Module 4 - Week 5

Latin Name: Hyacinthus orientalis
Common Name: common hyacinth
Family: Asparagaceae
Origin: Southwestern Asia
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Basal leaves with flowering stalks
Habit: Spreading
Leaves: Basal around flower stalk, irregular margin
Flowers: Radially arranged racemes of purple trumpets
Cultural Requirements: Sensitive to wet soil, needs drainage and aeration
Landscape Uses: Spring colour
Notes: Powerful sweet fragrance

Latin Name: Magnolia ‘Susan’
Common Name: magnolia Susan
Family: Magnoliaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Deciduous tree
Form: Dwarf tree
Habit: Rounded branching
Leaves: Typical magnolia leaf
Flowers: Flowers profusely, white fornt side of tepals, pink underside, lanceolate tepals
Cultural Requirements: Moist, acidic, well drained soil, full sun
Landscape Uses: Dwarf flowering tree for smaller spaces
Notes: Grows to 4m tall

Latin Name: Prunus × yedoensis 'Somei-Yoshino'
Common Name: Somei-Yoshino cherry
Family: Rosaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Deciduous tree
Form: Rounded branching on single main trunk
Habit: Dense
Leaves: Ovate, pointed tip, serrated margin
Flowers: 5 pinkish-white sepals, coymb
Cultural Requirements: Among best cherries suited to typical Vancouver conditions
Landscape Uses: Space for large flowering tree
Notes: Propagates easily, is not grafted

Latin Name: Scilla siberica
Common Name: Siberian squill
Family: Asparagaceae
Origin: Caucasus
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial 
Form: Basal leaves and flowering stalks
Habit: Spreading
Leaves: Basal, radial, thick lanceolate, pointed tip
Flowers: Purple racemes of pendulous florets, 6 petals, blue anthers
Cultural Requirements: Average, medium, well-drained soil, full sun to part shade
Landscape Uses: Spring bulb colour
Notes: Can spread somewhat aggressively

Latin Name: Rhododendron ‘PJM’
Common Name: rhododendron PJM
Family: Ericaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Evergreen shrub
Form: Rounded
Habit: Densely branched, tight
Leaves: Small ovate leaves, purple/brown in winter, green in summer
Flowers: Small pink flower
Cultural Requirements: Moist but well drained organic soil, shade or sun
Landscape Uses: Where an flowering evergreen shrub is needed, institutions
Notes: Will flower in shade or sun

Latin Name: Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud'
Common Name: Thundercloud cherry-plum
Family: Rosaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Deciduous tree
Form: Vaselike
Habit: Diffuse branching without a leader
Leaves: Ovate, pointed tip, serrated margin
Flowers: Solitary, 5 pink petals
Cultural Requirements: Moist, acidic soil, well drained, full sun
Landscape Uses: Medium sized flowering tree 
Notes: Solitary flowers distinguish from cherries

Latin Name: Berberis verruculosa
Common Name: warty barberry
Family: Berberidaceae
Origin: Western China
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Evergreen shrub
Form: Mounded
Habit: Reaching stems which arch with age
Leaves: Triangular, spiny margin, whorled at nodes, white underside
Flowers: Yellow floret, small, blooming at end of April
Stem/Bark: Light brown stem with thorns 
Cultural Requirements: Lean soil, full sun, will withstand abusive conditions
Landscape Uses: Barrier shrub
Notes: Dark blue fruit

Latin Name: Prunus ‘Accolade’
Common Name: Accolade cherry
Family: Rosaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Deciduous tree
Form: Broad
Habit: Upward arching branches
Leaves: Ovate, pointed tip, serrated
Flowers: Double flowers, pinkish-white petals, white inner circle
Cultural Requirements: Moist, acid, well drain soil, full sun
Landscape Uses: Large space for flowering tree
Notes:Needs good air circulation and full sun to avoid disease

Latin Name: Muscari neglecta
Common Name: grape hyacinth
Family: Asparagaceae
Origin: Southern Europe, NW Africa, SW Asia
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Basal leaves with flowering stalks
Habit: Spreading
Leaves: Linear, basal, acute apex
Flowers: Purple racemes, white rim around edge of petals
Cultural Requirements: Moist, well drained soil, full sun to partial shade
Landscape Uses: You probably shouldn't use it - it's pretty weedy
Notes: Weedy, produces a lot of seed

Latin Name: Magnolia x loebneri ‘Merrill’
Common Name: magnolia Merrill
Family: Magnoliaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Deciduous tree
Form: Arbourescent
Habit: Upward arching branches
Leaves: Typical magnolia leaves
Flowers: White flowers, 6 tepals
Cultural Requirements: Moist, acidic, organic, well drained soil in full sun
Landscape Uses: Larger space for tallish tree
Notes: Grows to 10m

Latin Name: Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’
Common Name: magnolia Leonard Messel
Family: Magnoliaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Deciduous shrub/tree
Form: Mounded, shrubby
Habit: Multi-stemmed
Leaves: Typical magnolia leaves
Flowers: Whiteish-pink, 12 tepals
Cultural Requirements: Moist, acidic, organic, well drained soil in full sun
Landscape Uses: Space for a large shrub/borderline tree
Notes: Grows to 4-5m tall, slower growing and more expensive than Merrill