Lab Walk 4: Broadleaved Evergreens Preview

1

Bayberry

Myrica pennsylvanica Note semi-evergreen leaves, wax-covered berriesLeaves and berries fragrant when crushed

2

Green Velvet Boxwood

Buxus x 'Green Velvet'Note: leaves are opposite, strong fragrance

3

Hellebores (Lenten Rose, Christmas Rose)

Helleborus sp.Note palmately componund foliage, thick and evergreen with serrated edgesFlowers early in spring: flowers white, pink, rose, purple, yellow

4

Winterberry or Michigan Holly

Ilex verticillata Pretty boring right now. Hope you saw the berries before the birds got there.

5

American Holly

Ilex opaca Note tree-form habit, "medium green" leaves

6

Emerald Gaiety and Blondy Wintercreepers

Euonymus fortunei Note: two cultivars of wintercreeper, clearly loved by deer

8

Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra Note leaves wider at tip than base, three small notches at end of leafthin texture, lacking large terminal buds

9

Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica Note terminal flower clusters

10

Catawba Rhododendron

Rhododendron catawbienseNote thick, large leathery leaves, coarse habit and very large terminal flower buds

11

Blue Holly

Ilex x meserveae Note leaves are simple, NOT compund, lacking large flower clusters; leves rich dark bluish greenshrub form

12

Common Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens Note foliage opposite, strong odor

13

Purple leaf wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’ Note ground cover habit, purple winter color, serrated leaf margins and white leaf veins

14

Deciduous azalea

Rhododendron spNote large terminal flower buds

15

Evergreen Azalea

Rhododendron spNote leaves smaller and thinner than R. Catawbiense, plants much smaller, terminal flower clusters

16

Sweet Box

Sarcococca hookeriana Note short ground cover habit, flower buds in leaf axils, evergreen

17

Pachysandra or spurge

Pachysandra terminalis and Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegatus'Note terminal flower clusters, visible stolons

18

Liriope or creeping lilyturf

Liriope spicata Note grass-like foliage

19

Vinca Periwinckle or Myrtle

Vinca minorNote, just like Purple leaf winter creeper, this has opposite leaves and white-ish leaf veins - however, the leaf edges are smooth ("entire margins"). And there is no purple coloration.