Spring Instructors: Sandy Wilson Bart Schutzman. Teaching Assistant: Ray Odeh

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1 Spring 2017 Instructors: Sandy Wilson Bart Schutzman Teaching Assistant: Ray Odeh

2 Cleome hassleriana (Cleomaceae) Spider Flower, Cleome Señorita Blanca Spider Flower

3 Cleome hassleriana klee OH me Native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, SE Brazil Cleome=Derivation uncertain, possibly kleos=glory Hassleriana=Emile Hassler Leaves: alternate, palmately compound with 5 7 leaflets Flowers: terminal racemes; white, 4 petals and 6 long stamens Form: upright, to 3 4 high Sterile, thornless, non sticky, odorless foliage Plant breeders hybridized Cleome hassleriana with other Cleome species PW: INCLESBIMP naturally occurring plant mutation in Germany 2013 Type: annual Hardy to 32F Full sun Heat and drought tolerant Use: containers, landscape beds PW Series: Señorita Blanca, Señorita Mi Amor (pink), Señorita Rosalita (lavender pink), Pequeña Rosalita (compact) stem borer cabbage budwormcontrol with DiPel

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5 Impatiens walleriana (Balsaminaceae) Impatiens, Touch me not Rockapulco Coral Reef Double Impatiens

6 Impatiens walleriana im PAY shuns wall er ee AY nuh Native to East Africa Impatient=explosive release of the seed Walleriana= Rev. Horace Waller, missionary in Central Africa Leaves: ovate to elliptic, glabrous Flowers: slender spurred, 5 petaled or doubled, flattened appearance Form: compact, mounded tall PW: Balcoree (Coral Reef Impatiens) PW: Balfiesaled (Red Double Impatiens) Type: annual Winter hardy to 35 F part shade to shade Use: landscapes and containers PW Rockapulco series (Double flowers): Wisteria, Coral Reef, White, Purple, Appleblossom, Orchid, Dark Orange, Red, Rose Impatiens hawkeri New Guinea Impatiens Downy mildew

7 Rockapulco Coral Reef Double Impatiens Rockapulco Orchid Double Impatiens

8 Pelargonium hortorum (Geraniaceae) Geranium Timeless Fire Geranium

9 Pelargonium hortorum Pell ar GO nee um Native to S. Africa Pelargos=a stork, referring to storksbill like fruit Leaves: alternate, simple, orbicular, green or patterned, lobed Flowers: 5 symmetrical petals appearing in umbels Form: mounded, 1 2 width and height Seed or cutting propagated Dead head to encourage flowering Continuous rebloomer PW Cante Fir09 product of a planned breeding program of Goldsmith Seeds Type: annual Hardy to 38 F Full sun to part shade Heat and drought tolerant Use: baskets, mass plantings Zonal pelargonium with P. zonale and P. inquinans as parents Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium; later separated in 1789 PW Timeless series: Fire, lavender, rose, pink, orange

10 Pelargonium MrsPollock

11 Ruellia simplex (Acanthaceae) Mexican Petunia

12 Ruellia simplex roo EL ee uh Native to Mexico, Antilles, S. America After Jean Ruel ( ) French herbalist who served King of France Simplex=simple leaves Formerly R. brittoniana, R. tweediana Leaves: opposite, narrowly elliptic, irregularly toothed, pubescent Stems swollen at nodes Flowers: tubular, trumpet shaped, 5 petals, lasting a single day Form: upright to 3 tall, rhizomatous UF RT 102, RT 108 Type: Perennial Winter hardy to Zone 7 8 Full sun to part shade Heat and drought tolerant, wet tolerant Use: perennial borders Invasive status: FLEPPC Category I Mayan cultivars are sterile (Freyre, Moseley, Knox and Wilson, 2012, HortScience) R. caroliniensis Native R. elegans red

13 Lake Jesup Conservation area, Sanford, FL Paynes Prairie, Alachua County, FL

14 UF Mayan Series

15 Mayan Purple Purple Showers wild R. simplex

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17 persistent pedicels in fertile Ruellia In sterile Ruelliacultivars, the pedicels shrivel and fall some days after the flower drops

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19 Salvia leucantha (Lamiaceae) Mexican Sage

20 Salvia leucantha SAL vee uh lew KAN thuh Native to Central America, Mexico Salvus=safe (referring to medicinal properties) Leuc anthus=white flowered Leaves: lanceolate, crenate, tomentose underneath, grey green, reticulate with impressed veins Stems: pubescent, square Flowers: bilabiate, long terminal spikes, showy, bi color with white corollas and purple calyces Form: loose spreading mound to 3 4 tall Type: perennial, subshrub Evergreen to 25 F, root hardy to 18 F Full sun Heat and drought tolerant Use: borders, landscapes, butterfly gardens, cut flowers Late summer bloomer Midnight purple flowers and calyces

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22 Salvia splendens (Lamiaceae) Scarlet Sage

23 Salvia splendens SAL vee uh SPLEN denz Native to Brazil Salvus=safe (referring to medicinal properties) Splendens=splendid, brilliant, shining Leaves: ovate, serrate crenate Stems: square Flowers: purple, cream, pink or red, bilabiate, terminal racemes Form: clumping to 1 2 tall Type: Annual Winter hardy to zone 9 Full sun to part shade Use: formal beds, mass plantings, edging, containers First introduced to horticulture in 1822 as Lee s Scarlet Sage

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25 Scaevola aemula (Goodeniaceae) Fan Flower, Scaevola

26 Scaevola aemula skee VO luh EM yoo luh Native to southern Australia (coastal dunes) Scaevola=left handed (referring to petals on one side) Leaves: irregularly serrate Flowers: fan shaped, 5 violet blue petals and yellow throats, zygomorphic Form: trailing to 2 wide PW Scablhatis Whirlwind Blue originated from cross made in 1999 of two selections Type: perennial winter hardy to F Full sun Heat and drought tolerant Use: containers and landscapes, loose groundcover

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28 Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Verbenaceae) Pink Porterweed, Pink Snakeweed

29 Stachytarpheta mutabilis stay kee tar FEH tuh mew TAB ill iss Native to Mexico, Caribbean, South America Stachys= spike, tarphys=thick Mutabilis=changeable Leaves: conspicuously toothed, ovate Flowers: pink to red inflorescence with only a short section of the spike producing flowers at one time Form: upright, irregular to 4 6 Type: perennial Cold hardiness Zone 8 Full sun to part shade Heat and drought tolerant Use: butterfly gardens, perennial landscapes Wilson et al., HortScience Native: S. jamaicencis FLEPPC Invasive: S. urticifolia

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31 Thunbergia grandiflora Blue Sky Vine

32 Thunbergia grandiflora thun BER jee uh gran dih FLOR uh Native to India, China, Thailand, Vietnam Honors Carl Peter Thunberg ( ), a student of Linnaeus Grandis=great, flora=flower Leaves: cordate, margins irregularly, coarsely serrate Flowers: Blue, trumpet shaped, tubular (3 ), yellow corolla tube; appearing singly or in racemes on drooping branches; fruit capsule Form: climbing, flowering vine to tall Type: Perennial Cold hardy to 25 F, root hardy to 18 F Full sun to part shade Use: trellis, arbors, fences, baskets Extensive tuberous root system T. battiscombi Blue Clock Vine (smaller and less rampant)

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34 Verbena (Verbenaceae) Verbena Superbena Large Lilac Blue

35 Verbena Ver BEE nah Parents V. peruvuiana, V. phlogiflora, V. incisa, and V. teucroides are native to South America Latin name for the foliage of ceremonial or medicinal plants Leaves: opposite, simple, crenateirregular, deltoid Flowers: salverform flowers arranged on corymbs, 5 petaled Form: low trailing to 6 9 tall, 1 2 wide PW USBENAL11 Continuous Bloomer Product of planned breeding program in Japan for disease resistance and high temperature tolerance, released in 2003 Type: tender perennial Cold hardiness to Zone 8 Full sun Heat, drought, Use: hanging baskets, window boxes, bedding plant, rock gardens Superbenas powdery mildew resistant, available in Blue Purple, Burgundy, Coral Red, Dark Blue, Large Lilac Blue, Pink Shades, and Purple (sterile cultivars) Glandularia canadensis, G. tampensis and G. maritima FL natives

36 Superbena Large Lilac Blue

37 Spring 2017 Instructors: Sandy Wilson Bart Schutzman Teaching Assistant: Ray Odeh