Hello, I was wondering if anyone could identify these plants in a rock garden that was given to me. Thanks so much in advance :)
Thanks JungleKeeper. OK, lucky bamboo for the big ones at the top, buddhist pine for the ones at the right, anybody have an guesses for the other two plants?
The one on the left with the speclked leaves is dracaena godsferiana, and the one in the centre look like a coffee plant.
I think the one in the centre is Ardisia crenata or one of its close allies. The one with speckled leaves reminds me more of Aucuba or Codiaeum than Dracaena. Note the slight toothing near tip of leaf.
Ardisia Crenata sounds right. The one on the left may be aucuba but the leaves aren't as "teethy" so that leaves me thinking that it is a dracaena plant.
Dracaenas never have toothed or lobed leaves and leaves of D. 'Godseffiana' (correctly D. surculosa) taper into a fine point -- see this link (apparent teeth are illusions of perspective, actually undulations) http://aquiya.skr.jp/zukan/Dracaena_surculosa.html
I don't agree -- unless you have a spotted-leaf plant additional to the one in your pics. Look carefully at the leaf apices. Also check the arrangement of the leaves on the stem - distinctive in Dracaena surculosa.