Horticulture 2

Plant Id #5

“Lovely Flowering Plants”

Antirrhinum majus cv. ‘Snapdragon’

• Often used as a cut flower

• Tall heads show bright colored flowers

• Can be grown in flower beds using the low growing varieties

• Single flowers open their mouth looking like a dragon.

Astilbe

• Flowering plant with tall feathery heads.

• Flower color ranges from pink to white to purple to red.

• Dark green foliage is decorative but mostly grown for flowers.

Canna X generalis ‘Canna’

• Mostly seen as a flower used in home gardens, but some varieties are used in flower arrangements.

• Foliage can be yellow, green, or dark reddish purple.

• Flowers can be red, pink, yellow or other bright colors.

Camillia japonica cv. ‘Common Camellia’

• Very symmetrical flowers.

• Large shrub can reach 10 ft tall.

• Large glossy leaves.

Camellia sasanqua ‘Sasanqua Camellia’

• Pink flowers that are less symmetrical than the common camellia.

• Classified as a tree or shrub.

• Smaller leaves than the common camellia

Chrysanthemum morifolium

• Used as a florist cut flower and potted flower.

• Colors include pink, yellow, red, white, bronze, magenta and purple.

• Also commonly called “mum.”

Fuchsia X hybrida ‘Fuchsia’

• Pink and purple flowers are common but white, pink, magenta flowers can be found.

• Mostly found in hanging baskets or as a potted flowering plant.

• Can be planted outside in summer, but doesn’t tolerate extreme heat.

Gladiolius x hortulanus

• Very common cut flower.

• Tall heads give great height for arrangements.

• Available in most any color wanted.

Iris germanica Bearded Iris

• Common garden perennial in the south.

• Grown from a bulb or tuber.

• Comes in pinks, whites, and yellows but mostly every shade of purple.

Iris xiphium Dutch Iris

• Has a smaller, more arranged flower than the bearded iris.

• Usually has yellow flecks or spots in it.

• Common cut flower.