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Horticulture I
Plant ID
Shrubs
Abelia X grandiflora
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CN: Glossy Abelia
Medium, evergreen shrub
Leaves: 1” long, reddish-green
Flowers: small clusters
 white bugle-shaped, 1” long
 arching branches
 Fall: Bronze
Acuba japonica
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CN: Japanese Acuba
Evergreen shrub
Dense, upright, round
Leaves: thick & shiny
 green & yellow
 “splattered”
Berberis thunbergii
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CN: Japanese Barberry
Deciduous shrub
3’ – 6’ tall
Twiggy, arching branches
Leaves: bright green
Fall: purplish leaves, red berries
½” spines
Buxus sempervirens
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CN: Common Boxwood
Evergreen shrub
Very dense
Leaves: small, elliptical
 close together
 dark green, yellow underneath
 Uses: hedge, topiaries, etc.
Euonymous japonica
 CN: Evergreen Euonymous
 Large, evergreen shrub
 Leaves: 1 ½” – 3” long
 half wide as length
 all green, gold margins, or white margins
 shiny
 Dense, oval
Euonymous alata
 CN: Winged Euonymous
(Burning Bush)
 medium, deciduous shrub
 Leaves: dark green, 1”-2”
 New growth: light green & gray stems
 Round, flat top
 Fall: Bright red, very showy
Forsythia X intermedia
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CN: Border Forsythia (Yellow Bell)
Large, deciduous shrub
Bright yellow flowers = early spring
Upright, spreading
Arching shoots
Leaves med.
to dark green
Myrica cerifera
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CN: Wax Myrtle
Evergreen shrub
Irregular, round, dense
Leaves: olive green
Bayberry scent
Small gray fruit
Pinus mugo var. ‘Mugo’
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CN: Mugo Pine
Evergreen, dwarf tree
Dense, multi-trunked
Needles: clusters of 2
 rigid, slightly curved
 1” – 2”, bright green
 Cones: 1” – 2”, dark gray
Plant Identification
Shrubs 2
Horticulture I
Ilex X attenuate ‘Fosteri’
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CN: Fosteri Holly
Large, evergreen shrub
Upright, pyramidal, compact
Leaves: 1 – 3”
 spiny points
 Large amt. red berries
Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’
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CN: Dwarf Burford Holly
Medium, evergreen shrub
Round, compact
Hedges & Borders
Red Berries
Glossy leaves
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’
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CN: Helleri Holly
Small, evergreen shrub
Low, dense, spreading mound
Leaves: shiny, dark green
 “boxwood like”
 Small white flower
 Black berries
Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’
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Dwarf Yaupon
Dwarf, evergreen shrub
2’ x 2’ - Dense, round
Leaves: dark green
½“–1“
 New growth: light green
 Stems: gray
Juniperus conferta
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CN: Shore Juniper
Dense, evergreen shrub
Small, spreading
Leaves: awl’s in 3
 pointed end
 white band w/ green through
middle
 Bright blue-green
 very small cone – blue
Juniperus horizontalis ‘Plumosa’
CN: Creeping Juniper
 Evergreen, ground cover
 Dense, flat
 Branching, spreading
 Light green awl leaves
Ligustrum japonicum cb.
 CN: Japanese Privet
 Large, evergreen shrub
 Leaves: 3” long x 1 ½ “ wide
 raised vein underneath
 ¼ “ dark purple berries
 hard seed inside
 Clusters of terminal flowers
Nandina domestica
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CN: Heavenly Bamboo (Dwarf Nandina)
small, semi-evergreen shrub
White blooms
Red Berries
Lacy, upright
Many colors through year
Rhododendron catawbiense
 Catawba Hybrid Rhododendron
 Large, evergreen shrub
Leaves: dark green
 5” long x 2” wide
 smooth margins
Shade
Many, large flowers (pink, purple)
 Grows wild in NC mtns.
Rhododendron kiusianum
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CN: Azalea
medium, semi-evergreen shrub
Acidic soil
Flowers: funnel-shaped
 large clusters, lots
 very showy
 dense, spreading