Horticulture 2

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Horticulture 2

• Plant ID
• Week 1 - REVIEW

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SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua

• Deciduous, perennial tree
• Leaves have 5 points.
• Fruit is a gumball 1 ½ inch in diameter covered
  with prickly spines. This protects the seed
  inside.

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Leyland cypressCupressocyparis leylandii 

• Evergreen, perennial tree
• Green feathery needles
• Tree grows very symmetrical with no shaping. Fast
  grower makes it very popular as a barrier or
  border plant.

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Foster Holly Ilex x attenuata Fosteri

•  Evergreen, perennial tree
•  Red berries
• Slender, dull green leaves with dull points
• Tree is very symmetrical and tall and slender

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English IvyHedera helix

• Evergreen, groundcover or climbing vine
• Green leaves may be variegated. Climbs or trails.
  Used in containers to trail over the side.
• Adult form sexually mature. Has flowers and
  berries. Leaves are larger and more rounded. Rare
  to find this form.

lt- Adult form Leaves change berries are made
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Hetzi holly

• Medium sized Evergreen
• Shrub
• 1 inch long ½ wide
• Dark green leaves
• ½ inch black berries

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Nelly R. Stevens HollyIlex Nelly R. Stevens

• Evergreen, perennial tree
• Red berries
• Dark green, wide, thick and very glossy leaves
  with very sharp points.
• Tree is more bushy and not very symmetrical. (Not
  pyramid shaped without pruning)

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African VioletSaintpaulia ionantha

• Flowering houseplant
• Dark, fuzzy leaves are very thick.
• Flowers are all colors pinks, purples, white,
  variegated.
• Flowers come up from the center of plant in a
  bunch.

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Spider PlantChlorophytum comosum

• Foliage houseplant
• Long, slender leaves coming from the central
  plant. Weeping nature makes it a nice hanging
  basket. Long stems with small plantlets make
  asexual propagation easy.

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Japanese AucubaAucuba japonica

• Evergreen, perennial shrub
• Slender, 5 in. long leaves are dark green with
  splashes of yellow.
• Medium to large sized shrub.