Evergreen Trees

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X Cupressocyparis leylandiiLeyland Cypress

•Height: 100’•Spread: Narrow pyramid•Scale leaves that are flattened•Full Sun•Used as a •Problems: Bag worms & shallow roots

Magnolia grandifloraSouthern Magnolia

•Height: 60-80’•Spread: 30-50’•Alternate, Elliptical, Entire & Pinnate Leaves•Glossy top and brown underneath•Creamy white 10” wide flower•Sun-Part Shade

Pinus mugoMugo Pine

•Height: up to 10’•Spread: up to 15’•1-3” long needles, 2/fasicle•Sun-Part Shade•Problems: Scale

Pinus strobusEastern White Pine

•Height: 50-80’•Spread: 20-40’•5 needles/fasicle that have a thin white line on the middle•Leaves appear to have a bluish-green hint•Sun

Loblolly PinePinus taeda

•Height: 50-80’•Spread: 30-35’•Needle like leaves 12-18” (3 per fascile)•Full Sun•Acidic Soil•One Central Leader

Evergreen Shrubs

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Glossy AbeliaAbelia x grandiflora

•Height: 4-6’•Spread: 3-5’•1-1.5” long glossy green leaves•Pinkish-white tube shaped flowers (summer)•Semi-shade

Japanese AucubaAucuba japonica

•Height: 4-5’•Spread: 3-4’•4-8” deep green or spotted leaves•Good in shady places•Semi-shade•Dioecious

Buxus sempervirensCommon Boxwood

•Height: 3-8’•Spread: 3-4’•Simple with white midrib on underside•Part shade•Used as a hedge along a building

Evergreen EuonymusEuonymus japonica

•Height: 5-10’•Width: 5-8’•Waxy, solid green and golden edged leaves (variegated will revert to solid-must prune off)•Opposite, simple, obovate & serrated•Stem-squarish•Shade-Sun•Problems: Leaf spot, euonymous scale, & aphids

Dwarf Burford HollyIlex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’

•Height: 5-6’•Width: 4-6’•Oblong leaves with 1-3 spines at top and slight recurve•Sun-shade

Fosteri HollyIlex x attenuata ‘Fosteri

•Height: 20-30’•Width: 7-10’•1-4 spines down the upper half of leaf•Alternate, simple, elliptic-ovate, & glossy•Cluster of berries in fall/winter•Typical Pyramid shape•Sun-part shade

Helleri HollyIlex crenata ‘Helleri

•Height: 4’ •Width: 5’•Wedge-based leaves with crenate margins, flat & ½” long•Mounding habit•Sun-shade•Good substitute for boxwood•Spider Mites

Dwarf YauponIlex vomitoria ‘Nana’

•Height: 3-5’•Width: 4-6’•Green-reddish brown leaves•Alternate, simple, ovate, & crenate•Gray stems•Sun-shade•Drought tolerant

Juniperus confertaShore Juniper

•Height: 1-2’•Spread: 6-9’•Awl shaped (1/2” long) and usually in 3’s•Stomata band with bluish-green underside•Blue berry•Sun-part shade•Will grow on beach dunes or in clay and withstands severe exposure

Creeping JuniperJuniperus horizontalis•Height: 1-2’•Spread: 4-8’•Scale-like; bluish-green in the summer & plum in winter•Forms a thick mat•Berry in fall•Sun-part shade•Withstands severe exposure and grows in any soil•Problems-blight & mites

Japanese PrivetLigustrum japonicum•Height: 6-12’•Spread: 6-8’•Opposite, Simple, Ovate, Entire•4” long leathery with raised veins on underside (curl at apex)•White panicle in May (fragrant)•Sun-shade•Stems-large grey lenticels•Sometimes grown as a small tree

Wax MyrtleMyrica cerifera

•Height: 10-12’•Spread:8-10’• Lanceolate leathery leaves (aromatic)•Serrate at apex and olive colored•Bluish-gray berry (females only)•Sun-shade

Heavenly Bamboo/Dwarf NandinaNandina domestica•Height: 6-8’•Spread: 2-3’•Pinnately-Compound leaves, Lanceolate, Entire•1-1.5” long leaflets•Pink/White Panicle Flower (May-June)•Green-spring•Greenish-maroon/red in winter•Problem Free Plant

Catawba RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense•Height: 6-10’•Spread: 5-8’•3-6” long/1-2” wide bluish green leaves•Alternate, Elliptical, Entire•Flowers Lilac-Purple in April-May & 5-6” wide (umbel shaped)•Likes cooler climates (becomes leggy in unfavorable conditions•Part shade•Leaves and flowers are bigger than azalea•Troubled by many pests