selections that grow extremely slowly, Just Dandy Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress has a comparatively faster growth rate. Within a few years, it will reach the size of a beach ball, ultimately becoming wider than tall. This makes it perfect for adding grace and beauty to small spaces all year round.

Enhance your garden with Just Dandy Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress—a superior cultivar that brings unparalleled charm and elegance to your landscape with its lush foliage and compact form.

Buy True Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress online. True Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress remains a highly regarded and well-loved shrub by growers and gardeners alike. Its superior features explain the reason: tightly cupped fans of dark green, highly congested foliage form a dense, miniature mound that contributes beautifully to small-scale plantings, including rock gardens, water features, and Japanese-themed gardens. Reliable year-round performance and very slow growth assure that 'Nana' will retain its claim to fame.

Buy Golden Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress online. Golden Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress is a compact, slow-growing conifer that adds vibrant color to your garden year-round. This superior selection features dense, golden sprays of foliage that become even brighter in more open settings.

With an irregularly rounded form that develops into an upright, broad habit as it ages, Golden Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress brings elegance and visual interest to any landscape. The vibrant new growth sets it apart from its counterpart, C.obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'.

For optimal growth, this tree prefers some protection from harsh summer sun and desiccating winds. Its rich golden yellow foliage makes it a valuable choice for adding year-round color and beauty to your garden.

Enhance your landscape with Golden Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress—an exceptional choice for those seeking a resilient, low-maintenance tree that provides consistent visual appeal.

Buy Vokel's Upright Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress online. Vokel's Upright Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress is the perfect addition for small gardens! Transform your garden with Vokel's Upright Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress, a compact and narrow variety that boasts dense branching and rich, dark-green foliage. This unique evergreen is perfect for smaller gardens, offering year-round interest with its bright green to darker green sprays of foliage. Think of it as a dwarf version of Spiralis Hinoki Cypress.

Ideal for adding ornamental appeal to any landscape, Vokel's Upright Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress is easy to incorporate and enhances the overall texture and color of your garden. Its slender habit makes it a great choice for small spaces, providing a striking vertical element without taking up much room.

Vokel's Upright Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress dense, narrow-growing habit contrasts beautifully with other plants, making it an excellent focal point or complementary addition to your garden design. Enhance your outdoor space with the elegant and versatile Vokel's Upright Dwarf Hinoki False Cypress, and enjoy its low-maintenance beauty throughout the seasons.