Junior Nursery/ Landscaping Competition Christina Smith
Jan 11, 2016
Junior Nursery/ Landscaping Competition
Christina Smith
Glossy Abelia
• Leaves grow on opposite sides
• Sun or no sun, leaves are always glossy (shiny) on both sides
Ajuga• Shiny, dark purple leaves
• Oval glossy leaves are 3”- 4” long and grow opposite of each other
Japanese Aucuba
• Splattered with yellow paint
• Might have red berries
Indica Azalea
• Big leafed Azalea
Kurume Azalea
• Small leafed azalea
Japanese Barberry
• Spatula shaped leaves, red fruit
• Yellow flowers hanging single below the stem
• Single spine at each base leaf
Hybrid Bermuda
• Looks like regular grass
River Birch
• Raged edges• Wood is hard, strong
and knotty
Boxwood
• Leaves are usually, small but thick and leathery
Bradford Pear
• Buds are fuzzy• Edges of leaves are
kind of wavy
Butterfly Bush
• leaves are long and narrow or somewhat egg-shaped and arranged oppositely on the branches
• Leaves are 4 to 10 inches long and 1 to 3 inches wide
Camellia
• Glossy on top
Yucca
• Looks like a Aloe, has a sword shaped leaf
• Kind of wide (narrow), flat needles
Daylily
• Has a pronounce midrib on it
Indian Hawthorne
• Has (blue) berries on it
Centipede
• Grass that looks like it has layers and kind of like bamboo marks on it
Crape Myrtle
• The fruit looks like jingle bells
• Leaves are a glossy medium green
• Has an opposite leaf arrangement, ovate (rain drop shape) and a leaf and smooth margin
Carissa Holly
• Leaves cup up
Dwarf Burford Holly
• Leaves cup down
Liriope
• Has no pronounce midrib
Southern Magnolia
• Glossy on top dull on bottom
• Big, dark green leaves
Leather Leaf Mahonia
• look like leather, spiky on the sides
• Glossy on top dull on bottom asymmetrical
Dwarf Nandina
• Red, yellow, green leaves
• Leaves come in in sets of three like poison ivy
Sweet Gum
• Has a star like leaf shape
• Also has glossy leaves
• Spiky ball like fruit
Weeping Willow
• Light green above, grayish- green beneath
Ginkgo
• The leaves are irregularly shaped.
• They are often deeply grooved in the middle of the leaf
Leyland Cypress
• Is a dark green color • Looks like a pine but
it really isn't• The leaf is small, thin,
and scaly
Chinese Holly
• Are spiky leaves and have red berries
• Is usually the stuff they hang up around Christmas
Red Maple
• Three lobes, sometimes with two extra mini-lobes near the bottom
• Few wavy teeth, Long petiole (often red )
Mondo Grass
• Has a pronounce mid rib
Japanese Maple
• Has star shaped leaves
• Opposite leaf arrangement
• Green or red colored leaves
Flowering Dogwood
• The leaf has no teeth
Eastern Redbud
• Heart shaped leaf; short point
• No teeth ; long petiole
Yellow Poplar
• Four pointy lobes, sometimes with two extra mini-lobes near base
• Long petiole, no teeth
Pyracantha
• The leaves are arranged opposite of each other
• They are a dark green with finely toothed margines
Privet Hedge
• Leaves are large and small
• This plant is often used as a privacy hedge
Border Forsythia
• Opposite leaf arrangement
• Upright and overreaching branches
Plum Yew
• Has a short petiole • Has needle LIKE
leaves • Looks like my moms
mothers day plant
Emerald Zoysia
• Grass that springs from one point
• Is a thin blade of grass
Dwarf Yaupon Holly
• Has a symmetrical, dense, rounded form
Live Oak
• The dark green thick leaves are oval with small spines along the margin and measure
• Georgia's state tree
Hybrid Tea Rose
• Anything that has a rose on it call it a hybrid tea rose
Eastern White Pine
Hosta
English Ivy
Cape Jasmine Gardenia
Blue Rug Juniper
Andorra Juniper
Loblolly Pine
Japanese Cleyera