Download Horticulture 1 Plant ID

Horticulture 1
Plant ID
Group 1 Plants
Spider Plant
• 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.
‘Common Camellia’
• Symmetrical
flowers.
• Large
EVERGREEN
shrub can reach 10
ft tall.
• Large glossy
leaves with
serrated edges.
‘Sasanqua Camellia’
• Pink flowers that are
less symmetrical
than the common
camellia.
• Classified as a tree
or shrub.
• Smaller leaves than
the common
camellia
Coleus
Look for leaves with scalloped
edges & alternating on the stem.
Comes in all sizes and color
patterns.
Easy to propagate.
Grown for variegated foliage
SUN loving! EASY plant to grow!
Scalloped
edges of the
leaf. “MARGIN:
leaf edge”
Border Forsythia
“Yellow Bell Bush”
Produces yellow bellshaped flowers in
March before leaves
appear.
Deciduous shrub.
Sign of spring!
Moses-in-the-Cradle
• Fleshy herb native to
Mexico
• Leaves in a rosette
formation are dark
green to purple.
• Small white flowers
appear sporadically
throughout the year.
Swedish Ivy
• Great for hanging
baskets.
• Prolific grower.
• Has small white
flowers in the
summer.
• Can easily be
propagated by
cuttings.
• Leaves are round with
a scalloped margin.
Let’s review these plants…
Spider plant
Common camellia
Swedish ivy
Border forsythia
Winter
Summer
Spring
Moses-in-the-cradle
Sasanqua
camellia
Coleus