1. Plant Identification Section 1 & 2
Auburn University Horticulture

2. Acer palmatum COMMON NAME: Japanese maple
FLOWERS: Small red to purple flowers in spring. Borne in umbels or corymbs. Hard to see unless you look very closely.

3. Japanese Maple
FRUIT: Double samara that is small and red. Much smaller than the other maples.

4. Acer palmatum
GROWTH HABIT: Grows 15' to 20' tall depending on cultivar.
PROBLEM: Does not like hot locations and/or wet feet. These problems cause leaf scorching and twig dieback.

5. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acer rubrum
GROWTH RATE: 1.9'/yr. in our shade tree study.
BARK: Smooth on young tree.

6. COMMON NAME: red maple
LEAVES: Opposite. 3 lobed mostly with some cultivars and varieties 5 lobed. Red petiole. Terminal lobe widest at the base and serrated to the base. Sometimes undersides of leaves silver.

7. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acer rubrum
FLOWERS: Red. Small. Blooms before leaves come out.

8. Red Maple FRUIT: Double samara. Excellent red fall color.
Native to eastern U.S.
Will grow from 60' to 80' tall.
Lives up to 200 years.

9. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Abelia X grandiflora

10. Abelia X grandiflora
FLOWERS: White from May until frost and fragrant.

11. Glossy Abelia
LEAVES: Opposite, serrate, and widest below the middle. Purple when new and have a shiny look. Less than 2" long.

12. Betula nigra

13. River Birch

14. Zinnia elegans

15. COMMON NAME: garden zinnia
LEAVES:
opposite
ovate to elliptic
broad base, 11/2" to 4" long and 1" to 2" wide

16. Zinnia elegans FLOWER: up to 6" across single or double
broad and showy
colors: rose, apricot, red, white, violet, pale yellow, green, orange

17. Ageratum
full sun with afternoon shade (best for zone 7b)

18. Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum
LEAVES: alternate, ovate to triangular, up to 4" long, crenate margin
Ageratum houstonianum

19. Ageratum
FLOWER: heads to 1/4" across in cymose clusters; excellent blue shades, lavender, pink, or white; no ray flowers

20. Astilbe Low maintenance
LEAVES: ovate- oblong, pinnately compound, doubly serrate, attractive dark green

21. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Astilbe hybrids
Perennial
LEAVES: ovate-oblong, pinnately compound, doubly serrate, attractive dark green
part shade in south is essential

22. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Begonia semperflorens-cultorum

23. COMMON NAME: Wax begonia
shade to full sun (darker foliage cultivars usually more tolerant of full sun); best appearance for most in part shade, especially from afternoon sun

24. The End of Section #1 1. Japanese Maple 2. Red Maple 3. Glossy Abelia
4. River Birch
5. Zinnia
6. Ageratum
7. Astilbe
8. Wax Begonia
9. Common Camellia
10. Canna

25. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Camellia japonica
State flower of Alabama.

26. Camellia japonica

27. COMMON NAME: Common Camellia
LEAVES: Alternate.
Serrated
Black gland at the tip of serrations.
3" to 5" long.
widest below the middle or in the middle.

28. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Canna x generalis
COMMON NAME:
Common Garden Canna

29. Common Garden Canna
perennial in zone 8

30. Common Garden Canna
1' to 5' depending on cultivar, erect

31. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Catharanthus roseus

32. Madagascar Periwinkle
Vinca

33. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Celosia cristata

34. COMMON NAME: Cockscomb

35. Cockscomb
FLOWER: crested (resembles a rooster's comb) in red, pink, yellow, orange, generally jewel colors; plume (resembles a feather plume) in similar colors

36. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coleus X hybridus

37. COMMON NAME: Coleus

38. Coleus full sun to shade moisture essential if in sun
darker leaved cultivars generally more sun tolerant

39. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gardenia jasminoides
COMMON NAME: cape jasmine, common gardenia
LEAVES: Opposite and whorled with entire margins.

40. Dianthus

41. Dianthus

42. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hemerocallis hybrids
over 12,000 cultivars

43. Daylily

44. Daylily

45. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hippeastrum hybrids
COMMON NAME: Amaryllis

46. Amaryllis
LEAVES: thick, strap- shaped, about 2" wide and up to 24" long,

47. Amaryllis
FLOWER: large, funnel- shaped, may be up to 6 on a stem, with many stems per clump; typically red with white stripes

48. Hosta undula
SUN: part to full shade, will have leaf burn in full sun

49. Hosta

50. Hosta, Plantain Lily

51. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hyacinthus orientalis

52. The End Section 2 1. Madagascar Periwinkle (Vinca) 6. Daylily
2. Celosia (Cockscomb)
3. Coleus
4. Gardenia
5. Dianthus
6. Daylily
7. Amaryllis
8. Hosta
9. Hyacinth
10.

53. Plants Part 1

54. Plants-Part 2