Transcript Plant Weeks - Chabot`s Horticulture I Plant ID

Plant ID Horticulture I
Week 1
Plants #1 - #10
Abelia X grandiflora
Common
Glossy
name:
Abelia
Evergreen
Height:
Shrub
6’-10’
Spread: 6’-10’
Average growth rate
Abelia X grandiflora
 Rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Partial sun to full sun
 Leaf arrangement opposite or
whorled (3 leaves at each node)
 Flowers are white to pink and
lilac
 Flowers are bell shaped
Abelia X grandiflora
Can
be used as:
Border
Erosion
control
Massing
Specimen
Screening
Acer palmatum
Common
Name:
Japanese
Deciduous
Height:
Maple
Tree
15’-25’
Spread: 15’-25’
Slow growth rate
Acer palmatum
Rounded growth form
Exposure: Full shade to
full sun
Fall color: copper,
orange, yellow and red
Flowers red in the spring
Acer palmatum
 Can
be used as:
Border
Specimen
Rock garden
Acer rubrum
Common
Red
Name:
Maple
Deciduous
Height:
Tree
50’-75’
Spread: 40’-60’
Fast growth rate
Acer rubrum
Upright
growth form
Exposure: Full sun to
full shade
Edible fruit for birds.
Acer rubrum
Can
be used as:
Wetlands
Specimen
Woodland
plant
garden
Ageratum mexicanum
 Common
name:
Ageratum
 Annual
Height:
6”-18”
Spread: 1”-10”
Average growth rate
Ageratum mexicanum
 Rounded
or spreading growth
form
 Exposure: Partial sun to full sun
 Leaf is heart shaped
 No fruit
 Flower color: Blue, pink, purple
and white
Ageratum mexicanum
 Can
be used as:
Container
Massing
Specimen
Rock
garden
Ajuga reptans
 Common
name:
Ajuga
 Herbaceous
perennial
ground cover
Height:1”-6”
Spread:
1”-12”
Slow growth rate
Ajuga reptans
 Spreading
growth form
 Exposure: Full sun to full
shade
 Attractive foliage and flowers
Ajuga reptans
 Can
be used as:
Border
Container
Erosion control
Massing
Rock garden
Araucaria heterophylla
 Common
Norfolk
 House
name:
Island Pine
Plant- Tree
Height:
2’-20’
Spread: 15’-25’
Fast growth rate
Araucaria heterophylla
 Columnar
or pyramidal
growth form
 Exposure: Full sun
 Fruit causes litter.
Araucaria heterophylla
 Inconspicuous
flowers or
blooms in the spring
 Scale is the main pest
problem
 Highly flammable.
Araucaria heterophylla
 Used
as a specimen plant
Asparagus densiflorus
‘Sprengeri’
 Common
name
Sprengeri
 Perennial
Height:
Fern
evergreen
12”-24”
Spread: 12”-36”
Fast growth rate
Asparagus densiflorus
‘Sprengeri’
 Irregular
or Spreading
growth form
 Exposure: Full sun to full
shade
 Flowers are white
 Mites are the only pest
problem
Asparagus densiflorus
‘Sprengeri’
 Fruit
will be a red berry
 Stems are woody with
sharp spines
 Can
be used as:
Container
Ground
cover
Aucuba japonica
 Common
name:
Japanese
 Evergreen
Height:
Aucuba
Shrub
4’-6’
Spread: 3’-6’
Slow growth rate
Aucuba japonica
 Oval,
upright, or rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Full shade to partial
sun
 Propagate by stem cuttings
 Flowers red (panicle) in the
spring
Aucuba japonica
 Can
be used as:
Border
Container
Foundation
Massing
Specimen
Begonia X semperflorenscultorum
 Common
Wax
name
Begonia
 Deciduous
Height:
annual
8”-24”
Spread: 6”-8”
Average growth rate
Begonia X semperflorenscultorum
 Rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Full shade to
partial sun
 Flowers pink, red or
white
 Will bloom almost
continuously
Begonia X semperflorenscultorum
 Can
be used as:
Border
Container
Massing
Seashore
Berberis thunbergii
 Common
name
Japanese
Barberry
 Semi-evergreen
Height:
shrub
3’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Slow growth rate
Berberis thunbergii
 Rounded
growth form
 Exposure: Full shade to
full sun
 Naturally multiple
trunks
 Trunks have thorns
Berberis thunbergii
 Can
be used as:
Border
Erosion
control
Foundation
Massing
Specimen