Plant ID Week 7 Hort. I Fall

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Ajuga reptans Common name: Ajuga or Bugleweed

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Plant IDWeek 7 Hort. I Fall Ajuga reptans Common name: Ajuga or Bugleweed Hardiness: USDA zone 3-9 Sunlight: Shade to part shade to sun Bloomtime: Early Spring Bloom Color: Shades of Blue Leaf Color: Bronzes, Greens, Multicolor Planting Apart: 18" centers Will Grow: 24-48" wide Height: Leaves to 3-4 inches, flower to 12-inches on larger varieties Use: Ground Cover Special Note: This is a fast-growing plant Canna X generalis Common: Canna Looks like a banana
Tree without the trunk. These are great flowers for a wet area. native to the southeastern U.S. and Central America
Light: Cannas prefer sun, but will grow in partial shade. Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-12. Propagation: Cannas are easy to propagate by dividing off pieces of the rhizomes. Chrysanthemum moriflorum or DENDRANTHEMA X GRANDIFLORA
Common Name: Florist or Garden Mum Family: Compositae Native: Orient Life Cycle:Annual Classification:Bedding Plant/Cut Flower LeafArrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Elliptical Leaf Margin: Lobed Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple Flower: Fall bloom (can be forced at any time)In all colors but blue
Environment: Sun Growth: Medium Zones: 5-10 PLANT Height 12 - to 36 Width 16 - to 36 Upright/Spreading
Varies depending on cultivar USE Bedding Cut flower Potted plants DESCRIPTION Leaves are lobed Stem is herbaceous
100s of types and cultivars Short Day plant: reason for blooming in the Fall months around Halloween CHRYSANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM
Common Name: Shasta Daisy Family: Compositae Native: Pyrenees Life Cycle:Herbaceous
Classification:Bedding Plant/Cut Flower LeafArrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Spatulate Leaf Margin: Serrated Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple Flower: Environment: Sun Growth: Medium Zones: 5-9
Summer (June - August) White with yellow center Environment: Sun Growth: Medium Zones: 5-9 DESCRIPTION Leaves are not lobed
Flower heads are usually long-stalked, solitary, and 2 - 4 wide Used for border plants Divide and replant ever 2 to 3 years Propagated by division or seed HEDERA HELIX HEAD er ah HE licks Common Name: English Ivy
Family: Araliaceae Native: Europe Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Ovate
Life Cycle: Evergreen-Perennial Growth Habit: Vine Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Ovate Leaf Margin:Entire-Juvenile Lobed-Reproductive Growth Vein pattern: Palmate Simple Root: Aerial Flowers: reaches 30 feet Fruit: Black drupe Plant Use: Ground Cover; As foliage for floral work Growth: Rapid Light Exposure: Part Shade Zones: 5-9 DESCRIPTION Most leaves are 3 - 5 lobed
Over 50 cultivars; Curly Locks, Needlepoint PROBLEMS Can be invasive once established Difficult to establish