SPSS 2430 FINAL (SOS)

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about plants.

grass uses

color, texture, size, shape, form, and winter interest.

Natives

chocolate white snakeroot, northern sea oats, switch grass, foamflower, goats beard

Shade Plants

chocolate white snakeroot, northern sea oats, foamflower, solomon’s seal, virginia bluebells

Sun Plants

snapdragons, vinca, and Japanese blood grass, butterfly weed, goldenrod

Front Border Plants

Mexican ageratum, coral bells, catmint, blue fescue, pot marigold.

Back Border Plants

chocolate white snakeroot, queen-of-prairie, switch grass, Joe-pye weed.

Late Bloom Plants

begonias, boltonia, goldenrod, japanese anemone, and plumbago

Moist Soil Plants

queen-of-the-prairie, swamp milkweed, fall astilbe, and Joe-pye weed.

White Fly

hibiscus, geraniums, impatiens, petunias, zinnias.

Pest-Free Plant

european ginger, lavender, hostas, catmint, heuchera

butterflies

milkweed, butterfly bush, joe pye weed, coreopsis, phlox.

attracts butterflies and white pests

geraniums, petunias, zinnias, lantanas, salvia.

spider mites

Tagetes sp., chrysanthemums, fuchsia, lantanas, lavender

bees

Goldenrod, lavender, catmint, chives, phlox

Low Maintenance Plants

gas plant, petunia, sedum, coreopsis, and verbena.

High Maintenance Plants

chrysanthemum, peonies, astilbe, hibiscus, begonia

Powdery Mildew

beebalm, phlox, zinnia, rose, and NY aster.

Pinch

chrysanthemum, zinnia, petunia, coleus, and tall cosmos.

Foliage Plants

sprengeri fern, ornamental cabbage, heuchera, hosta, and bananas.

Edible Plants

pot marigold, nasturtium, and pansy.

Poisonous Plants

castor bean, lantana, lily of the valley, tulip, and angel's trumpet.

Specimen Plants

Karl Foerster plume grass, coral bells, peony, bleeding heart, and miscanthus.

Salt Tolerant Plants

Northern sea oats, sea lavender, spirea, russian sage, and blue lyme grass.

Vines

Ipomoea batatas and Ipomoea purpurea.

Deadhead

snapdragons, petunia, geranium, coreopsis, and canna.

Overwinter

heuchera, angel's trumpet, russian sage, sedum, and elephant ear.

Dry Soils

vinca, lantana, blanket flower, sedum, switchgrass, and lysimachia

Invasive

lysimachia, loosestrife, goldenrod, lamb’s ear

Aggressive

golden bamboo, goldenrod, and beebalm,