1st Qtr Fall Horticulture Plants

Bugle WeedAjuga reptans

• Herbaceous, flowering, perennial, evergreen• Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9• Size: 3 to 4 inches • Partial shade to shade• Foliage: Glossy medium green 3 to 4 inch oval-shaped

leaves in tight rosettes • Blue-violet flowers in spring • Spreads by stolons• Uses: containers &

groundcover

Azalea

• Many varieties – varies in size, form & bloom time

• Flowering deciduous or evergreen shrub• Hardiness Zone: 6-9• Exposure: Part shade• Mature Size: Varies by variety 4 -10’• Bloom: Varies, April – May • Spring landscape staple – low

maintenance & high performance

BoxwoodsBuxus

• Broadleaf evergreen shrubs• USDA zones 6 – 8• Dwarf varieties grow to about 3’ high• Many varieties and sizes• Full sun to part shade• May or may not be pruned and shaped• Usually a formal style of planting• Propagate by cuttings (allow to callus)

Butterfly BushBuddleia

• Flowering Shrub• USDA Hardiness Zone 5 - 10• Full Sun• Drought Tolerant• Grows 5' to 10' tall and produces large

arching canes with lavender, pink, purple white blooms all summer

• A rather unkempt growth habit. • Can grow 5' to 8' from the ground in a

single season • Attracts birds & butterflies. Cut flowers• Can become invasive

Chrysanthemum

– Herbaceous, Flowering, Perennial– Part shade to full sun– USDA Zones 5 - 9– Height 12 – 48”, width 24 – 36”– Blooms white, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple– Blooms September to November– Daisy-type and cushion-type flowers– Borders & massing & containers– The most popular plant for fall color

Crape MyrtleLagerstoemia

• Deciduous Flowering Tree • Hardiness Zones: 8 to 10• Height: 8 - 30" • Spread: 179" to 300" • Exposure: full sun • Bloom Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple, Red, White • Bloom Time: Mid summer to Mid Fall • Relatively drought tolerant• Has very showy summer flowers and attractive bark• Should be pruned to multiple stems with all branches

below 3 -4’ removed

DogwoodCornus florida

• Plant type: Deciduous, Flowering Tree • USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 9a • Height: 15 – 30’ • Exposure: shade to full sun • Bloom Color: White or Pink• Bloom Time: Spring • Short-lived tree – 25 years• Landscape Uses: Specimen, Woodland garden • Commercial cultivar of native tree• Many other species: Chinese, Japanese, Osier

Euonymus fortunei Wintercreeper

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• Plant type: Evergreen Groundcover or shrub• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4b to 8b • Height: 12" to 24" • Exposure: shade to full sun • Leaf Color: Green, White, Variegated• Uses: Container, Erosion control, Ground cover,

Heuchera

• Common Name: Coral Bells • Plant type: Flowering Perennial • USDA Hardiness Zones: 4b to 9a • Height: 8" to 12" • Exposure: partial shade to partial sun • Flowers: Pink, White blooms, late spring to mid

summer • Leaf Color: Purple, Silvery, orange, red, green • Uses: Bedding Plant, containers

Japanese MapleAcer palmatum

• Plant type: Tree • USDA Hardiness Zones: 5b to 8a • Height: Dwarf: 3-8”, Std 15-20’ • Exposure: shade to full sun • Leaf Color: Green or red• Growth Rate: slow • Landscape Uses: Standard, Specimen, Woodland

garden • Special Features: Attractive foliage, • Weeping or upright forms• Very expensive

Knock-out Rose

• Deciduous flowering shrub• Full sun to part-shade• Grows 3-4' wide x 3-4' tall. • USDA Zone 5 – 11• Colors: Pink & red, yellow?• The most widely sold rose in North America.• Easy to grow and do not require special care

– disease resistant – bloom every 5-6 weeks until the first hard frost. – self-cleaning

• A once a year cut (to about 12-18" above the ground) in early spring

• Use as hedge, or specimen plant

Liriope muscari

• Herbaceous, flowering, perennial• USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 10a• Shade to full sun• Bloom Color: Lavender• Leaf Color: Green, Variegated • Bloom Time: Early summer, Early fall, • 6-12” tall, 12 – 36” wide• Landscape Uses: Border, Ground cover

Nandina

• Also called Heavenly Bamboo• Evergreen shrub, grows 6-8’• Red fall color, white spring blooms, red fall/winter berries• Light: Sun to shade.• Moisture: Moist to average; tolerates dry spells once

established.• Hardiness: USDA Zones 6 to 8.• Propagation: From cuttings during warm weather or

from seed. • Very low maintenance• Can be invasive

Ornamental Grass

• Can be clump-forming or spreading• YOU DON’T WANT THE SPREADING TYPE• Full Sun• Grow 3’ – 8’ tall• Best varieties for Va.

– Miscanthus – Silver grass or zebra grass– Pennisetum – Fountain grass (Annual in VA)– Pampas grass– Sea or River Oats

• Best planted in spring• Low fertilizer & water requirements• Cut back to 4 -6” in late winter• Specimen or border – not a ground cover

PansyViola x wittrockiana

• Plant type: Annual, Perennial*• USDA Hardiness Zones: 7b - 11 • Height: 6" to 12”, Spread: 6 - 12" • Exposure: full sun, *part shade• Bloom Color: Blue, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, White,

Yellow • Bloom Time: Early to late spring, not summer, Mid fall

to Early winter • Soil Condition: Loamy, Sandy, Neutral, Well drained • *Pansies are cool season flowers. They may or may not

survive summer heat or winter cold.

PeriwinkleVinca minor

• Perennial, evergreen, groundcover• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4a to 9a • Height: 6" to 12" , spread 12-14”• Exposure: shade to full sun • Bloom Color: Blue, Lavender, Purple, White • Leaf Color: Green • Growth Rate: fast • Can become invasive• Landscape Uses: Erosion control, Ground cover

RedbudCercis canadensis

• Plant type: Deciduous, Flowering, Tree • USDA Hardiness Zones: 4b to 9a • Height & Spread: 15 to 30’ • Exposure: partial shade to full sun • Bloom Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple • Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring • Growth Rate: fast • Landscape Uses: Specimen, Street tree, Woodland

garden • Native tree with commercial cultivars

Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia• Herbaceous, flowering, perennial• Part-sun to full sun• USDA Zones: 5-9 • Blooms: Yellow and black from early

summer to mid fall• Low maintenance & drought tolerant• 24 – 48” tall 12 -24” wide• Borders, massing, & ground cover