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Plant ID week 4 Perennials Hort I

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Plant ID week 4. 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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Plant ID week 4

Perennials Hort I

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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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• 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)

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Hosta sp.

• Common name: Hosta (34 different species)• Perennial bedding plant used for its foliage in

flower beds, borders and ground covers.

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• Native to Japan, Korea, and China • Propagate by division• Mainly a shade tolerant plant, however some

do well in full sun• Grown from Rhizomes

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

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Iris X germanica var florentine

• Common Name:Bearded Iris

• Family: Iridaceae• Native: Mediterranean

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

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• Flower: Head ShapedSpring (April-May)

• Fruit: Green pod (Summer)• Environment: Sun• Growth: Medium• Zones: 5-9

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DESCRIPTION• The leaves are sword shaped, sheathing each

other at the base• Flowers have prominent gold beards at the

top inside the falls

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You can rub the blush off Bearded Iris

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Liriope muscari

• Liriope• Liliaceae• Ground Cover• Japan

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

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

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FLOWER

• Summer• Pink spike

FRUIT

• Fall• Shiny black

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CULTURAL PRACTICES

• Each March cut to 1” with lawn mower

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Ophiopogon japonicus

• Mondo Grass• Liliaceae• Ground Cover• China

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

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

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FLOWER

• Summer (July)• Tiny white; hidden in center of plant

FRUIT

• Blue turning to black berry hidden in foliage

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