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Horticulture II
Landscape Plant Identification
Objective 5.01
Acer platanoides
Norway Maple
Deciduous tree
Can reach 80 feet tall
Yellow fall color
Cornus kousa
Chinese Dogwood
Small deciduous flowering tree
Can reach 15-30 feet tall
Used in the landscape for:
Stunning flowers
Bright fall color
In small groupings
Specimen tree
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo
Deciduous tree
Can reach 100 feet tall
Nurseries typically only sale male
specimens.
Used in the landscape for shade.
Gleditsa triacanthos var. inermis
Thornless Honeylocust
Deciduous tree
Can reach 50-60 feet tall
May be used for shade, or in urban
settings (it allows turf growth underneath
the tree).
Magnolia X soulangeana cv.
Saucer Magnolia
Deciduous Tree
Can reach 15-25 feet tall
Produces showy white, pink or maroon
flowers in the spring.
Multi stemmed tree
Used as a specimen tree
Picea abies
Norway Spruce
Evergreen Tree
Height: 40-60 feet; Width: 30-35 feet
Tree for large lawns. Can be used as a
screen or windbreak.
Platanus X acerifolia
London Plane Tree
Deciduous tree
Height: 75-100 feet; Width: 60-75 feet
Best grown in wet soil that is rich in
organic matter.
Quercus falcata
Southern Red Oak
Deciduous Tree
Can reach 90 feet tall
Leaves have 3-5 sharply pointed lobes.
Quercus nigra
Water Oak
Deciduous Tree
Height: 50-80 feet; Width: 40-60 feet
Spatula shaped leaves.
Leaves fall late into winter.
Tsuga canadensis
Canadian Hemlock
Evergreen Tree
40-70 Feet tall
Tree has small cones ½” to 1”
Used in the landscape alone, screen,
hedge
Zelkova serrata
Zelkova
Deciduous Tree
50-70 feet tall
Used in the landscape as a specimen tree,
or for it’s ornate bark.
Buxus microphylla var. japonica
Japanese Boxwood
Evergreen Shrub
Height: 6-8 feet; Width: 10-15 feet
Used as a border, foundation planting or
hedge
Camellia japonica cv.
Common Camellia
Evergreen Shrub
Height 8-15 feet
Prefers shade
Prefers acidic soils
Flowers in winter and early spring
Camellia sasanqua
Sasanqua Camellia
Evergreen Shrub
Height 1 ½ feet-12 feet tall
White, Pink or Red flowers
Flowers in the fall
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Gold Mop’
Gold Mop
Evergreen shrub
Height and Width 3-5 feet
Yellow in color
Various landscape uses: foundation
planting, borders, containers, bonsai.
Elaeagnus pungens
Thorny Elaegnus
Evergreen Shrub
Fragrant flowers in October and November
Can reach 25 feet tall
Gardenia jasminoides
Gardenia
Evergreen Shrub
Height and Width: 5-6 feet
Showy, Fragrant white flowers
Hydrangea macrophylla
French Hydrangea
Deciduous Shrub
Can grow 3-6 feet tall
Large “bunches” of pink, white, or blue
flowers. (Flower color depends on cultivar,
soil pH, and aluminum availability)
Best used in the shade.
Ilex attenuata ‘Savannah’
Savannah Holly
Evergreen Shrub
Height: 10-20 feet; Width: 8-15 feet
Used as a hedge or screen in the
landscape. Offers good winter color (red
berries)
Ilex crenata ‘Compacta’
Compacta Holly
Evergreen shrub
Can reach 3-5 feet tall
Tolerant of heavy shearing.
Used in the landscape as a foundation
planting, low hedge or border.
Ilex X ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
Nellie R. Stevens Holly
Evergreen Shrub
Height: 15-25 feet; Width: 8-12 feet
Showy red fruit
Used in the landscape for winter color,
hedge, screen, border, specimen or small
tree.
Ilex cornuta ‘Carissa’
Carissa Holly
Evergreen Shrub
3-4 feet tall
Can be used as a foundation planting,
shrub border, or in formal gardens
Loropetalum chinensis
Chinese Fringe Flower
Evergreen shrub
Can reach 10-12 feet tall and wide
Used in the landscape as a border, screen
or foundation planting.
Showy, fringe type flower
Osmanthus X fortunei
Fortune Tea Olive
Evergreen shrub
Can reach 15-20 feet tall
Has very fragrant, small flowers in the fall.
Can be used as an unclipped hedge, or
screen. Should be placed where fragrance
can be enjoyed.
Pieris japonica
Japanese Andromeda
Evergreen Shrub
Height: 6-8 feet
Slow growth rate
Used as a foundation planting, shrub
border
Resistant to deer, useful in shady areas.
Prunus laurocerasus ‘Zabeliana’
Zabel Cherry Laurel
Evergreen Shrub
3-4 feet tall
Willow like leaves; 3-4 inch white flowers
Used in the landscape as a hedge,
windbreak, or screen.
Pyracantha coccinea
Scarlet Firethorn
Deciduous Shrub
6-18 feet tall and wide
Showy flower
Used as a hedge, barrier plant, espalier or
trellis plant.
Rhaphiolepis indica
Indian Hawthorn
Evergreen Shrub
Height and Width 4-6 feet
Used as a hedge, foundation planting, or
shrub border
Fragrant pink or white flowers
Taxus cuspidata
Japanese Yew
Evergreen, multi-stemmed shrub
10-40 feet tall and wide
Thuja occidentalis
American Arborvitae