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Woody Plant Selection and Care

Woody Plant Selection and Care. By Mike Andruczyk VCE – Horticulture Agent City of Chesapeake. Selecting Woodies. Site Characteristics Aesthetic Characteristics Nursery/Garden Center Condition. Selecting Woodies. Site Characteristics Soil conditions Site exposure Plant hardiness

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Woody Plant Selection and Care

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  1. Woody Plant Selection and Care By Mike Andruczyk VCE – Horticulture Agent City of Chesapeake

  2. Selecting Woodies • Site Characteristics • Aesthetic Characteristics • Nursery/Garden Center Condition

  3. Selecting Woodies • Site Characteristics • Soil conditions • Site exposure • Plant hardiness • Maintenance needs

  4. Site Characteristics • Soil conditions • Type of soil • Drainage • Depth of soil

  5. Site Characteristics • Site exposure • Amount of sun • Amount of wind • Amount of rain

  6. Site Characteristics • Plant hardiness • Cold tolerance • Heat tolerance

  7. Site Characteristics • Maintenance needs • Pest resistant • Pruning needs • Clean up needs

  8. Selecting Woodies • Aesthetic Characteristics • Plant size • Plant form • Leaf type • Leaf texture • Flower/Fruit Color

  9. Aesthetic Characteristics • Plant Size • Height • width

  10. Aesthetic Characteristics • Plant Form • Groundcover/vine/shrub • Habit • Trailing/mat • Mound/spreading • Clump/tuft • V-shaped • Round/rounded • Oval • Pyramidal/conical • Columnar

  11. Aesthetic Characteristics • Leaf Type • Deciduous/Evergreen • Green/other colored

  12. Aesthetic Characteristics • Leaf Texture • Fine • Medium • Coarse

  13. Aesthetic Characteristics • Color • Flower • When • Length of bloom time • Mess/allergies • Fruit • When • Wildlife attraction • Length of display • Mess

  14. Nursery/Garden Center Condition • Leaf condition • Plant Shape • Root/soil Condition

  15. Leaf Condition • Pest free • Fully turgid

  16. Plant Shape • Central leader / multiple stemmed • Dense branching / non-leggy

  17. Root/Soil Condition • Moist soil/roots • Not pot-bound • Intact B&B

  18. Planting (part 1) • Size of hole • Setting in the hole

  19. Planting (part 2) • Removal of “extras” • Refilling / amending • Fertilizing

  20. Planting (part 3) • Watering

  21. Planting (part 4) • Pruning • Suckers/watersprouts • Broken branches • Diseased/dead wood • Crossing/inward branches • Narrow crotch/double leader • Shaping • Health • Aesthetics

  22. Planting (part 5) • Staking • When to • Methods • Removal

  23. Planting (part 6) Mulching • Organic • Leaves, bark, pine needles, wood chips • Inorganic • Rubber, fabrics, rock

  24. Groundcovers

  25. Ajuga reptans

  26. Ardisia japonica

  27. Asarum splendens

  28. Epimedium taxa

  29. Juniperus horizontalis

  30. Lysimachia nummularia

  31. Mazus reptans

  32. Ophiopogon japonicus

  33. Pachysandra terminalis

  34. Phlox subulata

  35. Pratia pedunculata

  36. Reineckia carnea

  37. Sedum taxa

  38. Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis

  39. Saxifraga stolonifera

  40. Stachys byzantina

  41. Vinca minor

  42. Vines

  43. Actinidia kolomikta

  44. Aristolochia durior

  45. Bignonia capreolata

  46. Celastrus scandens

  47. Clematis armandii

  48. Clematis X jackmanii

  49. Clematis montana

  50. Ficus pumila

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