Date post: | 18-Jan-2016 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | gertrude-simmons |
View: | 219 times |
Download: | 0 times |
Week 12Plant ID
HORT I
Tradescantia Zebrina
• Purple Wandering Jew
•SPATHIPHYLLUM cvs.
• spa – thi – FIL – lum• Common Name: Peace Lily
• Family: Aracaea
• Native: Amazon Valley
• Life Cycle: Annual•Growth Habit: House Plant • Leaf Arrangement: Basal• Leaf Shape: Elliptical• Leaf Margin: Entire (wavy)•Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Simple
FLOWER
• Flower is white to green with green line on back
• Green to white spadix
• Root: Fibrous• Fruit: Spadix will be cluster
of seeds.• Growth: medium• Light Exposure: Shade • Zone: Tropical
Glossy Abelia: Abelia x grandiflora
• Evergreen shrub• Leaf: opposite,
elliptical, serrated, pinnate, simple
• Pink flower, funnel/tube shaped.
• Twigs are reddish-brown with streaks
Aucuba japonica
• Height: 6 to 10 feet • Width: 4 to 6 feet• Evergreen• Flower/Fruit: Grown for
foliage rather than flowers; purple male flowers; 0.5" scarlet fruit matures in fall and persists till spring; often hidden by foliage
Aucuba japonica
• Foliage: Opposite, simple, lustrous, leathery le• Comments: Drought tolerant; young leaves
exposed to sun will blacken; easy to transplant; remains dense even in heavy shade; male and female plants aves; 3 to 8" long; rounded green stems
Buxus sempervirensCommon Boxwood
•Height: 3-8’•Spread: 3-4’•Simple with white midrib on underside•Part shade•Used as a hedge along a building