1. Plant ID Horticulture I
Week 1
Plants #1 - #10

2. Common name: Evergreen Shrub Abelia X grandiflora Glossy Abelia
Height: 6’-10’
Spread: 6’-10’
Average growth rate

3. Abelia X grandiflora Rounded growth form
Exposure: Partial sun to full sun
Leaf arrangement opposite or whorled (3 leaves at each node)
Flowers are white to pink and lilac
Flowers are bell shaped

4. Can be used as: Abelia X grandiflora Border Erosion control Massing
Specimen
Screening

13. Common Name: Deciduous Tree Acer palmatum Japanese Maple
Height: 15’-25’
Spread: 15’-25’
Slow growth rate

14. Exposure: Full shade to full sun
Acer palmatum
Rounded growth form
Exposure: Full shade to full sun
Fall color: copper, orange, yellow and red
Flowers red in the spring

15. Acer palmatum
Can be used as:
Border
Specimen
Rock garden

24. Common Name: Deciduous Tree Acer rubrum Red Maple Height: 50’-75’
Spread: 40’-60’
Fast growth rate

25. Exposure: Full sun to full shade Edible fruit for birds.
Acer rubrum
Upright growth form
Exposure: Full sun to full shade
Edible fruit for birds.

26. Acer rubrum
Can be used as:
Wetlands plant
Specimen
Woodland garden

34. Ageratum mexicanum Common name: Annual Ageratum Height: 6”-18”
Spread: 1”-10”
Average growth rate

35. Ageratum mexicanum Rounded or spreading growth form
Exposure: Partial sun to full sun
Leaf is heart shaped
No fruit
Flower color: Blue, pink, purple and white

36. Ageratum mexicanum Can be used as: Container Massing Specimen
Rock garden

42. Ajuga reptans Common name: Herbaceous perennial ground cover Ajuga
Height:1”-6”
Spread: 1”-12”
Slow growth rate

43. Ajuga reptans Spreading growth form Exposure: Full sun to full shade
Attractive foliage and flowers

44. Ajuga reptans Can be used as: Border Container Erosion control Massing
Rock garden

51. Araucaria heterophylla
Common name:
Norfolk Island Pine
House Plant- Tree
Height: 2’-20’
Spread: 15’-25’
Fast growth rate

52. Araucaria heterophylla
Columnar or pyramidal growth form
Exposure: Full sun
Fruit causes litter.

53. Araucaria heterophylla
Inconspicuous flowers or blooms in the spring
Scale is the main pest problem
Highly flammable.

54. Araucaria heterophylla
Used as a specimen plant

59. Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’
Common name
Sprengeri Fern
Perennial evergreen
Height: 12”-24”
Spread: 12”-36”
Fast growth rate

60. Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’
Irregular or Spreading growth form
Exposure: Full sun to full shade
Flowers are white
Mites are the only pest problem

61. Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’
Fruit will be a red berry
Stems are woody with sharp spines
Can be used as:
Container
Ground cover

68. Aucuba japonica Common name: Evergreen Shrub Japanese Aucuba
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 3’-6’
Slow growth rate

69. Aucuba japonica Oval, upright, or rounded growth form
Exposure: Full shade to partial sun
Propagate by stem cuttings
Flowers red (panicle) in the spring

70. Aucuba japonica Can be used as: Border Container Foundation Massing
Specimen

79. Begonia X semperflorens-cultorum
Common name
Wax Begonia
Deciduous annual
Height: 8”-24”
Spread: 6”-8”
Average growth rate

80. Begonia X semperflorens-cultorum
Rounded growth form
Exposure: Full shade to partial sun
Flowers pink, red or white
Will bloom almost continuously

81. Begonia X semperflorens-cultorum
Can be used as:
Border
Container
Massing
Seashore

89. Berberis thunbergii Common name Semi-evergreen shrub Japanese Barberry
Height: 3’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Slow growth rate

90. Berberis thunbergii Rounded growth form
Exposure: Full shade to full sun
Naturally multiple trunks
Trunks have thorns

91. Berberis thunbergii Can be used as: Border Erosion control Foundation
Massing
Specimen