Week 5 Flashcards
English Daisy
Bellis perennis
ASTERACEAE
Fairly frost hardy, so can be planted out very early. low (less than 30 cm)
Spider flower
Cleome houtteana
CLEOMACEAE
Tall plants with interesting foliage and flower texture.
Black-Eyed susan vine
Thunbergia alata
ACANTHACEAE
Dislikes heat. Grow in light shade. Ideal in containers or large hanging baskets.
Million bells
Calibrachoa spp.
SOLANACEAE
Newer, “mini-petunia”. very popular for mixed baskets and containers
Annual or Madagascar Periwinkle
Catharanthus roseus
APOCYNACEAE
Sun or partial shade. Require moist, well-drained soil
Cosmos
Cosmos spp.
ASTERACEAE
Full sun. Plants are bushy and broad to upright depending on species and cultivar.
Fall mum
Chrysanthemum x morifolium
ASTERACEAE
Borderline frost hardy. Fall flowering mum normally grown in containers.
Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
CYPERACEAE
Tall foliage (texture) plant. Can grow in water, but tolerates regular soil.
Gerbera Daisy
Gerbera hybrida
ASTERACEAE
Partial and/or light shade. will burn in full sun. Often grown in containers.
Dusty miller
Jacobaea maritima syn. senecio cineraria
ASTERACEAE
Full sun. Grown for its greyish coloured, mealy to wooly foliage.
Sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
FABACEAE
Full sun. Will stop flowering if not deadheaded or when summer turns hot.
Flowering tobacco
Nicotiana alata
SOLANACEAE
Partial shade to full sun. Require moist soil.
Petunia
Petunia hybrida
SOLANACEAE
Best in full sun. Shade and lack of deadheading will reduce flowering.
Creeping Zinnia
Sanvitalia procumbens
ASTERACEAE
Low (less than 15cm). Full sun. Drough tolerant. Edging or hanging baskets.
Fan Flower
Scaevola aemula
GOODENIACEAE
Full sun or light shade. Loves heat. Populare for containers and hanging baskets.
