1. Horticulture I Plant List
Week 2 Plant ID
Horticulture I Plant List

2. Philodendron scandens var. oxycardium
Common name: Parlor ivy
Description:
Height: 1-6 ft.
Spacing: N/A
Exposure: Part sun to part shade
Foliage: heart-shaped glossy leaves, 4 inches long, 3 inches wide, leaves pointed at tip
Flowers in: N/A
Flower: white spathe
Life Cycle: perennial
Use: houseplant

3. Philodendron scandens var. oxycardium

4. Saintpaulia ionantha Common name: African violet Description:
Height: 6-9 inches
Spacing: N/A
Exposure: part shade to full shade
Foliage: low compact growing plant, dark green, thick, pubescent leaves
Flowers in: various times
Flower: violet-like flowers in panicles just above foliage, blue- violet, pink, fuchsia, white
Life Cycle: perennial
Use: houseplant

5. Saintpaulia ionantha

6. Schefflera arboricola
Common name: Dwarf schefflera
Description:
Height: feet.
Spacing: 4-8 feet.
Exposure: Full sun to part shade
Foliage: glossy, slender-stalked, compound, palmate, evergreen leaves, each leaf has 7-9 obovate-oblong leaflets arranged in a circle
Flowers in: N/A
Flower: Doesn’t flower inside
Life Cycle: Perennial
Use: Houseplant

7. Schefflera arboricola

8. Spathiphyllum cv. Common name: Peace lily Description:
Height: 1-6 feet.
Spacing: 1-5 feet.
Exposure: Part shade to full shade
Foliage: glossy green leaves
Flowers in: various times
Flower: white spathe
Life Cycle: Perennial
Use: Houseplant

9. Spathiphyllum cv.

10. Tradescantia zebrina Common name: Purple wandering jew Description:
Height: 6-9 inches
Spacing: 1-2 feet.
Exposure: full sun to part shade
Foliage: oval leaves that are blue- green with two broad silvery longitudinal stripes above and solid purple underneath
Flowers in: sporadically throughout year
Flower: lavender-purple
Life Cycle: perennial
Use: houseplant

11. Tradescantia zebrina

12. Perennials

13. Ajuga reptans Common name: Ajuga Description: Height: 6-9 inches
Spacing: 4-6 inches
Exposure: part shade to full shade
Foliage: glossy, medium green, 3-4 inches long, oval-shaped leaves in tight rosettes
Flowers in: spring
Flower: blue-violet, on 4-6 inch spikes
Life Cycle: perennial
Landscape Use: groundcover

14. Ajuga reptans

15. Canna x generalis Common name: Canna Description: Height: 24-84 inches
Spacing: at least 12 inches apart
Exposure: full sun
Foliage: large, medium green ovate-lanceolate leaves, inches across and 1-2 feet long, can be variegated
Flowers in: early summer to fall
Flower: red, orange, pink, yellow
Life Cycle: perennial
Landscape Use: wetlands, masses

16. Canna x generalis

17. Chrysanthemum morifolium
Common name: Florist Chrysanthemum
Description:
Height: inches
Spacing: inches
Exposure: full sun
Foliage: deeply lobed, dark green upright leaves
Flowers in: fall
Flower: red, orange, yellow, white, lavender
Life Cycle: perennial
Landscape Use: beds and borders, cut flower

18. Chrysanthemum morifolium

19. Chrysanthemum x superbum
Common name: Shasta daisy
Description:
Height: inches
Spacing: inches
Exposure: full sun
Foliage: alternate, simple, serrate leaves, green, inches
Flowers in: spring, summer
Flower: white, yellow centers
Life Cycle: perennial
Landscape Use: cut flowers, masses, groundcover

20. Chrysanthemum x superbum

21. Hedera helix Common name: English ivy Description:
Height: grows up to 50 ft.
Spacing:
Exposure: part shade to shade
Foliage: leaves are alternate, simple, palmate, 3-5 lobed, variegated and/or dark green
Flowers in: late summer to fall
Flower: small greenish-yellow flowers
Life Cycle: perennial
Landscape Use: groundcover, vine

22. Hedera helix

23. References: plants.ces.ncsu.edu www.floridata.com
Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants