Hatch's Cultivars of Woody Plants
2024 Digital PDF Edition

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Page Counts (PDF 8 x 10 in. to 8 x 16 in.): 6591

Interface: HTML menu viewable on any internet-connected device. Data files are PDF format. Menu and PDF files also load from any device if downloaded to the same drive.

Megabytes: 1410 (14GB)

Author: Laurence C. Hatch, horticultural taxonomist and cultvar historian with contributions from more than 40 genus experts and more users worldwide.

Images: More than 2500 JPG images in digital, high resolution quality. Our standard is a minumum of 1250 pixels wide whenever possible. New images are added monthly.

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Cultivar Counts:  
  • Aesculus = 119
  • Abelia = 95
  • Abies = 491
  • Alnus = 55
  • Acer = 1200+
  • Aucuba = 241
  • Berberis = 221
  • Betula = 186
  • Buddleia = 323
  • Campsis = 49
  • Cedrus = 205
  • Cercis = 104
  • Chamaecyparis = 931
  • Clethra = 38 
  • Cornus = 613
  • Cryptomeria = 212
  • Euonymus = 231
  • Fagus = 153
  • Gardenia = 75
  • Ginkgo = 349
  • Ilex vomitoria=75
  • Illicium = 36
  • Juniperus = 1210
  • Ligustrum=157
  • Liquidambar = 107
  • Loropetalum = 72
  • Lonicera = 403
  • Mahonia = 94
  • Metasequoia = 48
  • Nandina = 85
  • Nyssa=35
  • Platanus = 49
  • Picea abies = 340
  • Picea pungens = 263
  • Pinus strobus = 305
  • Podocarpus=98
  • Pseudotsuga = 263
  • Quercus = 442
  • Salix = 257
  • Styrax = 44
  • Taxodium = 73
  • Thuja = 454 excluding. Platycladus (233 more)
  • Ulmus = 234
  • Viburnum = 274
plus all genera with cultivars.

Taxa Range: all temperate woody plants including trees, shrubs, conifers, vines, hardy palms, and subshrubs, covering mainly cultivars with occasional botanical taxa added for comparison.Tender woody plants only hardy in USDA zones 8-10 only are covered in Hatch's Interior Plants (HIP).

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MIssion Statement: To be and remain the largest  and most complete catalog of horticultural varieties or cultivars of garden trees, shrubs, vines, and conifers ever published in any medium.

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