Transcript Week 4 Plants - Chabot`s Horticulture I Plant ID

Plant ID Horticulture I
Week 4
Plants #31 - #40
Hosta sp.
 Common
name:
Hosta
 Deciduous
Height:
perennial
18”-20”
Average growth rate
Rounded growth form
Hosta sp.
 Rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Full shade to partial
sun
 Green, silvery, yellow or
variegated leaf color
 Flowers purple from late
summer to
mid fall
Hosta sp.
 Propagated
through division
 Can be used as:
Foundation
Specimen
Ground
cover
Ilex X attenuata ‘Fosteri’
 Common
Fosteri
name:
Holly
 Evergreen
Height:
tree
20’-25’
Spread: 6’-10’
Slow growth rate
Ilex X attenuata ‘Fosteri’
 Columnar
or pyramidal
growth form
 Exposure: Partial sun to full
sun
 Flowers white in the spring
 Fruit is red berry
Ilex X attenuata ‘Fosteri’
 Easily
propagated by
cuttings
 Can be used as:
Border
Specimen
Screen
Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’
 Common
Dwarf
name:
Burford Holly
 Evergreen
Height:
shrub
5’-8’
Spread: 4’-5’
Average growth rate
Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf
Burford’
 Rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Partial
sun(shade) to full sun
 Pest: aphids and scale
 Fruit is edible for birds
 Low flammability
Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Burford’
 Dioecious
plant
 Can be used as:
Foundation
Screen
Border
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’
 Common
Helleri
name:
Holly
 Evergreen
shrub or
groundcover
Height:
3’-6’
Spread: 6’-10’
Slow growth rate
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’
 Rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Full shade to full
sun
 Fruit is rare
 Low flammability
 Needs very little pruning
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’
 Should
be planted an 3’ or
4’ centers to form hedge
 Can be used as:
Border
Foundation
Massing
Erosion
control
Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’
 Common
Dwarf
name:
Yaupon Holly
 Evergreen
Height:
shrub
4’-6’
Spread: 6’-10’
Slow growth rate
Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’
 Rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Partial
sun(shade) to full sun
 Plant has no fruit
 Low flammability
 North American native
Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’
 Can
be used as:
Massing
Foundation
Ground
cover
Erosion control
Impatiens
 Common
name:
Impatiens
 Evergreen
Height:
perennial
6”-24”
Spread: 12”-24”
Average growth rate
Impatiens
 Irregular
or sprawling
growth form
 Exposure: Full shade to
partial sun.
Impatiens
 Blooms:
orange, pink,
red and white
 Main pest problem is
slugs.
Impatiens
 Can
be used as:
Border
Container
Ground
Massing
cover
Iris X germanica var.
florentina
 Common
name:
Bearded
 Deciduous
Height:
Iris
Perennial
15”-30”
Average growth rate
Upright or erect growth
form
Iris X germanica var.
florentina
 Exposure:
Partial
sun(shade) to full sun
 Leaves arise from the
ground with no stems
 All parts of this plant
are poisonous
Iris X germanica var.
florentina
 Blooms:
blue, orange,
pink, purple, red, white
and yellow
 Should be divided every
3 to 4 years to prevent
crowding
Iris X germanica var.
florentina
 Can
be used as:
Border
Massing
Specimen
You can rub the blush off Bearded Iris
Juniperus conferta
 Common
Shore
Name:
Juniper
 Evergreen
Height:
Ground Cover
1’-2’
Spread: 6’-10’
Slow growth rate
Juniperus conferta
 Spreading
or horizontal
growth form
 Exposure: Full sun
 Blue or green leaf color.
Juniperus conferta
 No
flowers or blooms
 Fragrant foliage
 Highly flammable.
Juniperus conferta
 Can
be used for:
Massing
Container
Ground
cover
Erosion control
Juniperus horizontalis
‘Plumosa’, “Bar Harbor’, ‘Wiltonii’
 Common
Name:
Creeping
 Evergreen
Height:
Juniper
Ground Cover
1’-3’
Spread: 10’-20’
Average growth rate
Juniperus horizontalis
 Spreading
or horizontal
growth form
 Exposure: Full sun
 Fall leaf color is purple
 Blooms and fruit are blue
 Main disease problem is
twig blight
Juniperus horizontalis
 North
American Native
 Can be used for:
Massing
Container
Ground
cover
Erosion control
Lagerstroemia indica
 Common
Crape
name:
Myrtle
 Deciduous
Height:
Tree
6’-25’
Spread: 15’-25’
Average growth rate
Lagerstroemia indica
 Rounded
or spreading
growth form
 Exposure: Full sun
 Blooms: lavender, pink,
purple, red or white
 Major pest problem is
aphids
Lagerstroemia indica
 Can
be used as:
Border
Container
Massing
Specimen