Week 12 Flashcards
1
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Aesculus x carnea
Red Horse Chestnut
2
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Astilbe x arendsii
Meadow Sweet
- Rich organic soil
- Moist soils
- Winter dormency
- Spikes of plume like flowers
3
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A
Betula pendula
European White Birch
4
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Crataegus laevigata ‘Coccinea Flore Pleno’
Paul’s Scarlet Hawathorne
- Small tree
- Low reflective heat
- Relatively tough
- Budded and grafted
5
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A
Delphinium elatum
Candle Delphinium
- Annual
- Large flowering spike
6
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A
Eustoma grandiflorum
Lisianthus
- No excessive heat
- Part shade
- Annual
- Good potted plant
7
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A
Herniaria glabra
Green Carpet
- Moss like
- Tough
- White Flowers
- Spreads well
8
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A
Hydrangea macrophylla
Garden Hydrangea
- Careful of excessive heat
- Rich soil
- Prune after flowering
- Morning sun and afternoon shade
9
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A
Hypericum calycinum
Aaron’s Beard
- Sun to shade
- Takes hard pruning
10
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A
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip Tree
- Also known as Yellow Poplar
11
Q
A
Peonia species
Peony
- No hot afternoon sun
12
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A
Platanus x acerifolia
European Sycamore
13
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A
Robina x ambigua ‘Purple Robe’
Purple Robe Locust
14
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A
Sagina subulata
Irish Moss
- Moist organic soils
15
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A
Solanum jasminoides
Potato Vine
- Easy grower
- Full sun/heat
- Variable soil
- Large vigorous growth
16
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A
Spiraea japonica
Spiraea
- Full sun
- Heat
- Shade
- Abundance of flowers when in bloom
17
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A
Tecomaria capensis
Cape Honeysuckle
- Shrub like or vine like
- Very tough
- Aggressive grower
- Cuttings
- Control growth with less watering
18
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Viburnum opulus ‘Sterile’
Snowball
- Full sun/heat
- Rich soil
- Prune after flowering
