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It is a deciduous, dicot shrub growing 0.5–2.5 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –8 ft) tall. The bark is smooth and reddish grey in colour, the twigs glabrous. [9]The leaves are opposite, elliptic in shape, 6–10 centimetres (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 –4 in) long, unlobed or shallowly 3-lobed, jaggedly serrated, and turning red in autumn; their underside glabrous, especially along the veins.
Mitchella repens is cultivated for its ornamental red berries and shiny, bright green foliage. [16] It is grown as a creeping ground cover in shady locations. It is rarely propagated for garden use by way of seeds but cuttings are easy. [17]
The twigs are fuzzy when new, and turn sleek with age. The leaves are up to 1.5 centimetres (1 ⁄ 2 in) long [3] and produce a very strong odour when crushed. The aroma is bitter and often disagreeable (earning the plant the name skunkbush).
Viburnum trilobum (cranberrybush viburnum, American cranberrybush, high bush cranberry, or highbush cranberry) is a species of Viburnum native to northern North America, from Newfoundland west to British Columbia, south to Washington state and east to northern Virginia.
Viburnum lantanoides (commonly known as hobble-bush, [1] witch-hobble, alder-leaved viburnum, American wayfaring tree, [2] and moosewood [3]) is a perennial shrub of the family Adoxaceae (formerly in the Caprifoliaceae), growing 2–4 meters (6–12 ft) high with pendulous branches that take root where they touch the ground.
Crataegus (/ k r ə ˈ t iː ɡ ə s /), [2] commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, [3] thornapple, [4] May-tree, [5] whitethorn, [5] Mayflower or hawberry, is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, [6] native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.
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Most people try to get rid of this plant, but it will grow in heavy clay or saline soils. The tall, bushy shrub has green stems and twigs and highly reduced leaves. It will accept shearing and can be trained into a decent, short-lived privacy hedge, useful while the longer-lived, taller, but slower growing Arizona rosewood gets established.