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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Comments |
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Eastern Arborvitae
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Thuja occidentalis |
- Size: large (12' tall by 5' wide) needle evergreen
- Culture: partial shade to shade; best suited in moist soils; Best suited for Northwest Arkansas (cooler)
- Disease/insect: bagworm
- Use: hedge/screen plant
- Many cultivars including globe-shaped 'Globosa' and columnar 'Emerald'
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European Cranberrybush Vib.
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Viburnum opulus |
- Size: medium (8' tall by 8' wide) deciduous shrub
- Flowers: showy, white flowers; outer ring sterile, inner fertile, May
- Fruits: beautiful red clusters of fruit, fall
- Fall color: can be maroon especially in cooler climates
- Culture: sun to partial shade; rich, moist soil best
- Disease/insect: none serious
- Uses: shrub bed
- Cultivars: 'Compactum' (smaller), 'Nanum' (dwarf, no flws or fruits), 'Roseum' (one of the 'snowball' viburnums)
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Fatshedera
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X Fatshedera lizei |
- Size: medium (5' tall by 4' wide) broadleaf evergreen
- Flowers: creamy panicles in winter
- Fruits: not significant
- Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen
- Culture: best in rich, moist soil, partial sun; Zone 8 (protected in zone 7)
- Disease/insect: none significant
- Use: tropical looking
- Intergeneric hybrid: Hedera helix X Fatsia japonica
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Foster Holly
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Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri' |
- Size: large (20' tall by 7' wide) pyramidal broadleaf evergreen
- Flowers: not significant
- Fruit: showy, red berry
- Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen
- Culture: sun to partial shade; moist soil best. Avoid poorly drained soils
- Disease/insect: none serious
- Use: commonly used at the corner of a house/building
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Fraser Photinia; Redtip Photinia
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Photinia x fraseri |
- Size: large (12' tall by 12' wide) broadleaf evergreen
- Flowers: varies on significance; cream, flat topped clusters April
- Fruit: ??
- Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen; Brilliant red to new, emerging foliage
- Culture: full sun; adaptable to soil type
- Disease/insect: Very seriously affected by Entomosporium leaf spot (fungus) in Arkansas
- Use: probably most common hedge/screen plant in Arkansas
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Fringetree
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Chionanthus virginicus |
- Size: large shrub or small tree; 15’ tall x 15’ wide
- Flowers: snow white (showy), bloom mid-April
- Culture: sun to shade
- Use: mixed shrub bed, woodland garden
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Gardenia
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Gardenia jasmonoides |
- Size: medium (5' tall by 5' wide) broadleaf evergreen
- Flowers: fragrant flowers; pure white flowers in summer, fade yellow
- Fruit: not significant
- Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen
- Culture: best in rich, moist soil, acid soil; partial sun or shade; Best in zones 7 and 8
- Disease/insect: scale, whitefly
- Use: specimen near entry-ways
- Cultivars: few for increased cold hardiness (‘Kleim’s Hardy’)
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Globe Cryptomeria
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Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana' |
- Size: 3.5’
- Culture: full sun
- Use: mixed shrub border
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Glossy Abelia
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Abelia x grandiflora |
- Size: medium shrub 5' tall by 5' wide; often wild sprays of stems
- Flowers: May to fall, white/pink tubular flowers
- Fruit: not significant
- Fall color: broadleaf evergreen. Sometimes winter foliage is a deep maroon
- Culture: full sun. Adaptable to most soils. Tough
- Disease/insect: none significant
- Use: foundations, masses
- Cultivars: many including ‘Sherwood’, Confetti™, Sunrise™. (‘Edward Goucher’ is a hybrid)
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Gold-dust Plant
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Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' |
- Size: medium shrub: 6’ tall by 6’ wide
- Flowers: not showy, small, purple, terminal panicles, spring
- Fruits: dioecious (plant either male or female), lipstick red clusters mid-winter on female plants
- Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen
- Culture: partial sun to shade. Cold hardy in zones 7 & 8. Locate near protection in zone 6
- Disease/insect: none significant
- Use: tropical looking broadleaf evergreen. Make sure and purchase female clone
- Cultivars: species has green foliage. Several outstanding variegated (yellow/green) foliage cultivars
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Green Giant Arborvitae
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Thuja x 'Green Giant' |
- Size: 45’ tall x 12’ wide
- Culture: full sun
- Use: hedge/screen
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Heavenly Bamboo
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Nandina domestica |
- Size: medium (5' tall by 4' wide) broadleaf evergreen
- Flowers: showy, white terminal panicles May
- Fruit: spectacular clusters of red fruit
- Fall/winter color: broadleaf evergreen, however, can take-on reddish/purple coloration in winter
- Culture: sun to shade; very drought tolerant once established
- Disease/insect: none
- Use: tropical look; short hedge, foundation; Almost a weed in some wooded areas in Arkansas
- Cultivars: many (most for smaller size: ‘Firepower’, Gulf Stream™ , ‘Moon Bay’, ‘Harbour Dwarf’
- 'Bamboo-like' stems
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Hinoki Falsecypress
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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis' |
- Size: small (4' tall by 2' wide) pyramidal conifer
- Culture: best in rich, moist soil, partial sun; avoid open windy situations in Arkansas
- Disease/insect: none significant if properly located
- Use: specimen
- Cultivars: many other cultivars in addition to ‘Nana Gracilis’. Variation in size, foliage color, plant shape
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Hybrid Tea Rose
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Rosa sp. |
- Hundreds of choices for flower color
- Full sun
- Disease/insect: black spot fungus
- Usually require lots of care
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Indian Hawthorn
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Rhaphiolepis umbellata |
- Size: small (4' tall by 6' wide) broadleaf evergreen
- Flowers: white/soft pink flowers in April
- Fruit: dark purple/black fruit
- Fall/winter color: some have darker winter foliage; new, emerging foliage can be attractive
- Culture: sun; best in moist soil; cold hardy in zones 7 and 8
- Disease/insect: fungal leaf spot more an aesthetic issue
- Use: massed
- Cultivars: Olivia™ , Eleanor Taber™ , Bay Breeze™
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Inkberry Holly
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Ilex glabra |
- Size: medium (5' tall by 4' wide) broadleaf evergreen
- Flowers: not significant
- Fruit: black berry (drupe) on female plants; not showy
- Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen
- Culture: sun or partial shade; rich, moist soil best
- Use: Masses or foundation plantings
- Cultivars: several. Most for tighter habit and glossy dark green leaves
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