Leaves of Eastern Arborvitae

Eastern Arborvitae is also known as American arborvitae or white cedar. This tree grows 18m (60 feet) height and 6m (20 feet) width and forms pyramidal shape. And Eastern Arborvitae is preferred as a hedge tree or other purpose garden tree for enjoying evergreen foliage.

Here you can find more detail information for Eastern arborvitae.

Leaves of Incense Cedar

Incense Cedar is found in Oregon and California and grows up to 30m (100 feet) height. As you can see on this picture, the leaves of Incense Cedar form scale-like appearance. This evergreen tree is used for manufacturing pencils and also preferred for side board for building housing. Here you can find more information for Incense Cedar.

Butcher's Broom

This photo is Butcher’s Broom. Butcher’s Broom is a little bit funny and strange name as a name of plant for me. This plant is also known as Box Holly, Sweet Broom, Knee Holly and these are much more normal for me.

Even though the name of this shrub is funny, Butcher’s Broom is being used in medical area in several ways and also young shoots are often treated as vegetable in many countries.

Pink Flower of Japanese Camellia

Camellia is a very popular garden tree in Japan and we have many kinds of species. I posted Japanese Camellia trees and awhite Japanese Camellia flower on this site.

Fortune's Osmanthus

Fortune’s Osmanthus is evergreen shrub and grows up to 6m (20 feet) height and width and forms dense oval shape in full sun or partial shade area. Even though the flowers of this shrub are tiny white color, they have good fragrance and you can easily find them when they bloom in autumn.

Leaves of False Arborviate

False Arborviate is sometime treated as shrub in USA because this tree was developed in many ways and created ornamental purpose shrub from original Japanese False Arborviate. In Japan we call this tree as “Hiba” (檜葉) and grows up to 36m (120 feet) height and used many way such as for housing woods or for kitchen goods because this tree is durable against insects, molds and water. So this tree is very useful and important tree in Japan.

Creeping Juniper

Creeping Juniper is great evergreen ground cover plant. It grows 0.6m (2 feet) height and 3m (10feet) width in full sun and relatively dry area, and it is easy to take care of it. So the important point for planting Creeping Juniper is to keep wide enough area for each of it, never plant it in dense condition.

Chinese Podocarpus

Chinese Podocarpus is evergreen shrub or tree. This plant grows up to 10.5m (35 feet) height and 4.5m (15 feet) width in full sun or shade area. Chinese Podocarpus likes relatively dry condition so doesn’t give too much water when you plant this tree.

Leaves of Loblolly Bay

Loblolly Bay is found in south east area of USA and grows up to 18m (60 feet) height and 9m (30 feet) width in wet land area. This evergreen tree forms pyramidal shape and has white showy flowers, which is fragrant, in late spring. The bark of this tree is often used for tanning leather.

Nellie Stevens Holly

Nellie Stevens Holly is easy to grow holly and grows up to 12m (40 feet) height and 4.5 m (15 feet) width. Even though many hollies categorized in shrub, this Nellie Stevens Holly is categorized as tree and forms pyramidal shape without big pruning cares. The berries and foliages are beautiful and good as a garden tree.