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Plant Identification Section 1 & 2

Learn about various plant species including Japanese Maple, Red Maple, Glossy Abelia, River Birch, Zinnia, Ageratum, Astilbe, Wax Begonia, Common Camellia, and Canna. Discover their common names, characteristics, growth habits, and more.

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Plant Identification Section 1 & 2

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  1. Plant Identification Section 1 & 2 Auburn University Horticulture www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/

  2. Acer palmatum • COMMON NAME: Japanese maple • FLOWERS: Small red to purple flowers in spring. Borne in umbels or corymbs. Hard to see unless you look very closely.

  3. Japanese Maple • FRUIT: Double samara that is small and red. Much smaller than the other maples.

  4. Acer palmatum • GROWTH HABIT: Grows 15' to 20' tall depending on cultivar. • PROBLEM: Does not like hot locations and/or wet feet. These problems cause leaf scorching and twig dieback.

  5. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Acer rubrum • GROWTH RATE: 1.9'/yr. in our shade tree study. • BARK: Smooth on young tree.

  6. COMMON NAME: red maple • LEAVES: Opposite. 3 lobed mostly with some cultivars and varieties 5 lobed. Red petiole. Terminal lobe widest at the base and serrated to the base. Sometimes undersides of leaves silver.

  7. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Acer rubrum • FLOWERS: Red. Small. Blooms before leaves come out.

  8. Red Maple • FRUIT: Double samara. • Excellent red fall color. • Native to eastern U.S. • Will grow from 60' to 80' tall. • Lives up to 200 years.

  9. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Abelia X grandiflora

  10. Abelia X grandiflora • FLOWERS: White from May until frost and fragrant.

  11. Glossy Abelia • LEAVES: Opposite, serrate, and widest below the middle. Purple when new and have a shiny look. Less than 2" long.

  12. Betula nigra

  13. River Birch

  14. Zinnia elegans

  15. COMMON NAME: garden zinnia • LEAVES: • opposite • ovate to elliptic • broad base, 11/2" to 4" long and 1" to 2" wide

  16. Zinnia elegans • FLOWER: up to 6" across • single or double • broad and showy • colors: rose, apricot, red, white, violet, pale yellow, green, orange

  17. Ageratum • full sun with afternoon shade (best for zone 7b)

  18. Ageratum • LEAVES: alternate, ovate to triangular, up to 4" long, crenate margin Ageratum houstonianum

  19. Ageratum • FLOWER: heads to 1/4" across in cymose clusters; excellent blue shades, lavender, pink, or white; no ray flowers

  20. Astilbe • Low maintenance • LEAVES: ovate-oblong, pinnately compound, doubly serrate, attractive dark green

  21. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Astilbe hybrids • Perennial • LEAVES: ovate-oblong, pinnately compound, doubly serrate, attractive dark green • part shade in south is essential

  22. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Begonia semperflorens-cultorum

  23. COMMON NAME: Wax begonia • shade to full sun (darker foliage cultivars usually more tolerant of full sun); best appearance for most in part shade, especially from afternoon sun

  24. 1. Japanese Maple 2. Red Maple 3. Glossy Abelia 4. River Birch 5. Zinnia 6. Ageratum 7. Astilbe 8. Wax Begonia 9. Common Camellia 10. Canna The End of Section #1

  25. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Camellia japonica • State flower of Alabama.

  26. Camellia japonica

  27. COMMON NAME: Common Camellia • LEAVES: Alternate. • Serrated • Black gland at the tip of serrations. • 3" to 5" long. • widest below the middle or in the middle.

  28. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Canna x generalis • COMMON NAME: Common Garden Canna

  29. Common Garden Canna • perennial in zone 8

  30. Common Garden Canna • 1' to 5' depending on cultivar, erect

  31. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Catharanthus roseus

  32. Madagascar Periwinkle • Vinca

  33. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Celosia cristata

  34. COMMON NAME: Cockscomb

  35. Cockscomb • FLOWER: crested (resembles a rooster's comb) in red, pink, yellow, orange, generally jewel colors; plume (resembles a feather plume) in similar colors

  36. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Coleus X hybridus

  37. COMMON NAME: Coleus

  38. Coleus • full sun to shade • moisture essential if in sun • darker leaved cultivars generally more sun tolerant

  39. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gardenia jasminoides • COMMON NAME: cape jasmine, common gardenia • LEAVES: Opposite and whorled with entire margins.

  40. Dianthus

  41. Dianthus

  42. SCIENTIFIC NAME:Hemerocallis hybrids • over 12,000 cultivars

  43. Daylily

  44. Daylily

  45. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hippeastrum hybrids • COMMON NAME: Amaryllis

  46. Amaryllis • LEAVES: thick, strap-shaped, about 2" wide and up to 24" long,

  47. Amaryllis • FLOWER: large, funnel-shaped, may be up to 6 on a stem, with many stems per clump; typically red with white stripes

  48. Hosta undula • SUN: part to full shade, will have leaf burn in full sun

  49. Hosta

  50. Hosta, Plantain Lily

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