Week 7Bedding Plants

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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