The leaves of pinus contorta are bright green and small, from one to two inches long. The branches are…
The common name of pinus excelsa is Bhotan pine. The branches are regularly whorled. The tree grows…
Pictured is a branch of pinus longifolia with male catkins. The branches are irregularly and thinly…
The common name of acacia calamifolia is broom wattle. It is a tall shrub with slender, erect branches.…
Silver wattle is the common name of acacia decurrens variation dealbata. The tree is fifty or more feet…
Acanthopanax ricinifolium is a sparingly branched tree. The tree grows up to eighty feet tall. The branches…
The acanthopanax pentaphyllum shrub is five to ten feet tall. The branches are arching and slender,…
Acer miyabei is a variety of maple. The tree grows up to forty feet tall and the branches are corky.…
Amelanchier alnifolia is a ten foot tall shrub with stout, upright branches. The flowers are rather…
The common name of Araucaria excelsa is Norfolk Island Pine. The branches resemble fronds.
Araucaria bidwillii is rather narrow in growth. The branches are simple and the leaves grow in two rows.
The common name of Araucaria imbricata is monkey puzzle. The tree has a pyramid shaped habit of growth.…
Artabotrys uncinatus is a climbing shrub with branches at a wide angle. The leaves are oblong and taper…
The tenuissimus variety of Asparagus plumosus is a wiry stemmed variety with fewer leaf-like branches.…
Shown are the leaves and branches of common asparagus. Branches arise from part a and at b clusters…
Phyllostachys ruscifolia is a variety of bamboo. It grows one to three feet tall. The stem zigzags in…
Bambusa arundinacea is a variety of bamboo that can reach the height of more than sixty feet. The branches…
Begonia corbeille de feu is also known as basket of fire. The flowers are bright, coral-red. The plant…
Berberis regeliana is an upright shrub, growing up to six feet tall. The branches are gray and grooved.…
Berberis heteropoda grows between three and six feet tall. The branches are stout and spreading. The…
Berberis thunbergii is a dense, low shrub that grows two to five feet tall. The branches are brown,…
The fruit of Berberis thunbergii is nearly globe shaped and bright red. The branches spread, are deeply…
Betula pendula is a variety of birch. The tree grows sixty feet tall and has slender branches.
Illustrated are tips of rhipsalis cassytha. Rhipsalis plants have habits similar to mistletoe. It grows…
The cactus spines are not connected with the axis of the stem or branches. The spines emerge from the…
Capsicum frutescens is a shrubby perennial that grows three to six feet high. The branches are loosely…
The common name of cardiospermum halicacabum is balloon vine but it is also know has heart seed and…
The casuarina equisetifolia tree can grow up to one hundred fifty feet tall. The branches are drooping…
Cecropia palmata has a single long, weak, thin trunk. At the top are a few horizontal or deflexed awkward…
Illustrated are cedrus libani cedars on Mount Lebanon. They are large trees with horizontally spreading…
The cephalanthus occidentalis shrub grows three to twelve feet tall. The flower heads are about one…
The common names of chaenomeles japonica are japan quince, flowering quince, and japonica. The shrub…
The common name of chamaecyparis pisifer is sawara cypress. The tree grows up to one hundred feet tall.…
Chamaecyparis pisifera plumosa tree has a dense, cone shaped habit. The branches are almost erect and…
The common name of chamaedaphne is leather leaf. The calyculata variety is a bush with spreading or…
Cissus discolor is a smooth, tendril climber. The branches are slender with four or five ribs or angles.…
Lemon is the common name of citrus limonia. It is a small tree with irregular branches. The flowers…
The common name of cornus stolonifera is red-osier dogwood. The shrub grows eight feet tall and usually…
Cornus baileyi is an erect shrub with reddish branches. It is native from Pennsylvania to Minnesota…
The common name of cornus florida is flowering dogwood. The shrub grows ten to fifteen feet tall and…
Corylus rostrata is a variety of hazel or filbert. The shrub grows two to six feet tall. The branches…
Cotoneaster horizontalis is a low shrub with almost horizontal branches. The flowers are erect and pink.…
Cotoneaster hupehensis is a shrub that grows five feet tall and has slender, spreading branches. The…
The common names of crataegus are hawthorn and crategus. The thorns pictured are modified branches.…
Crataegus arnoldiana is a tree variety of hawthorn. It grows twenty feet tall with stout, ascending…
Crataegus coccinioides sometimes grows twenty feet tall. The branches are stout and spreading, forming…
The crataegus punctata tree grows twenty five feet tall with horizontally spreading branches. It is…
Crataegus tomentosa grows to twenty feet with spreading branches. The fruit is usually oval, dull yellow…
Crocus vernus is the most common garden crocus. The flowers are lilac, white, or purple striped with…
Cuphea hyssopifolia has a shrubby stem and numerous branches. The flowers are scarcely longer than the…
The branches of cuphea ignea are somewhat angled. The flowers stalks are two to four times long than…
Cupressus sempervirens is a variety of cypress. The tree grows eighty feet tall with erect, horizontal…
The cytisus racemosus shrub grows six feet tall. The branches are covered in fine hairs. It is probably…
Daphne cneorum has long, trailing branches. The flower heads are pink and fragrant. The flowers bloom…
Deutzia gracilis grows three feet tall and has slender, arching branches. The flowers are pure white.…
The deutzia purpurascens shrub grows three feet tall with slender, arching branches. The flowers have…
The disanthus cercidifolius shrub grows to ten feet and has slender branches. The flowers are dark purple.…
Scarlet plume is the common name of euphorbia fulgens. The plant is native to Mexico. It is a small…
Euphorbia lactea has a white marbled area running through the middle of each face of its branches. It…
Cypress spurge is the common name of euphorbia cyparissias. It has many short, plume like branches.…