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Lespedeza thunbergii: Bush Clover
January 17, 2011 at 2:16 pm (Plants to remember to try)
Tags: Blooms new wood, deciduous, drought tolerant, elliptical, flower, multi-stemmed, perennial, Shrub, simple leaf
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Bearberry
July 12, 2009 at 10:54 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: alternate, broad leaf evergreen, elliptical, lustrous leaves, simple leaf
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- Shrub habit
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- Branching
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- Leaf front
Identification features:
1. Low growing, mat-forming, glossy leaved evergreen ground cover
2. Alternate glabrous dark green leaves, green underneath
3. Thin, sprawling stems
Spirea japonica, Japanese spirea
July 12, 2009 at 4:38 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish), Invasives)
Tags: alternate, deciduous, elliptical, Invasives, serrate, Shrub, simple leaf
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- Shrub
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- Branch
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- Leaf
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- Flower
Identifying characteristics:
1. Simple alternate leaves with sharply serrate margins
2. Showy terminal pinkish flower clusters
3. Dry brown follicle fruits persist
Buxus sempervirens, Common Boxwood
July 12, 2009 at 4:23 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: broad leaf evergreen, elliptical, entire, lustrous leaves, Opposite, Shrub, simple leaf
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- Shrub
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- Leaf front
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- Leaf back
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- Leaf size
Difficult to distinguish this sample from Buxus microphylla; could be either
1. Opposite evergreen simple leaves (distinguishes from Ilex)
2. White line on leaf back distinguishes from Buxus microphylla
3. Elliptical leaf <1″ long, broadest below middle
Rhododendron hybrid, Azalea (evergreen)
July 12, 2009 at 3:21 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: alternate, broad leaf evergreen, elliptical, lustrous leaves, Shrub, simple leaf
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- Shrub
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- Branch
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- Leaf
Identifying characteristics:
1. Evergreen shrub
2. Alternate shiny dark green entire leaves
3. Brilliantly colored funnel-form terminal flower clusters
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Lady in Red’, Bigleaf hydrangea
July 12, 2009 at 12:22 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: Acuminate tip, deciduous, elliptical, multi-stemmed, Opposite, serrate, Shrub, simple leaf
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- Shrub
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- Branch
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- Leaf
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- Flower
Identifying characteristics:
- Large opposite serrated simple leaves
- Flowers are distinctive blue (on acid soil) broad cymose corymbs
- Stems emerge from ground w/little branching
- Cultivar ID: red stems, veins, petioles
Cornus alba ‘Ivory halo’, Red twig dogwood
July 8, 2009 at 10:57 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: Acuminate tip, elliptical, entire, multi-stemmed, Opposite, Shrub, simple leaf, variegated
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- Shrub form, multi-stemmed
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- Opposite branching
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- Leaf front
Identifying characteristics:
- Opposite branching
- Red winter twigs
- Green and white variegated simple leaves
Prunus x cistena, Sand Cherry
July 8, 2009 at 10:51 pm (A Plant-a-Day(ish))
Tags: alternate, deciduous, elliptical, entire, juglone (walnut) tolerant, simple leaf, tree
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- Shrub form
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- Leaf front
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- Leaf back
Identifying characteristics:
1. Reddish purple leaves
2. Alternate
3. multi-stemmed vase like form
