Intro to Plant ID Lab 6

Himalayan border jewel

Persicaria affinis

Perennial, zones 4-11

height 4”-6” ​

spread 2’​

Use: groundcover, flesh​

Culture: full sun​

lady’s mantle

Alchemilla mollis

Perennial, zones 3-8​

height 2’​

spread 2’​

Use: naturalizing, mass, border​

Culture: full sun to deep shade, moist soil​

Chilean avens

Geum quellyon

Perennial, zones 4-11​

height 15” ​

spread 2’​

Use: borders, cut, tendon​

Culture: full sun, well-drained soil​

Astilbe, false spirea

Astilbe x hybrida

Perennial, zones 4-9

height 2’-4’ ​

spread 2’​

Use: naturalizing, background, cut​

Culture: part shade to deep shade​

coral bells

Heuchera spp.

Perennial, zones 3-8

height 18” ​

spread 2’​

Use: massing, bedding​

Culture: full sun to part shade​

million bells

Calibrachoa x hybrida

Hardy Annual​

height 6” ​

spread 2’​

Use: container, border, flesh​

Culture: full sun to part shade​

Petunia

Petunia x hybrida

Hardy Annual

height 6”-2’ ​

spread 3’-4’ trailing​

Use: bed, border, container​

Culture: part shade to full

pansy

Viola x wittrockiana

Hardy Annual

height 6” ​

spread 12”​

Use: bedding, massing, containers​

Culture: full sun to part shade, well-drained soil​

Fan Flower

Scaevola aemula

Tender Annual

height 9”-18” ​

spread 24”​

Use: bedding, massing, containers​

Culture: dry climate, full sun, well-drained soil​

Liatris

Liatris spicata

Perennial, zone 3-8

height 3’-4’​

spread 1’-2’​

Use: bedding, skeleton, cut​

Culture: full sun, well-drained soil​