Transcript Plant Identification

Plant Identification
Nandina Domestica
•Common name –
Nandina, Heavenly Bamboo
•Evergreen
•Up to 7ft tall and 5 ft wide
•Spring leave are bright pink or
red
•Leaves bi- to tri- pinnately
compound
•Flowers are white, early
summer
•Fruit is bright red berry, late
autumn through winter
•All parts are poisonous
•Invasive
Camellia japonica
•Common name –
Japanes Camellia
•Evergreen tree or shrub
•5 – 20ft tall and wide
•Alternate, leathery
leaves
•Flowers Jan – March
•Large rose like flower on
the end of the branches
with a short stem
Rosemarinus officinalis
•Common name –
Rosemary
•Woody, Perennial herb
•Evergreen
•Fragrant, culinary and
medicinal uses
•Said to improve memory
•Flowers in spring,
summer and some times
all year -Blue
•Drought tolerant
•Grows up to 5ft tall and
wide
Helleborus niger
•Common name –
Lenten Rose or
Christmas Rose
• 12” – 24” tall and
wide
•Evergreen
•Drought resistant
•Flowers late Winter –
early Spring
•Toxic
•Urban legends of
using to control
demons and madness
Aucuba japonica
•Common name –
Aucuba
•Evergeen
•Leaves are opposite
and are often
variegated
•5 – 8 ft tall and wide
•Dioecious , separate
male and female parts
•Fruit is red berry
•Flowers are small
purplish
x Cupressocyparis leylandii
Common name – Leyland Cypress
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Mature height – 60’ – 70’
Mature spread – 15’ – 20’
Evergreen
Grows quickly
Sun to partial shade
Pyramidal shape
Susceptible to Rust
Heuchera villosa
Common name – Coral Bells
• 10” – 36” tall and wide
• Perennial /semievergreen
• Brightly colored leaves
• Long flowers of white,
green, pink or red in
Spring
Gardenia augusta ‘Radicans’
Common name – Dwarf Gardenia
• Evergreen
• Broadleef
• 1’ – 2’ tall
• 3’ – 5’ wide
• White bloom in Spring
• Very fragrant
• Sun to partial shade
Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’
Common name - Burford Holly
• Evergreen
• 10’ – 25’ tall
• Rounded shape, upright
form
• Showy, round red
berries in the fall and
winter
• Drought tolerant
Prunus laurocerasus
Common name – Cherry Laurel
• Long, thick leaves
• Evergreen
• Grows from 4’ – 50’
depending on variety
• Flowers, white in Spring
• Used for hedges and
screening plants
Ajuga reptans
COMMON NAME: Ajuga
FORM: evergreen to
semi-evergreen rapidgrowing groundcover
FOLIAGE: ranges from
green to bronze to purple
FLOWERS: may be rose
or white, but most
commonly purplish-blue
Chrysanthemum morifolium
COMMON NAME: Florist
chrysanthemum
FORM: bushy perennial, up to 5
feet tall with a spread of 4 feet
FOLIAGE: medium to dark-green
lobed leaves
FLOWERS: large aster-type
flowers with varying colors
Impatiens shawkeri
COMMON NAME:
Touch me not
FORM: annual
FOLIAGE:
FLOWERS: early
summer until frost
Hosta sp.
COMMON NAME: Hosta
FORM: clumping growth
habit
FOLIAGE: medium green
or variegated large clasping
leaves with prominent veins
FLOWERS: varying colors
from white to purple
Pelargonium X hortorum
COMMON NAME: Ivy
Leaf Geranium
FORM: trailing growth
habit, 6 inches in height
and 6 inches wide
FOLIAGE: ivy-shaped
and come in rich green or
variegated form
FLOWERS: dainty and
come in white, pink, lilac,
burgundy, or red