HRT 212 Plant Walk 3: Cupressaceae Preview

Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzer Compacta'

Note foliage may be awl or scale like or both

Broad spreading shrub

Microbiota decussata

Note scale like leaves, flattened fronds

purple or bronze winter color

ground cover growth habit

Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Rug'

Note awl and scale-like foliage

blue foliage color

ground cover habit, feathery branches

Juniperus virginiana

Note the blue "berries" (cones) which smell like gin when crushed, see if you can find galls

Awl like foliage on juvenilles, scale like on older plants

shreaddy reddis bark

Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii'

Note flat, rounded fans of foliage

globe shape

Viburnum rhetidophyllum

Note very large, thick leathery leaves, wrinkled dull surface

Also classic viburnum characteristics:

Nasty fuzz on stems, large flower buds, "naked" vegitative buds

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Note rounded fronds of foliage which are not flattened

white markings under side of foliage

Viburnum x burkwoodii

Note small purplish leaves evergreen-ish

classic viburnum characteristics

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' (aka Callitropsis)

Note flat scale like foliage, tips of fronds pointed

acending branches with branchlets drooping

Chamaesyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'

Note thread-like branches, scale like leaves yellow color

habit may be mounded or irregular-conical

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'

Note awl-like but soft foliage

conical growth habit

Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'

Note all awl-like foliage ground cover habit

Thuja occidentalis (two different cultivars)

Note folige scale-like, branch tips tend to be rounded, compact foliage

cones small like wooden roses

Thuja plicata

Note scale like foliage, branch tips pointed, often slightly drooping

looser, more open habit than T. occidentalis

Viburnum x pragense

Note leaves shiny, long and thin, smoot surface

classic viburnum characteristics