Administrative Manual January 2025
Part 4. Appendices 4.3 Plant Lists
Table 4.3.3: Shrubs - Evergreen
MORRISVILLE UDO REQUIREMENTS
CHARACTERISTICS + CONDITIONS
BUFFER
LANDSCAPE
SCIENTIFIC NAME
COMMON NAME
NOTES + COMMENTS
STREET YARD BUFFER
PERIMETER BUFFER
RIPARIAN BUFFER
VEHICLE USE AREA - INTERIOR
VEHICLE USE AREA - PERIMETER FOUNDATION PLANTINGS
SCREENING FOR EQUIPMENT UTILITY LINES SIGHT TRIANGLE
MATURE HEIGHT (H) X SPREAD (S) LIGHT REQUIREMENTS
MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS POTENTIAL FOR LITTER NC NATIVE
H 6-10' S 5-9' H 7-12' S 5-10' H 6-10' S 6-10' H 8-15' S 8-15' H 6-8' S 8-10' H 10-15' S 8-10' H 2-4' S 3-5'
Aucuba japonica
Spotted laurel
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Late winter/spring blooming; numerous cultivars exist Late summer/early winter blooming; numerous cultivars exist Numerous other small-leaved dwarf varieties exist such as 'Helleri', 'Hetzii', 'Stokes', 'Sky Pencil'
Camellia japonica
Camellia
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Camellia sasanqua
Sasanqua camellia
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DR
Ilex crenata
Japanese holly
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DR
Ilex cornuta 'Carissa' Ilex cornuta 'Dwarf Burford'
Carissa holly
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Burford holly, Chinese holly Needlepoint Holly
DR
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Ilex cornuta ' Needlepoint'
DR
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Shamrock' is more compact and less leggy/suckering than the species; must plant at least one male for female plants to produce characteristic berry-like drupes
H 3-4' S 3-4'
Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'
Shamrock inkberry holly
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H 3-5' S 3-6'
Ilex vomitoria 'Nana'
Dwarf yaupon holly
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H 10-15' S 8-10'
Wide range of conditions
Morella cerifera
Southern wax myrtle
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Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
H 3-4' S 6-8'
Otto Luyken cherry laurel
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Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis' Sarcococca confusa
H 10-18' S 12-15'
Skip Laurel
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H 5' S 5'
Small shade-loving shrub
Sweetbox
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Small shade-loving shrub, var. humulis is exceptionally small
Sarcococca hookeriana, var. humilis
H 1' S 3-4'
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Sweetbox
Morrisville, NC
May 29, 2020
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