ID Shrubs list 1 Exam re 21 Nov 2024

Question 1

Leaf: slight holly like edge but not sharp
Flowers: scented long loose string

Answer 1

Itea yunnanensis

Question 2

Leaf: cream/white edge
Red Stem: newer growth, older growth not red
Flowers: cluster green and pink/red tips

Answer 2

Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’

Question 3

Stems: Orange/Red mid winter stems
Thin branches
Leaf: Oval red / orange in autumn, green before

Answer 3

Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’

Question 4

Leaf: Spikey Conifer blue tinge

Answer 4

Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Carpet’

Question 5

Leaf: very fine soft spiked edge
Flower: cluster white when open, pink when closed
Berries: Deep metallic blue

Answer 5

Viburnam tinus ‘Eve Price’

Question 6

Leaf: Dark green ovate leaves
(laurel)
Stem: Dark Red shoots

Answer 6

Prunus lusitanica

Question 7

Leaf: spotted green and creamy yellow, wide spaced spikes on edge

Answer 7

Aucuba japonica

Question 8

Leaf: Leathery green
vertical veins, v obvious underside leaf
Stem: Pinky/Red stem

Answer 8

Viburnum davidii

Question 9

Leaf: Soft thin long green
Flower: Yellow flower long cluster

Answer 9

Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’

Question 10

Leaf: Stiff and form rosette @ top branch, Really prickly
Flower: Yellow long flower cluster

Answer 10

Mahonia x media ‘Charity’

Question 11

Leaf: Large green hand like fingers leaves (6-9 fingers ish)
Flower: ball like creamy white flowers on spike

Answer 11

Fatsia japonica

Question 12

Leaf: 3 dark green leaflets
basil/ onion strong scent
Flower: white 5 petal

Answer 12

Choisya ternata

Question 13

Leaf: 3 YELLOW green leaflets
basil/ onion strong scent
Flower: white 5 petal

Answer 13

Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’

Question 14

Leaf: Holly like leaves spikey edges, yellow/cream edge
Red berries

Answer 14

Ilex aquifolium ‘Handsworth New Silver’

Question 15

Leaf: purple brown (old growth) green (new growth)
Wavy leaf edge

Answer 15

Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Nutty’s Leprechaun’

Question 16

Leaf: strong, waxy, wavy leaf
Catkins ( tassle tree)

Answer 16

Garrya x issaquahensis ‘Pat Ballard’

Question 17

Leaf: smaller shiny leaves, mostly opposite
Flower: perfume scent, white trumpet with pinky white sepals, delicate/ feathery
Stem: old wood snake like texture, new growth light brown

Answer 17

Abelia x grandiflora

Question 18

Leaf: Large purple/red colour in Autumn…later bright red colour. If cut back, the new leaf grows larger

Answer 18

Continus coggygria ‘Grace’

Question 19

Leaf: Maple shape
Colour Browny/Red in Autumn
green colour before

Answer 19

Viburnum opulus

Question 20

Leaf: Bright Red Curly leaf in Autumn
Stem: Lichen?…. new wood lime green

Answer 20

Euonymus americanus

Question 21

Flower: small white
Leaf: green turning red
Slightly rough/ furry matte leaves
Deeply diagonally veined (mountain shape)
Branches grow out in layered tiers

Answer 21

Viburnum plicatum ‘Kilimanjaro’

Question 22

Light Pink berries
Leaf: long Leathery narrow leaf
deeply veined and point @ end

Answer 22

Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’

Question 23

Berries: Shiny red/ brown/ black
Leaf: gets darker deep green shady spots
Flower cluster start form inside of leaf and stem

Answer 23

Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis

Question 24

Red Berries
Leaf: green shiny leathery glossy clumps leaves around flower cluster
White flowers

Answer 24

Skimmia japonica ‘Temptation’

Question 25

Leaf: serrated edge but not sharp, shiny and glossy
new growth bright green
small opposite + alternate

Answer 25

Euonymus japonicus ‘Compactus’

Question 26

Stem: Thin and stringy
Leaf: Red ,Autumn colour
Green new growth

Answer 26

Nandina domestica