WEEK 9Plant ID

EVERGREENS

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X Cupressocyparis leylandii

• COMMON NAME: Leyland cypress• FAMILY: Cupressaceae• NATIVE: Great Britain• Hardiness Zones: 6-10

X Cupressocyparis leylandii

X Cupressocyparis leylandii

•FORM: narrow-leaved evergreen (scale like), 65 ft spread, and 12 ft height but an reach 100 ft tall, columnar form•FOLIAGE: small needle like leaves, ends of branches tend to twist •FRUIT: round, small cone, ½ to ¾” diameter, brown, rarely found

X Cupressocyparis leylandii

Magnolia grandiflora

• COMMON NAME: Southern Magnolia

• Family: Magnoliaceae

• NATIVE: USA, occurs on the coastal plain from North Carolina south to central Florida and west to east Texas.

• HARDINESS ZONE: 7-9

Magnolia grandiflora

• HEIGHT: 60-90 feet tall• WIDTH: 2-3 ft trunk

• Pyramidal shaped

• LEAVES: 5-8 inches long, leathery and a dark glossy green on top, and velveteen, brown underneath.

Magnolia grandiflora

• FLOWER: Showy White flower that is 8-12 inches in diameter, blooms during spring and summer.

• FRUITS: cone like structures with red kidney shaped berries in them, 2-4 inches long on a hardy petiole.

• Drought tolerate and likes full to partial sun.

                                                      

                                    

                                                                          

                                                       

                                                                  

                                                                     

Magnolia grandiflora

• The state flower to Mississippi and Louisiana

• Those up north that like these trees can get one of the 100 cultivars called “Little Gem”. It is smaller is stature and grows slowly.

Pinus mugo

• COMMON NAME: Mugo Pine–Other names: Swiss Mountain Pine,

Dwarf mountain pine• Family: Pinaceae • NATIVE: Mountains of Europe from Spain

to Yugoslavia

• Hardiness Zones: 3-7

Pinus mugo

Pinus mugo

• SHAPE: bushy shrub that is round or spreading.• HEIGHT: rarely get 10ft • NEEDLES: 2 in. length, and carried in fascicles of

2, and crowded on the stem.• LIGHT: full sun, light shade• DOES NOT TOLERATE DROUGHT/HEAT

Pinus mugo

Pinus mugo

• The dull brown cones are ovoid, about 2 in (5 cm) long, and covered with flat or slightly concave scales

Pinus mugo

• Good for foundation planting, however if you do not use a common variety like the var. mugo you tend to have unpredictable results from planting these shrubs.

• Growing from seed could occur but to take cuttings is the best way to propagate.

Pinus strobus

• COMMON NAME: Eastern White Pine– Northern White pine, soft pine

• Family: Pinaceae• NATIVE: North America

– Newfoundland, Ontario, Great Lakes Region, Northeast US down to Georgia\

– Hardiness Zones: 4-7

Pinus strobus

Pinus strobus

• Evergreen, conifer

• HEIGHT: up to 150ft.• WIDTHL 2-4 ft in diameter (trunk)

• LEAVES: needles that are bluish-green occuring in bundles of 5, needles can be marked by a white line their entire length.

Pinus strobus• FRUIT: light brown cones, often numerous • cones are 6-8" long • curved with a pointed tip • takes two years for cones to reach maturity • cones typically clustered in the upper third

of the tree