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