Plant IdentificationWeek 12

Baby’s BreathGypsophila elegans cv.• Heavily branched, slender-

stemmed, spreading or upright, shrubby plant

• Small, linear, lance shaped, grey-green leaves

• Tiny single or double flowers profusely cover the plant

• Flower colors – white, light pink, purple-pink

English IvyHedera helix cv.• Trailing or climbing vine • Leaves are 1-4 inches across, 5

lobed, and dark green• Leaf shapes – oval, pointed,

fan-shaped, birdfoot-shaped, curly, crinkled, crested, ruffled, or waved

• May be solid green or variegated patterned depending on cultivar

DaylilyHermerocallis cv.• Clump type blooming plant with

long, sword-shaped, medium-green foliage

• Branched clusters of flowers usually borne on leafless stems, displayed well above the foliage

• Colors – white, cream, yellow, orange, pink, rust, purple, red, red-black, some with colored throats

Dwarf Octopus TreeHeptapleurum arboricola• Tree-like woody plant with many

leaf stalks emanating from trunk and branches

• Each stalk contains a deep green 7-inch (or larger) compound leaf consisting of 6-10 leaflets