1. Week 2
Bedding Plants

2. Ageratum Ageratum mexicanum
Height: 4-12”
Leaves deltoid and hairy (hirstute)
Head flower white, purple or blue
Light: sun-part shade

3. Gerbera Daisy Gerbera jamesonii
Height: 12-18”
Perennial
Head shaped flowers (all colors)
Basal, wooly leaves
Light: Sun
Seeds, Tissue Culture or Division in spring

4. Coleus Coleus x hybridus
Height: 1-3’
Leaves: brilliant colors (green, yellow, white, pink, red, orange or purple) contrasting
Square stem
Shade-Full sun
Adds color to flower bed & containers
Stem cuttings

6. Shasta Daisy Chrysanthemum x superbum
Height: 1-3’
Leaves: serrated, spatulate leaves
Full sun
White head shaped flower with yellow centers.
Division

7. Coneflower Echinaceae pupurea
Height: 3’
Perennial
Flower (July-Sept)
Pink, Purple, White or Yellow
Sun
Laceolate leaves
Stems are coarse and pubsecent

8. Ivy Leaf Geranium Pelargonium peltatum
Height: Vining
Clusters of flowers at end of stems with leathery scalooped leaves
White, red, peppermint, pink flowers in umbel
Deadhead
Sun-Part Shade

9. Salvia Salvia splendens
Height: 1-3’
Spike flowers red, white, orange, maroon and bi-color (summer-frost)
Light: sun
Seeds

10. Madagascar Periwinkle or Vinca Catharanthus roseus
Height: 10-18”
Head flower with white center (not all) white, red, pink, multi
Bright green leaves
Light: sun
Can reseed

11. Ajuga or Bugle Weed Ajuga reptans
Height: 2”
Perennial ground cover
Purple/green spatulate leaves
Spike blue, pink or purple flower in spring
Light: Sun-part shade

12. Purple Wandering Jew Tradescantia zebrina
Height: 36”
Purple, silver and green striped leaves
Tiny, white flowers
Water when soil is dry
Light: High
Stem cuttings
Good for hanging baskets

13. Verbena Verbena hybrida
Height:9-12”
Umbel flower pink, red, white, purple, bicolor
Sun

14. Fuchsia Fuchsia x hybrida
Hanging basket
Showy stamens and pendant petals (white, pink, red, lavender, purple)
Will turn into a shrub
High light
Stem cuttings or seed

15. Zinnia Zinnia elegans Height:10-18”
Head flower (single or double) rose, apricot, red, white, violet, pale yellow, green, orange
Coarse leaves
Full sun