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 Common name: Norfolk Island pine  Size: 2-6 ft.  Form: symmetrical pyramid, branches emerging from trunk in regular patterns.  Exposure: Full sun  Foliage: soft looking, light green, leaves on young trees are narrowly wedge shaped, 0.5 in long, on mature trees leaves are scalelike and overlapping, 0.25 in. long  Flower: Male and female cones  Fruit: Male cones are cylindrical 1- 3 in., female cones are spherical and 3-5 in. (in landscape settings)  Use: houseplant

 Common name: Asparagus fern  Size:1-3 ft.  Form: erect perennial herb  Exposure: part sun to part shade  Foliage: alternate, simple, entire, up to 2 in. in length, green  Flower: white  Fruit: oval, 0.5 in, fleshy red berry  Use: houseplant, interiorscape

 Common name: spider plant  Size: 3 ft.  Form: grass-like, clump-forming evergreen perennial  Exposure: bright light, tolerates some shade  Foliage: linear, 8-16 in. long and less than 1 in wide  Flower: Small white flowers borne on wiry arching stalks  Fruit: Seed capsules 1/3 in. long  Use: houseplant, interiorscape, hanging baskets

 Common name: croton  Size: up to 10 ft. (if in landscape)  Form: evergreen shrub  Exposure: bright light to part shade  Foliage: alternate, simple leaves, mottled with white, yellow, or red  Flower: white  Fruit: Insignificant  Use: houseplant, interiorscape, landscape as tender annual in summer

 Common name: dumbcane  Size: 4-6 ft.  Form: tall perennial herb  Exposure: shade  Foliage: leaves alternate, simple, large, mottled with white, yellowish, and different shades of green  Flower: spadix surrounded by spathe  Fruit: orange, not showy  Use: houseplant, interiorscape

 Common name: Boston fern  Size: 3 ft.  Form: erect fern arising from tufted cluster originating from underground rhizomes  Exposure: part shade  Foliage: fronds up to 3 ft. long and 6 in. wide, individual leaflets 3 in. long and shallowly toothed  Flower: round sori  Fruit: sori (spore bearing organs)  Use: houseplant, interiorscape, hanging baskets

 Common name: Swedish ivy  Size: 2-3 ft.  Form: herbaceous perennial, erect stems that trail and spread with maturity  Exposure: Sun to part shade  Foliage: broad ovate leaves, glossy green leaves up to 1.5 in. long with crenate margins  Flower: white to pale purple flowers on racemes up to 8 in.  Fruit: Insignificant  Use: Houseplant, interiorscape, containers, hanging baskets

 Common name: American umbrella tree, Schefflera  Size: 1-20 ft.  Form: evergreen tree or shrub  Exposure: sun to shade  Foliage: leaves alternate, palmately divided into 8 smooth margined leaflets, dark green, base of leaf clasps stalk  Flower: small, seldom seen in houseplants  Fruit: Insignificant  Use: houseplant, interiorscape

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