My Favorite Plants
Malus floribunda (Japanese flowering crab apple)
Pronunciation:
Family: Rosaceae
Plant type: Deciduous Tree
Origin: Japan
Zone: 4
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Mature size
Height: 7-10 m
Spread: 7- 10 m
Habit: spreading
Form: oval horizontal
Texture: medium
Exposure - full to part sun
Preferred soil - acidic well drained
Landscape uses - specimen plant, spring interest, fall interest, food, fragrance
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple alternate
Shape: elliptic, ovate
Size: 4-6 cm x 1-1.5 cm
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: sometimes slightly lobed, pinnate venation, soft flexible, acute, crunate
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous
Colour: warm colors
Size: 1.5 - 2.5 cm
Time: may
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Fruit type: pomme
Colour: yellow, orange, red
Time: August September
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Stem
Description: silver smooth bark
Colour: grey brown
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Propagation - seed, cuttings, grafting
Comments - fruit can be used to make jelly's and pectin
Pests - fungal leaf spot, mites rust, scale
Chaenomeles speciosa (Flowering Quince)
Pronunciation:
Family: Rosaceae
Plant type: deciduous shrub
Origin: SE Asia, Japan, China
Zone: 5
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Mature size
Height: 2-3 m
Spread: 2-4 m
Habit: dense, spreading, twiggy upright
Form: oval, horizontal
Texture: medium
Exposure - full sun (for fruit)
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - erosion control, dryland, rock garden, mixed borders, urban agriculture
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple alternate
Shape: ovate
Size: 1.5 - 3 inches long, stipule is half the size
Margin: serrulate
Characteristics: glabrous lustrus
Colour: reddish new growth to green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: cyme
Colour: red orange
Size: 3-4 cm
Time: March
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Fruit type: pome (2 inches)
Colour: yellow red green
Time: September - November
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Stem
Description: smooth, multi stemmed trunk
Colour: brown
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Propagation - softwood cuttings, seed
Comments - fruit is delicious Membrillo Paste recipe
- cut back to 6 inches in winter/fall to promote new spring growth
- has thorns
- cut back to 6 inches in winter/fall to promote new spring growth
- has thorns
Pests - rust, scale, apple pest
Vitis vinifera hybrids and cvs.
Pronunciation:
Family: Vitaceae
Plant type: Vine, climber
Origin: Europe, garden
Zone: 5
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Mature size
Height: 2-3 m
Spread: 3-4 m
Habit: Pendulous, spreading
Form: climbing
Texture: coarse
Exposure - full sun, part sun
Preferred soil - humus rich, well drained
Landscape uses - espalier, urban agriculture, wildlife food, vineyards
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Leaves
Arrangement: lobed, simple, alternate
Shape: orbicular, cordate base
Size: 3-5 inches
Margin: dentate, palmately lobed
Characteristics: palmate venation, soft flexible
Colour: light green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, pannicle
Colour: not showy , green
Size: 3 cm x 6 cm clusters
Time: June July
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Stem
Colour: brown, chocolate cured
Description: exfoliating
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Fruit type: berry
Colour: green, black, purple, red, maroon
Time: August to October
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Propagation - softwood, hardwood cuttings
Comments - How to care for grapes
Pests - mold, scale, mites
Echinops bannaticus (Globe Thistle)
Pronunciation:
Family: Asteraceae
Plant type: Herbaceous Perennial, Cut Flower
Zone: 2
Origin: Europe
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Mature size
Height: .7-1.3 m
Spread: .3-.6 m
Habit: Stiffly upright
Form: oval vertical
Texture: medium coarse
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - rocky, gravelly, dry, well drained
Landscape uses - specimen plant, perennial boarder, rock garden, attract butterflies, cut flower, fall, winter interest
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Leaves
Arrangement: Alternate
Shape: elliptic, ovate
Size: 10-20 cm
Margin: pectinate
Characteristics: glandular hairs, tomentose,
Colour: blueish
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous head, capitulum
Colour: Blueish purple
Size: 10-18 cm
Time: July - August
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Stem
Colour: green brown
Description: spines, stiffly upright
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Fruit type: achene + calyx
Colour: brown black
Time: September, October
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Propagation - separation, seed
Comments - medicinal facts
Pests - aphids, adelgids
Echinacea purpurea (Cone Flower, Echinacea)
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Pronunciation:
Family: Asteraceae
Plant type: Herbaceous Perennial
Zone: 3
Origin: US Northeast
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Mature size
Height: .7-1.3m
Spread: .6-1 m
Habit: spreading
Texture: medium
Form: mounded
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - Well drained
Landscape uses - accent plant
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple, alternate, basal
Shape: lanceolate, ovate
Size: 2-9 cm
Margin: dentate, serrate
Characteristics: pubescent, pinnate venation, soft flexible, granular hairs, tomentose,
Colour: blueish green, black speckling
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, capitulum, head
Colour: violet orange, purple pink
Size: 6-10 cm
Time: July-September
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: strong stiffly upright
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Fruit type: Achene
Colour: Black
Time: September, October
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Propagation - separation
Comments - Can use medicinally in tea Echinacea Medicinal Facts
Pests - pest and disease resistant
Monarda didyma (Bergamot, Bee Balm, Monarda)
Pronunciation: muh-NAR-duh DID-ih-muh
Family: Lamiaceae
Plant type: herbaceous perennial
Zone: 3
Origin: Canada - US
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Mature size
Height: .7-1.3 m
Spread: .3-.6
Form: oval, vertical
Texture: medium
Habit: arching, upright vertical, dense, spreading
Exposure - full sun to part sun
Preferred soil - Wet marshy soils
Landscape uses - attracts hummingbirds, bugs, bees, pollinators, waterside planting, marshy, cut flowers, dried flowers, fragrant, perennials, mixed borders
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple opposite
Shape: ovate
Size:3-12 cm
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: cordate, acute, heavily veined, glabrous, pubescent
Colour:
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: verticillaster
Colour: red
Size: 6-10 cm
Time: July - September
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Stem
Colour: green
Description: square stem
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Fruit type: nut
Colour: brown
Time: September, October
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Propagation - seed, rhizome division, dig up and divide every three years and toss the center
Comments - natural antiseptic, used for mouthwash, bergamot used in earl grey tea
- dead head to encourage blooms
- in fall cut a few inches above ground
Pests - mildew, needs good air circulation
Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)
Pronunciation: VYE-oh-luh x wit-rok-ee-AH-na
Family: Violaceae
Plant type: Biennial
Zone: 7
Origin: Garden Origin
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Mature size
Height: 20-40 cm
Spread: 30-60 cm
Form: mounded
Texture: medium
Habit: stiffly upright
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - acidic, well drained
Landscape uses - bedding plant, cut flower, winter interest
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple alternate, basal
Shape: elliptic, lanceolate, ovate
Size: 4-6 cm
Margin: Crenate
Characteristics: Soft flexible, glabrous, lustrous, rounded, obtuse
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: solitary
Colour: showy, white, violet, blue, yellow, orange
Size: 3.5- 5 cm
Time: Jan-June
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Fruit type: capsule
Colour: brown
Time: June-August
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Propagation seed
Comments medium maintenance, moderate water use, moderate growth rate
Pests, aphids
Sepervivum tectorum (Hens and Chicks)
Pronunciation: sem-pur-VYE-vum teck-TORE-um
Family: Crassulaceae
Plant type: evergreen succulent, ground cover
Zone: 4
Origin: Mountains S of Europe
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Mature size
Height: 10-20 cm
Spread: 30-60 cm
Form: mounded
Texture: medium
Habit: spreading
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Leaves
Arrangement: whorled, simple
Shape: obovate (egg shaped)
Size: 2cm wide x 4-5 cm length
Margin: entire
Characteristics: pubescent
Colour: various greens, purples, silvers
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: cyme
Colour: showy, pink, purple, red
Size: cluster = 10-12 cm
Time: summer to late fall
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Stem
Colour: leaf color
Description: basal
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Fruit type:
Colour: brown
Time: September October
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Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - rocky gravelly dry, anywhere, extremely drought tolerant
Landscape uses - potted plants, green walls, garden space, replace lawn, green roofs, rock garden
Propagation - division
Comments - sempervivum - derives from ever green
- romans used this as a "Love Medicine" to make someone fall in love with you
Pests - pest resistant
Nandina domestica (heavenly bamboo)
Pronunciation: nan-DYE-nuh doe-MESS-tih-kuh
Family: Berberidaceae
Plant type: Broadleaf evergreen
Zone: 7
Origin: Asia
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Mature size
Height: > 2 m
Spread: 1-1.5 m
Form: oval- vertical
Texture: medium fine
Habit: stiffly upright, twiggy
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Leaves
Arrangement: compound, alternate
Shape: elliptic, lanceolate
Size: 4.8-6.2 cm
Margin: entire
Characteristics: leathery, glabrous, tripinnate, attenuate, cuneate, acuminate
Colour: bluish, green in summer, green red in fall
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, panicle
Colour: showy, white
Size: 0.4-1.2 cm
Time: September, October, November
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Stem
Colour: grey, green, red, tan
Description: moderately fissured
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Fruit type: berry
Colour: red
Time: persistent November - December
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Exposure - part shade, part sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - containers, cut flowers, mass planting or group, interest all year round
Propagation - Ryzomes, layering by seed
Comments - demesticated, used in gardens
- beautiful red accent near houses
- would use near front steps or wrap around of house
- beautiful red accent near houses
- would use near front steps or wrap around of house
Pests - fungal leaf spot, root rot, virus, wilt
Ceanothus gloriosus 'Point Reyes' (Point Reyes Creeper)
Family: Rhamnuaceae
Plant type: Broadleaf evergreen
Zone: 7
Origin: US Southwest
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Mature size
Height: 20-40 cm
Spread: 1.5-2 m
Form: Creeping/mat-like
Texture: Medium-Fine
Habit: Horizontal, spreading
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple opposite
Shape: Oblong
Size: 0.6-5.4 cm long x 0.9-2.6 cm wide
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: heavily veined, leathery, pinnate venation, blabrous, pubescent, obcordate or retuse, rounded
Colour: dark-green year round
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous cyme
Colour: showy, violet, blue, purple
Size: 5-6 mm
Time: June
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Stem
Colour: purple, brown
Description: herbaceous, stemmy
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Fruit type: capsule
Colour: brown
Time: August, September
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Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - rocky gravelly, dry, well drained
Landscape uses - alpine, attract beneficial insects, container planting, dryland, ground cover, rock garden, spring interest
Propagation - seed, cuttings, layering, division
Comments - trailing ground cover, modified runners/stolons, fragrant,
Pests - dieback, fungal leaf spot, root rot, scale insects
Forsythiaz intermedia (Forsythia)
Pronunciation: for-SYE-thee-uh ex in-tur-MEE-dee-uh
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Family: Oleaceae
Plant type: Deciduous shrub, flowering cut plant
Zone: 6
Origin: Garden Origin
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Mature size
Height: 2-3 m
Spread: 3-4 m
Form: irregular, vase
Texture: medium fine
Habit: arching, stiffly - upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple, opposite
Shape: lanceolate, ovate
Size: 11-13 cm
Margin: serrate
Characteristics: glaborous, soft flexible, pinnate venation
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, solitary flower
Colour: yellow, showy
Size: 1.5-1.8 cm
Time: March, April
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Stem
Colour: brown
Description: prominent lenticels, multi-stemmed
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Fruit type: capsule
Colour: brown
Time: September, October
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Exposure - filtered shade, full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - mixed shrub boarder, tall background, sheered hedge
Propagation - greenwood cuttings, softwood cuttings, hardwood cuttings, layering
Comments - needs frequent pruning, superposed leaf bud, one of the most noticeable spring flowering plant
Pests - die back, fungal leaf spots, galls, nematodes, root rot and virus
Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter Flowering Jasmine)
Pronunciation: JAZZ-mih-num noo-dih-FLORE-um
Family: Oleaceae
Plant type: Shrub - Deciduous, Vine or Climber
Zone: 6
Origin: China
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Mature size
Height:2-3 m
Spread: 2-3 m
Form: Irregular
Texture: fine
Habit: Arching
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Leaves
Arrangement: Compound, Opposite
Shape: Oblong, orbicular, ovate
Size: 2.2-3.1 cm
Margin: Serrulate
Characteristics: Palmate venations, Tomentose, Trifoliate (ternate), Acute, rounded, upper leaf surface and margins with rough texture
Colour: green in summer, yellow in fall
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: Floriferous, flowers solitary
Colour: yellow, fragrant
Size: 3-3.4 cm
Time: January, February
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Stem
Colour: olive
Description: smooth
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Fruit type: insignificant
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Exposure - full sun, part sun/shade
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - arbors or trellis, erosion control, spring interest, winter interest
Propagation - cuttings, layering
Comments - prune after flowering and heavily every 3-4 years
- "A palatable syrup can be made from the flowers of many Jasminum species. It is an excellent medicine in coughs, hoarsenesses and other disorders of the breast. An infusion of five or six ounces of the flowers picked clean from the leaves, in a quart of boiling water, being strained off and boiled in a syrup, with the addition of a sufficient quantity of honey."
- Create a simple syrup from the flowers of the winter jasmine and try a Strawberry and Jasmine Coctail
Pests - fungal leaf spot, rootrot, scale insects, virus
Lithodora diffusa 'Grace Ward' (Blue Lithospermum)
Pronunciation: lith-oh-DOR-uh dy-FEW-sa
Family: boraginaceae
Plant type: broadleaf evergreen, ground cover
Zone: 5
Origin: Europe, garden origin
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Mature size
Height: 20-40 cm
Spread: 1.5-2 m
Form: creeping mat like, weeping
Texture: fine
Habit: spreading, twiggy
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple, alternate
Shape: elliptic, linear, oblong
Size: 0.8-1.6 cm
Margin: entire
Characteristics: leathery, pubescent, obtuse, rounded, truncate
Colour: dark green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous, cume
Colour: showy, blue violet
Size: five petals, 1.5 - 1.8 cm
Time: April, May, June, July, August
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Stem
Colour: green, brown
Description: herbaceous and shrubby material
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Fruit type: nut, insignificant
Colour: brown
Time: July, August
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Exposure - full sun, part sun, part shade
Preferred soil - acidic, well drained
Landscape uses - alpine, container planting, erosion control, ground cover, perennial border, shrub border, small garden space, spring interest
Propagation - seed, softwood cuttings
Comments - low maintenance and low water
Pests - disease resistance, mites
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