Evergreen Trees. BOTANICAL NAME X Cupressocyparis leylandii.

Evergreen Trees

BOTANICAL NAME

X Cupressocyparis leylandii

COMMON NAME

•Leyland Cypress

Connecting Scientific Names and Common Names

• Leyland and leylandii, need I say more!

PLANT

•Evergreen

•Height 60’-70’

•Spread 12’-17’

•Upright

Foliage Description

•Leaves are scales and awls

•Young leaves are soft green

Foliage Description•Mature leaves are dark green

•Awl like leaves •Striking green foliage on flattened sprays on the branches

Foliage Description•Grows into a narrow pyramid

•Pointed leaves ¼ inch long

EXPOSURE

•Sun

USE

•Upright hedge

•Screen for privacy

•Windbreak

Other Information

• Pest problem: Bag Worm

Botanical Name

•MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA

Common Name•Southern Magnolia

Connecting Scientific Names and Common Names

•Magnolia and Magnolia, gee you should get this one!

Plant•Evergreen

•Height 60’ - 80’

•Width 30’ - 50’

•Upright/ Pyramidal

Foliage Description

•Arrangement: Alternate

•Composition: Simple

•Margin: Entire

Foliage Description•Widely planted in the South

•Old traditional tree•Shiny waxy oval leaves•Downy Undersides

Fruit•Conelike, 3-4 inches long

•Late Summer and Fall

Exposure• Sun

• Semi shade

Landscape Use

•Specimen

•Screen

•Wind or sound barrier

•Beauty

BOTANICAL NAME

•PINUS STROBUS

COMMON NAME

•Eastern White Pine

Connecting Scientific Names and Common Names

•Pinus and Pine

PLANT

•Evergreen•Height 50’ - 80’•Width 30’ - 40’•Upright

Foliage Description

•Needles - five in a fascicle (5 needles, White 5 Letters)

Foliage Description

•Margin: Serrated (finely toothed)

Foliage Description

•The bark is smooth

•3-4 inches long

•Light to bluish gray green color

FLOWER

•Spring

•Insignificant

FRUIT

•Fall

•Brown cone

EXPOSURE

•Sun

Landscape Use

•Mass or background planting

•Screen

•Parks and Estates

BOTANICAL NAME

Pinus taeda

COMMON NAME

•Loblolly Pine

• Height: 50 to 90'

• Width: 30 to 40‘

• Habit: Evergreen • Leaf: 6 to 10" needles dark green in

bundles of 3; off color in winter

• Flower/Fruit: 3 to 6" cones in groups of 2 to 5

About Loblolly Pine: Native; adaptable to a range of

sites; good for fast screen; easy to transplant; most rapid growth of all

pines; seeds eaten by birds