Week 6 Flashcards
1
Q
- small fir shrub
- rich green needles
- needs protection from hot sun
A
Abies balsamea ‘Compacta’ (Nana) - Dwarf Balsam Fir
2
Q
- medium size tree
- fairly slow growing
- likes sandy well drained soil
- will Show needle scars
- native to western North America
- needle arrangement is spiral on the shoot, but with each needle variably twisted.
A
Abies concolor - White Fir
3
Q
- large tree native to the PNW
- timber found in softwood
- inner bark used by Indians
- resines
A
Abies grandis - Grand Fir
4
Q
- medium to large size tree
- native to Spain
- likes full sun
- not good with clay soil
- radial needle pattern
- specimen
A
Abies pinsapo - Spanish Fir
5
Q
- low mounding shrub
- likes sun to part sun
- easy to grow
- require lots of water and may get root weevils
- fragrant when flowering
A
Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’ - Winter Daphne
6
Q
- small ornamental deciduous shrub
- has upright form with arching branches
- the opposite leaves turn yellow or purple in autumn
- late winter/early spring bloom
- adapted to temp. change
A
Forsythia x intermedia - Forsythia
7
Q
- medium to large shrub
- white flower cluster is a drooping panicle
- simple leaves alternating on brittle stems
- Plant is poisonous if consumed
- native to Eastern Asia in mountain thickets
A
Pieris japonica - Lily of The Valley Shrub
8
Q
- medium to large shrub
- Red flower cluster is a drooping panicle
- simple leaves alternating on brittle stems
A
Pieris japonica ‘Valley Valentine’ - Valley Valentine Pieris
9
Q
medium to large shrub
- white flower cluster is a drooping panicle
- simple leaves alternating on brittle stems
- leaves are dark green and glossy with bright white margins which turn pink in autumn
- new leaves are ‘coppery’ red
- does best in dappled shade
A
Pieris japonica ‘Variegata’ - Variegated Lily of The Valley Shrub
10
Q
- small shrub (2-3’)
- foliage is small and glossy green typically wi h splashes of yellow
- early spring flowers open in March and are pink and fade to white
- May get pests and disease
A
Rhododendron ‘Cilipinense’
11
Q
- small-med. shrub
- does better in cold climates than most of its type
- small trusses of bright purple flowers
- enjoys partial sun
- slow growth and 3-5ft. when mature
- May get pests and disease
A
Rhododendron ‘PJM’
12
Q
- coniferous large evergreen tree
- long lived
- may get needle burn
- may suffer from Wooly Adelgid
- not drought tolerant
A
Tsuga canadensis - Canadian Hemlock
