Plant Identification Section 12 Auburn University Horticulture www
Plant Identification Section 1&2 Auburn University Horticulture www. ag. auburn. edu/landscape/
Acer palmatum • COMMON NAME: Japanese maple • FLOWERS: Small red to purple flowers in spring. Borne in umbels or corymbs. Hard to see unless you look very closely.
Japanese Maple • FRUIT: Double samara that is small and red. Much smaller than the other maples.
Acer palmatum • GROWTH HABIT: Grows 15' to 20' tall depending on cultivar. • PROBLEM: Does not like hot locations and/or wet feet. These problems cause leaf scorching and twig dieback.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acer rubrum • GROWTH RATE: 1. 9'/yr. in our shade tree study. • BARK: Smooth on young tree.
COMMON NAME: red maple • LEAVES: Opposite. 3 lobed mostly with some cultivars and varieties 5 lobed. Red petiole. Terminal lobe widest at the base and serrated to the base. Sometimes undersides of leaves silver.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acer rubrum • FLOWERS: Red. Small. Blooms before leaves come out.
Red Maple • • • FRUIT: Double samara. Excellent red fall color. Native to eastern U. S. Will grow from 60' to 80' tall. Lives up to 200 years.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Abelia X grandiflora
Abelia X grandiflora • FLOWERS: White from May until frost and fragrant.
Glossy Abelia • LEAVES: Opposite, serrate, and widest below the middle. Purple when new and have a shiny look. Less than 2" long.
Betula nigra
River Birch
Zinnia elegans
COMMON NAME: garden zinnia • • LEAVES: opposite ovate to elliptic broad base, 11/2" to 4" long and 1" to 2" wide
Zinnia elegans • • FLOWER: up to 6" across single or double broad and showy colors: rose, apricot, red, white, violet, pale yellow, green, orange
Ageratum • full sun with afternoon shade (best for zone 7 b)
Ageratum • LEAVES: alternate, ovate to triangular, up to 4" long, crenate margin Ageratum houstonianum
Ageratum • FLOWER: heads to 1/4" across in cymose clusters; excellent blue shades, lavender, pink, or white; no ray flowers
Astilbe • Low maintenance • LEAVES: ovateoblong, pinnately compound, doubly serrate, attractive dark green
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Astilbe hybrids • Perennial • LEAVES: ovate-oblong, pinnately compound, doubly serrate, attractive dark green • part shade in south is essential
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Begonia semperflorens-cultorum
COMMON NAME: Wax begonia • shade to full sun (darker foliage cultivars usually more tolerant of full sun); best appearance for most in part shade, especially from afternoon sun
The End of Section #1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Japanese Maple Red Maple Glossy Abelia River Birch Zinnia 6. Ageratum 7. Astilbe 8. Wax Begonia 9. Common Camellia 10. Canna
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Camellia japonica • State flower of Alabama.
Camellia japonica
COMMON NAME: Common Camellia • LEAVES: Alternate. • Serrated • Black gland at the tip of serrations. • 3" to 5" long. • widest below the middle or in the middle.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Canna x generalis • COMMON NAME: Common Garden Canna
Common Garden Canna • perennial in zone 8
Common Garden Canna • 1' to 5' depending on cultivar, erect
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Catharanthus roseus
Madagascar Periwinkle • Vinca
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Celosia cristata
COMMON NAME: Cockscomb
Cockscomb • FLOWER: crested (resembles a rooster's comb) in red, pink, yellow, orange, generally jewel colors; plume (resembles a feather plume) in similar colors
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coleus X hybridus
COMMON NAME: Coleus
Coleus • full sun to shade • moisture essential if in sun • darker leaved cultivars generally more sun tolerant
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gardenia jasminoides • COMMON NAME: cape jasmine, common gardenia • LEAVES: Opposite and whorled with entire margins.
Dianthus
Dianthus
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hemerocallis hybrids • over 12, 000 cultivars
Daylily
Daylily
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hippeastrum hybrids • COMMON NAME: Amaryllis
Amaryllis • LEAVES: thick, strapshaped, about 2" wide and up to 24" long,
Amaryllis • FLOWER: large, funnelshaped, may be up to 6 on a stem, with many stems per clump; typically red with white stripes
Hosta undula • SUN: part to full shade, will have leaf burn in full sun
Hosta
Hosta, Plantain Lily
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hyacinthus orientalis • Hyacinth
The End Section 2 1. Madagascar Periwinkle (Vinca) 2. Celosia (Cockscomb) 3. Coleus 4. Gardenia 5. Dianthus 6. Daylily 7. Amaryllis 8. Hosta 9. Hyacinth 10.
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