1. Choosing Garden Plants
By Jeanne Pfeifer

2. Different types of plants
Roses
Annuals
Perennials
Biennials

3. Types of Roses Floribunda Hybrid Tea Grandiflora Climber
Shrub (English)
Tree Roses

4. Floribunda Clusters of flowers 3-15 flowers in each cluster
Most colorful of different types of roses
Height: about 4 feet

5. Hybrid Tea Upright One flower per stem Flower has a high center point
Many are fragrant

6. Grandiflora Cross between floribunda and hybrid Grows up to 6 feet
Flowers are like hybrid tea cluster

7. Tree Roses Hardy root stock Long stem grafted onto long stem
Rose bush grafted onto long stem
Needs winter protection

8. Shrubs
Small, spreading
English Roses
May be used as ground cover

9. Annuals Flower quickly Last for one season Long season of flowering
Usually sun loving
Need water
Plant after frost is past

10. Some types of annuals

11. Some Helpful websites for annuals

12. Perennials Flower plants Bloom year after year
May be tubers, bulbs or roots
Good resource to search for the “right plant”:
Color,
sun exposure,
attributes,
time of bloom
care

13. Biennials Biennials complete their life cycle in two years,
building strong plants the first year and
then blooming the second year.