Herbaceous Plants 510-1

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1 Herbaceus Plants 510-1

2 Learning Objectives At the end f this unit, the student will be able t: Select plants fr different garden situatins. Describe Clrad Ec-regins fund in their area. Describe factrs that influence micrclimates. Describe methds t create and explit micrclimates. Interpret catalg and plant label descriptins, as they relate t Life cycles. Expsure. Irrigatin requirements. Drught tlerance. Sil requirements. List ther selectin cnsideratins related t Right Plant, Right Place. Describe clues t verly well-adapted plants in relatin t Clrad nxius weeds. Curriculum develped by Irene Shnle, PhD, and Linda McMulkin with Laurel Ptts, Darrin Parmenter, and David Whiting, CSU Extensin. Clrad Master Gardener Training is made pssible, in part, by a grant frm the Clrad Garden Shw, Inc. Clrad State University, U.S. Department f Agriculture and Clrad cunties cperating. Extensin prgrams are available t all withut discriminatin. N endrsement f prducts named is intended, nr is criticism implied f prducts nt mentined. Cpyright Clrad Master Gardener Prgram, Clrad State University Extensin. All Rights Reserved. Revised January

3 Reading / Reference Bks Annuals fr Cnnisseurs, Wayne Winterrwd, Prentice Hall, 1992 Best Perennials fr the Rcky Muntains & High Plains, Celia Tannehill and James E. Klett, Wrd Press, 2002 Encyclpedia f Perennials: A Gardener s Guide, Christpher Wds, Facts n File, 1992 Gardening in the Muntain West, Barbara Hyde, Jhnsn Printing, 1999 Hardy Herbaceus Perennials, Le Jelitt and William Schacht, Timber Press, 1990 Illustrated Encyclpedia f Perennials, Ellen Phillips and C. Clstn Burrell, Rdale Press, 2004 Rdale s Flwer Garden Prblem Slver, Jeff Ball, Rdale Press, 1995 Sunset Western Garden Bk, 7 th Editin, Sunset Publishing The Perennial Garden : Clr Harmnies Thrugh the Seasns, Jeff and Marilyn Cx, Rdale Press, 1985 Tugh Plants fr Tugh Places, Peter Lewer, Rdale Press, 1992 Waterwise Landscaping, Jim Knpf, Chamisa Bks Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques, Tracy Disabat-Aust and Steven M. Still, Timber Press Inc., 1998 Xeriscape Clrad, Cnnie Ellefsn and David Winger, Westcliffe Publishers Xeriscape Plant Guide, Denver Water, Fulcrum Publishing Web Based CMG GardenNtes (available at Herbaceus Plants: References and Study Questins, #510 Clrad Plant Ecsystem, #511 Herbaceus Plants: Right Plant, Right Place, #512 Herbaceus Plants: Wrksheet, #513 Herbaceus Plants: Hmewrk, #514 Managing Sil Tilth, #213 Mulching with Wd/Bark Chips, Grass Clippings, and Rck, #216 Native Grasses Fr Clrad Landscapes, #571 Native Plant References, #572 Sil Amendments, #213 CSU Extensin Fact Sheets (available at Chsing a Sil Amendment, #7.235 Fall and Winter Watering, #7.211 Fall-Planted Bulbs and Crms, #7.410 Flwers fr Muntain Cmmunities, #7.406 Grund Cver Plants, #7.400 Grund Cvers fr Muntain Cmmunities, #7.413 Herbaceus Perennials, #7.405 Mulches fr Hme Grunds, #7.214 Native Herbaceus Perennials fr Clrad Landscapes, #7.242 Ornamental Grasses, #7.232 Perennial Gardening, #

4 Rck Garden Plants, #7.401 Sil, Water and Plant Testing, #0.507 Sil: The Key t Successful Gardening, #7.222 Spring-Planted Bulbs, Crms and Rts, #7.411 Wildflwers in Clrad, #7.233 Xeriscaping: Garden Flwers, #7.231 Xeriscaping: Grund Cver Plants, #7.230 Xeriscaping: Retrfit Yur Yard, #7.234 Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping, #7.228 Clrad Garden Shw, Inc at PlantTalk Clrad scripts at

5 Review Questins Climate and Micrclimate 1. Describe Clrad Ecregins fund in yur area f the state. 2. What parameters is the USDA Hardiness Zne based n? 3. What is the hardiness zne f yur regin? Hw well des it describe yur wn garden situatin? Why may it be different? 4. List six factrs that can influence hardiness. 5. Describe a situatin in the landscape where yu may have a heat-tlerant lcatin. 6. Define micrclimate. 7. Describe hw micrclimates can be influenced by the fllwing situatins. a. Elevatin b. Aspect c. Hills and valleys d. Rcks e. Structures f. Bdies f water 8. Describe techniques t create and explit micrclimates. 9. What are the advantages and disadvantages f gardening at higher elevatins? 10. Yu have fur sides f yur huse nrth, suth, east, and west describe what types f plants r the type f grwing cnditins that wuld wrk best n each side: 11. Describe hw a windbreak in yur lcatin culd wrk t yur advantage r disadvantage. 12. Describe the micrclimates arund yur hme landscape. Interpreting Plant Descriptins 13. Describe what makes a well-defined (cmplete) plant descriptin in a catalg and a prly-defined (incmplete) plant descriptin. 14. What attributes define the fur different life cycles? a. Annual b. Biennial c. Perennial d. Bulbs, crms, and tubers 15. What are the benefits f having annuals, biennials, and perennials in yur garden? Give ne example fr each life cycle. 16. List the five different expsure situatins and discuss challenges assciated with grwing plants in each situatin

6 17. Describe different hydrznes assciated with residential landscapes? 18. Explain cmmn mis-understandings related t xeriscaping. 19. What makes a plant drught tlerant? 20. Plants that can be defined as xeric may have adaptatins t their leaf structure that make them mre drught tlerant. After each adaptatin, describe why it wuld assist the plant in its drught tlerance: a. Thick b. Waxy c. Fleshy d. Hairy e. Light-clred f. Small and narrw 21. What defines a wdsy r wdland sil? 22. What ecsystems/climates/lcatins in Clrad culd fit in the descriptin f having a sil that wuld have a wdsy r wdland sil? 23. Define rdinary sils. 24. Given yur preference fr time f year flwering, what type f plants (annuals, biennials, perennials, and bulbs, crms, and tubers) wuld be yur primary chice f plants in yur garden? 25. Hrticulturally speaking, what is resistance? 26. What are the parameters that define wildlife resistant plants? 27. Give three examples f plants that yu believe have attractive r cntrasting fliage. Eclgical Adaptatin 29. What are characteristics f the ideal Clrad plant? Which f these characteristics are applicable in yur area? 30. Give five attributes that make a plant adaptable t many f Clrad s grwing areas. 31. Of these five attributes, can any f them als be attributes that culd make the plants aggressive r invasive? 32. Define the fllwing terms in regard t plant ppulatins: a. Aggressive b. Invasive c. Native d. Alien 510-6