Shrubs Flashcards
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Red Ace’
shrubby cinquefoil ‘Red Ace’
Foliage: Deciduous
Hardiness: H7
Family: Rosacea
Potentilla can be herbaceous perennials, deciduous shrubs, or annuals, with palmately or pinnately divided leaves and solitary or clustered, saucer-shaped, 5-petalled flowers appearing over a long period
Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight’
(butterfly bush ‘Black Knight’)
vigorous large deciduous shrub to 3m
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Hardiess: H6
Foliage: Deciduous
Buddleja can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs, occasionally trees or scrambling climbers with simple leaves and panicles of small, tubular fragrant flowers
Cornus alba ‘Siberica’
Siberian Dogwood
Family: Cornaceae
Hardiness: H7
Foliage: Deciduous
Cornus can be deciduous shrubs or trees, or creeping, woody-based perennials, some with brightly coloured young stems. Tiny flowers are borne in dense clusters, sometimes with showy bracts. Many have fine autumn colour
Daphnebholua’Jacqueline Postill’
daphne ‘Jacqueline Postill’
More or less evergreen medium-sized shrub
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Hardiness: H4
Foliage: Evergreen
Daphne can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with small, usually very fragrant tubular, 4-lobed flowers, often followed by colourful berries
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’
witch hazel ‘Diane’
‘Diane’ is a broad-crowned, large deciduous shrub
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Hamamelis are deciduous shrubs with broadly ovate or rounded leaves, sometimes colouring well in autumn, and fragrant yellow to red flowers with 4 narrow petals, borne on the leafless branches in late winter and early spring, or in autumn
Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood Variety’
forsythia ‘Lynwood Variety’
A vigorous medium-sized deciduous shrub
Family: Oleaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Forsythia are deciduous shrubs with simple, occasionally lobed, leaves and short tubular yellow flowers with 4 spreading lobes, borne profusely before the leaves in spring
Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’
Japanese maple ‘Bloodgood’
A large bushy deciduous shrub
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Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’
Japanese maple ‘Bloodgood’
A large bushy deciduous shrub
Family: Sapindaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Acer can be deciduous trees or large shrubs with paired, often palmately-lobed leaves and small flowers followed by characteristic winged fruits. Many have fine autumn colour, and some have ornamental stems
Camellia japonica ‘Ruby Wedding’
Camellia ‘Ruby Wedding’
A dense, evergreen shrub, to around 1.8m
Family: Theaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Camellia are evergreen shrubs with simple, ovate, glossy, leathery leaves and showy flowers with solitary or clustered flowers early in the year
Salviarosmarinus
Rosemary
A bushy shrub
Family: Lamiaceae
Hardiness: H4
Foliage: Evergreen
Salvia can be annuals, biennials, herbaceous or evergreen perennials, or shrubs. They have paired, simple or pinnately lobed, often aromatic leaves and 2-lipped flowers in whorls, forming simple or branched spikes or racemes
Callicarpa bodinieri giraldii ‘Profusion’
beautyberry ‘Profusion’
A medium-sized deciduous shrub
Family: Lamiaceae
Hardiness: H6
Foliage: Deciduous
Callicarpa can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs, with simple, opposite leaves and tiny white pink or purple flowers in axillary clusters, followed by small, usually colourful fruits. Several shrubs grown together ensures pollination for successful fruiting
Mahoniaaquifolium’Apollo’
Oregon grape ‘Apollo’
A vigorous, low, spreading small evergreen shrub
Family: Berberidaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Mahonia are evergreen shrubs with leathery, pinnate leaves which are often spine-toothed, and clustered racemes of sometimes fragrant yellow flowers, sometimes followed by black or purple berries
Aucuba japonica ‘Golden King’
Japanese laurel ‘Golden King’
A dense, rounded evergreen shrub
Family: Garryaceae
Hardiness: GH5
Foliage: Evergreen
Aucuba are dioecious evergreen shrubs with simple, leathery leaves, attractively variegated in many cultivars, and small purple flowers followed on female plants by large glossy red fruit
Rhododendron ‘Sneezy’
rhododendron ‘Sneezy’
A robust, compact evergreen shrub
Family: Ericaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Rhododendron can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees, with simple leaves, sometimes with a dense colourful indumentum of hairs on the lower side, and funnel-shaped, bell-shaped or tubular flowers that may be solitary or in short racemes
Callunavulgaris’Gold Mist’
heather ‘Gold Mist’
A spreading evergreen shrub to 30cm high
Family: Ericaceae
Hardiness: H7
Foliage: Evergreen
Calluna are low-growing or dwarf evergreen shrubs with stems clothed in tiny overlapping leaves, and terminal, spike-like racemes of small, 4-petalled flowers with coloured calyces
Ceanothus ‘Burkwoodii’
Californian lilac ‘Burkwoodii’
A compact medium-sized evergreen shrub
Family: Rhamnaceae
Hardiness: H4
Foliage: Evergreen
Ceanothus can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees, with simple leaves and small blue, pink or white flowers in profuse axillary or terminal clusters. They are fast-growing but may be short-lived
Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Variegatus’
variegated holly olive
A slow-growing, evergreen shrub to 2.5m tall
Family: Oleaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Osmanthus can be evergreen shrubs or small trees with leathery, opposite leaves and small, usually fragrant, tubular white, yellow or orange flowers with 4 lobes, followed by ovoid blue-black fruits
Pieris japonica ‘White Rim’
pieris ‘White Rim’
A compact evergreen shrub
Family: Ericaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Pieris are compact evergreen shrubs with leathery, dark green leaves, often brightly coloured when young, and small white urn-shaped flowers borne in panicles in spring
Hebe pinguifolia ‘Pagei’
hebe ‘Pagei’
A low-growing dwarf evergreen shrub to 30cm in height
Family: Plantaginaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Veronica can be annuals, perennials or sub-shrubs with paired leaves and small flowers usually in terminal or axillary racemes or spikes
Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’
witch hazel ‘Pallida’
A large deciduous shrub
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Hamamelis are deciduous shrubs with broadly ovate or rounded leaves, sometimes colouring well in autumn, and fragrant yellow to red flowers with 4 narrow petals, borne on the leafless branches in late winter and early spring, or in autumn
Chimonanthus praecox ‘Grandiflorus’
large-flowered wintersweet
A bushy deciduous medium-sized shrub
Family: Calycanthaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Chimonanthus can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs with simple leaves and highly fragrant, bowl-shaped, many-petalled flowers borne in winter, followed by cylindrical or urn-shaped seed capsules
Euonymus alatus
Burning bush
A large, spreading, deciduous shrub
Hardiness: H6
Foliage: Deciduous
Family: Celastraceae
Hardiness: H6
Foliage: Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’
Euonymus can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees, often with fine autumn colour, and small flowers followed by colourful fruits
Clerodendrumtrichotomumvar.fargesii’Carnival’
Farges harlequin glorybower ‘Carnival’
A deciduous shrub
Family: Lamiaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Clerodendrum can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, trees or climbers, with simple, often unpleasantly scented, leaves and panicles of usually fragrant salver-shaped flowers with prominent stamens, followed by small berries
