Week 12 Plant ID HORT I. Tradescantia Zebrina Purple Wandering Jew.

Week 12Plant ID

HORT I

Tradescantia Zebrina

• Purple Wandering Jew

•SPATHIPHYLLUM cvs.

• spa – thi – FIL – lum• Common Name: Peace Lily

• Family: Aracaea

• Native: Amazon Valley

• Life Cycle: Annual•Growth Habit: House Plant • Leaf Arrangement: Basal• Leaf Shape: Elliptical• Leaf Margin: Entire (wavy)•Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Simple

FLOWER

• Flower is white to green with green line on back

• Green to white spadix

• Root: Fibrous• Fruit: Spadix will be cluster

of seeds.• Growth: medium• Light Exposure: Shade • Zone: Tropical

Glossy Abelia: Abelia x grandiflora

• Evergreen shrub• Leaf: opposite,

elliptical, serrated, pinnate, simple

• Pink flower, funnel/tube shaped.

• Twigs are reddish-brown with streaks

Aucuba japonica

• Height: 6 to 10 feet • Width: 4 to 6 feet• Evergreen• Flower/Fruit: Grown for

foliage rather than flowers; purple male flowers; 0.5" scarlet fruit matures in fall and persists till spring; often hidden by foliage

Aucuba japonica

• Foliage: Opposite, simple, lustrous, leathery le• Comments: Drought tolerant; young leaves

exposed to sun will blacken; easy to transplant; remains dense even in heavy shade; male and female plants aves; 3 to 8" long; rounded green stems

Buxus sempervirensCommon Boxwood

•Height: 3-8’•Spread: 3-4’•Simple with white midrib on underside•Part shade•Used as a hedge along a building