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Horticulture IIPlant ID Week 1
CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA ‘Gold Mop’
Gold Mop Chamaecyparis
• Evergreen perennial• Shrub Growth Habit–Height: 2-4’ –Width: 3-5’
• Sun – Part Sun
• Arrangement and composition:– Tapering upward from
the base to a slender or rigid point
• Scale-like– Length 1/16”– Width 1/16”
• Veins– Parallel
• Flower: Insignificant• Fruit: Insignificant
CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA ‘Gold Mop’
Gold Mop Chamaecyparis
ILEX CORNUTA ‘Carissa’Carissa Holly
• Evergreen perennial• Shrub Growth Habit–Height: 3-4’ –Width: 3-4’
• Sun-Shade
• Arrangement and composition:– Alternate and Simple
• Shape– Ovate– Length 2 ½ “ – Width ¾” - 1”
• Margin – Entire
• Veins– Pinnate
ILEX CORNUTA ‘Carissa’Carissa Holly
• Flower– Spring– Rare– White
• Fruit– None!
ILEX CORNUTA ‘Carissa’Carissa Holly
• Helpful Hints:– Leaf smooth with one spine located at the tip
ILEX CORNUTA ‘Carissa’Carissa Holly
Ilex X ‘Nellie R. Stevens’Chinese Holly, ‘Nellie R.
Stevens’
• Evergreen perennial• Shrub Growth Habit–Height: 8-10’ –Width: 6-8’
• Sun-Part Shade
• Arrangement and composition:– Alternate and Simple
• Shape– Elliptical– Length 2 ¼” – Width 2 ½ “
• Margin – Dentate
• Veins– Pinnate
Ilex X ‘Nellie R. Stevens’Chinese Holly, ‘Nellie R.
Stevens’
• Flower– Spring– White
• Fruit– Fall– Red
Ilex X ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
Chinese Holly, ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
• Helpful Hints:– Leaf spines
known only to be regular in their irregularity.
– Commonly have all different number of spines on a branch
Ilex X ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
Chinese Holly, ‘Nellie R. Stevens’
ILEX X ATTENUATA ‘Savannah’
Savannah Holly
• Evergreen perennial• Tree Growth Habit–Height: 25’ –Width: 15-25’
• Sun
• Arrangement and composition:– Alternate and Simple
• Shape– Elliptical– Length 2 1/2” – Width 1”
• Margin – Dentate
• Veins– Pinnate
ILEX X ATTENUATA ‘Savannah’
Savannah Holly
• Flower– Spring– Inconspicuous
• Fruit– None!
ILEX X ATTENUATA ‘Savannah’
Savannah Holly
• Helpful Hints:– Leaf similar to
Foster Holly but rounder, bigger leaves and more spines
ILEX X ATTENUATA ‘Savannah’
Savannah Holly
ILEX X ATTENUATA ‘Savannah’
Savannah Holly
ILEX CRENATA ‘Compacta’Compacta Holly
• Evergreen perennial• Shrub Growth Habit–Height: 3-4’ –Width: 3-4’
• Sun-Shade
• Arrangement and composition:– Alternate and Simple
• Shape– Elliptical– Length ½” to ¾” – Width ¼” to 3/8”
• Margin – Slightly serrated
• Veins– Pinnate
ILEX CRENATA ‘Compacta’
Compacta Holly
• Flower– Spring– White
• Fruit– Fall– Black – Rarely Seen
ILEX CRENATA ‘Compacta’
Compacta Holly
• Helpful Hints:– Shinier leaves
than Helleri
ILEX CRENATA ‘Compacta’
Compacta Holly
PIERIS JAPONICAJapanese Andromeda
• Evergreen perennial• Shrub Growth Habit–Height: 4-6’ –Width: 4-6’
• Part Shade - Shade
• Arrangement and composition:– Alternate and Simple
• Shape– Elliptical– Length 1 1/2” - 3” – Width 3/4”
• Margin – Serrated
• Veins– Pinnate
PIERIS JAPONICAJapanese Andromeda
• Flower– Spring– White/pink
• Fruit– Fall– Brown – Capsule
PIERIS JAPONICAJapanese Andromeda
• Helpful Hints:– Leaf tips may be red
PIERIS JAPONICAJapanese Andromeda
Horticulture I Week 1 Review
Ophiopogon japonicusMondo Grass
Maranta leuconeura var. ‘Kerchoviana’Prayer Plant
Euonymus japonicaEvergreen Euonymus
Aucuba japonicaJapanese Aucuba
Aucuba japonicaJapanese Aucuba
Ajuga reptansBugleweed
Plectranthus australisSwedish Ivy
