Week 5

Front 1

Variegated glossy abelia

Back 1

Abelia grandiflora ‘Francis Mason’

Hint 1

Leaves simple pinnate, opposite, to 1 1/2" long, young foliage is bright yellow with bronze cast; older foliage becomes darker
Flowers spring-fall, tubular 1/2" diameter - pale pink to lavender, bracts narrow, pinkish red

Front 2

Selloum philodendron

Back 2

Philodendron bipinnatifidum

Hint 2

Leaves very large to 3' long, dark glossy green, deeply cut lobes, very long petioles.

Front 3

Cast iron plant

Back 3

Aspidistra elatior

Hint 3

Leaves broadly elliptic, grasslike (parallel veins), taper to sturdy 6-12" long petiole, dark green, glossy, blades 12-24" long 3-4" wide.

Front 4

Shrimp plant

Back 4

Justicia brandegeeana (Beloperone guttata)

Hint 4

Leaves opposite, pinnate, ovate, 2-3" long, softly pubescent, apple green. Flowers white, tubular flowers with rose-purple markings, coppery bracts enclose each flower.

Front 5

Lily of the Nile

Back 5

Agapanthus orientalis

Hint 5

Leaves strap-like, fleshy, bright green, arching upward and outward, 1-3' long, blunt tipped. Flowers spectacular blue/white, funnel shaped flowers, 1-2' long, on 2-4' long umbel stalks - late spring, summer.

Front 6

Pink India hawthorn

Back 6

Rhaphiolepis indica 'Springtime'

Hint 6

Leaves pinnate, alternate or whorled, elliptic to obovate, 1-1/2 to 3" long, finely serrate margins, leathery, reddish new foliage. Flowers terminal, narrow racemes, small pink 5-petaled, regular symmertry, 1/2" diameter - late winter throug spring.

Front 7

Grape ivy

Back 7

Cissus rhombifolia

Hint 7

Leaves trifoliate, alternate, leaflets rhomboid, 2-4" long, toothe. Flowers tiny greenish white flowers in panicles.

Front 8

Winter-blooming bergenia

Back 8

Bergenia crassifolia

Hint 8

Leaves palmate/pinnate, whorled-opposite, oval-obovate, 5-10" long, somewhat serrate-undulate, blades dark green, shiny, fleshy. Flowers pinkish/rose, bisexual, stalked 12-18" panicles - flowers 1/2" diameter - January through April.

Front 9

Japanese camellia

Back 9

Camellia japonica

Hint 9

Leaves pinnate, alternate, elliptic-oval-ovate, finely serrate, dark green, 2-4" long, leathery. Flowers many forms depending on variety - single, double, white, pink, read - mostly late winter.

Front 10

Ternstroemia

Back 10

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Hint 10

Leaves pinnate, alternate/whorled, obovate, 2-6" long, dark green foliage, pale beneath, petioles maroon-red. Flowers small, pake whitish yellow, 1/3-1/2" on short axillary stalks, solitary, fragrant; summer.

Front 11

Bushman's poison

Back 11

Acokanthera oppositifolia

Hint 11

Leaves pinnate, opposite, elliptic-ovate, 3-4" long, early 2" wide, dark green, some purplish tinge, leathery. Flowers small, whitish-pink start shaped flowers in axillary clusters - very fragrant.

Front 12

Red cestrum

Back 12

Cestrum elegans (Cestrum purpureum)

Hint 12

Leaves pinnate, alternate, narrow-ovate, 3-5" long, 1-1 1/2" wide, short-petioled, slightly pubescent underside. Flowers red to burgundy tubular flowers in terminal clusters, individual blooms 3/4-1" long.

Front 13

Star jasimine

Back 13

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Hint 13

Leaves pinnate, opposite, elliptic-ovate, new foliage glossy light green, older leaves lustrous dark green leathery, 2-3" log. Flowers axillary cyme - clusters of tubular flowers, open as star-shaped, white, fragant 1/2-3/4" spring-summer.

Front 14

Giant lily turf

Back 14

Ophiopogon jaburan (Liriope gigantea)

Hint 14

Leaves narrow, grass-like, up to 30" long, 1/2" wide, somewhat arching in form; prominent midrib. Flowers white on short stalks that are partially obscured by foliage.

Front 15

Variegated spider plant

Back 15

Chlorophytum comosum "Variegatum'

Hint 15

Leaves grass-like 6-12" long or more, green with whitish stripes, arching from base. Flowers small, white, lily-like, 1/" across with yellow tipped stamens - develop into offsets.