Hebe topiaria
Scientific name: Hebe topiaria
Common name: topiaria hebe
Family name: Plantaginaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7
Mature height and spread: Height: 1.1-1.5m; Spread: 1.1-1.5
Form: evergreen shrub
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement: opposite, simple, silver green
Limitation: regular shape
Suitable uses: hedge
Quick ID description: opposite, simple, silver green
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Hebe rupicola
Scientific name: Hebe rupicola
Common name: rock hebe
Family name: Plantaginaceae
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USDA Hardiness Zone: 8
Mature height and spread: Height: 0.5-0.6m; Spread: 0.5-0.6m
Form: evergreen shrub
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement: opposite, simple
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): white flowers
Suitable uses: rock garden
Quick ID description: opposite, simple
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Hebe ‘Emerald Gem’
Scientific name: Hebe ‘Emerald Gem’
Common name: Emerald Gem hebe
Family name: Plantaginaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8
Mature height and spread: Height: 30cm
Form: Evergreen shrub, dwarf, globe-shaped, compact
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained but constantly moist, poor or medium fertile soil that is anything from slightly acidic to slightly alkaline.
Leaf arrangement: Leaves tiny, glossy, densely arranged.
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): Flowers small, appear in summer
Limitations: May be susceptible to aphids or leaf spot and downy mildew
Suitable uses: It can be used along garden pathways or as a dense, substantial ground-covering plant in beds and borders.
Quick ID description: tiny, glossy leave; spiral arrangement
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Hebe ‘Blue Mist’
Scientific name: Hebe ‘Blue Mist’
Common name: Blue Mist hebe
Family name: Plantaginaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Alicia Amherst’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8
Mature height and spread: Height: 0.8 – 1.5 m; spread: 1.2 – 1.5m
Form: evergreen shrub
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement: Opposite; simple
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): blue clusters; brown capsule
Suitable uses: opposite, simple
Quick ID description: shrub borders; summer interest
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Escallonia x exoniensis ‘Fradesii’
Scientific name: Escallonia x exoniensis ‘Fradesii’
Common name: Pink Princess Escallonia
Family name: Grossulariaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 – 9
Mature height and spread: Heigh1.5m – 1.8m; Width1.8m – 2.4m
Form: evergreen shrub
Water use: medium
Soil requirements: well-drained soil
Leaf arrangement: alternate
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): red flowers
Suitable uses: Border, Coastal Exposure, Espalier, Fir escaping/Fire Wise, Privacy Screen, Woodland Garden
Quick ID description: alternate; little red flower
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Erica carnea
Scientific name: Erica carnea
Common name: : winter heath
Family name: Ericaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Springwood Pink’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 7
Mature height and spread: Height: 0.50 to 1.00 feet; Spread: 0.50 to 1.50 feet
Form: low-growing, evergreen shrub that is primarily native to the Alps in Europe
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: sandy, acidic, medium moisture, well-drained loams that are enriched with peat
Leaf arrangement: Needle-like medium green leaves (to 1/ 4” long) are in whorls of four.
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): urn-shaped flowers blooms in one-sided racemes
Limitations: tolerate slightly alkaline soils
Suitable uses: Year-round attraction. Rock gardens. Slopes. Ground cover.
Quick ID description: needle-like; urn-shaped flower
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Cotinus coggygria
Scientific name: Cotinus coggygria
Common name: smoketree
Family name: Anacardiaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Ancot’ ‘Velvet Cloak’ ‘Royal Purple/
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
Mature height and spread: Height: 10.00 to 15.00 feet; Spread: 10.00 to 15.00 feet
Form: upright, loose-spreading, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun
Leaf arrangement: ovate to obovate
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): yellowish flowers appear in branching, terminal panicles
Limitations: Tolerates a wide range of soils except wet, poorly-drained ones.
Fall colour: yellow, orange, and purplish-red
Suitable uses: Single specimen, group or mass in shrub borders or sunny areas around the home.
Quick ID description: smoke-like puff; ovate to obovate
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Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Lowfast’
Scientific name: Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Lowfast’
Common name: bearberry cotoneaster
Family name: Rosaceae
Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Coral Beauty’
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
Mature height and spread: Height: 0.75 to 1.00 feet; Spread: 4.00 to 6.00 feet
Form: dense, fast-growing, prostrate ground cover
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: moist, loamy, sharply-drained soils in full sun to part shade
Leaf arrangement: Alternate, leathery, elliptic to oblong, mostly evergreen leaves
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): White, 5-petaled, 1/2” diameter flowers with purple anthers bloom singly or in pairs in May-June; red berries (pomes to 1-4” wide)
Limitations: Susceptible to fireblight, leaf spots and canker. Watch for aphids, cotoneaster webworm and lacebugs.
Suitable uses: rock gardens or dangle over stone walls. Foundations.
Quick ID description: alternate, leathery, red berry
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Choisya ternata
Scientific name: Choisya ternata
Common name: Mexican orange blossom
Family name: Rutaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 10
Mature height and spread: Height: 4.00 to 8.00 feet; Spread: 4.00 to 8.00 feet
Form: compact, rounded, evergreen shrub
Water use: Medium
Soil requirements: fertile, moist but well-drained soils in full sun to part shade
Leaf arrangement: glossy, aromatic, trifoliate, medium green leaves (each elliptic to oblanceolate leaflet to 1-3” long)
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers
Limitations: No serious insect or disease problems
Suitable uses: Specimen or group. Shrub borders. Hedge. Foundations. Containers.
Quick ID description: strong smell of the leaves, fragrant flowers, glossy, trifoliate
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Ceanothus ‘Victoria’
Scientific name: Ceanothus ‘Victoria’
Common name: California lilac
Family name: Rhamnaceae
USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 9
Mature height and spread: Height: 9ft; Spread:12ft
Form: Round, arching, upright
Water use: moderate, drought tolerant when established
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement: simple, alternate, ribbed stems, ovate, leather
Flower/cone/fruit description(s): small blue flower
Limitations: salt tolerant
Suitable uses: Erosion control. Screening. Good for unirrigated soil. Salt tolerant. Beautiful flowers.
Quick ID description: simple, alternate, ribbed stems, ovate, leather
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