Plant ID Week 7

Plant ID Week 7

Hort. IFall

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