Blueview Nurseries Broadleaf Evergreens

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Newport Blue
Boxwood

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Border
- Foundation
- Rock garden
- Inconspicuous flowers or
blooms
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

18'

6A to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay, Loamy,
Neutral, Sandy,
Slightly alkaline, Well
drained, Acidic,
Slightly alkaline
Does not tolerate salt
Tolerates moderate
drought

Slow growth rate

Buxus
sempervirens
'Newport Blue'

Partial
shade to
full sun

Grows in moist soil

Varder Valley
Boxwood

12" to 24"

6A to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay, Loamy,
Neutral, Sandy,
Slightly alkaline, Well
drained, Acidic,
Slightly alkaline
Does not tolerate salt
Tolerates moderate
drought

Slow growth rate

Buxus
sempervirens
'Varder Valley'

24" to 36"

Partial
shade to
full sun

Grows in moist soil

Other Boxwood varieties available

at Blueview Nurseries

: Common Boxwood, 'Green Mountain,' 'Green Velvet,' 'Wintergreen,' and 'Suffuticosa.'

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Moisture

Emerald 'n Gold
Euonymus

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Inconspicuous flowers or
blooms
- Fruit is persistent
- Attractive fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

4' to 5'

5A to 8B

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Alkaline, Clay,
Loamy, Neutral,
Sandy, Slightly
alkaline, Well
drained, Acidic,
Alkaline, Slightly
alkaline
Drought tolerant

Average growth rate

Euonymus fortunei
'Emerald 'n Gold

24" to 36"

Partial
shade to
full sun

N.A.

Silver King
Euonymus

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Specimen
- Inconspicuous flowers or
blooms
- Fruit is edible by birds
- Fruit is persistent
- Attractive fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

4' to 6'

6B to 10A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay, Loamy,
Neutral, Sandy,
Slightly alkaline, Well
drained, Acidic,
Slightly alkaline
Medium salt tolerance
Tolerates moderate
drought

Average growth rate

Euonymus
japonicus
'Silver King'

36" to 4'

Full shade
to full sun

Grows in moist soil

Other Euonymus varieties available

at Blueview Nurseries

: 'Chollipo,' 'Emeral

Gaiety,' 'Harlequin,' 'Moonshadow,' 'Silver Queen,' 'Wintercreeper.'

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Moisture

Brouwer's Beauty

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Attractive flowers
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Fruit is persistent
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

9' to 12'

5A to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy, Neutral,
Sandy, Acidic
Tolerates
moderate
drought

Slow growth rate

Pieris japonica x
floribunda
'Brouwer's Beauty'

6' to 10'

Partial
shade to full
sun

Well drained, moist
soil rich in organic
matter.

Red Mill Andromeda

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Attractive flowers
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Fruit is persistent
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns
- New growth is red.

6' to 8'

5A to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy, Neutral,
Sandy, Acidic
Tolerates
moderate
drought

Slow growth rate

Pieris japonica
'Red Mill'

4' to 6'

Partial
shade to full
sun

Well drained, moist
soil rich in organic
matter.

Other Andromeda varieties available

at Blueview Nurseries

: 'Compacta,' 'Dorothy Wycoff,' ' Mountain Fire,' 'Scarlet O'Hara,' 'Valley Rose,' 'Valley Valentine.'

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Snow Heath

- Attractive foliage
- Alpine garden
- Rock garden
- Seashore

6" to 10"

5A to 8A

Soil
Condition:
Acidic, Loamy,
Sandy, Well
drained, Acidic

Slow growth rate

Erica carnea

12" to 24"

Full sun

Grows in moist soil

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Firepower
Heavenly
Bamboo

- Not North American native
- Container
- Foundation
- Massing
- Attractive flowers or blooms
- Fruit is edible by birds
- Fruit is rare
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

12" to 24"

6B to 10A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Alkaline,
Clay, Loamy,
Neutral, Sandy,
Slightly alkaline,
Well drained,
Acidic, Alkaline,
Slightly alkaline
Low salt tolerance
Tolerates
moderate drought

Slow growth rate

Nandina
domestica
'Firepower'

12" to 24"

Partial
shade to
full sun

Grows in moist soil

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Coast Leucothoe

- Wetlands plant
- Moderately flammable
- Border
- Foundation
- Ground cover
- Massing
- Woodland garden
- Fragrant flowers
- Inconspicuous flowers
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

24" to 4'

5B to 9A

Soil
Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Well
drained,
Acidic
Low salt
tolerance
Tolerates
wetness,
Tolerates
moderate
drought

Average growth rate

Leucothoe axillaris

6' to 10'

Full shade
to partial
shade

Grows in moist
to wet soil

Other Leucothoe varieties available

at Blueview Nurseries

: Drooping Leucothoe: 'Girard's Rainbow,' 'Rosellisoni.'

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Height

Hardiness

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Climate

Growth Rate

Scientific Name

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Mountain Laurel

'Little Linda' is the first
miniature Kalmia with
foliage half the size of
normal. Buds are dark red
and open to near white and
age to rich pink. It is the
best of the small leaf
Mountain Laurels.

4A To 8A

Soil
Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral, Well
drained,
Acidic
Does not
tolerate salt
Tolerates
moderate
drought

Slow growth rate

Kalmia latifolia
'Little Linda'

Full shade to
partial shade

Grows in moist
soil

Other Mountain Laurel varieties available

at Blueview Nurseries

: 'Carousel,' 'Minuet,' 'Nipmuck,' 'Tiddlywinks,' and field grown Moutnain Laurel.

Holly

Holly spp.

Holly (Ilex) is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family

Aquifoliaceae. They are shrubs and trees from 2-25 m tall, with a wide

distribution in

Asia, Europe, north Africa, and North and South America.

Japanese
Andromeda

Pieris spp.

Pieris is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, native to

mountain

regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and

Cuba.

Known

commonly as andromedas or fetterbushes, they are broad-

leaved

evergreen

shrubs

growing to 3 to 18 ft. tall.

Leucothoe

Leucothoe spp.

Leucothoe is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae,

native

to Asia, the Americas and Madagascar.

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Kalmia is a genus of about 7 species of evergreen shrubs from 0.2-5 m tall, in the

family

Ericaceae. They are native to North America (mainly in the eastern half of the

continent)

and

Cuba.

Heath
(Snow Heath)

Erica carnea

Erica is the name of over 700 species of flowering plants in the family

Ericaceae.

Heavenly Bamboo

Nandina domestica

Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo or Sacred bamboo), is a suckering

shrub in

the

Barberry family, Berberidaceae. It is native to eastern Asia

from the Himalaya

east to

Japan. Despite the common name, it is not a

bamboo at all.

Euonymus

Euonymus spp.

Euonymus, comprise about 170-180 species of deciduous and evergreen

shrubs

and

small trees. They have a wide distribution in Europe, Asia,

Australasia, North

America

and Madagascar.

Boxwood

Buxus spp.

Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae. Common names

include

boxwood (North America) and box (all other English-speaking countries).

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Helleri Japanese
Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Rock garden
- Specimen
- Inconspicuous flowers
- Fruit is rare
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

36" to 4'

5B to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Slightly
alkaline, Well
drained,
Acidic, Slightly
alkaline
Medium salt
tolerance

Slow
growth rate

Ilex crenata 'Helleri'

36" to 5'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Sky Pencil Japanese
Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Inconspicuous flowers
- Fruit is rare
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

8' to 12'

6A to 9A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Slightly
alkaline, Well
drained,
Acidic, Slightly
alkaline
Medium salt
tolerance
Drought
tolerant

Slow
growth rate

Ilex crenata 'Sky
Pencil'

24" to 36"

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Steeds Japanese
Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- Fruit is rare
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

6' to 10'

6A to 9A

Soil
Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Slightly
alkaline, Well
drained,
Acidic, Slightly
alkaline
Medium salt
tolerance
Drought
tolerant

Slow
growth rate

Ilex crenata 'Steeds'

4' to 6'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Compact Inkberry

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- Fruit is rare
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

6' to 8'

6A to 9A

Soil
Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Slightly
alkaline, Well
drained,
Acidic, Slightly
alkaline
Medium salt
tolerance
Drought
tolerant

Slow
growth rate

Ilex glabra 'Compacta'

6' to 10'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Blue Maid Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Foundation
- Specimen
- Screen
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- Attractive fruit
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns
- Single trunk

8' to 12'

4B to 9A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Well
drained, Acidic
Drought
tolerant

Average
growth rate

Ilex x meserveae
'Blue Maid'

6' to 8'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Blue Prince Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Border
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- Attractive fruit
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns
- Single trunk

8' to 11'

5B to 9A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Well
drained, Acidic
Drought
tolerant

Slow
growth rate

Ilex x meserveae
'Blue Prince'

4' to 8'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

China Girl Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- Attractive fruit
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns
- Single trunk

5' to 10'

6A to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral, Sandy,
Well drained,
Acidic
Drought
tolerant

Varies

Ilex x meserveae
'Blue Maid'

4' to 8'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Dragon Lady Holly

- Densely narrow, pyramidal
- Lustrous, dark green foliage
- Bright red fruit
- Foliage is pointy, sharp
- Single trunk
- No thorns
- X of I. aquifolium X I. pernyi

15' to 20'

6A to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral, Sandy,
Well drained,
Acidic
Drought
tolerant

Varies

Ilex X aquipernyi

5' to 7'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Other Holly available at Blueview Nurseries:

English Holly:

'Marginata,' 'San Gabriel,' 'Silver Queen.' ; English x Perny: 'San Jose.' ;

Foster's Hybrid

Holly:

'Foster's Holly' ;

Japanese Holly:

'Beehive,' 'Compacta,' 'Covexa,' 'Hetzi,' 'Hoogendorn,' 'Northern Beauty,' 'Rotundifoliaa,' 'Soft Touch,' 'Wayne.'

Blue Princess Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Border
- Foundation
- Specimen
- Screen
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- Attractive fruit
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns
- Single trunk

8' to 11'

5A to 9A

Loamy,
Neutral,
drained, Acidic
Sandy, Well
drained, Acidic
Drought
tolerant

Slow
growth rate

Ilex x meserveae
'Blue Princess'

5' to 8'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

China Boy Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- No fruit
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns
- Single trunk

5' to 10'

6A to 8A

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Well
drained, Acidic
Drought
tolerant

Varies

Ilex x meserveae
'China Boy'

4' - 8'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Blueview Nurseries
Broadleaf Evergreens

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Japanese Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Inconspicuous flowers or blooms
- Fruit is rare
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

6' to 10'

6A to 9A

Drained,
Acidic,
drained,
Acidic, Slightly
alkaline
Medium salt
tolerance
Drought
tolerant

Slow
growth rate

Ilex crenata spp.

6' to 10'

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil

Green Lustre
Japanese Holly

- Not North American native
- Moderately flammable
- Foundation
- Specimen
- Screen
- Inconspicuous flowers
- Fruit is rare
- Inconspicuous fruit
- Multiple trunks
- Trunk is not showy
- Trunk has no thorns

18" to 24"

5B to 8B

Soil Condition:
Acidic, Clay,
Loamy,
Neutral,
Sandy, Slightly
alkaline, Well
drained,
Acidic, Slightly
alkaline
Medium salt
tolerance
Drought
tolerant

Slow
growth rate

Ilex crenata
'Green Lustre'

18" to 30"

Partial shade
to full sun

Grows in
moist soil