1. Evergreen Trees Page 6-7

2. X Cupressocyparis leylandii Leyland Cypress Height: 100’ Spread: Narrow pyramid Scale leaves that are flattened Full Sun Used as a Problems: Bag worms & shallow roots

3. Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia Height: 60-80’ Spread: 30-50’ Alternate, Elliptical, Entire & Pinnate Leaves Glossy top and brown underneath Creamy white 10” wide flower Sun-Part Shade

4. Pinus mugo Mugo Pine Height: up to 10’ Spread: up to 15’ 1-3” long needles, 2/fasicle Sun-Part Shade Problems: Scale

5. Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine Height: 50-80’ Spread: 20-40’ 5 needles/fasicle that have a thin white line on the middle Leaves appear to have a bluish-green hint Sun

6. Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda Height: 50-80’ Spread: 30-35’ Needle like leaves 12-18” (3 per fascile) Full Sun Acidic Soil One Central Leader

7. Evergreen Shrubs Go to page 9-13

8. Glossy Abelia Abelia x grandiflora Height: 4-6’ Spread: 3-5’ 1-1.5” long glossy green leaves Pinkish-white tube shaped flowers (summer) Semi-shade

9. Japanese Aucuba Aucuba japonica Height: 4-5’ Spread: 3-4’ 4-8” deep green or spotted leaves Good in shady places Semi-shade Dioecious

10. Buxus sempervirens Common Boxwood Height: 3-8’ Spread: 3-4’ Simple with white midrib on underside Part shade Used as a hedge along a building

11. Evergreen Euonymus Euonymus japonica Height: 5-10’ Width: 5-8’ Waxy, solid green and golden edged leaves (variegated will revert to solid-must prune off) Opposite, simple, obovate & serrated Stem-squarish Shade-Sun Problems: Leaf spot, euonymous scale, & aphids

12. Dwarf Burford Holly Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’ Height: 5-6’ Width: 4-6’ Oblong leaves with 1-3 spines at top and slight recurve Sun-shade

13. Fosteri Holly Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri Height: 20-30’ Width: 7-10’ 1-4 spines down the upper half of leaf Alternate, simple, elliptic-ovate, & glossy Cluster of berries in fall/winter Typical Pyramid shape Sun-part shade

14. Helleri Holly Ilex crenata ‘Helleri Height: 4’ Width: 5’ Wedge-based leaves with crenate margins, flat & ½” long Mounding habit Sun-shade Good substitute for boxwood Spider Mites

15. Dwarf Yaupon Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’ Height: 3-5’ Width: 4-6’ Green-reddish brown leaves Alternate, simple, ovate, & crenate Gray stems Sun-shade Drought tolerant

16. Juniperus conferta Shore Juniper Height: 1-2’ Spread: 6-9’ Awl shaped (1/2” long) and usually in 3’s Stomata band with bluish-green underside Blue berry Sun-part shade Will grow on beach dunes or in clay and withstands severe exposure

17. Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis Height: 1-2’ Spread: 4-8’ Scale-like; bluish- green in the summer & plum in winter Forms a thick mat Berry in fall Sun-part shade Withstands severe exposure and grows in any soil Problems-blight & mites

18. Japanese Privet Ligustrum japonicum Height: 6-12’ Spread: 6-8’ Opposite, Simple, Ovate, Entire 4” long leathery with raised veins on underside (curl at apex) White panicle in May (fragrant) Sun-shade Stems-large grey lenticels Sometimes grown as a small tree

19. Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera Height: 10-12’ Spread:8-10’ Lanceolate leathery leaves (aromatic) Serrate at apex and olive colored Bluish-gray berry (females only) Sun-shade

20. Heavenly Bamboo/ Dwarf Nandina Nandina domestica Height: 6-8’ Spread: 2-3’ Pinnately-Compound leaves, Lanceolate, Entire 1-1.5” long leaflets Pink/White Panicle Flower (May-June) Green-spring Greenish-maroon/red in winter Problem Free Plant

21. Catawba Rhododendron Rhododendron catawbiense Height: 6-10’ Spread: 5-8’ 3-6” long/1-2” wide bluish green leaves Alternate, Elliptical, Entire Flowers Lilac-Purple in April-May & 5-6” wide (umbel shaped) Likes cooler climates (becomes leggy in unfavorable conditions Part shade Leaves and flowers are bigger than azalea Troubled by many pests

22. Azalea Rhododendron kiusianum Height: 3’ Spread: 3’.5-1” long dull/dark green leaves Ovate Mid-April flowers (3- 5/cluster) Part shade Hairy stem & leaves