Computer Aided Design

Review: Flowering Shrubs

Term: CAD

Flowering Shrub Review

Plant Exposure Size Color/Season

Butterfly Bush

Azalea

Hydrangea

Knockout

Rose

Camellia

Azalea

• Many varieties – varies in size, form & bloom time

• Flowering deciduous or evergreen shrub• Hardiness Zone: 6-9• Exposure: Part shade• Mature Size: Varies by variety 4 -10’• Bloom: Varies, April – May • Spring landscape staple – low

maintenance & high performance

Butterfly BushBuddleia

• Flowering Shrub• USDA Hardiness Zone 5 - 10• Full Sun• Drought Tolerant• Grows 5' to 10' tall and produces large

arching canes with lavender, pink, purple white blooms all summer

• A rather unkempt growth habit. • Can grow 5' to 8' from the ground in a

single season • Attracts birds & butterflies. Cut flowers• Can become invasive

Hydrangea Bigleaf• Plant type: Shrub • USDA Hardiness Zones: 5b to 9a • Height: 48" to 72“, Spread: 72" to 96" • Exposure: shade to partial sun • Bloom Color: Blue, Lavender, Pink, Purple,

Red, White • Bloom Time:, Mid spring - Late summer, • Uses: Specimen • Flower color depends on the pH of the soil it is

grown in.

Knock-out Rose• Deciduous flowering shrub• Full sun to part-shade• Grows 3-4' wide x 3-4' tall. • USDA Zone 5 – 11• Colors: Pink & red, yellow?• The most widely sold rose in North America.• Easy to grow and do not require special care

– disease resistant – bloom every 5-6 weeks until the first hard frost. – self-cleaning

• A once a year cut (to about 12-18" above the ground) in early spring

• Use as hedge, or specimen plant

Camellia

• Evergreen, Flowering shrub

• USDA zone 7-9

• Grows 6 - 10’ tall and wide

• Exposure: Part shade to shade

• Flowers white pink, or red in winter

• Bloom Oct thru Mar depending on variety

• Uses: Specimen, border, espalier

CAD

• Computer Aided Drafting software has been adapted for landscape design

• Software for:– Scaling– Plant Selection– Visualization– Bid writing

HGTV Home & Landscape

• Open the program & Select Landscape• Click on the fill button and draw a

rectangle• View it in 2D, 3D, and different

perspectives• Add some plants

– Trees– Shrubs

• Add some fences & a gazebo

Draw a garden from your plan

• Use you plan that you turned in

• Complete a garden from the plan