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Plant Your Garden Flashcards

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Name eight plant families.

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  1. Trees
  2. Shrubs
  3. Perennials
  4. Climbers
  5. Grasses and Bamboos
  6. Bulbs
  7. Annuals and Biennials
  8. Water plants
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Name the four categories of water plants.

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  1. Oxygenators
  2. Aquatics
  3. Marginals
  4. Bog plants
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Name five functions of plants in a garden design.

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  1. Structural plants
  2. Mid-range plants
  3. Focal plants
  4. Ground cover
  5. Seasonal plants
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Name four ways to group plants.

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  1. Traditional schemes
  2. Contemporary blocks
  3. Woodland planting
  4. Naturalistic schemes
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5
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Name four types of containers for display.

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  1. Rustic (recycled fruit boxes, old kitchen pans, wooden planters)
  2. Tropical (colourful glazed containers)
  3. Contemporary (metallic containers)
  4. Traditional (terracotta)
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Name seven planting styles.

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  1. Formal style
  2. Cottage style
  3. Urban style
  4. Mediterranean style
  5. Wildlife gardens
  6. Modernist styles
  7. Family gardens
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Name four types of colour scheme (based on the colour wheel).

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  1. Single-colour and duotone schemes
  2. Opposite colours
  3. Triadic colours
  4. Adjoining colours
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Name six types of plant texture.

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  1. Prickly
  2. Silky
  3. Shiny
  4. Matt
  5. Soft
  6. Hard
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What are the five main functions of trees?

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  1. Creating a woodland setting
  2. Adding height and privacy
  3. Using trees as focal points
  4. Framing features
  5. Providing colour and texture
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What are the four different shapes of trees?

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  1. Spreading (horizontal branches, often wider than they are tall)
  2. Weeping
  3. Fastigiate (erect branches close together)
  4. Round-headed (rounded canopy on a singular clear stem)
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What are the five main functions of shrubs?

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  1. Filling difficult sites
  2. Injecting foliage interest
  3. Creating container features
  4. Providing structure and screening
  5. Adding seasonal flowers
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12
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Name eight types of rose.

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  1. Shrubs
  2. Hybrid tea
  3. Floribunda
  4. Old
  5. Patio and dwarf polyantha
  6. Miniature
  7. Ramblers
  8. Climbers
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What are the five main functions of perennials?

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  1. Filling the gaps
  2. Injecting tropical flavour
  3. Providing summer abundance
  4. Decorating dry landscapes
  5. Creating naturalistic effects
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14
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What is the Chelsea chop?

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The Chelsea chop is cutting or pinching back plants by half in late spring. This helps to spread out the overall flowering season.

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Name eight foliage options.

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  1. Large leaves
  2. Colourful foliage
  3. Sword-like leaves
  4. Patterns
  5. Grassy leaves
  6. Finger-like foliage
  7. Ferny leaves
  8. Soft, downy foliage
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What are the five main functions of climbers and wall shrubs?

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  1. Providing walls of scent
  2. Creating leafy screens
  3. Decorating structures
  4. Adding height to container displays
  5. Climbing through trees and shrubs
17
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What are the four methods with which climbers cling to their hosts?

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  1. Aerial roots
  2. Hooks and thorns
  3. Adhesive pads
  4. Twining stems or tendrils
18
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Name seven types of clematis.

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  1. Early-flowered species
  2. Large-flowered hybrids
  3. Late-flowering hybrids
  4. Double-flowered hybrids
  5. Patio clematis
  6. Evergreen species
  7. Small-flowered species
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What are the five main functions of bamboos and grasses?

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  1. Injecting colour and form
  2. Providing textural container displays
  3. Creating screens and hedges
  4. Making meadows
  5. Adding interest to mixed displays
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What are the five main functions of bulbs?

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  1. Infusing gardens with scent
  2. Decorating lawns
  3. Making seasonal displays
  4. Creating tropical effects
  5. Welcoming in spring
21
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What are the four forms of bulbs?

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  1. True bulbs
  2. Corms
  3. Rhizomes
  4. Tubers
22
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What is a true bulb?

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A true bulb is made of leaves layered like an onion, covered with a protective papery skin or tunic.

23
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What is a corm?

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A corm is formed by the swollen base of a plant’s stem and are more rounded in shape than a true bulb.

24
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What is a rhizome?

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A rhizome has a swollen root that grows horizontally near the soil surface and produces several buds along it which then develop into leaves and flower stems.

25
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What is a tuber?

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A tuber is similar to a rhizome in that it has a swollen underground stem. They produce buds or eyes along their length, and each can form a new plant.

26
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What are the ten types of dahlias?

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  1. Single
  2. Anemone
  3. Ball
  4. Water lily
  5. Decorative
  6. Pompom
  7. Collerette
  8. Cactus
  9. Semi-cactus
  10. Miscellaneous
27
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What are the five main functions of annuals and biennials?

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  1. Creating fleeting combinations
  2. Making foils of foliage
  3. Going wild
  4. Planting classic containers
  5. Brightening the gloom
28
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What are the seven types of sunflowers?

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  1. Tall single stem
  2. Multi-stemmed varieties
  3. Double-flowered
  4. Dwarf varieties
  5. Bi-coloured
  6. Cream-flowered
  7. Dark-flowered
29
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What are the five main functions of water gardening?

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  1. Dressing up formal features
  2. Making a home for fish
  3. Planting beautiful bogs
  4. Introducing small schemes
  5. Creating a wildlife haven
30
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Name the six types of water lilies.

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  1. Vigorous types
  2. Small and dwarf
  3. Medium-sized
  4. Scented
  5. Colourful foliage
  6. Tender types

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