Deciduous Shrubs

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Deciduous Shrubs

• Original PowerPoint Created by
• Howard Henderson
• Modified by the
• Georgia Agriculture Education
• Curriculum Office
• June, 2002

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Deciduous

• The plant sheds its leaves each year

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Period of Interest

• The time of year in which plant materials create
  the most interest in the landscape.

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Why Do You Prune?

• To shape the plants, reduce the size of the top
  of the plant when transplanting, and to thin out
  dead wood.

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What Is a Bareroot Plant?

• These plants are transported and transplanted
  with no soil around the roots. This method is
  used only for small shrubs. These plants are to
  be moved only when they are dormant.

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What are Container Grown Plants?

• Grown in containers such as pots, baskets, and
  tubs
• Root system is damaged less in transplanting
• Can be transplanted any time during the year

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Type of Fertilizer

• 10-6-4 for foliage type fertilizer.
• 5-10-10 for flowering type fertilizer.
• Use 2-5 lb. per 100 sq. ft.

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Roots are twisted around the container?

• You should cut them off at the edge of the ball
  to encourage the development of new roots as the
  plant continues to grow.

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Deciduous Shrubs Prefer?

• Prefer a well-drained loam soil

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Type of Hole to Use in Planting Deciduous Shrubs

• Holes should have straight sides and a flat
  bottom.
• Used to encourage root growth through the sides
  of the hole.
• Plant at the same depth at which they were
  growing before.

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Pruning

• Previous seasons wood is pruned immediately
  after blooming.
• Current seasons wood is pruned in the fall or
  early spring

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Deciduous Shrubs less than 3ft. tall.

• Japanese quince
• Cotoneaster Daphne, blue daphne
• Slender deutzia
• Dwarf forsythia
• St. Johnswort
• Cinquefoil
• Anthony Waterer spirea

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Deciduous Shrubs 3-6ft. tall.

• Abelia
• Green leaf Japanese barberry
• Red leaf Japanese barberry
• Butterfly bush
• Dwarf winged euonymus
• Fothergilla
• Oakleaf hydrangea
• Japonica

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Deciduous Shrubs 3-6ft. tall (cont.)

• Flowering almond
• Flame azalea
• Babys breath spirea
• Bridalwreath spirea
• Vanhoute spirea
• Wigela

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Deciduous Shrubs 6-10 ft. tall.

• Bottlebrush buckeye
• Autumn olive
• Border forsythia
• Winterberry
• Beauty bush
• California privet

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Deciduous Shrubs 6-10 ft. tall (cont.)

• Tartarian honeysuckle
• Mock orange
• Chinese snowball
• Cranberry bush
• Double file viburnum

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References

• Introductory Horticulture