Plant ID Week 7 Hort. I Fall

Ajuga reptans Common name: Ajuga or Bugleweed

Hardiness: USDA zone 3-9 Sunlight: Shade to part shade to sun Bloomtime: Early Spring Bloom Color: Shades of Blue Leaf Color: Bronzes, Greens, Multicolor Planting Apart: 18" centers

Will Grow: 24-48" wide  Height: Leaves to 3-4 inches, flower to 12-inches on larger varieties Use: Ground Cover Special Note: This is a fast-growing plant

Canna X generalis Common: Canna Looks like a banana Tree without the trunk. These are great flowers for a wet area.

native to the southeastern U.S. and Central America Light: Cannas prefer sun, but will grow in partial shade. Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-12. Propagation: Cannas are easy to propagate by dividing off pieces of the rhizomes.

Chrysanthemum moriflorum or DENDRANTHEMA X GRANDIFLORA Common Name: Florist or Garden Mum Family: Compositae Native: Orient

Life Cycle: Annual Classification: Bedding Plant/Cut Flower Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Elliptical Leaf Margin: Lobed Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple

Flower: Fall bloom (can be forced at any time) In all colors but blue Environment: Sun Growth: Medium Zones: 5-10

PLANT Height 12” - to 36” Width 16” - to 36” Upright/Spreading Varies depending on cultivar

USE Bedding Cut flower Potted plants

DESCRIPTION Leaves are lobed Stem is herbaceous 100’s of types and cultivars Short Day plant: reason for blooming in the Fall months around Halloween

CHRYSANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM Common Name: Shasta Daisy Family: Compositae Native: Pyrenees

Life Cycle: Herbaceous Classification: Bedding Plant/Cut Flower Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Spatulate Leaf Margin: Serrated Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple

Flower: Environment: Sun Growth: Medium Zones: 5-9 Summer (June - August) White with yellow center Environment: Sun Growth: Medium Zones: 5-9

DESCRIPTION Leaves are not lobed Flower heads are usually long-stalked, solitary, and 2” - 4” wide Used for border plants Divide and replant ever 2 to 3 years Propagated by division or seed

HEDERA HELIX HEAD – er – ah HE – licks Common Name: English Ivy Family: Araliaceae Native: Europe

Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Ovate Life Cycle: Evergreen-Perennial Growth Habit: Vine Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Ovate Leaf Margin: Entire-Juvenile Lobed-Reproductive Growth Vein pattern: Palmate Simple

Root: Aerial Flowers: reaches 30 feet Fruit: Black drupe Plant Use: Ground Cover; As foliage for floral work Growth: Rapid Light Exposure: Part Shade Zones: 5-9

DESCRIPTION Most leaves are 3 - 5 lobed Over 50 cultivars; ‘Curly Locks’, ‘Needlepoint’

PROBLEMS Can be invasive once established Difficult to establish