Campbell Family Nursery

We are a second and third generation North Carolina nursery family specializing in native shrubs, trees, and perennials of the southeastern United States.


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Aesculus pavia
Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub, Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Asclepias purpurascens
Purple Milkweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Asclepias tuberosa
Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist, Dry

Asclepias verticillata
Whorled Milkweed, Eastern Whorled Milkweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Callicarpa americana
American Beautyberry , French Mulberry

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Calycanthus floridus
Eastern Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Sweet Shrub

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Catalpa bignonioides
Southern Catalpa, Cigar Tree, Indian Bean

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Wet

Cylindropuntia davisii
Davis Cholla, Thistle Cholla

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light:
Water:

Cylindropuntia imbricata
Tree Cholla, Walking Stick Cholla, Cholla

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light:
Water:

Hibiscus coccineus
Scarlet Rosemallow, Crimson Rosemallow, Wild Red Mallow, Texas Star Hibiscus

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

Monarda didyma
Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Red Bergamot

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri
Texas Prickly Pear, Lindheimer's Prickly Pear, Lindheimer Prickly Pear

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis
Cactus Apple

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light:
Water:

Opuntia fragilis
Brittle Prickly Pear, Fragile Prickly Pear, Pygmy Prickly Pear, Brittle Cactus

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Opuntia humifusa
Low Prickly Pear, Smooth Prickly Pear, Devil's Tongue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Opuntia macrocentra
Purple Pricklypear, Purple Prickly Pear, Long-spined Prickly Pear, Black Spine Prickly Pear

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Opuntia macrorhiza
Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Opuntia polyacantha var. arenaria
El Paso Pricklypear, Sand Pricklypear, Sand Prickly Pear

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light:
Water:

Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha
Hairspine Pricklypear, Utah Grizzlybear Pricklypear

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Opuntia pusilla
Cockspur Prickly Pear, Drummond's Prickly Pear

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light:
Water:

Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Needle Palm, Blue Palmetto

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Sabal minor
Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Palmetto

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Wet

Tradescantia virginiana
Virginia Spiderwort, Spider Lily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry