Table of Contents

Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Landscape 

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Design and Planting Guidelines Planning, Planting, and More Part 2: Trees TREE BASICS AND FINE POINTSTREE PROFILESAlphabetized by genus (scientific name)

• AbiesThe Firs

• Acer The Maples
• AesculusThe Buckeyes

• BetulaThe Birches

• Calocedrus decurrensIncense Cedar

• CarpinusThe Hornbeams

• CaryaHickories

• Cedrus The Cedars

• CercisThe Redbuds

• Chamaecyparis The White Cedars also called False Cypresses

• Chionanthus The Fringe Trees

• Cladrastis luteaAmerican Yellowwood also called Virgilia

• CornusThe Dogwoods

• CorylusThe Filberts also called Hazelnuts

• Cotinus The Smoke Trees

• CrataegusThe Hawthorns

• Davidia involucrataDove Tree also called Handkerchief Tree

• EucalyptusThe Gum Trees

• Fagus The Beeches

• Franklinia alatamahaFranklin Tree

• Fraxinus The Ashes

• Ginkgo bilobaGinkgo also called Maidenhair Tree

• Gymnocladus dioica Kentucky Coffee Tree

• HalesiaThe Silverbells

• IlexThe Hollies

• Juniperus The Junipers

• KoelreuteriaGolden-Rain
• Laburnum Laburnum

• Lagerstroemia indicaThe Crape Myrtles

• LarixThe Larches

• Liquidambar styracifluaAmerican Sweet Gum

• LiriodendronThe Tulip Trees

• MagnoliaThe Magnolias

• MalusThe Crabapples

• Nyssa sylvaticaBlack Gum also called Black Tupelo, Sour Gum, or Pepperidge

• Oxydendrum arboreumSourwood also called Sorrel Tree

• Phellodendron amurenseCork Tree also called Amur Cork Tree

• PiceaThe Spruces

• PinusThe Pines

• PrunusThe Flowering Plums, Cherries, and Almonds

• Pyrus calleryana Callery Pear also called Flowering Pear

• QuercusThe Oaks

• Salix The Willows

• Sophora (aka Styphnolobium)The Sophoras

• Sorbus The Mountain Ashes

• Stewartia The Stewartias

• StyraxThe Snowbells

• Thuja The Arborvitaes

• Tilia The Lindens also called Basswoods

• Tsuga The Hemlocks

• Ulmus parvifoliaChinese Elm also called Lacebark Elm 

• Zelkova serrataJapanese Zelkova also called Saw Leaf Zelkova

Part 3: Shrubs SHRUB BASICS AND FINE POINTSSHRUB PROFILESAlphabetized by genus (scientific name) • Abelia 3 grandifloraGlossy Abelia • Acer palmatumJapanese Maple 

• Amelanchier The Serviceberries also called Shadblows

• Aucuba japonicaGold-Dust Tree also called Japanese Laurel

• Buddleia Butterfly Bush also called Summer Lilac

• Calluna vulgarisScotch Heather

• CamelliaThe Camellias

• Ceanothus Ceanothus

• ChaenomelesThe Flowering Quinces

• CistusThe Rock Roses

• ClethraThe Clethras also called Summersweet or Sweet Pepper Bush

• Cotoneaster The Cotoneaster

• Daphne The Daphnes

• DeutziaThe Deutzias 

• EricaThe Heaths 

• ForsythiaThe Forsythias 

• FothergillaThe Fothergillas 

• Gardenia jasminoidesGardenia also called Cape Jasmine

• Gaultheria Salal and Wintergreen 
• Genista tinctoriaWoadwaxen 

• Hamamelis The Witch Hazels 

• Hibiscus syriacusRose-of-Sharon also called Shrub Althea 

• Hydrangea Hydrangea 

• Hypericum St. John’swort 

• Kalmia latifoliaMountain Laurel 

• Kerria japonicaJapanese Kerria 

• Kolkwitzia amabilisBeauty Bush

• LeucothoeThe Leucothoes 

• Mahonia The Mahonias 

• Nandina domesticaHeavenly Bamboo 

• PhiladelphusThe Mock Oranges

• Physocarpus opulifoliusEastern Ninebark 

• Pieris Pieris also called Andromeda 

• PotentillaThe Cinquefoils

• RhododendronThe Azaleas

• RhododendronThe Rhododendrons

• RosaThe Roses 

• Sarcococca The Sweet Boxes 

• SkimmiaThe Skimmias 

• SyringaThe Lilacs 

• ViburnumThe Viburnums 

• VitexThe Chaste Trees 

• Weigela The Weigelas Part 4: Hedges HEDGE BASICS AND FINE POINTSHEDGE PROFILES Alphabetized by genus (scientific name)
• BerberisThe Barberries

• Buxus The Boxwoods

• Cupressocyparis leylandiiLeyland Cypress

• Euonymus Euonymus
• LigustrumThe Privets

• Lonicera The Honeysuckles

• Nerium oleanderThe Oleanders also called Rose Bays

• OsmanthusOsmanthus 

• Photinia The Photinias also called Christmas Berries 

• Podocarpus Podocarpus 

• Prunus laurocerasusCherry Laurel 

• PyracanthaThe Firethorns 

• RosaRoses for Hedges 

• Spiraea The Spireas 

• TaxusThe Yews 

Glossary 

Index

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