Marigold
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Origin: South AmericaArgentina and New Mexico
Use: Bedding plants, pot
culture, edging, cut flowers
Height: 6 inches to 4 feet
Flowers: Orange, yellow,
mixed, red, cream and
maroon; rounded or flat
heads
Foliage: Lacy, feather-like,
finely dissected, opposite,
often pungent odor
Cosmo
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Grow to 3-6 feet tall.
The leaves are simple,
pinnate, or bi-pinnate, and
are arranged in opposite
pairs.
The word Cosmos is
derived from the Greek
“balanced universe.”
Solid pink, white, maroon,
and pink with deep pink
flares.
Fern
World’s oldest living things
(even older than the
dinosaurs) dating from 300
million years ago
 Approximately 10,500
species
 Size varies from the smallest
specimen, the wall rue (56cm or 2-3in), to the tree
ferns from New Zealand that
can reach heights of thirty
feet or ten meters high!
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Zinnia
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originated in Mexico and
therefore, likes a arm-hot
climate.
leaves are lance-shaped and
sandpaper like in texture.
height ranges from 15 cm to 1
meter.
yellow, orange, white, red,
rose, pink, purple, lilac and
multi-colored blooms.
stems that bear opposite leaves
and terminal flower heads.
English Ivy
attach to the bark of trees, brickwork,
and other surfaces by way of
numerous, small root-like structures,
which exude a glue-like substance.
 Leaves are dark green, waxy,
somewhat leathery, and are arranged
alternately along the stem.
 recognized leaf forms, the most
common being a 3-lobed leaf with a
heart-shaped base.
 first introduced to the US by
European immigrants and is widely
sold as an ornamental plant for
landscapes throughout the US.
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Iron Cross
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Common Name: Oxalis Iron
Cross, Good Luck Plant
Exposure: Full sun to light
shade
Height:10"-12"
Rosy pink flowers and
foliage with purple crossshaped markings
Flowers in 10-12 weeks from
planting
Snake plant
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50 species variously known as
bowstring hemp, snake plant,
and leopard lily, native primarily
to tropical Africa.
short, thick roots and long,
narrow basal leaves that stand
erect.
Many species have waterresistant leaf fibers that are
used in the manufacture of
ropes and for bowstrings.
Aloe Vera
Latin name for the plant that
goes by several other names
including burn plant,
elephant's gall and lily of the
desert.
 The earliest record of this
native plant dates back
thousands of years in
ancient Egyptian.
 The aloe plant has long
green stems that grow up to
one foot long. The stems
have gray spots and soft,
tiny teeth on the edges.
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Christmas
Cactus
evolved in the last 30 to 40
million years ago.
 The flowers are available in
a wide variety of colors
including red, purple,
orange, pink, fuschia,
cream, etc.
 The green, flattened, leaflike structures that make up
the majority of a Christmas
Cactus are actually
modified stem segments
called cladodes.
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Blue Salvia
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feathery foliage and a
profusion of plume-like
flower spikes made up of
unusual upside-down,
blue flowers in late
spring
Native to Eastern
Europe, this wildflower
Salvia is easily grown in
any well-drained soil.