Week 7 Bedding Plants Hort I
Ageratum mexicanum Common Name: Ageratum Annual Blooms late spring to early fall Height: in Width: 6-9 in Full to partial sun
Bloom colors are mainly blue/purple Propagated from seeds
Begonia X semperflorens-cultorum Common Name: Wax Begonia Family: Begoniaceae Native: Brazil
Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: Bedding Plant Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Ovate Leaf Margin: Serrated & hairy Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple
Flower: Raceme Shape Pink, red, or white (Summer-Autumn) Root: Fibrous Environment: Sun-Shade Growth: Rapid
Coleus x hybridus Common name: Coleus Category: Annuals Tropicals and Tender Perennials
Height: in. (30-45 cm) in. (45-60 cm) Foliage: Grown for foliage Herbaceous
Bloom Color: Light Blue Inconspicuous/none Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall
Other details: This plant is suitable for growing indoors Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Suitable for growing in containers Propagation Methods: From leaf cuttings From herbaceous stem cuttings From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Impatiens Common Name: I mpatiens Family: Balaminaceae Native: Zanzibar
Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: Bedding plant Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Elliptical Lear Margin: Crenate Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple
Flower Shape: Single & Double Flower Color: Pink & White Environment: Sun-Shade Growth: Medium
DESCRIPTION Succulent stem Flower has a spur ‘New Guinea Hybrids’
P ELARGONIUM X HORTORUM Pell – ar – GO – nee – um hor – TOR – um Common Name: Geranium Family: Geraniaceae Native: South America
Life Cycle: Annual – (can over winter) Growth Habit: Bedding plant Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Cordate Vein Pattern: Palmate Simple
FLOWER An umbel Red, white, salmon, pink
Stem Shape: Round Stem Modification: Succulent Growth: Rapid Root: Fibrous Light Exposure: Sun Pelargonium: Cranes Bill Known as: Grandma Plant *Smell the leaves
DESCRIPTION Zonals - have dark colored band in leaf if in the sun Many cultivars
Pelargonium peltatum Common Name: Ivy Leaf Geranium Family: Geraniaceae
Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: Vine Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Star Shape Leaf Margin: Entire/Lobed Vein Pattern: Pinnate Simple
Flower Color: White, pink, red, and shades thereof Flower Shape: Umbel Root: Fibruous Environment: Sun to part shade Growth: Rapid Zones: 9
DESCRIPTION A trailing geranium, peltate leaves, 5 angled or lobed, sometimes zoned with red; ivy shaped