Bird/Butterfly Packet

Tree Variety Information

Tree & Shrub Growth Rate
Slow: less than 1 foot/year
Moderately slow: 1 - 2 feet/year
Moderately fast: 2 - 3 feet/year
Fast: greater than 3 feet/year

       Longevity
Short-lived: less than 100 years
Moderately short-lived: 100-150 years
Moderately long-lived: 150-250 years
Long-lived: over 250 years

Butterfly Bush - Buddleia davidii: Spreads wide, allow plenty of room. Long spike flowers of fragrant 1/8’’ wide florets, light purple or white arranged in 3/4” wide clusters. Should be cut back in late fall. All soils except mostly sandy. Will grow to a height of 6 to 12’.


Rosa Rugosa - Rosa rugosa: a deciduous shrub, with an upright, rounded crown. Stout green stems covered in prickles, 4' to 6' tall with equal spread. Fragrant pink flowers 2 1/2" to 31/2" across. Flowers in showy clusters or found singly June through August. Fruit 1" across, matures in August. Fast growth rate in full sun. Easy to transplant, preferring well-drained, acidic soil, pH adaptable, salt and prune tolerant.

Rose of Sharon - Hibiscus syriacus: An 8 to 12‘ shrub with a 6 to 10’ spread, standing very erect. Medium growth. Grows in most soil except those extremely wet or dry. Does best in most well drained soils, which have been supplemented with peat moss. Flowers are 2 to 4” across in July - Sept. Full sun to partial shade. Should be pruned in spring for a better show of flowers.

Trumpet Vine - Campsis radicans: A rampant woody vine to 35 ft., climbing or scrambling over everything in its path by aerial rootlets. The pinnately compound, dark-green leaves are 6-15 in. long. The trumpet-shaped flowers have bright orange, waxy petals.


Monroe Conservation District
1137 South Telegraph Road, Monroe, MI 48161
734 241-7755 Ext. 3     catherine.acerboni@mi.nacdnet.net
www.monroecd.org


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