IDENTIFYING ORNAMENTAL PLANTS

1. IDENTIFYING ORNAMENTAL PLANTS CLF 6108 Sue Kirland AgEd 410 Fall 2013 Slide 1 of 27

2. Why do we identify plants? Click to return to FINAL SLIDE Slide 2 of 27

3. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • A. Learning plant names is important in horticulture • Specific industry vocabulary • Nursery production • Landscape work • Floral trade • Learning plants also takes much time and practice • 10 ornamental plants to identify Slide 3 of 27

4. Landscape Plan with a plant LEGEND Q: How could PLANT IDENTIFICATION be useful to a Landscape Architect or Designer? Slide 4 of 27

5. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • Tips to learn plants more easily: • 1. Practice identifying the plants at different stages of the growing season • with and without flowers (if it is a flowering plant) • different stages of maturity • Plants can vary under different conditions. Slide 5 of 27

6. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • 2. Try to think analytically. • Does the plant have an opposite oralternate leaf arrangement? • Is the leaf margindentate or entire? • Answering these kinds of questions will eliminate a lot of guesswork. Slide 6 of 27

7. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • 3. Learn how to pronounce the plant names correctly. • Helpful resource: • The NEW PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF PLANT NAMES (authored by Florists’ Publishing Co.) • very helpful in learning how to pronounce botanical names of plants. • Saying the names out loud. Slide 8 of 27

8. Can you say ….? Gleditsiatriacanthosinermis Common name Scientific Name, Botanical Name, or also called the Latin Name Slide 9 of 27

9. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • 4. Learn what some of the root names of plants mean. • There are many plant names which are used over and over again. • Learning what they mean helps in matching the appearance of the plantwith the name. • Example: Japanese flowering cherry • leaf margins which are saw-toothed, or serrated in appearance. • botanical name: Prunusserrulata Slide 10 of 27

10. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • 5. Tips to learn the names • Making flash cardsfrom pressed samples • learning the plant names and correct spelling. • Use more than one sample • sketchingor drawing plants SKETCH Slide 11 of 27

11. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • 6. Try to identify the plants seen all around in daily life. • On campus • Your neighborhood • Riding as a passenger in a car • Taking a walk • To be successful at plant identification, constant practice is necessary. Slide 12 of 27

12. Identifying Ornamental Plants (cont’d) • B. Common Ornamental Plants: • 10 Commonly used plants in ornamental horticulture (plus one interesting bonus plant) • They are grouped accordingto: • Type, such as … • trees • ground covers • house plants Slide 13 of 27

13. Ornamental Plant #1 Common Name: Japanese Maple Botanical Name: Acer palmatum Slide 14 of 27

14. Ornamental Plant #2 Common Name: Lily of the Nile Botanical Name: Agapanthus africanus Slide 15 of 27

15. Ornamental Plant #3 Common Name: Japanese Boxwood Botanical Name: Buxus japonica Slide 16 of 27

16. Ornamental Plant #4 Common Name: Mother-in-law’s tongue Botanical Name: Sansevieriatrifasciata Slide 17 of 27

17. Ornamental Plant #5 Common Name: Asparagus Fern Botanical Name: Asparagus aethiopicus Slide 18 of 27

18. Ornamental Plant #6 Common Name: Rose Botanical Name: Rosa sp. Slide 19 of 27

19. Ornamental Plant #7 Common Name: Daylily Botanical Name:Hemerocallis sp. Slide 20 of 27

20. Ornamental Plant #8 Common Name: Southern Magnolia Botanical Name:Magnolia grandiflora Slide 21 of 27

21. Ornamental Plant #9 Common Name: Giant Sequoia Botanical Name:Sequoia dendron Slide 22 of 27

22. Ornamental Plant #10 Common Name: Cape Honeysuckle Botanical Name: Tecomeriacapensis Slide 23 of 27

23. Ornamental Plant #11 – Extra Credit Common Name: Venus Flytrap Botanical Name: Dionaeamuscipula Watch Video (click link below) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7eQKSf0LmY Slide 24 of 27

24. Application ... Ways to use PLANT ID for the real world • SAE Placement • Working at a local plant nursery • SAE Entrepreneurial • Growing own plants or produce for profit • CDE Competitions • Earn awards • Travel • Meet new friends Remember Back (click here) Slide 25 of 27

25. What’s your favorite ornamental plant? Assignment Part 1: • Find ONE plant samplefrom the 10 plants on our ID list to bring into class tomorrow. Be prepared to share a plant characteristic that you observed. • ASK permission before removing from someone’s property! Slide 26 of 27

26. Assignment Part 2: • Create 10 Flash Cards, ONE for each Ornamental Plant Botanical Name: Acer palmatum Common Name: Japanese Maple Front Side Back Side Slide 27 of 27