Week 6 Flashcards by Dean Alley

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722

Pineapple Guava

Evergreen, shrub
Full sun / half shade / full heat
Loamy sand
Half hardy to 10 degrees
Native to Brazil and Argentina

A

Acca sellowiana

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707

Strawberry Tree

Evergreen shrub / low growth
Dry, boggy, variable soils
Full sun / part shade; humidity
Hardy to 10 degrees
Propagated by cuttings
Native to Sonoma and Monterey areas.

A

Arbutus unedo

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212

Night Jessamine

Evergreen; shrubby vine or perennial
Rapid growth
Flowers at night in the fall
Very scented
Full shade to part shade
Well-drained soil
Cuttings, seed
Native to West Indies

A

Cestrum nocturum

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911

Lemon Scented Gum

Evergreen tree
Rapid growth
Alkaline; variable soil
Full sun and heat
Propagated by seed
Tender plant; 24-28 degrees
Native to Australia

A

Corymbia citriodora

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Bushy Yate Eucalyptus

N/A

Yellow juvenile stems
Full sun
Native to Australia

A

Eucalyptus lehmannii

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938

Dawn Redwood

Decidous conifer tree
Rapid growth
Loam, sand, well-drained
Full sun and heat; humidity
Half hardy to 15 degrees
Cuttings, seed
Native to China

A

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

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Q

989

Giant Sequoia

Evergreen Conifer
Loam to variable soils
Full sun
Hardy below 0 degrees
Propagated by seed or cuttings
Native to Sierra Nevadas

A

Sequoiadendron giganteum

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865

Babylon Weeping Willow

Decidous tree
Rapid growth
Short lived
Variable soil
Sun and heat
Hardy to 0 degrees
Cuttings
Native to China

A

Salix babylonica

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152

Dead Nettle

Evergreen to decidous perennial
Full shade / part shade
Rich soil with organic matter
Hardy to 0 degrees
Division, seed, cuttings
Native to Europe and Asia
Low growing ground cover

A

Lamium maculatum

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973

Coast Live Oak

Evergreen tree
Loam, sand, dry soil
Half shade / full heat
Half hardy to 10 degrees
Seed
Native to California
Drought resistant

A

Quercus agrifolia

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449

Staghorn Fern

Evergreen, indoor plant
Full shade to part shade
Peat, sphagum soils
Reproduces by spores
Native to Eastern Australia and New Guinea
Live on other plants but is not parasitic

A

Platycerium bifurcatum

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190

Lavender Cotton

Evergreen perennial
Full sun / full heat
Neutral, variable soils
Hardy to 10 degrees
Cuttings
Native to Mediterranean region
Mounding growth
Water thrifty to drought tolerance

A

Santolina chamaecyparissus

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388

Cyclamen

Indoor perennial
Full shade / part shade
Loam, sand, well-drained soil
Keep between 55 and 70 degrees
Division, seed
Native to Mediteranean
Winter blooming

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Cyclamen persicum

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