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Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 1: Large Evergreen Trees Large Evergreen Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Growth Fall Interesting Growth Drought Light Soil Type Spread at Berries, North Name Name Value Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina

Deodar Cedrus Sun or Mesic, Height: 70'; Bluish- Needs space; excellent Green BF Rapid Yes No cedar deodara part shade sub-xeric Spread: 20-40' green specimen tree seeds

Green Japanese Cryptomeria Sun to part Height: 50-60'; Needs space, screening Cones 1/2- BF Mesic Moderate to No No cedar japonica shade Spread: 25-30' material 1" bronze Red Mature American BF, TC, RB, Full-sun, Medium, Height: 50'; Small white flowers in Ilex opaca Slow Green fruit in fall Yes No holly PL shade semi-dry Spread: 18-40' the spring lasting into winter Doesn’t tolerate wet Gray Eastern red Juniperus PL, BF, TC, Sun or Height: 40-50'; Dry Moderate Green sites; needs full sun. brown with Yes Yes cedar virginiana RB part shade Spread: 8-15' White flowers red seeds

Needs space. greenish Cucumber Magnolia Part-Sun, Mesic, Moderate Height: 50-80'; Red to Knobby RB yellow flowers in No Yes magnolia acuminata Shade sub-xeric to Rapid Spread: 40' yellow Fruit spring Southern Magnolia Sun, part Height: 40-80'; Dark Most varities need Gray with BF, TC Mesic Moderate Yes Yes magnolia grandiflora shade Spread:30-40' green space; White flowers red seeds

Sweetbay Magnolia Tolerate Height: 40-50'; 2" long red BF, TC, RB Full Sun Moderate Green Prefers wetter sites Yes No magnolia virginiana Acidic Spread: 15-25' fruit

Mesic, Full-sun, Slow to Height: 60-70'; Red spruce Picea rubens RB, BF Sub-xeric, Green No Cones No Yes shade moderate Spread: 30-40' Moist

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 1: page 1 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 1: Large Evergreen Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Growth Fall Interesting Growth Drought Light Soil Type Spread at Berries, North Name Name Value Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina Fertile, moist, Tends to die out in Sun to part Height: 50-80'; 6 to 8" White Pine Pinus strobus BF, TC, RB well Slow Green zones 7b and 8 due to Yes No shade Spread: 20-40' cones drained stress soil Quercus Sun to part Medium Slow to Height: 60'; Laurel Oak ST Green No 5/8" acorn Yes No laurifolia shade Drainage moderate Spread: 30-40' Green Quercus Sun to part Height: 30-50'; Live Oak TC, BF Drainage Slow to Long life span acorns Yes No virginiana shade Spread: bronze Red, brown with tinged Carolina Tsuga Height: 40-70'; Brown RB Part Shade Mesic Moderate Green orange bark. Needs Yes No hemlock caroliniana Spread: 20-25' acorns space

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 1: page 2 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 2: Small Evergreen Trees Small Evergreen Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Growth Fall Interesting Growth Drought Light Soil Type Spread at Berries, North Name Name Value Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina Height: 15- Red fruit in Burford Full-sun, Moist, Can trim into tree; white Ilex cornuta BF, TC Moderate 25'; Spread: Green fall lasting No Yes holly shade Semi-dry flowers in the spring 15-25' into winter Height: 15- Upright or weeping. Red fruit in Yaupon Ilex Full-sun, Moist, BF Moderate 25'; Spread: Green small white flowers in fall lasting Yes Yes holly vomitoria shade Semi-dry 15-20' the spring into winter Nellie Height: 15- Red fruit in Ilex x ‘Nellie Full-sun, Moist, Small white flowers in Stevens PL, BF, TC Rapid 25'; Spread:7- Green fall lasting Yes Yes R. Stevens’ shade Semi-dry the spring holly 12' into winter Ilex x Height: 20- Red fruit in Hybrid Full-sun, Moist, Small white flowers in attenuata PL, BF, TC Moderate 30'; Spread: 7- Green fall lasting Yes No hollies shade Semi-dry the spring hybrids 10' into winter Umbrella Magnolia Sun, part Slow to Height: 30'; Vigorous, unkempt. Rosy-red RB Moist Green Yes No tree tripetala shade Moderate Spread: 30' Cream to white flowers berries Height: 20- Gray brown bark; Can be Saucer Magnolia x Sun, part BF, TC Moist Moderate 30'; Spread: Green used in Parking lots. 4" fruit No Yes magnolia soulangiana shade 25' Purple to white flowers Height: 20- Wax Myrica PL, BF, TC, Sun, part Yellow Can be trained to tree Gray-green Moist Rapid 40'; Spread: Yes Yes myrtle cerifera RB shade green form fruit 20' Carolina Height: 20- Prunus PL, BF, TC, Sun, part Tree form only. White Black cherry Dry Moderate 40'; Spread: Green Yes Yes caroliniana RB shade flowers berries laurel 15-20'

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 2: page 3 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 3: Large Deciduous Trees Large Deciduous Trees

Legacy is more narrow tha ST, BF, TC, Full Sun, Wet to Height: 50-75 ft; Yellow to other species and works well in Seed Sugar maple Acer barbatum Slow Yes Yes RB Shade Dry Spread: 30-45 ft. orange red Paking lots and Downtown Containers Areas

Trident Acer Moist Slow to Height: 25-35 ft; Red Exfoliating Bark; greenish ST, DT Sun Brown red Yes Yes Maple buergeranum Drainage Moderate Spread: 20-30 ft. Orange white flowers

Yellow to Full Sun, Height: 25-30 ft; Seed Hedge maple Acer campestre PK, BF, TC Wet, Dry Slow green fall Often multi-stemmed Yes No Shade Spread 25-30 ft. Containers color

Bright Cinnamon Brown Peeling Paperbark Full Sun, Wet to Height: 20-30 ft; Seed Acer griseum PK, BF Slow scarlet and Bark; Upright and narrow Yes No maple Shade Dry Spread 15-25 ft. Containers orange shape Brilliant yellow- Chalkbark or Gray to chalky white bark on Acer Full Sun, Height: 25-30 ft; orange to Seed whitebark BF, TC Wet, Dry Slow upper part of trunk; Often Yes Yes leucoderme Shade Spread 25 ft. cardinal Containers maple multi-stemmed crimson fall color Japanese Full Sun, Slow to Height and Width Acer palmatum BF, PK Wet, Dry Scarlet Often a specimen Red Yes No maple Shade Moderate varies Cultivars perferred for DT, ST, PK, Full-sun, Wet to Moderate to Height: 40-60 ft; Red or consistnecy. Red Sunset Maple Red maple Acer rubrum Red Yes No BF, TC shade dry Rapid Spread:25-45 ft. yellow is smaller than other red maples

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 3: page 4 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 3: Large Deciduous Trees

Yellow, Purple Blow Full-sun, Wet to Height: 20-25 ft; Seed Acer truncatum ST, BF, TC Moderate orange, red Yellow flowers in spring No No maple shade Moist Spread: 20-25 ft. Containers fall color

Yellow Part-sun, Moist to Height: 50-70 ft; Yellow 6" pinnacle of creamy yellow Seed Aesculus flava TC Moderate Yes Yes buckeye shade semi-dry Spread: 30-40 ft. Orange flowers in late spring Containers

Betula Full-sun, Moist to Height: 60-75 ft; Yellow birch TC, BF Moderate Yellow Catkins Cones Yes No alleghanienses part-sun semi-dry Spread: 35-45 ft.

Full-sun, Moist to Height: 40-55 ft; Seed Sweet birch Betula lenta BF, PK Moderate Yellow Catkins Yes Yes shade semi-dry Spread: 35-45 ft. Containers

Full-sun, Wet, Moderate to Height: 40-70 ft; Seed River birch Betula nigra BF, TC Yellow Catkins Yes Yes part-sun semi-dry Rapid Spread: 40-60 ft. Containers

Carya Full-sun, Moist to Height: 50-70 ft; Seed Bitternut BF, RB Rapid Yellow Yellow Buds Yes No cordiformis shade Semi-dry Spread: 30-40 ft. containers hickory

Fall color Carya Full-sun, Moist, Height: 50-70 ft; Seed Bitternut RB Rapid is yellow to Needs Space; Yellow Buds Yes No cordiformis shade Semi-dry Spread 30-45ft. Containers hickory golden Golden Full Sun, Height: 50-60 ft; Pignut Carya glabra RB Moist Rapid yellow fall Needs space Bitter Nuts Yes Yes Shade Spread: 25-35 ft. hickory color

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 3: page 5 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 3: Large Deciduous Trees

Yellow to Shagbark Full-sun, Moist to Height: 70-90 ft; golden Yellow Green Flowers; needs Nuts that Carya ovata RB Slow Yes No hickory shade Semi-dry Spread: 30-40 ft. brown fall space squrriels eat color

Carya Full Sun, Moist to Height: 60-80 ft; RB Moderate Yellow Needs space Nuts Yes Yes Mockernut tomentosa Shade Dry Spread 45-60 ft. hickory

Moist to Moderate to Height: 60-80 ft; Dull Orange to Sugar Celtis laevigata BF, TC, RB Sun Needs space Yes Yes Semi-dry Rapid Spread: 60-80 ft. Yellow dark purple hackberry

Celtis Moist, Height: 60ft; Dull More compact than species in Orange to Prairie Pride BF, TC Sun Rapid No Yes occidentalis Semi-dry Spread: 40-50ft. Yellow youth dark purple hackberry

Cladrastis Full-sun, Moist to Height: 30-45 ft; Winter Bark; White fragrant Seed Yellowwood TC Moderate Yellow Yes No kentuckea part-sun semi-dry Spread: 40-45 ft. flowers in early summer Containers

Red, Cotinus Moderate to Height: 10-15 ft; Light pink Smoke tree PK, Sun Moist orange, and Multi-stemmed; shrubby Yes coggygria Rapid Spread: 8-14 ft. to gray yellow

Fagus Slow; long Height: 60-80 ft; Golden- Needs space; shades out all Small three American BF, TC, RB Sun Wet Yes No grandiflora lived Spread: 40-80 ft. brown others; needs irrigation wiged nut Beech Green to reddish purple Samaras are Green ash Fraxinus Height: 50-60 ft; flowers in panicles. Borers 1" to 2" BF, RB Sun Moist Rapid Yellow Yes Yes cultivars pennsylvanica Spread 25-30 ft. seem to be a problem, even long and with the cultivar. narrow

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 3: page 6 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 3: Large Deciduous Trees

Flowers April to May. Needs Dangling Fraxinus Height: 80 ft; Pumpkin ash RB Full Sun Wet Rapid Yellow space; perfers moist sites; some clusters of Yes No profunda Spread: 30-50 ft. diseases. fruits.

Tan-orange oval fruits Gingko DT, ST, PK, Height: 40-70 ft; Female: Plum shaped, foul are cultivars Gingko biloba Sun Wet Slow Yellow No Yes TC Spread 20-40 ft. smelling fruit pendulous (male only) from the spur shoots Thornless Gleditsia Height: 30-70 ft; Many insect and disease honeylocust triacanthos var. TC Sun Moist Rapid Yellow Yellow Yes Yes Spread: 30-40 ft. problems varieties inermis Sun to Liquidambar Moderate to Height: 60-100 ft; Scarlet to Brown Fruitless BF, RB part Moist Needs space Yes Yes styraciflua Rapid Spread 50-75 ft. purple Acorns sweetgum shade Yellowish Green and Orange Cone Liriodendron Full, part Moist to Height: 40-100 ft; Yellow Cup Shaped fragrant flowers in shapped BF, RB Rapid Yes No Tulip poplar tulipfera Sun semi-dry Spread: 20-40 ft. Green later spring. Too large for most aggregate sites. fruit Dawn Metasequoia Height: 50-90 ft; Orange to Needs Space; Red-brown ST Sun Dry Rapid Dark brown No No redwood glypstroboides Spread 15-25 ft. brown becoming gray with age Yellow, Sun to 1/2" bluish Wet, Slow to Height: 40-60 ft; orange, red Too large for most sites, Nyssa sylvatica BF, TC, RB partial black fruit Yes No Black gum Moist Moderate Spread 20-30 ft. to purple swamp gum perfers a moist site shade in fall fall color Yellowish Full-sun, Moist to Slow to Height: 40-60 ft; Red to fruit that Black tupelo Nyssa sylvatica TC White flowers in Spring Yes No shade dry Moderate Spread: 20-30 ft. Maroon turns black in fall

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 3: page 7 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 3: Large Deciduous Trees

Growth Rate Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Soil Interesting Growth Drought Light and Life Spread at Fall Color Berries, North Name Name Value Type Patterns Tolerant Expectancy Maturity Seed Carolina Yellow- Bark peels to reveal silver, Sun to gold, green, white, and cinnamon Persian Parrotia Height: 20-40 ft; 1/2" light BF, TC light Dry Moderate pumpkin colors; Modest maroon No Yes parrotia persica Spread 15-30 ft. brown fruit shade orange, flowers; Single stem preferred crimson) as street trees. Red, Blue/red Chinese Pistacia Medium to Height: 25-40 ft; yellow, or Modest exfoliating bark; Small TC Sun Wet fruit on No Yes pistachio chinensis Rapid Spread 25-35 ft. orange fall green flowers female trees color

Platanus Full-sun, Moist to Moderate to Height: 70-100 ft; Sycamore TC Brown No Globes fruit Yes Yes occidentalis part-sun Wet Rapid Spread: 60-80 ft.

Eastern Populus Height: 75-100 ft; Modest Flowers; cottony mass. Needs RB Sun Moist Rapid Seeds Yes No cottonwood deltoides Spread 50-75 ft. Fall Color space; perfers wetter sites.

Black Prunus Full-sun, Moist to Height: 50-80 ft; Yellow to TC Rapid White flowers in Spring berries in Yes Yes Black cherry serotina part-sun Dry Spread:30-40 ft. Red summer

Sun to Pale yellow flowers. Needs Wet to Height: 60-100 ft; Brown White oak Quercus alba RB part Moderate Dark red space. Swamp Oaks needs Yes Yes Medium Spread: 50-90 ft. Acorns shade irrigation perfers wetter sites

Quercus Wet to Height: 50-80 ft; Pale yellow flowers; needs Brown Scarlet oak BF, TC, RB Sun Rapid Red Yes Yes coccinea Moist Spread: 40-50 ft. space Acorns Acorns are Height 35-45 ft; Overcup oak Quercus lyrata BF, TC, RB Sun Wet Moderate Brown Needs space, irrigation 1/2 to 1 Yes Yes Spread 35-40 ft. inch long Swamp Quercus Wet to Height: 60-80 ft; Bronze red Chestnut RB Sun Moderate Needs space, irrigation Acorns Yes No michauxii Medium Spread: 50-70 ft. fall color Oak

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 3: page 8 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 3: Large Deciduous Trees

Quercus Full-sun, Moist to Moderate to Height: 60-70 ft; Yellow to Red berries TC, BF White flowers in spring Yes No Chestnut oak montana part-sun dry Rapid Spread: 40-60 ft. Red in summer

Sun to Needs space, irrigation; has Moist to Moderate to Height: 50-75 ft; Brown Water oak Quercus nigra BF, RB part Yellow problems with untreatable Yes No Wet Rapid Spread: 30-40 ft. Acorns shade decay

Quercus ST, BF, TC, Moderate to Height: 60-80 ft; Light Brown Willow oak Sun Wet Needs space; variable form Yes No phellos RB Rapid Spread: 30-40 ft. yellow Acorns Orange yellow to Medium to Chestnut oak Quercus prinus RB Sun Dry Height: 60-70 ft yellow Needs space Acorns Yes Yes Rapid brown fall color Sun to Height: 60-70 ft; Needs space, prefers sandy Brown Red oak Quercus rubra BF, TC, RB part Moist Rapid Red Yes No Spread: 60-70 ft. loam Acorns shade

Quercus Height: 40-50 ft; Brown to Needs space, prefers sandy Post oak TC, RB Sun Moist Slow Acorns Yes Yes stellata Spread: 35-50 ft. dull yellow loam

Sun to Slow to Quercus Height: 60-80 ft; Brown Black oak RB part Moist Moderate; long Dull red Needs space Yes Yes velutina Spread: 30-60 ft. Acorns shade lived White flowers in spring; very Legume Yellow fragrant; flat brown black pods. Robinia Height: 30-50 ft; two-valved, Black locust RB Sun Moist Moderate brown fall Many diseases; should be used Yes Yes pseudoacacia Spread 20-25ft. smooth 3 to color sparingly since it may take 4" long over.

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 3: page 9 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 3: Large Deciduous Trees

Princeton Yellow Sophora Sun or Moderate to Height: 50-70 ft; Yellow- Black trunk; Yellowish white Upright ST Moist turning No Yes japonica shade Rapid Spread: 50 ft. brown flowers. Can be messy pagoda tree brown Modest Sun to Cluster of large white mildly Japanese Styrax Height: 20-30 ft; yellowish 1/2" gray BF, TC partial Moist Moderate fragrant flowers in May & No No snowbell japonicus Spread 20-30 ft. to reddish fruit in fall shade June; best in partial shade fall color Shiny green Compact cluster of yellow to Sun to Horse-sugar, Symplocos Dry to Height: 15-30 ft; above, cream fluffy flowers in early Orange to RB partial Moderate Yes Yes sweetleaf tinctoria Moist Spread 15-20 ft. yellow- spring. Suckering; brown fruit shade green semi-evergreen. below. Seed cones Sun or Taxodium ST, PK, BF, Height: 50-100 ft; Reddish- Needs space; Deciduous green Bald cypress part Moist Slow Yes Yes distichum TC, RB Spread 20-30 ft. brown conifer. turning shade brown Sun to Buff or Little leaf DT, ST, BF, Wet to Slow to Height: 30-50 ft; Tilia cordata part Yellow Ivory to cream flowers mustard No No linden TC Moist Moderate Spread 25-40 ft. shade color Sun to Gray green and orange bark; Ulmus Medium to Height: 40-50 ft; Yellow, ST, BF, TC part Moist Needs space Allee is larger By seed No Yes Chinese elm parvifolia Rapid Spread 40-50 ft. brown shade than the other varities. Sun to Yellow to Japanese Moderate to Height: 50-80 ft; A small Zelkova serrata ST, PK, TC part Moist reddish Needs space No Yes zelkova Rapid Spread 40-50 ft. drupe shade brown

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 3: page 10 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 4: Small Deciduous Trees Small Deciduous Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Soil Growth Interesting Growth Drought Light Spread at Fall Color Berries, North Name Name Value Type Rate Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina Moist Aesculus well Height: 20 ft; Painted buckeye RB Shade Moderate Yellow No No No No sylvatica drained Spread: 30 ft. soil

Full, Multi-stemmed, shrubby. Berries turn Amelanchier PL, BF, TC, Moist to Height: 6-15ft; Yellow Service-berry Part- Moderate small white flowers in the magenta to Yes No spp. RB semi-dry Spread: 15-20 ft. orange cultivars Sun spring purple black

Compact *Devil's- Full, Height: 14 ft; Yellow to 3-4" cluster of creamy white clusters of Aralia spinosa PL Wet, Dry Rapid Yes No walkingstick part-sun Spread: 11 ft. red-orange flowers in summer purple black berries 3 to 5 Part- Prefers moist sites; edible yellowish Asimina BF, TC, RB, Moist to Height:15-20ft; Pawpaw Sun, Moderate Yellow fruit. Maroon Flowers in early green fruit Yes Yes tribloba PL semi-dry Spread: 15-20 ft. Shade Spring ripens to dark brown with Multi-stemmed or single, Full, BF, TC, RB, Wet, Height: 6-15ft; Heritage perfers some shade Seed River birch Betula nigra Part- Rapid Yellow Yes No PL semi-dry Spread: 15-20 ft. and is a good street and containers Sun parking lot tree

Part- Carpinus Moist to Slow to Height: 50ft; Orange Species needs more space BF, TC, PL Sun, Black berries No Yes European betulus semi-dry Moderate Spread: 35ft. Yellow than cultivars Shade hornbeam

Part- Carpinus PL, BF, TC, Moist to Height: 50ft; Orange Sun, Slow Difficult to transplant Black berries Yes Yes American caroliniana RB semi-dry Spread: 40ft. Yellow Shade hornbeam Full- Castanea Semi-dry Height: 40-50 ft; Slender spikes of strongly Dark brown Chinquapin BF, PL sun, Moderate Yellow Yes No pumila to Dry Spread: 40-50 ft. scented staminate flowers sweet nut shade

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 4: page 11 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 4: Small Deciduous Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Soil Growth Interesting Growth Drought Light Spread at Fall Color Berries, North Name Name Value Type Rate Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina Avondale is different than the Full- other varieties because it is a Forest Pansy Cercis PL, BF, TC, Moist to Height: 20-30 ft; sun, Rapid Purple good downtown tree and No Yes No redbud canadensis RB dry Spread: 15-20 ft. shade power line tree. rosy pink pea like flowers Full- Cultivars more disease Cercis Moist to Height: 20-30 ft; Yellow PL, BF, RB sun, Rapid resistant. rosy pink pea like No Yes No Eastern redbud canadensis dry Spread: 30ft. green shade flowers

Full- Cercis Moist to Height: 25-30 ft; Yellow ‘Oklahoma’ ‘Texas White’; PL, BF sun, Rapid No Yes Yes reniformis dry Spread: 15-25 ft. green two common varities Texas redbud shade Full to Chionanthus BF, TC, RB, Moist to Slow to Height: 25-30 ft; Tree form only. creamy white Dark blue partial No Yes No virginicus PL dry Moderate Spread: 15-25 ft. fragrant flowers fruit Fringetree shade

Sun, Moist to Height: 10-40 ft; Cultivars more disease Glossy red Cornus florida BF, RB, PL Moderate Yes Yes No Flowering shade dry Spread: 15-30 ft. resistant fruit dogwood

Sun, Moist to Height: 20-25 ft; Milky Way Select’ best as Glossy red Cornus kousa BF, TC, PL Slow Yes No Yes Kousa or shade dry Spread: 15-30 ft. single stem fruit Japanese 1/4" orange Full- Washington Crataegus Moist to Height: 25-30 ft; 2" cluster of small white red berries BF, PL sun, Rapid Yellow Yes No hawthorn phaenopyrum semi-dry Spread: 25 ft. flowers in Spring. persists into part-sun winter Yellow to Diospyros Height: 30-50 ft; Needs space; some leaf spot orange, Persimmon BF, RB, PL Sun Moist Moderate Orange Yes Yes virginiana Spread: 20-30 ft. problems marked with purple

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 4: page 12 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 4: Small Deciduous Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Soil Growth Interesting Growth Drought Light Spread at Fall Color Berries, North Name Name Value Type Rate Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina

Firmiana Moist Height: 30-60 ft; Bright Chinese Parasol ST, DT Sun Rapid Lemon yellow flowers Light Brown Yes No simplex Drainage Spread: 30-40 ft. Yellow

Full- Halesia BF, TC, RB, Moist to Height: 20-40 ft; White bell shaped flowers in 1-11/2" fruit Carolina sun, Moderate Yellow Yes Yes carolina PL semi-dry Spread: 15-30 ft. April to early May in fall silverbell, shade snowdrop tree Full- Common witch- Hamamelis BF, PK, ST, Moist to Slow to Height: 15-30 ft; sun, Yellow Yellow flowers in Fall No Yes No hazel virginiana PL Semi-dry Moderate Spread: 15-25 ft. shade Sun to Koelreuteria Height: 30-40 ft; Goldenraintree PL, BF, TC part Dry Rapid Green No Light brown No Yes paniculata Spread: 20-30 ft. shade Tree form only; may not be Lagerstroemia Sun, Moist to Height: 10-30 ft; used for street trees on Fantasy Crape PL,PK, TC Rapid Yes Seed Pods No Yes faurei shade semi-dry Spread: 15-25 ft. suburban sites. Pink, White myrtle and Purple Flowers Tree form only; may not be Lagerstroemia Sun, Moist to Height: 6-22 ft; Crape myrtle DT, PL, TC Moderate Yes used for street trees. Pink, Seed Pods No Yes indica shade semi-dry Spread: 10-15 ft. cultivars White and Purple Flowers

Full- Magnolia Moist to Height: 30 ft; Greenish 6-8" creamy white flowers in Rosy red fruit Umbrella tree BF, RB, PL sun, Moderate Yes No tripetela semi-dry Spread:18 ft. Yellow mid spring in fall part-sun

Flowering crab Wet to Slow to Height: 18-20 ft; Do not plant with junipers. Red to Malus spp. PL Sun Yellow No No apple hybrids Moist Moderate Spread: 18-20 ft. White to rose flowers yellow

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 4: page 13 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 4: Small Deciduous Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Soil Growth Interesting Growth Drought Light Spread at Fall Color Berries, North Name Name Value Type Rate Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina

Yellow, Sun to Small pods Eastern Ostrya PK, BF, TC, Height: 25-40 ft; orange, and partial Wet Slow Tolerates city conditions that look like Yes No hophornbeam, virginiana RB, PL Spread: 20-30 ft. scarlet fall shade hops ironwood color

Variable Greenish Sun to Oxydendron BF, TC, RB, Height: 20-30 ft; fall color - Fragrant, lily-of the valley yellow seed Sourwood partial Moist Slow Yes Yes aboreum PL Spread: 10-15 ft. yellow, red, like flowers in summer pods that last shade purple into fall

Pistacia Good Moderate Height: 25-30 ft; Gray, inner layers salmon- Pistachio ST, DT Sun Orange Red Red to Purple No Yes chinensis Drainage to Rapid Spread: 25-30 ft. rapid

Purple, red or Full- Prunus Height: 12-20 ft; White fragrant flowers in yellow fruit American plum PL, BF sun, Semi-dry Rapid Yes Yes Yes americana Spread: 12-20 ft. early spring in mid part-sun summer Clay loamy No Fall Best in groupings, medium 1-3" fleshy Full sand Height: 20 ft; Japanese apricot Prunus mume PL, BF, TC Rapid Color growth rate and has pink yellow round No No Sun acidic Spread: 20 ft. Change flowers fruit and well drained Prunus Height: 30 ft; Orange and Shiny black bark; Bright pink BF, TC, PL Sun Moist Moderate Black No Yes Sargent cherry sargentii Spread: 30 ft. red flowers

Best in groupings. .5" white Prunus Height: 20-30 ft; Yellow Fall Higan cherry BF, TC, PL Sun Wet Rapid to pinkish flowers in early Oval Red No No subhirtella Spread: 15-25 ft. color spring

Prunus x Height: 25-30 ft; Brown to Purplish Akebono cherry BF, TC, PL Sun Wet Moderate White to pink flowers No Yes yedoensis Spread: 15-20 ft. red black

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 4: page 14 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 4: Small Deciduous Trees Height & Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Soil Growth Interesting Growth Drought Light Spread at Fall Color Berries, North Name Name Value Type Rate Patterns Tolerant Maturity Seed Carolina

Full- Ptelea Moist to Height: 15 ft; Yellow Greenish white fragrant Hoptree PK, PL sun, Moderate No Yes Yes trifoliata semi-dry Spread:10-15 ft. Green flowers shade Yellow, borne on short Full- catkins blooming from April- Salix Wet to Height: 30-50 ft; Greenish Fruit 1/4 inch *Silky (weeping) BF, PL sun, Rapid May; Spring; Invasive roots; Yes No babylonica Semi-dry Spread: 30-50 ft. yellow in diameter willow shade avoid planting near sewer and water lines. Clear Tends to sprout from roots Dark Blue Sassafras BF, TC, RB, Full, Moist to Height: 30-60 ft; yellow and form extensive thickets. Moderate drapes on Yes Yes Sassafras albidum PL part sun semi-dry Spread: 25-40 ft. orange pink yellow fragrant flowers in female plants to to scarlet spring Large Full- yellowish Blackhaw Viburnum Moist to Height: 12-15 ft; Red White flowers 2-4" clusters in BF, PL sun, Moderate fruit turns Yes Yes Viburnum rufidulum Dry Spread: 6-12 ft. Maroon early spring shade blue black in fall

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Upright, suckering, tightly multi-stemmed. Shadblow Sun, Native to Purple to serviceberry, Amelanchier Moist, yet White, light Yellow 6-20' BF, RB partial Moderate swamps, along black No Yes thicket canadensis well drained pink orange shade streams, and on berries serviceberry hillsides. Not very pollution tolerant.

Acidic Numerous moist drains Japanese Camellia Partial Slow to White, pink Green cultivars. 8-15' BF, ACT well high No No No camellia japonica shade moderate and rose yellow Cultivars may be organic hardier. matter

Strong Dark Castanea Sun to Wet to Yellow or Provides food for Allegheny 10-20' Bf, RB Moderate Scented brown No Yes pumila shade Medium purple wildlife chinkapin Flowers sweet nut

Cedrus ‘Snow Sprite’, Wet to Graceful, deodara (dwarf 10-20' BF, ACT Sun Moderate No Flowers Green Cones Yes No ‘Compacta Medium pendulous habit. cultivars)

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Dense, best Sun, Well against an Fragrant Corylopsis Slow to Green Non-showy 8-15' BF partial drained Yellow evergreen No No winterhazel glabrescens moderate yellow fruit shade soils background; need winter protection.

Orange, Many diseases, rose, none serious; Partial Yellow American Corylus Wet to purplish should be limited 12-20' RB shade, Rapid brown male Nuts No Yes filbert americana Medium red, in number shade catkins yellow because squirrels and green love the nuts.

Spreading, Sun, Cotoneaster Well arching habit; Willowleaf 10-15' BF, Act partial Moderate White Green No Yes Yes salicifolia drained purplish tinge in cotoneaster shade winter

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Red, Large Fothergilla Partial Moist to Slow to Leathery foliage; 6-10' BF, ACT White yellow, Yellow Yes Yes fothergilla major shade Dry moderate acid soils a must. orange

Prefers acidic, Sun, Yellow to moist, well- Chinese Hamamelis Moist fertile Yellow and 10-15' BF partial Slow yellow drained, organic A capsule Yes No witchhazel mollis acidic soil fragrant shade orange soils. Least hardy Hamemelis

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Naturalized areas, Spider-like mass plantings, Prefers a with 4 Common Hamamelis Sun to Slow to Clear shrub borders in 0.5" long 20-30' BF moist, cool, narrow, Yes Native witchhazel virginiana shade moderate yellow shady areas. capsule acidic soil crinkled Avoid extremely petals dry situations.

Many cultivars Hamemelis x Sun to Well Slow to Yellow, Yellow, with red or yellow Witch hazel 8-20' BF, ACT No Yes No intermedia shade drained moderate orange, red orange flowers, with similar fall colors.

Extremely coarse Moist well texture, Sun, Pee Gee Hydrangea drained Green unattractive in 8-20' BF, ACT partial Rapid White No Yes No hydrangea paniculata does well in yelow late fall and shade Clay soil winter; shrub borders best ‘Little Red’, ‘Robin’, Sun to New foliage Ilex ‘Red Wet to Small white 0.2 to 0.3" ‘Festive’, 10-15' BF, ACT light Moderate Green usually reddish in Yes Yes Hollies’ Medium flowers red fruit ‘Cardinal’, shade color. ‘Oak Leaf’ Need male and Red, Sun, Well females for red yellow English holly Ilex aquifolium 15-50' BF partial drained Slow No Green No No berries; good orange shade soils hedges berries

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May be large shrub or small Sun, Possomhaw Moist to dry tree; more Orange and Ilex decidua 7-30' BF, ACT partial Moderate White Yellow Yes Yes holly soils tolerant of red fruit shade alkaline soils than I. verticillata.

Red Mountain Medium, Yellow Berries on Ilex montana 15-40' BF, ACT Part-sun Moderate No No No Yes winterberry semi-dry red Female Plant Red-orange Use for berries Tolerates a Small white background or clustered Sun to range of soil Moderate Yaupon holly Ilex vomitoria 10-20' BF, ACT, RB flowers in Green naturalizing; along the Yes Yes shade types (dry, to Rapid spring; ‘Pendula’ stems of moist) weeping form. female plants that

Richer, thicker Ilex vomitoria foliage than most Shadow’s All types of Moderate Red orange ‘Shadow’s 10-12' BF, ACT, RB Sun White Green yaupons, good Yes Yes Female yaupon soils to rapid berries Female accent plant, can be topiary

Tall, showy shrub; ‘Brilliant’, Red, Sun, ‘San Jose’ female Ilex x Wet to Slow to yellow or Aquipern holly 10-25' BF, ACT partial No Green clones. No No aquipernyi Medium moderate orange shade ‘Aquipern’ is a berries male clone. Deer Resistant

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Sun, There are no Red and Japanese spice Lindera Moist well Green, 15-20' ACT partial Moderate Yellow serious disease or black Yes Yes bush obtusifolium drained yellow shade insect problems. berries

Prefers Cluster of Loropetalum acidic, 0.7" fragrant Sun, A JC Raulston Burgundy chinense var. moist, well- cream to 15-20' BF, ACT partial Moderate No Arboretum No Yes No loropetalum rubrum drained, white shade selection ‘Burgundy’ does well in flowers in clay spring

Recommended Magnolia All types of Yellow cultivars: Royal Fruit non- Star magnolia 10-20' BF, ACT Sun Slow White Yes No stellata soils bronze Star, Waterlily, showy Centennial, rosea Avoid Well- southern Magnolia Rosy-red Star magnolia 15-20' PL, BF, TC Sun drained, Moderate exposure. Bronze No Yes Yes stellata berries light, Acidic White Flowers

Sun, Native to coast; Gray Southern wax Sand or Non-showy Myrica cerifera 10-15' BF, ACT, RB partial Rapid Green deer tolerant; may globose Yes No myrtle clay soils flower shade be tree-form fruit

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Marginally hardy Sun, Well Osmanthus White here; winter Fragrant tea 10-30' BF, ACT partial drained Moderate Green No No No fragrans fragrant protection olive shade acidic soils needed.

Japanese Well Smallest of Photinia glabra 10-12' ACT Sun Rapid White Green No Yes No photinia drained photinias.

Offensive odor in Red fruit in spring. May have Sun, Well late Chinese Photinia Moderate some disease 20-30' BF, ACT partial drained White Green summer Yes No photinia serrulata to rapid problems and shade soils lasting into affected by colder early fall winters. “Red tip” Sun, photinias, have Photinia x Well Red Fraser photinia 10-20' BF, ACT partial Rapid White Green been affected by Yes No fraseri drained Berries shade coldet winters, diseases. Picea glauca Very slow Dwarf Alberta (dwarf Well 3-10' ACT Sun Slow No Green growing; some No Yes No spruce cultivars) drained mite problems. ‘Conica’, etc.

Sun, Well Many diseases Purple to Prunus Small white English laurel 10-18' BF, ACT partial drained Moderate Green affect the Prunus black Yes No laurocerasus flowers shade soils species. berries

Range of Large shrub to Orange, red, Sun, soils, will small tree; good Punica purple, Yellow Pomegranate 12-20' BF, ACT partial tolerate Moderate in borders, Edible fruit Yes No granatum yellow or green shade sandy loamy groups; not good white soils in hedges.

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Needs some shade here during Mountain Partial Scarlet hottest periods; Wood Stewartia ovata 10-15' BF, ACT, RB Moist acidic Slow White Yes Yes stewartia Shade white should be planted brown fruit when small; acid soils best.

Partial 0.7 to 1" Bigleaf Styrax Naturalized along 8-12' RB shade, Medium Slow white No No No Yes snowbell grandifolius stream banks shade flowers

Good sound attenuation plant Ternstroemia Partial Red Le AnnTM Moist well Slow to White Purple red if grown as gymnanthera 10-12' BF, ACT shade, speckled No No Ternstroemia drained moderate yellow bronze hedge; more ‘Contherann’ shade fruit hardy than species

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Partial Gritty non- Vaccinium Dry to moist Naturalized in Sparkleberry; 15-20' RB shade, Slow White Red juicy Yes No arboreum soils rather dry woods farkleberry shade berries

Moisture tolerant; great for hedges; Viburnum Sun, Range of all Red Chindo sweet a JC Raulston awabuki 10-15' BF, ACT partial soils except Rapid White Green Cluster Yes No viburnum Arboretum ‘Chindo’ shade wet fruit selection; fast grower to 8’ wide

Blue and Viburnum Wide as tall; good Sun, All soil Bronze purple Emerald luster bracteatum background plant 10-12' BF, ACT partial types except Moderate White and berries into Yes No viburnum ‘Emerald for border; year- shade wet soils yellow later Luster’ round interest. summer Blue to Creamy Yellow black Border Full- white Viburnum Medium to crimson berries in Arrowwood 6-10' screen sun/part- Moderate flowers in 2- No Yes Yes dentatum Semi-Dry purplish late parking lots sun 4" flat top red summer to clusters fall

Viburnum Yellow Excellent for Northern dentatum Sun to Moist to dry crimson borders, screens Black and 10-12' BF, ACT, RB Moderate White Yes No Burgundy ‘Morton’, shade soils purplish and mass blue berries Viburnum ‘Synnesvedt’ red plantings.

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‘Winterthur’ more compact, Viburnum Green, Smooth Sun, narrower; both nudum cultivars Moist, yet Red pink, red, viburnum 10-15' BF, ACT, RB partial Moderate White good for shrub Yes Yes ‘Earth Shade’, well drained purple purple, cultivars shade borders, screens, ‘Winterthur’ black mass plantings. Deer Resistant

Fast, vigorous Tiny white growth; good fragrant hedge, Drupes that Viburnum Sun, Red Tip Average to flowers background plant; turn from odoratissmum 10-15' BF, ACT partial Rapid Green Yes No viburnum moist. inside It's beautiful, red to ‘Red lip’ shade panicles in versatile and black spring rarely bothered by pests or disease.

Specimen, hedge Red berries Sun, Flat topped Yellow, Eastern Viburnum Range of or border, in Fall 12' BF, ACT partial Moderate white red to Yes No snowball opulus ‘Sterile’ soil types windbreak; deer lasting into shade flowers purple resistant winter

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Well More dense in Viburnum Sun to Dark blue Rusty 10-20' ACT, RB drained Moderate White Burgandy full sun, more Yes No rufidulum shade drupe blackhaw soils open in shade viburnum

Lilac, pale violet, white Yes very Vitex agnus Range of flowers on 6 ‘Alba’ (white), Chastetree 15-20' BF Sun Rapid No No drought No castus soil types to 10" ‘Rosea’ (pink) tolerant racemes in summer

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Small blue- purple, lilac, Loose, or lavender Does best in hot Chastetree Vitex negundo 10-15' BF Sun moist, well- Rapid No No Yes No flowers on 5 weather drained soil to 8" panicles

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White, Prefers Lighter fragrant Upright; Sun, moist, green Slow to flowers in Attracts butterflies; flowers spreading, Chinese Abelia Abelia chinensis 5-7' BF, ACT Partial well- beneath; Yes No Moderate small clusters on new growth rounded, Shade drained serrated from July to loose site margins Sep. Moist Sun, ‘Edward Goucher’ (4’- 6’); perfered; Moderate White, Pink, Abelia Abelia hybrids Varies BF, ACT partial Varies ‘Prostrata’ and ‘Sherwood’ No Yes No well to Rapid lilac shade (3’- 4’) drained

Moist Partial Purple male Prefers warmer temperatures, Scarlet Aucuba Acuba Japonica 6-10' BF, ACT well Slow Green Yes No shade flowers tolerates pollution fruit drained

Sun, Aesculus white Golden Suckering, multi-stem, wide- Bottlebrush 8-12' BF partial Moist soil Moderate No Yes Yes parviflora flowers yellow spreading shrub. Buckeye shade ‘Brilliantissima’ (6’-8’), Sun, Salmon, excellent fall color. Aronia BF, ACT, Range of White to round red 6-10' partial Slow red, purple Suckering, forming colonies Yes Yes Red Chokeberry arbutifolia RB soil types pinkish berries shade to scarlet over time, leggy. Tolerates both wet and dry soils Small off Shiny Black Aronia Full-sun, Semi-dry, white to pink blackish 3-5' BF, RB Slow Wine red No No No Chokeberry melanocarpa shade Moist flowers in colored spring fruit

Baccharis Range of Cottony Groundsel-bush 5-12' RB Sun Moderate No Gray green Salt tolerant Yes Yes halimifolia soil types fruit

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Very hardy and first to Sun to Yellow Yellow Alternative leaf Berberis x Wet to Moderate flower; prefers loose, loamy 5' BF, ACT part flowers in orange red Red fruit Yes No butterfly bush mentorensis Moist to Rapid soils. Can be used as a small shade spring fall color tree. Sun, Bodinier Callicarpa Dry to May be difficult to find in Bluish lilac 6-10' BF partial Rapid Lilac to pink Purplish Yes No Beautyberry bodinieri Moist America fruit shade Sun, Pink to American Callicarpa Dry to Yellow Coarse, open habit, good for 3-8' BF, RB partial Rapid White to pink purple Yes Yes Beautyberry Carolinas Moist green naturalizing. shade berries

Common Dense, bushy, rounded in sweetshrub, Maroon to Calycanthus BF, ACT, Sun to Range of cultivation; easily adaptable; Carolina 6-9' Moderate dark rust Yellow No Yes Yes floridus RB shade soil types trouble-free; not as tall in Allspice, brown sun. Strawberry Shrub Acidic Sun, Numerous cultivars available. Sasanqua Camellia Moist White, red, 6-10' BF, ACT partial Rapid Dark green Blooms in fall. Less hardy No Yes No Camellia sasanqua Well pink shade than C. japonica. drained Prefers wet conditions and will grow in water; will not Cephalanthus Partial Moist to Buttonbush 3-15' BF, RB Moderate White Yellow tolerate dryness; looks dead No No Yes occidentalis shade Wet until mid-May; naturalized, wet areas best White lily of the valley like Clethra Full-sun, Semi-dry, Slow to Cinnamon-bark 15-20' BF, RB fragrant Gold Gold to cinnamon red trunk No No Yes acuminata shade Dry Moderate flowers in early summer

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

Clethra, Clethra spp. Prefers moist soil, tolerates Sun to Moist to Pepperbush, Cleyera ( see 3-8' BF, ACT Moderate White Yellow wetness, and heavy shade, No No Yes shade Wet Summer-sweet Ternstroemia) acidic soils.

Maroon twigs in winter. Sun, Moderate Native to low woods, streams Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum 6-10' BF, RB partial Wet to dry White Red Red berries No Yes to Rapid and swamps; becoming more shade straggly, unkempt with age;

Sun, Light Spike Corylopsis Twice as wide as high; early 4-8' BF partial moist well Moderate Yellow Dark purple No Yes No Winterhazel spicata flowering shade drained

Spreading Cotoneaster Range of Moderate Spreading to 6-8 feet; multi- Red to dark 5-6' BF, ACT Sun Small rosy Yellow red Yes No Cotoneaster divaricatus soils to Rapid stemmed shrub. red pome

Parney’s Red Sun, Perfers Cotoneaster Once established needs only Clusterberry 6-10' BF, ACT partial moist well Moderate White Dark green Red pome Yes No lacteus occasional water Cotoneaster shade drained

Sun, Brown peeling bark. ‘Pride of Well Not Fuzzy deutzia Deutzia scabra 6-10' BF partial Moderate White to pink Rochester’ popular old No Yes No drained significant shade cultivar Small Yellow Southern bush- Diervilla Full-sun, Moist, Seed 3-5' BF, RB Moderate Flowers in Red No Yes Yes honeysuckle sessilifolia shade Dry containers summer

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Warty scarlet Small White capsules Euonymus Part-sun, Moist, Slow to Green to Hearts-a-bustin 4-6' BF, ACT flowers in No with No Yes americanus shade Semi-dry Moderate yellow early summer raspberry- orange berries Not as susceptible to scale as Pink fruit other euonymus. Not good Sun, Range of capsules Spreading Euonymus Greenish Discolors in near patios, decks, etc. – 5-10' BF, ACT partial soils Rapid with Yes No euonymus kiautschovicus white winter draws flies in flower. Foliage shade except wet orange usually “burns” in winter and seeds looks unkempt. Acidic Gardenia Sun, Moist augusta (G. 4-6' BF, ACT partial Moderate White waxy Dark green Marginally hardy No Yes No Gardenia Well jasminoides) shade drained Sun, Multi-stemmed, dense, Vernal Hamamelis Range of Yellow 6-10' BF partial Moderate Yellow rounded; best in moist No Yes Yes witchhazel vernalis soils orange red shade situations; pH adaptable. Sun, Moist Grows in any soils except Rose of Sharon, Moderate Red white Hibiscus syriatus 8-12' ACT partial well Yellow those extremely wet or dry; No Yes No Althea to Rapid violet shade drained prefers hot weather. Hydrangea Moist Suckers freely and will cover Annabelle Sun, arborescens 3-6' BF, ACT well Rapid White Not showy large area; many diseases. No No Yes hydrangea partial ‘Annabelle’ drained Shrub borders best.

Partial Moist Bigleaf Hydrangea Pink, white 3-6' BF, ACT shade, well Rapid Not showy Best for shrub borders. No No No hydrangea macrophylla violet blue shade drained

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Sun, Moist Oakleaf Hydrangea White fades Wine Exfoliating bark; leaf blight 4-8' BF, ACT partial well Rapid Seeds Yes No hydrangea quercifolia to pink orange may be a problem shade drained Sun, Ilex cornuta Range of Needlepoint holly 10' BF, ACT partial Moderate White Green Upright shrub or small tree. Red fruit Yes No ‘ Needlepoint’ soils shade

Ilex crenata Sun, Moist Tall Japanese cultivars: ‘Hetzi’, Varies red 4-10' BF, ACT partial well Moderate White Green No Yes No hollies ‘Rotundifolia’, purple shade drained ‘Soft Touch’

Excellent foundation or Sun, naturalistic plantings. Spreads Inkberry holly, Ilex glabra, I. Moist Slow to Not showy 6-8' BF, ACT partial Dark green by underground stems Black berry Yes No Nigra inkberry glabra ‘Nigra’ acidic Moderate white shade (suckering); becomes leggy with age.

’Mary Nell’ has heavy fruit; Partial Well Dull red Lusterleaf holly Ilex latifolia 8-12' BF, ACT Rapid Not showy Green excellent specimen or hedge; Yes No shade drained fruit needs well-drained soils. Sun, Well Perny holly Ilex pernyi 9-12' ACT partial Slow Small yellow Green Upright habit, open outline Red fruit Yes No drained shade Bright red Common Full-sun, Slow to Small creamy Purple berry like Ilex verticillata 6 -15' BF, RB Wet No No Yes winterberry shade Moderate white flowers green drupes on the female Native to swamps; will grow Common Sun, Perfers Slow to Purplish in water; suckering to form Bright red winterberry, Ilex verticillata 6-10' ACT, RB partial moist Small white No Yes Moderate green large, multi-stemmed clumps; on female black alder shade organic best for shrub borders

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

Sun, Moist to Hardy anise Illicium Yellow green May be marginally hardy in 7-10' BF, ACT partial dry heavy Moderate Green No Yes No shrub parviflorum in summer North Carolina shade soil Also some smaller cultivars Juniperus Well Slow to Variety of such as ‘Pfitzeriana Pfitzer juniper chinensis 5-10' BF, ACT Sun No No Yes No drained Moderate colors Compacta’ and ‘Pfitzeriana ‘Pfitzeriana’ Compacta Nicks’ Susceptible to bagworms; flat- Juniperus Well Slow to topped, spreading; new Holger juniper squamata 6' BF, ACT Sun No Blue gray No Yes Yes drained Moderate growth yellowish on blue- ‘Holger’ green older growth Silver Juniperus ‘Blue Arrow’, Well Slow to bronze Cedar apple rust and virginiana Varies BF, ACT Sun No No Yes Yes ‘Blue cloud’ drained Moderate purple bagworms are problematic cultivars brown Moist Sun, Cinnamon Bark; Shady BF, ACT, well Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia 4-8' partial Moderate White to pink Yellow borders best, natural areas; No Yes Yes RB drained shade toxic to live stock dry Partial Range of Tough; best in borders, Japanese kerria Kerria japonica 3-9' BF shade, Moderate Yellow Yellow No Yes No soils masses shade Kolkwitzia Well Yellow to Difficult plant to find Beautybush 6-15' ACT Sun Rapid Pink No Yes No amabilis drained red location for. Crapemyrtles ‘New Orleans’, Lagerstroemia Moist White pink Yellow Smooth to exfoliating bark; ‘Centennial’ indica and 5-15' BF, ACT Sun well Rapid Seed pods Yes No purple red orange red Mildew resistant hybrids best Chica’, ‘Tonto’, hybridas drained Acoma’, etc.

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

Moist Semi-woody and often killed Thunberg Lespedeza Moderate Rose to 4-8' ACT Sun well Not showy back to ground in winter; No Yes No lespedeza thunbergii to Rapid purple drained accent plant

Leaf spot is a major problem Sweetbells Leucothoe Moist to 6-12' RB Shade Moderate White Red for this species; tends to No No Yes leucothoe racemosa Wet sucker; use sparingly

Multi-trunked. Difficult to Moist to Sun, transplant; moist, well- BF, ACT, dry Scarlet red Spice bush Lindera benzoin 6-12' partial Moderate Yellow Yellow drained soils best but Yes Yes RB alkaline spray fruit shade tolerates dryness once ph established. Sun, Moist Boxleaf Bluish Lonicera nitida 6-8' BF, ACT partial well Moderate White Dark green No Yes No honeysuckle purple fruit shade drained

‘Plum Delight’, Sun, Moist Loropetalum ‘Ruby’, ‘Fire 4-10' BF, ACT partial well Rapid Pink to red Maroon No No Yes No hybrids Dance’, etc. shade drained

Sun, Sweetbay Magnolia Moist to Moderate Smooth bark. Native coastal Bright red 10-15' BF, ACT partial Creamy white Green Yes Yes magnolia virginiana Wet to Rapid plant, somewhat hardy in NC. seeds shade

Moist Sun, well Yellow Marginally hardy in North Banana shrub Michelia figo 6-15' ACT Slow Yellow green No Yes No Partial drained green Carolina acidic Sun, Northern Myrica Range of Suckers to form large 5-12' BF, ACT partial Moderate Not showy Not showy Gray drupe Yes No bayberry pensylvanica soil colonies. shade

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Moist Sun, Osmanthus well Slow to Blue black Holly osmanthus 6-20' BF, ACT partial White Dark green Several cultivars available. Yes No heterophyllus drained Moderate drupes shade acidic Osmanthus, Moist Osmanthus x Preferred over O. Fortune’s tea 9-12' BF, ACT Sun well Moderate White Dark green No Yes No fortunei heterophyllus by Dirr. olive drained Fragrant Philadelphus Full-sun, Moist to Yellow Mock orange 6' BF Rapid White flowers Smells like orange blossoms No No Yes inodorus part-sun Semi-dry green in Spring Common Sun, Peeling bark; Easily Physocarpus (eastern) 5-10' ACT partial Dry to wet Moderate White to pink Not showy transplanted, adaptable; Red seeds Yes Yes opulifolius ninebark shade ragged in winter Pieris japonica Moist cultivars Partial Needs some shelter from Japanese pieris well (‘Christmas 9-12' BF, ACT shade, Slow White Green wind; good in shrub borders; Seed pods No No (andromeda) drained Cheer’, Mountain shade slow growing acidic Fire’) Low-dense Pyracantha Well Good for hot, dry areas; 4-6' ACT, RB Sun Rapid White Green Red berries Yes No pyracantha koidzumii drained mounded habit. Marginally hardy; salt Moist Rhaphiolepsis tolerant; leaf spot in moist Purple Yeddo hawthorn 4-6' BF, ACT Sun well Slow White to pink Purple Yes No umbellata locations; winter protection black drained needed.

P.J.M. Hybrid Rhododendron Partial Moist Lavender Good for foundation, low 3-6' BF, ACT Moderate Purple No No Yes azaleas ‘P.J.M.’ Hybrids shade acidic pink hedge; tolerates heat.

White, pink Rhododendron Full-sun, Orange and Seed Sweet Azalea 3-6' BF, ACT Wet Rapid with red No No Yes aborescens shade crimson containers stamens

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Moist Rhododendron Partial Slow to Yellow Yellow to Florida azalea 8-10' BF, ACT well Loose, multi-stemmed shrub; No Yes Yes austrinum shade Moderate orange red bronze drained Yellow Native to western NC, Moist Rhododendron Partial orange pink yellow to marginally hardy in North Flame azalea 4-8' BF, ACT well Slow No Yes Yes calendulaceum shade scarlet red Carolina; excellent for drained salmon naturalizing; late flowering 3 to 4" flower truss in Carolina Rhododendron Part-sun, Moist, spring, white, Green with Seed 3-6' BF, RB Slow No No Yes Rhododendron carolinianum shade Semi-dry pale rose, purple tinge containers rose or lilac rose Often becomes leggy in Moist Catawba Rhododendron Partial lilac purple Yellow unfavorable locations. May 6-8' BF, ACT well Moderate No No Yes rhododendron catawbiense shade pink green be marginally hardy here (too drained hot). Moist Marginally hardy in North Southern Indica Rhododendron Sun to well Range of 6-12' ACT Moderate Dark green Carolina, killed during colder No Yes No azalea hybrids indica shade drained colors winters. acidic Sun, Moist Easier, less demanding than Kaempferi azalea Rhododendron Range of 4-10' BF, ACT partial well Moderate Reddish Kurume azaleas; reddish No No No hybrids kaempferi colors shade drained purple foliage in winter.

Rhododendron Part-sun, Moist, Variable Seed 6-10' BF, ACT Slow Dull Yellow No Yes Yes Wild or Pinxter periclymenoides shade Semi-dry flower color containers Azalea Moist Size varies with habitat; Pinxterbloom Rhododendron Partial Range of 5-8' BF, ACT well Moderate Dull Yellow fragrant, pale-pink flowers in No Yes Yes azalea periclymenoides Shade colors drained late spring

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

Rhododendron Moist Very hardy and tolerant of Partial Green to Roseshell azalea prinophyllum 2-8' BF, ACT well Moderate Pink high pH; numerous spreading No Yes Yes shade bronze (roseum) drained branches. Moist Cultivars: ‘Cherry-Bomb’, Rhododendron Partial Orange to Plumleaf azalea 8-15' ACT well Moderate Red Coral Glow’, ‘Lewis, Short’, No Yes Yes prunifolium shade deep red drained ‘Peach Glow’

Moist Rhododendron Partial Native to NC mountains; 5-10' BF, ACT well Moderate Pink to white Deep red No No Yes Pinkshell azalea vaseyi shade irregular, upright habit. drained Moist Rhododendron Partial Native to swamps, beside Swamp azalea 1-8' BF, ACT well Moderate White Red No Yes Yes viscosum shade ponds drained Sun, Rhodotypos Range of Moderate Green Mounded, arching branches, Black Black jetbead 3-6' BF partial White Yes No scandens soils to Rapid yellow often shabby drupe shade Moist Orange to Rugosa rose Rosa rugosa 4-6' BF, ACT Sun well Rapid Rose to white Yellow Many diseases; tolerates salt. Yes No red hips drained Edible Common Sambucus Yellow Prefers moist sites; suckers 5-12' RB Sun Moist Rapid White purple Yes Yes elderberry canadensis green profusely. black fruit Heat tolerant; prune after Spiraea Sun, Double Reeves Range of flowering in spring; fast cantoniensis 4-6' BF, ACT partial Rapid White Yellow No Yes No spirea soils grower. Prefers regular ‘Lanceata’ shade watering.

Sun, May be more hardy than Well Persian lilac Syringa x persica 4-8' ACT partial Rapid Lilac Yellow common lilac in North No Yes No drained shade Carolina

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

Sun, Range of Chinese yew Taxus chinensis 5-10' BF partial Rapid No Green No No Yes No soils shade

Partial Tolerates urban conditions; Range of Small red Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata 4-10' BF, ACT shade, Slow No Dull green variable form; poisonous; Yes No soils fruit shade some cultivars low growing. White Bell Fruits are Vaccinium Full-sun, Moist, Deerberry 6-15' BF, RB Moderate Shaped Red No green when Yes No stamineum shade Dry Blooms ripe

Sun, Moist Highbush Vaccinum BF, ACT, Native to swampy soils, likes Black blue 6-12' partial well Slow White Bright Red Yes Yes blueberry corymbosum RB acidic, sandy soils. fruit shade drained

Fruit changes Orange red from green Witherod Vibernum Full-sun, Moist, Creamy white dull 5- 6' BF, ACT Moderate No to pink to No Yes Vibernum cassinoides shade Semi-dry flowers crimson and red to blue purple then to black Partial Moist Maple-leaf Viburnum Low, sparse shrub reserved 4-6' BF, RB shade, well Moderate Yellow white Red purple Black fruit Yes Yes viburnum acerifolium for naturalizing shade drained

Red to Yellow Viburnum Part-sun, 3-5" flat black drupe Hobblebush 6-10' BF, ACT Moist Slow orange red No No Yes alnifolium shade white flowers in late or maroon summer

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

Sun, Moist Very fragrant; plant in shrub Koreanspice Viburnum Black blue 4-8' BF, ACT partial well Moderate White Not showy borders, behind perennials, Yes No viburnum carlesii drupe shade drained foundation planting.

Slow-growing; good low Blue MuffinTM Viburnum Moist hedge, back of border, BF, ACT, Sun to Orange to Blue arrowwood dentatum 5-6' well Moderate White woodland or natural areas. Yes Yes RB shade purple red berries viburnum ‘Christom’ drained More compact than species; resilient and care-free. Coarse winter shape; good Viburnum hedge, deciduous screen, Mohican Well Yellow red lantana 6-8' BF, ACT Sun Moderate White Purple red massing, shrub border; more Yes No viburnum drained black drupe ‘Mohican’ compact than species and more disease resistant. Viburnum Sun, Dwarf Walter’s Well Half the size of species; obovatum 4-5' BF, ACT partial Moderate White Red Red black Yes No viburnum drained compact; good hedge. ‘Densa’ shade Beautiful specimen or use in Compact Sun, Viburnum opulus Range of Yellow red informal hedge, border, cranberrybush 4-5' BF, ACT partial Moderate White Red drupe Yes No ‘Compactum’ soil purple foundation plant; good for viburnum shade wildlife Viburnum Smaller than species; all plicatum var. Moist Doublefile Sun, make good hedges, tomentosum well viburnum 5-8' BF, ACT partial Moderate White Red purple specimens, borders, Red fruit Yes No cultivars drained; cultivars shade foundation plantings; deer Mariesii’, ‘Pink no clay resistant. Beauty’ Shasta’ Sun, Moist Good screen, hedge; insect Laurustinus Viburnum tinus 6-12' BF, ACT partial well Moderate White Green and disease free; salt tolerant; Blue black Yes No shade drained ‘Variegata’ clone.

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Fruits, Native to Scientific Landscap Soil Growth Flower Interesting Growth Drought Common Name Height Light Fall Color Berries, North Name e Values Type Rate Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

‘Mohawk’ is disease Sun, Burkwood Viburnum x Range of Slow to resistant; somewhat straggly Red fruit to 8-10' BF, ACT partial White Orange red Yes No viburnum burkwoodii soil Moderate with age; tolerates pollution; black shade hedge, screen or accent

Sun, Moist Pragense Viburnum x 8-10' BF, ACT partial well Rapid White Green Similar to V. rhytidophyllum. No Yes No viburnum pragense shade drained Screen, foundation plant, Sun, blended with other broadleaf Reddish Lantana phyllum Viburnum x Range of 8-15' BF, ACT partial Moderate White Orange red evergreens; needs other drupe to Yes No viburnum rhytidophylloides soil shade viburnums for fruit set. black ‘Alleghany’ good cultivar.

Spreading, dense rounded; Well Moderate White pink Weigela Weigela florida 6-9' BF Sun Not showy coarse; best in shrub borders, No No No drained to Rapid red grouping or massing

May be somewhat marginal Spanish dagger Range of White tinged Green and Yucca gloriosa 6-8' ACT Sun Slow in this area; spine-tipped No Yes No yucca soils red or purple white leaves

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Sun, Easily transplanted and White Abeliophyllum Slow to White and Decidious 3-5' BF, ACT partial Well drained Purplish adaptable to many soils, Fruit No Yes forsythia distichum Moderate pink shade wide, arching, ragged

4-10" panicles Buxus lavender, lilac, More heat and Japanese Partial Well drained; Evergreen Microphylla 3-6' BF, ACT Rapid white, purple, Blue green nematode resistant than White No Yes boxwood shade range var. japonica yellow and species. pink

Green Buxus Requires English Partial Non-showy in with Can be kept very low by Evergreen sempervirens 2-5' BF, ACT excellent Very Slow N/A No Yes boxwood Shade Spring Orange pruning ‘Suffruticosa’ drainage Cast

‘Green Buxus Partial Moist Well Creamy Supposedly do not Evergreen Mountain’, sempervirens 2-4' BF, ACT Moderate Green N/A No Yes shade Drained Yellow discolor much in winter. ‘Green Velvet’ hybrids

Treat as herbaceous Pink and Sun, Purple Callicarpa Green perennial. Considered Lavender Deciduous 3-4' ACT partial Moist Soil Rapid N/A No Yes beautyberry dichotoma Yellow the best of all Berries in shade Callicarpa. Summer Moist Well Rose, Purple, Do not over- fertilize; Amethyst Calluna Sun, Drained; Pink Flowers mulch and water during Scotch heather Slow to Evergreen vulgaris 3-4' ACT partial Prefer acid, in Summer Bronze dry periods; good in No No Yes and other Moderate ‘Amethyst’, etc. shade sandy, lasting into rock gardens, edging, cultivars organic soils Fall ground cover

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Small creamy white to light New Jersey Ceanothus Full-sun, Slow to Yellow to Seed Deciduous 3-4' BF, PK Moist to dry pink flowers No Yes Yes tea americanus part-sun Moderate tan containers in summer, not fragrant

Feelin’ Blue Cedrus deodara Well Drained Evergreen 2' PK, ACT Sun Moderate N/A Green Spreading to 6 feet wide Cones No Yes Deodar cedar ‘Feelin’ Blue’ Dry Soil

Dwarf Hinoki Chamaecyparis falsecypress, obtusa ‘Nana’, Very slow growing, Sun Moist Evergreen Compact ‘Pygmaea 1.5-3' BF, ACT Sun Very Slow N/A N/A mounded; border, rock Cones No Yes Well Drained Bronze Hinoki Aurescens’, gardens, specimen cypress Minima’

Full- Semi- Comptonia Semi-dry to Slow to Yellow and Greenish Seed Sweetfern 2-4' PK sun/part- No No Yes evergreen peregrina Dry Moderate green flowers brown containers sun Spreading to 4-6 feet. Sun, Creeping Cotoneaster Moist Well ‘Little Gem’ ‘Tom Evergreen 1-2' PK, ACT partial Slow White Flowers No No No Yes cotoneaster adpressus Drained Thumb’(see below) shade good cultivar.

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Well drained Spreading 5 feet; more soil but Bronzy susceptible to mites in Tom Thumb Cotoneaster Cranberry tolerates a Slow to Small pink red in Fall dry situations; good on Evergreen cranberry apiculatus 1-2' PK, ACT Sun fruit in No Yes range of site Moderate flowers to purplish banks, slopes and rock cotoneaster ‘Tom Thumb’ Fall conditions in Winter gardens; Tom Thumb’; except wet best in cooler climates

Bearberry Cotoneaster Small White Red, Spreading to 6 feet+; Evergreen 1-2' PK, ACT Sun Perfers Moist Rapid Red No Yes cotoneaster dammeri Flowers purple roots along stems.

Semi- Rockspray Cotoneaster Perfers Moist; Small pink Red, Spreading 5-8 feet; 2-3' PK, ACT Sun Moderate Red No Yes evergreen cotoneaster horizontalis well drained flowers purple horizontal branching.

Little-leaf or Cotoneaster Sun, thyme Moist; well Small White Dwarf or prostrate. Evergreen microphyllus 2-3' PK, ACT partial Green Red No Yes rockspray drained Flowers Good groundcover var. thymifolius shade cotoneaster May be marginally Rose, Purple, Winter Sun to Moist; well hardy; maintained areas Evergreen Daphne odora 3-4' BF, ACT Slow Pink Flowers Green Red No No daphne shade drained and winter protection in Spring best Sun, Slender Slow to Easily rooted. Best in Deciduous Deutzia gracilis 3-6' BF partial Well drained White Green N/A No Yes deutzia Moderate shrub borders shade Moist to wet Thrives in moist, shady Deciduous Partial acdic soil Maroon, 3-6" white areas; prefers deep, Seed to Semi- Leatherwood Dirca palustris 3-6' BF, ACT shade, high organic; Moderate Yellow, No Yes drupe organic soils; follows containers evergreen shade doesn't like Orange water courses naturally. dry soil Snowhill 3 to 6" clusters Hydrangea Part-sun, Moist to Semi- Yellowish Deciduous (Smooth) 3-5' BF, ACT Rapid of white No No Yes Yes aborescens shade dry Brown Hydrangea flowers

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Sun, Shrubby St. Hypericum .7-1" yellow No real Small, dense bush with Decidious 1-4' PK partial tolerates dry Slow Capsules Yes Yes Johnswort prolificum flowers Fall Color stiff, upright stems. shade

Sun, Ilex cornuta Evergreen Carissa holly 3-4' BF, ACT partial Range of soils Slow N/A Green No N/A No Yes ‘Carissa’ shade Moist well Sun, Ilex cornuta drained; Small White Evergreen Rotunda holly 3-4' BF, ACT partial Slow Green No Red No Yes ‘Rotunda’ tolerates a Flowers shade range of soils Ilex crenata cultivars: ‘Helleri’, ‘Tiny Many of these are slow Dwarf Sun, Small Tim’, Moist well White flowers growing and may Evergreen Japanese 2-4' PK, BF, ACT partial Moderate Green Black No Yes ‘Repandens’, drained in Spring eventually need pruning hollies shade Drupe ‘Carefree’, to maintain low height. ‘Hoogendorn’, etc Sun, NordicTM Ilex glabra Perfers Moist Slow to Compact; hardy; good Black Evergreen 3-4' BF, ACT partial White Green No Yes inkberry holly ‘Chamzin’ Acidic Soils Moderate hedge plant Drupe shade

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‘Calgary May be very susceptible Juniperus Evergreen Carpet’ 3' PK, ACT Sun Well Drained Moderate N/A Green to juniper blight N/A No Yes sabina cultivars juniper depending upon source

Susceptible to Juniperus ‘Blue Star’ bagworms;slow- Evergreen squamata ‘Blue 2-3' PK,BF, ACT Sun Well Drained Slow N/A Green N/A No Yes juniper growing, grayish-green star’ foliage color.

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Creamy White Drooping Leucothoe Part-sun, Slow to Evergreen 6' BF, ACT Moist to dry fragrant Evergreen Prune to control height No Yes No leucothoe fontanesiana shade Moderate flowers

Well Drained 9-12" violet Woody, herbaceous Perovskia Evergreen Russian sage 3-5' ACT Sun of moderate Moderate blue in late Green plant; prune in early N/A No Yes atriplicifolia fertility summer spring Picea abies Prefers colder climate Dwarf (dwarf but adaptable if Evergreen Norway cultivars) ‘Little Varies ACT Sun Well DrainedModerate N/A Green Globose No Yes sufficient moisture spruce Gem’, when planted. ‘Pendula’, etc. Pinus mugo Use grafted plants for (dwarf Mugo pine, Varies,u true dwarf forms. cultivars) Deep Moist Evergreen Swiss sually ACT Sun Moderate N/A Green Highly variable size and N/A No Yes Compacta’, loamy soils mountain pine <8' form even among the ‘Pumilio’, same cultivars. ‘Mughus’ Pinus sylvestris (dwarf Well Drained, Dwarf Scotch cultivars) but does Yellow May be marginally Evergreen Varies ACT Sun Rapid N/A Cones No Yes pine ‘Nana’, tolerate dry Green hardy here (too hot). ‘Hillside sites Creeper’, etc.

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 7: page 46 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 7: Small Shrubs Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Growth Flower Fall Interesting Growth Drought Type Height Light Soil Type Berries, North Name Name Values Rate Color Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Pinus Dwarf thunbergii Range of Slow to Tremendously salt Evergreen Japanese (dwarf Varies ACT Sun soils; perfers N/A Green Cones No Yes Moderate tolerant black pine cultivars) well drained ‘Nana’ Perfers Moist Shrubby borders, edges, 1 to 1.5" Potentilla Sun, well drained mass plantings; spider Shrubby Yellow Yellow Decidious fruticosa and 1-4' PK, BF, ACT partial soil but does Slow mites can be a problem; N/A No Yes potentilla Flowers in the Brown cultivars shade well in poor should be pruned Summer sites regularly.

Prunus Moist Well ‘Otto Luyken’* and Black Dwarf English Sun to White Flowers Evergreen laurocerasus 3 to 4 BF, ACT Drained Moderate Green ‘Zabeliana’* common Purple No Yes laurel shade in Spring cultivars Organic varities Drupe

‘Mohave’, Orange Pyracantha Thorns; more resistant Semi- ‘Navaho’, Moderate .3" white on 1- and Red coccinea Varies ACT, RB Sun Well Drained Green to scab and fireblight No Yes evergreen ‘Red Elf’, to Rapid 2"spire Berries in hybrids than species. ‘Tiny Tim’ the Fall White, Pink, Sun, Marginally hardy in Purple or Indian Rhaphiolepis x Perfer moist Rose 2-3" Dark Evergreen 3-4' BF, ACT partial Moderate North Carolina. More Blue to No Yes hawthorn delacourii well drained Flowers in Green shade resistant to leaf spot Black fruit Spring

Dwarf indica Well Drained Rhododendron Partial Slow to White and Evergreen azalea 1-2' ACT Slightly Green Good border plant. N/A No No eriocarpum shade Moderate pink in spring (Gumpo) Acidic Soils Female Male Plants Plants Gro-low Sun, Rhus aromatica Acidic Well Slow to will have 1" Red, Spreads 6 to 8 feet; use have red Decidious fragrant 2-3' PK partial No Yes ‘Gro-Low’ Drained Moderate Yellow Purple with discretion drupe in sumac shade Flowers the Summer

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 7: page 47 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 7: Small Shrubs Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Growth Flower Fall Interesting Growth Drought Type Height Light Soil Type Berries, North Name Name Values Rate Color Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina

2" rose pink Full-sun, Seed Decidious Carolina rose Rosa carolina 3-6' BF, ACT Moist to dry Slow fragrant Dull red Blooms in Summer Yes No part-sun containers flowers

Dark rose pink Full- fragrant Seed Decidious Swamp rose Rosa palustris 4-6' BF, ACT sun/part- Wet to Moist Moderate Red No Yes Yes flowers in containers sun summer

Salt tolerant; any soil except those Rosmarinus Pale and Dark Green Evergreen Rosemary 2-4' PK, BF, ACT Sun Well Drained Moderate permanently wet; can be N/A No Yes officinalis Blue Flowers Gray maintained below 30” tall.

Mounding, slow- Santolina; Santolina Excellent Button like Silver growing, sub-shrub; Evergreen lavender chamaecypariss 1-2' PK, ACT Sun Drainage Moderate N/A No Yes yellow flowers gray adaptable; prefers low cotton us required fertility. Suckers to form large Sarcococca colonies; pollution Himalayan Partial Well Drained Slow to 0.4" round Evergreen hookeriana 2' ACT Cluster white Green tolerant; spreads to 8 No Yes sarcococca shade Organic Soil Moderate black fruit humilis feet; tall ground cover for shady spots. Milky White Fragrant Sarcococca Partial Acidic Moist Slow to Dark Slow grower; good for Round red Evergreen 3-5' BF, ACT Flowers in No Yes sarcococca ruscifolia shade Well Drained Moderate Green shady spots. fruit Winter Glossy red, Yellows Need both male and Red Partial Maroon buds Japanese Skimmia Perfers Moist with female plants for fruit; Berries on Evergreen 2-5' BF, ACT shade, Slow open into No No skimmia japonica well drained summer needs to be moist but Female shade creamy white sun not soggy. Plant flowers

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 7: page 48 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 7: Small Shrubs Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Growth Flower Fall Interesting Growth Drought Type Height Light Soil Type Berries, North Name Name Values Rate Color Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Mounding evergreen Well Drained Wall Teucrium Rose purple 2- sub-shrub; low hedge or Evergreen 1-2' ACT Sun perfers dry Moderate Green N/A No Yes germander chamaedrys 5" Flowers edging plant; good for sandy soil rock gardens.

Slow growing; rounded; many diseases and pest, Thuja Sun, Well Drained; none serious; good in Hetz Midget Evergreen occidentalis ‘ 3-4' BF, ACT partial protect from Very Slow N/A Blue green mixed borders, N/A No No arborvitae Hetz Midget’ shade strong wind containers; often brown in winter; prefers moist air and soil.

Small White Scarlet red Vaccinium Full-sun, Evergreen Cranberry 2-6' BF, ACT Wet to Moist Moderate to pink Evergreen No waxy Yes No macrocarpon part-sun flowers berries

Flowers in Lowbush Vaccinium Full-sun, spring and Decidious 3-5' BF, PK Moist to dry Moderate Yes Red No Yes Fair blueberry pallidum part-sun fruit in July

Black fruit Maple-leaf Viburnum Full-sun, Yellowish Reddish Decidious 4-6' BF, ACT Moist to dry Moderate No in Fall and Yes Yes Viburnum acerifolium part-sun white flowers purple winter

Berries change Pink bud Low-mounding; acid- David Viburnum Sun to Moist well green to Evergreen 2 to 3 PK, BF, ACT Moderate opens to white Blue green loving; good in borders, No Yes viburnum davidii shade drained pink to red flower as foundation planting. to blue to black

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 7: page 49 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB Section 12.01 Preferred Landscape Material Category 7: Small Shrubs Fruits, Native to Common Scientific Landscape Growth Flower Fall Interesting Growth Drought Type Height Light Soil Type Berries, North Name Name Values Rate Color Color Patterns Tolerant Seeds Carolina Dwarf Sun, Yellow, cranberry- Viburnum 2-3" flat top Dense, mounding; good Decidious 2' BF, ACT partial Range of soils Moderate red, purple Red drupe No Yes bush opulus ‘Nanum’ white flowers low hedge, filler plant. shade fall viburnum Perfers well Dwarf Weigela florida White pink red Non- Most dwarf of weigelas; drained, but Moderate Decidious variegated ‘Variegata 3' PK, BF Sun trumpet showy fall some specimens larger; N/A No No tolerates a to Rapid weigela Nana’ shaped flowers color tolerates air pollution range of soils Freely suckering, spreading, flat-topped Sun, Perfers moist Brownish ground cover for Xanthorhiza Decidious Yellowroot 2-3' PK, RB partial Well drained Moderate purple flowers N/A difficult sites; less N/A No Yes simplicissima shade heavy soils in spring invasive in dry soils; prefers moist stream banks

Moist to dry Waxy creamy Adam’s needle Yucca Sharp, long, upright, Evergreen 2' PK, ACT Sun soil with good Moderate white bell Green N/A Yes Yes yucca filamentosa spreading leaves. drainage shaped flowers

Differs from Y. Weakleaf filamentosa by bend in Evergreen Yucca flaccida 1-2' PK, ACT Sun Range of soils Slow N/A Green N/A Yes Yes yucca leaves, thread-like fibers.

Small Bell Zenobia Sun to Requires acid, moist, Decidious Dusty zenobia 2-3' ACT, RB Moist Soils Moderate Shaped Cream Yellow N/A Yes No pulverulenta shade well-drained soil. Flowers

Attracts: Landscape Value Street Tree: ST; Accent: ACT; VDAP: DT Category 7: page 50 of 50 Birds Power Line: PL; Parking Lot: PK Humming Birds Buffer/Natural: BF; Tree Canopy: TC [Added Supplement #5] Butterflies Riparian Buffer: RB