1. Bedding and House Plants
Week 6
Bedding and House Plants

2. Salvia splendens
Common Name: Salvia
Native to Brazil

3. Growth Habit: annual to tropical perennial
Uses: bedding plant used for height. Great in containers
Facts: prolific and durable bloomers, they are not bothered by pests, and are fairly attractive to hummingbirds because of their flower color and shape

4. Flower: Spikes
Flower colors: White, salmon, pink, purple/blue, traditional Red
Height: 8” to 3’ tall
Leaves: Elliptical, serrated, and dark green in color.

6. Tagetes erecta
African Marigold
Compositate
Bedding Plant
Tropical

8. Arrangement: Opposite
Type: Compound
Shape: Elliptical
Margin: Serrated
Vein: Pinnate
Length: 3-6”
Width: 2-4”

10. Life Cycle: Annual
Exposure: Sun
Growth: Rapid

11. FLOWER
Spring
Yellow, orange, white
FRUIT
Seed in flower head

13. CULTURAL PRACTICES
Propagate by seed
Problems: powdery mildew

14. Viola X wittrockiana Common Name: Pansy
The pansy is a perennial that is grown as an annual by most gardeners .
“Flower with a Face”

15. Viola X wittrockiana Height: 4-10” tall depending on variety
Foliage is resistant to frost
Leaves are pinnate vein structure, with dentate margins
Spatulate shaped leaves
Flowers are head or solitary, and come in all colors but black.
Face: dark blotches on the flower

18. Aracaria heterophylla’
Common Name: Norfolk Island Pine
Family: Araucariaceae
Native: Norfolk Island (New Zealand)

20. Life Cycle: Deciduous
Classification: House plant
Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
Leaf Shape: Needle-like
Leaf Margin: Entire
Vein Pattern: Parallel
Compound

22. Flower Color: Insignificant
Root: Fibrous
Fruit: Cone
Environment: Sun
Growth: Medium
Zones: 10

23. DESCRIPTION
Leaf is a needle, but the plant is not really a pine even though it produces cones

24. Asparagus densiflorus “Sprengeri”
Common Name: Sprengeri Fern

27. Chlorophytum comosum
Common Name: Spider Plant