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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
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.
• 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)
Hosta sp.
• Common name: Hosta (34 different species)• Perennial bedding plant used for its foliage in
flower beds, borders and ground covers.
• Native to Japan, Korea, and China • Propagate by division• Mainly a shade tolerant plant, however some
do well in full sun• Grown from Rhizomes
• Do have white, purple, or green flowers on a stalk, but are grown for their foliage.
Iris X germanica var florentine
• Common Name:Bearded Iris
• Family: Iridaceae• Native: Mediterranean
• Life Cycle: Herbaceous• Growth Habit: Bedding Plant• Leaf Arrangement: Basal• Leaf Shape: Linear• Lear Margin: Entire• Vein Pattern: Parallel• Type: Simple
• Flower: Head ShapedSpring (April-May)
• Fruit: Green pod (Summer)• Environment: Sun• Growth: Medium• Zones: 5-9
DESCRIPTION• The leaves are sword shaped, sheathing each
other at the base• Flowers have prominent gold beards at the
top inside the falls
You can rub the blush off Bearded Iris
Liriope muscari
• Liriope• Liliaceae• Ground Cover• Japan
•Arrangement: Basal• Type: Simple• Shape: Linear•Margin: Entire•Vein: Parallel• Length: 1-2’•Width: 1/3-1”
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Height: 12-18”• Width: 12-18”• Spreading• Exposure: Sun-Shade• Growth: Rapid• Zone: 6-9
FLOWER
• Summer• Pink spike
FRUIT
• Fall• Shiny black
CULTURAL PRACTICES
• Each March cut to 1” with lawn mower
Ophiopogon japonicus
• Mondo Grass• Liliaceae• Ground Cover• China
•Arrangement: Basal• Type: Simple• Shape: Linear•Margin: Entire•Vein: Parallel• Length: 6-8”•Width: 1/8-1/4”
• Life Cycle: Evergreen• Spreading• Exposure: Sun-Shade• Growth: Rapid• Zone: 6-8
FLOWER
• Summer (July)• Tiny white; hidden in center of plant
FRUIT
• Blue turning to black berry hidden in foliage
DESCRIPTION• Flower occurs down in the foliage• Grows in clumps• And needs to be mowed like Liriope
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