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Post Author: Jacqueline Cavaliere

Jacqueline Cavaliere is the IR-4 Environmental Horticulture Program Coordinator

Crop Vignette: Holly

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 — Jacqueline Cavaliere

Plant Information Ilex or holly is a genus of about 480 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from the tropics to temperate zones worldwide. The common ancestor of most of the extant species probably appeared […]

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Crop Vignette: Flowering Cherry

Posted on March 4, 2021March 22, 2021 — Ely Vea, Jacqueline Cavaliere

Plant Information Ornamental flowering cherries belong to the genus Prunus in the rose family Rosacea, consisting primarily of species native to Asia. The majority of the flowering species are native to Japan and Korea, where centuries of propagation and cultivation have led to the selection of hundreds of genotypes. The most well-known ornamental cherry is […]

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Crop Vignette: Ferns

Posted on December 10, 2020March 23, 2021 — Ely Vea, Jacqueline Cavaliere, Cristi Palmer

Plant Information Ferns first appear in the fossil record about 360 million years ago in the middle Devonian period, but many of the current families and species did not appear until roughly 145 million years ago in the early Cretaceous, after flowering plants came to dominate many environments. Along with club mosses, spikemosses, horsetails, and […]

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Crop Vignette: Hosta

Posted on September 25, 2020March 23, 2021 — Ely Vea, Jacqueline Cavaliere, Cristi Palmer

Plant Information Hosta is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name giboshi. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East). Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. Hybridization […]

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Crop Vignette: Hydrangea

Posted on July 31, 2020March 23, 2021 — Ely Vea, Jacqueline Cavaliere, Cristi Palmer

Plant Information The genus Hydrangea is expansive and includes approximately 1,000 species, hybrids, and cultivars, which can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs up to 10 ft tall, small trees or climbers reaching up to 98 ft. They are native to Asia and the Americas, with the greatest species diversity in eastern Asia, notably Korea, China, […]

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Crop Vignette: Salvia

Posted on May 29, 2020March 23, 2021 — Ely Vea, Jacqueline Cavaliere, Cristi Palmer

Plant Information Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, with the number of species estimated to range from 700 to 1,000. There are 3 main regions for radiation of Salvia: Central and South America with approximately 500 species, Central Asia and the Mediterranean with approximately 250 species, and eastern Asia with […]

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Crop Vignette: Gerbera

Posted on March 30, 2020March 23, 2021 — Ely Vea, Jacqueline Cavaliere, Cristi Palmer

Plant Information Gerbera belongs to the genus of plants Gerbera in the Asteraceae (daisy family). It is native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia. The first scientific description of a gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) was published in 1889. This species is known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy or African daisy. The domesticated […]

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Crop Vignette: Coleus

Posted on January 28, 2020March 23, 2021 — Ely Vea, Jacqueline Cavaliere, Cristi Palmer

Plant Information Coleus, also commonly known as painted nettle, flame nettle, and painted leaf, is a native of Southeast Asia through to Australia. In the most recent taxonomic classification, coleus now belongs to the genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon in the family Lamiaceae. The common garden Coleus (Coleus blumei = Plectranthus scutellarioides = Solenostemon scutellarioides) is […]

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