Post on 01-Apr-2015
Plant ID Week 1
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Juniperus horizontalis
Common Name: Creeping Juniper
Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar
Evergreen groundcover
• Height: 1-2 ft tall• Width: one plant can cover 6-10 ft in diameter• Leaves: The leaves on new shoots are needle-like
and sharp-pointed. On older growth the leaves are elliptic and scale-like
• Creeping juniper is dioecious (separate male and female plants). Male cones are about 1/4 in (0.6 cm) in diameter, yellow and dry. Female cones are berry-like and fleshy, dark blue, and contain 1-3 seeds.
• There are over 60 cultivars of creeping Juniper– Plumosa, Bar Harbor, AND Wiltonii/Blue rug are
some common varieties– Blue rug stay less than a foot tall where Plumose
gets to be at least 2 ft tall.
• Light: Full sun is best. Tolerates partial shade, but foliage will be thinner.
• Moisture: Established plants are highly drought tolerant.
• Hardiness: USDA Zones 3 - 10. Grows well up to 8000 ft (2438 m) in Colorado
Japanese Privet: Ligustrum japonicum
• Evergreen shrub• Leaf: opposite, ovate,
entire/wavy, pinnate• 6-12’tall, 5-10’wide• Flowers: white,
panicle, black berries in fall
• Stems have raised lenticels
• Leaf Arrangement: Opposite• Leaf Shape: Ovate• Leaf Margin: Entire• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Simple• Length: 4-6”• Width: 2 ½-3”
PLANT
• Evergreen • Height 6’ - 12’• Width 5’ - 10’• Upright • Environment: Sun to Shade• Growth: Rapid• Zones: 7-10
• Flower: Spring (May)–White panicle, fragrant
• Fruit: Fall (black berry)–Seeds are possibly poisonous if ingested.
Reproductive Parts
DESCRIPTION
• Shiny, waxy leaves are dark green and leathery• Petiole 1/4” long• Stems are spotted with large, raised, light gray
lenticels
‘Rotundifolium’
Myrica cerifera
Common Name: Wax myrtle
Other names: southern bayberry, southern wax myrtle
Semi-evergreen tree/shrub depending on where it is grown.
Popular in Florida.
• Leaves The simple narrow leaves of the wax myrtle range from 1-5 in (2.5-13 cm) in length and about 0.5 in ( 1.3 cm) wide. They are gray-green to yellow-green and aromatic when crushed
• Flowers appear in late winter. The males are yellow-green catkins that grow up to 1 in (2.5 cm) long while the females are small and inconspicuous little bumps that grow into small blue berries, 1/8 in (0.3 cm) in diameter, that are held closely to the stem.
• Facts: Wax myrtle is uncommonly beautiful and has so many desirable attributes that it is my third most favorite native tree
Heavenly Bamboo: Nandina domestica
• Evergreen shrub• Leaf: alternate, ovate
leaflets, entire, compound leaves
• Pinkish-white flower• Bright red berries in fall
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Leaf Arrangement:
Alternate• Leaf Shape: Ovate
(leaflets)• Leaf Margin: Entire• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Opposite leaflets on a
Compound leaf
• Flower Color: Pinkish-White• Fruit: Bright red berry• Environment: Sun to Shade• Growth: Medium• Zones: 6 – 9
• New dwarf varieties don’t always have berries on them…they are mainly used for foliage.
Rhododendron catawbiense
• COMMON NAME:– Catawba rhododendron
• FAMILY: Ericaceae
• NATIVE: United States
• HARDINESS ZONE: 4-8
Rhododendron catawbiense
Rhododendron catawbiense
• Partial to full shade; moist, well drained soil is best; needs acid soil.
• Evergreen used for borders, and natural areas of landscapes.
• Flower/Fruit: 5 to 6" umbel of lilac-purple to pale lavender-pink flowers in mid-spring; green or yellow-brown markings in throat
• Height: 6 to 12 feet • Width: 8 to 12 feet
• Foliage: Large, leathery, alternate, glossy dark green leaves; 3 to 6" long; may develop yellow-green winter color
Rhododendron catawbiense
Rhododendron kiusianum
• COMMON NAME: Azalea
• FAMILY:
• NATIVE: Japan
• HARDINESS ZONE: 5-7
Rhododendron kiusianum
Rhododendron kiusianum
• Size: Height: 2 ft. to 4 ft. Width: 0 ft. to 4 ft.
• Flowers: – most azaleas have only 5 or 6 stamens, while
most rhododendrons have 10 stamens. – terminal blooms (one flower per flower stem)– Bloomtime Range:Mid Spring to Late Spring – Typcially in reds and pinks, but can sometimes
find in white.
Rhododendron kiusianum
• Light Range: Part Sun to Full Sun • USDA Hardiness Zone:7 to 8• Tolerances:deer, rabbits, seashore, slope,