Sunny Plants 2

Question 1

dianthus plumarius family?

Answer 1

CAROYPHYLLACEAE

Question 2

cerastium tomentosum family?

Answer 2

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Question 3

saponaria species family?

Answer 3

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Question 4

dianthus plumarius common names?

Answer 4

cottage pinks and dianthus

Question 5

main landscape use for CARYOPHYLLACEAE?

Answer 5

rock and alpine gardens

Question 6

when does dianthus bloom and what’s the hardiest colour?

Answer 6

may to July, pink

Question 7

most notable characteristics of the CARYOPHYLLACEAE family?

Answer 7

swollen nodes, entire leaf margins, montane plant

Question 8

dianthus plumarius are used for what in a sensory garden?

Answer 8

taste but not touch

Question 9

when not flowering, dianthus looks like what in the landscape?

Answer 9

grassy

Question 10

dianthus plumarius, cerastium tomentosum amd saponaria are all mat forming what?

Answer 10

ground covers

Question 11

dianthus, cerastium and saponaria should not be cut back in the fall because?

Answer 11

they are all evergreens

Question 12

saponaria common name?

Answer 12

soapwort

Question 13

cerastium tomentosum - snow in summer will lose its leaves when its planted where?

Answer 13

in the shade

Question 14

cerastium tomentosum common name

Answer 14

snow in summer

Question 15

to keep grass out of snow in summer. its important to leave?

Answer 15

a buffer zone

Question 16

cerastium tomentosum blooms when? and what colour are the flowers?

Answer 16

early summer and white flowers

Question 17

saponaria species needs to be where in the landscape?

Answer 17

paired with other plants

Question 18

what colours are soapwort and when does it bloom?

Answer 18

pinks, and blooms spring and early summer

Question 19

stachys byzantina family?

Answer 19

LAMIACEAE

Question 20

if stachys byzantina is not in full sun, what happens?

Answer 20

it loses its hairs

Question 21

what is Stacy byzantina used for in a sensory garden?

Answer 21

touch, soft foliage

Question 22

when does Stacy byzantina bloom and what are the flower colours?

Answer 22

mood summer til frost, pink colours

Question 23

Y/N will stachys byzantina grow under lodgepole pine and invade a lawn?

Answer 23

yes

Question 24

common name of stachys byzantina?

Answer 24

lambs ears

Question 25

hylotelephium erythrostictum family name?

Answer 25

CRASSULACEAE

Question 26

sempervivum tectorum family name?

Answer 26

CRASSULACEAE

Question 27

sedum species family?

Answer 27

CRASSULACEAE

Question 28

hylotelephium erythrostictum common name?

Answer 28

showy stonecrop

Question 29

sempervivum tectorum common name?

Answer 29

hens and chicks

Question 30

what CRASSULACEAE plants are used for green roofs?

Answer 30

sedum species and sempervivum tectorum

Question 31

when do sedum species bloom and what colour?

Answer 31

early summer, June - July, colours are cultivar specific

Question 32

when does showy stonecrop bloom and what colour? does it attract butterflies?

Answer 32

late season, mid august til frost, pinks and reds but sometimes white, yes it attracts butterflies

Question 33

when does sempervivum tectorum - hens and chicks bloom and what colours?

Answer 33

mid summer, pinks

Question 34

all CRASSDULACEAE plant scan be used in what landscape types?

Answer 34

rock and alpine gardens

Question 35

Y/N are CRASSULACEAE plants evergreens?

Answer 35

yes

Question 36

Y/N can hylotelephium erythrostictum be used for winter interest?

Answer 36

yes

Question 37

hemerocallis cvs. family?

Answer 37

XANTHORRHOEACEAE

Question 38

hemerocallis cvr. can be planted with what? and used as a substitute for?

Answer 38

plant with irises and grasses

Question 39

where can hemerocallis be used in the landscape?

Answer 39

anywhere

Question 40

when does hemerocallis bloom?

Answer 40

august til frost

Question 41

difference between daylilies and irises?

Answer 41

dallies have keels on their leaves and vase shaped, iris are not

Question 42

hemerocallis cvs. common name?

Answer 42

daylily

Question 43

what 3 plants are bombproof?

Answer 43

Stachys byzantina, hemerocallis and aegopodium podagraria 'variegatum'

Question 44

euphorbia polychroma family?

Answer 44

EUPHORBIACEAE

Question 45

euphorbia polychrome common name?

Answer 45

cushion spurge

Question 46

has showy bracts and apetalous flowers?

Answer 46

cushion spurge

Question 47

when does euphorbia polychroma bloom?

Answer 47

spring to early summer, late may to early june

Question 48

Y/N can cushion spurge be used as fall colour with a red/yellow scheme?

Answer 48

yes

Question 49

Y/N can cushion spurge be cut back midsummer and can it promote a second flush?

Answer 49

yes

Question 50

how is euphorbia polychroma used in the landscape?

Answer 50

mass plantings or accents

Question 51

Y/N are XANTHORRHOEACEAE monocots?

Answer 51

yes

Question 52

thymus species common names?

Answer 52

creeping thyme, mother of thyme, woolly thyme

Question 53

difference between woolly and creeping thyme?

Answer 53

woolly has grey green foliage and creeping has solid green

Question 54

Y/N can them be used in the shade?

Answer 54

no

Question 55

what is thymes use in a sensory garden?

Answer 55

its edible and fragrant

Question 56

primula species family?

Answer 56

PRIMULACEAE

Question 57

primula species common names?

Answer 57

primula and primrose

Question 58

when do primroses bloom?

Answer 58

early spring early summer

Question 59

what colours do primula species come in?

Answer 59

all colours

Question 60

how do primula spread?

Answer 60

its a colonizer