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Common Name
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Botanical Name
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Evergreen/deciduous
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Notes
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| Adam's needle |
Yucca filamentosa |
evergreen |
|
30 inches x 5' high |
| bayberry |
Myrica pensylvanica |
deciduous shrub |
|
wax on berries provides fragrance for bayberry-scented
candles |
| boxwood, common box, European box |
Buxux sempervirens |
evergreen shrub |
|
can grow to 30 ft. but in gardens usually 3 to 6 feet |
| butterfly bush, summer lilac |
Buddleia davidii |
deciduous shrub |
|
excellent nectar choice for attracting butterflies |
| California fuchsia |
Zauschneria californica, syn. Epilobium califoricum |
shrubby perennial |
|
trumpet-shaped vermilion to scarlet flowers |
| Carolina allspice, common sweet shrub, strawberry shrub |
Calycanthus floridus |
deciduous shrub |
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unusual, fragrant flowers on plants 8 x10 feet |
| forsythia |
Forsythia |
deciduous shrub |
|
yellow spring blossoms make excellent cut flowers, and
signal pruning time for roses |
| holly, Chinese holly, American holly |
Ilex cornuta, Ilex opaca |
evergreen shrubs and trees |
|
Chinese & American hollies includes the burfords |
| Japanese pieris, Lily-of-the-Valley bush |
Pieris japonica |
evergreen shrub |
|
clusters of tiny bell-shaped flowers in late winter
and spring |
| Japanese Barberrry |
Berberis thunbergia |
deciduous shrub |
|
great autumn color; commonly used as a hedge |
| jasmine, jessamine |
Jasminum |
deciduous/evergreen |
|
shrubs and climbers, many with very fragrant summer
flowers |
| kerria, Japanese rose |
Kerria |
deciduous shrub |
|
golden yellow flowers in spring |
| lantana, common lantana, shrub verbena |
Lantana |
evergreen perennial |
|
poisonous to deer, but they may eat it if other food
sources are not available; in zones 7-8 it may get killed to the ground
in winter, but returns in summer with a vengeance; butterflies adore
the flowers |
| lavender |
Lavandula |
evergreen sub-shrub |
|
lovely, fragrant, evergreen and aromatic; will proliferate
but not bloom in warmer climes |
| leucothoe, pearl flower, drooping leucothoe |
Leucothoe |
evergreen shrub |
|
3-5 feet |
| mahonia, Oregon grape, holly grape |
Mahonia |
evergreen shrub |
|
yellow flowers, dark purple fruits |
| Mediterranean fan palm, dwarf fan palm |
Chamaeraps |
tropical shrub |
|
often used as a houseplant |
| Mexican orange, Mexican orange blossom |
Choisya |
evergreen shrub |
|
good choie for shrub border; aromatic leaves and flowers |
| mock orange, syringa |
Philadelpus |
deciduous shrub |
|
flower scent resembles that of orange blossoms |
| oleander, rose laurel |
Nerium |
evergreen shrubs |
|
highly toxic if ingested; so bitter even goats won't
eat them |
| Origanum, marjoram, oregano |
Origanum |
perennials and subshrubs |
|
herbs with aromatic leaves |
| peony |
Paeonia |
perennials and shrubs |
|
most require winters cold enough to induce dormancy |
| pride of Madiera, tower of jewels |
Echium candicans, syn. E. fastuosum |
biennial |
|
6 ft. x 6 ft. shrub with spikes of hundreds of tiny
blue flowers |
| rock rose, sun rose |
Cistus |
evergreen shrub |
|
single white to dark pink flowers in summer |
| rose of Sharon |
Hibiscus syriacus |
deciduous shrub |
|
trumpet-shaped dark pink flowers begin blooming in late
summer; shrub to 10 feet tall |
| rosemary |
Rosmarinus |
evergreen shrub |
|
can be grown as a low-growing hedge |
| Russian olive, oleaster |
Elaeagnus angustifolia |
deciduous shrub or tree |
|
fragrant yellow flowers in summer; yellow berries in
autumn |
| Russian sage |
Perovskia |
deciduous subshrub |
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panicles of pale blue flowers in late summer |
| shadblow, juneberry, snowy mespilus, serviceberry |
Amelanchier |
deciduous trees and shrubs |
|
snowy spring flowers followed by fruits for birds; striking
autumn foliage |
| shrubby cinquefoil, bush cinquefoil |
Potentilla fruticosa, syn. Comarum |
deciduous shrub |
|
long-flowering saucer-shaped yellow blossoms
from late spring to autumn |
| smokebush, smoke tree |
Cotinus |
deciduous shrub or small tree |
|
best blooms with little or no fertilizer |
| thyme |
Thymus |
evergreen perennials, shrubs and sub-shrubs |
|
attractive to bees |