Irmo City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
- PLANTING MATERIALS LIST
Sec. 14-1. - List.
This recommended planting list promotes planting materials that will not only thrive in the town but complements the urban landscape. It enhances community appearance and green spaces.
| COMMON NAME/BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME/BOTANICAL NAME |
|---|---|
| CANOPY | |
| DECIDUOUS CANOPY TREES (30 feet or taller at maturity) | |
| American Beech/Fagus Grandifolia | American Elm/Ulmus Americana |
| Bur Oak/Quercus Macrocarpa | Blackgum/Nyssa Sylvatica |
| Elm/Ulmus sp. | English Oak/Quercus Robur |
| Fastigate European Hornbeam/Carpinus Betulus | Chinese Flametree/Koelreuteria Bipinnata |
| Ginkgo/Ginkgo Biloba | Golden Raintree/Koelreuteria Paniculate |
| Green Ash/Fraxinus Pennsylvanica | Japanese Pagoda Tree/Sophora Japonica |
| Lacebark Elm/Ulmus Parvifolia | Laurel Oak/Quercus Laurifolia |
| London Plane Tree/Platanus Acerifolia | Overcup Oak/Quercus Lyrate |
| Pin Oak/Quercus Palustris | Post Oak/Quercus Stellata |
| River Burch/Betula Nigra | Silver Linden/Tilia Tomentosa |
| Shingle Oak/Quercus Imbricaria | Swamp Chestnut Oak/Quercus Michauxii |
| Swamp White Oak/Quercus Bicolor | Water Oak/Quercus Nigra |
| White Oak/Quercus Alba | Willow Oak/Quercus Phellos |
| EVERGREEN, SEMI-EVERGREEN AND CONIFEROUS CANOPY TREES (30 feet or taller at maturity) | |
| American Holly/Ilex Opaca | Bald Cypress/Taxodium Distichum |
| Chinese Evergreen Oak/Quercus Myrsinifolia | Dawn Redwood/Metasequoia Glyptostroboides |
| Deodar Cedar/Cedrus Deodora | Eastern Red Cedar/Juniperus Virginiana |
| Japanese Cryptomeria/Cryptomeria Japonica | Live Oak/Quercus Virginiana |
| Pond Cypress/Taxodium Ascendens | Southern Magnolia/Magnolia Grandiflora |
| UNDERSTORY TREES | |
| DECIDUOUS UNDERSTORY TREES (30 feet tall or less at maturity) | |
| American Hornbeam, Ironwood/Carpinus Caroliniana | American Hophornbeam, Ironwood/Ostrya Virginiana |
| Autumnalis Cherry/Prunus X Autumnalis | Carolina Cherry laurell/Prunus Caroliniana |
| Chinese Fringetree/Chionanthus Retusis | Chinese Pistache/Pistacia Chinensis |
| Common Smoketree/Cotinus Coggygria | Crape Myrtle/Lagerstromia Sp. |
| Eastern Redbud/Cercis Canadensis | Flowering Dogwood/Cornus Florida |
| Jackii Crabapple/Malus Baccata | Japanese Flowering Cherry/Prunus Serrulata |
| Japanese Maple/Acer Palmatum | Kousa Dogwood/Cornus Kousa |
| Okame Cherry/Prunus X Okame | Oklahoma Redbud/Cercis Reniformis |
| Saucer Magnolia, Tuliptree/Magnolia X Soulangiana | Sourwood/Oxydendron Arboretum |
| Winter King Hawthorn/Crataegus Viridis | Yoshino Cherry/Prunus X Yedoensis |
| EVERGREEN, SEMI-EVERGREEN AND CONIFEROUS UNDERSTORY TREES (30 feet tall or less at maturity) | |
| American Arborvitae/Thuja occidentalis | Camellia/Camellia japonica |
| Emily Brunner Holly/Ilex X Emily Brunner | English Holly/Ilex Aquilifolium |
| Foster Holly/Ilex X Attenuate | Japanese Black Pine/Pinus Thunbergii |
| Little Gem Magnolia/Magnolia Grandiflora | Lusterleaf Holly/Ilex Latifolia |
| Nellie R. Stevens Holly/Ilex X Nellie R. Stevens | Sweetbay Magnolia/Magnolia Virginiana |
| Waxmyrtle/Myrica Cerifera | Yaupon Holly/Ilex Vomitoria |
| SHRUBS AND GROUNDCOVER | |
| DECIDUOUS SHRUBS—SMALL (up to four feet in height) | |
| Big Leaf Hydrangea/Hydrangea Macrophylla | Cranberry Cotoneaster/Cotoneaster Apiculatus |
| Dwarf Fothergilla/Fothergilla Gardenii | Rock Cotoneaster/Cotoneaster Horizontalis |
| Slender Deutzia/Deutzia Gracilis | Winter Jasmine/Jasminum Nudiflorum |
| DECIDUOUS SHRUBS—MEDIUM (between four and six feet in height) | |
| Big Leaf Hydrangea/Hydrangea Macrophylla | Bridalwreath Spirea/Spiraea Prunifolia |
| Butterfly-Bush/Buddleia Davidii | French Mulberry or American Beautyberry/Callicarpa Americana |
| Japanese Beautyberry/Callicarpa Japonica | Japanese Flowering Quince/Chaenomeles Japonica |
| Kerria/Kerria Japonica | Old Fashioned Wiegela/Weigela Florida |
| Purple Beautyberry/Callicarpa Dichotoma | Reeves Spirea/Spiraea Cantoniensis |
| Smooth Hydrangea/Hydrangea Arborescens | Summersweet Clethra/Clethra Alnifolia |
| Thunberg Spirea/Spiraea Thunbergii | Virginia Sweetspire/Itea Virginica |
| DECIDUOUS SHRUBS—LARGE (six feet and above in height) | |
| Forsythia/Forsythia X Intermedia | Fuzzy Deutzia/Deutzia Scabra |
| Mock Orange/Philadelphia X Virginalis | Oakleaf Hydrangea/Hydrangea Quercifolia |
| Sweetshrub/Calycanthus Floridus | Vanhoutte Spirea/Spiraea X Vanhouttei |
| Virginia Witchhazel/Hamamelis Virginiana | Winterberry/Ilex Verticillata |
| Wintersweet/Chimonanthus Praecox | |
| EVERGREEN SHRUBS—SMALL (up to four feet in height) | |
| Dwarf/Loropetalum | Dwarf Inkberry/Ilex Glabra |
| Dwarf Japanese Holly/Ilex Crenata | Harbor Dwarf Nandina/Nandina Domestica |
| Dwarf Yaupon Holly/Ilex Vomitoria | Glenn Dale Azalea/Azalea Hybrida |
| Harbor Dwarf Nandina/Nandina Domestica | Kurume Azalea/Azalea Kurume |
| Loropetalum/Chinensis | |
| EVERGREEN SHRUBS—MEDIUM (between four and six feet in height) | |
| Banana Shrub/Michelia Figo | Burford Holly/Ilex Cornuta |
| Camellia/Camellia Japonica | Carolina Cherry Laurel/Prunus Caroliniana |
| Chindo Sweet Viburnum/Viburnum Awabuki | Chinese Holly/Ilex Cornuta |
| Cleyera/Cleyera Japonica | Convex Japanese Holly/Ilex Crenata |
| Emily Brunner Holly/Ilex X | English Holly/Ilex Aquifolium |
| Florida Leucothoe/Leucothoe Populifolia | Fortune's Osmanthus/Osmanthus X Fortunei |
| Fragrant Tea Olive/Osmanthus Fragrans | Fraser Photinia/Photinia X Fraseri |
| Golden Privet/Ligustrum X Vicaryi | Hedge Bamboo/Bambusa Multiplex |
| Hetzi Japanese Holly/Ilex Crenata | Hetzi Junipe/Juniperus Chinensis |
| Holly Tea Olive/False Holly/Osmanthus Heterophyllus | Indian Azalea/Azalea Indica |
| Inkberry/Ilex Glabra | Japanese Euonymus/Euonymus Japonicus |
| Japanese Fatsia/Fatsia Japonica | Japanese Pieris/Pieris japonica |
| Japanese Privet/Ligustrum Japonicum | Laurestinus Viburnum/Viburnum tinus |
| Leatherleaf Mahonia/Mahonia Bealei | Leatherleaf Viburnum/Viburnum Rhytidophyllum |
| Loropetalum/Loropetalum Chinese | Lusterleaf Holly/Ilex Latifolia |
| Nandina/Nandina Domestica | Perny Holly/Ilex Pernyi |
| Pittosporum/Japanese Mockorange/Pittosporum Tobira | Podocarpus/Japanese Yew/Podocarpus Macrophyllus Maki |
| Roundleaf Japanese Holly/Ilex Crenata | Sasanqua Camellia/Camellia Sasanqua |
| Scarlett Firethorn/Pyracantha Coccinea | Sweet Bay Laurel/Laurus Nobilis |
| Wax Myrtle/Myrica Cerifera | Wintergreen Barberry/Berberis Julianae |
| Yaupon Holly/Pilex Vomitoria | |
| GROUNDCOVERS | |
| Aaronsbeard/Hypericum Calycinum | Ajuga/Ajuga Reptans |
| Asiatic Jasmine/Trachelospermum Asiaticum | Bearberry Cotoneaster/Cotoneaster Dammeri |
| Bigleaf Periwinkle/Vinca Major | Cast-Iron Plant/Aspidistra Elatoir |
| Creeping Juniper/Juniper Horizontalis | Daylily/Hemerocallis Spp |
| Holly Fern/Cyrtomium Falcatum | Juniper/Juniper Procumbens |
| Lavender Cotton/Santolina Chamaecyparissus | Lenten Rose/Helleborus Orientalis |
| Liriope/Liriope Muscari | Littleleaf Periwinkle/Vinca Minor |
| Mondo Grass/Ophiopogon Japonicus | Shore Juniper/Junperus Conferta |
| Stonecrop/Sedum Acre | Willowleaf Cotoneaster/Cotoneaster Salicifolius |
(Ord. No. 22-10, 5-17-2022)