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Garrya buxifolia

Garrya congdonii

Garrya elliptica

silk tassel bush

A shrub or small tree of rapid growth and bushy habit, to 3.5m or even to 4.5m in mild areas. Leaves oval to roundish, dark shining green above, felted grey beneath. The long, grey-green male catkins flower in January and February. The female plant is less commonly seen, but produces long clusters of purple-brown fruits in summer

Garrya laurifolia

Garrya fremontii

feverbush

A dense, branching, evergreen shrub to around 4m high with oval, glossy, leaves up to 10cm long that have smooth, flat margins. Yellow to pinkish flowers are borne in hanging catkins in spring, and on female plants may be followed by rounded fruits that ripen from green to a deep purple

Garrya veatchii

Primula 'Garryarde Crimson' (Pr/Prim)

Quercus garryana

Oregon white oak

Garrya × issaquahensis 'Pat Ballard' (m)

Garrya elliptica 'Evie'

Garrya

silk tassel

Garrya × issaquahensis

Garrya wrightii

Quercus garryana var. breweri

Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' (m)

silk tassel 'James Roof'

'James Roof' is a large vigorous bushy evergreen shrub with leathery dark green leaves. Flowers male, in drooping grey-green catkins to 20cm in length

Garrya × issaquahensis 'Glasnevin Wine' (m)

A large vigorous, bushy evergreen shrub to 4m in height, with leathery, oval-shaped mid-green leaves with wavy margins. The new growth is wine-coloured as is the blush on the male drooping purple catkins which appear in mid winter

Garrya elliptica (m)

Garrya × thuretii

A vigorous, evergreen shrub to around 6m tall and wide with dark green, glossy, narrowly-oblong leaves up to 10cm long. Flowers are borne in pendent catkins up to 8cm long in spring

Garrya elliptica (f)

Garrya glaberrima