Transcript Flower Id: Peony, Pansy, Impatient, Glad, Daylilly, etc.

Section 2
Flowers
Black Eyed Susan
• Have coarse, hairy leaves
with golden yellow heads
and brownish black
centers.
• Grow about 2 to 3 feet tall.
• Bloom from summer to
fall.
• Like full sun or light shade
and can tolerate hot, dry
summers.
• Best used as cut flowers.
• Typically grown in beds,
backgrounds, and borders.
Chrysanthemum
• Native to the Orient, where
it is a symbol of Japanese
royal imperial house.
• Leaves are thick
• Different colors are
available; yellow, orange,
red, white.
• The cultivar “Clara Curtis”
the flowers are pink color
with yellow center.
• Grow in mounds 1 to 3 feet
tall and bloom in late
summer to frost.
• Like full sun in a welldrained, moist soil.
•Require ample fertilizer and
water.
•Used in border or cut
flowers.
Daylily
• Daylily forms large clumps
of long linear leaves and tall
erect flowers.
• Range in height from 3-4
feet tall and are edible.
• Come in any color of the
rainbow.
• “Hemerocallis” is Greek,
meaning “beautiful for a
day,” since the flowers only
last a day in bloom.
• Early summer to frost is the
time or bloom.
• Used in borders and rock
gardens.
Gladiolus
• Perennial with swordshaped, erect leaves and
showy floral spikes
• Bloom in the summer
and should be cut back
after blooming to ensure
growth in the next
season.
• Used as cut flowers and
like full sun in moist,
well-drained soil.
• Do not plant near trees
or shrubs
Hollyhock
• Colors are yellow, pink,
lavender and red.
• Grow in a spike form
• Long blooming period
from June to late
August
• Look great as a
background plant
against a wall or fence.
• Grows best in full sun
and well-drained areas.
• May need to be staked.
Petunia
• Most common annual
bedding plant.
• Colors vary from white to
dark purple, some can
also be striped.
• Flowers have a fringed
edge.
• Shade to full sun and
well-drained soils
• Deadheading is required
for good blooming.
• Best used in beds or
flower boxes.
Begonia
• This is a Hybrid Tuberous
Begonia native to Brazil.
• Used as a bedding plant in
shady areas, hanging
baskets, or window boxes.
• Colors vary from red to
orange.
• Requires a well-drained
soil
• Leaves are wide and
glossy.
• Tuberous begonia can be
propagated via leaf
cuttings.
Geranium
• A classic annual that
will bloom all summer
long.
• Grown in flower beds,
borders or containers.
• They like full sun with
moist, well-drained
soil.
• Strong odor when
leaves are rubbed or
crushed.(chocolate,
lime)
Impatients
• Tender annual plants
for shady areas.
• Grow best in moist soil
around trees or patio
planters.
• Colors are white, pink,
lavender, red
• Bloom from early
summer to frost.
• Stem cuttings can be
easily taken to
propagate.
Pansy
• Depending on climate,
Pansies will bloom in the
fall, spring or early
summer. Most varieties
can survive the winter.
• Flowers are thin with
delicately overlapping
petals, and have usually
two to three colors.
• Cool-season plants but
prefer sun to partial shade
with cool, moist , well
drained soil.
• Also need to be wellwatered and deadheaded for
continued bloom.
Peony
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3 inch flowers
Grow better massed
Full sun
Great for borders