We all know annuals and tropicals with "extrovert personalities." They stop us dead in our tracks, they are hot items in the garden center, and they bring flavor and spice to our landscapes that few other plants can. Want to meet a few more?!? Then come to this session where Jared will introduce you to plants that are great on the bench and in the soil. While the plants featured in this talk are very "outgoing" (that is to say less hardy or shorter lived), you'll warm up to them when you see the creative ways they can be used.

1. Plant Extroverts!
Alluring Annuals and Tantalizing Tropicals
Jared Barnes, Ph.D.
Stephen F. Austin State University
A talk for
2015 Great Lakes
Trade Expo

4. MAD LIBS

5. The trees __________ in
the gentle breeze.
MAD LIBS

6. OUTGOING!

7. ENERGETIC!

8. COLORFUL!

9. MINGLE!

10. The Elephants in the Room

11. ‘Lime Zinger’ Xanthosoma aurea
(elephant ear)

12. ‘Diamond Head’
Colocasia esculenta
(elephant ear)

13. ‘Coffee Cups’
Colocasia sp.
(elephant ear)

14. ‘Mojito’
Colocasia esculenta
(elephant ear)

15. ‘Mojito’
Colocasia esculenta
(elephant ear)

16. ‘Thailand Giant’
Colocasia gigantea
(giant elephant ear)

17. ‘Thailand Giant’
Colocasia gigantea
(elephant ear)

18. ‘Thailand Giant’
Colocasia gigantea
(elephant ear)

19. Delicious Personalities

20. ‘Crispum’
Petroselinum crispum
(parsley)

21. ‘Crispum’
Petroselinum crispum
(parsley)

22. Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

23. ‘Sweet ‘n’ Neat’ Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

24. ‘Indigo Rose’
Solanum lycopersicum
(tomato)

25. ‘Black Pearl’
Capsicum annuum (pepper)

26. ‘Black Pearl’
Capsicum annuum (pepper)

27. ‘Fish’
Capsicum annuum (pepper)

28. ‘Chilly Chili’
Capsicum annuum
(pepper)

29. ‘Bright Lights’
Beta vulgaris (Swiss chard)

32. ‘Kaleidoscope Mix’
Brassica oleracea
(Flower Sprouts® kale)

33. ‘Kaleidoscope Mix’
Brassica oleracea
(Flower Sprouts® kale)

34. ‘Kaleidoscope Mix’
Brassica oleracea
(Flower Sprouts® kale)

35. The Well Dressed

36. Cissus discolor
(rex begonia vine)

37. ‘Hoffman’s’ Acalypha wilkesiana (copperleaf)

38. ‘Macrophylla’
Acalypha wilkesiana
(copperleaf)

39. ‘Jungle Cloak’
Acalypha wilkesiana
(copperleaf)

40. Melianthus major (honey bush)

41. Euphorbia cotinifolia (Caribbean copper plant)

42. ‘Variegata’
Manihot esculenta
(tapioca)

43. ‘Variegata’
Manihot esculenta
(tapioca)

44. ‘Variegata’
Manihot esculenta
(tapioca)

45. ‘Tiger Fern’ Nephrolepis exaltata (Boston fern)

46. ‘Tiger Fern’ Nephrolepis exaltata (Boston fern)

47. ‘Rita’s Gold’
Nephrolepis exaltata
(Boston fern)

48. ‘Burgundy’ Ficus elastica (rubber plant)

49. ‘Variegata’
Ficus elastica
(rubber plant)

50. ‘Mammy’
Codiaeum sp.
(croton)

51. ‘Petra’
Codiaeum sp.
(croton)

52. Kalanchoe prolifera (blooming boxes)

53. Goin’ Bananas

54. ‘Rojo’ Musa acuminata
(banana)

55. ‘Rojo’ Musa acuminata
(banana)

56. ‘Siam Ruby’
Musa (banana)

57. Musella lasiocarpa
(Chinese yellow banana)

58. Musella lasiocarpa
(Chinese yellow banana)

59. These Plants Aren’t Wallflowers!

60. Cerinthe major
(honeywort)

63. Papaver somniferum (opium poppy)

64. Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist)

65. Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist)

66. Nicotiana langsdorffii (lime tobacco)

69. ‘Fresh Look Red’
Celosia argentea (celosia)

70. ‘Zowie! Yellow Flame’
Zinnia elegans (zinnia)

71. ‘Archangel Raspberry Improved’
Angelonia angustifolia
(angelonia)

72. ‘Cupcake Yellow Chrome’
Portulaca grandiflora
(moss rose)

73. ‘Denver Daisy’
Rudbeckia hirta
(black-eyed susan)

74. ‘Cherry Brandy’ Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed susan)

75. ‘Fireworks’ Gomphrena globosa (globe amaranth)

76. ‘Fireworks’ Gomphrena globosa (globe amaranth)

77. ‘White Velour’ Salvia leucantha
(Mexican bush sage)

78. ‘Red Neck Girl’
Salvia madrensis
(forsythia sage)

79. ‘Golden Delicious’
Salvia elegans
(pineapple sage)

80. ‘Amistad’ Salvia
(hybrid salvia)

81. ‘Amistad’ Salvia
(hybrid salvia)

82. Tropical Extroverts

83. Erythrina crista-galli
(cockscomb coral tree)

84. Erythrina variegata
(coral tree var. variegata)

85. Cassia didymobotrya
(popcorn cassia)

86. Calotropis gigantea (crown flower)

87. • (crape
myrtle)
Black Diamond™ Crimson Red Lagerstroemia
(crape myrtle)

88. • (crape
myrtle)
Black Diamond™ Crimson Red Lagerstroemia
(crape myrtle)

89. • (crape
myrtle)
Black Diamond™ Crimson Red Lagerstroemia
(crape myrtle)

90. Gregarious Grasses &
Grass-like Plants

91. ‘Vertigo’
Pennisetum purpureum
(purple fountain grass)

92. ‘Vertigo’
Pennisetum purpureum
(purple fountain grass)

93. ‘Black Madras’ Oryza sativa
(Rice)

94. Cyperus papyrus (papyrus)

95. Benevolent Vines

96. Thunbergia grandiflora
(sky vine)

99. Lablab purpureus (hyacinth bean)

100. Aristolochia gigantea (giant dutchman’s pipe)

101. Aristolochia gigantea
(giant dutchman’s pipe)

102. Passiflora coccinea
(red passion flower)

103. ‘Rothschildiana’
Gloriosa superba
(Gloriosa lily)

104. PLANT EXTROVERTS!

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106. Cul/va/ng
Gardeners
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Gardeners
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109. Stephen
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110. Stephen
F.
Aus4n
State
University