week 7 bedding plants
DESCRIPTION
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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 ShapePink, 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