Nursery and Landscape #6: Landscape Plants

Typically perennial shrubs that stay green throughout the year except those that die back in a freeze and grow back from their roots. Planted for their green leaves, pretty flowers, interesting shapes or berries. Double value if they attract and feed wildlife!

• bedding plants
• feed crops
• landscpe plants

• food crops

Landscape/perennial shrub with evergreen leaves and beautiful fragrant white flowers in the Spring.

• Gardenia
• Petunia
• Geranium
• Azalea

Landscape/perennial shrub with evergreen leaves and HUGE white, orange, pink, or red flowers with a long stamen poking out the middle. The petal edges are frilly. Dies back with a freeze but returns from the roots.

• Marigold
• Geranium
• Hibiscus
• Coleus

Landscape/perennial shrub with evergreen leaves and stems tipped with white, pink, or red flowers in the Spring. They are toxic to people and animals (i.e. "deadly dagger" leaves).

• Geranium
• Coleus
• Oleander
• Azalea

Landscape/perennial shrub with evergreen leaves in South Florida, and yellow veined leaves of different colors.

• Azalea
• Marigold
• Croton
• Coleus

Landscape/perennial VINE with evergreen leaves in Zones 9, 10 and greater, but annual in North Florida. Can have profuse white, purple, pink, or red flowers in the Spring.

• Bougainvillea
• Gardenia
• Azalea
• Oleander

Landscape/perennial shrub with shiny evergreen leaves with spikes on their tips and red berries in the winter.

• Dwarf Burford Holly
• Azalea
• Wax Begonia
• Marigold

Landscape/perennial shrub with evergreen leaves and profuse white, purple, pink, or red flowers in the Spring. The underside of the leaves is fuzzy and brown. They are poisonous to bees.

• Coleus
• Azalea
• Gardenia
• Croton

Name this flower:

• oleander
• snap dragon
• geranium
• hibiscus

Name this flower:

• Oleander

• Azalea

• Bougainvillea
• Hibiscus