UF/IFAS
Okeechobee County Extension Service
458 Highway 98 North
Okeechobee, FL 34972-2578
Phone: (863) 763-6469
E- mail: dfculbert@ifas.ufl.edu
August
9, 2007
| Quick Links: Charlotte Covette Dazzle Gold Capella Luseane Moondrop Trinette return to Arboricola Article Links/references |
Dan Culbert - Extension Horticulture Agent
Arboricola Cultivars
| 'Charlotte' is the first white variegated Arboricola. It is a compact plant with lightly waved leaves. Even though it lacks green for food production, the plant does not suffer from leaf loss because the bottom of the leaves are green. |
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Photo: Flower Council of Holland |
| Covette is an indoor cultivar marketed through Everything Grows nursery |
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Photo: Lhur Landscape Images |
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Dazzle™ has variegated some leaves almost completely creamy
white, with
medium sized
foliage, very bright yellow or creamy white. is
grown as a pyramid or a braded standard, it was
developed for the interior market, but could be
used in the landscape in South Florida.
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Photo: Fox Hill Nursery, Bahamas |
This Dazzle pyramid has been given minimal maintenance , but still look good after 4 years of life on the patio. Photo: Dan Culbert, UF/IFAS |
| 'Gold
Capella' is
variegated
with a small amount of yellow or gold, but
primarilly has green leaves. |
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| Luseane,
a miniature Schefflera with much smaller foliage,
and shorter internodes. The tight growth with
miniature leaves, dense foliage and medium light
tolerance makes this a valuable interior plant or
specialized landscape item for shaping and
training. This unique dwarf plant is a slow grower
and requires less pruning than other varieties
making it ideal for planters or bonsai. This
was named a FNGLA
2003
Florida Plant of the Year! |
Photo: Fox Hill Nursery, Bahamas |
Photo: AgriStarts/ FNGLA |
| Moondrop: Developed by Hermann Englemann Greenhouses for the foliage market. |
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Photo: Englemann Greenhouses |
| 'Trinette' - this cultivar is the most commonly grown cultivar in South Florida nurseries and is being used extensively in the landscape industry. Photos here were taken at UF/IFAS IRREC Linear Garden in Fort Pierce, Florida. |
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Photo: Dan
Culbert, UF/IFAS
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http://www.flowercouncil.org/uk/news/fpnews/Productnieuws_2000/Dec2000_schefflera.asp
http://www.exoticangel.com/Varieties/ Engelmann Greenhouses lists the following Arboricola cvs. on their website: Gold, Gold Capella, Ivory, Janine, Luseane, Madam de Somet, Melanie, Moondrop, Petite, Sun burst, Variegated Gold Finger.
http://www.kraftgardens.com/flyers/Schefflera_Arboricola_Dazzle.pdf Kraft Gardens is a basic producer of foliage plants in Fort Pierce, Florida.
If you want more information about Arboricolas, please visit our website, http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu. If you need additional information on these plants, please email us at okeechobee@ifas.ufl.edu or call us at 863-763-6469. Local residents can stop by our office at 458 Hwy 98 North in Okeechobee, and visit our Okeechobee County Master Gardeners from 1 to 3 PM on Tuesday afternoons. GO GATORS!