1. Flower Gardening Introduction to Flower Gardening A Unit of the MSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program

2. Flower Gardening “More than 6 out of 10 U.S. households have some sort of green thumb urge, and enjoy making things grow, from rolling expanses of lawn to flower pots on apartment balconies.” *Profile America: Thursday, April 11, 2002

3. Flower Gardening Herbaceous ornamental plants Typically grown in borders, beds or some form of container.

4. Flower Gardening Flowering Herbaceous Plants Biennial AnnualPerennial

5. Flower Gardening Annuals Seed to seed in one growing season. Commercially, annuals are sold as part of a group called bedding plants, which include tender perennials. True annuals cannot be kept indoors through the winter like tender perennials.

6. Flower Gardening

7. Advantages of Annuals Instant and season long color. Large selection. Few if any pest problem. Change from year to year.

8. Flower Gardening Uses for Annuals Mass plantings in beds and borders Containers Cut & Dried flowers Filler in a perennial garden.

9. Flower Gardening Mass Plantings

10. Flower Gardening Containers

11. Flower Gardening Cut Flowers

12. Flower Gardening Filler

13. Flower Gardening Biennials Two year life cycle Common Examples  Foxglove  Sweet William  Dame’s Rocket

14. Flower Gardening 1 st Season Rosette 2 nd Season Flowers

15. Flower Gardening Advantages of Biennials Many commonly grown varieties “bolt”

16. Flower Gardening Perennials A lifespan of more than two years. Foliage dies back after heavy frost Survives as underground structures

17. Flower Gardening Advantages of Perennials Wide variety of forms, colors, textures & sizes. Fit variety of soil types or light conditions. Sequence of changing colors. Provide winter interest.

18. Flower Gardening Uses of Perennials Beds and borders Groundcover Rock Gardens

19. Flower Gardening Mixed Borders

20. Flower Gardening Mixed Beds

21. Flower Gardening Groundcovers

22. Flower Gardening Rock Gardens

23. Flower Gardening Bulbs Type of herbaceous perennial. Underground food storage. Types  Tunicate  Scaly  Corms  Tuberous roots

24. Flower Gardening Advantages of Bulbs Spread out flowering season Easy to grow Colorful Flexible Compatible

25. Flower Gardening Vines Two Categories  Annuals  Perennials

26. Flower Gardening Using Flowers in the Landscape

27. Flower Gardening Beautiful flower gardens rarely happen by chance. Basic Design Criteria  Line  Texture  Mass Design Criteria  Form  Color

28. Flower Gardening Line Straight Lines Curved Lines

29. Flower Gardening Formal

30. Flower Gardening Informal

31. Flower Gardening Informal vs. Formal Which is better?

32. Flower Gardening Texture Course Texture Medium Texture Fine Texture

33. Flower Gardening Course

34. Flower Gardening Fine

35. Flower Gardening Mass

36. Flower Gardening Form VerticalHorizontal

37. Flower Gardening Plant Forms Rounded Columnar Open Upright Spreading Prostrate

38. Flower Gardening Monotonous - Restful

39. Flower Gardening Contrasting - Excitement

40. Flower Gardening Color Hue Value (“Light” & “Dark”) “Warm” vs. “Cool”

41. Flower Gardening Color Wheel

42. Flower Gardening Color Schemes Monochromatic Analogous Complementary Polychromatic

43. Flower Gardening Monochromatic

44. Flower Gardening Analogous

45. Flower Gardening Complementary

46. Flower Gardening Polychromatic

47. Flower Gardening Site Selection

48. Flower Gardening “Sun” Exposure Full Sun Part Sun Part Shade Full Shade

49. Flower Gardening Drainage Standing WaterPerk Test

50. Flower Gardening Soil pH

51. Flower Gardening Soil pH

52. Flower Gardening Air Movement Positive  Dries plants quickly  Reduces relative humidity Negative  Increased need for staking

53. Flower Gardening Site Preparation

54. Flower Gardening Site Preparation PLACEMENT OF FLOWER GARDEN. Choose a style. Outline the shape Remove existing vegetation. Soil preparation. Raised or mounded soil.

55. Flower Gardening Site Preparation Placement of the flower garden. CHOOSE A STYLE. Outline the shape Remove existing vegetation. Soil preparation. Raised or mounded soil.

56. Flower Gardening Informal

57. Flower Gardening Formal

58. Flower Gardening Garden Shapes Borders Beds Naturalized Areas

59. Flower Gardening Borders

60. Flower Gardening Beds

61. Flower Gardening Naturalized Area

62. Flower Gardening Site Preparation Placement of the flower garden. Choose a style. OUTLINE THE SHAPE Remove existing vegetation. Soil preparation. Raised or mounded soil.

63. Flower Gardening Site Preparation Placement of the flower garden. Choose a style. Outline the shape REMOVE EXISTING VEGETATION. Soil preparation. Raised or mounded soil.

64. Flower Gardening Remove Existing Vegetation Herbicides to kill vegetation Smother vegetation Solarization

65. Flower Gardening Site Preparation Placement of the flower garden. Choose a style. Outline the shape Remove existing vegetation. SOIL PREPARATION. Raised or mounded soil.

66. Flower Gardening Site Preparation Placement of the flower garden. Choose a style. Outline the shape Remove existing vegetation. Soil preparation. RAISED OR MOUNDED SOIL.

67. Flower Gardening Raised or Mounded Soil

68. Flower Gardening Plant Selection Criteria Plant Height Season & Duration of Bloom Texture Form Color Invasiveness Maintenance Hardiness

69. Flower Gardening Height

70. Flower Gardening Season & Duration of Bloom Annuals Biennials Perennials  Bulbs  Vines

71. Flower Gardening Texture FineCourse

72. Flower Gardening Form Vertical Horizontal

73. Flower Gardening Color Schemes Monochromatic Analogous Complementary Polychromatic

74. Flower Gardening Invasiveness

75. Flower Gardening Plants with an Invasive Growth Habit

76. Flower Gardening Maintenance Level Cultural Environmental Insect Disease

77. Flower Gardening Hardiness

78. Flower Gardening USDA Cold Hardiness Zone Map

79. Flower Gardening Installing the Plants

80. Flower Gardening Available Forms Seeds Bare-roots Cell Packs Small Pots Gallon or Larger Containers

81. Flower Gardening Seeds

82. Flower Gardening Bare-root

83. Flower Gardening Cell Packs

84. Flower Gardening Small Pots

85. Flower Gardening Gallon or Larger Containers

86. Flower Gardening Care & Maintenance Watering Mulching Weed Control Fertilizing Deadheading Staking

87. Flower Gardening Plant Health Care

88. Flower Gardening Pests of Flowering Plants Insects Diseases  Biotic  Abiotic Animals Weeds

89. Flower Gardening Plant Health Care Start with healthy, pest free plants. Purchase known resistant varieties Proper maintenance & sanitation. Educate yourself for informed decision making. If needed use appropriate control measure.

90. Flower Gardening Common Insect Pests Aphids Spider Mites Thrips Whiteflies Caterpillars Plant Bugs Leafhoppers Beetles

91. Flower Gardening Aphids

92. Flower Gardening Spider Mites

93. Flower Gardening Thrips

94. Flower Gardening Whitefly

95. Flower Gardening Caterpillars

96. Flower Gardening Plant Bugs

97. Flower Gardening Leafhoppers

98. Flower Gardening Beetles

99. Flower Gardening Diseases Aster Yellows Botrytis Blight Damping-off Mosaic (Virus) Powdery Mildew Rust

100. Flower Gardening Aster Yellows

101. Flower Gardening Botrytis Blight

102. Flower Gardening Damping-off

103. Flower Gardening Mosaic (Virus)

104. Flower Gardening Powdery Mildew

105. Flower Gardening Rust

106. Flower Gardening Animal Pests Deer Rabbits Slugs

107. Flower Gardening Deer

108. Flower Gardening Rabbits

109. Flower Gardening Slugs

110. Flower Gardening Weeds Any Plant growing where it’s not wanted

111. Flower Gardening Weeds Annual Weeds Perennial Weeds

112. Flower Gardening Propagation of Flowering Plants

113. Flower Gardening Sexual Propagation

114. Flower Gardening Seeds

115. Flower Gardening Asexual (Vegetative) Propagation

116. Flower Gardening Divisions

117. Flower Gardening Cuttings Tip or Stem cuttings Root cuttings

118. Flower Gardening Layering Tip layering Air layering

119. Flower Gardening Bulbs, Corms & Tuberous Roots

120. Flower Gardening Tissue Culture

121. Flower Gardening Annuals

122. Flower Gardening Coleus x hybridus (Coleus)

123. Flower Gardening Cosmos bipinnatus (Cosmos)

124. Flower Gardening Senecio cineraria (Dusty Miller)

125. Flower Gardening Nicotiana alata (Flowering Tobacco)

126. Flower Gardening Pelargonium x hortorum (Geranium)

127. Flower Gardening Impatiens walleriana (Impatiens)

128. Flower Gardening Tagetes patula (Marigold)

129. Flower Gardening Portulaca grandiflora (Moss Rose)

130. Flower Gardening Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)

131. Flower Gardening Petunia x hybrida (Petunia)

132. Flower Gardening Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon)

133. Flower Gardening Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum (Begonia, Wax Begonia)

134. Flower Gardening Zinnia elegans (Zinnia)

135. Flower Gardening Perennials

136. Flower Gardening Astilbe arendsii (Astilbe)

137. Flower Gardening Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)

138. Flower Gardening Aruncus dioicus (Goat’s Beard)

139. Flower Gardening Clematis (Clematis)

140. Flower Gardening Cimicifuga racemosa (Snakeroot)

141. Flower Gardening Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)

142. Flower Gardening Dicentra spectablilis (Bleeding Heart)

143. Flower Gardening Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion Spurge)

144. Flower Gardening Geranium sanguineum (Cranes Bill/Geranium)

145. Flower Gardening Heuchera (Heuchera)

146. Flower Gardening Anemone x hybrida (Japanese Anemone)

147. Flower Gardening Eupatorium maculatum (Joe Pye Weed)

148. Flower Gardening Helleborus orientalis (Lenten Rose)

149. Flower Gardening Paeonia lactiflora (Peony)

150. Flower Gardening Pulmonaria spp. (Pulmonaria)

151. Flower Gardening Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

152. Flower Gardening Sedum (Sedum)

153. Flower Gardening Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed)

154. Flower Gardening Perennials - Ground Covers

155. Flower Gardening Aegopodium podagraria (Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed)

156. Flower Gardening Ajuga (Bugleweed)

157. Flower Gardening Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-In-Summer)

158. Flower Gardening Ceratostigma (Leadwort)

159. Flower Gardening Convallaria majalis (Lily-of-the-Valley)

160. Flower Gardening Epimedium (Epimedium)

161. Flower Gardening Hemerocallis (Daylily)

162. Flower Gardening Hosta (Hosta)

163. Flower Gardening Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)

164. Flower Gardening Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny)

165. Flower Gardening Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Spurge)

166. Flower Gardening Sedum (Sedum)

167. Flower Gardening Vinca minor (Myrtle/Periwinkle)

168. Flower Gardening Bulbs

169. Flower Gardening Colchicum autumnale (Autumn Crocus)

170. Flower Gardening Crocus vernus (Crocus)

171. Flower Gardening Narcissus spp. (Daffodil)

172. Flower Gardening Iris reticulata (Dwarf Iris)

173. Flower Gardening Muscari armeniacum (Grape Hyacinth)

174. Flower Gardening Lilium (Lily)

175. Flower Gardening Allium aflatunense (Ornamental Onion)

176. Flower Gardening Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop)

177. Flower Gardening Tulipa tarda (Species Tulip)

178. Flower Gardening Leucojum aestivum (Summer Snowflake)

179. Flower Gardening Tulipa (Tulip)

180. Flower Gardening Anemone blanda (Windflower)

181. Flower Gardening Fritillaria meleagris (Checkered Lily)