1. Plant ID Group #8
Horticulture 2

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

6. Myrica cerifera Wax Myrtle
Foliage: simple, lanceolate shape with serrated margins; semi-evergreen 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; gray-green 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

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

16. 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

20. 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

24. Osmanthus fortunei Fortune Tea Olive
Foliage: evergreen; simple, oval shape with spines; 2-4 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

28. Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese Pachysandra
Foliage: evergreen groundcover, simple, obovate shape with dentate margins
Flowers: creamy white on terminal spikes
Height: inches
Spread: indefinite
Form: ground cover, spreading
Leaf Arrangement: alternate
Landscape Use: groundcover
Exposure: shade
Unique Characteristic: likes shade; no foot traffic

32. 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

37. 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: inches
Form: rounded
Leaf Arrangement: alternate
Landscape Use: border, container
Exposure: sun
Unique Characteristic: water very little; pungent smell

42. 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

45. Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain Grass
Foliage: perennial grass that grows in a slowly expanding clump; narrow, linear leaves that are flat, 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

49. 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: inches
Spread: inches
Leaf Arrangement: alternate
Landscape Use: container, interiorscape
Exposure: sun
Unique Characteristic: house plant; be careful not to over water

53. Peperomia obtusifolia
Foliage: simple, elliptic shape with entire margins, thick leaf, scoop shape
Flowers: light green spike, not important
Height: inches
Spread: inches
Leaf Arrangement: alternate
Landscape Use: container, interiorscape
Exposure: sun
Unique Characteristic: house plant

57. 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

62. Philodendron scandens var oxycardium
Parlor Ivy
Foliage: simple, cordate shape with entire margins
Height: inches
Spread: 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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