Which of the following factors should be part of a plan for using
bedding plants in a planting bed in the landscape?
Selected
Answer:
Keep the tallest plants in the back of the planting bed.
Answers: Keep the shortest plants at the sides of a bedding plant area to give room for
the largest plants in the front and middle part of the planting bed.
Keep the tallest plants in the back of the planting bed.
Mix warm and cool season annuals to extend the length of flower color in a
bedding plant garden.
No plan is needed- plant impetuously with gusto!
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
A flowering plant that grows, flowers, set seeds and dies in one
growing seasons is called a(n):
Selected
Answer:
annual
Answers:
annual
biennial
perennial
bedding
plant
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
One way to prevent transplant shock when planting bedding
plants is to dig the planting hole before removing the plant from
its container.
Selected
Answer:
Tru
e
Answers: Tru
e
False
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a cool-season annual that grows well in
the Phoenix area?
Selected
Answer:
Pansy
Answers: Periwink
le
Sunflow
er
Pansy
Zinnia
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Desert wildflowers never reseed themselves which means that seeds will need to be
sown every spring in order to germinate the next year.
Selected
Answer:
Fals
e
Answers: True
Fals
e
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is an example of a Arizona native plant that can be planted as a
wildflower for spring color in the Phoenix area?
Selected
Answer:
Mexican
poppy
Answers: Arizona
rosewood
Ryegrass
Snapdragon
Mexican
poppy
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Some functions of plant stems include
Selected
Answer:
all of the above
Answers: provide support for leaves
storage and produce new plants in modifications
such as corms
transport water from roots to leaves
all of the above
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
A thickened horizontal stem that grows underground and
produces flowering plants such as iris and canna is called a...
Selected
Answer:
Rhizome
Answers: Bulb
Rhizome
Tuber
Tuberous
root
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is the least appropriate way to use color in
a flower bed?
Selected
Answer:
Expository- splash colors wildly and in a
random manner
Answers: Complementary - use opposite colors in the
color wheel
Expository- splash colors wildly and in a
random manner
Analogous - use adjacent colors on the color
wheel
Monochromatic- use a single color scheme
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
When planting bulbs....
Selected
Answer:
dig a hole approximately 2 to 3 times as deep as the bulb
diameter
Answers: dig a hole 24 inches deep and fill it with composted manure
and blood meal
dig a hole approximately 2 to 3 times as deep as the bulb
diameter
make sure the top 1/3 of the bulb is above ground with the
right end placed up
lay newspaper at the bottom of the planting hole to keep the
soil evenly moist
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
When purchasing bedding plants to achieve a mass of landscape
color, factors to consider include:
Selected
Answer:
the flowers and foliage color of the plants purchased
Answers: purchase enough plants to plant them 3 inches apart
be sure to get the "most plant for your money" by purchasing the largest
and most healthy-looking plants with evidence of healthy white roots
emerging from the bottom of the container.
the flowers and foliage color of the plants purchased
make sure to get enough plants so that plants are touching one another at
planting.
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
In Phoenix, cool-season annuals used as bedding plants should be
Selected
Answer:
planted in the fall for flower color in the winter and early
spring months.
Answers: planted in the spring for flowers in the summer.
planted in the fall for flower color in the winter and early
spring months.
planted anytime of year.
planted only in irrigated landscape areas because of our
climate.
Question 13
2 out of 2 points
Daffodils, crocus and tulips are NOT the best for the Phoenix area
because...
Selected
Answer:
they have a chilling requirement that is not met, so they have to be
purchased and planted anew each year
Answers: it is too hot here in the summer
they prefer a hot, tropical climate
