Plant ID #3

Horticulture 2

Chamaecyparis pisifera • Gold Mop

– Foliage: medium- to large-sized evergreen shrub; scale-like or awl-like leaves press close to the thready stems

– Height: 3'-20' tall x similar widths, depending upon cultivar

– Form: round– Exposure: full sun– Landscape Use: accent plant, borders,

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Chameadorea elegans• Parlor Palm

– Foliage: Fan like leaf; compound; linear leaflets with entire margins

– Flowers: rare – Height: May grow up to 15 feet outside, rarely over 5

feet when grown as an indoor plant – Spread: Can be up to 2 feet at the base when

cultivated outside – Form: weeping– Leaf Arrangement: alternative– Landscape Use: container; interiorscape– Exposure: Sun– Unique Characteristic: indoor plant; good for air

pollution removal

Chlorophytum comosum

• Spider Plant– Foliage: grass-like, evergreen perennial in the lily family; linear,

8-16 in long; simple, linear shape with entire margins– Flowers: Small white flowers are borne along outward arching

wiry stalks – Height: 1-2’– Spread: 1-3’– Form: weeping– Leaf Arrangement: whorled– Exposure: sun– Landscape Use: Container, Hanging basket, interiorscape– Unique Characteristic: After blooming and fruiting, little tufts of

leaves - baby spider plants - develop on the stalks.

Chrysanthemum morifolium• Florist Chrysanthemum

– Foliage: simple; oval shape with deeply lobed margins – Flowers: large flower head; red, orange, yellow, white,

lavender – Height: 1 to 5 feet– Spread: up to 4 feet– Form: Short lived bushy perennial – Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Exposure: sun or part sun– Landscape Use: Container, interiorscape– Unique Characteristic: Commonly used in flower

arrangements; popular potted flowering plant. MUM FEST

Chrysanthemum x superbum• Shasta Daisy

– Foliage: simple, linear shape, entire at base with serrated tip margins

– Flowers: white with yellow centers; single and double flowered

– Height: 3 to 4 feet– Spread: 2 to 3 feet– Form: upright– Exposure: Sun or Partial Sun– Landscape Use: border, cut flower, edging– Leaf Arrangement: whorled– Unique Characteristic: need some support to

keep them from falling over; deciduous

Clematis x jackmanii• Clematis Hybrids

– Foliage: compound, 3 ovate leaflets with entire margins

– Flowers: produce flowers on the current season's growth; abundant and large, to 7 in across, with 4-6 petal-like sepals; single or double

– Height: 10 feet in one season– Spread: vine; twining growth– Form: vine; climbing with trendels– Exposure: Sun– Landscape Use: Border, container, edging– Leaf Arrangement: opposite– Unique Characteristic: 400 named cultivars of hybrid

clematis

Codiaeum variegatum• Croton

– Foliage: evergreen; diversity of leaf shapes and colors; all variegated in colors; simple; entire margins

– Flowers: tiny inconspicuous star-shaped yellow flowers

– Height: 10 feet– Spread: varies greatly– Form: upright; shrub– Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Exposure: Sun– Landscape Use: Container, interiorscape– Unique Characteristic: house plants stay small; milky

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Coleus x hybridus• Coleus

– Foliage: late spring to fall; simple, ovate shape with crenate margins

– Flowers: spike, whitish-purple in summer – Height: 8 to 30 inches depending on variety– Spread: 6 to 24 inches depending on variety– Form: upright, inverted pyramid– Leaf Arrangement: opposite– Landscape Use: Border, container, edging– Exposure: Sun or Partial Sun– Unique Characteristic: grown for foliage

Cornus florida• Flowering Dogwood

– Foliage: deciduous; mid-green leaves; 3-6 in long, turn red and purple in autumn; ovate shape with entire, wavy margins

– Flowers: Blooms before leaves come out; white or pink; single, white in early spring; indented at tip

– Height: 30 feet– Spread: 35 feet– Form: short trunk with full rounded crown with

horizontal branches often in layered tiers– Leaf Arrangement: opposite– Landscape Use: Border– Exposure: Light shade– Unique Characteristic: Flowering Dogwoods are one

of our most common under story trees. State Flower

Cornus kousa– Chinese Dogwood– Foliage: 2 to 4", simple, ovate shape with entire

margins; reddish purple to scarlet fall color; deciduous; hairy underneath; no veins after midpoint

– Flowers: Pointy petals; blooms about 2 to 3 weeks after C. florida; pinkish red to red fruit in late summer

– Height: 20 to 30 feet– Spread: 15 to 20 feet– Form: Vase shape in youth; rounded with horizontal

branching with age – Leaf Arrangement: opposite– Landscape Use: border– Exposure: light shade– Unique Characteristic: AKA Kousa Dogwood

Cupressocyparis x leylandii• Leyland Cypress

– Foliage: evergreen; scale-like leaves with entire margins

– Flowers: not showy; brown cones– Height: 50-60 feet– Spread: 12 to 15 feet– Form: Upright; pyramidal – Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Landscape Use: border, screen– Exposure: sun– Unique Characteristic: Short-term screen plant;

disease and insect prone; easy to transplant; salt tolerant

Crassula ovata• Jade Plant

– Foliage: Succulent, fleshy leaves are round or oval, dark green, blue-gray or edged in red depending on species and cultivar; waxy outer layer;

– Flowers: Clusters of star-shaped white or pink flowers will appear on mature plants in the winter

– Height: 5 feet indoors (extremely slow growth)– Spread: same as height– Form: upright (shaped like little tree)– Leaf Arrangement: opposite– Exposure: full sun or bright filtered light– Landscape Use: container or interiorscaping– Unique Characteristic: don’t over water!

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