Phyllostachys aurea

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Phyllostachys aurea

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Scientific name: Phyllostachys aurea

Common name: golden bamboo

Family name: Poaceae

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Holochrysa’ ‘Flavescens Inversa’ ‘Koi’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  7-10

Mature height and spread:  Height: 30 feet

Form: upright

Water use: Moist but well-drained

Soil requirements: Loam

Leaf arrangement:  alternate, between nodes

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):

Limitations:  can be an aggressive spreader in hot climates, where care must be used in its placement.

Suitable uses:  hedge

Quick ID description:  yellow stems, congested nodes on the bottom of stems

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Parthenocissus tricuspidata

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Parthenocissus tricuspidata

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Scientific name: Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Common name: Boston ivy

Family name: Vitaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Fenway Park’ ‘Ginza Lights’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  4-8

Mature height and spread:  Height: 30.00 to 50.00 feet；Spread: 5.00 to 10.00 feet

Form: rapid-growing, deciduous, woody vine

Water use: Dry to medium

Soil requirements: average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Leaf arrangement:  dark green leaves (to 4-8” wide) in variable shapes but usually three lobed

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): Greenish white flowers in late spring to early summer appear in the upper leaf axils, but are generally hidden by the foliage and are ornamentally insignificant. Flowers give way to blue-black berries (to 1/3” diameter) which are also hidden by the foliage and often not visible until autumn leaf drop. Birds eat the berries.

Limitations:  Tolerates full shade.

Fall colour:  Foliage turns scarlet red to scarlet purple in fall.

Suitable uses:  Best used as a climber for brick or stone walls of buildings, large trellises, arbors, fences or through large trees.

Quick ID description:  three lobed; blue-black berries

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Ilex crenata ‘Convexa’

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Ilex crenata ‘Convexa’

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Scientific name: Ilex crenata ‘Convexa’

Common name: Japanese holly

Family name: Aquifoliaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Helleri’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5-8

Mature height and spread:  Height: 2.00 to 4.00 feet；Spread: 3.00 to 5.00 feet

Form: dense, multi-branched, evergreen shrub

Water use: Medium

Soil requirements: average, medium moisture well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Leaf arrangement:  ovate to elliptic, crenate to serrate, glossy, spineless, evergreen, deep green leaves

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): 4 petaled white flowers which bloom in 3-7 flowered cymes；black rounded somewhat inconspicuous fruits

Limitations:  Tolerant of a wide variety of soils ranging from moist to dry and from sand to clay.

Suitable uses:  Mass or group. Hedge. Borders. Incorporate into a foundation planting.

Quick ID description:  rounded black fruit; rounded dark green leaves

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Hydrangea petiolaris

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Hydrangea petiolaris

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Scientific name: Hydrangea petiolaris

Common name: climbing hydrangea

Family name: Hydrangeaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  4-8

Mature height and spread:  Height: 30.00 to 50.00 feet；Spread: 5.00 to 6.00 feet

Form: vigorous, sprawling, deciduous, woody vine

Water use: Medium

Soil requirements: rich, fertile, moist but well-drained soils in part shade to full shade

Leaf arrangement:  Opposite, simple, serrate, ovate, dark green leaves

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): non-showy, creamy white to greenish-yellow fertile flowers；Fruit ripens in September-October. Flattened clusters (corymbs 6-10” wide) of fragrant

Limitations:  Needs a strong support structure if grown vertically on walls, fences or into large trees.

Suitable uses:  grown on a wide variety of other structures, including arbors, fences or the trunks of large trees, or sprawled over low stone walls, unsightly tree stumps or rock piles.

Quick ID description:  vine; opposite; simple; serrate

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Euonymus alatus

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Euonymus alatus

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Scientific name: Euonymus alatus

Common name: winged spindle tree

Family name: Celastraceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Compactus’ ‘Rudy Haag’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  4 to 8

Mature height and spread:  Height: 9.00 to 11.00 feet; Spread: 9.00 to 11.00 feet

Form: upright, flat-topped, spreading, deciduous shrub

Water use: Medium

Soil requirements: average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement:  Dark green elliptic to obovate leaves

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): Small, yellowish green flowers; Corky bark ridges on the branches lend a “winged” effect

Limitations:  No serious insect or disease problems.

Fall colour:  bright red in fall (pinkish red in full shade)red

Suitable uses:  Versatile shrub with outstanding fall color. Specimen, group or mass. Hedge, screen, shrub border or foundation plant.

Quick ID description:  winged bark; elliptic to obovate leaves

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Cotoneaster salicifolius

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Cotoneaster salicifolius

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Scientific name: Cotoneaster salicifolius

Common name: Willowleaf cotoneaster

Family name: Rosaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Repens’ ‘Scarlet Leader’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  6

Mature height and spread:  10″ to 15″ tall and similar in width

Form: large, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: well-drained, loose soil

Leaf arrangement:  alternate, simple, long linear

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): small, white flowers; red pome fruit, small, persist through winter

Limitations:  wind tolerant

Fall colour:  purplish-tinge occurs in colder seasons

Suitable uses:  hedge; bank cover; groupings or mass; for flowers or fruit effect; screen

Quick ID description:  long, linear leaves; white flowers; red, pome fruits

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Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-Marginata’

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Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-Marginata’

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Scientific name: Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-Marginata’

Common name: tatarian dogwood

Family name: Cornaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  3 to 7

Mature height and spread:  Height: 8.00 to 10.00 feet；Spread: 5.00 to 10.00 feet

Form: rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub

Water use: Medium

Soil requirements: organically rich, consistently moist, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement:  variegated ovate to elliptic leaves, bright red twigs

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): Creamy white flowers in flat-topped clusters；white berries

Limitations:  Tolerant of a wide range of soils.

Suitable uses:  Hedges. Shrub borders.

Quick ID description:  bright red twigs, variegated leaves

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=e237

 

Clematis armandii

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Clematis armandii

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Scientific name: Clematis armandii

Common name: Armand clematis

Family name: Ranunculaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘snowdrift ’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5

Mature height and spread:  Height: 4-8m；Spread: .5-2.5m

Form: evergreen climber

Water use: : moist but well-drained

Soil requirements: chalk, clay, sand, loam

Leaf arrangement:  long, individual, leathery, dark glossy green trifoliate leaves, around 15cm long, 3 prominent veins, ternate leaves

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): bloom in clusters in early spring

Limitations:  young shoots may be troubled by aphids and caterpillar

Suitable uses:  ground cover, residential area on pergola, arbors, trellis, screening

Quick ID description:  long, dark glossy, trifoliate, fragrant

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Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’

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Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’

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Scientific name: Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’

Common name: common hornbeam

Family name: Betulaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Columnaris Nana’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  4-8

Mature height and spread:  Height: 30.00 to 40.00 feet; Spread: 20.00 to 30.00 feet

Form: medium-sized, deciduous tree

Water use: Medium

Soil requirements: Easily grown in medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Leaf arrangement:  Ovate, sharply-toothed, dark green leaves

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): catkins flower; 3-lobed bracts fruit

Fall colour:  undistinguished yellow to orange

Suitable uses:  Small tree for lawns and streets. Screens. Hedges.

Quick ID description:  sharply-toothed,

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Buxus sempervirens

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Buxus sempervirens

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Scientific name: Buxus sempervirens

Common name: boxwood

Family name: Buxaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Pullman’ ‘Vardar Valley’ ‘Paramus’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5-8

Mature height and spread:  Height: 4.00 to 7.00 feet; Spread: 2.00 to 4.00 feet

Form: rounded to broad-rounded shrub or small tree

Water use: Medium

Soil requirements: evenly moist, well-drained loams (e.g., sand-clay mixture) in full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement:  Small, elliptic to oval to oblong leaves (1/2″ to 1 1/2″ long) are simple, opposite, smooth-margined and evergreen. Leaves are dark glossy green above and yellowish-green below.

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): apetulous flowers in axillary clusters are pale green to yellow to creamy white. Flowers appear in April and May. Fruit is a dehiscent capsule (to 1/3″ long) that matures to brown.

Limitations:  Susceptible to aphids and leaf; required pruning

Fall colour:  not showy yellow

Suitable uses:  Specimen/accent, hedge, mass, formal gardens, topiary. Foundations.

Quick ID description:  yellowish-green below, cluster flowers

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