Turf

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To promote the production, sale and use of
superior ornamental plants
Prepared by Dr. Teri Hamlin Georgia Department of
Education
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Shrubs

• Add interest to the landscape
• Seasonal Color
• Foliage Texture and Form
• Hardy
• Temperature
• Drought
• Insect Disease
• Easy to maintain

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Dwarf Fothergilla

• Height 3
• Width 3
• Fragrant Honey smelling spring blooms and fall
  color
• Semi-sun
• Varieties
• Mt. Airy

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Annabelle Hydrangea

• Deciduous shrub
• 5 High 5 Wide
• Large White Blooms
• Shade Plant
• Plant 6 apart
• Few pest problems

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Clethra

• Height 4-8
• Width 4-6
• Spicy Fragrant July
• Full sun to shade

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Loropetalum

• Height 4-10, Width 3-8
• Heat Cold Hardy, Drought Tolerant
• Evergreen Witchhazel Family
• mid-spring blooms Purple foliage
• Sun to Shade
• Varieties Plum Delight, Razzle Dazzle, Hines
  Purpleleaf, Burgundy

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Bottlebrush Buckeye

• Native Deciduous shrub
• Height 8-10
• Width 8-10
• June blooms, Fall color
• Dabbled shade
• Pest Free, Deer Resistant

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Lenten Rose(Helleborus orientalis)

• Tough as nails groundcover plant reaching 12-18
  inches tall with 12- to 15-inch spread.
• Blooming mid-winter, flowering can last up to 10
  weeks.
• Blooms are white, pink, plum, green, magenta and
  pastel shades in between.

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Oakleaf Hydrangea

• Deciduous Shrub
• Height 4 - 6
• Width 5 - 8
• June Blooms, Fall Foliage
• Morning Sun - Afternoon Shade
• Varieties Snow Queen, Alice

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Viburnum

• Deciduous shrub
• Height 7-10
• Width 7-10
• March - April Blooms, Fragrant
• Fall Foliage Color
• Full Sun to Part Shade

Mohawk Viburnum
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Inkberry

• Native evergreen shrub
• 6-8 feet tall and equally as wide
• Birds love the black berry-like fruit in late
  fall hanging on until spring
• Tolerates poorly drained soils very well
• Cultivars include 'Nigra,' 'Georgia Wine,'
  'Compacta,' and 'UGA.'

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Beautyberry

• Height 3-5
• Width 4-5
• Fall Berries
• Full Sun to part shade

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Trees
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Crape Myrtle

• Height 3-20
• Width 3-15
• July - August flowers, bark, foliage
• Sun
• Varieties disease resistant
• Natchez, Muskogee, Yuma, Lipan, Tonto, Powhata,
  Sioux

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Lipan
Sioux
Tonto
Yuma
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Athena Elm

• Deciduous shade tree reaching 35 feet tall and 50
  feet wide
• Resistant to Dutch elm disease with no serious
  insect or disease problems.
• Excellent shade tree for the home landscape
• In winter, attractive mottled bark is apparent
  (mix of orange, brown and gray).
• Best in full sun with well-drained soil water
  weekly for two months.
• Flowering summer through fall

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Trident Maple

• Height 15-25
• Width 10-20
• Multi stem trunk
• Sun- Semi sun
• Form and Fall Foliage

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American Yellowwood

• Height 30-50
• Width 40-50
• Bright Yellow in Fall, Fragrant flowers in
  spring-early summer
• Sun-part shade
• Varieties Rosea, Sweetshade

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Little Gem Magnolia

• Evergreen Tree 20 tall and 10 wide

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Redbud

• Height 15-25
• Width 20-25
• Early Spring Blooms
• Sun- Semi sun
• Varieties
• Oklahoma Glossy leathery leaves, rose flower
• Forest pansypurple leaves
• Silver Cloud variegated leaves
• Texas White White flowers

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Vitex Chaste Tree

• Height 8-10
• Width 8-10
• May - July Blooms
• Sun to Part Shade
• Varieties Latifolia, Alba
• Heat Drought Tolerant

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Yoshino Japanese Cedar

• Dense, evergreen tree growing 50-60 feet with
  spread of 20-30 feet.
• 'Yoshino' cultivar selected for cold hardiness.
• Excellent alternative to Leyland cypress
• Shade tolerant

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Verbena 'Homestead Purple'(Verbena canadensis
'Homestead Purple')
Annual

• Annual spreading to 18 inches, forming colorful
  ground cover.
• Sold as an annual but will overwinter in many
  parts of Georgia.
• Combines rich purple flowers, early blooming,
  persistent flowering and superior performance.

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Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'(Dianthus gratianopolitans
'Bath's Pink')
Perennial

• Herbaceous perennial ideal for sunny locations.
• Named for Jane Bath of Stone Mountain, Georgia,
  who discovered it.
• Plant 12-18 inches apart nice and full within
  two to three seasons.
• Gray/green foliage about 4-6 inches high.

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New Gold Lantana(Lantana camara 'New Gold')
Annual

• Classified as a summer annual, but it will
  overwinter if provided some protection.
• Grows vigorously, spreading out along the ground
  forming a dense, green mat with gold flowers.
• About 2 feet high and spreading 2-3 feet in all
  directions. Can handle extreme heat and drought
  well.

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Blue Anise Sage(Salvia guaranitica)
Perennial

• Hardy perennial throughout Georgia providing
  flowers from mid-May to October.
• Grows upright 4-5 feet with spread of 2-4 feet.
• Deep blue tubular flowers throughout the growing
  season mature plants can have thousands.
• Butterflies and hummingbirds love blue anise
  sage. Durable and trouble-free,

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Purple Wave Petunia(Petunia sp.)
Annual

• Vigorous summer annual single plant may cover 4
  square feet.
• Forms a dense mat about 6 inches high not leggy
  like other petunias.
• Flowers are a rose-purple and continually replace
  one another.
• Durable and heat tolerant.

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Wild Indigo(Baptisia spp.)
Perennial

• Herbaceous perennial growing 5 feet high with
  equal spread.
• Native plant, tolerating summer heat, winter
  cold, poor soils and drought.
• Flowers resemble that of garden pea color varies
  -- deep blue to creamy yellow to pure white.

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Blue Fan Flower(Scaevola aemula 'New Wonder')
Annual

• Annual flower spreading to a 15-inch mat of
  vine-like stems.
• Plant height may reach 4-6 inches leaves are
  small and inconspicuous.
• Foliage covered with dime-sized blue and white
  fan-like flowers.

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Three-Lobed Coneflower(Rudbeckia triloba)
Perennial

• Three-lobed coneflower is a hardy perennial
  growing up to 36 inches.
• Starts blooming in early August and continues
  through September.
• Drought, heat and pest tolerant well-adapted to
  poor soils, requiring little care.

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Japanese Aster (Kalimeris pinnatifida)
Perennial

• Herbaceous perennial growing to 2 feet high with
  equal spread.
• Tough, durable plant with long bloom period
  (May-August).
• Pure white, double, daisy-like flowers are about
  1 inch across with yellow stamins.
• Full sun preferred but will adapt to light shade.
  

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Nova Pentas(Pentas lanceolata 'Nova')
Annual

• Summer annual spreading to 15 inches wide and
  21/2 feet tall.
• Available in red, white, lavender and pink
  'Nova' variety singled out as superior.
• Starts blooming early and blooms all summer
• Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds single
  plant may have 10-15 clusters of flowers.

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Lenten Rose(Helleborus orientalis)
Perennial

• Tough as nails" perennial plant reaching 12-18
  inches tall with 12- to 15-inch spread.
• Blooming mid-winter, flowering can last up to 10
  weeks.
• Blooms are white, pink, plum, green, magenta and
  pastel shades in between.

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Sun-Loving Coleus(Coleusxhybridus)
Annual

• Summer annual growing to 18-36 inches high with
  equal spread.
• Most gardeners know the shade coleus, but
  full-sun plants are now available.
• Leaf colors are brilliant, ranging from crimson
  to chartreuse to orange.
• They do well as bedding plants, hanging baskets
  and containers.

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Robert Poore Phlox(Phlox paniculata)
Perennial

• Herbaceous perennials growing to 3-4 feet high in
  clumps 2-3 feet in diameter.
• 'Robert Poore' --
• deep purple flowers May-June
• 'David' -- bright white flowers with long bloom.

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Ornamental Sweet Potato(Ipomoea batatas)
Annual

• Summer annual with trailing, vine-like growth 12
  inches high, spreading up to 10-12 feet. Two main
  types
• Blackie -- dark purple, almost black foliage
• Margarita -- chartreuse foliage
• Trailing growth habit excellent heat tolerance.

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Lady in Red Salvia(Salvia coccinea)
Annual

• Reseeding summer annual growing to 2-2.5 feet
  tall and wide.
• Lady in Red reseeds prolifically seeds can be
  collected in fall and planted the following
  spring.
• Low maintenance, requiring little dead-heading
  old flower stalks replaced by new ones.

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Blue Mist Bluebeard(Caryopteris x clandonensis)
Perennial

• Herbaceous perennial growing to 3-4 feet tall and
  wide.
• Great transition plant for late summer and early
  fall bears clusters of 1-2" sky blue flowers.
• Blue flowers complement yellow daisies, orange
  marigolds and other early fall flowers.
• Excellent drought tolerance and good deer
  resistance.

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Miss Huff Lantana(Lantana camara 'Miss Huff')
Perennial

• Full Sun
• "tough as nails," blooming continuously spring
  until fall frost
• 5 to 6 feet tall 8 wide
• Heat, Drought Deer Tolerant
• Attracts Butterflies