Spring 2017 Instructors: Sandy Wilson Bart Schutzman Teaching Assistant: Ray Odeh Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae) Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus kath‐ur‐RANTH‐us ROE‐zee‐us • Native to Madagascar • Type: Herbaceous perennial • katharos= pure, anthas=a flower used as an annual • Roseus=rose colored • Full sun to part shade • Leaves: simple, entire, obtuse • Heat and drought tolerant apex, glossy • Use: bedding plant • Flowers: tubular with 5 • Heat, drought and salt tolerant flattened petal‐like lobes • Reseeds freely appearing singly in upper leaf axils; pink, red, lilac and white • Formerly known as Vinca rosea • Form: loose, 0.5 to 1.5 ‘ tall Coreopsis grandiflora (Asteraceae) Largeflower Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis grandiflora • Type: herbaceous perennial, short kor‐ee‐OP‐sis lived but reseeding • USDA Zone 4‐9 • Native to southeastern US • Full sun Heat and drought tolerant • Koris=bug, opsis=like referring • Use: borders, naturalized areas, to shape of seed butterfly gardens • Grandiflora=large flower • ‘Early Sunrise’‐compact cultivar with • Leaves: spatulate to lanceolate, semi double flowers with yellow rays and darker yellow disks. Comes true lower basal leaves are mostly from seed. entire while smaller stem leaves • ‘Rising Sun’‐yellow with red at base are often pinnately lobed of petals • Flowers: yellow, daisy‐like with • Hybrid crosses of C. lanceolata and C. notched rays grandiflora are available • Form: clumping to 2’ tall • Frances, Wilson et al., 2008 Crossandra infundibuliformis (Acanthaceae) Firecracker Flower Crossandra infundibuliformis kros‐AN‐dra in‐fun‐di‐bew‐lee‐FORM‐is • Native to southern India, Sri • Type: Broadleaf evergreen Lanka • Winter hardy to zone 10‐11 • Krossos=a fringe, andros=male, referring to fringed anthers • Full sun to part shade • Infundibuliformis=funnel or • Heat tolerant trumpet shaped • Use: landscape settings • Leaves: ovate to lanceolate, • Requires supplemental fertilizer shiny to maintain leaf color • Flowers: salmon, yellow everblooming in terminal racemes • Form: erect reaching 3’ Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae) Coneflower, Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea • Type: herbaceous perennial ek‐in‐AY‐shee‐a pur‐PUR‐ee‐uh • USDA Zone 3‐8 • Full sun to part shade • Native to central to southeastern U.S. • Drought tolerant, tolerant of poor soils • Echinos=hedgehog, referring to prickly receptacle scales • Use: border, meadow, naturalized areas; fresh and • Purpurea=purple dried flowers • Leaves: coarse, ovate to broad‐ • ‘Kim’s Knee High’‐ compact lanceolate version with long bloom time • Flowers: daisy‐like, need (PP 2001) deadheading, • ‘White Swan’‐white flowers • Form: clumping to 3‐4’ tall • Susceptible to Japanese beetle and leaf spot Gaillardia ×grandiflora (Asteraceae) Blanketflower Gaillardia ×grandiflora gay‐LAR‐dee‐uh gran‐dih‐FLOR‐uh • Type: short lived herbaceous perennial • Tetraploid hybrid arose in cultivation used as an annual in Belgium • Cold hardiness Zone 3‐10 • Genus honors Gaillard de Charentonneau, a French magistrate • Full sun, heat, drought and salt tolerant and patron of botany • Use: Butterfly gardens, mixed perennial • Grandiflora=large‐flowered and annual landscapes, natural settings, • Leaves: surface with hirsute hairs, cut flowers punctate‐dotted, loved with tapered, winged petiole • Prefers well drained soils • Flowers: daisy‐like, solitary on • Double flowered and dwarf selections penduncles; yellow, orange, red with maroon to orange banding at petal • Mesa series: bright bi‐color, peach, bases, notched tips to petals; yellow • Form: erect branching to 3’ tall • G. aristata ‘Burgundy’, G. aristata • Tetraploid hybrid (G. aristata xG. pulchella). Breeds true. ‘Arizona Red Shades’ • Hammond, Wilson et al., 2007a, 2007b, 2005) Justicia brandegeeana (Acanthaceae) Shrimp Plant Justicia brandegeeana jus‐TEE‐see‐ah bran‐deh‐GEE‐aye‐nuh • Native to Mexico • Type: perennial • In honor of James Justice, a • Winter hardy to USDA Zone 9‐ Scottish botanist 11, roots surviving in Zone 8 • Brandegee (1843‐1925) was a • Full sun to part shade civil engineer and plantsman • Leaves: oval • Heat and drought tolerant • Stems: weak • Use: • Flowers: white appearing inside • Seeds freely red, yellow or lime green bracts, • Prune to regain shape seasonal bloomer • Form: erect, sprawling to 3’ tall • ‘Fruit Cocktail’‐red flowers, lime bracts; ‘Yellow Queen’, ‘Red’ Justicia carnea (Acanthaceae) Jacobinia, Brazilian Plume Flower Justicia carnea jus‐TEE‐see‐ah KAR‐nee‐uh • Native to South America • Type: perennial • After James Justice, Scottish • USDA zone 8b‐11 botanist • Full sun to part shade • carnea=flesh colored • Heat tolerant • Leaves: simple, opposite, • Use: foundation or mass elliptic, pinnate venation plantings, containers • Flowers: plumes of tubular • Responds well to pruning, flower clusters in rose, red, flowers form on new growth yellow, orange, apricot or white • Form: upright, 3‐7’ tall Lysimachia congestiflora (Primulaceae) Creeping Jenny, Moneywort Lysimachia congestiflora ly‐se‐MAK‐ee‐uh con‐gess‐TI‐flor‐ah • Native to China • Type: herbaceous perennial • Genus honors King Lysimachus, • Winter hardy to USDA Zone 7‐9 Mecedonian King of Thrace • Full sun to part shade • Lysimacheios‐ ancient Greek name of a plant in this grouping • Heat and drought tolerant • Congestus=congested, flos=flower, • Use: ground cover, containers, referring to the flower clusters baskets, rock gardens • Leaves: opposite to whorled, • Variegated forms ovate to broad‐ovate • L. congestiflora ‘Chocolate • Flowers: cup shaped, yellow Sunshine’ and ‘Persian • Form: prostrate, mat‐forming Chocolate’ • L. nummularia ‘Aurea’ Rudbeckia fulgida sulivantii ‘Goldsturm’ (Asteraceae) Goldsturm Gloriosa Daisy, Goldsturm Black‐eyed Susan, Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ • Type: herbaceous perennial • Developed in Germany • Cold hardy to Zone 3 • Named after Olof Rudbeck • Full sun, heat and drought • Fulgida=shining tolerant • Goldsturm= Gold storm • Use: perennial border, meadow • Leaves: hirsute, oblong to gardens, cut flowers, butterfly lanceolate gardens • Flowers: daisy‐like with yellow • Do not come true from seed rays and dark brownish‐black • Susceptible to leaf spot and disk flowers powdery mildew • Form: upright, rhizomatous, clumping to 3’ tall • Use vegetatively propagated sources to ensure true to type Viola ×wittrockiana (Violaceae) Pansy Viola ×wittrockiana • FI hybrids from V. tricolor, V. • Type: cool season annual lutea, V. altaica, and V. cornuta • USDA zone 6‐10 • Viola=violet • Full sun to part shade • Professor VeitBrecher Wittrock, • Use: bedding plants, edging, author containers • Leaves: ovate to elliptic • Viola cornuta‐ smaller leaves • Flowers:5 rounded petals of and flowers blue, purple, red, rose, yellow, • Slugs favor the foliage white and bicolors • Petals are edible • Form: compact to 8” tall Spring 2017 Instructors: Sandy Wilson Bart Schutzman Teaching Assistant: Ray Odeh.