Shrub Audio Recording AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available Itea virginica 'Sprich' [sold as Little Henry™] [Dwarf Virginia Sweetspire] The Little Henry Virginia Sweetspire is a compact, dwarf cultivar that has excellent flowers and fall color. Quite drought and pH tolerant although best situated in moist areas with some acidity. Flowers best in full sun, but is shade tolerant. Pruning sometimes needed to maintain form, primarily for removal of wayward branches. Avoid pruning in late fall or winter as flowers form on previous season's wood. Susceptible to flea beetle and leaf spot. Audio Recording AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available
Tree Indiana Native Audio Recording AvailableID That Tree Video AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available Juglans nigra [Black Walnut] Nuts are a serious litter problem, staining sidewalks and driveways. Juglone (found in leaf litter and possibly roots) is toxic to many plants, like tomatoes, blackberries, red pines, and many others. Black Walnut wood is valuable and has a variety of commercial uses, especially for furniture. Indiana NativeAudio Recording AvailableID That Tree Video AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available
Shrub/Tree Audio Recording AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus chinensis [Chinese Juniper] Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants. Audio Recording AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available
Shrub Purdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus chinensis 'Bakaurea' [sold as Gold Star®] [Golden Chinese Juniper] This compact cultivar has light green branches tipped in bright golden yellow and shows good resistance to root problems. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants. Purdue Plant Doctor Available
Tree Purdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus chinensis 'Mountbatten' [Mountbatten Chinese Juniper] 'Mountbatten' is a hardy, dense, and narrow cultivar with silver-green needles. Widely adaptable to soils and climates. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants. Purdue Plant Doctor Available
Shrub Purdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus chinensis 'Nick’s Compact' [Nick's Compact Chinese Juniper] A relatively flat-topped, wide-spreading form with green, slight blue overcast foliage, more needle than scale-like foliage. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants. Purdue Plant Doctor Available
Shrub/Tree Purdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus chinensis 'Spearmint' [Spearmint Chinese Juniper] This dense cultivar has bright green foliage and a strongly upright, columnar to pyramidal habit. Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants. Purdue Plant Doctor Available
Shrub Audio Recording AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens [Japanese Garden Juniper] Tolerates calcareous soils. Can be pruned to maintain size. Plants can be injured by Phomopsis blight in some areas. Audio Recording AvailablePurdue Plant Doctor Available
Shrub/Tree Purdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket' [Skyrocket Rocky Mountain Juniper] 'Skyrocket' has an extremely narrow, fastigiate form and silvery blue-green foliage. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Does well in alkaline soils, but not wet soils. Alternate host for cedar-apple rust disease. Plant other juniper species in areas having many apples, hawthorns, etc. Susceptible to bagworms. Purdue Plant Doctor Available
Shrub/Tree Purdue Plant Doctor Available Juniperus scopulorum 'Welchii' [Welch Rocky Mountain Juniper] 'Welchii' is compact and comlumnar with blue-green foliage that is silver when emerging. Widely adapted to soils and climates. Does well in alkaline soils, but not wet soils. Alternate host for cedar-apple rust disease. Plant other juniper species in areas having many apples, hawthorns, etc. Susceptible to bagworms. Purdue Plant Doctor Available
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