Transcript Hort II 6.0 Plant ID

Plant Id – Horticulture II
1. Parlor Palm
• Botanical Name
– Chamaedorea elegans
• Growth Habit
– Slow growing
– Maturity height 2’tall
• Plant Use
– Interior/ Tropical
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Parlor Palm
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Palm-like leaves
Grown for its tropical look
Need good drainage
Mist leaves
Underwatering can cause
yellowing leaves
• Brown leaf tips dry air need
to mist
2. Amaryllis
• Scientific Name
– Hippeastrum hybrida
• Grown from a bulb
• Popular Christmas
gift
• Stem is hollow
Amaryllis
• Flower looks similar
to a lily
3. Gloxinia
Scientific Name
Sinningia speciosa
Popular gift plant
Bright, indirect light
or filtered light
through a screen
indoors
Gloxinia
• Large velvetytextured leaves
• Large tube shaped
flowers
• Supplement the
humidity in their
grow rooms with
pebble trays or a
humidifier to grow
Gloxinia year-round
4. Gladiolus
• Scientific Name
– Gladiolus communis
• Gladiolus is Latin for
small sword and
refers to the shape
of the leaves
• perennial corms
Gladiolus
• Leaves are shaped
like swords
• Flowers on long
spikes with florets
• Used in flower
arrangements
5. Plume Asparagus
Fern
• Scientific Name
– Asparagus plumosus
• Compact plant with
gracefully spreading
branches
• Leaves are dark
green feather-like
• Horizontal
branchlets on wiry
stems
Plume Aspargus Fern
• Temperature: Average warmth -minimum 50°F at night.
Constant high temperatures can
be harmful.
• Light: Can adapt to bright or
semi-shady conditions.
Keep away from direct sunlight.
• Water: Water regularly from
spring to autumn.
Occasionally water from below.
Water sparingly
in winter.
• Air Humidity: Mist occasionally,
especially in winter if room is
heated.
• Repotting: Repot in spring every
year.
• Propagation: Divide plants at any
time of the year. Sow seeds in
spring.
6. Croton
• Scientific Name
– Codiaeum
variegatum pictum
• Foliage color
– Red, orange, yellow
• Needs high humidity
Croton
• Grown for their
foliage
• Looses its brilliant
color if it does not
receive enough light
7. Snapdragon
• Scientific Name
– Antirrhinum majus
• Perennial treated as
an annual bedding
plant
Snapdragon
• Flowers on long
stalks
• Flower colors include
white, yellow,
burgundy, red,
pink,orange and
bronze
• Flowers are
snappable, openfaced or double
forms
• Used in floral designs
8. Peony
• Botanical name:
– Paeonia sp.
• Grows 3-5 feet
• 1 leaf cut to 3
• Purplish red in stems
Peony
• Flowers range in
color from white,
cream, and yellow to
pink, rose and scarlet
• Flowers are 3” to 6”
in diameter
• Extremely fragrant
9. Arrowhead Vine
• Scientific Name
– Syngonium
podophyllum
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Interior plant
Keep moist
Mist leaves regularly
Juvenile leaf form
are arrow-shape &
adult leaf forms
leaves become lobed
Arrowhead Vine
• Adult plants
produces aerial roots
and a moss stick
makes an excellent
support for the
climbing plant
10. Rotundifolia Holly
• Ilex crenata
‘Rotundifolia’
• Roundleaf Japanese
Holly
• Medium evergreen
shrub
• 4-6 ft. tall, 4-6 feet
wide
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Rotundifolia Holly
• Dark green oval
leaves
• 1” long and ½ “ wide
leaves
• Alternate
• Crenate margins
11. Norway Maple
• Botanical name
– Acer platanoides
• Large deciduous tree
• 60-80- feet tall
• 50-70 feet spread
• Simple, opposite, lobed
leaves, 4-7 inches wide
• Deep green foliage
that turns yellow in
fall
Norway Maple
• Greenish-yellow
flowers in early
spring before it has
leaves
• 2” to 3” winged
samara fruit
12. Grape Ivy
• Scientific Name
– Cissus rhombifolia
• Interior plant
• Vine-climbs with the
aid of tendrils.
• Each leaf is made up
of 3 leaflets
• 3” to 4” leaflets
Grape Ivy
• Hairy brown
branches and shiny
green leaves that
have fuzzy, white
undersides
13. Clematis
• Deciduous vine, leaf
stalk twines giving
the plant support
• Compound leaves
• flowers are showy,
having four
(sometimes five to
eight) petal-like
sepals (no true
petals)
Clematis
• Flowers vary in color
• Often used on
mailbox posts or
lamp posts
14. Wintergreen Barberry
• Scientific Name
– Berberis julianae
• Evergreen shrub
• 4-6’ tall, 2-5’ wide
• 2” long ¼” wide
leaves
• Leaves alternate in
rosettes
Wintergreen Barberry
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½” blue-black berries
1 1/2” sharp thorns
Flower yellow
Fruit bluish-black
Used as specimen,
hedge, border, or
background
material, traffic
control.Impenetrable
because of thorns.
15. Sasanqua Camellia
• Scientific name
– Camellia sasanqua
• Large evergreen
shrub 7-12’ tall & 57’ wide
• White, pink, red or
variegatedflowers 1
½” - 2”
FRUIT
Sasanqua Camellia
• Flowers in October and
November
• Foliage glossy, dark green,
alternate, 4”long
FLOWER BUD
16. Fucshia
• Scientific Name
• Fucshia hybrida
• Shrub with reddish
twigs
• Bell-shaped flowers
ranging from red to
white
• Dark, glossy-green 2” 3” leaves with reddish
edges and veins
Fucshia
17. Sycamore
• Scientific Name
– Platanus occidentalis
• Large deciduous tree
– 70-100’tall & 6080’wide
• Bark – upper, greengray; inner, white;
lower, brown-gray
• Peels
Sycamore
• 6” long and 4” wide
medium-green
leaves
• Leaves have 3 to 5
pointed lobes
• 1” – 1 ½” fuzzy
round fruit
18. Japanese Photinia
• Scientific Name
– Photinia glabra
• Common name Red
Tip
• Large evergreen
shrub 6-10’ tall & 45’ wide
Japanese Photinia
• Red new growth
• Dark green 2” long
1” wide mature
leaves
• Leave alternate
19. Southern Red Oak
• Scientific Name
– Quercus falcata
• Dark green large
leaves
• Leaves have round
base
• 3 to 5 lobes with
bristle tips
20. Japanese Boxwood
• Scientific Name
– Buxus microphylla
japonica
• Medium-evergreen
shrub
– 4-5’tall & 3-4’wide
• Glossy yellowishgreen new leaves
Japanese Boxwood
• Opposite, simple,
entire leaves
• ½” to 1” long and ¼”
to ½” wide mediumgreen mature leaves
21. Cape Jasmine
• Scientific Name
– Gardenia
jasminoides
• Medium evergreen
shrub 4-6’tall; 4-5’
wide
• Zones 8,9 interior
plants elsewhere
Cape Jasmine
• Dark-green 3” long
and 1 ½” wide leaves
• 3” white and very
fragrant flowers
22. Ginkgo
• Scientific Name
– Ginkgo biloba
– Biloba means twolobed
• Deciduous tree
– 40-70’tall & 2040’wide
Ginkgo
• Bright green
becoming bright
yellow in fall 3” fan –
shaped leaves
• 3” petioles
• Foul-smelling berries
with seeds on female
trees
23. Hetzi Holly
• Ilex crenata ‘Hetzi’
• Medium evergreen
shrub
• 4-6’ tall, 5-7’ wide
• 1” long and ½ “ wide
leaves
Hetzi Holly
• Alternate and
cupped leaves are
dark green
• ¼” black berries in
fall
24. Candytuft
• Scientific Name
– Iberis sempervirens
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Perennial
Grows 6-8” tall
White 1” flowers
Blooms in early
spring
Candytuft
• Grow in sun
• Often used in rock
gardens