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Listed below are plants of East Asian origin found on the KU campus. For horticultural information click on the name
of each plant. To find the locations given, we will generate a campus map of plants. Click here for plants currently in
bloom: Bloom Calender.
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Alfalfa
Location: Main Campus (historic - 1915)
Approximate blooming period: throughout the year, 3-4 times up to 8-10 times
Barberry
Location: all across campus
Approximate blooming period: mid April - May
Beautybush
Location: mass planting north of Watkins Home
Approximate blooming period: late Spring - early Summer
Bindweed
Location: Main Campus, Prairie Acre; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: late spring- early fall
Boxwood
Location: Chi-Omega Fountain
Approximate blooming period: April
Brome
Location: Main Campus, Prairie Acre; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: May, June, July
Buckwheat
Location: Main Campus (historic - 1946)
Approximate blooming period: summer
Bush-clover
Location: West Campus
Approximate blooming period: spring - summer - mid-fall
Butterfly Bush
Location: near the Pioneer statue, Blake Hall
Approximate blooming period: late Spring - early Summer
Catalpa
Location: Blake Hall, N side; Marvin Grove
Approximate blooming period: June-July
Cherry tree, Flowering
Location: grouping in front of the Dole Institute, by the front door of Strong Hall, and at Naismith Dr. and 15th
Approximate blooming period: April - early May
Crabapple, Flowering
Location: across campus
Approximate blooming period: June - July
Crapemyrtle
Location: island planting, Lilac Lane
Approximate blooming period: June
Curly Dock
Location: West Campus
Approximate blooming period: summer
Day-lily
Location: Main Campus; West Campus, widely planted in flower beds
Approximate blooming period: May - August
Dogwood
Location: Memorial Dr, S slope; Strong Hall, NE side; Pioneer Cemetery, SW
Approximate blooming period: late February-March
Elm
Location: Chi Omega sorority house, S side, Across campus (volunteer)
Approximate blooming period: mid-spring
Euonymous
Location: Dyche Hall
Approximate blooming period: Fall
Forsythia
Location: masses along Memorial Drive
Approximate blooming period: mid March - April
Foxtail
Location: Main Campus; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: mid-summer to early fall
Gingko/Maidenhair Tree
Location: west wing of Strong Hall, across the street from Lippincott Hall
Approximate blooming period: April
Goldenrain Tree
Location: Naismith Dr islands; parking lot E of Computer Services Facility
Approximate blooming period: mid - late Summer
Gromwell
Location: Main Campus, Prairie Acre; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: March - July
Hibiscus
Location: Campanile, Bailey Hall, Haworth Hall
Approximate blooming period: July, August, September, October
Holly
Location: Murphy Hall, W side
Approximate blooming period: April - May
Honeysuckle
Location: slope between Mississippi and parking garage
Approximate blooming period: May - June
Hosta
Location: Campanile, Chancellor's Residence, Danforth Chapel
Approximate blooming period: late spring - summer
Hydrangea
Location: Danforth Chapel, S side
Approximate blooming period: mid-summer
Juniper
Location: Wescoe
Approximate blooming period: February - March
Kerria
Location: Jayhawker Towers, N side; Murphy Hall, E side
Approximate blooming period: repeatedly throughout the spring, summer, and fall
Lady's-thumb
Location: Main Campus (historic - 1911)
Approximate blooming period: early summer - fall
Lilac
Location: circle in front of the Chancellor's Residence
Approximate blooming period: May - June
Lilyturf
Location: Main Campus, widely planted groundcover
Approximate blooming period: summer - early fall
Magnolia
Location: tree on west side of Twente Hall entry
Approximate blooming period: late February - early March
Maples
Location: Jayhawk Boulevard, Budig Hall, Robinson, Chancellor's residence, N side (state champion); Computer
Services Facility, N side
Approximate blooming period: spring
Mock Strawberry
Location: Main Campus, lawn N of Robinson Center
Approximate blooming period: late spring - summer
Mulberry
Location: next to Irving Hill Bridge that crosses Iowa St.
Approximate blooming period: March - April
Pagodatree
Location: street trees south of Learned Hall
Approximate blooming period: July - mid August
Pear, Flowering
Location: east planters of the Kansas Union
Approximate blooming period: early - mid May
Pearlbush
Location: Chancellor's Residence
Approximate blooming period: April - May
Pieris
Location: Campanile, SW side
Approximate blooming period: spring
Pine
Location: grouping south side of Danforth Chapel
Approximate blooming period: late May - early June
Plum
Location:
Approximate blooming period: late winter
Poplar
Location: grouping south side of Danforth Chapel
Approximate blooming period: April
Pride-of-Rochester
Location: Jayhawker Towers, N side
Approximate blooming period: spring - summer
Privet
Location: West Campus
Approximate blooming period: June
Queen-Anne's-Lace
Location: West Campus, Main Campus, Prairie Acre
Approximate blooming period: May - September
Quince, Flowering
Location: Front-side Eaton Hall
Approximate blooming period: April-May
Rose
Location: West Campus, throughout woods
Approximate blooming period: May - June
Russian-olive
Location: Mississippi St Parking Garage, NW corner
Approximate blooming period: early summer
Selkova
Location: Eaton Hall courtyard
Approximate blooming period: February - March
Smoketree
Location: Campanile, Malott
Approximate blooming period: June - August
Sow-thistle
Location: West Campus, Main Campus, Watson Library, S side
Approximate blooming period: early spring - early fall
Spirea
Location: across campus
Approximate blooming period: late May - July
Suprise-lily
Location: Main Campus, Sprague Apartments, slope SW
Approximate blooming period: late summer
Sweet-clover
Location: Main Campus, West Campus
Approximate blooming period: May - August
Tree of Heaven
Location: volunteer on wooded south slopes, Strong Hall, SE window well
Approximate blooming period: June
Velvetleaf
Location: West Campus, near Bridwell Botany Research Lab
Approximate blooming period: June - October
Viburnum
Location: new planting SW Corner of Lippincott Hall
Approximate blooming period: late April - early May
Weeping Willow
Location: Potter Lake
Approximate blooming period: April - May
Weigela
Location: Malott Hall and Military Science Building, Chancellor's Residence
Approximate blooming period: spring - summer
Jan
Alfalfa
Barberry, Japanese
Beautybush
Bindweed
Boxwood, 'Green Velvet'
Brome, Japanese
Buckwheat
Bush-clover, Chinese
Bush-clover, Korean
Butterfly-bush, orange-eye
Catalpa, Northern
Cherry, Cambridge
Cherry, Japanese flowering
Crab-apple, Japanese
Crab-apple, plum-leaf
Crab-apple, Siberian
Crapemyrtle
Curly dock
Day-lily
Dogwood, Cornelian-cherry
Elm, Chinese
Elm, Siberian
Euonymus, 'Burningbush'
Euonymus, 'Winter-creeper'
Forsythia, green-stem
Foxtail
Gingko biloba
Goldenraintree
Gromwell
Hibiscus, Rose-of-Sharon
Holly, Meserve, 'China Girl'
Honeysuckle, Amur
Honeysuckle, Hall's 'Halliana'
Hosta
Hydrangea, panicled
Juniper, Chinese, 'Armstrong'
Kerria, Japanese rose
Lady's-thumb, smartweed
Lilac, Japanese tree
Lilac, Manchurian, 'Miss Kim'
Lilyturf, big blue
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Magnolia, saucer
Magnolia, star
Maple, amur
Maple, Japanese
Maple, trident
Mockstrawberry
Mulberry, white
Pagodatree
Pear, flowering
Pear, flowering, Callery
Pearlbush
Pieris, Japanese
Pine
Poplar, white
Pride-of-Rochester, slender
Privet, broder
Queen-Ann's-lace
Quince, Chinese flowering
Quince, Japanese
Rose, Multiflora, Japanese
Russian-olive
Selkova, Japanese
Smoketree
Sow-thistle
Spirea japonica
Spirea bumalda
Spirea nipponica
Spirea thunbergi
Surprise-lily
Sweet-clover, white
Sweet-clover, yellow
Tree-of-heaven
Velvetleaf
Viburnum, Korean-spice
Viburnum, leather-leaf
Weeping willow, golden
Weigela, old-fashioned
Listed below are plants of East Asian origin found on the KU campus. For horticultural information click on the name
of each plant. To find the locations given, we will generate a campus map of plants. Click here for plants currently in
bloom: Bloom Calender.
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Alfalfa
Location: Main Campus (historic - 1915)
Approximate blooming period: throughout the year, 3-4 times up to 8-10 times
Barberry
Location: all across campus
Approximate blooming period: mid April - May
Beautybush
Location: mass planting north of Watkins Home
Approximate blooming period: late Spring - early Summer
Bindweed
Location: Main Campus, Prairie Acre; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: late spring- early fall
Boxwood
Location: Chi-Omega Fountain
Approximate blooming period: April
Brome
Location: Main Campus, Prairie Acre; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: May, June, July
Buckwheat
Location: Main Campus (historic - 1946)
Approximate blooming period: summer
Bush-clover
Location: West Campus
Approximate blooming period: spring - summer - mid-fall
Butterfly Bush
Location: near the Pioneer statue, Blake Hall
Approximate blooming period: late Spring - early Summer
Catalpa
Location: Blake Hall, N side; Marvin Grove
Approximate blooming period: June-July
Cherry tree, Flowering
Location: grouping in front of the Dole Institute, by the front door of Strong Hall, and at Naismith Dr. and 15th
Approximate blooming period: April - early May
Crabapple, Flowering
Location: across campus
Approximate blooming period: June - July
Crapemyrtle
Location: island planting, Lilac Lane
Approximate blooming period: June
Curly Dock
Location: West Campus
Approximate blooming period: summer
Day-lily
Location: Main Campus; West Campus, widely planted in flower beds
Approximate blooming period: May - August
Dogwood
Location: Memorial Dr, S slope; Strong Hall, NE side; Pioneer Cemetery, SW
Approximate blooming period: late February-March
Elm
Location: Chi Omega sorority house, S side, Across campus (volunteer)
Approximate blooming period: mid-spring
Euonymous
Location: Dyche Hall
Approximate blooming period: Fall
Forsythia
Location: masses along Memorial Drive
Approximate blooming period: mid March - April
Foxtail
Location: Main Campus; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: mid-summer to early fall
Gingko/Maidenhair Tree
Location: west wing of Strong Hall, across the street from Lippincott Hall
Approximate blooming period: April
Goldenrain Tree
Location: Naismith Dr islands; parking lot E of Computer Services Facility
Approximate blooming period: mid - late Summer
Gromwell
Location: Main Campus, Prairie Acre; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: March - July
Hibiscus
Location: Campanile, Bailey Hall, Haworth Hall
Approximate blooming period: July, August, September, October
Holly
Location: Murphy Hall, W side
Approximate blooming period: April - May
Honeysuckle
Location: slope between Mississippi and parking garage
Approximate blooming period: May - June
Hosta
Location: Campanile, Chancellor's Residence, Danforth Chapel
Approximate blooming period: late spring - summer
Hydrangea
Location: Danforth Chapel, S side
Approximate blooming period: mid-summer
Juniper
Location: Wescoe
Approximate blooming period: February - March
Kerria
Location: Jayhawker Towers, N side; Murphy Hall, E side
Approximate blooming period: repeatedly throughout the spring, summer, and fall
Lady's-thumb
Location: Main Campus (historic - 1911)
Approximate blooming period: early summer - fall
Lilac
Location: circle in front of the Chancellor's Residence
Approximate blooming period: May - June
Lilyturf
Location: Main Campus, widely planted groundcover
Approximate blooming period: summer - early fall
Magnolia
Location: tree on west side of Twente Hall entry
Approximate blooming period: late February - early March
Maples
Location: Jayhawk Boulevard, Budig Hall, Robinson, Chancellor's residence, N side (state champion); Computer
Services Facility, N side
Approximate blooming period: spring
Mock Strawberry
Location: Main Campus, lawn N of Robinson Center
Approximate blooming period: late spring - summer
Mulberry
Location: next to Irving Hill Bridge that crosses Iowa St.
Approximate blooming period: March - April
Pagodatree
Location: street trees south of Learned Hall
Approximate blooming period: July - mid August
Pear, Flowering
Location: east planters of the Kansas Union
Approximate blooming period: early - mid May
Pearlbush
Location: Chancellor's Residence
Approximate blooming period: April - May
Pieris
Location: Campanile, SW side
Approximate blooming period: spring
Pine
Location: grouping south side of Danforth Chapel
Approximate blooming period: late May - early June
Plum
Location:
Approximate blooming period: late winter
Poplar
Location: grouping south side of Danforth Chapel
Approximate blooming period: April
Pride-of-Rochester
Location: Jayhawker Towers, N side
Approximate blooming period: spring - summer
Privet
Location: West Campus
Approximate blooming period: June
Queen-Anne's-Lace
Location: West Campus, Main Campus, Prairie Acre
Approximate blooming period: May - September
Quince, Flowering
Location: Front-side Eaton Hall
Approximate blooming period: April-May
Rose
Location: West Campus, throughout woods
Approximate blooming period: May - June
Russian-olive
Location: Mississippi St Parking Garage, NW corner
Approximate blooming period: early summer
Selkova
Location: Eaton Hall courtyard
Approximate blooming period: February - March
Smoketree
Location: Campanile, Malott
Approximate blooming period: June - August
Sow-thistle
Location: West Campus, Main Campus, Watson Library, S side
Approximate blooming period: early spring - early fall
Spirea
Location: across campus
Approximate blooming period: late May - July
Suprise-lily
Location: Main Campus, Sprague Apartments, slope SW
Approximate blooming period: late summer
Sweet-clover
Location: Main Campus, West Campus
Approximate blooming period: May - August
Tree of Heaven
Location: volunteer on wooded south slopes, Strong Hall, SE window well
Approximate blooming period: June
Velvetleaf
Location: West Campus, near Bridwell Botany Research Lab
Approximate blooming period: June - October
Viburnum
Location: new planting SW Corner of Lippincott Hall
Approximate blooming period: late April - early May
Weeping Willow
Location: Potter Lake
Approximate blooming period: April - May
Weigela
Location: Malott Hall and Military Science Building, Chancellor's Residence
Approximate blooming period: spring - summer
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Alfalfa
Medicago sativa ssp. sativa
Origin: China, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: herbaceous perennial legume, with 5 to 25 stems, which usually reach a height of 15-25
inches
Foliage and Bark: slender branched stems that bear pinnate leaves which are arranged alternately on the
stem.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: blue-violet colored flowers, attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Name: “Queen of the Forages”
Cultivars/Varieties:
New Mexico State University - Medicago sativa
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Barberry
Japanese Barberry, Berberis thunbergii
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to 0 degrees; USDA Zones 7, 8, 9 and 10
Height and Form: Medium growth rate from 3-6 feet
Foliage and Bark: Deciduous; very dense, rounded form, thorny, foliage is reddish or purplish in summer
and red in fall.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Yellow flowers in spring, Red berries in fall and winter
Cultivars/Varieties:
'Rosy Glow'- burgundy in the spring but soon turns red-purple flecked with white like a hasty mixed
strawberry milkshake
'Dart's Red Lady'- is very dark red-purple and turns very bright red in autumn
'Helmond Pillar' -upright to 5 feet, only 2 feet wide
University of Connecticut - Berberis thunbergii
Oregon State University - Berberis thunbergii
Geocities.com - Berberis thunbergii
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Beautybush
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Origin: central China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: 6-10 ft
Culture: Sun (best) to part shade, old fashioned shrub, no serious diseases or pests.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, 2.5-7.5 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, rounded at base, nearly entire, dull dark
green above, new leaves downy on both surfaces, exfoliating bark
Flowers, Fruits and Seeds: pink with yellow in the throat, flaring bell-shaped, 13 mm long
Name: Kolkwitzia: after Richard Kolkwitz (born 1873), German professor of botany. amabilis: lovely
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Kolkwitzia amabilis
Oregon State University - Kolkwitzia amabilis
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Bindweed
Field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: perennial vine that twists as it grows
Foliage and Bark: Alternate, arrow-shaped leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: white, sometimes tinged with pink, five-pointed star shape in the middle of a
circle-like cone-shaped flower, fruit is small, green, spherical containing a maximum of four seeds
Names: morning-glory, white Easter bonnets
Cultivars/Varieties: invasive weed
The Nature Conservancy - Convolvulus arvensis
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Boxwood
Green Velvet Boxwood, Buxus microphylla x Buxus sempervirens
Origin: Japan/western Asia
Habitat: Hardy in Zones 4-6
Height and Form: evergreen shrub with dense branching, 3- 4 feet with a similar spread
Foliage and Bark: opposite leaves, leathery, medium green color, foliage tends to turn yellow-green or
brownish in fall and winter
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: male and female flowers which are fragrant and attractive to bees but not
showy, blooms in April
Culture: prefers moist, cool soil with mulch around roots, best in site with full sun or light shade, but
protect from winter winds, sun and cold. Cultivars/Varieties:
University of Connecticut - Buxus sempervirens
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Brome
Japanese Brome, Bromus japonicus
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 8
Height and Form: widespread grass that grows to .8m
Foliage and Bark:
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds:
Culture:
Names: bromegrass, Japanese chess
Cultivars/Varieties:
Plants for a Future - Bromus japonicus
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Bromus japonicus
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Buckwheat
Wild buckwheat, Fallopia convolvulus
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: climbing vine
Foliage and Bark: slender stems are light green to reddish green and hairless, arrow-shaped leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, white flowers that are replaced with large black achenes that are 3-sided
Culture:
Names: Cornbind, Black Bindweed, Climbing Bindweed, and Corn Bindweed
Cultivars/Varieties:
Wild Flowers of Illinois - Fallopia convolvulus
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Bush-clover
Chinese bush-clover, Lespedeza cuneata, sericea
Origin: China; Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Tiawan
Habitat: It will invade open woodlands, fields, prairies, borders of ponds and swamps, meadows, and open
disturbed ground, but is intolerant of shade.
Height and Form: a warm season, perennial herbaceous plant
Foliage and Bark: grayish-green or silvery leaflets, mature stems are woody
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Small creamy white to pale yellow flowers with the base being purple
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties:
Plant Conservation Alliance - Lespedeza cuneata
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Lespedeza cuneata
Korean low bush-clover, Kummerowia stipulacea
Origin: China, Japan, Korea, Tiawan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: annual, up to 24 inches tall,
Foliage and Bark: leaves form a kind of cone-shape
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: five-lobed bell-shaped, white with a pinkish-purple center, egg-shaped fruit,
smooth and shiny, brown or black seeds.
Culture: It cannot grow in the shade and requires dry or moist soil.
Cultivars/Varieties: introduced into the United States in 1919 as a hay and pasture plant.
Plants for a Future - Kummerowia stipulacea
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Kummerowia stipulacea
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Butterfly Bush
Orange-eye butterfly-bush, Buddleia davidii
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub, large, 8-12 ft (2.4-3.7 m) high, or taller
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, simple, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 10-25 cm, 2.5-7.5 cm wide,
acuminate, cuneate, serrated margin, gray-green to dark green above, tomentose beneath.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers small, fragrant, usually borne in spike-like slender, dense, 10-25 cm
long terminal clusters, often lilac, purple, white, or pink colored with orange at the center. Butterflies often
visit flowers.
Culture: Full sun, easily grown, almost weed-like. Prune in early spring to control growth and encourage
large flowers which are borne on new growth.
Name: Buddleia: after the Rev. Adam Buddle (1660-1715). davidii: after Armand David who discovered
the species.
Cultivars/Varieties
'Black Knight' -dark purple flowers with an orange center
'Nanho Blue' -compact plant with deep blue flowers on gracefully arching stems
'White Profusion' -smaller plant with pure white flowers with yellow centers
'Harlequin' -rich purple-red flowers against variegated leaves
'Pink Spread' -clear pink flowers, a new Dutch introduction
'Lochinch' -long blooming with soft lavender-blue flowers
(Barash, Cathy Wilkinson. Prairie Lands, Gardener's Guide. Nashville, 2003.)
University of Connecticut - Buddleia davidii
Oregon State University - Buddleia davidii
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Catalpa
Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zones 4-8
Height and Form: Deciduous, 40' to 60' tall and about half as wide, Narrow, open, irregular rounded
crown; spreading branche
Foliage and Bark: 6 to 12" whorled or opposite, simple leaf; poor yellow-green to brown fall color
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: Upright panicle of white, bell shaped flowers with orange strips and purple
spots and strips; long bean like fruit
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Catalpa speciosa
Oregon State University - Catalpa speciosa
North Carolina State University - Catalpa speciosa
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Cherry Tree
Japanese Flowering Cherry, Prunus serrulata
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Broadleaf deciduous tree, 20-35 ft
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, 5-13 cm long, have a long point, serrate with bristle-like teeth
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: Grown for the relatively large flowers that cover the trees in spring.
Culture: Sun or part shade. Susceptible to several diseases.
Cultivars/Varieties
Kanzan or Kwansan Prunus serrulata ‘Kansan’ (aka ‘Kwansan’)
Mt. Fuji Prunus serrulata ‘Mt. Fuji’
Royal Burgundy Prunus serrulata ‘Royal Burgundy’
Shiro-fugen Prunus serrulata ‘Shiro-fugen’
Ukon Prunus serrulata ‘Ukon’
University of Connecticut - Prunus serrulata
Oregon State University - Prunus serrulata
Cambridge or Chinese cherry, Prunus pseudocerasus
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to Zone 6
Height and Form: decidious Shrub growing to 3.5m.
Foliage and Bark:
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds:
Culture: Woodland Garden; Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade
Cultivars/Varieties
Plants For a Future - Prunus pseudocerasus
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Crabapple, Flowering
Japanese flowering crab-apple, Malus floribunda
Origin: Asia
Habitat: Zone 4-8
Height and Form: 15-20 feet high with a spread of 20-30 feet
Foliage and Bark: Slender ovate, serrate, dark green leaves.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Red buds open to pale pink flowers which mature white, very showy and
fragrant followed by small, yellowish crabapples with a red blush.
Culture:
Name: floribunda means "abundant flowers" in Latin
Cultivars/Varieties
Missouri Bontical Gardens - Malus floribunda
Oregon State University - Malus floribunda
Plum-leafed crabapple, Malus sp. prunifolia
Origin: Northern China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: deciduous tree growing to about 8m by 8m
Foliage and Bark:
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: rose-crimson while in bud, opening to white flushed with pink in spring,
followed by large amounts of small, bright red fruit in autumn noted for their distinctive sharp taste
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties
Plants for a Future - Malus sp. prunifolia
Siberian crab-apple, Malus baccata
Origin: Northern Asia
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zones 2-7
Height and Form: 20 to 50 feet in height
Foliage and Bark: green leaves that turn yellow in the fall
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: pink when in bud but open up to white. The blooms are followed in fall by longlasting, bright red or yellow fruits
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service - Malus baccata
Kansas State University - Malus sp.
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Crapemyrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
Origin: China, Korea, India
Name: also known as Crepe Myrtle
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 7
Height and Form: Deciduous tree-shrub, 3-15+ ft, depending upon the clone, upright.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, or the upper ones alternate or in whorls of three, simple, 2.5-7.5 cm
long, margin entire, elliptic or obovate to oblong, dark green, usually with a slight gloss. Peeling bark,
pale brown to gray, is an attractive winter feature.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: bright flowers, with crumpled petals (like crepe paper or crape), on end of
branches in summer (current season's growth). Many cultivars with flowers colors that range from white,
pink, purple, to deep red
Culture: Full sun, moist well-drained soil. Prefers hot, sunny climates (e.g., southeastern US) where it
blooms in summer, but in the Pacific Northwest it blooms in late summer or not at all in very cool
summers.
Cultivars/Varieties
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Lagerstroemia indica
Oregon State University - Lagerstroemia indica
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Curly Dock
Curled dock, Rumex crispus
Origin: China, Japan, Korea, Tiawan
Habitat: Open, moist disturbed areas, roadsides, abandoned feedlots and farmsteads, waste ground, fields,
stream and pond borders
Height and Form: tall, bush-like plant
Foliage and Bark: erect with red stems, long wavy, curled dark green leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: greenish or pinkish, more reddish-brown with age, achene seeds
Names: Curly-leaf dock, sour dock, yellow dock
Cultivars/Varieties:
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Rumex crispus
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Day-lily
Hemerocallis fulva
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zones 5-10
Height and Form: can grow up to 4 feet tall, the flowers can get up to 6 inches wide
Foliage: long, grass-like leaves with stems growing taller than the leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: slightly fragrant large and showy red-orange flowers with yellow at the base,
they can have spots or stripes but only lasts for one day
Names: tawny daylily, common daylily, tiger lily, "Fulva" is Latin for "orange-yellow", Hemerocallis is
Greek for "beautiful for a day"
Cultivars/Varieties:
Kwanzo- a triploid, where the stamens are turned into petals tripling the amount of petals
Missouri Plants - Hemerocallis fulva
Invasive and Exotic Species - Hemerocallis fulva
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Dogwood
Cornelian-cherry dogwood, Cornus mas
Origin: Asia
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous multistemmed rounded shrub or small tree, up to 25 ft high
Foliage and Bark: dark green glossy leaves sometimes turning yellow or purple-reddish in the fall, showy
exfoliating bark consiting of gray and tan Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small clusters of yellow flowers open
early in spring before the leaves, bright red fruits shaped like an olive which develop mid-summer
Name:
Cultivars/Varieties
'Elegantissima'
'Flava' - A form that features fruit that is yellow and ripens a bit ahead of other types.
'Spring Glow' and 'Spring Sun'
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Oregon State University - Cornus mas
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Elm
Chinese Elm, Ulmus parvifolia
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Deciduous vase-shaped tree, around 40-50 ft, dense rounded crown
Foliage and Bark: smooth bark that exfoliates often with a mottled, flaking combination of gray, green,
brown, olive, and orange, the leaves turn from dark green to yellow to red in the fall
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: flowers blooms in late autumn, with fruit (samara) lasting until early winter
Culture:
Name: "parvus" is Latin for small, "folium" is Latin for leaf.
Cultivars/Varieties
‘Frosty’ - Variegated Lacebark or Chinese Elm ‘Seiju’ - Dwarf Elm
University of Connecticut - Ulmus parvifolia
Oregon State University - Ulmus parvifolia
Siberian Elm, Ulmus pumila
Origin: China, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous tree, 50-70 ft tall, its width about 3/4 its height
Foliage and Bark: dark green and smooth with the petiole tinged dark red, turns yellowish-brown, the gray
bark is not as ornamentally pleasing as the Chinese elm
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Fruit (samara) is almost round, with a closed notch at the tip of the wing.
Culture:
Name:
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Ulmus pumila
Oregon State University - Ulmus pumila
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Euonymous
Burning bush, Euonymus alatus
Origin: Northeastern Asia to central China
Habitat: Deciduous shrub Hardy to USDA Zone 4 (not as hardy as species)
Height and Form: 10-15 ft x 8-10 ft (2.4-3 m), dense, rounded form, formal "aristocratic" look.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, 2.5-7.5 cm long, medium to dark green, bright red in fall.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers small, 6 mm across, inconspicuous, yellow-green, 4-petaled, perfect
(male and female parts in same flower). Fruit reddish-purple, ovoid, 6-8 mm, much of it falls before its
leaves drop.
Culture: Sun to part shade, very adaptable plant, not particular about soil.
Name: alatus: winged, the shoots.
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Euonymus alatus
Oregon State University - Euonymus alatus
Wintercreeper euonymous, Euonymous fortunei var. coloratus
Origin: China
Habitat: Broadleaf evergreen vine or trailing shrub, also a mounding shrub
Height and Form: 1-3 ft (30-75 cm) high, if supported can climb to 40- 70 feet high
Foliage and Bark: Leaves of the species are opposite and usually 2.5-6.5 cm long, serrate margins, dark
green and marked with silver veins
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds:
Culture: Sun to part shade. Prefers a light, well-drained soil, but tolerant of moisture and most soil
types. Easy to grow.
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Euonymous fortunei
Oregon State University- Euonymous fortunei
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Forsythia
Green-stemed Forsythia, Forsythia viridissima
Origin: China, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: a deciduous shrub, 8' to 10' tall and 10' to 12' wide
Foliage and Bark: medium to dark green color above and lighter on the underside
Flowers, Fruits and Seeds: brilliant yellow color on good selections, very showy bloom, lasting 2 to 3
weeks
University of Connecticut - Forsythia
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Foxtail
Yellow foxtail, Setaria pumila
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 6
Height and Form: up to 40 inches tall
Foliage and Bark: Flat to folded blades, up to 12 inches long and .5 inch wide, occasionally twisted in
loose spiral
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: yellowish-brown to golden-brown bristles on green seeds, 4-12 per stalk
Name: yellow bristlegrass
Cultivars/Varieties:
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Setaria pumila
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Ginkgo/Maidenhair Tree
Ginkgo biloba
Origin: eastern China
Name: Ginkgo: from the Chinese yin-kuo, silver apricot. biloba: two lobed, leaves sometimes incised or
divided.
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: Deciduous tree, 50+ ft, usually pyramidal, excurrent (dominant main leader), but
variable.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, fan-shaped, 3-7.5 cm long and wide, in clusters of 3-5 per
spur or alternate on long shoots.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: "Fruit" on female plants is actually a naked seed (gymnosperm), plum-shaped
(ca. 2.5 cm diam.), green then tan or orange, extremely messy and malodorous. Sometime fruit is set
without pollination. Twenty or more years before a seedling flowers and sets fruit.
Culture: Sun. Transplants easily. Prefers sandy, deep, moderately moist soil but grows in almost any
situation. A durable tree for difficult landscape situations, in addition some cultivars can be espaliered or
used in bonsai.
Cultivars/Varieties:
Available male selections include: ‘Autumn Gold’, ‘Lakeview’, ‘Magyar’, Princeton Sentry®,
and Shangri-la®
University of Connecticut - Ginkgo Biloba
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Goldenrain Tree
Koelrelulteria paniculata
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height: Deciduous tree, 25-35ft
Culture: Sun, tough and adaptable.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, compound (pinnate and bipinnate), 15-20 cm long, each leaflet (2.5-10
cm long) irregularly crenate-serrate.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flower is perfect, yellow, 4 petals, about 1 cm wide, in clusters 30-40 cm
long. Fruit are papery capsules (green, yellow, finally light brown), 3.5-5 cm long, in clusters, persist.
Name: Panicled Golden Raintree, Koelreuteria: after Joseph Gottlieb Koelreuter (1733-1806), German
professor of botany. paniculata: with flowers in panicles.
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Koelrelulteria paniculata
Oregon State University - Koelrelulteria paniculata
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Gromwell
Field or corn gromwell, Lithospermum arvense
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: herbaceous plant about 50 cm tall,
Foliage and Bark: pubescent stems and leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, white funnel-shaped flowers with 5 petals, fruits are small, gray, hard and
dense
Culture: found in meadows
Cultivars/Varieties: dried and processed to produce a red dye used in cosmestics
Missouri Plants - Lithospermum arvense
Plants for a Future - Lithospermum arvense
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Hibiscus
Rose-of-Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus
Origin: China, Korea, Japan, northern India
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub/tree, 8-12 ft
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, 5-10 cm long 3-lobed and coarsely toothed, rounded teeth,
three prominent veins; petiole 5-15 mm long.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: White pink, red, lavender, or mauve through summer. The fruit is a 5-valved
brown capsule which persists through winter.
Culture: Full sun to part shade, grows in most soils, except those extremely wet or dry. Acid/alkaline
adaptable. Prefers hot weather and does best in well-drained soils supplemented with organic material
Cultivars/Varieties:
'Blue Bird' -pale blue which may appear a bit lavender in hot summers
'Woodbridge' -large rich pink flowers up to 4 inches across
'Red heart' -ruffled white flowers with dark red centers
'Minerva' -ruffled lavender pink flowers having reddish throats
'Aphrodite' -rose pink with a deep red eye
'Diana' -pure white
'Helene' -white flowers with a deep red eye
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Holly
Meserve holly 'China Girl', Ilex × meserveae
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: evergreen, rounded, compact shrub
Foliage and Bark: stems are bluish purple with green, dark green glossy evergreen leaves with spines on th
edges
Flowers, Fruits and Seeds: small, white flowers which turn into bright shiny red fruits
Names: Meserve Holly, Blue Holly
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties:
'Blue Boy'
'Blue Girl'
'Mesid' (Blue Maid®)
'Blue Prince' (Blue Prince®)
'Blue Princess'
'Honey Maid' and 'Gretchen'
'Mesan' (Blue Stallion®)
University of Connecticut - Ilex × meservae
University of Illinios: Woody Ornamentals - Ilex × meservae
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Honeysuckle
Halls Honeysuckle ‘Halliana’, Lonicera japonica
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: 15 to 20 feet, a twining, climbing vine or prostrate and trailing groundcover
Foliage and Bark: leaves turn a bronze or purple in the fall
Flowers, Fruits and Seeds: flowers are white and fade to yellow. Fruit is small and black
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties:
University of Connecticut - Lonicera japonica
Amur honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii
Origin: East Asia
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: a large deciduous shrub or small tree
Foliage and Bark: medium-green leaves, gray or tan bark
Flowers Fruits and Seeds: long white fragrant flowers that fade to yellow, red fruits in the fall that attract
birds
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties:
University of Connecticut - Lonicera maackii
University of Illinios - Lonicera maackii
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Hosta
Hosta sp.
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: depends, some Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: herbaceous perennials
Foliage and Bark: dark to light green sometimes with blue, white, or yellow streaks
Flowers, Fruits and Seeds: white, lavender, or violet flowers on a stem
Cultivars/Varieties: Many varieties
American Hosta Society - Hosta
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Hydrangea
Panicled hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata
Origin: East Asia
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: Large deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 25 ft, fountain-shaped
Foliage and Bark: dark green leaves, gray-brown bark and reddish-brown stems
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: very showy and strongly scented, white, yellow-white, blue, or pink-white
flowers, the yellows are fertile while the pinks are sterile
Culture:
Cultivars/Varieties:
University of Connecticut - Hydrangea paniculata
Oregon State University - Hydrangea paniculata
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Juniper
Chinese Juniper, Juniperous chinensis, “Armstrong"
Origin: China, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Evergreen creeping shrub, 3-4 feet
Foliage and Bark: golden yellow, bark grey-brown to red-brown, peels off in thin flakes.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers are solitary, terminal on previous year's scale leaved shoots, appearing
in February to April. Pollen cones are yellow, while seed cones are purple-black to purple-brown, with
triangular seeds.
Culture: the most common ornamental juniper. Prefers well-drained soil in full sun. Used in foundation
plantings, mixed borders, or in the rock garden.
Cultivars/Varieties:
Oregon State University - Juniperous chinensis
Michigan State University - Juniperous chinensis
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Kerria
Japanese rose, Kerria japonica
Origin: China, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub, 4-8 ft
Foliage and Bark: has many fine, slender shiny twigs with bright green, simple, alternate leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: showy bright yellow flowers, sometimes bloom sporadically, can be bleached by
the sun
Culture: needs a well-drained moist, loamy soil of reasonable fertility, relatively easy to grow
Names: globeflower
Cultivars/Varieties:
University of Connecticut - Kerria japonica
Oregon State University - Kerria japonica
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Lady's-thumb
Lady's-thumb, Persicaria maculosa
Origin: China, Japan, Korea, Tiawan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: up to 70 cms tall
Foliage and Bark: green leaves and stems with black blotches
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, red, pink, or purple flowers
Names: smartweed, redshank
Culture: is self-pollinated and avoids shady areas
Cultivars/Varieties:
Plants for a Future - Persicaria maculosa
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Lilac
Manchurian lilac, ‘Miss Kim', Syringa patula
Origin: Northern China, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub, 6-8 ft, tall with similar width, larger with age, dense.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, simple, elliptic to ovate-oblong, to 8 cm long, dull dark green.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers in paired clusters, 10-15 cm long, purple in bud than light blue,
fragrant.
Culture: Sun or part shade.
Name: Obtained from seed collected in Korea's Pouk Han Mountains in 1947 by E. M. Meader. The
seedling was named 'Miss Kim', Kim being the most common name in Korea.
Cultivars/Varieties:
Michigan State University - Syringa patula
Oregon State University - Syringa patula
Japanese Tree Lilac, Syringa reticulata
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub or small tree, stiff spreading branches, 20-30 ft
Foliage and Bark: Leaves simple, opposite, broad-ovate to ovate, 5-15 cm long, about half as wide, dark
green above, and grayish green and reticulate below. Bark is smooth with prominent horizontal
lenticels.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers white, in large clusters, showy, fragrance similar to that of privet
flowers.
Name: Giant Tree Lilac
Cultivars/Varieties:
‘Chantilly Lace’ - has cream-yellow variegated leaves
‘Ivory Silk’ - compact, oval growth habit
‘Summer Snow’ - compact, large flower clusters
University of Connecticut - Syringa reticulata
Oregon State University - Syringa reticulata
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Lilyturf
Big blue lilyturf, Liriope muscari
Origin: China, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5- 10
Height and Form: Herbaceous perennial groundcover from 1- 1.5 feet high
Foliage and Bark: dark glossy blue-green leaves and
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Erect, showy flower spikes with tiered whorls of dense, violet-purple flowers
that turn into blackish berries which often persist into winter
Culture: full sun to part shade
Cultivars/Varieties:
Missouri Botanical Gardens - Liriope muscari
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Magnolia
Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x soulangiana
Origin: China, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone (4) 5 May survive in Zone 4 but often the flower buds are killed in winter
or the blooms damaged by spring frost
Height and Form: Deciduous tree/shrub, 10-15(20)ft
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, 8-15 cm long, half as wide, obovate to broad-oblong, apex
narrow and abruptly short-pointed, dark green above and pubescent below. Multistemmed, upright when
young, at maturity a low-branched tree with wide spreading branches.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers appear before leaves, solitary, perfect, bell-shaped, 13-25 cm diameter,
usually 9 petals, white to pink to purplish (outside petals often purplish). 3-5 years to flower.
Name: soulangiana: after Etienne Soulange-Bodin, Director of France's Royal Inst. Hort., who raised the
original seedling.
Cultivars/Varieties:
‘Alexandrina’ - flowers large, rose-purple outside and pure white inside, blooms in midseason,
before leaves emerge; more than one clone offered under this name, vary some in color.
‘Coates’ - upright shrub, rapid grower, becoming rounded, to about 25 ft (8 m) tall, large flowers,
light pink on the outside, white inside, Zone 5.
‘Lennei’ - very upright shrub, than oval to flat in outline, flowers deep pink (some say dark
purplish), white inside.
‘Rustica Rubra’ - vigorous, more tree-like than many other cultivars, to 25 ft (8 m), large rose-red
flowers, over 5 inches (13 cm) wide, inside white; blooms somewhat past midseason.
‘Speciosa’ - upright, usually a multi-stemmed, spreading tree, flowers are white with purplish flush
at the base, outer petals (tepals) slightly reflexed; blooms late
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/m/magsou/magsou1.html
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/maso.htm
Star Magnolia, Magnolia stellata
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub/tree, 15-20 ft x 10-15 ft
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, entire, 5-10 cm long, gradually tapering to base.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flower buds are densely pubescent, silvery, 8-13 mm long. Usually the first
magnolia to bloom in spring. Flowers are 7.5-10 cm wide, with 12-18 petals (tepals), each strap-shaped,
usually white, but some pink.
Culture: Sun to light shade, prefers a peaty, organic soil.
Name: stellata: star-like, the flowers
Cultivars/Varieties:
‘Rosea’ - pinkish (reddish?) buds open to pink flowers that soon fade to white; several forms
offered under this name.
‘Royal Star’ - silvery pale buds open to clear white flowers with up to 25 petals. Very common in
commerce, a seedling of ‘Waterlily’.
‘Waterlily’ - pinkish buds, fragrant white flowers flushed with pink, with more than 30 petals,
flowers later than ‘Royal Star’, likely more than one clone sold under this name. The English
‘Water Lily’ (two words) has no trace of pink in the flowers (Gardiner, 2000).
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/m/magste/magste1.html
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Maples
Amur maple, Acer ginnala
Origin: China, Manchuria, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 2
Height and Form: Deciduous tree/shrub, 10-20 ft (3-6 m) high
Foliage and Bark: leaves of adult trees of this species are unlobed, whereas leaves of young trees or
vigorous shoots may be 3- to 5-lobed,
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Blooms mid-spring, fruit (samaras) hang on late into fall, wings nearly parallel.
Culture: Sun to part shade, very adaptable, very hardy (popular in east and midwest), performs best in
well-drained soil. Relatively free of disease and pest problems.
Name: ginnala: the native name, or possibly from the Greek ginnos, a small mule, referring to its size and
hardiness
Cultivars/Varieties:
‘Embers’ - red fruit and red fall color
‘Flame’ - fast growing, long arching branches, fall color orange-red to deep red
'Emerald Elf' - dwarf form
University of Connecticut - Acer ginnala
Oregon State University - Acer ginnala
Japanese maple, Acer palmatum
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
Habitat: Perennal tree shrub Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: 3-25 ft x 3-30 ft
Foliage and Bark: Inconspicuous red in spring
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Fruit (samara) 1.3-2 cm long, much incurved, ripen in early fall.
Culture: Sun to part shade, well-drained soil; protect from winds. Often used in bonsai
Cultivars/Varieties:
Japanese Acer palmatum
Bloodgood Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’
Coralbark Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’
Dissected Acer palmatum var. dissectum
Ever Red Acer palmatum var. dissectum atropurpureum ‘Ever Red’
Red Dissected Acer palmatum var. dissectum atropurpureum
Shaina Acer palmatum ‘Shaina’
Shindeshojo, Shin Deshojo Acer palmatum ‘Shindeshojo’
University of Connecticut - Acer palmatum
USDA PLANTS Database - Acer palmatum
Oregon State University - Acer palmatum
Trident maple, Acer buergeranum
Origin: Japan, Eastern China, and Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: 20-35+ ft
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, simple, 4-9 cm long and wide, rounded or wedge-shaped at base, very
lustrous dark green above; fall color yellow, orange and red.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Small greenish yellow flowers are hardly noticeable. Fruit (samara) about 2 cm
long wings, parallel.
Culture: Sun. Well-drained acid soil. Drought resistant.
Name: also known as Three-toothed Maple
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Acer buergeranum
Oregon State University - Acer buergeranum
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Mock Strawberry
Indian or Mock strawberry, Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica)
Origin: Eastern and Southern Asia
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 6
Height and Form: herbaceous creeping vine
Foliage and Bark: leaves grow in groups of three
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, yellow five-petaled flowers that turn into little red fruits with seeds,
resembling strawberries
Culture: Open woods, prairies, fields, lawns
Cultivars/Varieties: grows wild
Missouri Plants - Duchesnea indica
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Mulberry
White Mulberry, Morus alba
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4&5
Height and Form: Deciduous tree to 50 ft (15 m) high
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, broadly ovate, often 2-3-lobed, base wedge-shaped, heartshaped, light green above, glabrous below except on veins. Young shoots downy at first but without hairs
by autumn.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, pale green, male and female in separate clusters (catkins), may be borne
on the same or separate plants, bloom occurs in late spring. Fruit is green-white ripening pink to dark red,
when eaten is sweet but bland.
Culture: Sun to light shade, adaptable, withstand drought and sea location, but grows best in moist, welldrained, fertile soils.
Name: also known as Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry
Cultivars/Varieties:
‘Chaparral’ - fruitless, dwarf, weeping habit, often grafted to a standard to produce a tree that is 812 ft (2.4-3.6 m) tall and with a spread that is equal or wider and branches that droop to the ground.
‘Kingens’ - fruitless, 35 ft (10.5) tall, similar width, rounded crown.
‘Pendula’ - produces fruit, weeping habit, branches drooping to the ground, 15-20 ft (4.5-6 m) tall
and similar width, some say it produces "interesting" shapes.
‘Striblingii’ - fruitless, deeply cut leaves, fast growing, 40-30 ft (9-12 m) tall at maturity.
var. tatarica - known as the Russian Mulberry, considered the hardiest, USDA Zone 3 and 4
(Snyder, 2000).
‘Unryu’ - the Contorted Mulberry, a spreading shrubby tree with zigzag branches.
University of Connecticut - Morus alba
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Pagodatree
Japanese Pagodatree, Sophora japonica
Origin: China, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous tree, 35-50 ft (12-15 m), wide as it is tall.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, 15-30 long, green and lustrous above and
glaucous beneath. Stems 1 through 4 years old are green (or green-brown).
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Large clusters of small, ivory white blooms appear in July-Aug. (if it
flowers). Pods, bright green changing finally to yellow-brown, 7.5-20 cm long, often constricted between
seeds.
Culture: Sun and partial shade. Best in loamy well-drained soil. Once established withstands heat and
drought well. Tolerant of polluted conditions. Fast growing in some areas.
Name: pagoda: "Scholar Tree"
Cultivars/Varieties
University of Connecticut - Sophora japonica
Oregon State University - Sophora japonica
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Pear, Flowering
Bradford/Callery pear, Pyrus calleryana
Origin: China, Viet Nam, Japan, and Korea
Habitat: Hardy USDA 5&6
Height and Form: Deciduous tree, 30-40 ft (9-12 m)
Foliage and Bark: Leaves are alternate, simple, leathery, and lustrous dark green. Foliage can develop a
spectacular reddish-purple in fall. Trunk bark is lightly furrowed and grayish brown at maturity
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers white, borne in 7.5 cm clusters (cymes). Fruit small rounded, 10-15
mm across, russet-dotted.
Name: calleryana: after Joseph M. M. Callery (1810-1862), a missionary.
Cultivars/Varieties:
AristocratTM - leaves narrow, glossy, purple-red to orange fall color. Narrow branch angles, fast
growing, pyramidal habit. Susceptible to fireblight, USDA Zone 4b.
‘Autumn Blaze’ - horizontal branches from a broad crown. Develops variable fall color
early. Reportedly cold hardy to USDA Zone 4. Selected at Oregon State University by Mel
Westwood.
‘Bradford’ - the original introduction and for sometime the "standard", it has several positive
features, for example its flowers appear before leaves emerge and thus more showy than several
other cultivars. However, it reportedly has a tendency to split with age (see Dirr, 1998, for a good
discussion). It was raised from seed purchased in China in 1919 and named in 1963.
‘Capital’ - glossy leaves, forms a narrow crown (columnar), purple-red to bronze fall color,
thornless, and fireblight resistant.
Chanticleer® (syn. ‘Select’, ‘Glen's Form’) - upright, narrow columnar form, but apparently more
than one clone since some are more columnar than others, reddish fall color, USDA Zone 4.
‘Redspire’ - pyramidal form, symmetrical, formal, fall color yellow to red, reportedly goes dormant
earlier in fall.
University of Connecticut - Pyrus calleryana
Oregon State University - Pyrus calleryana
Common pear, Pyrus communis
Origin: Asia
Habitat:
Height and Form:
Foliage and Bark:
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds:
Name:
Cultivars/Varieties:
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Pearlbush
Exochorda racemosa
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub, 10-15 ft (3-4.5 m) high
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, oblong to obovate, 3-8 cm long, about half as wide, acute and
terminated in an abrupt tip, entire, or serrate on vigorous shoots, medium green above, whitish below.
Upright, slender branches.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers perfect, white, flower bud is roundish, "pearl-like".Fruit 5-valved, about
8 mm wide.
Cultivars/Varieties:
University of Connecticut - Exchorda racemosa
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Pieris
Japanese andromeda, Pieris japonica
Origin: Japan, Tiawan, and eastern China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4-5
Height and Form: medium-sized, broadleaf evergreen ornamental shrub up to 10' tall by 8' wide
Foliage and Bark: mature leaves are glossy green, emerging foliage is an attractive reddish color, Leaves
and nectar are poisonous, gray brown bark
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: faintly fragrant showy creamy-white flowers shaped like inverted urns, brown
five-valved capsules persist throughout the year
Name: Pieris is derived from Pierides, an alternative name of the mythological Muses, the goddesses of
the arts.`
ulture: performs well in partial shade in moist, rich, well-drained, acidic soils, but is intolerant of full sun,
poor soils
Cultivars/Varieties: A number of cultivars, Dirr (1998) lists over 50
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Pine
Scotch Pine, Pinus sylvestris
Origin: Western Asia, Eastern Siberia
Habitat: USDA Zone 2
Height and Form: Conifer, evergreen tree, 30-60 ft (9-18 m), irregular, pyramidal in youth,
Foliage: Needles blue-green, 2 per bundle, 2.5-8 cm long, stiff, twisted, branches spreading, lower ones
soon dying. Bark is orangish or orange-brown in upper branches, flaky.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Cones often asymmetrical, 2.5-7 cm long (similar to leaves), with a short stalk.
Name: sylvestris: of the woods
Cultivars/Varieties
Dwarf or slow growing
‘Albyn’ - a mat-like shrub to about 15 inches (40 cm) high.
‘Glauca Nana’ - semi-dwarf round globe, leaves coarse blue, grows about 6 inches (15 cm)
per years.
‘Nana’ - to about 20 inches (50 cm) high, densely branched, short twigs directed up, needles
3 cm long, blue-green.
‘Watereri’ - growing to 10-12 ft (3-4 m) high, nearly as wide, branch tips directed upward,
needles 2.5-4 cm long, blue-green. Discovered in 1865.
‘Hillside Creeper’ - low growing creeping form, branches more or less horizontal, to 2 ft (0.6
m) high and 6 ft (1.8 m) wide.
Upright
‘Fastigiata’ - strict, columnar habit, to 50 ft (15 m) high, stiff upright branches, may become
"untidy and bare" with age, some consider ‘Fastigiata Drath’ an improved upright form.
‘Globosa Viridis’ - reportedly a "dwarf gobose globe" but it resembles a Dwarf Alberta
Spruce (e.g., ‘Conica’).
Variegated
‘Aurea’ - needles bright gold in winter, may look sickly in summer, upright loose tree unless
pruned, gowing about 1 ft (30 cm) per year.
‘Gold Coin’ - foliage golden-yellow in winter, dull yellow in summer, upright habit, grows
8-12 inches (20-30 cm) per year.
Weeping
‘Pendula’ - branches distinctly pendulous, basal branches lying on the ground.
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Plum
Japanese flowering apricot, Prunus mume
Origin: China, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 6
Height and Form: Deciduous, bushy, rounded tree up to 15-30 ft
Foliage and Bark: glabrous green branches
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers are pale pink and fragrant turning into fruit that is yellow to orange-red,
fuzzy-skinned, sour to bitter
Name: translated as "plum blossom" (梅花)
Culture: Sun or partial shade, well-drained soil. It is tougher and more trouble-free than other flowering
fruit trees.
Cultivars/Varieties: "Considered the most important tree in the gardens of China, strongly associated with
Chinese culture and long cultivated there. In Japan, it is grown extensively and there are several hundred
named cultivars, the fruit is picked green and pickled (Jacobson, 1996)."
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Poplar
White Poplar, Populus alba
Origin: Siberia, Asia
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: Deciduous, large tree, 40-70 ft (12-21 m) tall with a similar spread.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, on long shoots 3-5 lobes, coarsely toothed, 5-13 cm long, dark
green above, silvery gray and densely woolly underneath, on short branches smaller, only 2.5-5 cm, oval
to elliptic-oblong. Bark is initially smooth and whitish gray, becoming rough and dark with age. Bud and
twigs covered with short white hairs
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Male (red) and female (green) deciduous trees, small flowers in catkins, female
catkins growing longer than males when fertilized and mature.
Name: alba: Latin, whitish, a reference to the color of the underside of the leaves.
Cultivars/Varieties:
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Pride-of-Rochester
Slender Pride-of-Rochester, Deutzia gracilis
Origin: Japan, Taiwan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous perennial shrub
Foliage and Bark: medium green leaves on very slender stems
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers are white with five petals, borne in erect clusters which can usually
cover the plant in white. Fruit are dry brown capsules
Name: gracilis: graceful.
Culture: Sun to part shade, any good garden soil, prune after flowering.
Cultivars/Varieties
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Privet
Border Privet, Ligustrum obtusifolium
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: deciduous medium sized semi-evergreen shrub that is usually 10-12 feet tall and 8-10
feet wide
Foliage and Bark: multistemmed from the base, with spreading, light gray, twiggy, branches. Leaves are
deep green and turn reddish-purple in the fall
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small white long, tube-like flowers are in clusters at the ends of the branches
turn into small black fruits. The flowers are not pleasant smelling
Cultivars/Varieties:
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Queen-Anne's-Lace
Wild Carrot, Daucus carota
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: can grow up to 3 ft tall
Foliage and Bark: hairy green stems, with multiple-branched leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: has umbellets on which 20+ white flowers grow with the central most flower of
the umbel being dark purple. Produces tiny spined fruits
Culture: roots are edible, the dried, crushed seeds have been used as a contraceptive
Cultivars/Varieties: The modern carrots are cultivatied all from this plant
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Flowering quince
Chinese flowering quince 'Jet Trails', Chaenomeles speciosa
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub, 6-10 ft (2-3 m) high,
Foliage and Bark: similar or greater spread, rounded outline, sometimes erect, tangled and dense twiggy
mass, spiny branches. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate to oblong, 4-9 cm long, sharply serrate, lustrous
dark green above, stipules large on current seasons growth.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers (red, pink to white) start to appear before leaves in spring (sporadically
in fall), solitary or in clusters of 2-4, showy. Fruit yellowish green with reddish blush, fragrant, speckled
with small dots, ripen in early fall.
Cultivars/Varieties: speciosa: showy, the flowers
'Cameo': actually C. × supurba (C. japonica × C. speciosa), low form, thornless, flowers double,
apricot pink.
'Jet Trail': low growing, 2-3 ft, white flowers.
'Nivalis': upright, vigorous, white flowers.
'Orange Delight': low spreading plant, bright orange flowers.
'Texas Scarlet': compact, low growing, spreading, profuse tomato-red flowers.
'Toyo-nishiki': upright shrub, 6 ft, with white, pink and red flowers on the same branch.
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Japanese quince, Chaenomeles japonica
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub that grows up to 3 ft tall
Foliage and Bark: widespreading, dense branches, medium summer texture, coarse winter texture, dark
green leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: produces very showy, very bright orangy-red flowers that bloom in early spring,
sometimes late winter, which turns into a yellow green pome, like an apple
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Rose
Multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora
Origin: Native only to China, Japan, Korea, Tiawan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: a deciduous fountain-like shaped shrub up to 15 ft tall
Foliage and Bark: the leaves are a bright green color, turn yellow in the fall, the bark has pricles along
canes
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: white, single, very fragrant flowers with yellow stamens, the flowers turn into
egg-shaped, red hip fruit
Culture: full sun, prefers well-drained soil
Cultivars/Varieties: none
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Russian-olive
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Origin: Northern China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 2
Height and Form: a deciduous large shrub or tree that can get up to 30 feet high
Foliage and Bark: Stems and leaves are dull green to gray green with a silver fuzz, the stems are also
covered in browish-red spines
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, fragrant silvery-white flowers are bell-shaped tubes. Fruits are pink and
covered in silver scales
Culture: mountainous areas, plains, sands, and desert, with little preference as to soil type, temperature, or
moisture
Cultivars/Varieties: "The edible fruits and leaves of E. angustifolia are rich in saccharides, starches,
proteins and vitamins. Essential oils extracted from the flowers are used in the manufacture of perfumes
and flavorings. Russian olive is used medicinally in China."
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Selkova
Japanese Selkova, Zelkova serrata
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Broadleaf deciduous tree
Foliage: Leaves simple, alternate, ovate to oblong-ovate, 2.5-5 cm long (on some shoots to 13 cm long),
sharply serrate with acuminate teeth, parallel veins,dark green and somewhat rough above; fall color is
variable and may range from yellow, yellow or orange bronze, orange, red and reddish purple. Bark is
smooth-gray initially.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds:
Name: also known as "Saw-leaf Zelkova"
Cultivars/Varieties:
Autumn Glow™ ('Glodell') - compact form, 35 ft (11 m) tall with a 25-30 ft (8-9 m) spread, red,
purple fall color.
Green Vase® - 50 ft tall and 40 ft wide (15 x 12 m), vase shaped with upright arching branches,
orange fall color, taller and more graceful than Village Green, popular.
'Halka' - fast growing, 50 ft tall (15 m) and 30 ft (9 m) wide, open, loose, irregular habit, "best
American elm mimic" (Sunset), yellow fall color.
'Musashino' - upright, narrow, 45 ft tall and only 20 ft wide (14 x 6 m), yellow fall color.
'Variegata' - small, weak growing tree, leaves small, green with a white rim around the margin.
Village Green™ - 40 ft (12 m) tall and similar width, vase shaped, rounded, dense foliage, rustyred in fall.
Wireless® - low and spreading, 25 ft (7.6 m) tall and 36 ft (11 m) wide, vase form, suitable for
under utility lines, red fall color.
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Smoketree
Smoketree ‘Royal Purple, Cotinus coggygria
Origin: China/Himalaya
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5 or even 4 if in a protected locations
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub or small tree12-15 ft (3.5-4.5 m) tall and nearly double in width.
Foliage: maroon-red in spring and darkening to purplish red, but may be greenish in late summer, but may
become scarlet in fall
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: The upper surface of leaves often with a pink margin, underside is green.
Cultivars/Varieties:
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Sow-thistle
Common sow-thistle, Sonchus asper
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: weedy, herbaceous plant that can grow up to 3 ft or taller
Foliage and Bark: glossy green, stiff, wavy leaves with prickly spines
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: produces the flower in a tube like bud which blooms bright yellow like a
danelion
Name: Prickly sow-thistle, spiny sow-thistle, "asper" is Latin for "rough or "prickly".
Cultivars/Varieties: grows wild, the young leaves and stems are edible
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Spirea
Japanese meadowsweet, Spirea x bumalda
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: 2-4 ft (0.6-1.2 m), wider than tall, Deciduous shrub
Foliage and Bark: thin brown stems which bear leaves that are purplish when young, then green, also turns
deep, bronze red in the fall
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: abundant white to pink flowers that turn into dry, brown follicles
Cultivars/Varieties:
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Japanese meadowsweet ‘Little Princess’, Spirea japonica
Origin: China, Korea, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: low, 2 x 3 ft height and width (60 x 90 cm), Deciduous shrub, dense, mounding.
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, simple, to 2.5 cm long, sharp serrations, mint green.
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers rose-cimson to white, flat-topped clusters.
Cultivars/Varieties:
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Japanese meadowsweet, Spirea x nipponica
Origin: Native to the island of Shikoku, Japan.
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Height and Form: deciduous vase-shaped shrub about 3' to 5' tall
Foliage and Bark: alternate leaves are deep bluish-green on reddish-brown stems
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: small white flowers that turn into brown capsules
Culture: full sun to part shade, prefers well-drained soil
Cultivars/Varieties: "Snowmound" is the most common cultivar
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Thunberg's meadowsweet, Spirea thunbergi
Origin: China, Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: a deciduous vase-shaped shrub
Foliage and Bark: alternate, thin, linear green leaves that turn yellow-orange in the fall on very slender
branches
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: white flowers bloom in the spring before the leaves, the fruits are brown follicle
Cultivars/Varieties: the first spirea to bloom
'Ogon' - Mellow YellowTM
‘Fujino Pink’
'Mt. Fuji'
'Yat Sabusa' - cultivar with double white flowers, this form is rarely seen and appears identical to
the species in other respects.
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Suprise-lily
Suprise-lily, Lycoris squamigera
Origin: China, southern Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5 - 10
Height and Form: stem grows up to 2 ft tall, the leaves about 1 ft
Foliage and Bark: long grayish leaves grow separately from the stems
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: the flowers have very fragrant rose pink petals flushed with lavender, bloom in
clusters of 6-8 flowers on a very long stem void of leaves
Name: Resurrection lily, magic lily, naked lily
Culture: robust and vigorous plant that requires no care at all
Cultivars/Varieties: "Guernsey lilies."
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Sweet-clover
White sweet-clover, Melilotus albus
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: Biennial herbaceous plant that grows up to 7 ft high
Foliage and Bark: alternate green leaves and stems
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: white, sweetly-fragrant bell-shaped flowers that grow up the stems, the fruits are
egg-shaped pods
Cultivars/Varieties: grows wild, has been used for medical purposes
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Yellow sweet-clover, Melilotus officinalis
Origin: Western China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: grows up to 5 ft high, is slightly shorter than white sweet clover
Foliage and Bark: alternate green leaves and stems
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: yellow, bell-shaped flowers that grow up the stems, the fruits are egg-shaped
pods
Cultivars/Varieties: the leaves have a vanilla-like odor
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Tree of Heaven
Ailanthus altissima
Origin: China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: 40-60 ft (12-18 m), Deciduous tree, upright spreading to shrubby. Bark is grayish and
slightly roughened. The most adaptable and pollution tolerant tree available withstanding soot, grime, and
pollution of cities, where it is common. It spreads by seeds and root suckers; its root system is aggressive
enough to cause damage to sewers and foundations. Suckers may appear as much as 150 ft (45 m) from
the trunk (Jacobson, 1996).
Foliage and Bark: Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, large: 50-60 cm long
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: Flowers small, yellow-green, in 20-40 cm long clusters, male flowers have a
repulsive odor (hence its Chinese common name is Stinking Chun). Fruit (samara) 4 cm long, often bright
orange-red then finally brown, persist into winter.
Name: also known as China-sumac, Varnishtree. Ailanthus: from ailanto, an Indonesian name for A.
molucuanna or A. intergrifolia, meaning Tree of Heaven, or 'Reaching for the Sky', referring to tree
height. Also a Latin superlative meaning very high or tallest; altissima: from alta, high.
Cultivars/Varieties:
A. altissima f. erythrocarpa, produces "bright red seeds".
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Velvetleaf
Common velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti
Origin: Southern China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4
Height and Form: herbaceous annual plant that can grow up to six feet high
Foliage and Bark: Erect, velvety, stout branches with leaves covered with velvety, star-shaped hairs; bases
heart-shaped
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: about one inch wide single, yellow flowers with five petals, produces seeds in
pods, both of which are edible
Names: Indian Mallow, China Jute
Cultivars/Varieties: common weed that stays around, usually grows in cornfields where it will hurt young
corn if not watched.
"In China, fiber from this plant was used to make cords, thread, and nets."
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Viburnum
Koreanspice viburnum, Viburnum carlesii
Origin: Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4 & 5
Height and Form: 4-5(8) ft tall x 4-8 ft wide, Deciduous shrub, upright and spreading, multi-stemmed
Foliage and Bark: Leaves opposite, simple, broad ovate, 3-10 cm long, 2-6.5 cm wide, rounded at base,
dull green and stellate (star-shaped hairs) pubescent above, underside paler and pubescent
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: Flowers pink at first, then white, in hemispherical clusters about 6 cm wide,
very fragrant at first. Fruit is blue-black, ellipsoid,
Cultivars/Varieties:
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Leather-leaf arrow-wood, Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Origin: central and western China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Broadleaf evergreen shrub that can get to 15 ft or taller
Foliage and Bark: naked fuzzy buds that produce lush dark green colored, rough textured, long, simple
leaves, on tomentose, light gray bark
Flowers, Fruit, and Seeds: showy, fragrant yellowish-white flowers that bloom in rounded clusters, fruit
are red maturing to black oval drupes
Cultivars/Varieties:
'Cree' - This form has smaller leaves than the species (to 6" long) and may be slightly more
cold hardy. It flowers abundantly and may represent a slight improvement over the species.
'Roseum' - The only notable feature of this selection are the pink flower buds that open to
flowers that are as per the species
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Weeping Willow
Golden Weeping Willow, Salix alba ‘tristis
Origin: Central Asia
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 2
Height and Form: Deciduous, 75 to 100 feet
Foliage and Bark: Leaves are very narrow and 2-4" long and turn bronze-yellow in fall
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: reproduces by the means of catkins
Culture: moist land, next to ponds and lakes
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Weigela
Old-fashioned Weigela, Weigela florida
Origin: Japan
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
Height and Form: Deciduous shrub, up to 9 feet tall by 12 feet wide
Foliage and Bark: Leaves are medium green, bark is gray brown
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: the flowers are white, slighty pinkish to deep, rose-pink, small, in clusters, each
has yellow in the throat, funnelform to bell-shaped
Culture: full sun, well-drained soil preferred, very adaptable
Cultivars/Varieties: dozens are avaiable
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