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Early Spring Woody Plants

This page was created for students in the University of Richmond Landscape Design Program. The images are for educational purposes and not intended for commercial use. (Last update: Dec 2008)

• Abeliophyllum distichum LGBG_04s - leaves
• Abeliophyllum distichum LGBG_01s - flowers and leaf (fall photograph)
• Abeliophyllum distichum 'Roseum' LGBG_01s - flowers
• Betula nigra 'Heritage' LGBG02s - habit
• Betula nigra 'Heritage' LGBG04s - habit
• Betula nigra 'Heritage' LGBG05s - leaves and catkins
• Betula nigra 'Heritage' LGBG01s - exfoliating bark
• Betula papyrifera W-MA06s - large limb
• Betula papyrifera W-MA04s - leaves
• Betula papyrifera W-MA02s - staminate (pollen) catkins
• Betula pendula 'Laciniata' W-MA01s - habit
• Betula pendula 'Laciniata' W-MA02s - large limbs
• Betula platyphylla UR1s - leaves and immature fruiting catkin
• Betula platyphylla UR3s - trunk with white bark
• Betula platyphylla 'Whitespire' LGBG01s - trunk with white bark
• Betula platyphylla 'Whitespire' LGBG02s - trunk with white bark, close-up
• Camellia japonica 'Benearejishi' USNA01s - habit
• Camellia japonica 'Flowerwood' NBG01s - leaves and flowers
• Camellia japonica LGBG04s - leaves and buds
• Camellia japonica LGBG05s - leaves and single red flower
• Camellia japonica NBG01s - red flowers
• Camellia japonica NBG02s - red flowers
• Camellia japonica UR03s - white flowers
• Camellia japonica 'Bene Arejishi' USNA02s - double white flower
• Camellia japonica 'Fire-n-Ice' USNA01s - red flower
• Camellia japonica 'Hagoromo' USNA01s - pink flower
• Chaenomeles japonica 'Contorta' LGBG01s - flowers
• Chaenomeles japonica 'Kingshi' LGBG01s - habit
• Chaenomeles japonica 'Minerva' LGBG01s - fruits
• Chaenomeles japonica 'Minerva' LGBG02s - fruits in cross section
• Chaenomeles speciosa SS01s - flower and leaves
• Chaenomeles speciosa HENRICO_01s - habit, white flower cultivar
• Chaenomeles speciosa UR01s - flowers
• Chaenomeles speciosa UR_02s - habit, red flower cultivar
• Chaenomeles speciosa UR_04s - red flower cultivar, close-up
• Chaenomeles speciosa 'Texas Scarlet' LGBG_01s - habit, red flower cultivar
• Chaenomeles speciosa 'Jet trail' LGBG03s - white form
• Chimonanthus praecox LGBG03s - branch with flowers
• Chimonanthus praecox LGBG05s - flowers
• Chimonanthus praecox LGBG06s - flowers
• Chimonanthus praecox LGBG07s - branch with flowers
• Chimonanthus praecox LGBG10s - flowers
• Chimonanthus praecox NBG02s - flower close-up
• Cornus alba NBG01s - winter twigs
• Cornus alba 'Ivory Halo' BLITHEWOLD01s - habit
• Cornus alba 'Ivory Halo' BLITHEWOLD02s - leaves
• Cornus mas LG01s - flowers
• Cornus mas bark LG 01s - bark
• Cornus officinalis USNA 03s - leaves and fruit
• Cornus officinalis USNA 04s - leaves and fruit
• Cornus officinalis USNA 05s - bark
• Cornus sericea LGBG_01s - leaves and flower cluster
• Cornus sericea 'Cardinal' LGBG01s - habit
• Cornus sericea 'Cardinal' LGBG02s - stems with lenticles
• Corylopsis pauciflora LG01s - habit
• Corylopsis pauciflora LG02s - flowering racemes
• Corylus avellana 'Contorta' LG01s - habit, winter twigs
• Corylus avellana 'Contorta' LG02s - winter twigs, closeup
• Corylus avellana 'Contorta' ss01s - twigs, leaves and staminate cattkin buds
• Daphne odora LGBG_08s - habit
• Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' LGBG02s - habit
• Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' LGBG03s - leaves and flower buds
• Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' LGBG06s - flowers, closeup
• Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' PORTLAND-OR 01s - flowers
• Daphne odora 'Ringmaster' USNA 03s - variegated leaves
• Daphne X burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' LGBG01s - branches with leaves and flowers
• Daphne X burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' LGBG02s - branches with leaves and flowers
• Daphne X burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' LGBG03s - branches with leaves and flowers
• Edgeworthia chrysantha NBG09s - habit, flowering stage
• Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Gold Rush' LGBG16s - habit, summer, with leaves
• Edgeworthia chrysantha LGBG01s - flower buds
• Edgeworthia chrysantha LGBG04s - flower buds
• Edgeworthia chrysantha NBG13s - flower clusters
• Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Gold Rush' LGBG15s - flowers, closeup
• Forsythia x intermedia UR03s - habit
• Forsythia x intermedia UR01s- flowers
• Hamamelis vernalis LGBG01s- flowers
• Hamamelis vernalis LG01s- flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Pallida' LGBG02s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Pallida' LGBG04s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Diana' LGBG01s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Diana' LGBG02s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Diana' LGBG04s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Diana' LGBG05s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Arnold's Promise' 611QU01s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Arnold's Promise' 611QU06s - flowers
• Hamamelis X intermedia 'Jelena' USNA 01s - fall color
• Ilex aquifolium NBG_01s - leaves and berries
• Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' USNA01s - red fruits
• Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' LGBG01s - yellow fruits
• Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' LGBG02s - yellow fruits
• Ilex aquifolium 'Bacciflava' NBG03s - yellow fruits
• Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Milkboy' NBG01s - variegated keaves
• Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Queen' VAN DUSEN BOT GARD03S - habit, variegated cultivar, pruned specimen)
• Ilex aquifolium 'Variegata' LGBG01s - leaves
• Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' LGBG03s - habit
• Ilexz cornuta 'Burfordi' NBG02s - habit
• Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' LGBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex cornuta 'Burfordi' NBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex cornuta 'Burfordi' UR01s - leaves and pistillate flowers
• Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' UR02s - pistillate flowers
• Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' UR03s - pruned specimens
• Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' NBG02s - habit
• Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' NBG 01s - leaves
• Ilex cornuta 'National' USNA01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex cornuta 'National' USNA02s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex cornuta 'O Spring' USNA01s - variegated leaves
• Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda' NBG01s - habit
• Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda' - NBG02s - leaves
• Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda' USNA03s - leaves and red fruits
• Ilex cornuta 'Sunrise' USNA01s - variegated leaves and fruits
• Ilex crenata NBG_01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex crenataI 'Convexa' UBC02s - leaves
• Ilex crenata 'Helleri' LG01s - leaves
• Ilex crenata 'Helleri' LG02s - habit
• Ilex crenata 'Mariesii' USNA01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' ETSU_01s - fastigiate habit
• Ilex decidua 5218 PNWR01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex decidua 5218 PNWR03s - leaves andfruits
• Ilex decidua PNWR03s - leaves and flowers
• Ilex decidua 'Byers Golden' USNA02s - yellow fruits
• Ilex decidua 'Byers Golden' USNA03s - leaves and yellow fruits
• Ilex decidua 'Warren's Red' NBG01s - fruits
• Ilex decidua 'Warren's Red' USNA01s - leaves and red fruits
• Ilex decidua 'Warren's Red' USNA02s - leaves and red fruits
• Ilex glabra UR01s - habit
• Ilex glabra USNA01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex opaca UR03s - habit (specimen at center)
• Ilex opaca UR04s - habit
• Ilex opaca UR01s - leaves and fruit
• Ilex opaca UR02s - leaves and fruit
• Ilex opaca HAMPTON-CEMETARY01S - habit, exceptionally large specimen
• Ilex opaca UR01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex opaca 'Canary' NBG01s - leaves and yellow fruits
• Ilex opaca 'Canary' NBG02s - leaves and yellow fruits
• Ilex opaca 'Goldie' USNA01s - leaves and yellow fruits
• Ilex opaca 'Goldie' USNA02s - leaves and yellow fruits
• Ilex opaca 'Jersey Princess' USNA01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex opaca 'Jersey Princess' USNA02s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex opaca 'Xanthocarpa' LGBG01s - leaves and yellow fruits
• Ilex pedunculosa LGBG03s - habit
• Ilex pedunculosa LGBG01s - leaves
• Ilex pedunculosa LGBG02s - leaves
• Ilex pedunculosa USNA01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex pedunculosa USNA03s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X aquipernyi NBG_01s - leaves
• Ilex x attenuata 'Dixie Dream' LGBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex x attenuata 'Dixie Flame' LGBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex x attenuata 'Dixie Flame' LGBG02s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Dixie Star' LGBG01s - habit
• Ilex X attenuata 'Dixie Star' LGBG02s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Dixie Star' LGBG04s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Foster #2' LGBG03s - habit
• Ilex X attenuata 'Foster #2' LGBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Foster #2' USNA01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Foster #2' USNA02s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Fosteri' LGBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Fosteri' LGBG02s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X attenuata 'Sunny Foster' USNA01s - habit
• Ilex X attenuata 'Sunny Foster' USNA03s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex x 'Emily Bruner' LGBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex x 'Emily Bruner' LGBG04s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex x 'Emily Bruner' LGBG05s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex x 'Emily Bruner' LGBG pistillate 01s - pistillate flowers
• Ilex x koehneana NBG01s - leaves
• Ilex X meservae 'China Girl' LGBG05s - habit
• Ilex X meservae 'China Girl' LGBG04s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X meservae 'China Girl' LGBG06s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X meservae 'China Boy' NBG01s - leaves and staminate flower buds
• Ilex X meservae 'China Boy' NBG02s - leaves and staminate flower buds
• Ilex X 'Nellie R Stevens' NBG01s - habit
• Ilex X 'Nellie R Stevens' NBG03s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X 'Nellie R Stevens' NBG04s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X 'Nellie R Stevens' USNA01s - leaves and fruits
• Ilex X 'Nellie R Stevens' USNA03s - leaves and fruits
• Jasminum nudiflorum LGBG02s - flowers
• Jasminum nudiflorum LGBG03s - flowers
• Jasminum nudiflorum JOHNSN-CITY-TN_01S - mass planting in a perforated retaining wall
• Kolkwitzia amabilis LGBG01s - habit
• Lespedeza thunbergii 'Edo-Shibori' LGBG01s - flowers and leaves
• Leucothoe axillaris TOWER-HILL01s - leaves and racemes of flowers
• Leucothoe fontanesiana JMU-arb02s - leaves and racemes of flowers
• Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Scarletta' TOWER-HILL02s - new growth red
• Magnolia liliiflora ss01s - flowers
• Magnolia stellata USNA01s - habit
• Magnolia X soulangeana USNA01s - habit (pink tree)
• Magnolia X soulangeana UR02s - close-up flower
• Magnolia X soulangeana USNA02s - pink flower
• Magnolia X soulangeana UR01s - pink flower
• Magnolia X soulangeana UR03s - flower bud
• Mahonia aquifolium USNA01s - habit
• Mahonia aquifolium ss01s - compound leaves and flowers
• Mahonia aquifolium UR02s - compound leaves and flowers
• Mahonia aquifolium UR04s - close-up flowers
• Mahonia aquifolium UR06s - close-up flowers
• Mahonia aquifolium UR07s - flowers and leaves
• Manonia aquifolium VAN DUSEN BOT GARD02s - habit, with fruits
• Manonia aquifolium VAN DUSEN BOT GARD04s - compound leaves and fruits
• Mahonia bealei 611QU01s - compound leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Mahonia bealei 611QU06s - close-up flower - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Mahonia bealei 611QU07s - close-up flowers - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Mahonia bealii UR02s - habit, with fruits - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
• Nandina domestica LGBG01s - habit
• Nandina domestica NBG01s - habit
• Nandina domestica LGBG02s - compound leaves and panicles of flowers
• Nandina domestica LGBG03s - flowers, close-up
• Nandina domestica UR_04s - habit, mass planting of a medium-sized cultivar
• Nandina domestica 'Alba' LGBG01s - leaves and fruits
• Nandina domestica 'Alba' LGBG02s - leaves and fruits
• Nandina domestica 'Royal Princess' NBG01s - habit, winter color
• Nandina domestica 'Umpgua Chief' LGBG01s - habit, winter color
• Nandina domestica 'Umpgua Chief' LGBG02s - compound leaves and panicles of fruits
• Osmanthus heterophyllus UR01s - habit
• Osmanthus heterophyllus LGBG03s - juvenile foliage
• Osmanthus heterophyllus LGBG04s - juvenile foliage
• Osmanthus heterophyllus UR03s - leaves (adult) and flowers
• Osmanthus heterophyllus LGBG02s - leaves (adult) and flowers
• Osmanthus heterophyllus LGBG05s - fruits
• Osmanthus heterophyllus NBG02s - fruits
• Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' LGBG01s
• Parrotia persica VATECH01S - leaves
• Parrotia persica LGBG01s - leaves
• Parrotia persica LGBG03s - opening flower bud
• Parrotia persica ss01 - trunk with exfoliating bark
• Pieris japonica LG01s - habit
• Pieris japonica NITOBE-GARD02s - habit, large, old specimen
• Pieris japonica 'Cavatine' LGBG03s - habit
• Pieris japonica 'Cavatine' LGBG01s - flowering racemes
• Pieris japonica 'Cavatine' LGBG02s - flowers close-up
• Pieris japonica 'Flaming Silver' LGBG01s - red new growth
• Pieris japonica 'Mt Fire' LGBG01s - racemes of flowers
• Pieris japonica 'Shojo' NBG01s - leaves and flower buds
• Prunus campanulata 'Okame' LGBG01s - flowers
• Prunus campanulata 'Okame' LGBG02s - flowers
• Prunus campanulata 'Okame' LGBG04s - habit (flowering canopy above the conifers)
• Prunus mume LGBG04s - habit
• Prunus mume LGBG02s - flowers
• Prunus mume LGBG06s - flowers
• Prunus mume NBG02s - flowers
• Prunus mume LGBG03s - fruits
• Pseudocydonia sinensis NBG_01s - leaves
• Pseudocydonia sinensis NBG_03s - fruit
• Pseudocydonia sinensis NBG_02s - trunk with mottled bark
• Pseudocydonia sinensis USNA01s - trunk with mottled bark
• Rhododendron mucronulatum LG01s - habit
• Rhododendron 'PJM' TOWER-HILL01s - habit
• Rhododendron 'PJM' TOWER-HILL02s - flowers
• Salix babylonica ss01 - habit, in flower
• Salix babylonica UR01s - habit
• Sarcococca hookeriana LGBG02s - leaves and flowers
• Sarcococca hookeriana LGBG03s - leaves and flowers
• Sarcococca hookeriana LGBG04s - habit
• Sarcococca hookeriana var digyna LGBG01s - l eaves and flowers
• Sarcococca hookeriana var digyna LGBG02s - flowers
• Sarcococca hookeriana var humilis LG01s - leaves and flowers
• Sarcococca hookeriana var humilis LG02s - flowers
• Sarcococca hookeriana var humilis NBG03s - use as groundcover
• Skimmia japonica LG02s - habit
• Skimmia japonica USNA02s - flowers
• Skimmia japonica LG01s - flower buds
• Skimmia japonica USNA01s - fruits
• Skimmia reevesiana LGBG01s - leaves

Locations where photos were taken (codes embedded in photo file names):

• East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
• Hampton Veterans Cemetary, Hampton, VA
• Henrico County, VA
• James Madison University Arboretum, Harrisonburg, VA
• Johnson City, TN
• Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA
• Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, PA
• Nitobe Garden, University of British Columbia campus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
• Portland, OR
• Presquile National Wildlife Refuge, Hopewell, VA
• Tower Hill Botanical Garden, West Boylston, MA
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• United States National Arboretum, Washington, DC
• University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
• Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• Whitinsville, MA
• 611 Queensway Road, Chesterfield Co, VA (former residence)