HRT 212 Plant Walk 9 Rose Family Shrubs Preview

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Cotoneaster horizontalis

Rockspray cotoneasterNote, not flat like C. Daameri, but very low. Fishbone branching.

2

Aronia melanocarpa

Black chokeberryNote persistant clusters of dark black berries

3

Kerria japonica

Japanese kerriaNote very green stems

4

Exochorda racemosa

Pearl BushNote capsulesExpanding flower buds look like pearls

5

Sorbaria sorbifolia

False spireaNote pinnately compound leaves, plants spreading by suckers to the point of being weedydried flower heads from last summer

6

Spiraea japonica/x bumalda

Spirea Bumalda (knee high or more)Japanese Spirea shorterNote colorful emerging leaves, fine twiggy habitdried flat-top flower heads

7

Spirea thunbergii 'Ogon'

Baby's breath spireaNew leaves very pale green, early flowers

8

Stephanandra incisa

Lace Shrub, StephanandraNote: spreads by suckers which form layerssharp, short thorns at nodes

9

Itea virginica

Sweet shrubNote red/green ish stems,thready remenants of flower spikes at terminals

10

Hypericum sp

HypericumNote capsules at terminals of branches

11

Paeonia suffruiticosa

Tree PeonyNote emerginf leavescouarse habitlarge open capsules from last year

12

Cotoneaster dammeri

Bear Berry cotoneasterNote very flat habit, leaves evergreen/semi evergreenabundant fruit

13

Potentilla fruiticosa

Potentilla or CinquefoilTiny leaves with 5 leafletsLOTS of tiny brown rounded capsules from last years flowers

14

Rosa 'Oso Easy Pink Cupcake'

It is a rose

15

Physocarpus opulifolius

NinebarkNote shreddy exfoliating bark on older stemsarching habitclusters of dried flowers