Sunny Plants 1

Question 1

Leucanthemum x superbum family?

Answer 1

ASTERACEAE

Question 2

Shasta Daisy latin name?

Answer 2

Leucanthemum x superbum

Question 3

Joe Pye Weed latin name?

Answer 3

Eutrochium

Question 4

scabiosa columbaria/pincushion family name?

Answer 4

DIPSACACEAE

Question 5

salvia sylvestris family name?

Answer 5

LAMIACEAE

Question 6

woodland sage latin name?

Answer 6

salvia sylvestris

Question 7

scabiosa columbaria common name?

Answer 7

scabiosa/pincushion

Question 8

salvia/woodland sage bonus name?

Answer 8

balkan clary

Question 9

petrovskia atriplicifolia family name?

Answer 9

LAMIACEAE

Question 10

trollius species family name?

Answer 10

RANUNCULACEAE

Question 11

what make echinacea purpurea a sensory garden plant?

Answer 11

velcro like foliage, touch

Question 12

which ASTERACEAE plants are left for winter interest when flowers left standing?

Answer 12

ligiularia dentata, echinacea purpurea, joe pye weed

Question 13

which full sun ASTERACEAE can be used in butterfly gardens but not tolerate wet soil?

Answer 13

eutrochium species - Joe pye weed

Question 14

white flowering ASTERACEAE blooms from midsummer and is an excellent crossover plant?

Answer 14

Shasta daisy - leucanthemum x superbum

Question 15

which family is closely similar to ASTERACEAE?

Answer 15

DIPSACACEAE

Question 16

which ASTERACEAE has less a basal cluster and cauline foliage?

Answer 16

eutrochium species - joe pye weed

Question 17

which ASTERACEAE is poisonous but can be medicinal at the same time?

Answer 17

eutrochium species - Joe pye weed

Question 18

scabiosa columbaria has basal leaves like poppies but cauline leaves that are what?

Answer 18

fern like

Question 19

scabiosa columbaria/pincushion flower blooms early summer til frost making it what?

Answer 19

a crossover plant

Question 20

scabiosa columbaria are used in what landscape settings?

Answer 20

rock gardens

Question 21

T/F scabiosa columbaria can be used in bee/butterfly gardens

Answer 21

true

Question 22

which LAMIACEAE is low maintenance and reblooms after shearing? latin and common?

Answer 22

salvia sylvestris/ woodland sage

Question 23

Which LAMIACEAE can be used in a sensory garden for the leaves and smell?

Answer 23

catmint, russian sage, salvia

Question 24

which LAMIACEAE tolerates pollution and dry soil?

Answer 24

petrovskia atriplicifolia

Question 25

which full sun LAMIACEAE is crossover plant and blooms from mid may til freeze?

Answer 25

nepeta racemosa - catmint

Question 26

which LAMIACEAE is low maintenance and needs to have broken stems cut out?

Answer 26

nepeta racemosa - catmint

Question 27

which LAMIACEAE can be used in a mediterranean garden?

Answer 27

salvia sylvestris, petrovskia atriplicifolia

Question 28

which LAMIACEAE has spike like racemes with short internodes which you can see whorls of flowers?

Answer 28

salvia sylvestris

Question 29

Veronica spicata family name?

Answer 29

PLANTAGINACEAE

Question 30

Veronica spicata two common names?

Answer 30

Veronica and speedwell

Question 31

common landscape use for speedwell?

Answer 31

back of bed, vertical accent plant

Question 32

T?F does Veronica spicata attract butterflies and bees?

Answer 32

true

Question 33

T/F should speedwell be cut back in the summer to promote a second flush growth?

Answer 33

true

Question 34

what colours does Veronica spicata bloom in?

Answer 34

whites, pinks and reds

Question 35

which LAMIACEAE can be used as cut flowers?

Answer 35

salvia sylvestris - woodland sage petrovskia atriplicifolia - russian sage

Question 36

which ASTERACEAE cannot go to seed because it can crossbreed with a common weed the oxeye daisy?

Answer 36

Shasta daisy - leucanthemum x superbum

Question 37

which ASTERACEAE flowers late and blooms mid summer til freeze?

Answer 37

eutrochium species - Joe pye weed

Question 38

echinacea purpurea and eutrochium should be used where in a bed?

Answer 38

mid to back

Question 39

which ASTERACEAE can be used in a native or naturalized planting?

Answer 39

echinacea purpurea

Question 40

trollius species family name?

Answer 40

RANUNCULACEAE

Question 41

globeflower can be used as what because its so widely and well adapted?

Answer 41

used as a backbone plant

Question 42

a RANUNCULACEAE to brighten a shady site with its bright yellow flowers?

Answer 42

trollius x cultorum

Question 43

peonies being grown from root division take how long to flower?

Answer 43

3 - 4 years

Question 44

what do peonies emerge as in the spring?

Answer 44

purple pips

Question 45

a sensory garden use for peonies is what?

Answer 45

their fragrance

Question 46

how do yo use peonies as winter interest?

Answer 46

seed pods, leave standing and don't deadhead

Question 47

what part of the poppy is left for winter interest?

Answer 47

seed pods

Question 48

the landscape use for poppies is what?

Answer 48

used in oriental gardens

Question 49

which is larger? papaver orientale or papaver nudicaule?

Answer 49

papaver orientale

Question 50

how do you maintain papaver nudicaule?

Answer 50

deadhead after flowering