Week 5 Flashcards
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Euryops pectinatus
Euryops
- Flowers almost year around
- Propagated by cuttings
- Full sun
- Well-drained soil
- Half hardy to 20 degrees
- Native to South Africa
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Fellicia amelloides
Blue Marguerite
- Full sun
- Variable soil
- Half hardy to 22 degrees
- Cuttings
- Blooms spring, summer, and fall
- Native to South Africa
3
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Nemesia caerula hybrids
Nemesia
- Slight shade
- Avoid excessive heat
- Mounded growth
- Pink flowering and other pastel colors
- Seed propagated
4
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Scabiosa columbaria
‘Butterfly Blue’
Pincushion Flower
- Full to part sun
- Seed propagated
- Often used as an annual
- Does poorly in winter conditions
- Well-drained variable soil
- Native to the Caucasian Mountains
5
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Ajuga reptans
Carpet Bugle
- Part shade
- Moist variable soil
- Hardy to 0 degrees
- Division
- Beautiful blue spike flower
- Native to Europe
6
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Cyathea cooperi
Australian Tree Fern
- Part to full shade
- Moist, well-drained soil
- True Fern
- Propagated by spores
- Tender at 30 degrees, prefers temperatures of 60 and higher
- Native to Australia
7
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Dicksonia antarctica
Tasmanian Tree Fern
- True fern
- Full to part shade
- Moist, well-drained soil
- Half hardy to 20 degrees
- Propagated by spores
- Native to Australia
8
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Polygala dalmaisiana
Sweet-Pea Shrub
- Water thrifty / no excessive irrigation
- Full to part sun / wind / heat
- Loam, sand, organic matter
- Tender down to 24 degrees
- Cuttings, layer, seed
- Native to South Africa
9
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Escallonia X exoniensis ‘Fradesii’
Pink Escallonia
- Vigorous shrub/hedge
- Pink fragrant flowering, spring, summer, fall.
- Full sun to part shade
- Well-drained soil
- Avoid excessive watering
- Half hardy to 15 degrees
- Cuttings
- Native to South America
10
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Escallonia ‘Newport’
Escallonia Dwarf Newport
- Full sun to part shade
- Non-alkaline soils
- Half hardy to 15 degrees
- Cuttings
- Hybrid
11
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Callistemon citrinus
Lemon Bottlebrush
- Full sun to part shade / humidity / heat
- Alkaline soils
- Half hardy to 20 degrees
- Cuttings, seed
- Native to Australia
12
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Callistemon ‘Little John’
Dwarf Bottlebrush
- Full sun to part shade / heat
- Variable soils
- Half hardy to 10 degrees
- Slow grower
- Blooms often
- Cuttings
- True dwarf plant
- Native to Australia
13
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Gardenia augusta ‘Veitchii’
Everblooming Gardenia
- Full shade to part shade
- Acidic loam, sand, organic matter; well-drained
- Tender to 25 degrees
- Cuttings
- Native to coastal regions of Central America
14
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Taxus baccata ‘Stricta’
Irish Yew
- Full sun to part shade
- Acidic; moist; well-drained soil
- Hardy to 0 degrees
- Cuttings, seed
- Poisonous fruit
- Narrow upright growth
- Native to Europe and Africa
15
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Viburnum japonicum
Japanese Speedwell
- Full sun and heat
- Fast grower
- Variable soil
- Variable watering
- Small tree; 12-14ft tall
- Half hardy to 10 degrees
- Cuttings, layer, budding, grafting
- Native to Japan
16
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Viburnum tinus
‘Spring Bouquet’
Spring Bouquet
- Attracts bees
- Fast grower
- Full sun, part sun, shade / heat
- Cool soil
- Hardy to 5 degrees
- Cuttings
- Native to Africa, Asia Minor, Southern Europe
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Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Daffodil
- Great bulb
- 100+ cultivars / scented cultivars
- Full sun to part shade
- Loam, sand; well-drained
- Hardy to below freezing
- Division
- Prone to aphids, snails, slugs.
- Native to Spain, Southern Europe, and Australia
