1. Plant ID Week 7
Hort. I
Fall

2. Ajuga reptans
Common name: Ajuga or Bugleweed

3. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

16. USE
Bedding
Cut flower
Potted plants

17. 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

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

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

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

26. 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

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

29. 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

32. 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

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

36. PROBLEMS
Can be invasive once established
Difficult to establish