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Plant ID #5

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

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Plant ID #5

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  1. Plant ID #5 Horticulture 2

  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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

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