Plant ID

SpringWeek 10

Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’

• Habit: Deciduous• Growth Rate: Rapid• Height: 20 to 40' • Width:20 to 30‘• Leaf: 1.5 to 3" alternate,

simple glossy dark green leaves; yellow, scarlet, purple fall color

Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’

• Flower/Fruit: White, flowers in March; unpleasant odor; .5" rounded brown fruit

• Comments: Upright, weak crotches that break with age; easy to transplant; tolerates drought, air pollution, heat; may have thorns

Quercus palustris

• Habit: Deciduous • Growth Rate: Rapid• Height: 60 to 80' • Width: 40 to 50‘• Leaf: 3 to 6" alternate,

simple leaves; 5 to 7 deeply cut lobes; russet, bronze, red fall color

Quercus palustris

• Flower/Fruit: .5" acorn • Comments: Young trees

and lower branches of older trees hold leaves throughout winter; fibrous root system; transplants well

Quercus phellos

• Habit: Deciduous • Growth Rate: Moderate

to rapid• Height: 60 to 80' • Width: 30 to 40‘• Leaf: 2 to 5.5" alternate,

narrow, simple leaves; slightly wavy; yellow to yellow brown fall color

Quercus phellos• Flower/Fruit: .5" acorn; often alternate years

of heavy bearing; not as messy as some oaks Comments: Native; fibrous root system; easy to transplant; good street tree; tolerant of heat, drought, air pollution and standing water; acorns eaten by birds and squirrels; small leaves are easy to clean up in fall

Japanese Barberry: Berberis thunbergii

• Deciduous shrub, except it is red in color.

• Leaf: alternate, ovate, entire margin, less than ½” wide and long

• Sun, 3-5’ tall/wide• Yellow spring flower• ½” long spines

Euonymous alata

• Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; range of soil types except wet

• Height: 15 to 20 feet • Width: 15 to 20 feet• Flower/Fruit: Non-showy

yellow-green flowers; 0.5 to 0.3" red fruit in fall

Euonymous alata

• Foliage: Opposite to sub-opposite, simple leaves; 1 to 3" long; finely serrated; corky winged branches; excellent red fall color

• Comments: Drought tolerant; fruit attracts birds; can be severely pruned

Border Forsythia: Forsythia x intermedia

• Deciduous shrub• Leaf: opposite, serrated,

elliptical, pinnate, 3-5”long,1 ½” wide

• 8-10’tall/wide• Sun• Yellow flower in late

winter, early spring.• Green pod for fruit.• Stem is 4-sided, has

noticeable lenticels

Glossy Abelia: Abelia x grandiflora

• Evergreen shrub• Leaf: opposite,

elliptical, serrated, pinnate, simple

• Pink flower, funnel/tube shaped.

• Twigs are reddish-brown with streaks

Aucuba japonica

• Height: 6 to 10 feet • Width: 4 to 6 feet• Evergreen• Flower/Fruit: Grown for

foliage rather than flowers; purple male flowers; 0.5" scarlet fruit matures in fall and persists till spring; often hidden by foliage

Aucuba japonica

• Foliage: Opposite, simple, lustrous, leathery le• Comments: Drought tolerant; young leaves

exposed to sun will blacken; easy to transplant; remains dense even in heavy shade; male and female plants aves; 3 to 8" long; rounded green stems