Sunny Ones Flashcards
Leucanthemum x superbum Family?
ASTERACEAE
Shasta daisy Latin name?
Leucanthemum x superbum
Joe Pye Weed Latin name?
Eutrochium spp
Scabiosacolumbaria family
DISPACACEAE
Scabiosa Latin name?
Scabiosa columbaria
Salviasylvertris family name
LAMIACEAE
Woodland sage Latin name
Salvia sylvertris
Salvia/Woodland Sage bonus name
Balkan Clary
Perovskia atriplicfolia family name
LAMIACEAE
Trollius spp. Family name
RANUNCULACEAE
What makes Echinaceae purpurea sensory garden plant?
Velcro leaves - touch
Which ASTERACEAE are winter interests if there flowers are left standing?
Echinacea, Ligularia, Joe Pye Weed
Which FULL Sun ASTERACEAE can used butterfly gardens and cannot tolerate wet soils
Eutrochium spp. Joy Pye Weed
Which ASTERACEAE has less of a basal cluster and cauline leaves
Joe Pye Weed
What white flowering ASTERACEAE blooms from early to midsummer and is an excellent crossover plant
Shasta Daisy
Which ASTERACEAE is poisonous but maybe medicinal?
Eutrochium spp. Joe Pye Weed
Which family is very similar to ASTERACEAE
DISPACACEAE
Scabiosa columbaria has basal leaves like poppies but cauline leaves that are
Fern like
Scabiosa columbaria, Pincushion flower blooms from early summer till frost making it a?
Crossover plant
Scabiosa can be used in what landscape setting?
Rock garden
Does Scabiosa columbaria be used in butterfly/bee garden? T/F
TRUE
Which LAMIACEAE is low maintenance and reblooms shearing, Latin and common name?
Salvia sylvertris,Woodland Sage
Which LAMIACEAE can be used in sensory garden for there leaves and smell
Catmint, Saliva, Russian Sage
Which LAMIACEAE tolerates dry sites, pollution and clay soils?
Perovskia atriplicifolia , Russian Sage
Which FULL Sun LAMIACEAE is a crossover plant and blooms from Mid may to Freeze?
Nepetaracemosa Catmint
Which low maintenance LAMIACEAE needs have have broken stems cut out?
Nepeta racemosa Catmint
What LAMIACEAE could be used in a Mediterranean garden?
Woodland Sage, Russian Sage
Which LAMIACEAE has a spike-like raceme with short internodes on it between which you can see whorls of flowers?
Saliva sylvertris
Veronica spicata Family?
PLANTAGINACEAE
Veronica spicata two common names ?
Speedwell, Veronica
A common landscape use for Speedwell is as a
Vertical accent
Does Veronica attract Butterflies and bees, true or false
TRUE
Speedwell should be cut back in mid summer to promote a second flush of growth, true or false?
TRUE
What colours do Veronica spicata bloom in?
Pink, Red and White
Which LAMIACEAE can be used for cut flowers
Salvia, Russian Sage
Which ASTERACEAE should not be allowed to go to seed because it could crossbreed with common weed?
Leucanthemum x superbum
Which ASTERACEAE is flowers later and blooms from mid-summer till freeze?
Eutrochium spp Joe Pye Weed
Echinacea and Eutrochium should be used where in the bed
Mid to back
Which ASTERACEAE can be used in a naturalized/native planting
Echinacea Echinacea purpurea
Trollius spp. Family?
RANUNCULACEAE
Globe flower could be used as what because it’s so wildly and well adapted?
Backbone plant.
A good RANUNCULACEAE to brighten a shady site with its bright yellow flowers is?
Trollius x cultorum
Peonys that are being growing from root divisions take how long to flower
3-4, a few years.
In the spring peonies emerge as ?
Purple pips. Can be easily missed.
A sensory garden use for peonies is for their?
Fragrance. Very strong smell. Can be overpowering.
How would you use peonies as a winter interest?
Seed pods. Don’t deadhead
What part of the Poppie is left for a winter interest?
Seed pods.
A landscape use for poppies is ?
Oriental garden
Which is larger P.orientale or P.nudicaule
Oriental Poppy
How would you maintain P.nudicaule flower colour throughout the seasons?
Deadhead after flowering.
