HERBACEOUS LANDSCAPE PLANTS

      FALL 1996

Final Examination

                                                            Name __________________________________

This test is composed 100 points of matching.  Please write legibly so I can read your answers. Answers should be derived from the plant lists, required texts for the course or lecture material.

Part I  Matching (100 pts).  Fill in the appropriate letter under each category for each plant, using the letter from the key provided.  Indicate the primary ornamental characteristics for each plant (ornamentation) and then indicate the color of this primary characteristic.  Therefore, if the primary ornamental characteristic is the fruit, what is the color of the fruit, or if the primary ornamental characteristic is foliage, what color is the foliage in addition to green.  Green con only be used as a color if the foliage is the primary ornamental characteristic and there is no other color than green in the foliage.  In the last column, indicate the most extreeme soil the plant will grow in; dry (droughty), moist or wet (standing water) soils.  Use only one letter per blank.

Plant height                            Ornamentation                       Color                           Soil

a = less than 1’                         a = Flowers                              a = red, pink                 a = dry

b = 1-2’                                   b = Fruit                                   b = orange                    b = moist

c = 2-4’                                   c = Foliage                                c = yellow, gold            c = wet

d = greater than 4’                                                                     d = blue, purple

e = vine                                                                                     e = white, cream

                                                                                                 f = green

                                                Plant                             Ornamentation            Color               Light

                                                height  

Celosia cristata                      __________                __________                __________    _____

Begonia semperflorens           __________                __________                __________    _____

Ageratum houstonianum        __________              __________                __________    _____

Dahlia hybrids                         __________                __________                __________    _____

Sanvitalia procumbens           __________                __________                __________    _____

Bassia scoparia                      __________                __________                __________    _____

Eustoma grandiflora             __________                __________                __________    _____

Salvia farinancea                  __________                __________                __________    _____

Hibiscus moschatus              __________                __________                __________    _____

Diascia barbarae                   __________                __________                __________    _____

Tropaeolum majus                __________                __________                __________    _____

Plant height                            Ornamentation                       Color                           Soil

a = less than 1’                         a = Flowers                         a = red, pink                  a = dry

b = 1-2’                                   b = Fruit                              b = orange                      b = moist

c = 2-4’                                   c = Foliage                           c = yellow, gold              c = wet

d = greater than 4’                                                                d = blue, purple

e = vine                                                                                e = white, cream

                                                                                            f = green

                                                Plant                             Ornamentation            Color               Light

                                                height  

Gomphrena globosa              __________                __________                __________    _____

Cleome hasslerana                __________                __________                __________    _____

Calendula officinalis             __________                __________                __________    _____

Gerbera jamesonii                __________                __________                __________    _____

Amsonia tabernaemontana   __________                __________                __________    _____

Platycodon grandiflorus        __________                __________                __________    _____

Achillea ptarmica                   __________                __________                __________    _____

Aster x frikartii                       __________                __________                __________    _____

Centaurea montana                 __________                __________                __________    _____

Dendranthema grandiflora      __________                __________                __________    _____

Helianthus salicifolius              __________                __________                __________    _____

Santolina chamaecyparissus    __________                __________                __________    _____

Rudbeckia fulgida                     __________                __________                __________    _____

Sedum spurium                         __________                __________                __________    _____

Dicentra eximia                        __________                __________                __________    _____

Lavendula angustifolia             __________                __________                __________    _____

Plant height                            Ornamentation                       Color                           Soil

a = less than 1’             a = Flowers                                    a = red, pink                  a = dry

b = 1-2’                       b = Fruit                                         b = orange                      b = moist

c = 2-4’                       c = Foliage                                     c = yellow, gold               c = wet

d = greater than 4’                                                             d = blue, purple

e = vine                                                                              e = white, cream

                                                                                          f = green

                                                Plant                             Ornamentation            Color               Light

                                                height  

Thymus serphyllum                   __________                __________                __________    _____

Lupinus ‘Russell Hybrids’          __________                __________                __________    _____

Lobelia cardinalis                    __________                __________                __________    _____

Carex pendula                          __________                __________                __________    _____

Chasmanthium latifolium         __________                __________                __________    _____

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Caberet’   __________                __________                __________    _____

Panicum virgatum                    __________                __________                __________    _____

Schizacarium scoparium            __________                __________                __________    _____

Lycoris radiata                          __________                __________                __________    _____

Gladiolus x hortulanus            __________                __________                __________    _____

Iris reticulata                            _________                __________                __________      _____

Lilium canadensis                   __________                __________                __________      _____

Cyclamen hederifolium           __________                __________                __________      _____

Campsis radicans                    __________                __________                __________     _____

Celastrus scandens                 __________                __________                __________      _____

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi          __________                __________                __________      _____

Plant height                            Ornamentation                       Color                           Soil

a = less than 1’                         a = Flowers                        a = red, pink               a = dry

b = 1-2’                                   b = Fruit                             b = orange                  b = moist

c = 2-4’                                   c = Foliage                         c = yellow, gold          c = wet

d = greater than 4’                                                               d = blue, purple

e = vine                                                                               e = white, cream

                                                                                           f = green

                                                Plant                             Ornamentation            Color               Light

                                                height  

Wisteria floribunda                   __________                __________                __________    _____

Gelsemium sempervirens          __________                __________                __________    _____

Woodwardia areolata              __________                __________                __________    _____

Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’    __________              __________                __________    _____

Onoclea sensibilis                      __________                __________                __________    _____

Osmunda claytoniana                __________                __________                __________    _____

Thelypteris noveboracensis        __________                __________                __________   _____