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WEEK 3
Plant ID
EVERGREENS
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/common/a.html
X Cupressocyparis leylandii
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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.
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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