PLSC 211

HERBACEOUS LANDSCAPE PLANTS

TEST 1

Fall 1998

Name __________________________________

This test is composed of three parts; Matching (30 points), List five (40 points) and Plant Selection (30 points). You may use either scientific or common names and spelling will not be graded. Please write legibly so I can read your answers and if you use common names, avoid ambiguity. Answers should be derived from the perennial plant list or lecture material. Armitage's Herbaceous Perennial Plants will serve as the definitive source for plant characteristics.

Part I Matching (30 pts). Fill in the appropriate letter (only one) under each category. Use the letter from the key provided for each category. List one of the flower colors if multiple colors are available, and the preferred light condition for optimal plant growth and flowering for each plant.

Flower Color Light Requirement

B = blue, purple, lavender a = full sun

R = red, pink b = part sun

O = orange c = full shade

Y = yellow, gold

W = white

N = not showy

Color Light

Amsonia tabernaemontana __________ __________

Pulmonaria longifolium __________ __________

Platycodon grandiflorus __________ __________

Artimesiia ‘Powis Castle’ __________ __________

Aster lateriflorus __________ __________

Coreopsis verticillata __________ __________

Eupatorium maculatum __________ __________

Nipponanthemum nipponicum __________ __________

Aurinia saxitile __________ __________

Perovskia atriplicifolia __________ __________

Spigelia marilandica __________ __________

Stachys byzantina __________ __________

Lobelia cardinalis __________ __________

Buddleia davidii __________ __________

Helleborus orientalis __________ __________

Part II List Five (40 pts). Please list five plants that are best suited in each of the questions.

1. List five perennials that grown for other than their flowers.

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2. List five perennials that flower all summer long in the sun.

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3. List five perennials with blue/purple summer flowers.

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4. List five perennials that can grow more than 4’ tall.

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5. List five small (>12") perennials that would be appropriate for naturalistic gardens.

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6. List five perennials that grow 1 – 3’ tall and are native to the eastern United States.

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7. List five perennials that flower in August or later.

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8. List five perennials that will tolerate wet soils.

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Part III. Plant Selection (30 points). You own a landscaping business and a customer requests that you install two color beds for their firm. The first bed, 6’ x 10’ with a sign in the middle, surrounds the base of the company’s sign (the sign is 6’ long, 5’ tall and 2’ above the ground). This is a sunny spot that is relatively dry. This bed must have a great deal of color (yellow) from spring to frost. The second bed, 4’ deep by 10’ long, is at the entrance to the building. This area is only partly sunny with moist soil. The customer would like some more unusual plants in this garden. The primary summer flower color should be blue/purple. Please list ten plants to be massed for each garden, numbers 1-3 are plants in the front third of the garden (short), 4-7 are in the middle (intermediate) and 8-10 are in the back of the garden (tall).

Sign Garden Entrance Garden

1. __________________________ 1.

2. _________________________ 2.

3. _________________________ 3.

4.__________________________ 4.

5. _________________________ 5.

6. ________________________ 6.

7._________________________ 7.

8. ________________________ 8.

9.________________________ 9. ___________________________

10.______________________ 10. ___________________________