Week 11 Honors

1. Week 11 Honors

2. KalanchoeblossfeldianaKalanchoe • Native to Madagascar • Height and width – 6” – 18” • Blooms scarlet, pink, white or yellow in umbel clusters • Full sun to part shade • Dry to medium watering • Easy to propagate • Succulent perennial with scalloped edges

3. CrassulaovataJade plant • Slow growing Succulent reaching up to 3 ft in many years • Native to south africa • Fleshy leaves 1” -2” almost round • Bark is green when young turning reddish brown as it ages • Leaves are at a right angle from the next • Water only when completely dried out • Pink to purplish star shaped flowers • Margins are often red

4. CodiaeumvariegatumCroton • Originate in Indonesia • Indoor plant here kept at temperatures between 60 – 70 degrees F • Need lots of sun to keep their bright variegated colors of orange, red, yellow and green or they will drop their leaves. • Can grow from 6’ -8’ tall and 3’ – 6’ wide • Prefer well drained soil

5. SchlumbergerabridgesiiChristmas cactus • Green segmented leaves • November, buds swell at the tips of the stems producing brilliant flowers in red, white, pink and mixes • Does not light direct sunlight or heat from artificial sources • Prefers slightly moist soil

6. ChamaedoreaelegansParlor Palm • Native to Guatemala rainforest • Height 2’ – 6’ Width 2’ – 3’ • arching, green pinnate leaves, with 12 or more pairs of narrow leaflets per leaf • Shady, moist environment indoors. • Clusters of yellow flowers in loose spirals may bloom in spring if enough light is present

7. Clematis jackmaniiClematis hybrids • Climbing, decidous vine that flowers in many colors; purple, white, • Full sun but the roots like some shade with heavy mulch • Bloom only on new growth • Grows up to 10’ • Star shaped flowers in the late spring –summer • Leaves are heart shaped • Deer resistant