Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Shrubs
Glossy Abeila

  • Abelia x grandiflora (a-BEE-lee-uh gran-dih-FLOR-uh)
  • Can grow 4-6 feet
  • Spacing is 10-12 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Light shade to Full sunlight
  • Foliage/Flower Color: Green, rose white/near white
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Summer Bloom, to attract butterflies 
Japanese Aucuba

  • Aucuba Japonica (a-KEW-ba ja-PON-i-ka)
  • Can grow 3-8 feet
  • Spacing is 24-36 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Grows in the full sun and in the shade
  • Foliage: Green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Hedges
Japanese Barberry

  • Berberis thunbergii (BER-ber-is thun-BERG-ee-i)
  • Can grow 3-6 feet
  • Spacing is 30-36 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Partial sun and partial shade
  • Foliage: Bright green and yellow
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Hedges and Borders
Common Boxwood

  • Buxus sempervirens (BUCK-sus sem-pur-VYE-renz
  • Can grow 8-20 feet
  • Spacing is 24-36 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Part sunlight and part shade
  • Foliage: Green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Edging and Borders
Winged Euonymus

  • Euonymus alata (you-ON-ih-mus eh-LAY-tu)
  • Can grow 1.3-2 meters
  • Spacing is 8-10 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Part shade and part sun
  • Foliage: Green, Green-yellow
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Fillers
Evergreen Euonymus

  • Eounymus japonica or 'variegata (you-ON-ih-mus ja-PON-i-ca va-ree-a-GAT-a)
  • Can grow 6-8 feet 
  • Spacing is 24-36 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Partial Shade and Full sunlight
  • Foliage: Green, yellow-green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Foundation and Hedges
Border Forsythia

  • Forsythia x intermedia (for-SYE-the-uh ex in-tur-MEE-dee-uh)
  • Can grow 2-3 meters 
  • Spacing is 8-10 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full sunlight and filtered shade
  • Foliage: Green and yellow
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Mixed Shrub Border, Sheared Hedge
.Fosteri Holly
  • llex x attunuata 'Fosteri' (EYE-lex x uh-ten-you-AY-tuh)
  • Can grow 15-25 feet
  • Spacing is 8-12 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Partial Shade and Full sunlight
  • Foliage: Green, white, cream, grey 
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Hedge, specimen foundation
Dwarf Burford Holly
  • llex x cornuta 'Dwarf Burford Holly' (EYE-lex x cor-NEW-tuh)
  • Can grow 4-6 feet
  • Spacing is 24-36 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full to partial sunlight
  • Foilage: Cream white and yellow-green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Hedge and Ground cover
Helleri Holly
  • llex x vrenata 'Helleri Holly' (EYE-lex x kre-NA-ta)
  • Can grow 3-6 feet
  • Spacing is 36-60 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Part shade/ part sunlight
  • Foliage: Green and white
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscpae Use: Hedge
Dwarf Yaupon Holly
  • llex x vomitoria 'Nana' (EYE-lex vom-mit-TOR-ee-uh)
  • Can grow 4-7 feet
  • Spacing is 36-60 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Part shade, part sun
  • Foliage: Green and white
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Ground planter, Hedge
Shore Juniper
  • Juniperus conferta (joo-NIP-er-us kon-FER-tuh)
  • Can grow 1 foot
  • spacing is 3-6 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Full sunlight
  • Foliage: Blue-green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Rock garden, erosion control and borders.
Creeping Juniper
  • Juniperus Horizontals (joo-NIP-er-us hor-ih-zon-TAL-is)
  • Can grow under 6 inches
  • Spacing is 6-8 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sunlight
  • Foliage: Blue Green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Foundations, Rock Gardens
Ligustrum/ Japanese Privet
  • Ligustrum japonicum cv (lee-GUS-trum ja-PON-ee-kum)
  • Can grow 6-12 feet
  • Spacing is 15-20 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Part shade and Part sunlight
  • Foliage: Green and White
  • Life Cycle: Perennil
  • Landscape Use: Screens, small trees, and Hedges
Wax Myrtle
  • Myrica cerifera (MEER-ih-kuh ser-IF-er-uh)
  • Can grow 15-25 feet
  • Spacing is 10 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Part Shade and Part Sunlight
  • Foliage: Green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Planter/ Hedge\
Heavenly Bamboo or Dwarf Nandina
  • Nandina domestica (nan-DEE-nuh do-MESS-tee-kuh)
  • Can grow 6-8 feet
  • Spacing is 2-3 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full sunlight to partial sunlight
  • Foliage: Green and White
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Border, Privacy screen
Mugo Pine
  • Pinus mugo var (PEE-nus MEW-go)
  • Can grow 15-25 feet
  • Spacing is 36-48 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Partial shade to full sunlight
  • Foliage: Green and yellow
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Highway medians, Christmas Tree, Screen
Catawba Hyrbrid Rhododendron
  • Rhododendron catawbiense (ro-do-DEN-drun ka-taw-bi-EN-see)
  • Can grow 6-12 feet
  • Spacing is 8-10 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full shade to Partial sunlight
  • Foliage: Pale lavendar-pink Green
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Specimen, Border
Azalea

  • Rhododendron obtusum (roe-duh-DEN-drun ob-TOO-sun)
  • Can grow 3-8 feet
  • Spacing is 36-60 inches
  • Sun Exposure: Part sunlight, part shade
  • Foliage: Green white, pink., red
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Landscape Use: Borders and beds, slopes, groundcover

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