Leaves of Yunnan Itea

Yunnan Itea is evergreen shrub. The origin of this plant is South China. This plant grows 1.8 m (6 feet) height and width and occasionally grows bigger. Yunnan Itea has raceme flowers in spring.

Leaves of Japanese Euonymus

Japanese Euonymus is an evergreen shrub and grows 2.4m (8 feet) height and width in full sun or partial shade area. The shrub is very easy to grow even dry and seaside area. And Japanese Euonymus can be used in many purposes for your landscaping project and you can enjoy dark green glossy foliage or beautiful variegated version.

Leaves of Japanese Cleyera

Japanese Cleyera is evergreen shrub and grow 4.5m (25 feet) height and 3m (10 feet) width in sunny or partial shade area. This shrub is used for many different purpose such as hedge, screen, container plant etc because beauty of its shiny leaves and fragrant flowers.

Leaves of Hardy Pittosporum

Hardy Pittosporum is evergreen shrub and very good as landscape plant and hedge plant. Hardy Pittosporum grows 3.6m (12 feet) height and width and has fragrant flowers in spring.

Eurya Emarginata

This photo is for leaves and buds of Eurya Emarginata. Eurya Emarginata is an evergreen shrub and popular in Japan, Korea and China. This tree grows 1.8m (6 feet) height and width. We call this tree “Hamahisakaki (浜姫榊)” and often plant in a park and sides of a road.

Leaves of Courtesy Leaf

This leaves picture is for Courtesy Leaf. Courtesy Leaf is native plant of Taiwan and not popular in USA. This evergreen shrub has habit to grow roundly and grows about 4.5m (15 feet) height and width in the area of full sun or partial shade and prefers acid soil.

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.

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 Longstalk Holly

Longstalk Holly is evergreen shrub or tree and grows up to 6m (20 feet) height and width. The berries have long stalk as name indicate (sorry when I took this Longstalk Holly picture, there are only a few berries under leaves and I couldn’t take good photo for them). This shrub attracts bees and butterflies well. So if you like these insects, plant this holly in your yard.

Inkberry Holly

Inkberry Holly is popular evergreen shrub in south east area of USA. This shrub is strong and easy to grow in most of any condition and grows 2.4m (8 feet) height and 3m (10feet) width.

Inkberry Holly produces black berries in late fall (I heard they are sometime white) and wild birds eat them during winter season.