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Plant ID week 8

Plant ID week 8. Perennials Hort I. Hemerocallis cvs. Common name: Daylily Each bloom only blooms for ONE day! Not a true lily Daylilies are useful in the perennial flower border, planted in large masses, or as a ground cover on slopes, where they form a dense mat in just a few years.

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Plant ID week 8

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  1. Plant ID week 8 Perennials Hort I

  2. Hemerocallis cvs. • Common name: Daylily • Each bloom only blooms for ONE day! • Not a true lily • Daylilies are useful in the perennial flower border, planted in large masses, or as a ground cover on slopes, where they form a dense mat in just a few years.

  3. Full sun • Height:6-12 in. (15-30 cm) • Spacing:18-24 in. (45-60 cm) • Propagation Methods:By dividing the rootball • Bloom Time:Early midseason (EM)Reblooming (Re) • Flower Size:Miniature (less than 3" diameter)

  4. Hosta sp. • Common name: Hosta (34 different species) • Perennial bedding plant used for its foliage in flower beds, borders and ground covers.

  5. Native to Japan, Korea, and China (SLATER!!) • Propagate by division • Mainly a shade tolerant plant, however some do well in full sun • Grown from Rhizomes

  6. Do have white, purple, or green flowers on a stalk, but are grown for their foliage.

  7. Iris X germanica var florentine • Common Name: Bearded Iris • Family: Iridaceae • Native: Mediterranean

  8. Life Cycle: Herbaceous • Growth Habit: Bedding Plant • Leaf Arrangement: Basal • Leaf Shape: Linear • Lear Margin: Entire • Vein Pattern: Parallel • Type: Simple

  9. Flower: Head Shaped Spring (April-May) • Fruit: Green pod (Summer) • Environment: Sun • Growth: Medium • Zones: 5-9

  10. DESCRIPTION • The leaves are sword shaped, sheathing each other at the base • Flowers have prominent gold beards at the top inside the falls

  11. You can rub the blush off Bearded Iris

  12. Liriopemuscari • Liriope • Liliaceae • Ground Cover • Japan

  13. Arrangement: Basal • Type: Simple • Shape: Linear • Margin: Entire • Vein: Parallel • Length: 1-2’ • Width: 1/3-1”

  14. Life Cycle: Evergreen • Height: 12-18” • Width: 12-18” • Spreading • Exposure: Sun-Shade • Growth: Rapid • Zone: 6-9

  15. FLOWER • Summer • Pink spike FRUIT • Fall • Shiny black

  16. CULTURAL PRACTICES • Each March cut to 1” with lawn mower

  17. Ophiopogonjaponicus • Mondo Grass • Liliaceae • Ground Cover • China

  18. Arrangement: Basal • Type: Simple • Shape: Linear • Margin: Entire • Vein: Parallel • Length: 6-8” • Width: 1/8-1/4”

  19. Life Cycle: Evergreen • Spreading • Exposure: Sun-Shade • Growth: Rapid • Zone: 6-8

  20. FLOWER • Summer (July) • Tiny white; hidden in center of plant FRUIT • Blue turning to black berry hidden in foliage

  21. DESCRIPTION • Flower occurs down in the foliage • Grows in clumps • And needs to be mowed like Liriope

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