Big Canoe Approved Plant List: May 2019

BIG CANOE APPROVED PLANT LIST: MAY 2019

According to the Covenants, Big Canoe is “an architecturally and environmentally controlled community.” The Big Canoe Approved Plant List is designed to protect the mountain setting with a botanical nod to healthful diversity. To this end, the focus of this revision is (1) eliminating invasives and (2) emphasizing plants species that are native and natural to the Piedmont region of Georgia in which we reside. The non-native plants remaining on the list reflects the additional desire to maintain diversity in our landscapes and provide deer and drought resistance. The following list of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs is approved for landscape planting in Big Canoe. Recognizing that native plants may not be readily available, Property Owners may purchase a cultivar as long as it is aesthetically natural to the Piedmont region.

All non-native invasive and native invasive plants are prohibited (see www.gaeppc.org/list/ for Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council List of Non- native Invasive Plants in Georgia). Adjacent states’ invasive lists are also important to note.

Growing conditions vary even within the boundaries of Big Canoe. Elevation, sunlight, soil nutrients, wind, and rainfall are among the factors that affect plant survival and growth. These variables account for the fact that a plant may be a large shrub in one locale yet a small tree in another; thus, while a plant is listed in only one category, it may grow larger or smaller.

Furthermore, there are zoological considerations. Wildlife in a mountain community regard all property as their common eating ground. Plants that emit strong odors (such as anise) and plants that have jagged edges (such as holly) appear to be last on the favorite menu for wildlife. Repellants for deer, moles, and the like are available, though they are most effective only when applied on a regular basis.

Landscape plans that are approved after May 1, 2019 must adhere to this list. Landscape plans that were approved/installed prior to May 1, 2019 are not subject to this list and are grandfathered in. Henceforth, the goal for common properties and undeveloped residential lots is that landscapes adhere to the May 2019 Big Canoe POA approved plant list.

Property Owners are encouraged to remove previously approved plants that are now considered invasive, particularly nandina, elaeagnus, and leatherleaf mahonia. Kudzu should be reported to the POA: fixit@ bigcanoepoa.org. Big Canoe POA has begun a program to eradicate these from common grounds. In summary, the focus of plant selection in Big Canoe should be twofold: non-invasive and natural to the Piedmont region of Georgia.

With regard to Supporting Plants (vines, flowers, herbs, grasses, and groundcovers), Georgia Piedmont native plants are appropriate [see www.extension.uga.edu/publications/ for University of Georgia Extension List of native Plants of North Georgia, Bulletins 987(Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines), 987-2 (Ferns), 987-3 (Wildflowers), 987-4 (Grasses)]. All invasive plants, native and non-native, are prohibited (see www.gaeppc.org/list/ for Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council List of Non-native Invasive Plants in Georgia). Any Supporting Plant that is not invasive is approved.

Legend: Native species are marked with ✓. The amount of recommended SUN: S = Full Sun; P = Partial Sun; SH = Shade.

- 1 - EVERGREEN TREES: LARGE Scientific Name Common Name Native SUN Flowers/Fruit Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar S/P Non-flowering/ Hemlock canadensis Eastern Hemlock Must notify Landscaping Department prior to installation* Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar S/P /Cones Magnolia virginiana Sweet Bay Magnolia ✓ S/P Showy white/Cones Picea abies Norway Spruce S/P /Cones Picea orientalis Oriental Spruce S/P Reddish/Cones Pinus strobus White Pine ✓ S/P Buds/Cones Pinus echinata Short Leaf Pine ✓ S/P Buds/Cones *email [email protected] or call (706) 268-3319 so that trees can be treated for Wooly Adelgid at time of planting

EVERGREEN TREES: SMALL Scientific Name Common Name Native SUN Flowers/Fruit Cephalotaxus Plum Yew, Cow’s Tail Pine S/P Non-flowering Ilex opaca American Holly ✓ S/P /Red berries Osmanthus americanus Devilwood, Wild Olive ✓ S/P White fragrant/Dark blue

DECIDUOUS TREES:LARGE Scientific Name Common Name Native SUN Flowers/Fruit Acer barbatum Southern Sugar Maple ✓ S/P /Two winged Acer negundo Box Elder ✓ S/ Greenish-yellow/Samara Acer rubrum Red Maple ✓ S/P Red/Red Acer saccharum Sugar Maple ✓ S/P Non-showy greenish Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye ✓ S/P Showy yellow/Showy Betula lenta Sweet Birch ✓ S/P Catkins (m) (f) Betula nigra River Birch ✓ S/P Showy; Brown (m), green (f) Carya cordiformis Bitternut Hickory ✓ S/P Non-showy green/Showy Carya glabra Pignut Hickory ✓ S/P Non-showy/Showy Carya illinoinensis Hardy Pecan ✓ S/ Non-showy/Showy Carya laciniosa Shellbark Hickory ✓ S/P Showy greenish-yellow/Show Carya ovate Shagbark Hickory ✓ S/P Non-showy/Showy Carya pallida Sand Hickory ✓ S/P (m)Catkins/Nuts Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory ✓ S/P Non-showy/Showy Cladrastis kentukea Yellowwood ✓ S/ Showy white fragrant/ Diospyros virginiana Persimmon ✓ S/P Non-showy/Showy Fagus grandifolia American Beech ✓ S/P Non-showy/Showy Fraxinus Americana White Ash ✓ S/ Showy purplish/ Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash ✓ S/ Showy purple/ Juglans nigra Black Walnut ✓ S/ Non-showy/Showy Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum ✓ S/ /Prickly seed case Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar ✓ S/ Showy yellow/ Magnolia acuminate Cucumber Tree ✓ S/P Showy green-yellow/Showy Magnolia ashei Ashe Magnolia ✓ S/P Showy white/ Magnolia fraseri Mountain Magnolia ✓ S/P Creamy/Red seeds Magnolia macrophylla Big Leaf Magnolia ✓ /P Showy white/Showy Magnolia tripetala Umbrella Magnolia ✓ S/P Showy white Nyssa sylvatica Black Gum, Tupelo ✓ S/P Non-showy/ Oxydendrum arboretum Sourwood ✓ S/P Showy white/Showy Platanus occidentalis Am. Sycamore, Plane Tree ✓ S/ Non-showy/Showy Prunus serotine Black Cherry ✓ S/P White/Purple black berries - 2 - Quercus alba White Oak ✓ S/ Non-showy/Showy Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak ✓ S/ Non-showy/Acorns Quercus falcate Southern Red Oak ✓ S / Non-showy/Acorns Quercus lyrate Overcup Oak ✓ S/ Non-showy/Acorns Quercus prinus Chestnut Oak ✓ S/ Non-showy/Showy Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak ✓ S/ Non-showy/Acorns Quercus shumardiin Shumard Oak ✓ S/P Non-showy/Acorns Sassafras albidum Sassafras ✓ S/P Showy green-yellow/Showy Taxodium ascendens Pond Cypress ✓ S/ Non-flowering Tilia Americana Am. Basswood, Am. Linden ✓ S/P Pale yellow showy/Showy Tilia caroliniana Carolina Basswood, Linden ✓ S/P White/Nutlet Tilia heterophylla White Basswood, Linden ✓ S/P Pale yellow showy/ Ulmus Americana American Elm ✓ S/ Non-showy

DECIDUOUS TREES: SMALL Scientific Name Common Name Native SUN Flowers/Fruit Acer leucoderme Chalk or White Bark Maple ✓ S/P Unpetaled/Samaras Acer palmatum Japanese Maple S/P Non-showy/Samaras Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye ✓ S/P Red/ Amelanchier arborea Downy Serviceberry, Shadbu ✓ S/P Showy white/Purplish berries Amelanchier X grandiflora Apple Serviceberry S/P White/Reddish-purple berries Amelanchier laevis Allegheny Serviceberry ✓ S/P White/Purplish berries Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry ✓ S/P White, light pink/Red berries Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry ✓ S/P White/Black berries Asimina triloba Paw Paw ✓ S/P Purple/Yellow-greenish fruit Betula populifolia Gray Birch ✓ S/P Tiny m-f/Drooping Carpinus caroliniana Am. Hornbeam, Ironwood ✓ S/P Tiny m-f/Winged nutlets Cercis Canadensis Eastern Redbud ✓ S/P Rose-purple/Beans Chioanthus virginicus Grancy Graybeard, Fringe ✓ S/P Creamy white clusters/Blue-bl Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood/Kinnikinnik S/P Yellowish-white/ Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood ✓ /P/ Yellowish-white/Blue black dr Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood ✓ /P/ Showy/Red berries Cotinus coggygria Common Smoketree S/ Tiny yellow/ Crataegus marshalii Parsley Hawthorn ✓ S/ White/Red berries Crataegus phaenopyrum Washington Hawthorn ✓ S/ White/Red berries Elliotia racemosa Summer or Georgia Plume ✓ S/P White blooms/ Franklinia alatamaha Franklin Tree S/P Showy white/ Halesia carolina (tetraptera) Carolina Silverbell ✓ S/P White bells/Brown Halesia diptera (parviflora) Two-winged Silverbell ✓ S/P White bells/ Ilex Montana Mountain Winterberry ✓ S/P Tiny greenish white/Red berri Malus augustifolia Flowering Crabapple ✓ S/P Pink/non-showy Ostrya virginiana American Hophornbeam ✓ S/P M-F catkins/Hop-like Pinckneya pubens Georgia Bark or Fevertree ✓ S/P Pink bracts/Bright sepals Quercus Georgiana Georgia Oak ✓ S/ Non-showy/Acorns Sorbus Americana American Mountain Ash ✓ S/P Showy white/Orange-red berri Stewartia malacondendron Virginia Stewartia; Silky Camellia ✓ S/P Creamy white/ Stewartia ovate Mountain Stewartia ✓ S/P Showy white/ Vitex agnus-castus Chaste Tree S/P Showy lavender/

- 3 - EVERGREEN SHRUBS: LARGE Scientific Name Common Name Native SUN Flowers/Fruit Agarista populifolia Leucothoe, Hobblebush ✓ P/Sh Creamy white Camelia Camelia spp. P/SH Whites to dark reds Cleyera japonica Cleyera S/P White/ Shiny Black Cotoneaster lacteus Parney Cotoneaster S/P White/Red Cotoneaster salicifolius Willowleaf Cotoneaster S/P White/Red Cryptomeria Cryptomeria S/P (m) (f)/Cones Ilex X “Emily Bruner” Emily Bruner Holly S/P White/Red clusters Ilex X attenutata “Fosteri” Foster Holly S/P /Red fruit clusters Ilex glabra Inkberry Holly ✓ S/P Non-showy white/ Black Ilex latifolia Lusterleaf Holly S/P Non-showy /Dull Red Ilex X “Nellie R. Stevens” Holly S/P Greenish white/Red Ilex pernyi Perny Holly S/P Small yellowish/Red Ilex vomitoria Yaupon Holly ✓ S/P Small white/Shiny red-orange Illicium floridanum Florida Anise ✓ S/P Red maroon/ Illicium parviflorum Yellow Anise ✓ S/P Yellow/Green Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel ✓ S/P Showy pink or white clusters Michelia Figo Banana Shrub S/P Yellow with banana fragrance/ Myrica cerifera Southern Waxmyrtle S/P Non-showy/Gray globose Myrica heterophylla Swamp Bayberry ✓ S/P Non-showy white/Gray globos Osmanthus americanus Devilwood; Wild Olive ✓ S/P Creamy panicles/Purple-Fruit Osmanthus heterophyllus False Holly S/P White Picea glauca ‘conica’ Dwarf Alberta Spruce S/P Non-showy Pieris floribunda Fetterbush; Andromeda /P/SH Creamy white Pieris japonica Japanese Andromeda S/P White panicles Rhododendron Rhodoendron spp. S/P/SH Whites, pinks, reds, lilacs Taxus Yew S/P/SH (m) (f)/Balls Viburnum Viburnum spp. S/P/SH White/Berries

EVERGREEN SHRUBS: SMALL Scientific Name Common Name Native SUN Flowers/Fruit Azalea Azalea spp. S/P/SH Showy white, pinks, lavendars Boxus Boxwood S/P/SH Non-showy cream/ Cephalotaxus harringtonia Japanese Plum Yew S/P/SH Non-flowering/Cones Cotoneaster conspicuous Tibetan Cotoneaster S Small white/Red-purple pome Cotoneaster horizontalis Rockspray Cotoneaster S Tiny pink/Scarlet Dystilium Dystilium S/P/ Small redish-purple/ Gaylussacia brachycera Box Huckleberry ✓ /P White to pink Gaylussacia frondosa Blue Huckleberry ✓ /P White to pink/Blue Gaylussacia mosieri Wooly Huckleberry ✓ /P White to pink/Black Gaylussacia nana Confederate Huckleberry ✓ /P Greenish-white/Blue or white Ilex vomitoria Dwarf Yaupon Holly ✓ S/P /Red berries Juniperus virginiana Grey Owl S/P Lavendula angustifolia English Lavender S Deep purple/ Leiophyllum buxifolium Box Sandmyrtle ✓ S White tipped with pink/ Leucothe axillaris Coastal or Dog-hobble ✓ S/P White/ Leucothe fontanesiana Drooping Laurel ✓ S/P White/ Pieris japonica Japanese Andromeda /P/SH White to darks/ Pieris phillyrefolia Climbing Fetterbush P/SH White/ Pinus mugo compacta Dwarf Mugo Pine S Non-showy/Non-showy Prunus laurocerasus English Laurel S Small white/Black drupes

- 4 - DECIDUOUS SHRUBS: LARGE Scientific Name Common Name Native SUN Flowers/Fruit Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye ✓ P/SH Showy white/Nuts Aesculus sylvatica Painted Buckeye ✓ /P Cream to pink/Leathery Aralia spinosa Devil’s Walking Stick ✓ S/P Showy white/Black Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry ✓ S/P/ White/Red berries Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry ✓ S/P/ White/Black berries Callicarpa Americana American Beautyberry ✓ S/P Non-showy/Showy lavender Calycanthus floridus Sweet Shrub, Carolina Allspi ✓ S/P Reddish-brown/Brown Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush ✓ S/P Showy white/Ball-like Chaenomeles speciosa Flowering Quince S/P Showy scarlet to pink/Yellow- Chimonanthus praecox Wintersweet S/P Showy yellow/ Clethra alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush ✓ S/P Showy whites to pinks/Brown Corylopsis Winterhazel S/P Showy yellow/Non-showy Corylus americana American Hazelnut ✓ S/P M-showy yellow-brown/Nuts Edgeworthia crysantha Paperbush S/P Showy yellow to cream/Drupe Enkianthus campanulatus Red Bells S/P Showy creamy yellow bells/ Euonymous americanus Hearts-a-bursting; strawberry bush ✓ S/P Yellow-green/Showy red heart Forsythia Easter Tree S/P Showy yellow/ Fothergilla major Witchalder, Large Fothergilla ✓ S/P Showy white Hamemelis virginiana American Witchhazel ✓ S/P Showy yellow/Greenish capsu Hamemelis vernalis Spring Witchhazel S/P Hydrangea Hydrangea spp. S/P Showy white, blue, pink/ Ilex decidua Possumhaw ✓ S/P/ Non-showy/Red-orange berrie Ilex verticillata Winterberry ✓ S/P Non-showy/Showy red Itea virginica Virginia Sweetspire ✓ S/P Showy drooping white racem Kerria japonica Japanese Rose S/P Showy yellow/ Kolkwitzia amabilis Beauty Bush S Showy pink/Capsules Lindera benzoin Spice Bush ✓ S/P Showy greenish-yellow/Red dr Myrica heterophylla Swamp Bayberry, Wax myrtl ✓ S/P Non-showy/Drupes Philadelphus Mock Orange S/P Showy white/ Rhododendron Alabama , Sweet, Florida, Cumberland, Flame, Ocnee Piedmont, Pinxterbloom ✓ /P/Sh Showy Rhus copallina Winged Sumac ✓ S/P/ Yellowish-green/dull red drup Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac ✓ S/P/SH Yellowish-green/bright red Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac ✓ S/P/SH Yellowish-green/bright red Rosa carolina Carolina Rose ✓ S Pink/red hips Sambucus Canadensis American Elderberry ✓ S/P White/black drupes Stewartia ovate Mountain Stewartia ✓ S/P White/ Styrax americanus American Snowbell ✓ S/P White pendulous/gray-brown Styrax grandifolius Bigleaf Snowbell ✓ White, showy/ Vaccinium corymbosum Highbush Blueberry ✓ S/P/ White/Dark blue berries Vaccinium stamineum Deerberry ✓ S/P/ Greenish-white/Pale yellow to Viburnum Viburnum spp. ✓ S/P White/Berries

- 5 - DECIDUOUS SHRUBS: SMALL Scientific Name Common Name Native Sun Flowers/Fruit Abelia X grandiflora Glossy Abelia S/P/ White to pink funnel shaped/ Caryopteris X clandonensis Bluebeard S Showy violet blue/ Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea ✓ S/P Tiny white/ Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush ✓ S/P Showy white pincushion/Sphe Chaenomeles japonica Japanese Flowering Quince S/P Scarlet-orange/Greenish-yello Clethra alnifolia Summersweet, Pepperbush ✓ S/P Showy white/Brown seed caps Fothergilla gardenii Dwarf Fothergilla ✓ S/P Showy white/ Gaylussacia baccata (semi-evergreen) Black Huckleberry ✓ /P White/black berry Hydrangea Hydrangea spp. /P/SH White, pink, or blue/ Hypericum densiflorum Bushy St. John’s Wort ✓ S/P/ Showy yellow/ Hypericum frondosum Golden St. John’s Wort ✓ S/P Showy golden yellow Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil S/P Showy yellow/ Vaccinium pallidum Hillside/Lowbush Blueberry ✓ S/P/ White/Dark blue berries Zenobia pulverulenta Honeycup ✓ S/P Showy white bell shaped/

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