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Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

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Page 1: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

Plant ID Week 1

Hort I

Page 2: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

Juniperus horizontalis

Common Name: Creeping Juniper

Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar

Evergreen groundcover

Page 3: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

• 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.

Page 4: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen
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• 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.

Page 6: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

• Light: Full sun is best. Tolerates partial shade, but foliage will be thinner.

• Moisture: Established plants are highly drought tolerant.

• Hardiness: USDA Zones 3 - 10. Grows well up to 8000 ft (2438 m) in Colorado

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Page 8: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

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

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

Page 11: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen
Page 12: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

PLANT

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

Page 13: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

• Flower: Spring (May)–White panicle, fragrant

• Fruit: Fall (black berry)–Seeds are possibly poisonous if ingested.

Reproductive Parts

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DESCRIPTION

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

lenticels

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‘Rotundifolium’

Page 17: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen

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.

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• Leaves The simple narrow leaves of the wax myrtle range from 1-5 in (2.5-13 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.

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

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Heavenly Bamboo: Nandina domestica

• Evergreen shrub• Leaf: alternate, ovate

leaflets, entire, compound leaves

• Pinkish-white flower• Bright red berries in fall

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• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Leaf Arrangement:

Alternate• Leaf Shape: Ovate

(leaflets)• Leaf Margin: Entire• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Opposite leaflets on a

Compound leaf

Page 24: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen
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• 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.

Page 26: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen
Page 27: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen
Page 28: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen
Page 29: Plant ID Week 1 Hort I Juniperus horizontalis Common Name: Creeping Juniper Other names: trailing juniper, creeping savin juniper, creeping cedar Evergreen
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Rhododendron catawbiense

• COMMON NAME:– Catawba rhododendron

• FAMILY: Ericaceae

• NATIVE: United States

• HARDINESS ZONE: 4-8

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Rhododendron catawbiense

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Rhododendron catawbiense

• Partial to full shade; moist, well drained soil is best; needs acid soil.

• Evergreen used for borders, and natural areas of landscapes.

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• 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

Rhododendron catawbiense

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Rhododendron kiusianum

• COMMON NAME: Azalea

• FAMILY:

• NATIVE: Japan

• HARDINESS ZONE: 5-7

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Rhododendron kiusianum

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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.

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Rhododendron kiusianum

• Light Range: Part Sun to Full Sun • USDA Hardiness Zone:7 to 8• Tolerances:deer, rabbits, seashore, slope,

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