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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
• Facts: prolific and durable bloomers, they are not bothered by pests, and are fairly attractive to hummingbirds because of their flower color and shape
• Flower: Spikes• Flower colors: White, salmon, pink,
purple/blue, traditional Red
• Height: 8” to 3’ tall• Leaves: Elliptical, serrated, and dark green in
color.
Tagetes erectaTagetes erecta
• African Marigold• Compositate• Bedding Plant• Tropical
•Arrangement: Opposite• Type: Compound• Shape: Elliptical•Margin: Serrated•Vein: Pinnate• Length: 3-6”•Width: 2-4”
• Life Cycle: Annual• Exposure: Sun• Growth: Rapid
FLOWER
• Spring• Yellow, orange, white
FRUIT
• Seed in flower head
CULTURAL PRACTICES
• Propagate by seed
• Problems: powdery mildew
Viola X wittrockiana
• Common Name: Pansy• The pansy is a perennial that is grown as an
annual by most gardeners .• “Flower with a Face”
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
Aracaria heterophylla’Aracaria heterophylla’
• Common Name:Norfolk Island Pine
• Family: Araucariaceae• Native: Norfolk Island (New
Zealand)
• Life Cycle: Deciduous• Classification: House plant• Leaf Arrangement: Opposite• Leaf Shape: Needle-like• Leaf Margin: Entire• Vein Pattern: Parallel• Compound
• Flower Color: Insignificant• Root: Fibrous• Fruit: Cone• Environment: Sun• Growth: Medium• Zones: 10
DESCRIPTION
• Leaf is a needle, but the plant is not really a pine even though it produces cones
Asparagus densiflorus “Sprengeri”
• Common Name: Sprengeri Fern
Chlorophytum comosum
• Common Name: Spider Plant