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Abelia x grandiflora
• Glossy Abelia
Glossy Abelia
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Foliage: Evergreen or semi-evergreen broadleaf
Flowers: tiny white flowers
Height: 3 to 6 feet
Spread: 3 to 6 feet
Form: Bushy
Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
Unique Characteristic: Small, glossy, darkgreen foliage turns purple in winter. Its small,
pink flowers bloom from summer until frost.
Acer palmatum
• Japanese Maple
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Foliage: simple leaf with 5 to 9 lobes
Flowers: N/A
Height: 15 to 25'
Spread: 10 to 25'
Form: Low; dense rounded top; spreading branches;
assumes a layered look
– Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
– Unique Characteristic: green during summer; yellow,
bronze, purple to red fall color
Acer platanoides
• Norway Maple
– Foliage: Dark green simple, deciduous, 5 lobbed leaf
with sharp points; yellow fall color
– Flowers:N/A
– Height: 40 to 50' but can reach 90'
– Spread: 30 to 45'
– Form: Dense; rounded, symmetrical crown; spreading
– Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
– Unique Characteristic: 2-winged samaras, 1 1/2 to 2
inches long in clusters, relatively flat seed cavity
Acer rubrum
• Red Maple
– Foliage: Deciduous; 2 to 5" opposite, simple leaf with 3
to 5 lobes; often triangular shape
– Flowers:
– Height: 40 to 60'
– Spread: 25 to 45'
– Form: Pyramidal when young; ascending branches with
an irregular rounded crown
– Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
– Unique Characteristic: fall color from tree to tree
varies- yellow, yellow-green, orange to red
Ageratum mexicanum
• Ageratum
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Foliage: Palmate veins, scalloped margin
Flowers: Fluffy clusters of lavender-blue flowers
Height: 6 to 18 inches
Spread: 6 to 12 inches
Form: compact, neatly-formed plants
Aglaonema commutatum
• Aglaonema
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Foliage: Parallel veins
Flowers: none
Height: 2 to 3 feet
Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Form: upright
Leaf Arrangement: spiral, simple leaf
Unique Characteristic: Indoor plants
Ajuga reptans
• Ajuga, Carpet Bugle
– Foliage: Glossy medium green 3 to 4 inch oval-shaped
leaves in tight rosettes
– Flowers:
– Height: 3 to 4 inches
– Spread: 3 to 4 inches
– Form: Compact, dense mat
– Leaf Arrangement: rosettes
– Unique Characteristic: Evergreen Groundcover
Antirrhinum majus
• Snapdragon
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Foliage: Oblong, spatulate, green
Flower: Lavender, orange, pink, red, yellow, white
Height: 6 to 36 inches
Spread: 6 to 10 inches
Form: Line flowers (tall); upright
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Unique Characteristic: Bedding Plant; Flowers in a
variety of colors; can be used for flower arrangements
Araucaria heterophylla
• Norfolk Island Pine
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Foliage: soft looking and light green
Flower:
Height: 2 to 100 feet tall
Spread: 30 feet
Form: pyramidal
Leaf Arrangement: closely overlaping
Unique Characteristic: House Plant in North Carolina
Asparagus densiflorus
‘Sprengeri’
• Sprengeri Fern
– Foliage: delicate needlelike leaves, ferny; tiny thorns
present despite soft appearance of plant; foliage is
bright green or yellow green
– Flower: rare small waxy white flowers scattered
throughout plant; not conspicuous; sporadic blooming
– Height: 12 to 24 inches
– Spread: 3 feet
– Form: mounding, spreading or trailing clump with
delicate appearance
– Leaf Arrangement:
– Unique Characteristic: House Plant; small red berries
Asparagus setaceus
• Plume Asparagus Fern
– Foliage: light, feathery appearance; tiny and
thread like with a dark green color
– Flower: white followed by black berries
– Height: 12 inches
– Spread: 2 feet
– Form: cascading
– Leaf Arrangement:
– Unique Characteristic: perennial; not really
fern; native to South Africa
Aucuba japonica
• Japanese Aucuba
– Foliage: evergreen; simple, lustrous, leathery
leaves; 3 to 8" long; rounded green stems
– Flower: rare purple male flowers
– Height: 6 to 10 feet
– Spread: 4 to 6 feet
– Form: Dense upright rounded shrub
– Leaf Arrangement: opposite
– Unique Characteristic: young leaves exposed to
sun will blacken
Aucuba japonica
Begonia x semperflorens
cultorum
Wax Begonia
Foliage: simple, broad, toothed, highly variable in texture
and color
Flower: small, axillary clusters, 4-parted, with 2 small and
2 large petal-like parts, white, pink, or red, stamens many
Height: 6 to 15 inches
Spread: 6 to 15 inches
Form: Upright and mounding
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Unique Characteristic: Roots are poisonous
Begonia x semperflorens
cultorum
Berberis julianae
• Wintergreen Barberry
– Foliage: evergreen; simple,
lustrous dark green leaves; 2
to 3" long; spiny serrated;
wine-red fall color
– Flower: Small yellow flowers
in spring
– Height: 4 to 6
– Spread: 6 to 8
– Form: Rounded, dense
mound
– Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
– Unique Characteristic: thorns
on stems
Berberis thunbergii
• Japanese Barberry
– Foliage: Deciduous; simple bright
green leaves; 0.5 to 1.3" long;
narrows at base; bright red to
orange fall color
– Flower: pale yellow flowers in
spring; often hidden under the
foliage; 0.3" bright red berries in
fall persisting into winter
– Height: 3 to 6 feet
– Spread: 4 to 7 feet
– Form: Dense, rounded shrub with
numerous branches
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Unique Characteristic: 0.3" bright
red berries in fall persisting into
winter
Betula nigra
• River Birch
– Foliage: Deciduous; simple leaf; modest yellow fall
color
– Flower:
– Height: 40 to 70 feet
– Spread: 40 to 60 feet
– Form: Pyramidal when young; upright
– Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
– Unique Characteristic: pealing bark
Buxus microphylla
• Japanese Boxwood
– Foliage: simple, medium green
leaves; 0.3 to 1" long
– Flower: Fragrant, non-showy
flowers in spring
– Height: 3 to 4 feet
– Spread: 3 to 4 feet
– Form: Compact, dense, rounded
shrub; much branched
– Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
– Unique Characteristic: attracts
bees
Buxus sempervirens
• Common Boxwood
– Foliage: evergreen; simple leaves, broadest near
or below the middle
– Flower: small, in axillary clusters
– Height: 15 to 20 feet
– Spread: 15 to 20 feet
– Form: dense and multi-branched
– most often develops a gumdrop shaped form
– Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
– Unique Characteristic: underside of leaves has a
white line from apex to base
Camellia japonica
• Common Camellia
– Foliage: simple, lustrous, leathery dark green leaves; 2 to 4"
long
– Flower: 3 to 5" semi-double to double flowers in winter or
spring; white, pink, red, rose, variegated; not fragrant
– Height: 8 to 15 feet
– Spread: 5 to 10 feet
– Form: Upright, dense, pyramidal shrub; stiff and formal
– Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
– Unique Characteristic: grow great in pine tree shade
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