| Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Description |
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| Windmill Palm |
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One of the more adapted palms to the southeastern coastal communites of NC. |
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| Bottlebrush Buckeye |
Aesculus parviflora |
Wide spreading, multi-stem shrub; Excellent for |
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| Cast Iron Plant |
Aspidistra elatior |
Upright clumps of elongated dark green leaves. |
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| River Birch |
Betula nigra |
Handsome specimen tree, well suited for saturated soils. |
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| Camellia sasanqua |
Camellia sasanqua |
Fall blooming camellia, |
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| Deodar Cedar |
Cedrus deodara |
Light blue or grayish green, sometimes silvery color. |
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| Gold Mop Cypress |
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Mop' |
Golden stringy branchlets |
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| Pampas Grass |
Cortaderia selloana |
Ornamental grass which prefers |
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| Leland Cypress |
Cupressocyparis leylandii |
Adaptable to extreme soils, but requires adaquate drainage. |
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| Fatsia |
Fatsia japonica |
Tropical looking, dark green |
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| Holly |
Ilex x 'Emily Bruner' |
Dense pyramidal female form |
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| Holly "Needle Point" |
Ilex cornuta 'Needle point' |
Dark waxy green leaves |
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| Sky Pencil Holly |
Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' |
Lustrous dark green foliage |
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| Weeping Yaupon Holly |
Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula' |
Dark green leaves on gray pendulous stems. |
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| Juniper "Parson's" |
Juniperus davurica 'Expansa' |
Dark green glaucous foliage. |
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| Juniper "Moonglow" |
Juniperus scopulorum 'Moonglow' |
A dense, pyramidal conical selection, |
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| Crepe Myrtle |
Lagerstroemia indica |
Handsome and very beautiful |
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| Wax leaf Ligustrum |
Ligustrum japonicum 'Howard' |
New leaves yellow turning green. |
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| Liriope "Evergreen Giant" |
Liriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant' |
Dark green foliage |
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| Burgundy Loropetalum |
Loropetalum chinense var. 'Burgandy |
Well branched ornamental shrub |
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| Southern Magnolia |
Magnolia grandiflora |
Dense pyramidal tree. Creamy white |
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| Little Gem Magnolia |
Magnolia grandilfora 'Little Gem' |
Dense small, compact version of its origin. |
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| Mhuli Grass |
Muhlenbergia capillaris |
A favorite of all the |
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| Wax Myrtle |
Myrica cerifera |
Large shrub/small tree. |
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| Nandina "Heavenly Bamboo" |
Nandina domestica |
New leaves coppery to purplish red becoming blue-green with age; Tends to assume a reddish tint in winter months. |
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| Nandina, Dwarf |
Nandina domestica "Fire Power" |
Compact, dwarf form of |
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| Gulf Stream Nandina |
Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream' |
Metallic blue-green summer foliage; |
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| Japanese Black Pine |
Pinus thunbergii |
Artistical uneven juvenille form, with age spreading often pendulous branches. |
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| Podocarpus |
Podocarpus macrophyllus |
Excellent for hedges, screens, or small specimens. |
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| Majestic Beauty Hawthorn |
Rhaphiolepis umbellata 'Majestic Be |
Large evergreen shrub; bronze |
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| 'Knock Out' Rose |
Rosa x 'Kock Out' |
3" Deep red flowers |
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| Rosemary |
Rosmarinus officinalis |
Needle like foliage is gray green and contrast nicely with other dark green foliage plants. |
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| Arborvitae "Rheingold" |
Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold' |
Useful as a specimen or group planting. |
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| Chinese Elm |
Ulmus parvifolia |
Tough durable tree for almost any situation. |
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| Japanese Viburnum |
Viburnum odoratissimum |
Excellent foundation or hedge shrub for the coastal communities with heavy deer presence. |
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| Sandankwa Viburnum |
Viburnum suspensum |
Leathery lustrous dark |
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