HINTS - Number 20 Set 3

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Family: Celastraceae (Staff tree Family)
Evergreen shrub, size group 4
Vine, groundcover or shrub
Fast growing
Clings to trees with aerial rootlets that do not injure the trees

Adds brightness to a shady area because of light colored variegated leaves.

Cultivars:
'Coloratus'
'Emerald Cushion'

Leaf:
Single orbicular to ovate
Variegated, opposite, can revert to non-variegated
Rounded base, obtuse or rounded apex
If plant is stressed leaf is more ovate than orbicular
Glabrous
Crenately serrate

Does not tolerate: strong winter winds in below freezing temperatures

HINTS - Number 19 Set 3

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Family: Ulmaceae
Tree, size group 7

Strong upright branches and interesting bark.

Resistant but not immune to Dutch Elm disease.

Leaf:
Simple, alternate, oblique, rounded
Stay green until late autumn, turn purple, then fall

Fruit: Samara in clusters early autumn

Bark:
Peels in rounded patches
Tan, brown
Fine texture

Cultivars:
'Across Central Park'
'D. B. Cole' (Compact)
'Drake' (fast growing, gracefully semi-pendulous)

HINTS - Number 18 Set 3

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Family: Caprifoliaceae

Deciduous shrub, size group 5

Native range: China and Japan

Uses: Border, specimen, screen

Not drought tolerant

Leaf:
Opposite with axillary buds creating a double row of flowers
Underside of leaf and spring twigs tomentose
Naked leaf buds
Medium to deep green
Dentate to serrate margins
Leaf base, cuneate to rounded
Touch of burgundy

Petiole is green and pubescent

Sensitive to summer drought
Borers can cause serious damage

Pruning is seldom necessary and should be minimized to maintain the graceful horizontal branching habit.

Cultivars:
'Shoshoni' : very low growing
'Summer Snowflake' : repeated summer flowering
'Wantanabe' : similar to snowflake

HINTS - Number 17 Set 3

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Family: Caprifoliaceae

Semi-evergreen shrub, Size group 5

Uses: border, specimen, tall but not dense enough to be a screen

Named after a nursery in England

HINTS - Number 16 Set 3

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Family: Hippocastanaceae (Horse Chestnut family)
Slow growing (12 - 15 feet tall after 20 years)
Broadly globus
Uses as specimen, border

Native to southeast USA/coastal plain

Susceptible to serious leaf spot disease in some areas

Leaf:
palmately compound
Obovate
5 leaflets
Irregularly serrate margins
Yellow fall color
Leafs drop early

Flowers:
Dark red tubular terminal flowers on terminal panicles
Scarlet red (sometimes yellow or red/yellow if seedling)

Fruits:
Tan , not showy, about the size of a walnut

HINTS - Number 15 Set 3

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Family: Verbeneceae

Small deciduous shrub, size group 4, with straight, dense, long branches.

Uses: foundation, massing, bank planting

Fruit: small, striking purple, axillary fruit clusters late summer

Cultivar: 'Issai' developed at Brookside Gardens

Leaf:
simple
opposite
serrate in center, entire at apex and base
Dark green above
Pale green below
Purple/red petiole

Stem:
Green beneath (no sun)
Purple above

HINTS - Number 14 Set 3

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Family: Lardizabalaceae (Lardizabala family)

Vine or groundcover, size group 1 and 2
Fast growing
Climbs, good for screening and privacy

Leaf:
Palmately compound with green petiole, orbicular
5 to 7 leaflets, entire with e-marginate (notched) apex, cuneate base
Leaflets are generally oval, ovate or oblong

Inflorescence
Small purple flowers on axillary racemes
Cultivar 'Shirobana' has white flowers

HINTS - Number 13 Set 3

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Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena Family)
Large rangy shrub, size group 4 or 5

Leaf:
Compound, palmate, aromatic with 5- 7 leaflets

Leaflet
Entire
Elliptical, lanceolate, oblanceolate

Inflorescence: loose panicles bloom late summer

Cultivar: 'Abbeyville Blue'

HINTS - Number 12 Set 3

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Family: Verbenaceae

Large rangy shrub, size group 4 or 5.
Aromatic compound gray-green leaves and loose panicles

Requires annual removal of deadwood

Fragrant violet flowers on 4 to 8 inch long panicles in late summer

Cultivars:
'Abbeyville Blue' (deep blue)
'Alba' (white)
'Silver Spire' (white)
'Fletcher Pink' (lavender pink)
'Roseum' (pink)

HINTS - Number 11 Set 3

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Family: Hippocastanaceae

3 to 6 inch long opposite, palmately compound leaves
Usually 5 leaflets (may have up to 7) 4 to 6 inches long, dark green and glabrous above

Upright cluster of red tubular flowers, cluster 4 to 7 inches long, appear in spring

Attracts hummingbirds and bees

HINTS - Number 10 Set 3

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HINTS - Number 8 Set 3

HINTS - Number 7 Set 3

HINTS - Number 6 Set 3

HINTS - Number 5 Set 3

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Family: Verbenaceae
Deciduous shrub (Tall shrub, small tree) Size group 5
Native to SE Africa

Leaf:
Palmately compound
Opposite (occasionally whorled in 3's)
Orbicular
Aromatic

Leaflet:
Elliptical, ovate, lanceolate
Deeply incised, sometimes to the mid-rib

Stem: rigid with short stiff hairs

Flowers:
Terminal panicles
Blue, lavender, inconspicuous
Slight fragrance
Fruit is small, berry-like, and has a calyx

In a famine the seeds can be washed to remove the bitter element, then ground to flour.

HINTS - Number 4 Set 3

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Family: Celastraceae (Staff-tree Family)
Evergreen vine, groundcover or shrub.
Size group 4, Geographic origin: China, Japan, Korea

Provides brightness in a partly shaded area.
Climbs. Adheres to trees with aerial rootlets and thus does not harm the tree

Leafs: Variegated, opposite, orbicular to ovate (can revert to non-variegated)
(When plant is "stresses" they tend to be ovate)
Crenately serrate,apex is obtuse and rounded, base is rounded, glabrous (without hair)

Does not tolerate cold winds (below freezing)
Affected by scale

Cultivars: 'Carrierei', 'Coloratus', 'Emeral Cushion', 'Greenlane', 'Ivory Jade', 'Longwood'

HINTS - Number 3 Set 3

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Family: Verbenaceae (Vervain Family)
Deciduous shrub
Globus shape, fast growing

Size group 4, Geographic origin China, Korea

'Issai' developed at Brookside Gardens
Short dense, long branches

Border, specimen

Flowers: Pale pink middle to late summer, obscured by foliage

Stems: Stellate hairs, white against purple stems
Petioles underside green purple above

Foliage: Medium green, turns purple/yellow in late autumn
Leaf: simple, opposite,elliptic to ovate, acuminate apex, cuneate base

Fruit: Light purple berries in axillary clusters; small and striking due to color

Issues: Requires pruning due to rank growth and winter dieback

HINTS - Number 2 Set 3

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Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)

Semi evergreen shrub, broad dense mound wider than tall

Hedges, foundations, screening

Full sun, moderate shade
Annual pruning required to remove deadwood

Foliage: green in summer
bronze in winter
Leaf: simple, opposite, ovate,
margin serrate
apex acute to acuminate

Flowers: dense panicles white flowers mid summer
In autumn flowers fall off but calyx stays and turns red
Sweet fragrance

Hybrid origin: __. chinensis x __. uniflora

HINTS - Number 1 Set 3

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Family: Lardizabalaceae (Lardizabala Family)

Deciduous or semi-evergreen vine, groundcover

Geographic origin: China, Korea Japan

Use: screen (with support), groundcover

Fine textured vine, climbs rapidly

Leafs: alternate, palmately compound, orbicular
5 to 7 leaflets, ovate to oblong, entire margin, apes e-marginate, cuneate base
Dark green, fine textured

Flowers: small, purple, NOT really showy
Cultivar 'Leucantha' has white flowers in axillary racemes

Fruits: Purplish pods open to show black seeds

Twigs rough, glabrous (not pubescent)

No serious pests

Likes full sun

HINTS - Number 20 Set 2

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Family: Barberidaceae

Evergreen shrub
that does well in shade.
Has clusters of white flowers autumn, and red berries all winter.

Notably free of insects and disease.
Prone to mildew in coastal areas.

Tall cultivars have a vase like habit.
Short cultivars tend to be short and upright.

New leaves are bronze, red in spring.
Green in summer.
Dull red/purple in autumn.

HINTS - Number 19 Set 2

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Family: Tiliaceae

Deciduous tree creates a tall dense canopy of leaves
Highly fragrant light yellow flowers.

Leaves:
Serrate, coarsely irregular, cordate base.
Simple, alternate.
Medium to deep green above, light green underneath.

Bud: lopsided, scaled with one scale markedly enlarged
Flowers: highly fragrant drooping clusters of light yellow flowers with long pale green/yellow bract in July

Popular street tree.

Pests: aphids and leaf chewing insects.
Aphids create sugary syrup on leaves which grows a black fungus.

HINTS - Number 18 Set 2

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Family: Celastraceae
Shrub, size group 5, deciduous
Broadly globos with horizontal branching, slow growing

Used in borders, massing as a screen and hedge
Subject to occasional scale.

Leaves:
Simple, opposite to sub-opposite, serrulate margin
Medium green, bright neon red in autumn, fades to shades of pink

Branches are stratifid with corky wings on ridges

Fruit:
Capsule are lobed, open to show scarlet arils covering red berry:
TOXIC IF EATEN

HINTS - Number 17 Set 2

HINTS - Number 16 Set 2

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Family: Rosaceae
Evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub, size group 3 to 5. Habit is round.
Fast grower

Border, wall shrub foundation, hedge, Espalier

Avoid strong winds

Subject to fire blight, aphids, scab, lacebugs, mites and scale insects

HINTS - Number 15 Set 2

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HINTS Number 20 Set 1

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HINTS - Number 1 Set 1

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Family: Rosaceae
Evergreen shrub, Size group 4-6
Height and width @ 20 years: 4.5 x 6 meters
Massing, border, hedge, screen

Cultivars:
'Otto Luyken', small, very winter hardy
'Schipkaenis', most cold hardy, vase shaped
'Zabeliana', horizontal, vigorous

Leaf:Leathery, lustrous, bright to deep green. elliptical

Flower: blooms mid-spring
small white racemes

Fruit: green in summer,
ripens to purple/black in autumn