Ferns: Any of Numerous Seedless Vascular Plants Belonging to the Phylum Pterophyta That

Cooke County 4-H Horticulture Project Rules 2013 - 2014

Validation: January 2nd & 3rd, 2014 Judging: March 12th, 2014

1. Juniors 8-13 years old, seniors 14-18 years old 2. May enter as many categories as you deserve, but may enter each category one time 3. May use any type of container but will be judge of appropriate for that category 4. The following are definition of each category: • Foliage: A plant cultivated chiefly for its ornamental leaves. • Flowering: A plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm. • Succulent: Any of various plants having fleshy leaves or stems that store water. Cacti and the jade plant are succulents. Succulents are usually adapted to drier environments and display other characteristics that reduce water loss, such as waxy coatings on leaves and stems, fewer stomata than occur on other plants, and stout, rounded stems that minimize surface area. • Trailer/Vines: any plant with a long stem that grows along the ground or that climbs a support by winding or by clinging with tendrils or claspers. • Bulbs: A rounded underground storage organ that contains the shoot of a new plant. A bulb consists of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scales (modified leaves) that store nourishment for the new plant. Tulips, lilies, and onions grow from bulbs. • Herbs: are, technically, plants with aerial parts used for seasoning foods, and a spice (also called seasoning) is any substance used for seasoning foods; many herbs are used as spices • Ferns: Any of numerous seedless vascular plants belonging to the phylum Pterophyta that reproduce by means of spores and usually have feathery fronds divided into many leaflets. • Hanging baskets: using as hanging basket with any variety of plants • Dish Gardens: A dish garden is a collection of compatible plants growing and changing together over time in a small container. Plant selection depends on each plant's compatibility with the others and its adaptability to the site conditions and the style of the container. Avoid mixing incompatible plants, such as cactus and coleus. Plants thriving under different conditions will not prosper together in a dish garden. • Bonsai: a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching the shoots and branches. • Seeds/Cuttings: To start with a seed or a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant for propagation • Fruits/Veggies: Fruit or Vegetable planted in a pot • Terrarium: a glass container, chiefly or wholly enclosed, for growing and displaying plants 5. Plants will be valid on January the 2nd and 3rd from 10am to 12 noon. Plants not valid will not be able to enter the contest . 6. May not enter the same plant two years in a row.

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