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Gardenia jasminoides |
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Gardenia or Cape
Jasmine |
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Height: 4-6'
Spread: 4-6'
Sun to partial shade, prefers acidic, moist,
well drained soil, protect from winter winds
Hardiness
Zone: 8-10 (7b with winter protection)
Evergreen shrub
with large, glossy dark green leaves and waxy white fragrant
flowers. Blooms over a long period of time. Can
be used as a hedge shrub or specimen plant. Foliage is
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Gardenia
jasminoides 'August Beauty' |
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August Beauty
Gardenia |
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Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6'
Full sun, moist
well-drained soil
Hardiness Zone: 7b-10 (7a with winter
protection)
Large, double, very fragrant
white flowers from May to October. Vigorous shrub with a
dense and slightly upright growth habit. |
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Gardenia
jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy' |
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Kleim's Hardy
Gardenia |
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Height: 2-3'
Spread: 2-3'
Sun to partial shade, acidic, moist well-drained soil, slightly more cold tolerant than other
varieties
Hardiness Zone: 7b-10
Single, 2" ivory
flowers adorn this small, compact shrub. Foliage is a
glossy black green. |
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Gardenia
jasminioides 'Radicans' |
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Creeping
Gardenia |
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Height: 1-2
Spread: 2-4'
Sun to partial shade, moist well-drained
acidic soil, drought tolerant
Hardiness Zone: 8-10 (7b
with good winter protection)
A prostrate, small leaved
variety. Lustrous green leaves with 1-2" double,
white, fragrant flowers. Use as ground cover, front of
mixed border, or in massed plantings.
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Hydrangea
anomala petiolaris |
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Climbing
Hydrangea |
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Height: 30-60'
Spread: can also be used as a ground cover
Full sun
to shade. Situate on north or east exposure in adverse
climates. Rich, well-drained moist soil.
Hardiness
Zone: 4-8
Clinging vine that has glossy green
leaves and lacy white flowers in mid-summer.
Leaves stay green late into fall, then can turn bright
yellow before falling. Vine will be slow growing until
rooted in. |
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Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii
nana' |
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Dwarf Burford
Holly |
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Height: 5-6' Spread: 6-10'
Sun to partial shade, heat and drought
tolerant,
well-drained soil
Hardiness Zone: 7-9
A more compact and slower growing form of Burford Holly,
having the same characteristics except the leaves are
smaller and it doesn't fruit as prolifically. Good as
a hedge or specimen plant. |
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Ilex cornuta
'Carissa' |
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Carissa Holly |
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Height: 3-4'
Spread: 6'
Sun to partial shade, well-drained soil, heat
and drought tolerant
Hardiness Zone: 7-9
Dense,
mounding, compact shrub, great for hedges and foundation
plantings. Glossy green leaves with only one spine per
leaf. Evergreen. |
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Ilex cornuta
'Needlepoint' |
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Needlepoint Holly |
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Height: 10-15'
Spread: 8-10'
Sun to partial shade, well drained
soil
Hardiness Zone: 7-9
Upright grower with
more delicate leaf than Burfordii types. Showy red
berries. Good plant for screens or as a specimen tree. |
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Ilex crenata
compacta |
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Dwarf Japanese Holly |
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Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-6'
Sun, partial shade. Light,
moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness Zone: 5-8
Dwarf, small leafed dense shrub. Evergreen, with
lustrous dark green leaves. Good for foundation
planting and short hedges. Needs little pruning. |
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Ilex crenata
'Green Lustre' |
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Green Lustre Holly |
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Height: 4-6'
Spread: 8-12'
Sun to partial shade. Likes slightly
acidic, well-drained soil.
Hardiness Zone: 5-8
Loose and open shrub usually grows twice as wide as it does
tall. Less dense than compacta holly, with
similar colored lustrous dark green leaves. |
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Ilex crenata 'Hoogendoorn' |
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Hoogendoorn
Holly |
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Height: 2-4' Spread:
4-6'
Sun to partial shade. Well-drained soil.
Hardiness Zone: 5-8
Compact, rounded growth habit
with dark green small-leafed dense foliage. Good all
around shrub for foundation and hedge plantings. |
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Ilex crenata
'Sky Pencil' |
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Sky Pencil |
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Height: 6-10'
Spread: 1-2'
Sun. Well-drained soil.
Hardiness Zone: 5-10
Lustrous dark green, small
leafed columnar shrub. Excellent plant to provide a
vertical element to the landscape. Also good in large
pots on a patio. |
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Ilex crenata
'Soft Touch' |
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Soft Touch
Holly |
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Height: 2-3'
Spread: 3'
Sun to part shade. Prefers moist,
acidic soil.
Hardiness Zone: 6-9
Dense and
compact evergreen shrub with lustrous, dark green leaves.
Has a softer, less rigid growth habit than Helleri.
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Ilex
crenata 'Steeds' |
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Steeds Holly |
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Height: 6-8'
Spread: 5-6'
Sun to part shade. Prefers moist,
acidic soil.
Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Upright
pyramidal shaped shrub, with flat, lustrous dark green
leaves. Good specimen plant. |
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Ilex glabra
'Shamrock' |
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Dwarf
Inkberry Holly |
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Height: 3-4'
Spread: 2-3'
Sun to part shade. Prefers moist,
acidic soil.
Hardiness Zone: 5-9 (more hardy than
I. crenata)
Upright and compact, heavy branching,
evergreen shrub. New growth is brighter green that
overlays previous year's mature dark green foliage.
Small leafed. Slower growing than compacta. Use
for foundations and low hedge plantings. |
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Ilex vomitoria
'Schilling's Dwarf' |
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Dwarf Yaupon
Holly |
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Height: 3-4'
Spread: 3-4'
Sun to part shade. Tolerant of
many soil types, city pollutants and salt spray.
Hardiness Zone: 7-10
More compact than 'Nana', with
smaller leaves and purplish new growth. Mature foliage
is a dark green. Considered to be the best dwarf holly
for the south. It is ideal for both foundation and
hedge plantings. |
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Ilex x
'Nellie R. Stevens' |
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Nellie R.
Stevens Holly |
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Height:
15-25'
Spread: 5-8'
Sun to part shade. Prefers
acidic, somewhat dry soil. Tolerant of heat and
drought.
Hardiness Zone: 6-9
Large shrub
that grows pyramidically. Leaves are dark green,
thick, glossy and toothed, shaped as typically associated
with the holly. Good screen or specimen planting.
Birds love them both as nesting areas and for their prolific
red berries. |
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Illicium
parviflorum |
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Small Anise
Tree |
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Height: 8-10'
Spread: 5-7'
Sun to part shade. Tolerates
both moist and dry soils.
Hardiness Zone: 6-9
Fragrant, rich olive green leaves. Flowers are small
and yellow-green in color. Flowers in May-June, has
star-shaped fruit in September-October. |
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Itea virginica
'Henry's Garnet' |
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Henry's Garnet
Sweetspire |
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Height: 3-5'
Spread: 4-6'
Full sun or shade; prefers moist, fertile
soils, tolerant of heat and cold
Hardiness Zone:
5-9
A compact and rounded shrub with arching branches.
Large, white, fragrant flowers in early summer. Fall
color is a brilliant reddish purple. Both flowers and
fall color are considered superior to the species. Use
in mass plantings or mixed borders. |
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