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Anemone is a bedding plant available from October to May that features bold, darkly colored petals surrounding a solid black center. It prefers cooler temperatures and phototropism, bending toward light. Anemone makes a dramatic statement when used in massed bunches as a small mass flower and nice specimen plant with a longevity of 3-7 days. Bedding plants are annuals planted outdoors in large numbers and masses for visual impact, with common types including geraniums, begonias, marigolds, impatiens, and pansies. When arranging, it is important to stagger the plants, provide the right exposure with sun or shade preferences, and plant at soil level after carefully removing from cell
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This document provides information on the characteristics and properties of 6 different flower types: hyacinth, narcissus (daffodil), paperwhite, tuberose, tulip, and types of tulips. It describes their availability periods, colors, fragrances, sizes, longevity as cut or potted flowers, and selling information like cost and whether sold individually or in bunches.
Landscaping Unit Plants
This document provides information on several plant species including:
- Japanese Barberry, a deciduous shrub with purple leaves and red berries in fall that grows 3-6 feet tall and looks like red boxwood.
- Boxwoods, broadleaf evergreen shrubs that are commonly pruned and planted formally in full sun to part shade.
- Winged Euonymus, a deciduous shrub also called Burning Bush, that has brilliant red fall foliage and grows 5-6 feet tall and wide.
Christmas trees
This document compares four types of Christmas trees: White Pine, Fraser Fir, Blue Spruce, and Scotch Pine. It provides details on the plant type, hardiness zones, size, growth needs, forms, uses, and advantages and disadvantages of each tree for use as a Christmas tree. The White Pine has a nice shape and good needle retention but no aroma. The Fraser Fir has a lovely form and nice scent but is more expensive. The Blue Spruce has attractive blue foliage but is very prickly. The Scotch Pine has excellent needle retention and resist drying out. Videos also demonstrate traditional and mechanized methods for shearing Christmas trees.
Wedding unit flowers
This document provides information on 10 types of flowers that are commonly used for wedding unit flowers: Freesia, Gardenia, Heather, Lily of the Valley, Lisianthus, Peony, Sweet Pea, and Stephanotis. For each flower, it lists availability, color, characteristics, longevity when cut, how it is sold, and price. The flowers are suitable for bridal work and have various forms, fragrances, and textures that make them good options for wedding arrangements and designs.
Marketing unit flowers
This document provides information on several flowers that are available for marketing from fall semester through the marketing unit, including Amaryllis, Bupleurum, Curly Willow, Dusty Miller, Magnolia, Matsumuto Aster, Scabiosa, and Veronica Spike Speedwell. For each flower, details are given on genus, availability, color, description, longevity, how they are sold, and price. The flowers can be used individually or combined in arrangements, providing filler, accent, or mass elements.
Funeral everlasting unit flowers
This document provides information on the characteristics, uses, availability, longevity and pricing of various floral materials including Galax leaves, Florist's Emerald leaves, Seeded and Unseeded Eucalyptus, Lotus Pods, Wheat, Straw Flowers, and Oak leaves. It describes their colors, sizes, textures, fragrances, and applications in floral arrangements. Most are available year-round and can last 2-3 weeks or are long lasting. They are sold in bunches or by stem and cost between $2-8 per bunch.
Ipm unit plants
This document provides information on several plants commonly used in integrated pest management including their plant type, hardiness zone, size, sunlight and moisture requirements, bloom time and color, uses in landscaping, and other key details. It includes profiles of dogwood, hosta, knockout rose, foxglove, forsythia, English ivy, goldenrod, and redbud.
Botany unit plants
This document provides information about 10 different plant varieties: Butterfly Bush, Daylily, Dusty Miller, Garden Geranium, True Geranium, Heuchera, Ornamental Grass, Pansy, Salvia, and Sedum. It describes each plant's growth habits, hardiness zones, sunlight requirements, flowering characteristics, and landscaping uses. Butterfly Bush attracts butterflies with lavender or pink blooms in summer. Daylilies come in many colors and varieties and bloom all summer. Dusty Miller is grown for its silvery foliage and used in borders and containers.
Intro week plants
This document provides information on 4 plants: sunflower, calendula, joe pye weed, and dragon tree. Sunflowers are annuals that grow 4-10 feet tall, attract bees and birds, and self-sow. Calendula are annual herbs 12-24 inches tall that bloom yellow or orange in spring and fall. Joe pye weed is a perennial that grows 4-6 feet tall, blooms purple or white in early fall, and attracts butterflies. Dragon tree is a 10 foot tall indoor foliage plant that prefers bright indirect light and moist soil.
Basics of FD1 flowers
1. The document provides information on various types of flowers including roses, gerberas, chrysanthemums, carnations, delphiniums, wax flowers, tree ferns, sweetheart roses, ivy, and irises.
2. It describes each flower's genus, availability, color, longevity, and how it is sold.
3. The flowers range from small filler flowers to large mass flowers, and each has unique characteristics that make them suitable for different floral design techniques.
Intro week flowers
This document provides information about several types of flowers commonly used for introductory floral design workshops, including standard carnations, roses, baby's breath, baker's fern, and alstroemeria. For each flower, details are given on availability, color, characteristics, design applications, longevity, and pricing. The flowers discussed vary in size from small filler flowers like baby's breath to larger statement flowers such as roses and carnations. Information on genus name, color options, drying properties, and wholesale pricing is provided to help floral designers select appropriate flowers for their introductory projects.
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