Common Woody Landscape Plants

This guide is a resource to help Master Gardeners learn to identify common woody ornamental plants in the landscape. Clicking on the Common or Botanical name will take you to an image of a cutting of that plant and identification notes.

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Use your Master Gardener Training Manual, Chapter 3, pp. 73 – 76 for definitions of terminology referring to leaf arrangement, type, shape and margins.