lecture 10 ornamental plants Flashcards
- also referred to as garden plants
- primarily grown for its beauty either for
screening,scent, specimen, color or aesthetic reasons - provide height, privacy, and beauty for any garden
- many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that improve on the original species
Ornamental Plants
The history of ornamental
gardening started at least ________________ of human civilization.
Egyptian tomb paintings of the
_____________ are some of the
earliest physical evidence of
ornamental horticulture and
landscape design.It depicts
depict lotus ponds surrounded
by symmetrical rows of acacias
and palms.
4,000 years
1500 BC
The English garden can
also be called a
_________________. It
developed in the 1700’s
as a reaction to the
formal French style. It
presented an idealized
view of the natural world.
landscape park
Many plants and objects had symbolic
meanings: _______________ is strong and resilient;
_____________ is long-lived and persistent; ____________ represents purity
bamboo
pine
lotus
Plants were essential elements. Some
common garden flowers come from
China:
chrysanthemum, peony, flowering
plum, roses, camellia
Family ______________
*Rose cultivation probably began in
China ___________ years ago.
*The first distilled essential oil was
attar of roses (from the Muslim Golden
Age, when distillation was invented).
*Europe and western Asia had their
own cultivated roses, which were
popular from ancient times.
Rosaceae
5000
attar of roses
The first modern rose was ‘______________’, developed in 1867. It was the first
“_____________”
La France
hybrid tea rose
3 main rose categories
old garden roses
wild roses
modern garden roses
Family ___________
Tulips are native to central Asia, places like Afghanistan and Kazakhistan.
They are perennials, storing food over the winter in Bulbs are planted in the fall.
Tulips can be grown from seed, but it takes 5-8 years before flowering occurs. And, many varieties are sterile hybrids.
Liliaceae
Family Orchidaceae
Oncidium lanceanum
Vanilla planifolia, vanilla
Zygopetalum sp.
Stanhopea tigrina, with pendant flowers
Caladenia fuscata
Calopogon sp.
known in Europe as the bee orchid
Ophrys apifera
the fly orchid. The two yellow “eyes” are the pollen masses.
Ophrys insectifera
also commonly known as
“Dancing Lady” orchids
Oncidium spp,
Family _________________
- Petunia spp, the nightshades
Solanaceae
Family _________
Daisy family
Tagetes erecta Cosmos sp.
Asteraceae
