Interiorscaping

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Interiorscaping

• Care Handling of
• Houseplants
• High Light Plant List

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High Light List

• Agave
• Aloe Vera
• Norfolk Island Pine
• Asparagus Fern
• Ponytail Palm

• Old Man Cactus
• Fan Palm
• Crown of Thorns
• Wandering Jew

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Agave

• Agave americana
• Century plant
• Sandy soil
• Native to the Americas

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Aloe Vera

• Aloe vera
• Aloe
• 2 feet tall
• Lily family
• Native to Africa

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Norfolk Island Pine

• Araucaria heterophylla
• Tender tree 18-20 feet
• Cool temperatures
• Native to South Pacific

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Sprengeri Fern

• Asparagus sprengeri
• 2 feet tall
• High humidity needed
• Native to South Africa

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Plumosa Fern

• Asparagus setaceus
• Lily family
• 2 feet tall
• Needs high humidity

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Ponytail Palm

• Nolina recurvata
• Elephant foot tree
• 10 feet tall
• Native to Mexico
• a curly one available

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Old Man Cactus

• Cephalocereus senilis
• Means senilis
• 2 feet tall 50 feet in nature
• Native to American tropics

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Fan Palm

• Chamaerops humilis
• 6 feet tall and wide
• High humidity needed
• Pale yellow flowers
• Native to Europe

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Spider Plant

• Chlorophytum comosum
• Cleans the air
• 2 feet tall
• Native to Africa
• Lily family

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Areca Palm

• Dypsis lutescens
• Means yellowish
• 8 feet tall
• Palmae family
• Native to South America

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Jade Plant

• Crassula argentea
• 2-4 feet tall
• Orpine family
• Native to South Africa
• White flowers

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Croton

• Codiaeum
• Multi-colored leaves
• 4-6 feet tall
• Flowers are fuzzy spike
• Euphorbiaceae family
• Native to South India

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Dumbcane

• Dieffenbachia amoena
• Very poisonous
• Numerous variegation patterns
• 4-6 feet tall
• Native to South America

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False Aralia

• Schefflera elegatissima
• 8 feet tall
• High humidity
• Araliaceae
• Native to South Pacific

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Crown of Thorns

• Euphorbia milli
• Covered with thorns
• Red or pink flowers
• 2 feet tall
• Euphorbiaceae family
• Native to Mexico

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Wax Plant

• Hoya carnosa
• Thick leaf with fragrant flowers
• Native to China
• Milkweed family

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Variegated Wax Plant

• Hoya carnosa variegata
• White or pale pink flowers
• Flowers attract many kinds of pest
• Older plants bloom more

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Panda Plant

• Kalanchoe tomentosa
• Blue-green foliage
• 1-2 feet tall
• Orpine family
• Native to Mexico/Central America

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Creeping Charlie

• Pilea nummularifolia
• Many leaves on this plant
• Nettle family
• Native to South America
• Many species

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Parsley Aralia

• Polyscias fruiticosa elegans
• 4 feet tall
• High humidity
• Araliaceae family
• Native to Southeast Asia

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Yucca

• Yucca elephantipes
• Dagger plant
• 20 feet tall
• Agavaceae
• Native to Mexico
• Variegated form available

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Wandering Jew

• Callisa pendula
• 1 feet tall
• Spiderwort family
• Native to South America
• Species has purple leaves

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Fishhook cactus

• Ferocactus latispinus
• Brown spines with hooked end
• 2 feet tall
• Good drainage
• Native to Mexico
• Cactaceae family

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Elkhorn cactus

• Euphorbia lactea cristata
• Good drainage
• Native to Mexico
• Cactaceae family

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Pagoda Plant

• Crassula perrorata
• Native to Mexico
• Crassulaceae family
• Sandy soil
• Variegated leaves available

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Candlebra Cactus

• Euphorbia trigona
• 4-5 feet tall
• Sandy soil
• Native to Mexico
• Euphorbaceae family

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Bromeliad

• Aechmea fasciata
• Many colors of foliage
• Brightly colored flowers from center of plant
• Native to Brazil
• Bromeliaceae family

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Bird of Paradise

• Strelitzia nicolai
• 12 feet tall
• Musaceae family
• Native to South Africa
• Very showy flower, usually white or orange

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Flamingo Flower

• Anthurium andreanum
• Many colors of flowers
• Unusual shape of flowers
• Native to South/Central America
• Well drained soil needed

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Peruvian apple cactus

• Cereus peruvianus
• Also called Column cactus
• Cactaceae family
• Upright growth habit, can be single trunks or
  branched
• Drench thoroughly and allow to dry out
• No insects or diseases
• Height can get 7 feet tall, 24 inches wide

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African Violet

• Saintpaulia ionantha
• Water from the bottom, with hairy leaves to
  prevent spotting
• Remove spent flowers
• Keep ph at 5.0-5.5
• Organic matter helps with flowering

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False Bird of Paradise

• Heliconia species
• Tropical plant, no cold air drafts
• Lots of light indirect to bloom
• Good drainage
• Pinch off spent blooms
• Unusual flowers

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Golden Barrel Cactus

• Echinocactus grusonii
• Cactaceae family
• Numerous varieties of barrel-shaped
• Let dry thoroughly between water
• Stores a great deal of moisture
• Well-drained soils
• Height 12 inches, width 10 inches

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Black Olive Tree

• Bucida buceras
• Combretaceae family
• Needs to be uniformly moist
• Do not allow soil to dry out
• 12-14 feet tall, 7-10 feet wide
• Shady Lady variety

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Lipstick plant

• Aeschynanthus pulcher
• Gesneriaceae
• Some have glossy foliage with others variegated
• 15 inches tall and 12 inches wide
• Usually in hanging basket
• Uniformly moist soil, blooms occasionally, pinch
  spent blooms

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Sago palm

• Cycas revoluta
• It is a cycad, oldest plant known
• Leaves dark green, glossy, stiff
• 4 feet tall, 60 inches wide
• Single crown, foliage stretches in low light,
• Evenly moist soil, never wet
• Unusual plant habit

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Conclusion

• These plants need the most light for indoor
  environments
• Some of these will bloom indoors
• Most are showy plants with some variegation on
  leaves
• Usually easy to take care of