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Horticulture II

Horticulture II. Landscape Plant Identification Objective 5.01. Acer platanoides Norway Maple. Deciduous tree Can reach 80 feet tall Yellow fall color. Cornus kousa Chinese Dogwood. Small deciduous flowering tree Can reach 15-30 feet tall Used in the landscape for: Stunning flowers

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Horticulture II

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  1. Horticulture II Landscape Plant Identification Objective 5.01

  2. Acer platanoidesNorway Maple • Deciduous tree • Can reach 80 feet tall • Yellow fall color

  3. Cornus kousaChinese Dogwood • Small deciduous flowering tree • Can reach 15-30 feet tall • Used in the landscape for: • Stunning flowers • Bright fall color • In small groupings • Specimen tree

  4. Ginkgo bilobaGinkgo • Deciduous tree • Can reach 100 feet tall • Nurseries typically only sale male specimens. • Used in the landscape for shade.

  5. Gleditsa triacanthos var. inermisThornless Honeylocust • Deciduous tree • Can reach 50-60 feet tall • May be used for shade, or in urban settings (it allows turf growth underneath the tree).

  6. Magnolia X soulangeana cv.Saucer Magnolia • Deciduous Tree • Can reach 15-25 feet tall • Produces showy white, pink or maroon flowers in the spring. • Multi stemmed tree • Used as a specimen tree

  7. Picea abiesNorway Spruce • Evergreen Tree • Height: 40-60 feet; Width: 30-35 feet • Tree for large lawns. Can be used as a screen or windbreak.

  8. Platanus X acerifoliaLondon Plane Tree • Deciduous tree • Height: 75-100 feet; Width: 60-75 feet • Best grown in wet soil that is rich in organic matter.

  9. Quercus falcataSouthern Red Oak • Deciduous Tree • Can reach 90 feet tall • Leaves have 3-5 sharply pointed lobes.

  10. Quercus nigraWater Oak • Deciduous Tree • Height: 50-80 feet; Width: 40-60 feet • Spatula shaped leaves. • Leaves fall late into winter.

  11. Tsuga canadensisCanadian Hemlock • Evergreen Tree • 40-70 Feet tall • Tree has small cones ½” to 1” • Used in the landscape alone, screen, hedge

  12. Zelkova serrataZelkova • Deciduous Tree • 50-70 feet tall • Used in the landscape as a specimen tree, or for it’s ornate bark.

  13. Buxus microphylla var. japonicaJapanese Boxwood • Evergreen Shrub • Height: 6-8 feet; Width: 10-15 feet • Used as a border, foundation planting or hedge

  14. Camellia japonica cv.Common Camellia • Evergreen Shrub • Height 8-15 feet • Prefers shade • Prefers acidic soils • Flowers in winter and early spring

  15. Camellia sasanquaSasanqua Camellia • Evergreen Shrub • Height 1 ½ feet-12 feet tall • White, Pink or Red flowers • Flowers in the fall

  16. Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Gold Mop’Gold Mop • Evergreen shrub • Height and Width 3-5 feet • Yellow in color • Various landscape uses: foundation planting, borders, containers, bonsai.

  17. Elaeagnus pungensThorny Elaegnus • Evergreen Shrub • Fragrant flowers in October and November • Can reach 25 feet tall

  18. Gardenia jasminoidesGardenia • Evergreen Shrub • Height and Width: 5-6 feet • Showy, Fragrant white flowers

  19. Hydrangea macrophyllaFrench Hydrangea • Deciduous Shrub • Can grow 3-6 feet tall • Large “bunches” of pink, white, or blue flowers. (Flower color depends on cultivar, soil pH, and aluminum availability) • Best used in the shade.

  20. Ilex attenuata ‘Savannah’Savannah Holly • Evergreen Shrub • Height: 10-20 feet; Width: 8-15 feet • Used as a hedge or screen in the landscape. Offers good winter color (red berries)

  21. Ilex crenata ‘Compacta’Compacta Holly • Evergreen shrub • Can reach 3-5 feet tall • Tolerant of heavy shearing. • Used in the landscape as a foundation planting, low hedge or border.

  22. Ilex X ‘Nellie R. Stevens’Nellie R. Stevens Holly • Evergreen Shrub • Height: 15-25 feet; Width: 8-12 feet • Showy red fruit • Used in the landscape for winter color, hedge, screen, border, specimen or small tree.

  23. Ilex cornuta ‘Carissa’Carissa Holly • Evergreen Shrub • 3-4 feet tall • Can be used as a foundation planting, shrub border, or in formal gardens

  24. Loropetalum chinensisChinese Fringe Flower • Evergreen shrub • Can reach 10-12 feet tall and wide • Used in the landscape as a border, screen or foundation planting. • Showy, fringe type flower

  25. Osmanthus X fortuneiFortune Tea Olive • Evergreen shrub • Can reach 15-20 feet tall • Has very fragrant, small flowers in the fall. • Can be used as an unclipped hedge, or screen. Should be placed where fragrance can be enjoyed.

  26. Pieris japonicaJapanese Andromeda • Evergreen Shrub • Height: 6-8 feet • Slow growth rate • Used as a foundation planting, shrub border • Resistant to deer, useful in shady areas.

  27. Prunus laurocerasus ‘Zabeliana’Zabel Cherry Laurel • Evergreen Shrub • 3-4 feet tall • Willow like leaves; 3-4 inch white flowers • Used in the landscape as a hedge, windbreak, or screen.

  28. Pyracantha coccineaScarlet Firethorn • Deciduous Shrub • 6-18 feet tall and wide • Showy flower • Used as a hedge, barrier plant, espalier or trellis plant.

  29. Rhaphiolepis indicaIndian Hawthorn • Evergreen Shrub • Height and Width 4-6 feet • Used as a hedge, foundation planting, or shrub border • Fragrant pink or white flowers

  30. Taxus cuspidataJapanese Yew • Evergreen, multi-stemmed shrub • 10-40 feet tall and wide

  31. Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arborvitae

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