1. Plant ID Week 1
Hort I

2. Juniperus horizontalis
Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen groundcover

3. Height: 1-2 ft tall
Width: one plant can cover 6-10 ft in diameter
Leaves: The leaves on new shoots are needle-like and sharp-pointed. On older growth the leaves are elliptic and scale-like
Creeping juniper is dioecious (separate male and female plants). Male cones are about 1/4 in (0.6 cm) in diameter, yellow and dry. Female cones are berry-like and fleshy, dark blue, and contain 1-3 seeds.

5. There are over 60 cultivars of creeping Juniper
Plumosa, Bar Harbor, AND Wiltonii/Blue rug are some common varieties
Blue rug stay less than a foot tall where Plumose gets to be at least 2 ft tall.

6. Light: Full sun is best. Tolerates partial shade, but foliage will be thinner.
Moisture: Established plants are highly drought tolerant.
Hardiness: USDA Zones Grows well up to 8000 ft (2438 m) in Colorado

8. Japanese Privet: Ligustrum japonicum
Evergreen shrub
Leaf: opposite, ovate, entire/wavy, pinnate
6-12’tall, 5-10’wide
Flowers: white, panicle, black berries in fall
Stems have raised lenticels

10. Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
Leaf Shape: Ovate
Leaf Margin: Entire
Vein Pattern: Pinnate
Simple
Length: 4-6”
Width: 2 ½-3”

12. PLANT Evergreen Height 6’ - 12’ Width 5’ - 10’ Upright
Environment: Sun to Shade
Growth: Rapid
Zones: 7-10

13. Reproductive Parts Flower: Spring (May) Fruit: Fall (black berry)
White panicle, fragrant
Fruit: Fall (black berry)
Seeds are possibly poisonous if ingested.

15. DESCRIPTION Shiny, waxy leaves are dark green and leathery
Petiole 1/4” long
Stems are spotted with large, raised, light gray lenticels

16. ‘Rotundifolium’

17. Myrica cerifera
Common Name: Wax myrtle Other names: southern bayberry, southern wax myrtle Semi-evergreen tree/shrub depending on where it is grown. Popular in Florida.

18. Leaves The simple narrow leaves of the wax myrtle range from 1-5 in (2
Leaves The simple narrow leaves of the wax myrtle range from 1-5 in ( cm) in length and about 0.5 in ( 1.3 cm) wide. They are gray-green to yellow-green and aromatic when crushed
Flowers appear in late winter. The males are yellow-green catkins that grow up to 1 in (2.5 cm) long while the females are small and inconspicuous little bumps that grow into small blue berries, 1/8 in (0.3 cm) in diameter, that are held closely to the stem.

20. Facts: Wax myrtle is uncommonly beautiful and has so many desirable attributes that it is my third most favorite native tree

21. Heavenly Bamboo: Nandina domestica
Evergreen shrub
Leaf: alternate, ovate leaflets, entire, compound leaves
Pinkish-white flower
Bright red berries in fall

23. Life Cycle: Evergreen
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Leaf Shape: Ovate (leaflets)
Leaf Margin: Entire
Vein Pattern: Pinnate
Opposite leaflets on a Compound leaf

25. Flower Color: Pinkish-White
Fruit: Bright red berry
Environment: Sun to Shade
Growth: Medium
Zones: 6 – 9
New dwarf varieties don’t always have berries on them…they are mainly used for foliage.

30. Rhododendron catawbiense
COMMON NAME:
Catawba rhododendron
FAMILY: Ericaceae
NATIVE: United States
HARDINESS ZONE: 4-8

31. Rhododendron catawbiense

32. Rhododendron catawbiense
Partial to full shade; moist, well drained soil is best; needs acid soil.
Evergreen used for borders, and natural areas of landscapes.

34. Rhododendron catawbiense
Flower/Fruit: 5 to 6" umbel of lilac-purple to pale lavender-pink flowers in mid-spring; green or yellow-brown markings in throat
Height: 6 to 12 feet
Width: 8 to 12 feet
Foliage: Large, leathery, alternate, glossy dark green leaves; 3 to 6" long; may develop yellow-green winter color

36. Rhododendron kiusianum
COMMON NAME: Azalea
FAMILY:
NATIVE: Japan
HARDINESS ZONE: 5-7

37. Rhododendron kiusianum

38. Rhododendron kiusianum
Size: Height: 2 ft. to 4 ft Width: 0 ft. to 4 ft.  
Flowers:
most azaleas have only 5 or 6 stamens, while most rhododendrons have 10 stamens.
terminal blooms (one flower per flower stem)
Bloomtime Range:Mid Spring to Late Spring
Typcially in reds and pinks, but can sometimes find in white. 

40. Rhododendron kiusianum
Light Range: Part Sun to Full Sun
USDA Hardiness Zone:7 to 8
Tolerances:deer, rabbits, seashore, slope,