Raintree Landscaping Plant Options We Offer

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Add Color and Variety To Your Southern Utah Landscape

This page shows the plants and bushes we most commonly use in our landscape installations. We encourage you to pick out your favorites and we'll help you to create the design that fits your family and your property.

Abelia, Glossy

Abelia grandiflora

DETAILS

Mature Height: 6′
Mature Width: 5′
Light Requirements: Full to part sun
Water Requirements: Deep infrequent water
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

This hardy, versatile Plants to 6 x 5 feet displays fragrant white flowers. Good landscape accent or flowering hedge. Full or part sun, amended well drained soil, deep infrequent water once established.

Barberry, Royal Burgundy

Berberis thunbergii 'Gentry'

DETAILS

Mature Height: 1-2′
Mature Width: 1-4
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate Water
Fertilizers: Slow Release Fertilizer

DESCRIPTION

The Royal Burgundy® Barberry is a tough, reliable small shrub that brings lots of color for almost no effort. It grows rapidly into a mounded plant 2 to 3 feet tall and almost 4 feet across. The small, rounded leaves begin the year a rich burgundy color, and hold it all summer, gradually becoming red-black by fall.

Boxwood, Winter Gem

Buxus microphylla ‘Winter Gem’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 5′
Mature Width: 3′
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
Water Requirements: Moderate Water
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

This tough variety grows slowly to 5 feet. Makes a nice formal hedge; suitable for topiary. Leaves turn bronze in winter. Likes sun or shade, amended soil, good drainage and moderate water.

Boxwood, Japanese

Buxus microphylla japonica

DETAILS

Mature Height: 6′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Sun or Shade
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

This tough variety grows slowly to 6 feet. Makes a nice formal hedge or border; suitable for topiary. Likes sun or shade, amended soil, good drainage and moderate water.

Butterfly Bush

Buddleia davidii

DETAILS

Mature Height: 5′
Mature Width: 5′
Light Requirements: Full to Part Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Black Knight Butterfly Bush - This variety reaches 5 x 5 feet with clusters of fragrant dark purple flowers in summer. Butterflies love it! Like full or part sun, amended well drained soil, moderate water. Cut back heavily in early spring.

Royal Red Butterfly Bush - Pretty variety grows quickly to 5 x 5 feet with clusters of fragrant purple-red flowers in summer. Butterflies love it! Likes full or part sun, well drained soil, moderate water. Cut back heavily in early spring.

Tutti Fruitti Butterfly Bush - Roughly a third the size of Butterfly Bush varieties, this selection from the English Butterfly Series is extra bushy and loaded with fragrant purplish-pink flowers grows to 4 x 5 feet. A wonderful compact choice for perennial gardens. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Like full or part sun, amended well drained soil, moderate water. Cut back heavily in early spring.

Desert Daisy

Chrysactinia mexicana

DETAILS

Mature Height: 2′
Mature Width: 2′
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Water Requirements: Deep Infrequent Water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Aromatic desert shrub forms low mound to about 2 x 2 feet with yellow daisy like flowers from Spring to Fall. Give it full sun, any soil, infrequent water once established.

Gopher Plant

Euphorbia rigida

DETAILS

Mature Height: 2′
Mature Width: 3′
Light Requirements: Full sun
Water Requirements: Water Every 2 Weeks Withholding Water In Winter
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Desert Plant & Cactus Food, 5-10-9,

DESCRIPTION

Eye catching succulent is ideal for hot, dry areas.. Milky sap repels gophers. Prune floppy stems to the ground. Plant in full sun, any well drained soil, deep infrequent water once established.

Grass, Dear

Muhlenbergia rigens

DETAILS

Mature Height: 3′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Water Requirements: Deep Infrequent Water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Clumping grass grows rapidly to 3 x 4 feet with white plumes summer-fall. Excellent border or accent. Likes full sun, amended Dr Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4, deep infrequent water once established. Goes dormant in severe winters; shear to ground for recovery.

Purple Fountain Grass

Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'

DETAILS

Mature Height: 3′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Full sun
Water Requirements: 1-2 Times Per Week
Fertilizers: General Purpose Fertilizer

DESCRIPTION

A popular drought tolerant grass that forms a tidy, dense clump of purplish maroon blades topped with rose-red plumes. Beautiful as a landscape specimen or planted in groups. Unlike the species, this cultivar does not reseed. An herbaceous perennial grass in mild winter regions; provides quick annual color in any climate.

Modesto Ash

Miscanthus sinensis

DETAILS

Mature Height: 6-8′
Mature Width: 3-5′
Light Requirements: Full sun
Water Requirements: Low
Fertilizers: Very Little Fertilizer

DESCRIPTION

An attractive clumping ornamental grass with fine-textured, silver-green blades that turn golden-bronze after first frost. A great specimen for adding texture to shrub borders and perennial beds, or for massing as a screen.

White Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Clara’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 4′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Full to Part Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Compact mounding shrub to 4 x 4 feet is covered with white flowers in spring. Super accent; low hedge or foundation Plants. Likes full to part sun, amended soil with good drainage and moderate water in growing season. Feed in spring and fall.

Pinkie Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Pinkie’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 3′
Mature Width: 3′
Light Requirements: Full to Part Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Vigorous form of Arizona Ash to 25 x 25 feet or more, has a formal head with yellow foliage in fall. Excellent shade tree in a variety of landscapes. Full sun, amended well drained soil, moderate water. Ma scorch in strong hot winds, but recovers nicely.

Lantana, Gold Mound

Lantana camara ‘New Gold’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 3′
Mature Width: 6′
Light Requirements: Full to Part Sun
Water Requirements: Deep infrequent Water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Low mounding variety has golden-yellow flower clusters spring through fall; Plants anywhere! Give full to part sun, any well drained soil, deep infrequent water once established. Hard prune in spring for rapid renewal.

Light Pink Oleander

Nerium oleander ‘Light Pink’’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 10′
Mature Width: 10′
Light Requirements: Full sun
Water Requirements: Deep infrequent water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Popular flowering shrub to 10 x 10 feet or so. Comes in colors of pink, red and white. Use as hedge screen or accent. Likes full sun, tolerates any soil, ample or little water, heat and wind. Prune or shear whenever needed.

Photinia, RedTip

Photinia fraseri

DETAILS

Mature Height: 7′
Mature Width: 7′
Light Requirements: Morning sun to light shade
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Triple Play, 7-7-7

DESCRIPTION

Popular accent or hedge Plants to 7 x 7 feet is marked by its red-colored new growth. Prefers amended, Dr. Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4 and moderate water. Does best in morning sun to light shade. Fertilize periodically with Dr. Q’s Triple Play.

Double Red Drift Rose

Rosa ‘Drift Double Red’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 2′
Mature Width: 2′
Light Requirements: Morning Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate Water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4

DESCRIPTION

Producing the smallest bloom of any of the Roses in the Drift series. The petite red blooms appear in large clusters in spring, summer and fall. Use bark mulch.

Double Purple Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus syriacus ‘Double Purple’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 6′
Mature Width: 6′
Light Requirements: Full to Part Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate Water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

Hardy shrub to 6 x 6 feet has double purple flowers spring through fall. Pretty flowering accent in an landscape. Full to part sun, amended well drained soil, moderate water.

Spanish Broom

Spartium junceum

DETAILS

Mature Height: 6′
Mature Width: 6′
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Water Requirements: Deep Infrequent Water
Fertilizers: None Needed

DESCRIPTION

Popular accent or hedge Plants to 7 x 7 feet is marked by its red-colored new growth. Prefers amended, Dr. Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4 and moderate water. Does best in morning sun to light shade. Fertilize periodically with Dr. Q’s Triple Play.

Spirea, Blue Mist

Caryopteris clandonensis ‘Dark Knight’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 4′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Morning Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate Water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Tree, Shrub & Vine Food, 16-8-4

DESCRIPTION

One of the best Mist Spirea varieties. its tidy upright growth habit and profusion of flowering spikes makes it an essential part of summer landscape. Give it morning sun, Dr Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4 and moderate water. Fertilize in spring and fall.

Yucca, Red

Hesperaloe parviflora

DETAILS

Mature Height: 3′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Full sun
Water Requirements: Deep infrequent water
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Desert Plant & Cactus Food, 5-10-9

DESCRIPTION

Outstanding accent Plants has tall stalks of reddish pink flowers in spring, summer and fall. Good in containers or the landscape. Plant in full sun, any soil, deep infrequent water once established.

Flower Carpet Amber Rose

Rosa Carpet ‘Amber’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 2′
Mature Width: 3′
Light Requirements: Full to Part Sun
Water Requirements: Moderate water
Fertilizers: Dr. Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4

DESCRIPTION

Easy care ground cover rose to 2 x 3 feet produces masses of orange-peach fragrant flowers from spring through fall, resistant to powdery mildew. Ideal in boarders pots and hanging baskets. Full to part sun, good soil, moderate water.

Sage, Texas Gray Cloud

Leucophyllum frutescens ‘Compacta’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 5′
Mature Width: 5′
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Water Requirements: Deep infrequent Water
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Desert Plant & Cactus Food, 5-10-9

DESCRIPTION

Low mounding variety has golden-yellow flower clusters spring through fall; Plants anywhere! Give full to part sun, any well drained soil, deep infrequent water once established. Hard prune in spring for rapid renewal.

Sage, Texas Green Cloud

Leucophyllum frutescens ‘Green Cloud’

DETAILS

Mature Height: 6′
Mature Width: 6′
Light Requirements: Full sun
Water Requirements: Deep infrequent water
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Desert Plant & Cactus Food, 5-10-9

DESCRIPTION

This green version of the Texas Sage grows rapidly to 6 feet showing magenta flowers in summer and fall. Excellent hedge or desert accent in full sun, Dr Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4 with deep infrequent water.

Sage, Texas Cup Leaf

Leucophyllum zygophyllum

DETAILS

Mature Height: 4′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Water Requirements: Deep Infrequent Water
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Desert Plant & Cactus Food, 5-10-9

DESCRIPTION

Unusually shaped leaves distinguish this 4 x 4 variety from its kin. It shows magenta flowers late spring through fall. Very hardy, it thrives in Dr Q’s Rose & Flower Food, 6-12-4 with deep infrequent water once established.

Sage, Texas Heavenly Cloud

Leucophyllum frutescens

DETAILS

Mature Height: 4′
Mature Width: 4′
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Water Requirements: Deep infrequent Water
Fertilizers: Dr Q’s Desert Plant & Cactus Food, 5-10-9

DESCRIPTION

Low mounding variety has golden-yellow flower clusters spring through fall; Plants anywhere! Give full to part sun, any well drained soil, deep infrequent water once established. Hard prune in spring for rapid renewal.

Rose of Sharon, “Lenny”

Hibiscus Syriacus

DETAILS

Mature Height: 8-12′
Mature Width: 6-10′
Light Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Requirements: Moist Well Drained Soil
Fertilizers: Nutrient Rich Organic Matter

DESCRIPTION

'Lenny' is a bushy deciduous shrub with dark green, diamond-shaped simple or lobed leaves and single, pale mauve flowers to 12cm across.

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in Saint George, Utah

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