IPM Unit Plants

DogwoodCornus florida

• Plant type: Deciduous, Flowering Tree • USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 9a • Height: 15 – 30’ • Exposure: shade to full sun • Bloom Color: White or Pink• Bloom Time: Spring • Short-lived tree – 25 years• Landscape Uses: Specimen, Woodland garden • Commercial cultivar of native tree• Many other species: Chinese, Japanese, Osier

Hosta

• Herbaceous, perennial• USDA Zone: 4a – 9a• 10 – 12” tall, 24 – 32” wide• Full shade to part shade• Blooms Mid Summer: Purple, white• Green or variegated• Border, Container, Foundation, Ground cover, • Deer favorite

Knock-out Rose• Deciduous flowering shrub• Full sun to part-shade• Grows 3-4' wide x 3-4' tall. • USDA Zone 5 – 11• Colors: Pink, white, red, & yellow• The most widely sold rose in North America.• Easy to grow and do not require special care

– disease resistant – bloom every 5-6 weeks until the first hard frost. – self-cleaning

• A once a year cut (to about 12-18" above the ground) in early spring

• Use as hedge, or specimen plant

FoxgloveDigitalis• Plant type: Biennial, Herb, • USDA Hardiness Zones: 4a to 8a • Height: 2-5’ • Exposure: partial shade to full sun • Bloom Color: Pink, Purple, White • Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer• Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Massing, Specimen,

Woodland garden • All or parts of this plant are poisonous• Suitable for cut flowers during 2nd year• Extract used for heart medicine

Forsythia• Plant type: Shrub • USDA Hardiness Zones: 5a to 8b • Height: 6’ to 10’ Spread: 5’ to 8’ • Exposure: partial shade to full sun • Bloom Color: Yellow • Bloom Time: Early spring, Mid spring • Moisture: moist • Form: Upright or erect • Landscape Uses: Erosion control, Screen• Usually the first color in spring landscape

English IvyHedera• Evergreen Vine• Hardiness Zone: 5-9• Height, Spread – Climbs readily to over 20’• Exposure: Part sun to shade• Uses: Ground cover, grows over trellises, containers• Can be invasive• Very tough and durable

SolidagoGolden Rod• Plant type: Perennial • USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-9• Height: 24-36”, Spread: 12-18” • Exposure: Full Sun• Bloom Color: Yellow • Bloom Time: Mid summer - Mid fall • Leaf Color: Green • Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Foundation, Seashore,

Specimen, Woodland garden • Special Features: Attractive foliage, North American native,

Naturalizing, Suitable for cut flowers, Suitable for dried flowers

RedbudCercis canadensis

• Plant type: Deciduous, Flowering, Tree • USDA Hardiness Zones: 4b to 9a • Height & Spread: 15 to 30’ • Exposure: partial shade to full sun • Bloom Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple • Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring • Growth Rate: fast • Landscape Uses: Specimen, Street tree, Woodland garden • Native tree with commercial cultivars