Week 5-Evergreen Shrubs. Gardenia jasminoides Dwarf Gardenia Height: 4-6 Width: 4-5 Leaves wholred in 2s or 3s, shiny dark green White flower from.

Week 5-Evergreen Shrubs

Gardenia jasminoidesDwarf Gardenia•Height: 4-6’•Width: 4-5’•Leaves wholred in 2’s or 3’s, shiny dark green•White flower from May to June, fragrant•Sun-Part shade•Not cold tolerate•Pests-Whiteflies

Loropetalum chinesisChinese Fringe Flower•Height: 6-15’•Width: 8-10’•Red/ Pink flower-fragrant•Part shade-sun•Mites may cause yellow foliage•Needs to be pruned to keep burgandy foliage

Osmanthus x fortuneiFortune Tea Olive•Height:9-12’•Width:5-7’•Dark green with sharp serration•White fall flower•Sun•Fragrant flower•Good for screening

Picea abiesNorway Spruce•Height: 40-60’•Width: 25-30’•Sharp, stiff, square needles•Bright green then dark with age•Sun-part shade

Pieris japonicaJapanese Andromeda•Height: 4-6’•Width: 4-6’•Leaves in whorls at ends of branches, leathery•White/pink flower (catkin)•Part-shade•Morning sun for best results•New leaves are red

Mugo PinePinus mugo

•Height: 3-4’•Spread: 2-4’•2 needles per facisle•Good in masses and in containers•Sun

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Zabeliana’Zabel Laurel Cherry

•Height: 4-5’•Width: 5-8’•Narrow, willow-like leaf•White flower (April-May)•Berry like fruit•Sun-shade•Adapts to city conditions

Pyracantha coccineaScarlet Firethorn•Height: 10-12’•Width:•Stiff and thorny branches•Green foliage to bronze in winter•Small white flowers May-June•Orange-Red berry•Full sun

Raphiolepsis umbellateIndian Hawthorn•Height: 3-7’•Width: 6-10’• Pink and fragrant cluster•Part shade-sun•Grey-green ovate leaves•Leaf spots cause leaf drop in shady locations

Taxus cuspidataJapanese Yew•Height: 4-6’•Width: 5-7’•Needle-like•White spring flower•Berrylike fruit on female plant (seeds-poisonous)•Part shade-shade•Tolerates poor growing conditions

American ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis

•Height: 40-60’ or – 5-12’

•Spread: 10-15’•Sun-Part Shade•Scale, flat leaves (green in summer, yellowish in winter)•Prune prior to growth in spring