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Colorful Spring Plants: Ajuga, Canna, Chrysanthemum, Ivy

Discover the beauty of Ajuga, Canna, Chrysanthemum, and Ivy for your garden. From vibrant blooms to lush foliage, these plants add color and texture to your landscape. Find out more about their care and characteristics here!

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Colorful Spring Plants: Ajuga, Canna, Chrysanthemum, Ivy

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  1. Plant ID Week 9 Hort. I Spring

  2. Ajuga reptans • Common name: Ajuga or Bugleweed

  3. Hardiness: USDA zone 3-9 • Sunlight: Shade to part shade to sun • Bloomtime: Early Spring • Bloom Color: Shades of Blue • Leaf Color: Bronzes, Greens, Multicolor • Planting Apart: 18" centers

  4. Will Grow: 24-48" wide  • Height: Leaves to 3-4 inches, flower to 12-inches on larger varieties • Use: Ground Cover • Special Note: This is a fast-growingplant

  5. Canna X generalis • Common: Canna • Looks like a banana Tree without the trunk. • These are great flowers for a wet area.

  6. native to the southeastern U.S. and Central America • Light: Cannas prefer sun, but will grow in partial shade. • Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-12. • Propagation: Cannas are easy to propagate by dividing off pieces of the rhizomes.

  7. Chrysanthemum moriflorum or DENDRANTHEMA X GRANDIFLORA • Common Name: Florist or Garden Mum • Family: Compositae • Native: Orient

  8. Life Cycle: Perennial, but grown as an annual • Classification: Bedding Plant/Cut Flower • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Elliptical • Leaf Margin: Lobed • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Type: Simple

  9. Flower: Fall bloom (can be forced at any time) In all colors but blue • Environment: Sun • Growth: Medium • Zones: 5-10

  10. PLANT • Height 12” - to 36” • Width 16” - to 36” • Upright/Spreading • Varies depending on cultivar

  11. USE • Bedding • Cut flower • Potted plants

  12. DESCRIPTION • Leaves are lobed • Stem is herbaceous • 100’s of types and cultivars • Short Day plant: reason for blooming in the Fall months around Halloween

  13. CHRYSANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM • Common Name: Shasta Daisy • Family: Compositae • Native: Pyrenees

  14. Life Cycle: Herbaceous • Classification: Bedding Plant/Cut Flower • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Spatulate • Leaf Margin: Serrated • Vein Pattern: Pinnate • Type: Simple

  15. Flower: • Summer (June - August) • White with yellow center • Environment: Sun • Growth: Medium • Zones: 5-9

  16. DESCRIPTION • Leaves are not lobed • Flower heads are usually long-stalked, solitary, and 2” - 4” wide • Used for border plants • Divide and replant ever 2 to 3 years • Propagated by division or seed

  17. HEDERA HELIX • HEAD – er – ah HE – licks • Common Name: English Ivy • Family: Araliaceae • Native: Europe

  18. Life Cycle: Evergreen-Perennial • Growth Habit: Vine • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate • Leaf Shape: Ovate • Leaf Margin: Entire-Juvenile Lobed-Reproductive Growth • Vein pattern: Palmate • Simple

  19. Root: Aerial • Flowers: reaches 30 feet • Fruit: Black drupe • Plant Use: Ground Cover; As foliage for floral work • Growth: Rapid • Light Exposure: Part Shade • Zones: 5-9

  20. DESCRIPTION • Most leaves are 3 - 5 lobed • Over 50 cultivars; ‘Curly Locks’, ‘Needlepoint’

  21. PROBLEMS • Can be invasive once established • Difficult to establish

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