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BOTANICAL:
Acer
campestre
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PRONOUNCED:
AY-ser kam-PES-tree
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Click on the pic for a close up.
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COMMON:
Common maple, Field maple, Hedge
maple.
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BLOOMS
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LIGHT
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ZONE
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Yellow
green
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Full
sun to light shade
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4
- 9
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SIZE:
15 ft. - 25 ft. x 10 ft. x 12
ft.
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TYPE:
Deciduous shrub
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CLIPPING/SHEARING:
The flowers should be clipped off to
maintain neatness, and thereafter as
desired to keep a tidy appearance.
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PRUNING:
Tolerates heavy pruning. Prune to maintain
the desired height, and clip to
neaten.
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USE:
A tall, informal hedge.
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SOIL:
Prefers heavy soils.
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COMMENTS:
A long-lived, slow-growing shrub with
small yellow green incidental flowers in
the spring. It coppices strongly and is
very suitable for hedges. The leaves turn
yellow
in the fall. Tolerates drought, air
pollution and wind.
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BOTANICAL:
Berberis x
mentorensis
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PRONOUNCED:
BEAR-ber-is men-tor-EN-sis
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Click on the pic for a close up.
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BLOOMS
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LIGHT
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ZONE
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Yellow
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Full
sun
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5
- 8
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SIZE:
5 ft. x 6 ft.
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TYPE:
Deciduous shrub
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CLIPPING/SHEARING:
Be sure not to clip the new growth too
short to avoid creating bare spots.
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PRUNING:
Can be heavily pruned to maintain a
desired height, or left to grow into an
informal, hedge.
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USE:
As a formal or informal hedge.
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SOIL:
A moist, but well drained organic soil.
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COMMENTS:
An upright, slow growing species which is
a cross between B. julianae and
B. thunbergii. An excellent barrier
plant with dark green leaves, spiny twigs
and insignificant yellow flowers. New
foliage emerges chartreuse, but turns dark
green or blue-green by Summer. It can be
used in hot, dry areas and is suitable as
a hedge plant. Unlike many other
barberries it does not produce fruit. The
fall color is orange to red. If planted in
the shade, it may not develop fall colors.
The thorns are large, so avoid positioning
it where people can be injured by contact
with it.
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BOTANICAL:
Buxus
sempervirens 'Vardar Valley'
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PRONOUNCED:
BUK-sus sem-per-VY-renz
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Click on the pic for a close up.
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COMMON:
Boxwood, Vardar Valley boxwood.
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BLOOMS
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LIGHT
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ZONE
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Greenish-yellow
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Full
sun to light shade
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5
- 8
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SIZE:
2 ft. - 3 ft. x 4 ft. - 5 ft.
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TYPE:
Evergreen shrub
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CLIPPING/SHEARING:
As this is a very slow grower frequent
clipping is not necessary. To maintain a
healthy plant, hand shearing is advised as
electric shears tend to rip the stems.
Remember to keep the shears sharp.
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PRUNING:
Highly prized for hedges because its
small medium green leaves can be sheared
into precise shapes, or a neat, formal,
low hedge. Prune early spring to allow the
new growth to harden off.
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USE:
An excellent subject for low, formal
edging or hedge around the lawn, perennial
bed or herb garden. Carefully shaped it
can be a container specimen.
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SOIL:
A moist, but well drained organic soil.
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COMMENTS:
This boxwood cultivar is a dense, compact,
many-branched, broad, mounded evergreen
shrub. Slow annual growth to 1.5-inches
per year. Greenish yellow flowers
(separate male and female flowers on the
same plant) appear in spring. Flowers are
sparse and insignificant, but fragrant.
The small, round to obovate, medium green
leaves have a blue hue.
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BOTANICAL:
Carpinus
betulus 'Fastigiata'
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PRONOUNCED:
kar-PINE-us BET-yoo-lus
fas-tij-ee-AY-tuh
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Click on the pic for a close up.
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COMMON:
Upright
European hornbeam
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BLOOMS
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BERRIES
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LIGHT
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ZONE
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Male/yellow
or female/green
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Red
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Full
sun to part shade
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4
- 8
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SIZE:
30 ft. - 40 ft. x 20 ft. - 30 ft.
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TYPE:
Deciduous shrub
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CLIPPING/SHEARING:
First in the spring then throughout the
growing season to maintain desired
neatness.
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PRUNING:
It responds very well to hard pruning
when grown as a hedge, and can be
maintained at an 8 ft. - 10 ft.
height.
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USE:
A bold, large, formal or informal
hedge or screen.
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SOIL:
Does best in deep, moist, well-drained
loamy soil.
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COMMENTS:
If the hedge remains unclipped, male
catkins develop which are yellowish, or
female catkins which are greenish. The
fruits are small nutlets in 3-lobed bracts
that appear in drooping 5-inch long
clusters in summer. Betulus is the genus
name for birch in reference to the
birch-like characteristics of this
species. It is shallow-rooted and branches
low to the ground. Note that C.
betulus 'Columnaris' and C.
betulus 'Fastigiata' are two columnar
cultivars often times confused in the
trade. Very narrow when young but
broadening slightly with age. If planted 3
ft. apart it will make a good tall screen
with a minimal maintenance of pruning.
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BOTANICAL:
Euonymus
alatus
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PRONOUNCED:
yoo-ON-ih-mus a-LAY-tus
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Click on the pic to view the summer foliage.
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COMMON:
Burning bush, Winged euonymus.
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BLOOMS
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LIGHT
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ZONE
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N/A
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Full
sun
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4
- 8
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SIZE:
5 ft. - 10 ft. x equal spread.
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TYPE:
Deciduous shrub
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CLIPPING/SHEARING:
These plants have a typically uniform
growth habit and seldom need clipping.
Cannot be clipped into a formal hedge
without ruining the natural shape. Any
unwanted growth should be removed late
winter, early spring.
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PRUNING:
Pruning is not only unnecessary, but can
destroy its pleasing natural shape if not
pruned correctly. Light pruning can be
done at anytime, but severe pruning should
only be done during the winter dormant
season.
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USE:
An informal, medium-height hedge which
provides a burst of color in the
fall.
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SOIL:
Any well drained, relatively moist
soil.
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COMMENTS:
Grown for its foliage which turns
brilliant scarlet in the fall, providing
it is in full sun. The foliage stays clean
and pest free throughout the growing
season. Unfortunately, this is a favorite
snack of deer. Plant in the spring or the
fall. Two suitable cultivars:
E. alatus 'Compactus', 6 ft. - 10
ft. x equal spread.
E. alatus 'Rudy Haag', 5 ft. - 6
ft. x 5 ft.
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