Warm Season
Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus
)
Star clusters (Pentas lanceolata
)
Mexican zinnia (Zinnia haagaena
)
Angelonia (Angelonia angustifolia
)
Cool Season
Pansy (Viola wittrockiana
)
Petunia (Petunia hybrid
)
Geranium (Pelargonium species)
Marigold (Tagetes species
)
Pot Marigold (Calendula Officinalis)
SnapDragon (Antirrhinum Majus)
Chilling Requirement
●Number of hours a deciduous plant must be exposed to temperatures between 32 degrees
Fahrenheit to 45 degrees Fahrenheit before it will break dormancy
Herbaceous
●A classic botanical term to describe a plant that does not produce secondary vascular
tissues such as wood
Nodes
●Points on a stem that grow leaves and have vegatative and/or reproductive meristems
called buds
●The number of leaves at a node can be 1 (alternate), 2 (opposite), or 3 or more (whorled)
arrangement of leaves of a node
●Distance between each node is called an internode
●The picture portrayed one node (leaf) on the stem in an alternating arrangement
Variegation
●A rare, yet natural mutation that results in the production of cells in leaves and stems that
lack the green pigment “chlorophyll”
●Chlorophyll is essential to photosynthesis
●Lower rates of photosynthesis
●Lower growth rates
Study Guide 2 - Bedding Landscapes
●Therefore smaller in size
●Interesting patterns of white and yellow
●Accent plants within the landscape
