Junior Nursery/ Landscaping Competition

Christina Smith

Glossy Abelia

• Leaves grow on opposite sides

• Sun or no sun, leaves are always glossy (shiny) on both sides

Ajuga• Shiny, dark purple leaves

• Oval glossy leaves are 3”- 4” long and grow opposite of each other

Japanese Aucuba

• Splattered with yellow paint

• Might have red berries

Indica Azalea

• Big leafed Azalea

Kurume Azalea

• Small leafed azalea

Japanese Barberry

• Spatula shaped leaves, red fruit

• Yellow flowers hanging single below the stem

• Single spine at each base leaf

Hybrid Bermuda

• Looks like regular grass

River Birch

• Raged edges• Wood is hard, strong

and knotty

Boxwood

• Leaves are usually, small but thick and leathery

Bradford Pear

• Buds are fuzzy• Edges of leaves are

kind of wavy

Butterfly Bush

• leaves are long and narrow or somewhat egg-shaped and arranged oppositely on the branches

• Leaves are 4 to 10 inches long and 1 to 3 inches wide

Camellia

• Glossy on top

Yucca

• Looks like a Aloe, has a sword shaped leaf

• Kind of wide (narrow), flat needles

Daylily

• Has a pronounce midrib on it

Indian Hawthorne

• Has (blue) berries on it

Centipede

• Grass that looks like it has layers and kind of like bamboo marks on it

Crape Myrtle

• The fruit looks like jingle bells

• Leaves are a glossy medium green

• Has an opposite leaf arrangement, ovate (rain drop shape) and a leaf and smooth margin

Carissa Holly

• Leaves cup up

Dwarf Burford Holly

• Leaves cup down

Liriope

• Has no pronounce midrib

Southern Magnolia

• Glossy on top dull on bottom

• Big, dark green leaves

Leather Leaf Mahonia

• look like leather, spiky on the sides

• Glossy on top dull on bottom asymmetrical

Dwarf Nandina

• Red, yellow, green leaves

• Leaves come in in sets of three like poison ivy

Sweet Gum

• Has a star like leaf shape

• Also has glossy leaves

• Spiky ball like fruit

Weeping Willow

• Light green above, grayish- green beneath

Ginkgo

• The leaves are irregularly shaped.

• They are often deeply grooved in the middle of the leaf

Leyland Cypress

• Is a dark green color • Looks like a pine but

it really isn't• The leaf is small, thin,

and scaly

Chinese Holly

• Are spiky leaves and have red berries

• Is usually the stuff they hang up around Christmas

Red Maple

• Three lobes, sometimes with two extra mini-lobes near the bottom

• Few wavy teeth, Long petiole (often red )

Mondo Grass

• Has a pronounce mid rib

Japanese Maple

• Has star shaped leaves

• Opposite leaf arrangement

• Green or red colored leaves

Flowering Dogwood

• The leaf has no teeth

Eastern Redbud

• Heart shaped leaf; short point

• No teeth ; long petiole

Yellow Poplar

• Four pointy lobes, sometimes with two extra mini-lobes near base

• Long petiole, no teeth

Pyracantha

• The leaves are arranged opposite of each other

• They are a dark green with finely toothed margines

Privet Hedge

• Leaves are large and small

• This plant is often used as a privacy hedge

Border Forsythia

• Opposite leaf arrangement

• Upright and overreaching branches

Plum Yew

• Has a short petiole • Has needle LIKE

leaves • Looks like my moms

mothers day plant

Emerald Zoysia

• Grass that springs from one point

• Is a thin blade of grass

Dwarf Yaupon Holly

• Has a symmetrical, dense, rounded form

Live Oak

• The dark green thick leaves are oval with small spines along the margin and measure

• Georgia's state tree

Hybrid Tea Rose

• Anything that has a rose on it call it a hybrid tea rose

Eastern White Pine

Hosta

English Ivy

Cape Jasmine Gardenia

Blue Rug Juniper

Andorra Juniper

Loblolly Pine

Japanese Cleyera