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Week 6

Week 6. Bedding and House Plants. Salvia splendens. Common Name: Salvia Native to Brazil. Growth Habit: annual to tropical perennial Uses: bedding plant used for height. Great in containers

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Week 6

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  1. Week 6 Bedding and House Plants

  2. Salvia splendens • Common Name: Salvia • Native to Brazil

  3. Growth Habit: annual to tropical perennial • Uses: bedding plant used for height. Great in containers • Facts: prolific and durable bloomers, they are not bothered by pests, and are fairly attractive to hummingbirds because of their flower color and shape

  4. Flower: Spikes • Flower colors: White, salmon, pink, purple/blue, traditional Red • Height: 8” to 3’ tall • Leaves: Elliptical, serrated, and dark green in color.

  5. Tagetes erecta • African Marigold • Compositate • Bedding Plant • Tropical

  6. Arrangement: Opposite • Type: Compound • Shape: Elliptical • Margin: Serrated • Vein: Pinnate • Length: 3-6” • Width: 2-4”

  7. Life Cycle: Annual • Exposure: Sun • Growth: Rapid

  8. FLOWER • Spring • Yellow, orange, white FRUIT • Seed in flower head

  9. CULTURAL PRACTICES • Propagate by seed • Problems: powdery mildew

  10. Viola X wittrockiana • Common Name: Pansy • The pansy is a perennial that is grown as an annual by most gardeners . • “Flower with a Face”

  11. Viola X wittrockiana • Height: 4-10” tall depending on variety • Foliage is resistant to frost • Leaves are pinnate vein structure, with dentate margins • Spatulate shaped leaves • Flowers are head or solitary, and come in all colors but black. • Face: dark blotches on the flower

  12. Aracaria heterophylla’ • Common Name: Norfolk Island Pine • Family: Araucariaceae • Native: Norfolk Island (New Zealand)

  13. Life Cycle: Deciduous • Classification: House plant • Leaf Arrangement: Opposite • Leaf Shape: Needle-like • Leaf Margin: Entire • Vein Pattern: Parallel • Compound

  14. Flower Color: Insignificant • Root: Fibrous • Fruit: Cone • Environment: Sun • Growth: Medium • Zones: 10

  15. DESCRIPTION • Leaf is a needle, but the plant is not really a pine even though it produces cones

  16. Asparagus densiflorus “Sprengeri” • Common Name: Sprengeri Fern

  17. Chlorophytumcomosum • Common Name: Spider Plant

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