PLANT ID Week 10

PLANT ID Week 10

Hort I

Euonymous japonica• Evergreen Euonymous• Celastraceae• Shrub• Japan

• Arrangement: Opposite• Type: Simple• Margin: Serrate• Vein: Pinnate• Length: 1-3”• Width: 1”

• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 6-7’ Width: 3-5’• Upright• Sun-Shade• Growth: Rapid• Zones: 5-10

• Flower–Color: Green-Orange–Season: Spring June

• Fruit–Color: Pink–Season: Fall

DESCRIPTION

• Many named cultivars available with varying colors of foliage

PROBLEMS

• Euonymus scale insect is a real problem

Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri’• Fosteri Holly• Aquifoliaceae• Hybrid: I.cassine X I.opaca • Shrub

• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Serrated• Vein: Pinnate• Length: 2” Width: ¾”

• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 25’ Width: 6-8’• Sun-Part Shade• Growth: Medium• Zones: 6-9

• Flower: Inconspicuous

–Season: Spring–Color: White

• Fruit

–Red Berry–Season: Fall

• Cultural Practices

–Easily propagated by cuttings

Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’• Dwarf Burford Holly• Aquifoliaceae• China • Shrub

• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Entire• Vein: Pinnate• Length:1 ¾-3” • Width:1-1 ½”

• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 5-8’ Width: 4-5’• Upright• Sun-Part Shade• Growth: Medium• Zones: 6-9

• Flower–Color: White–Season: Spring

• Fruit–Color: Red–Season: Fall–Dimensions: ¼-3/8”

DESCRIPTION• Leaf is entire, but has one terminal spine, leaf

margins tend to be parallel

CULTURAL PRACTICES

• Dioecious plant • Propagate by stem cuttings

Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’• Dwarf Yaupon• Aquifoliaceae• Japan • Shrub

• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Crenate• Vein: Pinnate• Length: ¾” Width: ¼-3/8”

• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 1-2’ Width: 3’• Spreading• Part Shade• Growth: Slow-Medium• Zones: 7-9

DESCRIPTION• Good plant to use in coastal areas• Stems are silver

Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’• Helleri Holly• Aquifoliaceae• Japan • Shrub

• Arrangement: Alternate• Type: Simple• Margin: Serrated

(toward apex)• Vein: Pinnate• Length: ½” Width: ¼-3/8”

• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 2-3’ Width: 3-4’• Spreading• Sun-Shade• Growth: Slow• Zones: 6-8

• Flower: Inconspicuous

–Season: Spring• Fruit: Inconspicuous

DESCRIPTION• Leaf is oblong, but broadest 2/3 way to tip• Wedge shaped at the base

CULTURAL PRACTICES

• Needs very little pruning

PROBLEMS

• Spiders mites

Evergreen Hollies

I. attenuata 'Fosteri'Foster's Hybrid Holly

I. cornuta 'Burfordi'Burford Chinese Holly I. cornuta 'Rotunda'Japanese Maple

I. vomitoria Yaupon Holly I. crenata 'Helleri'Heller's Japanese Holly