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Plant ID #3 Horticulture 2
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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, foundations
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 sap
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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