Medicinal Trees & Shrubs

Vitex or Chaste Tree is a drought hardy, deciduous, large shrub. It produces lovely lavender flowers in later summer. Historically this plant is prized for...

This beautiful shrub grows in a rounded shape to 10 feet with an equal spread. An Elder of European origin selected for its unusual foliage and large...

The oil extracted from this plant has been used frequently in cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. It is also used as a top quality industrial lubricant...

Traditionally, the Spring harvested root bark of Sassafras was used in the manufacture of root beer. It was also a folk remedy for cleansing the blood and...

Asian Chasteberry. Originally found growing in the foothills of western China and East Asia, as high as 4000 feet. This unusual cultivar has attractive...

A wider ranging species which grows throughout the country east of the Rockies. Closely related to Sambucus Nigra from Europe they can reach 4 to 12 feet in...

Chinese Mahogany, Xiangchun. This tree is much revered in China for its beautiful wood, while the young shoots and leaves are a popular vegetable often...

This is the species rose which has giant rose hips in the fall and is an excellent source of vitamin C. The large size of these hips makes for easy picking...

Nootka Rose, Rosa nutkana, Bristly Rose, Wild Rose. This lovely wild rose species was first identified in the Pacific Northwest, but actually ranges all...

Perennial tree. Native to North America. The fresh inner bark makes a good survival food. Native Americans used this bark in the treatment of hemorrhoids...

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Native to China and India the bark of this lovely tree has been used as an emetic and to expel worms. The very hard nuts are used for making rosaries....

Beautiful deciduous tree . Medicinally, the extract of the leaves has been shown to dilate blood vessels and has the particular ability to increase...

This Bushy shrub from Australia can grow to 15 feet in height with shiny dark green leaves which are heavily lemon scented. The leaves are used as a tea in...

Wu Wei Zi, Magnolia Vine, 5 Flavored Fruit, Matrimony Vine This deciduous climbing vine is native to East Asia. The dried fruits/berries are used in Chinese...

Wild Black Cherry, Choke Cherry. Hardy landscape tree growing to 25 feet and covered with white blooms in the spring followed by reddish purple fruit, great...

Cold hardy, deciduous tree, native to the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies. The bark is dried and cured for at least a year, after which it may be...

All parts of this tree are medicinal. The root and bark are purgative, the flowers diuretic and diaphoretic, the ripe berries are healthily endowed with...

A very graceful, conical tree 50-150 feet tall native to The eastern Cascades and Sierra of Oregon and California and down into Baja. Native Americans had...

The Paper Birch is a striking tree hailing from the Northerly latitudes. It's white bark that peels seasonally resembles a snake shedding it's skin. Birch...