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Week 7 Bedding Plants. Hort I. Ageratum mexicanum. Common Name: Ageratum Annual Blooms late spring to early fall Height: 12-18 in Width: 6-9 in Full to partial sun. Bloom colors are mainly blue/purple Propagated from seeds. Begonia X semperflorens-cultorum. Common Name: Wax Begonia
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Week 7Bedding Plants Hort I
Ageratum mexicanum • Common Name: Ageratum • Annual • Blooms late spring to early fall • Height: 12-18 in • Width: 6-9 in • Full to partial sun
Bloom colors are mainly blue/purple • Propagated from seeds
Begonia X semperflorens-cultorum • Common Name: Wax Begonia • Family: Begoniaceae • Native: Brazil
Life Cycle: Annual • Growth Habit: Bedding Plant • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Ovate • Leaf Margin: Serrated & hairy • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Type: Simple
Flower: Raceme Shape Pink, red, or white (Summer-Autumn) • Root: Fibrous • Environment: Sun-Shade • Growth: Rapid
Coleus x hybridus • Common name: Coleus • Category:AnnualsTropicals and Tender Perennials
Height:12-18 in. (30-45 cm)18-24 in. (45-60 cm) • Foliage:Grown for foliageHerbaceous
Bloom Color:Light BlueInconspicuous/none • Bloom Time:Mid SummerLate Summer/Early Fall
Other details:This plant is suitable for growing indoorsAverage Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwaterSuitable for growing in containers • Propagation Methods:From leaf cuttingsFrom herbaceous stem cuttingsFrom seed; sow indoors before last frost
Impatiens • Common Name: Impatiens • Family: Balaminaceae • Native: Zanzibar
Life Cycle: Annual • Growth Habit: Bedding plant • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Leaf Shape: Elliptical • Lear Margin: Crenate • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Type: Simple
Flower Shape: Single & Double • Flower Color: Pink & White • Environment: Sun-Shade • Growth: Medium
DESCRIPTION • Succulent stem • Flower has a spur • ‘New Guinea Hybrids’
PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM • Pell – ar – GO – nee – um hor – TOR – um • Common Name: Geranium • Family: Geraniaceae • Native: South America
Life Cycle: Annual • (can over winter) • Growth Habit: Bedding plant • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Cordate • Vein Pattern: Palmate • Simple
FLOWER • An umbel • Red, white, salmon, pink
Stem Shape: Round • Stem Modification: Succulent • Growth: Rapid • Root: Fibrous • Light Exposure: Sun • Pelargonium: Cranes Bill • Known as: Grandma Plant • *Smell the leaves
DESCRIPTION • Zonals - have dark colored band in leaf if in the sun • Many cultivars
Pelargonium peltatum • Common Name:Ivy Leaf Geranium • Family: Geraniaceae
Life Cycle: Annual • Growth Habit: Vine • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Star Shape • Leaf Margin: Entire/Lobed • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Simple
Flower Color: White, pink, red, and shades thereof • Flower Shape: Umbel • Root: Fibruous • Environment: Sun to part shade • Growth: Rapid • Zones: 9
DESCRIPTION • A trailing geranium, peltate leaves, 5 angled or lobed, sometimes zoned with red; ivy shaped