Junior Nursery/ Landscaping
Competition
Christina Smith
Glossy Abelia
• Leaves grow on
opposite sides
• Sun or no sun, leaves
are always glossy
(shiny) on both sides
• Shiny, dark purple
leaves
Ajuga
• Oval glossy leaves
are 3”- 4” long and
grow opposite of each
other
Japanese Aucuba
• Splattered with yellow
paint
• Might have red
berries
Indica Azalea
• Big leafed Azalea
Kurume Azalea
• Small leafed azalea
Japanese Barberry
• Spatula shaped
leaves, red fruit
• Yellow flowers
hanging single below
the stem
• Single spine at each
base leaf
Hybrid Bermuda
• Looks like regular
grass
River Birch
• Raged edges
• Wood is hard, strong
and knotty
Boxwood
• Leaves are usually,
small but thick and
leathery
Bradford Pear
• Buds are fuzzy
• Edges of leaves are
kind of wavy
Butterfly Bush
• leaves are long and
narrow or somewhat
egg-shaped and
arranged oppositely
on the branches
• Leaves are 4 to 10
inches long and 1 to 3
inches wide
Camellia
• Glossy on top
Yucca
• Looks like a Aloe, has
a sword shaped leaf
• Kind of wide (narrow),
flat needles
Daylily
• Has a pronounce
midrib on it
Indian Hawthorne
• Has (blue) berries on
it
Centipede
• Grass that looks like it
has layers and kind of
like bamboo marks on
it
Crape Myrtle
• The fruit looks like
jingle bells
• Leaves are a glossy
medium green
• Has an opposite leaf
arrangement, ovate
(rain drop shape) and
a leaf and smooth
margin
Carissa Holly
• Leaves cup up
Dwarf Burford Holly
• Leaves cup down
Liriope
• Has no pronounce
midrib
Southern Magnolia
• Glossy on top dull on
bottom
• Big, dark green
leaves
Leather Leaf Mahonia
• look like leather, spiky
on the sides
• Glossy on top dull on
bottom asymmetrical
Dwarf Nandina
• Red, yellow, green
leaves
• Leaves come in in
sets of three like
poison ivy
Sweet Gum
• Has a star like leaf
shape
• Also has glossy
leaves
• Spiky ball like fruit
Weeping Willow
• Light green above,
grayish- green
beneath
Ginkgo
• The leaves are
irregularly shaped.
• They are often deeply
grooved in the middle
of the leaf
Leyland Cypress
• Is a dark green color
• Looks like a pine but
it really isn't
• The leaf is small, thin,
and scaly
Chinese Holly
• Are spiky leaves and
have red berries
• Is usually the stuff
they hang up around
Christmas
Red Maple
• Three lobes,
sometimes with two
extra mini-lobes near
the bottom
• Few wavy teeth, Long
petiole (often red )
Mondo Grass
• Has a pronounce mid
rib
Japanese Maple
• Has star shaped
leaves
• Opposite leaf
arrangement
• Green or red colored
leaves
Flowering Dogwood
• The leaf has no teeth
Eastern Redbud
• Heart shaped leaf;
short point
• No teeth ; long petiole
Yellow Poplar
• Four pointy lobes,
sometimes with two
extra mini-lobes near
base
• Long petiole, no teeth
Pyracantha
• The leaves are
arranged opposite of
each other
• They are a dark green
with finely toothed
margines
Privet Hedge
• Leaves are large and
small
• This plant is often
used as a privacy
hedge
Border Forsythia
• Opposite leaf
arrangement
• Upright and
overreaching
branches
Plum Yew
• Has a short petiole
• Has needle LIKE
leaves
• Looks like my moms
mothers day plant
Emerald Zoysia
• Grass that springs
from one point
• Is a thin blade of
grass
Dwarf Yaupon Holly
• Has a symmetrical,
dense, rounded form
Live Oak
• The dark green thick
leaves are oval with
small spines along
the margin and
measure
• Georgia's state tree
Hybrid Tea Rose
• Anything that has a
rose on it call it a
hybrid tea rose
Eastern White Pine
Hosta
English Ivy
Cape Jasmine Gardenia
Blue Rug Juniper
Andorra Juniper
Loblolly Pine
Japanese Cleyera