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Plant ID Week 11

Plant ID Week 11. Hort I. Juniperus horizontalis. Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen groundcover. Height: 1-2 ft tall Width: one plant can cover 6-10 ft in diameter

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Plant ID Week 11

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  1. Plant ID Week 11 Hort I

  2. Juniperushorizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen groundcover

  3. Height: 1-2 ft tall • Width: one plant can cover 6-10 ft in diameter • Leaves: The leaves on new shoots are needle-like and sharp-pointed. On older growth the leaves are elliptic and scale-like • Creeping juniper is dioecious(separate male and female plants). Male cones are about 1/4 in (0.6 cm) in diameter, yellow and dry. Female cones are berry-like and fleshy, dark blue, and contain 1-3 seeds.

  4. There are over 60 cultivars of creeping Juniper • Plumosa, Bar Harbor, AND Wiltonii/Blue rug are some common varieties • Blue rug stay less than a foot tall where Plumose gets to be at least 2 ft tall.

  5. Light: Full sun is best. Tolerates partial shade, but foliage will be thinner. • Moisture: Established plants are highly drought tolerant. • Hardiness: USDA Zones 3 - 10. Grows well up to 8000 ft (2438 m) in Colorado

  6. Japanese Privet:Ligustrum japonicum • Evergreen shrub • Leaf: opposite, ovate, entire/wavy, pinnate • 6-12’tall, 5-10’wide • Flowers: white, panicle, black berries in fall • Stems have raised lenticels

  7. Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Leaf Shape: Ovate • Leaf Margin: Entire • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Simple • Length: 4-6” • Width: 2 ½-3”

  8. PLANT • Evergreen • Height 6’ - 12’ • Width 5’ - 10’ • Upright • Environment: Sun to Shade • Growth: Rapid • Zones: 7-10

  9. Reproductive Parts • Flower: Spring (May) • White panicle, fragrant • Fruit: Fall (black berry) • Seeds are possibly poisonous if ingested.

  10. DESCRIPTION • Shiny, waxy leaves are dark green and leathery • Petiole 1/4” long • Stems are spotted with large, raised, light gray lenticels

  11. ‘Rotundifolium’

  12. Myricacerifera Common Name: Wax myrtle Other names: southern bayberry, southern wax myrtle Semi-evergreen tree/shrub depending on where it is grown. Popular in Florida.

  13. Leaves The simple narrow leaves of the wax myrtle range from 1-5 in (2.5-13 cm) in length and about 0.5 in ( 1.3 cm) wide. They are gray-green to yellow-green and aromatic when crushed • Flowers appear in late winter. The males are yellow-green catkins that grow up to 1 in (2.5 cm) long while the females are small and inconspicuous little bumps that grow into small blue berries, 1/8 in (0.3 cm) in diameter, that are held closely to the stem.

  14. Facts: Wax myrtle is uncommonly beautiful and has so many desirable attributes that it is my third most favorite native tree

  15. Heavenly Bamboo:Nandina domestica • Evergreen shrub • Leaf: alternate, ovate leaflets, entire, compound leaves • Pinkish-white flower • Bright red berries in fall

  16. Life Cycle: Evergreen • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Ovate (leaflets) • Leaf Margin: Entire • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Opposite leaflets on a Compound leaf

  17. Flower Color: Pinkish-White • Fruit: Bright red berry • Environment: Sun to Shade • Growth: Medium • Zones: 6 – 9 • New dwarf varieties don’t always have berries on them…they are mainly used for foliage.

  18. Rhododendron catawbiense • COMMON NAME: • Catawba rhododendron • FAMILY: Ericaceae • NATIVE: United States • HARDINESS ZONE: 4-8

  19. Rhododendron catawbiense

  20. Rhododendron catawbiense • Partial to full shade; moist, well drained soil is best; needs acid soil. • Evergreen used for borders, and natural areas of landscapes.

  21. Rhododendron catawbiense • Flower/Fruit: 5 to 6" umbel of lilac-purple to pale lavender-pink flowers in mid-spring; green or yellow-brown markings in throat • Height: 6 to 12 feet • Width: 8 to 12 feet • Foliage: Large, leathery, alternate, glossy dark green leaves; 3 to 6" long; may develop yellow-green winter color

  22. Rhododendron kiusianum • COMMON NAME: Azalea • FAMILY: • NATIVE: Japan • HARDINESS ZONE: 5-7

  23. Rhododendron kiusianum

  24. Rhododendron kiusianum • Size: Height: 2 ft. to 4 ft. Width: 0 ft. to 4 ft.   • Flowers: • most azaleas have only 5 or 6 stamens, while most rhododendrons have 10 stamens. • terminal blooms (one flower per flower stem) • Bloomtime Range:Mid Spring to Late Spring • Typcially in reds and pinks, but can sometimes find in white. 

  25. Rhododendron kiusianum • Light Range: Part Sun to Full Sun • USDA Hardiness Zone:7 to 8 • Tolerances:deer, rabbits, seashore, slope,   

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