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PLANT PORTFOLIO

PLANT PORTFOLIO. B. BAILEY. TREES. Quercus palustris. Common name: Pin Oak Deciduous; tree Flower: Yellow/green catkins Fruit: Brown, acorn ½” long Leaf: 4-5” long; 5-9 lobes 60-80’ tall 40-50’ wide Needs: sun to part shade; medium to high drainage, high clay content Rapid growing.

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PLANT PORTFOLIO

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  1. PLANT PORTFOLIO B. BAILEY

  2. TREES

  3. Quercuspalustris • Common name: Pin Oak • Deciduous; tree • Flower: Yellow/green catkins • Fruit: Brown, acorn ½” long • Leaf: 4-5” long; 5-9 lobes • 60-80’ tall • 40-50’ wide • Needs: sun to part shade; medium to high drainage, high clay content • Rapid growing

  4. Cornusflorida • Flowering Dogwood • Deciduous; small tree • Flower: four petal/bracts, in early spring • Fruit: red berry in fall • Leaf: oval with wave; scarlet in fall • 15-30 ft. tall • 15-20ft wide • Part shade • Dogwood borer, anthracnose, dogwood canker • NC state flower

  5. Pyruscalleryana ‘Bradford’ • Common name: Bradford Pear • Deciduous; small tree • Flower: later March-April; white clusters • Fruit: orange/brown; ½” diameter, ball. May or June • Leaf: simple serrated 2-3 ½” • 20-40’ tall • 20-30’ wide • Needs: sun to part shade, medium to good drainage, medium to low fertility • Fruit worms, scale, cedar apple, rust, scab • Rapid growing, showy when in bloom, fall foliage, lives to about 12-15 years

  6. Cerciscanadensis • Common name: Eastern Redbud • Deciduous; small tree • Flower: small pea-like clusters, lavender pink • Fruit: late summer, long flat pods • Leaf: heart-shaped, dark green/ yellow in fall • 20-30’ tall • 12-25’ wide • Needs: sun to part shade, good drainage • Leaf rollers, aphids, spider mites • Slow to moderate growing, very drought resistant (stadium entrance)

  7. Pinusstrobus • Common name: Eastern White Pine • Evergreen; tree • No flower • Fruit: pine cone 5-6” long, slender • Leaf: gray/green needle 3-4”-5 needles • 80-100’ tall • 30-40’ wide • Needs: sun, well-drained soil • Blister rot, weevils, borers, aphids, woodrot • Rapid growing, when young: ornamental specimen.

  8. Lagerstroemia indica cv. • Common name: Crape Myrtle • Deciduous; small tree • Flower: July-August 4-9” cluster new wood • No fruit • Leaf: late spring, simple round cluster • 15-25’ tall • 5-15’ wide • Needs: sun, medium to good drainage • Mildew when grown in shade • New growth succulent bark peels lighter & spotty cluster leaves, round cut bloom head will bloom 2nd time

  9. Liquidambar styraciflua • Common name: Sweet Gum • Deciduous • Large tree • Flower not noticeable • Fruit: fall 1” round prickly • Leaf: 5-7” lobed, star shaped • 60-100’ tall • 50-75’ wide • Needs: sun or shade, medium to good drainage, slow to moderate • Veins all come from one point

  10. Acer rubrum • Common name: Red Maple • Deciduous • Medium tree • Flower: Feb- March, small; red • Leaf: 2-4” long, 3-5 lobed-irregular toothed green/red in fall • 40-50’ tall • 25-35’ wide • Needs: sun or shade, medium drainage • maple insects and diseases • Valuable as shade tree, beautiful color, easily transplanted

  11. Quercusphellos • Common name: Willow Oak • Deciduous • Large tree • Hanging catkins • Fruit: round acorn ½” long • Leaf: Lance-shaped • 60-80’ tall • 30-40’ wide • Needs: sun, good drainage, high moisture • Gray-speckled bark, “flat roll” where limbs come out, fast growing

  12. X Cupressocyparisleylandii • Common name: Leyland Cypress • Evergreen • Large tree • No flower • Brown fruit • Leaf: soft green; mature dark blue-green • 60-70’ tall • 12-17’ wide • Needs: sun, medium drainage, rapid • bagworms, red spider mites, worse if too much water • Leaves come out in plane shallow roots

  13. Magnolia grandiflora • Common name: Southern Magnolia • Evergreen • Large tree • Flower: May to June; white fragrant • Fruit: gray-brown/ red seeds • Leaf: 5-8” long, dark green, shiny, back is hairy • 40-60’ tall • 25-30’ wide • Needs: sun to part shade • leaf spot, sun scald • Moderate to rapid growing, dark green, shiny leaves, brown hair back on leaf.

  14. Betulanigra • Common name: River Birch • Deciduous • Small tree • Flower isn’t noticeable • Fruit: late spring, somara • Leaf: 1 ½”-3” long, double toothed • 20-40’ tall • 16-30’ wide • Needs: part shade, medium drainage, high moisture. • new growth has fuzz, okay in wet conditions.

  15. Malushybrida • Common Name: Flowering Crabapple • Deciduous • Small tree • Flower: white to rose/ April; 1-2” clusters • Fruit: mid summer ¼”- 1 ½” diameter red to yellow • Leaf: 1-3” long medium green • 15-25’ tall • 10-20’ wide • Needs: sun; well-drained • leaf defoliators, borers, scale, fire blight, powdery mildew, rust • moderate growing; pretty in spring

  16. Acer palmatum • Japanese Maple • Deciduous • Small Tree • Flower-purple to red, March, clusters • Fruit-samara 1”; 2 winged; red • Leaf-2-4”, star shaped; red in fall • Height- 15-20’ • Width-10-15’ • Needs-part shade, good drainage, high fertility • Pests-maple insects • Characteristics- slow growth rate, accent plant

  17. Pinustaeda • Loblolly Pine • Evergreen • Large Tree • No Flower • Cone 2-5”;pale, reddish-brown • Leaf 5-10”; 3 in bundle, bright green • Ht. -70-90’ • Width- 30-40’ • Sun to part shade, well drained • Pests- rusts, bark beetles, sawflies, pine shoot moth and pine weevils • Rapid growth; got pine tar- “Tarheel State”

  18. Prunusserrulata ‘Kwanzan’ • Japanese Cherry • Deciduous • Small Tree • Flower: April to May;1/2 to2 1/2 “; white to pink • Fruit- summer black berryish • Leaf- 2-4” ; fall yellowish orange • Height- 15-25’ • Width- 15-20’ • Needs- sun to part shade; good drainage • Borers, scale, aphids, • Cherry Blossom trees in DC; very fragrant

  19. SHRUBS

  20. Abelia X grandfloria • Common name: Glossy Abelia • Evergreen shrub • Flower: ¾” cluster; pinkish/white red bracts • No fruit • Leaf: opposite, 1 ½” long glossy • 4-6’ tall • 3-5’ wide • Needs: sun or shade, medium to good drainage, moderate growth • Aphids • Opposite leaf arrangement, bark streaks then grays, new growth stem is red, willow growth.

  21. Berberisthurbengii • Common name: Japanese Barberry • Deciduous • Shrub • Flower: mid April, small cup-shaped creamy white • Fruit: fall; berry shaped; ½” orange-red • ½”-1 ½” teethed margin • 3-5’ tall • 3-5’ wide • Needs: sun to part shade; medium drainage • Moderate growing, grow okay in moderate/ bad conditions, impenetrable hedge.

  22. Euonymus alata • Common name: Winged Euonymus • Deciduous • Shrub • No flower • Fruit: fall; pink to red capsule • Leaf: green ½”-3” long; scarlet in fall • 5-8’ tall • 3-5’ wide • Needs: sun to part shade; medium drainage and fertility • Pests/problems: Scale • Moderate growing; twig structure, fall color

  23. Euonymous japonica • Common name: Evergreen Euonymous • Evergreen shrub • Flower: early summer; white & tiny • Fruit: pink to red, late summer/ fall capsule • Leaf: dark green, thick serrated 1-3” waxy • 6-7’ tall • 3-5’ wide • Needs: sun or shade, medium drainage, fertility • anthracnose, crown gall, leaf spots, aphids, scale • Fast growing, tolerates salt spray, used in hedges.

  24. Juniperushorizontalis • Common name: Blue Rug Juniper • Evergreen; groundcover • No flower • Fruit: berry, 3/8” diameter-blue • Leaf: needlelike; bluish green; rust-green in winter • 12-18” tall • 3-5’ wide • Needs: sun, well drained alkaline soil. PH above 10 • Bagworms & mites • Moderate to rapid growing; city conditions- tolerated well.

  25. Forsythia X intermedia • Common name: Border Forsythia • Deciduous • Shrub • Flower: early march before leaves, bell shaped yellow 1 ½” • Leaf: 3 parted; 3-5” long • 8-10’ tall • 7-10’ wide • Needs: sun; low to medium water; prune every 3 years to ground. • Fast growing, easily transported, roots quickly, withstands city conditions

  26. Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’ • Common name: Dwarf Yaupon • Evergreen • Shrub • No flower • No fruit • Leaf: gray-green; 1” long • 2-4’ tall • 3-5’ wide • Needs: sun or shade; medium drainage • Slow to moderate growth, foundation plant

  27. Ligustrumjaponicum • Common name: Japanese Privet • Evergreen; small tree • Flower: may; strong, small, white • Fruit: ¼” berry in fall • Leaf: dull green, big leaf, pointed leaf • 6-10’ tall • 5-6’ wide • Needs: sun or shade, medium drainage, rapid growth, pruning not necessary; good for topiary • White flies, scale • Distinct smell, dull green, big leaf, pointed leaf.

  28. Myricacerifera • Common name: Wax Myrtle • Evergreen; large shrub • Flower: spring, stamens prominent • Fruit: fall, berry • Leaf: 2” long, teethed edge, dull green • 5-10’ tall • 4-7’ wide • Needs: sun; medium to high moisture, moderate growing • mites, scales, mushroom root rot. • Distinct smell, salt tolerant, stem yellow on end

  29. Rhododendron catawbiense • Common name: Catawba Rhododendron • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower: May, large groups, white, pink, red, purple • Fruit: fall-capsules, brown • Leaf: 3-5” leathery, medium to dark green • 4-6’ tall • 3-5’ wide • Needs: sun to part shade, well drained soil. • root rot, lace bugs, spider mites. • Slow to moderate growth, well under pines.

  30. Aucuba japonica • Japanese Aucuba • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower- March- brownish –white • Fruit- winter; berries, red • Leaf- 4-8”; deep green; variegated • Height- 4-5’ • Width- 3-4 feet • Needs- shade, medium drainage, high fertility • Pest- spider mites, scale • Variegated plants are grown for attractiveness

  31. Buxussempervirens • American Boxwood • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower- NA • No Fruit • Leaf- 1 ¼” long, dark green • Height- 3-6’ • Width- 3-4’ • Needs- part shade to shade; good drainage • Nematodes, boxwood leaf miner, spider mites, root rot • Excellent for shaped hedges

  32. Ilex x atenuata ‘Fosteri’ • Foster Holly • Evergreen • Small Tree • Flower: spring, inconspicuous white • Fruit: clusters of bright red berries in fall and winter • Leaf: 1 ½ - 2 ½”, glossy dark green • Height- 20-30’ • Width- 7-10’ • Needs- sun to part shade; well drained soil • No pests

  33. Ilex x cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford Holly’ • Dwarf Burford Holly • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower: early spring, not noticeable • Fruit: 1/8” diameter berry in fall and winter • Leaf: ¾ to 1” long, med. green • Height- 3-6’ • Width- 4-6’ • Needs- Sun to part sun • Pests- mildew; leaf spot; scale; sooty mold

  34. Ilex x crenata ‘Helleri Holly’ • Helleri Holly • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower and fruit- inconspicuous • Leaf- ½” medium to dark green • Height- 2-3’ • Width- 3-5’ • Needs- sun or shade • Pest problems- scale, spider mites, and nematodes • Often used for foundation plant

  35. Juniperusconferta • Shore Juniper • Evergreen • Groundcover • Flower- not significant • Fruit- black, ½” berry • Leaf- needles, ½” long, gray-green with white line on top • Height- 12-18” • Width- 4-6’ • Needs- sun put does ok with part shade, low fertility • Pests- red spider mites • Does well under trees

  36. Nandinadomestica • Nandina • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower- April; clusters of white flowers • Fruit- fall/winter; clusters to 12” of red berries • Leaf- green, compound; fall maroon to red leaves • Height- 4-6’ • Width- 2-3’ • Needs- sun or part shade; high organic content • No pest problems • Dwarf variety is very popular as foundation plant

  37. Pinusmugo var. ‘Mugo’ • Mugo Pine • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower- none • Fruit- none • Leaf- 2” long deep green • Height- 3-4’ • Width- 2-4’ • Needs- sun, good drainage • Pests- pine root rot, scale • Used as specimen and as a container plant

  38. Rhododendron obtusumor Azalea obtusum • Kurume Azalea • Evergreen • Shrub • Flower- mid April, 1-2” white to bright red • Fruit- no noticeable • Leaf- simple ½ to 1”, shiny • Height- 2-4’ • Width- 2-5’ • Needs- part shade, high moisture, • Pests- lacebugs, scale, spider mites, root rot • Best color in flowers when in part shade

  39. TROPICALS

  40. Ficusbenjamina • Common name: Weeping Fig • Small tree, houseplant • No flower or fruit • Leaf: oval, point at end • Up to 12’ tall • 4-6’ wide • Needs: moist but not wet, filtered light • May drop leaves with movement

  41. Chlorophytumcomosum • Common name: Spider Plant • Houseplant • No flower or fruit • Leaf: grows 10-12” green or variegated • 8-10” tall • 8-10” wide • Needs: lots of water & part sun • Plantlets on end of stem, easy to grow, division.

  42. Nephrolepisexaltata cv. • Common name: Boston Fern • Houseplant • No flowers, fruit=spores • Leaf: long frond • 12-24” tall • 16-24” wide • Needs: moisture-mist often, part sun • Hanging basket.

  43. Araucaria heterophylla • Common name: Norfolk Island Pine • Houseplant • Tiny small tree • No flower • Fruit: small cone ¼” • Leaf: needle-like round • Up to 12’ tall • Up to 4’ wide • Needs: moisture, weak sun/shade • Christmas tree

  44. Dieffenbachia maculata • Common name: Dumbcane • Houseplant • No flower or fruit • Leaf: oval, green, yellow area from vein • 3-5’ tall • 2-3’ wide • Needs: drench lightly/let dry out; filtered out lightly • Yellowing on leaf, lots of different varieties, easy to grow

  45. Euphorbia pulcherrima cv. • Common name: Poinsettia • Seasonal • Houseplant- perennial flowering shrub in nature • Flower: small, yellow in center of bracts-red, pink, white, plum, variegated. • Leaf: dark green; 2-6” bracts & leaves are same • 6”-6’ tall • 6”-4’ wide • Needs: moderate water, bright indirect light, short days to flower. • white flies, mealybugs, spider mites, fungus gnats • Christmas flower, over 100 varieties

  46. Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’ • Sprengeri Fern • Tropical Houseplant; hanging plant • Small white flower • Dark purple berry; small • Needle-like- 1/2“ long • Height- 10” • Width- 2-3’ • Part sun, light watering, • No pests • Easy to grow; actually in the lily family and not a true fern

  47. Epipremnumaureum cv. • Golden Pothos • Tropical houseplant • No flower • No fruit • Leaf 2” heart shaped, variegated • Height- 8” • Width-3’ can grow very long • Needs part shade, light watering • Spider mites • Hanging plant

  48. Ficuselastica ‘Decora’ • Decora Rubber Plant • Tropical houseplant • No flower • No fruit • Leaf- 3- 6” long, dark green, waxy covering • Height- up to 12’ (not common) • Width- 2-4’ • Full sun, med. Water • No pest problems • White sap when leaf breaks off

  49. Marantaleuconeura var. kerchoviana • Prayer plant • Tropical houseplant • No flower • No fruit • Leaf 2-4’ distinct veins and midrib; different colors • Height- up to 2’ • Width- up to 18” • Part sun, moist • No pests • Leaves close up at night looks like its “praying”

  50. Saintpauliaionantha • African violet • Tropical houseplant • Flower- shades of purple, blue, pink, white; ½” in size • Fruit • Leaf- oval, fuzzy, med. green, • Height- 6-8” • Width- 6-12” • Cultural- part sun, moist, careful not to overwater • No pests • Characteristics- leaf propagation , don’t wet leaves

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