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Week 3. Fall Hort I. Sweetgum Liquidambar strycaflua. Height: 60-100’ Spread: 50-75’ 5-7 lobed, star shaped leaves Synacarp in fall and winter Part shade-sun. Flowering Crabapple Malus sp. Height: 15-25’ Spread: 10-20’ White to rose colored flowers in April Serrated leaves
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Week 3 Fall Hort I
SweetgumLiquidambar strycaflua Height: 60-100’ Spread: 50-75’ 5-7 lobed, star shaped leaves Synacarp in fall and winter Part shade-sun
Flowering CrabappleMalus sp. Height: 15-25’ Spread: 10-20’ White to rose colored flowers in April Serrated leaves Crabapples in mid summer Sun
JapaneseFlowering CherryPrunusserrulata ‘Kwanzan’ Height: 15-25’ Spread: 15-20’ Small serrated hairs on margin White-pink single and double flowers in April and May Sun-Part shade
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
Aucubajaponica! • 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 leaf. • 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