HRT 212 Plant Walk 9 Rose Family Shrubs Preview

Rockspray cotoneaster

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

Black chokeberry

Note persistant clusters of dark black berries

Japanese kerria

Note very green stems

Pearl Bush

Note capsules

Expanding flower buds look like pearls

False spirea

Note pinnately compound leaves, plants spreading by suckers to the point of being weedy

dried flower heads from last summer

Spirea Bumalda (knee high or more)

Japanese Spirea shorter

Note colorful emerging leaves, fine twiggy habit

dried flat-top flower heads

Baby's breath spirea

New leaves very pale green, early flowers

Lace Shrub, Stephanandra

Note: spreads by suckers which form layers

sharp, short thorns at nodes

Sweet shrub

Note red/green ish stems,

thready remenants of flower spikes at terminals

Hypericum

Note capsules at terminals of branches

Tree Peony

Note emerginf leaves

couarse habit

large open capsules from last year

Bear Berry cotoneaster

Note very flat habit, leaves evergreen/semi evergreen

abundant fruit

Potentilla or Cinquefoil

Tiny leaves with 5 leaflets

LOTS of tiny brown rounded capsules from last years flowers

It is a rose

Ninebark

Note shreddy exfoliating bark on older stems

arching habit

clusters of dried flowers