Horticulture Chapter 3 Woody Ornamentals

1. The IAH Manual states that when selecting plants, one should consider aesthetics, adaptation, ________, maintenance, and cost.

• Function

• landscape

• native

• adaptable

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Most people want their landscape to be _____ __________

• function free

• pretty flowers

• Low Maintenance

• tree free

In the plant name Viburnum xjuddii, the x indicates that the plant is a hybrid of others.

• True

• False

Plants that grow in natural populations in North America are said to be _____________________.

• free

• low maintenance

• hybrid

• native

The _________ ________ of a plant would include the time, color and duration of blooms, the size, color and duration of fruit, as well as other ornamental characteristics.

• care requirements

• seasonal interest

• partial shade

• initial cost

There are very few plants that have limitations, weaknesses, or special

requirements that need to be considered as related to landscape usage.

• True

• False

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Tall fescue will out-perform perennial ryegrass in a non-irrigated lawn.

• True

• False

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In diagnosing a plant disorder, symptoms are the plant’s response to

damage, while signs are the presence of the actual organism of evidence directly

related to it.

• True

• False

The number of cultivars for each species could be categorized as none, limited or

many.

• True

• False

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Ornamental grasses do not require extensive soil preparation for healthy

growth.

• True

• False

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