Plant Identification Week 28

Wandering Jew Zebrina pendula cv. Trailing, perennial vine with pendant stems 2 inch, ovate, silver-banded, glistening, green leaf with purple underside Small, bright pink to purple-blue flowers

Zinnia Zinnia elegans 1-3 foot upright, bushy, flowering annual ovate to lance-shaped, hairy leaves Daisy-like flower forms include semi-souble, full-double, cactus flowered, quilled, crested and some varieties that are dwarf Flower colors – white, yellow, gold, green, pink, orange, red, purple, mauve, striped, speckled

Nephthytis Syngonium podophyllum Sparsely-branched, root-climbing vine Shape of leaves changes as plant matures – juvenile leaves are arrow shaped – as plants age the leaves get larger and become lobed and need more support Leaf colors – range from creamy pale green to dark green with variegation dependent on maturity of leaf

Ivy Geranium Trailing succulent plants Pelargonium peltatum cv. Trailing succulent plants Lobed, ivy-like, sometimes pointed, stiff, glossy, fleshy, mid green leaves Rounded clusters of 5-10 single or double flowers Flower colors- white, pink, rose, lavender, mauve, purple, some blotched or striped