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Plant ID #4. Horticulture 2. Dieffenbachia maculata. Dumbcane Foliage: simple; entire margin; ovate; pinnate; evergreen; 8 to 12 inches; variegated Height: 1 to 3 feet Spread: 1 to 3 feet Form: upright Leaf Arrangement: opposite Exposure: Light Shade
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Plant ID #4 Horticulture 2
Dieffenbachia maculata • Dumbcane • Foliage: simple; entire margin; ovate; pinnate; evergreen; 8 to 12 inches; variegated • Height: 1 to 3 feet • Spread: 1 to 3 feet • Form: upright • Leaf Arrangement: opposite • Exposure: Light Shade • Landscape Use: container; interiorscape • Unique Characteristic: indoor plant in NC
Dizygotheca elegantissima • False Aralia • Foliage: palmately compound; lobed; doubly serrate margins; oblong; evergreen; 8-12 inches long; 5-7 leaflets • Flowers: white • Height: 1-4 feet • Spread: 1 to 3 feet • Form: upright • Leaf Arrangement: alternating • Landscape Use: Container; interiorscape • Exposure: Light shade • Unique Characteristic: house plant
Dracaena cincta • Red Edge Dracaena • Foliage: simple, linear shape with entire margins; dull green and with purplish-red margins; rosette at top of the stem; up to 3 feet long and up to 7.5 cm wide • Height: 4 to 12 feet • Spread: 6 feet • Form: upright; like a palm tree • Leaf Arrangement: rosette • Exposure: Partial Sun • Landscape Use: Container, interiorscape • Unique Characteristic: Usually single stem
Dracaena deremensis • Warneckii Dracaena • Foliage: simple, linear shape with entire margins; whorled arrangement • Height: 8 to 12 feet • Spread: 6 feet • Form: upright; open • Leaf Arrangement: spiral • Exposure: Partial Sun • Landscape Use: Container, interiorscape • Unique Characteristic: house plant in NC
Echinaceae pupurea • Foliage: Rough textured leaves that become small toward the top of the stem; dark green leaves are coarse and sandpapery, usually lance shaped, and 3-8 in long • Flowers:Pink, Magenta (Pink-Purple), Violet/Lavender, Purple, White/Near White; singly atop the stems • Height: 2-3 feet • Spread: 2-3 feet • Form: upright • Leaf Arrangement: • Exposure: Full sun • Landscape Use: foundation, beds, mixed borders, or in the native wildflower patch • Unique Characteristic: perennial
Elaeagnus pungens • Thorny Elaeagnus • Foliage: simple, oval shape with entire, wavy margins; evergreen shrub; silver tint; undersides of leaves are silver in color with bronze spots • Flowers: cream colored, bell shaped • Height: up to 15 feet • Spread: 20 feet • Form: symmetrical mound; shrub • Leaf Arrangement: alternate • Landscape Use: border, screen • Unique Characteristic: stems or "canes" bend to form great arcs if unsupported; drought tolerant
Epipremnum aureum cv • Golden Pothos • Foliage: simple, cordate shape with wavy margins; irregularly spaced yellow bands and green bands; ovate to broadly ovate-lanceolate • Height: 6 inches • Spread: 25 feet • Form: climber; vine • Landscape Use: container; interiorscape • Exposure: sun • Leaf Arrangement: alternating • Unique Characteristic: often with aerial roots; house plant
Euonymus alatus • Winged Euonymus/ Burning Bush • Foliage: simple, obovate leaves; 1 to 3" long; finely serrated; excellent red fall color • Flowers: Non-showy yellow-green flowers; 0.5 to 0.3" red fruit in fall • Height: 5-6 feet • Spread: 5-6 feet • Form: Upright mound; horizontal branches; flat top • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Landscape Use: border, foundation, hedge • Exposure: Sun • Unique Characteristic: corky winged branches
Euonymus japonica • Evergreen Euonymus • Foliage: evergreen; simple, oval shape with serrated margins; 1 to 3" long • Height: 10 to 15 feet • Spread: 5 to 6 feet • Form: Dense, oval mound; stiff • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Landscape Use: border, foundation, hedge • Exposure: sun • Unique Characteristic: major problem with scale; must spray
Euphorbia pulcherrima • Poinsettia • Foliage: simple, obovate shape with lobed margins; with or without teeth on the margin; showy red, pink, or cream leafy bracts • Flowers: cup-shaped "flowers" in a cluster above bracts • Height: 2 to 10 feet • Spread: 1/2 to 6 feet • Form: shrub • Leaf Arrangement: alternate • Landscape Use: container, interiorscape • Exposure: sun • Unique Characteristic: common at Christmas; poisonous; house plant; red veins in leaves; red “flowers” are actually red bracts, bracts can be white to pink to red to yellow in color
Ficus benjamina • Weeping or Benjamin Fig • Foliage: simple, ovate shape with wavy edge; long-tipped, glossy • Height: 1 to 30 feet • Spread: 1 to 45 feet • Form: evergreen tree or shrub with drooping branches • Leaf Arrangement: alternate • Landscape Use: container, interiorscape • Exposure: Sun • Unique Characteristic: poisonous; house plant; loses leaves when moved or in drafts; drips a white sap when cut