Week 3 Flashcards
(20 cards)
674
Purple Hopseed Bush
- Normally full sun
- Green in winter/spring months
- Purple tinge when water deprived
Dondonaea viscosa ‘purpurea’
292
Blue Fescue Grass
- Full sun / part sun
- Dry out between waterings
- Propagated by division
Festuca glauca
514
Noell’s Grevillea
- Water thrifty / almost drought tolerant
- No irrigation during summer
- Full sun / part sun
- 5 by 7 foot growth
- Good for shaping
- Dry area for planting
- Evergreen
Grevillea ‘Noellii’
677
Rose of Sharon
- Small Tree sometimes shrub
- Tough, takes the heat
- Decidous
- Full sun / part sun
- Violet flowering
- Frost tolerant
- Dry to moist soil
Hibiscus syriacus
622
Lantana
- Red flowering with yellow center
- Full sun / heat
- Drought tolerant, water lightly
- Cold winters can destroy
- Perrenial, flowers all year around
Lantana camara
155
Shasta Daisy
- Full sun / part sun
- Bright white flowering
- Blooms in summer
Leucanthemum x superbum

828
Mayten Tree
- Propagated from seeds and cuttings
- Does not tolerate wet feet
- Shade / part shade
- Evergreen
- Cascading growth (similar to weeping willow)
Maytenus boaria
687
Oleander
- Tough plant, water thrifty
- Shrubs can be trained into trees
- Red/pinkish flowering
- Often seen on highway medians
- Extremely poisonous plant
Nerium oleander
324
Mondo Grass
- Enjoys shade
- Evergreen
- Thin grass out to allow continued growth
- Propagated by division
Ophiopogon japonicus
833
European Olive
- Evergreen
- Can be messy / male tree is best to maintain neatness
- Enjoys heat, very little watering
- Full sun / part shade
- Females can be sprayed to prevent fruiting
- Native to Europe
Olea europaea
946
Canary Island Pine
- Native to the Canary Islands
- Indigenous to warmer climates
- Shallow roots
- One of the longest needles of all pines
- Juvenile needles are shorter with a blue tinge
Pinus canariensis
540
Dwarf Mugho Pine
- Tough
- Tree or shrub
- Sun and heat
- Dry out between waterings
- Needs room to grow
Pinus mugo mughus
740
Black Stem Pittosporum
- Shrub
- Medium growth pattern
- Full sun / part sun
- Prune to maintain density
- Usually propagated as cuttings
Pittosporum tenuifolium
690
Mock Orange / Tobira
- Large shrub
- Can grow into small tree
- Fast grower until maturity
- Spatulate leaves
- Fruiting can be messy
Pittosporum tobira
743
Yew Pine
- Evergreen
- Medium size tree
- Cloumn shape
- Full sun / usually shade to part shade.
- Once established, water thrifty
Podocarpus macrophyllus
746
Cherry Laurel
- Roots easily
- Large shrub / small tree
- Full sun / part sun / shade
- Hedge like structure
Prunus laurocerasus
Paraguay Nightshade
N/A
- Full sun / part sun
- Evergreen
- Purple flowering
- Water stress may create darker flowers
- Hard freeze will cause damage
Solanum rantonnetii
860
Evergreen Pear
- Eveergreen to decidous depending on variety
- Structurally sound compared to other pears
- Skilled pruner for good structure
- Shiny leaves with serrated margins
Pyrus kawakamii
927
Thornless Honey Locust
- Shade tree
- Does well in heat
- Fast growing
- Produces bean pods
- Branching can be somewhat brittle
- Compound leave assortment
Gleditsia tricanthos inermis
923
Evergreen Ash
- Grows fast
- Sometimes structurally weak
- Shade tree for quick effect
- Prone to Anthracnose
- Larger leaflets
Fraxinus uhdei
