Transcript Plant ID Group #8

Plant ID Group #8
Horticulture 2
Maranta leuconeura
• Prayer Plant
– Foliage: simple, oval shape with entire margins;
variegated with blotches of black, pink, or red or
leaves; usually 10 spots; 4-8 inches long
– Height: 3-12 inches
– Spread: 6-12 inches
– Leaf Arrangement: whorled
– Exposure: part shade
– Landscape Use: container, interiorscape
– Unique Characteristic: associated with prayer b/c of
the 10 spots and 10 commandments; leaf color fades
with sun
Myrica cerifera
• Wax Myrtle
– Foliage: simple, lanceolate shape with serrated margins; semievergreen where the winters are frosty; simple narrow leaves of the wax
myrtle range from 1-5 inches in length and about 0.5 inches wide; graygreen to yellow-green
– Flowers: The males are yellow-green catkins that grow up to 1 inch long
while the females are small and inconspicuous little bumps that grow
into small blue berries, 1/8 inch in diameter, that are held closely to the
stem
– Height: 8-12 feet
– Spread: 8-12 feet
– Form: rounded
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Exposure: sun
– Landscape Use: border, hedge, screen
– Unique Characteristic: aromatic leaves when crushed
– Zone: 7 to 10
Nandina domestica
• Heavenly Bamboo or Nandina
– Foliage: evergreen, tri-pinnately compound leaves which have
lance shaped leaflets and entire margins
– Flowers: large clusters of small white flowers at the end of stems
followed by green berries which ripen to bright red
– Height: 5-6 feet
– Spread: 3-4 feet
– Form: lacy appearance and upright form
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Exposure: sun
– Landscape Use: border, foundation, specimen
– Unique Characteristic: foliage makes this a very delicate plant,
interesting vertical form
Nephrolepis exaltata cv.
• Boston Fern
– Foliage: simple, lanceolated shape; Long green
weeping fronds arise from the crown at the soil
surface
– Flowers: none- reproduces from spores or division
– Height: 1 to 3 feet
– Spread: 2 to 5 feet
– Form: weeping
– Leaf Arrangement: whorled from crown at soil level
– Exposure: shade
– Landscape Use: container, hanging baskets,
interiorscape
– Unique Characteristic: no leaves only fronds; little
watering or light required
Ophiopogon japonicus
• Mondo Grass
– Foliage: evergreen perennial; slender leaves grow
from 2-12 in long; rigid and curve back toward the
ground and resemble blades of turf grass
– Flowers: small light purple flowers (hidden in grass)
– Fruit: blue-black berries in fall
– Height: 2 to 12 inches
– Spread: 2 to 12 inches
– Form: weeping
– Leaf Arrangement: whorled from rhizomes at soil
level
– Exposure: sun
– Landscape Use: border, edging, foundation
– Unique Characteristic: reproduction via rhizomes;
much smaller and thinner than the liriope
Osmanthus fortunei
• Fortune Tea Olive
– Foliage: evergreen; simple, oval shape with spines; 24 inches long
– Flowers: pleasant fragrance; inconspicuous and not
showy
– Height: 8-12 feet
– Spread: 5-8 feet
– Form: tree or shrub; wide as tall and develop a vase
shape with several main trunks typically originating
close to the ground
– Leaf Arrangement: opposite/ sub-opposite
– Exposure: sun
– Landscape Use: border, hedge, screen
– Unique Characteristic: painful border; mistaken for
hollies; good tree form plants
Pachysandra terminalis
– Japanese Pachysandra
– Foliage: evergreen groundcover, simple, obovate
shape with dentate margins
– Flowers: creamy white on terminal spikes
– Height: 6- 10 inches
– Spread: indefinite
– Form: ground cover, spreading
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Landscape Use: groundcover
– Exposure: shade
– Unique Characteristic: likes shade; no foot traffic
Pesonia sp
– Peony
– Foliage: perennial; compound, leaflets
elliptical with entire margins
– Flowers: various colors, fragrant, May- June
– Height: 1-3 feet
– Spread: 1-3 feet
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Landscape Use: border, cut flower
– Exposure: sun
– Unique Characteristic: wonderful plant for
perennial borders
Pelargonium x hortorum
– Geraniums
– Foliage: simple, round shaped, fuzzy leaf with
scalloped margins, horseshoe discoloration on some
leaves
– Flowers: red, white, pink flowers on long stems from
May to frost
– Height: 8-18 inches
– Spread: 12-24 inches
– Form: rounded
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Landscape Use: border, container
– Exposure: sun
– Unique Characteristic: water very little; pungent smell
Pelargonium peltatum
• Ivy Leaf Geranium
– Foliage: simple, star shaped leaves with palmate
veins
– Flowers: red, white and pink flowers from May until
frost
– Height: 8-18 inches
– Spread:12-24 inches
– Form: rounded and slightly weeping
– Leaf Arrangement: alternating
– Landscape Use: border, container, hanging baskets
– Exposure: sun
– Unique Characteristic: shiny leaves, resembles ivy
plant
Pennisetum alopecuroides
• Fountain Grass
– Foliage: perennial grass that grows in a slowly
expanding clump; narrow, linear leaves that are flat,
12-20 in long, less than 0.5 in wide, and slightly
scabrous
– Flowers: feathery spikes
– Height: 2-4 feet
– Spread: 2-4 feet
– Form: weeping grass with feathery spikes
– Leaf Arrangement: whorled from ground
– Landscape Use: borders
– Exposure: sun
– Unique Characteristic: sharp edges on leaves
Peperomia caperata ‘Emerald
Ripple’
• Emerald Ripple Peperomia
– Foliage: simple, elliptic shape with entire margins, thin
leaf that is rippled
– Flowers: light green spike, not important
– Height: 8- 12 inches
– Spread: 8- 12 inches
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Landscape Use: container, interiorscape
– Exposure: sun
– Unique Characteristic: house plant; be careful not to
over water
Peperomia obtusifolia
• Peperomia
– Foliage: simple, elliptic shape with entire
margins, thick leaf, scoop shape
– Flowers: light green spike, not important
– Height: 8- 12 inches
– Spread: 8- 12 inches
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Landscape Use: container, interiorscape
– Exposure: sun
– Unique Characteristic: house plant
Petunia hybrida
• Petunia
– Foliage: fuzzy, pointy shade, simple leaf
– Flowers: petals are all connected; found in every color
of the rainbow in solids, contrasting veins or edges,
and star patterns. large or small, ruffled, fringed, or
double. bloom from spring until frost.
– Height: 6 inches to 18 inches
– Spread: 18 inches to 4 feet
– Form: creeping
– Leaf Arrangement: alternating
– Landscape Use: color masses, borders, containers,
hanging baskets or as a seasonal groundcover
– Exposure: sun
– Unique Characteristic: related to tobacco
Philodendron scandens var
oxycardium
• Parlor Ivy
– Foliage: simple, cordate shape with entire
margins
– Height: 6- 10 inches
– Spread: 8- 16 inches
– Form: weeping, creeping, and climbing plants
– Leaf Arrangement: alternate
– Landscape Use: container, hanging baskets
– Exposure: part shade
– Unique Characteristic: indoor plant
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