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2.  Common name: Hinoki falsecypress  Description: 1. Height: 50-75 ft. 2. Spacing: 5-20 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun to part shade 4. Foliage: Short, closely compressed, light green leaves, flattened sprays, whitish markings on underside 5. Flowers in: N/A 6. Flower: 1/3 in. to ½ in. orange- brown cones with 8-10 scales 7. Life Cycle: perennial evergreen tree 8. Landscape Use: specimen, hedges, screens, windbreaks

5.  Common name: Golden Mop falsecypress  Description: 1. Height: 6 ft. 2. Spacing: 4 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun 4. Foliage: bright, golden, thread-like foliage 5. Flowers in: N/A 6. Flower: Non-showy, small cones, less than ¼ in. 7. Life Cycle: Perennial evergreen shrub and tree 8. Landscape Use: specimen, foundation, hedges

8.  Common name: flowering dogwood  Description: 1. Height: 15-20 ft. 2. Spacing: 15-20 ft. 3. Exposure: Part shade 4. Foliage: 3-6 in., opposite, simple leaf, red-purple fall color 5. Flowers in: Spring 6. Flower: 4 in. white bracts 7. Life Cycle: perennial deciduous tree 8. Landscape Use: specimen, framing tree, background tree

11.  Common name: Chinese dogwood  Description: 1. Height: 20-30 ft. 2. Spacing: 15-20 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun to part shade 4. Foliage: 2-4 in., opposite, simple dark green leaf, red- purple to scarlet in fall 5. Flowers in: late spring 6. Flower: 2-4 in. white tapered bracts, flowers before it leaves 7. Life Cycle: perennial deciduous tree 8. Landscape Use: specimen tree

14.  Common name: Japanese cedar  Description: 1. Height: 50-60 ft. 2. Spacing: 25-30 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun to light shade 4. Foliage: awl-shaped, bright blue- green foliage, smooth to touch, bronzes in winter, needles close to twigs 5. Flowers in: N/A 6. Flower: small terminal cones 7. Life Cycle: perennial evergreen tree 8. Landscape Use: specimen, screen, windbreak, accent plant, mixed borders

17.  Common name: fig  Description: 1. Height: 15-30 ft. (although smaller species) 2. Spacing: 3-10 ft. species dependent 3. Exposure: Sun to part shade 4. Foliage: 4 in. long, deciduous, 3-5 lobes 5. Flowers in: N/A 6. Flower: tiny flowers inside the fruit 7. Life Cycle: perennial deciduous tree 8. Landscape Use: specimen, fruit producing tree or shrub

20.  Common name: ginkgo, maidenhair tree  Description: 1. Height: 40-70 ft. 2. Spacing: 20-40 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun 4. Foliage: alternate, simple, fan- shaped 5. Flowers in: N/A 6. Flower: Insignificant, foul-smelling plum shaped female fruit 7. Life Cycle: perennial deciduous tree 8. Landscape Use: urban landscapes, topiary, specimen

23.  Common name: thornless common honeylocust  Description: 1. Height: 30-70 ft. 2. Spacing: 30-40 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun 4. Foliage: 6-8 in. alternate, pinnately or bipinnately compound leaves, bright green foliage in summer, yellow to yellow-green fall color 5. Flowers in: Summer 6. Flower: greenish-yellow fragrant flowers 7. Life Cycle: perennial deciduous tree 8. Landscape Use: ornamental, shade, specimen

26.  Common name: crape myrtle  Description: 1. Height: 8-30 ft. 2. Spacing: 6-15 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun 4. Foliage: 1-3 in., opposite, whorled, simple leaf, yellow, orange, red fall color 5. Flowers in: Summer to fall 6. Flower: panicle of white, pink, red, purple flowers 7. Life Cycle: perennial deciduous tree 8. Landscape Use: specimen, mass planting

29.  Common name: sweetgum  Description: 1. Height: 60-100 ft. 2. Spacing: 50-75 ft. 3. Exposure: Sun to part shade 4. Foliage: star-shaped leaves, with 5- 7 lobes, yellow, orange, scarlet, purple fall color 5. Flowers in: N/A 6. Flower: Insignificant flowers, spiny gumballs 7. Life Cycle: perennial deciduous tree 8. Landscape Use: ornamental, shade tree, street tree, windbreak, specimen

32.  plants.ces.ncsu.edu  www.floridata.com  Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants