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Horticulture 2
Plant ID
Week 1
Foster Holly
Ilex x attenuata ‘Fosteri’
• Evergreen, perennial
tree
• Red berries
• Slender, dull green
leaves with dull points
• Tree is very
symmetrical and tall
and slender
Nelly R. Stevens Holly
Ilex ‘Nelly R. Stevens’
• Evergreen, perennial
tree
• Red berries
• Dark green, wide, thick
and very glossy leaves
with very sharp points.
• Tree is more bushy and
not very symmetrical.
(Not pyramid shaped
without pruning)
English Ivy
Hedera helix
<- Adult form –
Leaves change
& berries are
made
• Evergreen, groundcover or
climbing vine
• Green leaves may be
variegated. Climbs or
trails. Used in containers
to trail over the side.
• Adult form – sexually
mature. Has flowers and
berries. Leaves are larger
and more rounded. Rare to
find this form.
Leyland cypress
Cupressocyparis leylandii
• Evergreen, perennial
tree
• Green feathery needles
• Tree grows very
symmetrical with no
shaping. Fast grower
makes it very popular
as a barrier or border
plant.
Spider Plant
Chlorophytum comosum
• Foliage houseplant
• Long, slender leaves
coming from the
central plant. Weeping
nature makes it a nice
hanging basket. Long
stems with small
plantlets make asexual
propagation easy.
African Violet
Saintpaulia ionantha
• Flowering houseplant
• Dark, fuzzy leaves are
very thick.
• Flowers are all colors
– pinks, purples,
white, & variegated.
• Flowers come up from
the center of plant in a
bunch.
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
• Deciduous, perennial
tree
• Leaves have 5 points.
• Fruit is a “gumball” 1
½ inch in diameter
covered with prickly
spines. This protects
the seed inside.
Japanese Aucuba
Aucuba japonica
• Evergreen, perennial
shrub
• Slender, 5 in. long
leaves are dark green
with splashes of
yellow.
• Medium to large sized
shrub.
Hetzi holly
• Medium sized Evergreen
Shrub
• 1 inch long & ½ wide
Dark green leaves
• ½ inch black berries