Week 11 Flashcards
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Ageratum / Floss Flower
- Rich, well-drained soil
- Full sun
- Tender to 32 degrees
- Native to tropical America
Ageratum houstonianum
5
Flowering Cabbage / Kale
- Full sun in the winter
- Tough throughout frost
- Hardy; 15 degrees
- Well-drained soil
- Prone to root rot
- Prone to aphids, cabbage worm
- Native to Europe and Asia Minor
Brassica oleracea
69
Common Yarrow
- Slight unusual smell
- Full sun
- Dry and well-drained soil
- Division
- Native to China
Achillea millefolium
74
Peruvian Lily
- Sun to part shade
- Prone to snails
- Division or seed
- Half hardy; 22 degrees
- Cool moist sandy loam
- Native to Chile
Alstroemeria X hybrids
77
Japanese Anemone
- Aggressive grower
- Easy maintenance
- Hybrid
- Root cuttings in spring
- Division in fall
- Half shade to full sun in cooler climates
- Rich, humus soils. well-drained
Anemone X hybrida
79
Margueritte Daisy
- Technically perrenial but often only lasting as an annual
- Good mounding growth
- Prone to root rot
- Native to Canary Islands
- Full sun
- Well-drained loam soil
Argyranthemum frutescens
175
Ivy Geranium
- Hybrid
- Full sun part shade
- Neutral well-drained soil
- Cuttings
- Half hardy; 24 degrees
- Prone to root rot and snails
Pelargonium peltatum
178
Garden Penstemon
- Hybrid
- Full sun but not excessive heat
- Well-drained soil
- Cuttings, seed
- Half hardy; 20 degrees
Penstemon X gloxinoides
186
Gloriosa Daisy
- Full sun
- Variable soil
- Seed
- Hardy to 0 degrees
- Rapid mounding growth
- Native to North America, Mid-West
- Rough unique feel on foliage
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Gloriosa Daisy’
251
Black-eyed Susan Vine
- Full sun
- Variable rich soil
- Tender to 25 degrees
- Cuttings, Layers, seed
- Native to Tropical Africa
Thunbergia alata
441
Pygmy Date Palm
- Full sun to shade
- Common house plant
- Small palm usually
- Seed
- Tender; 62-80 degrees
- Native to Vietnam
Phoenix roebelenii
597
Christmas Heather
- Full sun to half shade
- Acidic soil with organic matter
- Cuttings
- Hardy; 10-15 degrees
- Native to North Africa
Erica Canaliculata ‘Rosea’
659
Princess Flower
- Full sun to part shade
- Acidic soil well-drained
- Tender to 26 degrees
- Cuttings
- Native to Brazil
Tibouchina urvilleana
695
Italian Buckthorn
- Full sun to half shade, wind, heat
- Dry well-drained soil
- Hardy; 0 degrees
- Cuttings
- Native to North America
Rhamnus alaternus
811
Willow Leafed or Peppermint Eucalyptus
- Fast Growing
- Hard frost will damage
- Red tinge on stems in cold weather
- Full sun
- Loam sand, well-drained
- Native to Australia
Eucalyptus nicholii
858
Bradford Pear
- Full sun
- Loam, organic matter, mulch, well-drained
- Hardy; 0 degrees
- Native to China
- Budding, Grafting
Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
867
Brazillian Pepper Tree
- Full sun to part shade, heat
- Variable soil, well-drained
- Tender 22 degrees
- Seed
- Native to Brazil
Schinus terebinthifolius
914
Cider Gum
- Full sun and heat
- Variable soil
- Hardy; 5-10 degrees
- Seed
- Native to Australia/Tasmania
Eucayptus gunnii
969
Lombardy Poplar
- Fast growth
- Hardy Tree
- Variable soils
- Windbreak
- Hardy; 0 degrees
- Native to Europe and Western Asia
Populus nigra ‘Italica’
