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Aechmea chantinii cv. “Bromeliad”. 1. Leaf Description: linear, with sharp edges, and can be green, silver-green, or gray. They are 24 inches (60 cm) long. Flower Description: long lasting, brightly colored, and tubular in shape. Antirrhinum majus “Snapdragon”. 2. Leaf Description:
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Aechmea chantinii cv. “Bromeliad” 1. • Leaf Description: • linear, with sharp edges, and can be green, silver-green, or gray. They are 24 inches (60 cm) long. • Flower Description: • long lasting, brightly colored, and tubular in shape
Antirrhinum majus “Snapdragon” 2. • Leaf Description: • linear, glossy, midgreen, 3 inches long, and sometimes hairy. • Flower Description: • Many colors are available, including burgundy, red, pink, yellow, white, lavender, and bicolor.
Araucaria heterophylla “Norfolk Island Pine” 3. • Leaf Description: • needlelike, dark green, and 1.25 inches long. Male and female cones are green maturing to brown. The female cones are spherical and male cones are cylindrical. As a houseplant, they can grow to 6-9 feet indoors.
Argyranthemum frutescens “Marguerite Daisy” & “Shasta Daisy” 4. • Leaf Description: • scalloped, dark green, and 5 inches long • Flower Description: • Daisylike, 2 inches across, born on terminal stems and white or yellow.
Begonia x tuberhybrida cv. “Tuberous Begonia” 5. • Leaf Description: • multicolored, fibrous, and palm shaped. They are 6-10 inches long. • Flower Description: • 1.25-1.5 inches wide, and brightly colored with red, pink, white, or yellow.
Caladium x hortulanum cv. “Fancy-Leaved Caladium” 6. • Leaf Description: • colors include white, green, pink, red, and spotted or streaked. • Flower Description: • white spathes and spadices with small green flowers inside, and 9 inches long. The flowers are followed by white fruit, which is berry-shaped.
Celosia argentea “Cockscomb” 7. • Leaf Description: • lance shaped, midgreen or burgundy, and 6 inches long. • Flower Description spikes are 2-4 inches long, crested or plume shaped, and red, pink, yellow, green, silver-white, or orange.
Chamaedorea elegans “Parlor Palm” 8. • Leaf Description: • dark green, 24 inches long, and have 20-45 linear leaflets within one frond. • Flower Description: • yellow, tiny, and are borne in panicles, 8-12 inches long. After the flowers, fruit develops into small, round, and black berries.
Cholorophytum comosum “Spider Plant” 9. • Leaf Description: • yellow or white stripes on the leaves. Some species' leaves are solid dark green. Leaves are long and slender blades, 12 inches long. Flower Description: • small, white, star shaped
Codiaeum variegatum pictum cv. “Croton” 10. • Leaf Description: • lance shaped, leathery, 12 inches long, and often deeply lobed. • Flower Description: • tiny, 0.25 inch across, star shaped, and yellow.
Dieffenbachia maculata “Spotted Dumbcane” 11. • Leaf Description: • dark green, with variegation of white or yellow. The leaves are lance shaped, 12-18 inches long. • Flower Description: • creamy white spathes
Dracaena fragrans ‘Masangeana’ “Corn Plant Dracaena” 12. • Leaf Description: • strap shaped, leathery, glossy, and usually variegated with white, yellow, or pink. They are 12-24 inches long. • Flower Description: • small, white or green flowers, 12 inches long