perennial flowers horticulture i cp mr. traeger december 2013
TRANSCRIPT
Perennial Flowers
Horticulture I CPMr. Traeger
December 2013
Aster SpeciesAster, spp.
• Height: 12 – 48 inches• Color: blue, violet, white
and pink• Flower shape always looks
like a daisy.• Prefers full sun exposure.• Hardiness Zone 5-8.• Propagation: Division and
cuttings.
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia fulgida
• Height: 18 – 30 inches• Prefers full sun to partial
shade.• Prefers well drained soils.• Landscape Importance: One
of the most popular perennials and one of the hardiest.
• Propagation: Division and seed.
Butterfly WeedAsclepias tuberosa
• Height 24-36 inches• Prefers full sun.• Flower color: orange
red and yellow.• Landscape Importance:
Nectar source and larval food source for Monarch Butterfly.
• Propagation: Seed
Bleeding HeartDicentra spectabilis
• Height 14 – 24 inches.• Color: Rose pink and white.• Hardiness zone: 2 – 9• Prefers: Partial Shade• Propagation: Division and
seed.• Frequently grown in
greenhouses. The plants are forced to bloom for Valentine’s Day.
• Native to Japan.
Cardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalis
• Height: 36 -48 inches• Color: Red• Hardiness Zone: 3 -9• Prefers Partial Shade• Propagation: seeds,
cuttings & division.• Landscape Importance:
Brilliant red colors.
Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
• Height: 24-36 inches• Color: Rose pink or white
with golden centers.• Hardiness Zone: 3-8• Prefers: Full sun to partial
shade.• Propagation: Root cuttings
& division.• Landscape Importance:
Extremely tough perennial and drought tolerant.
HollyhockAlsea rosea
• Height 24” to 60”• Color: white, yellow,
pink, purple• Old fashioned flower.• Biennial flower.• Blooms spring to fall.• Prefers full sun.• Can be seeded during
the winter.
AstilbeAstilbe x arendsii
• Height 24” to 48”• Color: White, red & pink• Blooms early to mid
summer• Hardiness zone: 4-8• Prefers partial shade to
full sun.
Hardy BegoniaBegonia grandis
• Height: 24”• Southern heirloom
plant.• Flower Color: Pink• Propagation: Bulb• Hardiness zone: 6-9• Blooms: Summer to fall.• Prefers: Partial shade.
DelphiniumDelphinium cultivar
• Height: 36” – 60”• Flower Color: Blue,
violet & white.• Prefers: Full sun.• Blooms: Summer• Propagation: Seed• Hardiness Zone: 2-7• Toxic Plant
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
• Height: 24” – 60”• Blooms: Late Spring• Prefers: sun to partial
shade.• Flower color: white,
yellow, cream, pink• Hardiness Zone 4-9• Toxic Plant
Shasta DaisyChrysanthemum x superbum
• Height: 12” to 36”• Blooms: Spring &
Summer• Prefers: Full Sun• Flower Colors: White w/
Yellow centers.• Hardiness Zone: 4-9• Landscaping: Old
fashion flowers used along borders.
Baby’s BreathGypsophila paniculata
• Height: 18” to 36”• Blooms: Summer• Flowers: white, pink & rose.• Toxic Plant: All parts• Hardiness Zone: 3 – 8• Propagation: seed, tissue
culture, grafting• Prefers full sun.• Used in landscaping & cut
flowers.
Gypsophila paniculata