Plant ID #5 Horticulture 2. Fittonia verschaffeltii Nerve Plant –Foliage: Burgundy Veined;...

Plant ID #5

Horticulture 2

Fittonia verschaffeltii

• Nerve Plant– Foliage: Burgundy Veined; Perennial; simple, oval

shape with entire margins, alternate arrangement– Height: 6 inches– Spread: 6 to 9 inches– Form: upright– Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Landscape Use: container– Exposure: Partial sun– Unique Characteristic: indoor plant, odd colored veins

Forsythia x intermedia– Border Forsythia– Foliage: simple, ovate shape with serrate margins;

serrations starting 1/4 of the way up the leaf. Up to 3" long. Light green in color; deciduous shrub

– Flowers: Yellow, 4 petaled flowers in early March for about 3 weeks before the leaves

– Height: 4 to 10 feet– Spread: 4 to 6 feet– Form: round– Landscape Use: Accent, border, hedge, specimen– Exposure: Sun– Leaf Arrangement: opposite– Unique Characteristic: Young twigs are square. All

twigs have grey lenticels. Flowers before leaves come out.

Fuchsia x hybrida• Fuchsia

– Foliage: simple, elliptic shape with entire wvay margins; burgundy petiole. Pointy leaf. Slightly serrated;

– Flowers: Purple-pink or white-red bell shaped flower– Height: 1.5 to 6 feet– Spread: 1 to 3 feet– Form: shrub/ weeping– Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Exposure: Bright but not direct sun– Landscape Use: container, hanging baskets– Unique Characteristic: Often used in containers or

hanging baskets; prefers cool temperatures

Gardenia jasminoides• Cape Jasmine/ Gardenia

– Foliage: Simple, elliptic shape with entire margin

– Flowers: blooms in May and June; white– Height: 5-6 feet– Spread: 5-6 feet– Leaf Arrangement: opposite– Exposure: Sun or shade– Landscape Use: border, foundation, hedge– Unique Characteristic: orange berry fruit, very

fragrant

Gerbera jamesonii• Gerber Daisy

– Foliage: simple, elliptic shape with lobed, serrated margins

– Flowers: daisy like, white, yellow, pink– Height: 12 inches plus– Spread: 6 inches plus– Form: bushes at bottom; flower shoots straight up on

stalk– Leaf Arrangement: alternate arrangement– Landscape Use: bedding plant, border, cut flower– Exposure: Partial Sun– Unique Characteristic: no serious insect or disease

problems; can self seed in some areas

Gibasis pellucida• Tahitian Bridal Veil

– Foliage: simple, lanceolate shape with entire, wavy margins; purplish tint

– Flowers: ¼ inch wide. Tiny white flowers with 3 to 4 petals

– Height: 6 inches– Spread: 2 to 3 feet– Form: creeping – Leaf Arrangement: alternating– Exposure: Partial Sun– Landscape Use: container, hanging baskets– Unique Characteristic: very delicate plant, when in

bloom; flowers are very noticeable

Ginkgo biloba• Ginkgo

– Foliage: Simple, medium green and unusually obovate (fan-shaped), up to 3" long, with a petiole that is also up to 3" long; Y veins

– Flowers: incomplete flowers – Height: 40-60 feet – Spread: 30-50 feet– Form: upright columnar, sparsely branched, and

open growth habit in youth, usually becoming an upright oval to upright spreading growth habit with maturity

– Leaf Arrangement: alternating– Exposure: Sun– Landscape Use: shade tree– Unique Characteristic: use only male plants in

landscape b/c females put off a foul smell when in bloom

Gladiolus x hortlanus• Gladiolus

– Foliage: Simple, lanceolate shape with entire margins; long tall spikes shooting up from the ground

– Flowers: line flowers; trumpet shaped florets; beginning at the base of the spike and continue upward; yellow, pink, orange

– Height: 1 to 6 feet– Spread: 6 inches– Form: upright – Leaf Arrangement: whorled at base– Exposure: Sun– Landscape Use: border, cut flower, edging– Unique Characteristic: used in flower arrangements

Gleditsia triacanthos var inermis• Thornless Honeylocust

– Foliage: deciduous tree; bright green glossy leaves; pinnately or bipinnately compound leaves

– Stems: black bark and zigzag tigs with thorns – Flowers: small, greenish-yellow flowers – Height: 25-35 feet– Spread: 20-25 feet– Form: upright-spreading to arching – Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Landscape Use: border, screen– Exposure: sun– Unique Characteristic: looks attractive near water

Gynura aurantiaca• Velvet Plant

– Foliage: Simple, coarsely-toothed, ovate to elliptic, green leaves (to 8” long) are covered with reddish-purple hairs

– Flowers: yellowish, orange spiky flower– Height: 6 inches +– Spread: 6 inches +– Form: upright – Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Unique Characteristic: covered with shiny purple hairs– Landscape Use: container, hanging basket– Exposure: Sun

Hedera helixEnglish Ivy – Foliage: simple, oval shape with lobed, wavy margins;

evergreen; palmately veined; 3-5-lobed; green, yellow or variegated

– Flowers: Adult form produces blue-black berries – Height: 50 feet– Spread: 50 feet– Form: Climbing, aerial roots – Leaf Arrangement: alternate– Exposure: Part Sun– Landscape Use: Container, hanging basket,

interiorscape– Unique Characteristic: house plant

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