Focal Point Plants

An easy-care shrub with attractive orange and pink tints during the fall.

An easy-to-grow, medium-sized tree adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions.

An easy-to-grow, medium-sized tree adaptable to a wide range of growing conditions. Red, Yellow, and orange fall color.

Great tree for urban environments. Has an upright branching form.

Beautiful maple with bright red fall color. Shorter than typical maples.

A small tree or large shrub with a broadly horizontal growth habit.

The most popular of all Japanese Maple with purple red foliage in summer and crimson foliage in fall.

Dark purple foliage on this Japanese Maple makes it stand out from other purple cultivars.

Great specimen that maintains deep red foliage through summer and into fall. Suitable alternative to Bloodgood.

Stunning Coral Bark maple that offers a gradient of yellow-orange-red along the tree's trunk and branches.

Delicate, red foliage and weeping growth habit make this a beautiful focal point in any garden or small area.

This orange to red weeping, cutleaf maple has a slightly faster growth rate with improved fall color.

In the early spring it leafs out with a lush bright green. The fall color of 'Seiryu' encompasses shades of light to deep scarlet red. 

A heat tolerant Japanese Laceleaf Maple with purplish red foliage.  Similar to Crimson Queen, but slightly faster growing.

Beautiful green cutleaf Japanese maple. Weeping habit.

An excellent Red Maple with good fall color persisting into November. Good choice for the south.

Another superior Red Maple introduced by Schmidt Nursery with a proven track record. Spectacular orange to red fall color.

Introduced by Schmidt Nursery in 2006. This selection has improved branch angles with less co-dominance producing a better central leader. Red fall color.

A US National Arboretum selection made from a cross between October Glory and Autumn Flame.  It has excellent fall color.

An excellent variety as a result of breeding done by US National Arboretum.  This is a cross between Red Sunset and Autumn Flame Red Maple.  Good fall color.  An excellent shade tree.

A fast-growing shade tree with outstanding red foliage in the fall. Well adapted to the heat of the southeast and has the best red fall color of any of the maples

A small native tree with beautiful white flowers in the early spring.  A slow to moderate grower with yellow to orange to red foliage in the fall.

This native is the result of a cross between arborea and laevis.  Nice growth habit, white flowers in the spring followed by red foliage in the fall.

This plant has dark green foliage and is best used in shady areas.

Hosoba Hoshifu is a stunning selection of Aucuba with long, narrow serrated foliage that is speckled with golden white hues.

A dwarf form of the Gold Dust Aucuba, with smaller leaves and smaller growth habit.  A full growing plant that would look nice in any shady landscape.

Low growing Buddleia with blue flowers accented against silver foliage makes this a good choice for any landscape site with sun.

This new dwarf butterfly bush stays compact and has beautiful blue-lavender flowers.

Spectacular pink flowers that will bloom all season long.

Dark purple flowers accent a background of green foliage on this large, flowering plant. Will bloom continuously through the summer if spent flowers are removed.

Dark lavender flowers on a moderate growing Butterfly Bush with finer-textured foliage. A good choice for summer long interest in the landscape.

Purple berries in the fall make this native plant a showpiece in the landscape.  Easy to grow and drought tolerant.

An easy-to-grow native plant adaptable to wide range of conditions.  Flowers have a pleasing scent of strawberries to bananas and should be planted close to a walk where it can be enjoyed when in bloom.

A great, early-blooming, camellia with peony-like flowers is deserving of a prominent place in the landscape.

A fall blooming japonica Camellia with a light pink/rose bloom.

A great, early-blooming, camellia with ruffled, anemone-like flowers is deserving of a prominent place in the landscape.

Large flowers with pink and white stripes. This upright grower is vigorous and upright with dark green glossy leaves.

A great, early-blooming, camellia with peony-like flowers is deserving of a prominent place in the landscape.

Nuccio's Cameo features a stunning large, double, light pink flower.

Southern Living selection with vibrant, rose-red flowers.

Upright, columnar Camellia with white anemone blooms.

Upright, with semi-weeping branches, this Camellia hybrid shows off its pale red with white-tipped flowers anywhere it's planted.

Place in a high profile location so the beautiful flower display can be enjoyed. 

This new release from Southern Living Plants is a beautiful Sasanqua Camellia with pink rose-like blooms.

Medium-sized growing camellia with large double white flowers adorned with a pink edge.