Transcript Flower Color - The City of Grand Prairie Parks and Recreation Home

GOING NATIVE
Presented by
Susan J. Henson,
Horticulturist
City of Grand Prairie
Parks and Recreation
Department
972-237-8102, [email protected]
Success is dependent on:
Planning the landscape
Proper soil preparation
Correct plant selection
Proper spacing and planting
Appropriate maintenance
Follow these simple steps and
you too can have a Native or
Everlasting landscape!
Steps to a Great Native Garden
Proper plant selection
Mature size
Color
Requirements
Light
Water
Soil
Proper Plant Selection
Disease or Pest problems
Maintenance Requirements
Bed Preparation
Soil Test
Soil Amendments
Nutrients
Mulch
Propagation:
Seed, Division
Flower Color:
White, Rose,
Yellow
Flowering
Season: Summer
Achilles species
Yarrow
Height: 1’
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
White
Flowering
Season: Summer
Allium species
Garlic, Chives
Height: 1’
Propagation:
Seed,Division
Flower Color:
Yellow
Flowering
Season: Spring
Height: 18”
Aquilegia chrysantha
Hinckleyana
Hinckley’s Columbine
Propagation:
Seed, Division
Flower Color: Red,
Yellow Blend
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 2’
Aquilegia canadensis
Columbine
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color: Gray
Foliage
Flowering Season:
only grey foliage
Height: 2’ - 3’
Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’
Artemisia
Propagation:
Seed
Flower Color:
Yellow, Red
Flowering
Season: Summer
Height: 2’
Ascelepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
Propagation:
Cuttings,Division
Flower Color:
Lavender
Flowering
Season: Fall
Height: 3”
Aster oblongifolius
Fall Aster
Propagation:
Division, Cuttings
Flower Color:
Yellow and Redbrown
Flowering
Season:
Summer, Fall
Beloperone guttata
Shrimp Plant
Height: 3’
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Purple, White
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 1’ - 2’
Bletilla striata
Chinese Ground Orchid
Propagation:
Division, Tubers
Flower Color:
Yellow, Red, Pink,
Salmon
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 2’ - 4’
Canna X generalis
Garden Canna
Propagation:
Seed, Division
Flower Color:
White
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 3’
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Ox-eye Daisy
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color:
Many
Flowering Season:
Fall
Height: 3’
Chrysanthemum species
Garden Mums
Propagation: Seed,
Division
Flower Color: Yellow
Season Flowering :
Late Spring, Summer
Height: 2’ – 3’
Coreopsis grandiflora
Tickseed Coreopsis
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
White, Rose, Pink
and Striped
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Crinum species
Milk and Wine Lily
Height: 2’ – 4’
Propagation:
Division (corms)
Flower Color:
Orange-Red
Flowering Season:
Early Summer
Height: 2’ - 3’
Crocosmia pottsii
Montbretia
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color: Red,
Yellow
Flowering Season:
Summer, Fall
Height: 3’ - 4’
Cuphea micropetala
Cigar Plant
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color:
Many
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 1’
Dianthus species
Perennial Pink
Propagation: Seed,
Division
Flower Color: Purple
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer, Fall
Height: 18”
Echinacea angustifolia
Purple Cone Flower
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Lavender-Blue
Flowering Season:
Summer, Fall
Height: 3’
Eupatorium coelestinum
Perennial Ageratum
Propagation:
Seed, Division
Flower Color: RedYellow
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Height: 18”
Gillardia species
Indian Blanket
Propagation: Seed,
Division
Flower Color:
White
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Height: 2’
Gaura lindheimeri
Gaura
Propagation:
Tissue Culture,
Seed
Flower Color:
Many
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Gerbera species
Height: 2’
Gerbera (Transvaal Daisy)
Propagation:
Division (corms)
Flower Color:
Purple, White
Flowering Season:
Summer
Height - 3’
Gladiolus byzantinus
Corn Flag
Propagation:
Seed, Division
Flower Color:
Yellow
Flowering
Season: Late
Summer, Fall
Height: 3’ - 4’
Helianthus maximiliani
Maximilian Sunflower
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Many
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer
Height: 1’ - 3’
Hemerocallis
Day Lily
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
White, Lavender
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer
Height: 1’ - 3’
Hosta species
Plaintain Lily
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Light Blue, White
Flowering
Season: Spring
Height: 6”
Ipheian uniflorum
Spring Star Flower
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color: Many
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 1’ - 3’
Iris, Bearded
Bearded Iris
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Many
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 1’ - 3’
Iris, Dutch
Dutch Iris
Propagation:
Division, Seed
Flower Color:
Many
Flowering
Season: Spring
Height: 3’
Iris, Louisiana
Louisiana Iris
Propagation:
Division, Seed,
Cuttings
Flower Color:
many
Flowering
Season: Spring,
Summer, Fall
Height: 1’ - 2’
Lantana montevidensis
Trailing Lantana
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Coral-red, White,
Yellow
Flowering
Season: Fall
Height: 1’
Lycoris radiata
Red Spider Lily
Propagation:
Seed, Division
Flower Color:
Lavender-pink
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Height: 2’ - 3’
Lythrum salicaria
Purple Loosestrife
Propagation:
Seed, Cuttings
Flower Color: Red
Flowering
Season: Spring,
Summer, Fall
Height: 3’ - 4’
Malvaviscus drummondii
Turk’s Cap
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color: ---Flowering Season: ---------------------------Height: 1’
Mentha piperita
Peppermint
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Yellow, White
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 1’
Narcissus species
Daffodils & Narcissus
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer
Height: 8” - 10”
Oxalis crassipes
Oxalis
Propagation:
Cuttings, Seeds
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Height: 3’ - 4’
Pavonia lasiopetala
Rock Rose
Propagation: Seed,
Division
Flower Color:
Lavender
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 2’
Pensetemon cobaea
Wild Foxglove
Propagation:
Division, Cuttings
Flower Color:
Purple
Flowering
Season: Summer
Height: 1’ - 2’
Phlox divaricata
LA. Phlox
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color:
Lavender, Pink,
White
Flowering
Season: Summer
Height: 2’
Phlox paniculata
Perennial Phlox
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color;
Lavender-pink
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 1’ - 2’
Phlox pilosa
Prairie Phlox
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering Season:
Spring
Height: 8” - 10”
Phlox subulata
Thrift, Moss Pink
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Lavender, White
Flowering Season:
Summer
Height: 3’
Physostegia virginiana
Obedient Plant
Propagation:
Seed,Division
Flower Color: Blue,
White
Flowering Season:
Summer, Fall
Height: 3’
Plumbago aruriculata
Blue Plumbago
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color: Dark
Red
Flowering Season:
Fall
Height: 1’
Rhodophiala bifida
Oxblood Lily
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color: Blue
Flowering Season:
Summer, Fall
Height: 1’ - 4’
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary
Propagation: Seed,
Division
Flower Color: Blue,
White, Purple
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Salvia farinacea
Mealy Cup Sage
Height: 3’
Propagation: Cutting,
Seed
Flower Color: White
Yellowish, Purple Rose
Flowering Season:
White, Red, Pink
Height: 2’ - 3’
Salvia Greggii
Autumn Sage
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
White, yellowish,
Purple, Rose
Flowering
Season: Summer
Symphytum officinale
Comfery
Height: 3’
Propagation:
Cuttings, Division
Flower Color:
Yellow
Flowering Season:
Summer, Fall
Heights: 2’
Tagetes lucidia
Mexican Marigold-Mint
Propagation:
Cutting, Division
Flower Color: -------------------Flowering Season: ------------Height: 6”
Thymus vulgaris
Common Thyme
Propagation: Seed,
Division
Flower Color:
Many
Flowering Season:
Spring, Summer,
Fall
Verbena hybrida
Verbena
Height: 6’ - 1’
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Purple
Flowering Season:
Winter, Spring
Height: 6” - 8”
Viola odorata
Sweet Violet
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color: White
Flowering Season:
Summer
Height: 1’
Zephyranthes candida
White Rain Lily
Propagation:
Division
Flower Color:
Pink
Flowering
Season: Summer
Height: 1’
Zephyranthes grandiflora
Pink Rain Lily
Websites for Gardening
Information:
www.txsmartscape.com
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu
www.tbufc.org
www.arborday.org
www.treesaregood.com
www.GrandFunGP.com
www.ctufc.org
http://charleytaylorgarden.blogspot.com