Flower ID Test #3 Practice

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Cut Flower

Vase Life: 7-14 days

Availability: Fall, Winter, Spring

Colors: Pink Purple, Red, White

Bell shaped flowers in dense clusters

• Spring Heather
• Hen and Chickens
• Devil’s Ivy
• False Aralia
• Blue Whistle

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Cut Flowers

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Availability: summer – fall

Colors: Blue, ranges from blue-green to bluish grey

Often has spines on stems

Related to Queen Anne’s Lace

Dries well

• Blue Thistle
• Hen and Chickens
• Devil’s Ivy
• False Aralia
• Blue Whistle

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Potted plant

Availability: Year Round

Easy to grow

Glossy green leaves

The more color variation on leaves the more chill sensitive the plant

• Devil’s Ivy
• Golden Pothos
• Hen and Chickens
• False Aralia
• Blue Whistle

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Potted plant

Availability: Year Round

Loves light

Helps purify the air

Stiff ribbon like leaves that are green with red around edge or margin of leaves

• Red Margin Dracaena
• Hen and Chickens
• Devil’s Ivy
• False Aralia
• Blue Whistle

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Succulent plant

Easy to grow

Rarely needs watering

Chicks can be pulled off “mom” and planted in new location

• Hen and Chickens
• Devil’s Ivy
• False Aralia
• Blue Whistle
• Spring Heather

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Potted plant

Availability: Winter

Color: Bracts are red, white, pink,  or off-white

Bracts are modified leaves, which are below the actual flowers

Flowers are small and are yellow or white

• Poinsettia
• Crown of Thorns
• Crying Fig
• Eucalyptus
• Ecuador

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Foliage

Vase Life: 20 days to several weeks

Availability: year round

Leaves are circular and are close to stem

Fragrant

Can be used fresh or dried

Two main types: Seeded and Silver Dollar

• Eucalyptus
• Crown of Thorns
• Crying Fig
• Ecuador
• Solidago

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Cut flower

Vase Life: 10-14 days

Availability: Year Round

Color: White, Pink,  purple,  red, blue

5-6 flowers per stem

Commonly used in boutonnieres and corsages

• Lisianthus
• Crown of Thorns
• Crying Fig
• Eucalyptus
• Ecuador

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Potted Plant

Availability: Year Round

Broken leaves and stems emit a white latex that is messy for people

Broad shiny leaves

• Benjamin Fig
• Weeping Fig
• Crown of Thorns
• Crying Fig
• Eucalyptus

Identify the plant or flower in the picture by its common name using these facts: Potted Plants

Availability: Year Round

Color: Red, yellow, orange, pink

Round leaves

Thorns on stems

Flowers occur in pairs

• Crown of Thorns
• Crying Fig
• Eucalyptus
• Ecuador
• Solidago