Horticulture Plant List 4-H Ornamental Horticulture Activity Photos by Dr. Gerald Klingaman, Janet Carson, Dr. Jim Robbins and Julie Treat

TREES

*Red Maple Acer rubrum * Plants to be used in Junior Competition

*Red Maple Acer rubrum

*Japanese Maple Acer palmatum

River Birch – Betula nigra

Deodara Cedar – Cedrus deodara

*Redbud – Cercis canadensis

*Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida

*Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba

Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos inermis

*American Holly Ilex opaca

Foster Holly Ilex attunate

Golden Raintree Koelreuteria paniculata

Golden Raintree Seed pods Flowers and compound leaf

*Crapemyrtle Lagerstroemia indica

Crape myrtle flowers

*Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua

*Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip poplar foliage

*Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora

Southern Magnolia

Saucer Magnolia Magnolia soulangiana

Crabapple Malus species

*Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda

Chinese Pistache Pistacia chinensis Chinese

Purpleleaf Plum Prunus cerasifera ‘Thundercloud’

*Bradford Pear Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’

White Oak Quercus alba

*Pin Oak Quercus palustris

*Willow Oak Quercus phellos

*Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum

Arborvitae Thuja orientalis

*American Elm Ulmus americana

Annuals, Perennials and Ornamental Grasses

Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum

*Wax Begonia Begonia semperflorens

*Caladium Caladium bicolor

Canna Canna generalis

*Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus

Dusty Miller Centaurea cineraria

*Coleus Centaurea cineraria

Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata

Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus Foliage

Dahlia Dahlia hybrida

Pentas Digitalis lanceolata

Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Daylily Hemerocallis hybrid

Lenten Rose Helleborus orientalis

Hosta Hosta hybrid

*Sultana Impatiens wallerana

Bearded Iris Iris germanica

*Lantana Lantana camera

Melampodium Melampodium paludosum

Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis

*Geranium Pelargonium hortorum

*Petunia Petunia hybrida

Garden Phlox Phlox paniculata

Moss Rose Portulaca grandiflora

*Scarlet Sage Salvia splendens

*French Marigold Tagetes patula

Wishbone Flower Torenia fournieri

Verbena Verbena hybrida

Pansy Viola tricolor hortensis

*Zinnia Zinnia elegans

Shrubs

*Glossy Abelia Abelia x grandiflora

Carpet Bugleweed Ajuga reptans

*Gold Dust Aucuba Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’

*Redleaf Barberry Berberis thunbergi ‘Atropurpurea’

*Common Boxwood Buxus sempervirens

Japanese Camellia Camellia japonica

Japanese Camellia

Japanese Cleyera Cleyera japonica

Thorny Elaeagnus Elaeagnus pungens

Manhattan Euonymus Euonymus kiautschovica ‘Manhattan’

Border Forsythia Forsythia x intermedia

English Ivy Hedra helix

Bigleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla Blooms in the summer. Winter – after leaves drop.

Foster Holly Ilex attenuate

Burford Holly Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’

Japanese Holly Ilex crenata

Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’ *Compact shrub *Round meatball shape

Pfitzer Juniper Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeriana’

Blue Rug Juniper Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltoni’

Japanese Garden Juniper Juniperius procumbens

Monkeygrass Liriope muscari

Leatherleaf Mahonia Mahonia bealei

*Heavenly Bamboo Nandina domestica

Firethorn Pyracantha species

*Indian Azalea Rhododendron indicum

*Anthony Waterer Spiraea Spiraea x bumalda ‘Anthony Waterer’

Vanhoutte Spiraea Spiraea x vanhouttei

*Periwinkle Vinca minor

*Adam’s Needle Yucca filamentosa

Houseplants

*Chinese Evergreen Agalonema sp.

*Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla

*Asparagus Fern Asparagus densiflorus

*Schefflera Brassaia actinophylla

*Bromeliads Bromeliads

Croton Codiaeum variegatum

*Jade Plant Crassula argentea

*Dumbcane Dieffenbachia amoena

*Dracaena Dracaena sp.

*Pothos Epipremnum aureum

*Weeping Fig Ficus benjamina

Rubber Tree Ficus elastica

*Boston Fern Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Bostoniensis’

*African Violet Santpaulia ionantha

*Snakeplant Sansevieria trifasciata

*Peace Lily Spathiphyllum sp.

*Wandering Jew Tradescantia sp.

Holiday Cactus Zygocatus truncates