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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 well-drained, 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 sword-
shaped, 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 well-watered and deadheaded for continued bloom.
Peony
• 3 inch flowers• Grow better massed• Full sun• Great for borders