Plant Descriptions - Plant of the Month
January
Common Box - Buxus sempervirens
Giant Sequoia, Wellingtonia - Sequoiadendron giganteum
Meyer spruce - Picea Meyeri
Sargent viburnum - Viburnum opulus var. sargentii
February
Chinese Witch hazel - Hamamelis mollis
Nikko fir - Abies homolepis
Paperbark maple - Acer griseum
Witch hazel 'Diane' - Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'
March
Gold birch, Erman’s birch - Betula ermanii
Japanese umbrella pine - Sciadopitys verticilata
Japanese Witch hazel - Hamamelis japonica
Redvein maple - Acer rufinerve
April
Dahurian rhododendron - Rhododendron dauricum
Fragrant Winterhazel - Corylopsis glabrescens
Korean rhododendron - Rhododendron mucronulatum
Mezeron, Paradise plant - Daphne mezereum
May
Albrecht’s azalea - Rhododendron albrechtii
Royal azalea - Rhododendron schlippenbachii
Scarlet leaved viburnum - Viburnum furcatum
Spiketail - Stachyurus praecox
June
Common yellow azalea - Rhododendron luteum
Middendorff weigela - Weigela middendorffiana
Scots pine - Pinus sylvestris
Siebold’s Magnolia - Magnolia sieboldii
July
Korean fir - Abies koreana
Kousa dogwood - Cornus kousa
No english name - Maackia fauriei
Upright stewartia - Stewartia rostrata
Varnish Tree - Rhus verniciflua
August
Bottle-brush Buckeye - Aesculus parviflora
Japanese clethra, (Tree clethra) - Clethra barbinervis
Pride of India - Koelreuteria paniculata
Siberian Mountain-ash - Sorbus sambucifolia
Yellow Catalpa, Chinese catalpa - Catalpa ovata
September
Chinese Angelica-tree - Aralia chinensis
Harlequin Glory Bower, Chance tree - Clerodendrum trichotomum
Seven-son flower - Heptacodium miconioides
Trumpet creeper, trumpet vine - Campsis radicans
Turkish hazel, Turkish filbert - Corylus colurna
October
Korean Mountain ash, Alder-leafed Whitebeam - Sorbus alnifolia
Cotoneaster species - Cotoneaster hualiensis
No english name - Acer micranthum
Sakhalin euonymus - Euonymus sachalinensis
Tupelo, Black gum, sour gum - Nyssa sylvatica
November
Common Yew - Taxus baccata
Fortune plum yew - Cephalotaxus fortunei
Japanese beautyberry - Callicarpa japonica
Nootka cypress, Alaska-cedar - Callitropsis nootkatensis
Witch hazel - Hamamelis virginiana
December
Trojan fir - Abies nordmanniana ssp. equi-trojani
Regel’s three-wing nut, yellow vine - Trypterygium regelii
Korean white pine - Pinus koraiensis
English Holly - Ilex aquifolium
Cedar of Lebanon - Cedrus libani
Erik Dahl Kjær, - last update:16 August 2011