1. Week 7 Bedding Plants Hort I

2. Ageratum mexicanum Common Name: Ageratum Annual Blooms late spring to early fall Height: 12-18 in Width: 6-9 in Full to partial sun

3. Bloom colors are mainly blue/purple Propagated from seeds

4. Begonia X semperflorens-cultorum Common Name: Wax Begonia Family: Begoniaceae Native: Brazil

6. Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: Bedding Plant Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Ovate Leaf Margin: Serrated & hairy Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple

9. Flower: Raceme Shape Pink, red, or white (Summer-Autumn) Root: Fibrous Environment: Sun-Shade Growth: Rapid

12. Coleus x hybridus Common name: Coleus Category: Annuals Tropicals and Tender Perennials

13. Height: 12-18 in. (30-45 cm) 18-24 in. (45-60 cm) Foliage: Grown for foliage Herbaceous

14. Bloom Color: Light Blue Inconspicuous/none Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall

15. 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

16. Impatiens Common Name: I mpatiens Family: Balaminaceae Native: Zanzibar

17. Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: Bedding plant Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Elliptical Lear Margin: Crenate Vein Pattern: Pinnate Type: Simple

19. Flower Shape: Single & Double Flower Color: Pink & White Environment: Sun-Shade Growth: Medium

21. DESCRIPTION Succulent stem Flower has a spur ‘New Guinea Hybrids’

24. P ELARGONIUM X HORTORUM Pell – ar – GO – nee – um hor – TOR – um Common Name: Geranium Family: Geraniaceae Native: South America

25. Life Cycle: Annual – (can over winter) Growth Habit: Bedding plant Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Cordate Vein Pattern: Palmate Simple

27. FLOWER An umbel Red, white, salmon, pink

30. Stem Shape: Round Stem Modification: Succulent Growth: Rapid Root: Fibrous Light Exposure: Sun Pelargonium: Cranes Bill Known as: Grandma Plant *Smell the leaves

31. DESCRIPTION Zonals - have dark colored band in leaf if in the sun Many cultivars

33. Pelargonium peltatum Common Name: Ivy Leaf Geranium Family: Geraniaceae

34. Life Cycle: Annual Growth Habit: Vine Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Star Shape Leaf Margin: Entire/Lobed Vein Pattern: Pinnate Simple

36. Flower Color: White, pink, red, and shades thereof Flower Shape: Umbel Root: Fibruous Environment: Sun to part shade Growth: Rapid Zones: 9

37. DESCRIPTION A trailing geranium, peltate leaves, 5 angled or lobed, sometimes zoned with red; ivy shaped