1. Plant Identification

2. Abelia X grandiflora COMMON NAME: Glossy Abelia
SIZE: 4-6 feet tall, 3-5 feet wide
FORM: Semiglobal, fine texture
FOLIAGE: Summer=dark green, fall and winter=bronze-green to bronze-red and bronze-purple
FLOWERS: funnel shaped, white with a hint of pink, slightly fragrant

3. Abelia X grandiflora

4. Acer rubrum COMMON NAME: Red Maple SIZE: 60-75 feet tall
FORM: ovoid or rounded crown, develops ascending branches
FOLIAGE: leaves opposite, simple, 5-10 cm long and wide, usually 3-lobed but often 5, medium to dark green
FLOWERS: red
FRUIT: samara

5. Growth habit in winter and summer
Acer rubrum
Growth habit in winter and summer

6. Acer rubrum
Fall foliage color

7. Aracaria heterophylla
COMMON NAME: Norfolk Island Pine
SIZE: 2-6 feet tall, 1-4 feet wide
FOLIAGE: needle-like, spirally arranged, to 1 ½” long, drooping branches with age
FLOWERS: cones, not seen in indoor cultivation

8. Aracaria heterophylla

9. Berberis thumbergii COMMON NAME: Japanese Barberry
FORM: 3 to 6 feet tall, slightly wider than tall, very twiggy
FOLIAGE: ovate shape, significantly wider at the tip than at the base, 0.5 to 1.25 inches long, inches wide
FRUIT: bright red berries that color in October

10. Berberis thumbergii

11. Berberis thumbergii
Summer foliage

12. Small, but slightly showy flowers
Berberis thumbergii
Small, but slightly showy flowers

13. Showy fall and winter berries
Berberis thumbergii
Showy fall and winter berries

14. Betula nigra COMMON NAME: River Birch
FORM: medium sized tree, 50 to 70 feet tall or taller, oval or pyramidal
FOLIAGE: lustrous medium or dark green, alternate, simple leaves, doubly serrate margin, diamond shaped leaves
FLOWERS: flowers are catkins
BARK: showy exfoliating bark

15. Betula nigra

16. Diamond-shaped, doubly serrate leaves
Betula nigra
Diamond-shaped, doubly serrate leaves

17. Showy, exfoliating bark
Betula nigra
Showy, exfoliating bark

18. Cercis canadensis COMMON NAME: Eastern Red Bud
FORM: a small, deciduous tree, 20 to 30 feet tall, 25 to 35 feet wide, shape is rounded to broad and flat-topped
FOLIAGE: wide, heart-shaped leaves, 3” to 5” long and wide
FLOWERS: small, purplish-pink pea-like flowers, numerous and appear before the foliage

19. Cercis canadensis

20. Cercis canadensis

21. Cercis canadensis

22. Chlorophytum comosum COMMON NAME: Spider plant
FOLIAGE: arching leaves with cascading wiry stems
FLOWERS: small white flowers
ID FEATURE: many times will contain tiny plantlets at the apex of leaves

23. Chlorophytum comosum

24. Cornus florida COMMON NAME: Flowering Dogwood
FORM: a small deciduous tree, grows to about 30 feet tall with an equal or greater spread
FOLIAGE: oval to ovate shape, 3” to 6” long, 1.5” to 3” wide, medium green
FLOWERS: small and yellowish-green with four showy white bracts

25. Cornus florida

26. Cornus florida

27. Cornus florida
Actual flower is yellowish-green center surrounded by four white bracts

28. X Cupressocyparis leylandii
COMMON NAME: Leyland cypress
FORM: narrow-leaved evergreen, 65 ft spread, and 12 ft height, columnar form
FOLIAGE: small needle like leaves, ends of branches tend to twist
FRUIT: round, small cone, ½ to ¾” diameter, brown, rarely found

29. X Cupressocyparis leylandii

30. X Cupressocyparis leylandii

31. X Cupressocyparis leylandii

32. Dieffenbachia maculata
COMMON NAME: Dumbcane
FORM: erect herb less than 1 meter tall
FOLIAGE: petiolate, petiole up to 30 cm long, grooved and winged from the base to beyond the halfway point, surface patterned with many irregular yellowish or cream-green splotches

33. Dieffenbachia maculata

34. Dieffenbachia maculata

35. Euonymous alata COMMON NAME: Winged Euonymous
FORM: deciduous shrub, 15-20’ tall with an equal spread
FOLIAGE: simple, elliptic leaves, 1” to 3” long with fine sharp leaf serrations, dark green leaf color
BARK: long corky wings on stems

36. Euonymous alata

37. Euonymous alata

38. Euonymous alata

39. Euonymous alata
Stems have corky wings

40. Euonymous japonica COMMON NAME: Evergreen Euonymous
FORM: evergreen bush to 10 feet tall with a 6 feet spread

41. Euonymous japonica

42. Euphorbia pulcherrima
COMMON NAME: Poinsettia
FORM: shrub
FOLIAGE: large alternate leaves with or without teeth on the margin
FLOWER: cup-shaped flowers in a cluster above the showy red, pink, or creamy leaf bracts with a large yellow gland on the rim of the flower

43. Euphorbia pulcherrima

44. Euphorbia pulcherrima
Red petals are actually bracts, not flowers.

45. Ficus benjamina COMMON NAME: Weeping fig
FORM: evergreen shrub or tree with drooping branches
FOLIAGE: leaves alternate, simple, long-tipped, glossy
FLOWERS & FRUIT: enclosed in a fleshy sac turning from green to orange-red and then purplish-black

46. Ficus benjamina

47. Ficus elastica COMMON NAME: rubber plant
FORM: straight growing central-stemmed plant
FOLIAGE: dark green oval-oblong leaves up to 15 inches long, grow at a 45 degree angle from the main stem

48. Ficus elastica

49. Forsythia X intermedia
COMMON NAME: Border forsythia
FORM: a deciduous shrub 8 to 10 feet tall and 10 to 12 feet wide
FOLIAGE: opposite, ovate to lanceolate leaves, toothed margins, 3” to 5” long and 0.5” to 1” wide, medium to dark green color above and lighter on underside
FLOWERS: brilliant yellow color

50. Forsythia X intermedia

51. Forsythia X intermedia

52. Forsythia X intermedia

53. Forsythia X intermedia

54. Hosta sp. COMMON NAME: Hosta FORM: clumping growth habit
FOLIAGE: medium green or variegated large clasping leaves with prominent veins
FLOWERS: varying colors from white to purple

55. Hosta sp.

56. Hosta sp.

57. Juniperus horizontalis
COMMON NAME: Creeping juniper
FORM: dense, evergreen shrub, branches very long and flexible, 1 to 2 feet tall and 4 to 8 feet wide
FOLIAGE: two kinds of needles: awl- shaped and scale-like, awls are found in opposite pairs, tip sharply pointed, green to blue-green

58. Juniperus horizontalis

59. Juniperus horizontalis

60. Lagerstroemia indica COMMON NAME: Crape Myrtle
FORM: deciduous shrub to small tree, to 20 feet or more
FOLIAGE: oblong-elliptic to rounded, to 2.75 inches long, glabrous or pubescent on veins
FLOWERS: pink white or purple calyx tube is showy part
BARK: smooth exfoliating bark

61. Lagerstroemia indica

62. Lagerstroemia indica

63. Liquidambar styraciflua
COMMON NAME: Sweetgum
FORM: deciduous shade tree, typically 60 to 80 feet tall and 40 to 60 feet wide
FOLIAGE: alternate “maple-like” star shaped leaves, 5 to 7 lobed, 4-8 inches long and wide
FRUIT: 1” to 1.5” spiny balls change from green to brown

64. Liquidambar styraciflua

65. Liquidambar styraciflua

66. Liquidambar styraciflua

67. Magnolia grandiflora COMMON NAME: Southern Magnolia
FORM: a large evergreen tree, 60 to 80 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
FOLIAGE: elliptic leaf shape, 5 to 10 inches long 2 to 5 inches wide, color dark green and pubescent on underside
FLOWERS: white flowers, blooms in spring, up to 12” in diameter, saucer shaped

68. Magnolia grandiflora
FRUIT: elongated aggregates of follicles, 3” to 8” long, red seeds, very showy

69. Magnolia grandiflora

70. Magnolia grandiflora

71. Magnolia grandiflora

72. Magnolia grandiflora

73. Malus sp. COMMON NAME: Flowering crabapple
FORM: height range of 6 to 50 feet with most in the 15 to 25 feet range, form varies from weeping, spreading, columnar, vase-shaped to pyramidal
FLOWERS: colors range from white to pink to red

74. Malus sp.

75. Malus sp.

76. Myrica cerifera COMMON NAME: Wax Myrtle
FORM: aromatic shrub or small tree as clumps of trunks up to 25’ in height
FOLIAGE: semi-evergreen leaves
FRUIT: waxy gray fruit attached to the twigs, glandular and smell like bayberry when crushed

77. Myrica cerifera

78. Myrica cerifera

79. Nephrolepis exaltata COMMON NAME: Boston Fern
FORM: evergreen fern, up to 5 feet tall
Reproduces by spores located on the bottom side of leaves

80. Nephrolepis exaltata

81. Nephrolepis exaltata

82. Pelargonium X hortorum
COMMON NAME: Geranium
FORM: small to medium-sized herbaceous perennial, ranges from 12 to 18 inches tall and 18” to 24” wide, spreading mound growth form
FOLIAGE: leaves 3 to 4 inches across, medium to dark green, cordate in shape, bold-textured, thick and clustered

83. Pelargonium X hortorum
FLOWERS: white, pink, red, salmon, orange, violet, and all shades in-between, with bicolors and double flowers available, spherical clusters atop long stiff peduncles

84. Pelargonium X hortorum

85. Pelargonium X hortorum

86. Pinus strobus COMMON NAME: Eastern White Pine
FORM: evergreen tree, conical when young, less defined with age, 50 to 80 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
FOLIAGE: light green with a bluish cast, 5 needles per fasicle, thin flexible needles, 4” long, serrated margins
FRUIT: light brown cones, 6-8” long

87. Pinus strobus

88. Pinus strobus

89. Pinus strobus

90. Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’
COMMON NAME: Japanese flowering cherry
FORM: a large deciduous tree, 60 to 70 feet tall, round to vase-like shape
FOLIAGE: ovate leaf shape, 3” to 5” long and up to 2” wide, serrate margin
FLOWERS: range from white to pink
FRUIT: blackish purple fruit

91. Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’

92. Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’

93. Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
COMMON NAME: Bradford Pear
FORM: a medium-sized deciduous tree, 30 to 40 feet tall and about 1/3 as wide
FOLIAGE: ovate leaves that are 2 to 3 inches long and almost as wide
FLOWERS: white flowers, 3 inches in diameter, usually peak before leaf set

94. Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’

95. Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’

96. Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’

97. Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’

98. Quercus palustris COMMON NAME: Pin oak
FORM: a large, deciduous tree, 75 feet tall and 40 feet wide at its maximum
FOLIAGE: alternate leaf arrangement with sharply pointed lobes, 5 to 7 lobes each with terminal bristles, 3 to 6” long
FRUIT: small acorns around 0.66” to 0.75” in diameter

99. Quercus palustris

100. Quercus palustris

101. Fruit are pale yellow-green catkins
Quercus palustris
Fruit are pale yellow-green catkins

102. Quercus phellos COMMON NAME: Willow oak
FORM: medium-sized, deciduous tree, 50 to 70 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide
FOLIAGE: lanceolate leaf shape, 2 to 5” long, bristle-tipped leaf apex, dark green leaf color
FLOWERS: pendulous yellow-brown catkins

103. Quercus phellos

104. Rhododendron catawbiense
COMMON NAME: Catawba Hybrid Rhododendron
FORM: an evergreen shrub, typically 6 to 10 feet tall with an equivalent spread
FOLIAGE: evergreen, elliptical leaves 3 to 6” long and 1 to 2” wide, dark green
FLOWERS: 2.5” across and funnel-shaped, clusters are 5 to 6” in diameter and comprised of 5 to 10 flowers

105. Rhododendron catawbiense

106. Rhododendron catawbiense

107. Rhododendron catawbiense

108. Rhododendron catawbiense

109. Viola X wittrockiana COMMON NAME: pansy
FORM: low, bushy growing habit with a height of .25 to .75 feet tall and a width of .5 to .75 feet
FLOWERS: white, yellow, black, brown, lavender, purple, blue, pink, often with blotches that resemble animals’ faces

110. Viola X wittrockiana

111. Viola X wittrockiana

112. Viola X wittrockiana