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Make a statement with your principle plants
Our Specialty Plant Collection
At Fieldstone Nursery, we specialize in the “principle plants”. Our nursery has earned an excellent reputation for carrying a large selection of hard-to-find and unusual plants, staying on the leading edge of recent introductions to provide our customers with superior, named cultivars selected for their unique traits.
🍁 Japanese Maples: The Heart of Our Nursery
Mark has a lifelong passion for Japanese Maples, having collected over 150 different cultivars. Whether you are looking for the delicate lace of a weeping variety or the bold color of an upright specimen, our “Maple-maze” in the container area is the perfect place to find your tree.
Cut-leaf Maples (Acer Palmatum Dissectum)
Highly recommended for their weeping habits and fine foliage.
- Cultivars: Baby Lace, Baldsmith, Crimson Queen, Emerald Lace, Everred, Garnet, Goshiki Shidare, Orangeola, Red Dragon, Red Filigree Lace, Tamukeyama, Viridis, Waterfall.
Upright Maples (Acer Palmatum)
Perfect for providing structure and vertical color in the landscape.
- Cultivars: Beni Schichihenge, Higasayamas, Katsura, Koto Noito, Moonfire, Murasaki Kiyohime, Okushimo, Omurayama, Osakazuki, Sango Kaku, Shishigashira, Taiyo Nishiki, Villa Taranto.
Rare & Fullmoon Maples
- Paperbark Maples: Acer Grisieum and Acer Triflorum.
- Japonicums: Green Cascade and Aconitifolium.
- Fullmoon Maples: Acer Shirasawanum Areum (Autumn Moon).
🌲 Dwarf & Specialty Conifers
We offer an extensive selection of conifers with unusual growing habits—including weeping, prostrate, dwarf, and fastigiate forms.
Pine (Pinus)
- Japanese White: Adcock’s Dwarf, Nana, Glauca, Ogon Janome.
- Japanese Red: Oculus Draconis (Dragon Eye) and Pendula.
- Himalayan & Macedonian: Zebrina and Glauca.
- Scotch & Japanese Black: Globosa Viridis, Thunderhead, and Oculus Draconis.
Spruce (Picea)
- Norway: Pendula, Fastigiata, Acracona, and Aurea.
- Colorado: Globosa, Hoopsi, Prostrata, and Fastigiata.
- Oriental: Gowdy and Skylands.
🌸 Flowering Trees
Beyond maples and conifers, we propagate a variety of trees known for their stunning bark, flowers, and structure.
Dogwoods (Cornus)
- Chinese Dogwood (Cornus Kousa): Wolf Eyes, Goldstar, Lustgarten Weeping, Satomi (Pink), Snowboy, and Milky Way.
- Hybrid: Stellar Pink.
Redbud (Cercis)
- Varieties: Appalachian Red, Weeping, Forest Pansy (Red Leaf), and Avondale (Chinese).
Japanese Snowbell (Styrexjaponica)
- Varieties: Evening Light (Purple leafed upright), Emerald Pagoda, Carillon (White Weeping), Marley’s Pink (Flowering Weeping)
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis)
- Varieties: Jelena (Organge), Diane (Red), Sunburst (Yellow), Angelly (Yellow), Ruby Glow (Red), Orange Peel
Magnolia – Sweet Bay (Native)
Magnolia – Big Leaf (Native)
Magnolia – Little Girl Series (Dwarf)
🏛 Unique Landscape Specimens
- Beech (Fagus Sylvatica): Torulosa, Torulosa Purpuren, Purple Fountain, Purpurea Pendula, and Roseo-Marinata.
- Bald Cypress: Peve’s Minaret, Falling Waters, Secrest (Dwarf), and Cascade Falls.
- Dawn Redwood: Gold Rush and Miss Grace (Weeping).
- Ginkgo: Autumn Gold, Girard’s Witches Broom, and Chris Dwarf.
🥭 Paw Paws: The Native “Tropical” Treasure
Add a taste of the exotic to your landscape with the Paw Paw (Asimina triloba), North America’s largest native edible fruit. Often overlooked but deeply rooted in local history, the Paw Paw is the ultimate “Principle Plant” for those looking to combine ornamental beauty with a backyard harvest.
Did You Know?
- The “Hillbilly Mango”: Despite their tropical flavor—a creamy blend of banana, mango, and pineapple—Paw Paws are incredibly hardy and native right here to our local woodlands.
- A Butterfly Essential: The Paw Paw is the exclusive host plant for the stunning Zebra Swallowtail butterfly; without these trees, we wouldn’t have these butterflies!
- Presidential Praise: Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were known fans, with Washington famously enjoying them as his favorite chilled dessert.
Peterson Paw Paw® Licensed Grower
We are proud to be a licensed grower of Peterson Paw Paws®. Founded by renowned breeder Neal Peterson, these “named cultivars” are the gold standard of the industry. Unlike wild seedlings, which can be hit-or-miss, Peterson varieties are selected for:
- Superior Flavor & Texture: Richer, creamier, and fewer seeds.
- Fruit Size: Large, meaty fruits that make harvesting a joy.
- Proven Cultivars: We carry favorites like Shenandoah™, Susquehanna™, Rappahannock™, and Potomac™.
Availability: Trees & Fruit
- Plants Year-Round: We maintain a steady stock of container-grown Paw Paw trees throughout the year. Because they have a sensitive taproot, buying our established, nursery-grown trees ensures a much higher success rate in your garden compared to bare-root stock.
- Fresh Fruit in September: Want to try before you buy? Visit us during the month of September! We offer fresh Paw Paw fruit for sale as it ripens, allowing you to experience the unique flavor of different cultivars firsthand.
Pro Tip: Paw Paws thrive in well-drained, fertile soil and appreciate a bit of shade when they are very young, though they produce the best fruit in full sun as they mature.
Availability & Custom Orders
Because we propagate these cultivars ourselves, they are available in sizes ranging from young starter plants to mature, landscape-sized specimens. We welcome inquiries for varieties not listed here.
Call today for current availability and pricing.
Besides bulk mulch, plants are the only product we sell. And it’s for this reason that we can maintain a sharp focus on growing the special, high quality plant material that help our customers achieve a truly distinctive landscape.
While the sales area is always stocked with seasonal favorites, we continually carry a full line of landscape plants throughout the seasons.
Our container stock ranges from one gallon perennials to trees in 25-gallon pots.
Our field grown material ranges from small hand-dug trees to 15′-20′ machine dug Specimen Plants.
We welcome tagging of field stock for digging in the appropriate season.
There is an extensive container growing area dedicated to growing primarily Japanese Maple varieties from 3 gal. – 45 gal. with in-pot irrigation.
People enjoy wandering through this Maple-maze to find just the right shape, size and color.