Horticulture 131
Herbaceous Annual and Perennial Plants
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Introduction
Syllabus
Weekly Online Lessons
Week 1
Memorization Skills - learning the plant names successfully
Plant Names
Week 1 plants
Allium
Alternanthera
Angelonia
Asarum
Athyrium
Begonia
Bidens
Carex
Coreopsis
Dryopteris
Eutrochium
Evolvulus
Heuchera
Hibiscus
Imperata
Ipomoea
Iris
Lamium
Lamprocapnos
Lantana
Leucanthemum
Lilium
Mentha
Miscanthus
Phormium
Pulmonaria
Pycnanthemum
Ruellia
Salvia
Schizachyrium
Sedum
Solidago
Tiarella
Vernonia
Veronica
x Heucherella
Week 2
Plant Structures and characteristics useful for plant ID
Week 2 plants
Agastache
Ajuga
Aquilegia
Artemisia
Asparagus
Baptisia
Brugmansia
Bulbine
Celosia
Colocasia
Cuphea
Dahlia
Dianthus
Diascia
Galium
Geranium
Heliotropium
Hylotelephium (sedum)
Juncus
Mandevilla
Nemesia
Nymphaea
Oenothera
Paeonia
Pelargonium
Penstemon
Phyllostachys
Rodgersia
Sanvitalia
Scaevola
Stachys
Strobilanthes
Thymus
Zinnia
Week 3
Plant Families
Week 3 plants
Agapanthus
Amaranthus
Asclepias
Calendula
Canna
Capsicum
Chelone
Dichondra
Epimedium
Eryngium
Fragaria
Gomphrena
Gomphrena haageana
Helenium
Helianthus
Heliopsis
Impatiens
Liatris
Liriope
Lobelia
Lobularia
Matteuccia
Monarda
Ocimum
Oxalis
Phlox
Pulsatilla
Rosmarinus
Rudbeckia
Sarracenia
Symphyotrichum (Aster)
Tithonia
Week 4
Native, adapted, introduced, and invasive plants.
Week 4 plants
Acanthus
Amsonia
Antirrhinum
Calamagrostis
Callirhoe
Catharanthus
Centaurea
Chrysanthemum
Cleome
Cyperus
Dicentra
Doronicum
Echinacea
Eurybia
Festuca
Gaillardia
Gazania
Helleborus
Nepeta
Nicotiana
Oenothera
Oreganum
Panicum
Papaver
Pennisetum
Pteris
Sempervivum
Stokesia
Tagetes
Torenia
Tradescantia
Viola
Week 5
Plants for pollinators, birds and biodiversity
Week 5 plants
Achillea
Actaea (Cimicifuga)
Ageratum
Alcea
Alchemilla
Anemone
Argyranthemum
Bergenia
Brunnera
Caladium
Calibrachoa
Campanula
Caryopteris
Ceratostigma
Chasmanthium
Convallaria
Cosmos
Erythronium
Euphorbia
Gladiolus
Hosta
Hyacinthoides
Hypericum
Jacobaea
Lavandula
Ligularia
Ligularia 'The Rocket'
Lupinus
Stipa
Osteospermum
Perovskia
Petunia
Platycodon
Polemonium
Primula
Sesleria
Sporobolus
Sutera
Thalictrum
Week 6
Plant Hardiness Zones
Week 6 plants
Aglaonema
Astilbe
Bracteantha
Chlorophytum
Crocosmia
Delphinium
Dieffenbachia
Digitalis
Dracaena
Epipremnum
Ficus
Fuchsia
Hakonechloa
Hemerocallis
Houttuynia
Hypoestes
Iberis
Belamcanda (Iris)
Lysimachia
Narcissus
Nipponanthemum
Pentas
Phalaenopsis
Philodendron
Plectranthus
Plectranthus (Solenostemon)
Polygonatum
Portulaca
Sansevieria
Schefflera
Spathiphyllum
Thunbergia
Tropaeolum
Tulipa
Verbena
Zamioculcas
Week 7
Master plant list - Exam Review
Week 8
Week 9
Containers
Container design and plant selection assignment
Week 10
Green Infrastructure: Landscape features for stormwater management
Week 11
Rain Gardens
Raingarden assignment
Week 12
Annual bedding plants
Annual and perennial beds and borders
Week 13
Perennial beds and mixed borders
Week 14
Week 15
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
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