2. Plant ID Horticulture I Week 5 Plants #41 - #50

3. Ligustrum japonicum  Common name:  Japanese Privet  Evergreen Shrub  Height: 12’-18’  Spread: 15’-25’  Average growth rate

4. Ligustrum japonicum  Rounded, spreading, or vase-shape growth form  Exposure: Partial sun(shade) to full sun  Fruit is black or blue  Flowers have an unpleasant odor

5. Ligustrum japonicum  Bark is showy  Can be used as:  Border  Rock Garden  Specimen  Screen

14. Liquidambar styraciflua  Common name:  Sweetgum  Deciduous Tree  Height:50’-75’  Spread:35’-50’  Average growth rate

15. Liquidambar styraciflua  Oval or pyramidal growth form  Exposure: Partial sun(shade) to full sun  Fall color: orange, purple, red or yellow  Fruit is brown and causes litter

16. Liquidambar styraciflua  North American native  Invasive plant  Uses: naturalizing specimen plant.

25. Liriope muscari  Common name:  Liriope  Evergreen perennial  Height: 12”-18”  Spread: 12”-36”  Average growth rate

26. Liriope muscari  Rounded growth form  Exposure: Full shade to full sun  Simple leaf composition  Leaves grows from soil without stems

27. Liriope muscari  Blooms lavender, purple or white  Pest problems are slugs and snails  Propagated by division or seeds

28. Liriope muscari  Naturalizing plant  Can be used as:  Container  Groundcover  Massing  Rock garden

34. Magnolia grandiflora  Common name:  Southern Magnolia  Evergreen Tree  Height: 60’-80’  Spread: 35’-50’  Average growth rate

35. Magnolia grandiflora  Oval or pyramidal growth form  Exposure: Partial sun(shade) to full sun  Blooms white in the spring and summer  Fruit is brown and red

36. Magnolia grandiflora  Fragrant flowers  North American native  Can be used as:  Screen  Specimen

45. Malus sp.  Common name:  Flowering Crabapple  Deciduous Tree  Height: 6’-25’  Spread: 10’-25’  Average growth rate

46. Malus sp.  Oval, rounded, upright, or weeping growth form  Exposure: Full sun  Blooms red, pink or white in the spring  Fruit is orange or red

47. Malus sp.  Attractive and fragrant flowers  Fruit causes litter  Uses: specimen border

60. Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana  Common name:  Prayer plant  Evergreen perennial  Height: 12”-18”  Spread: 12”-36”  Fast growth rate

61. Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana  Spreading or horizontal growth form  Exposure: Full shade to partial sun  Needs protection if temperature drops below 65

62. Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana  Attractive foliage  Blooms white  Can be used as:  Container  Specimen

67. Myrica cerifera  Common name:  Wax Myrtle  Evergreen Tree  Height: 15’-25’  Spread: 15’-25’  Fast growth rate

68. Myrica cerifera  Rounded growth form  Exposure: Full shade to full sun  Naturally multiple trunks  Should not be pruned because of an increased risk of stem disease

69. Myrica cerifera  North American native  Can be used as:  Border  Erosion control  Specimen  Screen

77. Nandina domestica  Common name:  Heavenly Bamboo  Evergreen Shrub  Height: 6’-10’  Spread: 12”-36”  Average growth rate

78. Nandina domestica  Rounded or upright growth form  Exposure: Partial sun (shade) to full sun  Tri-pinnately compound leaf composition  Invasive plant

79. Nandina domestica  Can be used as:  Border  Foundation  Massing  Specimen  Screening

87. Nephrolepis exaltata  Common name:  Boston Fern  Evergreen or semi- evergreen fern  Height: 12”-20”  Spread: 18”-36”  Fast growth rate

88. Nephrolepis exaltata  Rounded or upright growth form  Exposure: Full shade to Partial Sun (Shade)  Pinnately compound leaf composition

89. Nephrolepis exaltata  North American Native  No Blooms or fruit  Can be used as:  Wetlands  Container  Erosion control  Ground cover  Massing

94. Ophiopogon japonicus  Common name:  Mondo Grass  Evergreen Perennial  Height:6”-12”  Spread:6”-12”  Slow growth rate

95. Ophiopogon japonicus  Exposure: Full shade to Partial Sun (Shade)  Upright growth form  Basal leaf arrangement (from soil without stem).

96. Ophiopogon japonicus  Inconspicuous white blooms and fruit  Pests: snails and slugs.

97. Ophiopogon japonicus  Can be used as:  Container  Ground cover  Massing  Specimen