1. Week 1
Bedding Plants

2. Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower
Beneficial as a tea for colds and flu.
Up to 4’ tall
Perennial
Large, exposed reproductive parts, cone shaped
Pubescent, rough leaves
Leaves have less petiole as they go up the stem and get smaller

3. Gerbera Daisy Gerbera jamesonii
Height: 12-18”
Perennial
Head shaped flowers (all colors)
Basal, wooly leaves
Light: Sun
Seeds, Tissue Culture or Division in spring

4. Madagascar Periwinkle or Vinca Catharanthus roseus
Height: 10-18”
Head flower with white center (not all) white, red, pink, multi
Bright green leaves
Light: sun
Can reseed

5. Verbena Verbena hybrida
Height:9-12”
Umbel flower pink, red, white, purple, bicolor
Sun

6. Blue/Purple spike flower Perennial in the South
Salvia farinacea
Blue Salvia
UP to 2’ tall and 1’ wide
Blue/Purple spike flower
Perennial in the South
Flowers throughout the summer
Drought tolerant
Full sun

7. Fuchsia Fuchsia x hybrida
Hanging basket
Showy stamens and pendant petals (white, pink, red, lavender, purple)
Will turn into a shrub
High light
Stem cuttings or seed

8. Zinnia Zinnia elegans Height:10-18”
Head flower (single or double) rose, apricot, red, white, violet, pale yellow, green, orange
Coarse leaves
Full sun

10. Aspidistra elatior
Cast Iron plant

11. Dryopteris erthyrosora
Autumn Fern