Plant ID Group #9 Horticulture 2

Picea abies Norway Spruce Foliage: evergreen shrub with simple, needle-like shape, slightly curved; needles that persist for 3 to 4 years; needles are stiff and pointed, 0.5" to 1" long; needles tend to point downwards and towards the stem tip; medium green in color Height: 40-60 feet Width: 30-35 feet Form: conical Leaf Arrangement: whorled Landscape Use: border, foundation, specimen Exposure: sun

Pieris japonica Japanese Andromeda Foliage: evergreen shrub with simple, linear shape leaves with serrulate margins Flowers: white in pendulous panicles in spring; graceful Height: 5-6 feet Form: 4-6 feet Leaf Arrangement: alternate Landscape Use: border, foundation, hedge Exposure: part shade to shade

Pinus mugo var mugo Mugo Pine Foliage: dark green, 1 - 1 1/2 inches long, stiff needles of this two-needle Pine are held on the tree for more than four years making this one of the more dense Pines suitable for a screen planting Flowers: 1-2 inch pine cone Height: 4 to 10 feet Form: shrub or small, round or broad pyramidal plant Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Landscape Use: border, foundation, specimen Exposure: sun Unique Characteristics: expensive, slow growing and virtually maintenance free; good for rock gardens

Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine Foliage: soft, flexible, blue-green; 2"-4" long, 3-sided, in bundles of five. Evergreen Flowers: Cones slender and thornless, 3"-10" long and tapering; each scale usually bears two winged seeds as do all native pines Height: 80'-110' Spread: 20'-40' Form: pyramidal tree Landscape Use: border, screen, specimen Exposure: sun Unique Characteristic: Not native to Eastern NC

Platanus x acerifolia London Plane Tree Foliage: simple, lobed, star shaped; deciduous; Flowers: red and inconspicuous and not showy; spring flowering Height: 85 feet Width: 70 feet Form: symmetrical canopy with a regular outline, and individuals have more or less identical crown forms Leaf Arrangement: alternate Landscape Use: shade, parking lot beds Exposure: sun

Plectranthus australis Swedish Ivy Foliage: rounded, glossy, dark green 1-1½" long, scalloped margins Flowers: whorled, tubular, pale mauve to white flowers in terminal racemes Height: stems trailing to 3' Form: weeping and creeping Exposure: partial shade Landscape Use: container, hanging baskets Unique Characteristic: orange dye in stems

Prunus laurocerasus 'Zabeliana' Zabel Cherry Laurel Foliage: evergreen shrub with simple, elliptic leaves with entire margins Flowers: white, fragrant, bloom in May Height: 3-4 feet Width: 8-10 feet Leaf Arrangement: alternate Landscape Use: border, foundation Exposure: sun Unique Characteristics: purplish drupe for fruit

Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’ Japanese Flowering Cherry Foliage: deciduous tree with simple, elliptic shape with serrated margins Flowers: deep pink, double in spring Height: 20-25 feet Spread: 15-20 feet Form: branches grow upward Leaf Arrangement: alternating Landscape Use: border, specimen Exposure: sun Unique Characteristic: used for blooms and fall color

Pyracantha coccinea Scarlet Firethorn Foliage: Evergreen broadleaf; foliage is glossy, dark green; glossy green leaves are slender, growing from just ½- to 1-inch wide and 1 to 4 inches long Flowers: Showy, small white flowers bloom in spring followed by bright orange berries in the fall Height: 2-10 feet Width: 12-14 feet Form: shrub that spreads Landscape Use: border, hedge, foundation, specimen plant, and barrier Exposure: part shade to full sun Unique Characteristics: fierce thorns

Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’ Bradford Pear Foliage: deciduous tree with simple ovate leaves and serrated margins Flowers: white, five petals on flowers in spring before leaves appear; green/brown pomes appear after flowers Height: 20-35 feet Spread:15-20 feet Form: oval; formal symmetrical habit Leaf Arrangement: alternate Landscape Use: border, specimen Exposure: sun Unique Characteristic: stink, break easily in storms, bad leaf litter

Quercus falcata Southern Red Oak Foliage: deciduous tree with simple, obovate outline with 3-7 bristle tipped lobes Flowers: catkins, acorns Height: 50-60 feet Width: 50-60 feet Form: tall tree Leaf Arrangement: alternate Landscape Use: border, shade tree, specimen Exposure: sun Unique Characteristics: holds dead leaves for a while during the winter.

Quercus nigra Water Oak Foliage: deciduous tree with simple, obovate shape with 2 lobed entire margins Flowers: catkins, acorns Height: 40-70 feet Width: 45-60 feet Form: tall tree Leaf Arrangement: alternate Landscape Use: border, shade tree, specimen Exposure: sun Unique Characteristics: most commonly used oak for street plantings and shade

Quercus palustris Pin Oak Foliage: simple, 5-7 narrow lobes with bristle tips; deciduous; 3-6 inches long Flowers: tiny yellow catkins Height: 40- 75 feet Spread: 25- 40 feet Form: pyramidal shape when young; oval to gumdrop-shape when older Leaf Arrangement: alternating Exposure: sun Landscape Use: border, shape, specimen Unique Characteristic: ½” light brown acorn

Catkin NOT FROM PIN OAK

Quercus phellos Willow Oak Foliage: deciduous; 2 to 5.5" alternate, narrow, simple lanceolate shaped leaves; slightly wavy; yellow to yellow brown fall color Flowers: .5" acorn Height: 60 to 80' Spread: 35 to 50’ Form: Conical in youth; rounded crown; dense Leaf Arrangement: alternating Exposure: sun Landscape Use: border, shade, specimen

Raphiolepis indica Indian Hawthorn Foliage: low-growing evergreen flowering shrubs; leathery, dark evergreen leaves are rounded, about 2 to 3 inches long, turning purplish in winter Flowers: fragrant, pink or white crabapple-like flowers open in clusters above the foliage in mid-April to May Height: 3 to 6 feet Width: 3 to 6 feet Form: dense mounded growth habit Leaf Arrangement: Landscape Use: small gardens and foundation plantings Exposure: sun Unique Characteristics: rarely need pruning

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