Woody Ornamentals
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Lavandula angustifolia var. rosea syn. L. spica var. rosea Lavender Z 4
Pink colored lavender flowers, and still fragrant.
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Pink colored lavender flowers, and still fragrant. We especially like this for its compact habit.
Size: 12” x 12”
Care: sun in moist well-drained soilPink variety in gardens by 1800.
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Leptodermis oblonga Dwarf lilac Z 5-8
fragrant lavender, lilac-like trumpets blooming in June – October.
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Low mounding shrub with fragrant lavender, lilac-like trumpets blooming in June – October. Leaves slow to leaf-out in spring but then blooms its heart out.
Size: 12-18” x 18-24” spreads by suckers
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: No. & W. China & Himalayas.
Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirdsLeptodermis means “thin skin” and oblonga refers to the oblong leaves.
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Liquidambar styrociflua Sweet gum Z 5-9
Star-shaped leaves turn parti-color in fall – red, purple, orange. Gum ball fruit matures in winter.
Star-shaped leaves turn parti-color in fall – red, purple, orange. Gum ball fruit matures in winter.
Size: 60-80‘ x 40-60’
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained acidic soil
Native: Eastern US north to southern IL & west to Mississippi River.
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant & black walnut tolerant. Seeds food for numerous birds.
Size: Cherokee made a salve for wounds & sores from the tree & mixed it with sheep or cow tallow for itches.Collected before 1753. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay magnolia 5-10
Large, ivory cups, lemon scented
Large, ivory cups, lemon scented, in May & June & sporadically all summer & fall. 6” long leaves, waxy green on top and silvery-frosted beneath. In fall fruits open to reveal bright red seeds.
Size: 20’ x 15’
Care: Sun to part shade in acidic, moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Atlantic coast from NY to FL, west along Gulf coast to TX
Wildlife Value: nectar source for Spicebush swallowtail butterflyMagnolia named for Pierre Magnol, Montpellier professor of medicine and director of the botanic garden. (1638-1715) This species collected by Rev. John Banister in Virginia c. 1690. One of the mainstays of John Bartram’s seed business, Peter Collinson, Bartram’s agent in England, said, “the name Magnolia will sell a box of seeds.” Offered for sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1st plant catalog. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Mahonia aquifolium Oregon grape Z 5-9
Showy yellow flowers in spring followed by pretty blue fruit with red pediciles. Holly-like, evergreen leaves turn purple in fall for a four season ornament.
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Showy yellow flowers in spring followed by pretty blue fruit with red pedicles. Holly-like, evergreen leaves turn purple in fall for a four season ornament.
Size: 5’ x 3’
Care: sheltered site (in Z 5) in humusy, moist to moist well-drained soil, sun to part shade
Native: Pacific Northwest
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees & butterflies, Birds eat the berriesMahonia is named in honor of Bernard McMahon, Scottish nurseryman who immigrated to Philadelphia around 1802. In 1818 Thomas Nuttall extolled McMahon “whose ardent attachment to Botany, and successful introduction of useful and ornamental horticulture into the United States, lays claim to public esteem.” McMahon’s nursery received plants discovered by Lewis & Clark who collected this plant in April 1806 along the rapids of the Columbia River. The Snohomish ate the berries and made a yellow dye from its roots. It cured bloodshot eyes and kidney disease for the Okanagan-Colville. California’s Karok Indians boiled the root and drank the liquid to cure numerous ailments. Steamed roots and leaves believed to remedy yellow fever.
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn redwood Z 4-8
Fast-growing, pyramidal-shaped deciduous conifer.
Fast-growing, pyramidal-shaped deciduous conifer. The orange to brown trunk base tapers and thickens with up to a dozen large buttress-like root flares extending several feet up the trunk. Feathery, fern-like, soft foliage emerges light green in spring, and turns red-bronze in fall before dropping. Its branches are well-attached and make excellent climbing.
Size: 70-90’ x 15-25’
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained, slightly acid soil
Native: Szechuan China
Awards: Royal Botanic Garden Award of Garden Merit, Yew Dell Botanical Gardens’ Theodore Klein Plant Awards & Pennsylvania Horticultural Society GoldFrom fossil records, dawn redwood is known to have existed as many as 50,000,000 years ago. However, it was not until 1941 that dawn redwood was first discovered growing in the wild near the town of Modaoqi China by Chinese forester, T. Kan. Seeds collected from the original site were made available to the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1947. Seedlings grown therefrom were planted in front of the Lehmann Building at MBG in 1952 where they have now developed into large mature trees (70’+ tall). Dawn redwood is a deciduous, coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape to 100’ tall. It is related to and closely resembles bald cypress (Taxodium) and redwood (Sequoia).
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Myrica pensylvanica syn. Morella pensylvanica Wax myrtle, Northern bayberry SHRUB Z 3-6
Green flowers in summer then, "conspicuous in winter when covered with its grayish white fruits which stay on the branches until spring." Bailey
Green flowers in summer then, “conspicuous in winter when covered with its grayish white fruits which stay on the branches until spring.” Bailey “The leaves turn a fine brown-purple in the fall, but the berries are the thing – pewter in color, with a texture like those Fourth of July sparklers of childhood memory, they have a delicious fragrance.” Allen Lacy.
Size: 9’ x 10’
Care: sun in any soil
Native: Canada to Southeastern U.S. No pruning needed but can be pruned at any time of year, if desired.
Wildlife Value: Berries relished by chickadees, red-bellied woodpeckers, swallows, Titmouse, catbirds, bluebirds, Northern flicker & yellow-rumped warblers. Bayberry thickets also provide nesting sites for songbirds, offering excellent protection from predators.
Size: Fragrant leaves used for potpourri, abundant berries used to make candles. Good road-side plant, salt tolerant.Probably 1st collected for gardens by John Bartram (1699-1776). Offered for sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1st plant catalog. In 1800’s considered “very ornamental in the shrubbery.”
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Punica granatum var. nana Dwarf pomegranate Z 7-11
Adorable dwarf shrub bearing orange-red blooms in July and August then tiny, edible pomegranates. Where not hardy makes good container plant and bonsai.
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Adorable dwarf shrub bearing orange-red blooms in July and August then tiny, edible pomegranates. Where not hardy makes good container plant and bonsai.
Size: 2-4’ x 2-4’
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Europe to Himalayas“The plants will bear miniature fruit if grown in areas with year-round temperatures rarely fall below 40° F. To grow indoors, moderate night-time temperatures should be given (50° to 60° F). Keep at 40° to 45° F in winter until new growth appears. In the growing period, keep moderately moist. Water sparingly from August on. This plant requires good drainage. Plants will bear fruit indoors if grown in a sunny exposure.” Missouri Botanic Garden. This dwarf described in 1803.
