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WEEK 3 Plant ID EVERGREENS http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/common/a.html X Cupressocyparis leylandii • • • • COMMON NAME: Leyland cypress FAMILY: Cupressaceae NATIVE: Great Britain Hardiness Zones: 6-10 X Cupressocyparis leylandii X Cupressocyparis leylandii •FORM: narrow-leaved evergreen (scale like), 65 ft spread, and 12 ft height but an reach 100 ft tall, columnar form •FOLIAGE: small needle like leaves, ends of branches tend to twist •FRUIT: round, small cone, ½ to ¾” diameter, brown, rarely found X Cupressocyparis leylandii Magnolia grandiflora • COMMON NAME: Southern Magnolia • Family: Magnoliaceae • NATIVE: USA, occurs on the coastal plain from North Carolina south to central Florida and west to east Texas. • HARDINESS ZONE: 7-9 Magnolia grandiflora • HEIGHT: 60-90 feet tall • WIDTH: 2-3 ft trunk • Pyramidal shaped • LEAVES: 5-8 inches long, leathery and a dark glossy green on top, and velveteen, brown underneath. Magnolia grandiflora • FLOWER: Showy White flower that is 8-12 inches in diameter, blooms during spring and summer. • FRUITS: cone like structures with red kidney shaped berries in them, 2-4 inches long on a hardy petiole. • Drought tolerate and likes full to partial sun. Magnolia grandiflora • The state flower to Mississippi and Louisiana • Those up north that like these trees can get one of the 100 cultivars called “Little Gem”. It is smaller is stature and grows slowly. Pinus mugo • COMMON NAME: Mugo Pine –Other names: Swiss Mountain Pine, Dwarf mountain pine • Family: Pinaceae • NATIVE: Mountains of Europe from Spain to Yugoslavia • Hardiness Zones: 3-7 Pinus mugo Pinus mugo • SHAPE: bushy shrub that is round or spreading. • HEIGHT: rarely get 10ft • NEEDLES: 2 in. length, and carried in fascicles of 2, and crowded on the stem. • LIGHT: full sun, light shade • DOES NOT TOLERATE DROUGHT/HEAT Pinus mugo Pinus mugo • The dull brown cones are ovoid, about 2 in (5 cm) long, and covered with flat or slightly concave scales Pinus mugo • Good for foundation planting, however if you do not use a common variety like the var. mugo you tend to have unpredictable results from planting these shrubs. • Growing from seed could occur but to take cuttings is the best way to propagate. Pinus strobus • COMMON NAME: Eastern White Pine – Northern White pine, soft pine • Family: Pinaceae • NATIVE: North America – Newfoundland, Ontario, Great Lakes Region, Northeast US down to Georgia\ – Hardiness Zones: 4-7 Pinus strobus Pinus strobus • Evergreen, conifer • HEIGHT: up to 150ft. • WIDTHL 2-4 ft in diameter (trunk) • LEAVES: needles that are bluish-green occuring in bundles of 5, needles can be marked by a white like their entire length. • • • • • Pinus strobus FRUIT: light brown cones, often numerous cones are 6-8" long curved with a pointed tip takes two years for cones to reach maturity cones typically clustered in the upper third of the tree