Plant ID Week 7
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Plant ID Week 7
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Ajuga reptans
• Common name: Ajuga or Bugleweed
• Hardiness: USDA zone 3-9• Sunlight: Shade to part shade to sun• Bloomtime: Early Spring• Bloom Color: Shades of Blue• Leaf Color: Bronzes, Greens, Multicolor• Planting Apart: 18" centers
• Will Grow: 24-48" wide • Height: Leaves to 3-4 inches, flower to 12-
inches on larger varieties• Use: Ground Cover• Special Note: This is a fast-growing
plant
Canna X generalis
• Common: Canna
• Looks like a banana Tree without the trunk.
• These are great flowers for a wet area.
• native to the southeastern U.S. and Central America
• Light: Cannas prefer sun, but will grow in partial shade.
• Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-12. • Propagation: Cannas are easy to propagate by
dividing off pieces of the rhizomes.
Chrysanthemum moriflorum or DENDRANTHEMA X GRANDIFLORA
• Common Name:Florist or Garden Mum
• Family: Compositae• Native: Orient
• Life Cycle: Annual• Classification:
Bedding Plant/Cut Flower• Leaf Arrangement: Alternate• Leaf Shape: Elliptical• Leaf Margin: Lobed• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Type: Simple
• Flower: Fall bloom (can be forced at any time) In all colors but blue• Environment: Sun• Growth: Medium• Zones: 5-10
PLANT• Height 12” - to 36”• Width 16” - to 36”• Upright/Spreading• Varies depending on cultivar
USE
• Bedding• Cut flower• Potted plants
DESCRIPTION• Leaves are lobed • Stem is herbaceous• 100’s of types and cultivars
• Short Day plant: reason for blooming in the Fall months around Halloween
CHRYSANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM
• Common Name:Shasta Daisy
• Family: Compositae• Native: Pyrenees
• Life Cycle: Herbaceous• Classification:
Bedding Plant/Cut Flower• Leaf Arrangement: Alternate• Leaf Shape: Spatulate• Leaf Margin: Serrated• Vein Pattern: Pinnate• Type: Simple
• Flower: –Summer (June - August)–White with yellow center • Environment: Sun• Growth: Medium• Zones: 5-9
DESCRIPTION
• Leaves are not lobed• Flower heads are usually long-stalked, solitary,
and 2” - 4” wide
• Used for border plants
• Divide and replant ever 2 to 3 years• Propagated by division or seed
HEDERA HELIX•HEAD – er – ah HE – licks• Common Name: English Ivy
• Family: Araliaceae
• Native: Europe
• Life Cycle: Evergreen-Perennial• Growth Habit: Vine• Leaf Arrangement: Alternate• Leaf Shape: Ovate• Leaf Margin:
Entire-Juvenile Lobed-Reproductive Growth• Vein pattern: Palmate• Simple
• Root: Aerial• Flowers: reaches 30 feet• Fruit: Black drupe • Plant Use: Ground Cover; As
foliage for floral work• Growth: Rapid• Light Exposure: Part Shade• Zones: 5-9
DESCRIPTION• Most leaves are 3 - 5 lobed• Over 50 cultivars; ‘Curly Locks’, ‘Needlepoint’
PROBLEMS
• Can be invasive once established• Difficult to establish