PLANT ID Week 2
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PLANT ID Week 2
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Euonymous japonica• Evergreen Euonymous• Celastraceae• Shrub• Japan
• Arrangement: Opposite• Type: Simple• Margin: Serrate• Vein: Pinnate• Length: 1-3”• Width: 1”
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 6-7’ Width: 3-5’• Upright• Sun-Shade• Growth: Rapid• Zones: 5-10
• Flower–Color: Green-Orange–Season: Spring June
• Fruit–Color: Pink–Season: Fall
DESCRIPTION
• Many named cultivars available with varying colors of foliage
PROBLEMS
• Euonymus scale insect is a real problem
Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri’• Fosteri Holly• Aquifoliaceae• Hybrid: I.cassine X I.opaca • Shrub
• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Serrated• Vein: Pinnate• Length: 2” Width: ¾”
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 25’ Width: 6-8’• Sun-Part Shade• Growth: Medium• Zones: 6-9
• Flower: Inconspicuous
–Season: Spring–Color: White
• Fruit
–Red Berry–Season: Fall
• Cultural Practices
–Easily propagated by cuttings
Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’• Dwarf Burford Holly• Aquifoliaceae• China • Shrub
• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Entire• Vein: Pinnate• Length:1 ¾-3” • Width:1-1 ½”
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 5-8’ Width: 4-5’• Upright• Sun-Part Shade• Growth: Medium• Zones: 6-9
• Flower–Color: White–Season: Spring
• Fruit–Color: Red–Season: Fall–Dimensions: ¼-3/8”
DESCRIPTION• Leaf is entire, but has one terminal spine, leaf
margins tend to be parallel
CULTURAL PRACTICES
• Dioecious plant • Propagate by stem cuttings
Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’• Dwarf Yaupon• Aquifoliaceae• Japan • Shrub
• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Crenate• Vein: Pinnate• Length: ¾” Width: ¼-3/8”
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 1-2’ Width: 3’• Spreading• Part Shade• Growth: Slow-Medium• Zones: 7-9
DESCRIPTION• Good plant to use in coastal areas• Stems are silver
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’• Helleri Holly• Aquifoliaceae• Japan • Shrub
• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Serrated
(toward apex)• Vein: Pinnate• Length: ½” Width: ¼-3/8”
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 2-3’ Width: 3-4’• Spreading• Sun-Shade• Growth: Slow• Zones: 6-8
• Flower: Inconspicuous
–Season: Spring• Fruit: Inconspicuous
DESCRIPTION• Leaf is oblong, but broadest 2/3 way to tip• Wedge shaped at the base
CULTURAL PRACTICES
• Needs very little pruning
PROBLEMS
• Spiders mites
Evergreen Hollies
I. attenuata 'Fosteri'Foster's Hybrid Holly
I. cornuta 'Burfordi'Burford Chinese Holly I. cornuta 'Rotunda'Japanese Maple
I. vomitoria Yaupon Holly I. crenata 'Helleri'Heller's Japanese Holly