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| The term "texture," as it applies to plants, includes such adjectives as: | fine, medium, and bold |
| A garden that uses a complementary color scheme is one that: | uses colors that are opposite to one another on the color wheel |
| Cool colors inclue color combinations like: | blue-green, blue, blue-violet, and violet |
| The kind of garden that shows the least design is: | cottage gardens |
| The type of plant that lives for more than two years is: | perennials |
| vThe best way to design a border is to: | shortest in front, medium in middle, and tallest in back |
| When planning on which plants to plant in your garden, you need to know which climatic zones a plant will grow in. Which climatic zones is the Houston, Texas area in? | 8 and 9 |
| The reason for putting irregularly shaped stones, or broken pieces of pottery into the bottom of a pot containing flowering plants is: | it helps the soil to drain after being watered |
| The best kind of soul to plant flowers in is: | loam |
| What is the purpose of "pinching" plants? | pinching helps the plants to become bushier |
| This element is essential for strong stems, strong roots, and deep flower color. A deficiency in plants shows up as weak stems and a yellowing and browning of leaves and their tips and edges. | potassium |
| The best time for flowering plants is: | in the morning |
| Soil that drains too fast or too slow can best be improved by: | adding organic matter, such as manure, leaf mold, or peat moss |
| Most perennial plants grow best in: | neutral or slightly acidic soils |
| If seeds are sown outdoors, when is the best time to thin plants? | when they have 2 sets of leaves |
| Which of the following combinations are shade-tolerant perennials? | hosta, lobelia, columbine, bleeding heart |
| How many essential nutrients are essential to plant growth and reproduction? | 16 |
| When is the best time to mature chrysanthemum? | when it is about 3 inches tall in the spring |
| If your soil is too acidic, you can correct it by: | adding ground limestone |
| Most bulbs are planted in the: | fall |
| Which of the following are groups of biennial plants? | sweet Willam, hollyhocks, foxglove |
| When seedings grown indoors are moved outdoors, they must be __ to be able to survive in their new environment. | hardened off |
| Which group o flowering plants benefits from being divided every few years? | perennials |
| Which group of plants is summer to fall flowering? | yarrow, yucca, coreopsis, gaillardia |
| when planting bare-root roses, do not: | prune the roots |
| Which of the following are summer blooming bulbs? | montbrecia, agapanthus, gloriosa lilies |
| Some flowering plants, known as everlastings, have flowers suitable for drying. | yarrow, phlox, marigolds |
| When cutting roses to use indoors or to remove spent blossoms: | cut directly below the first strong, five-leaflet leaf. |
| A cutting garden is a plot of land set aside for the purpose of growing flowers for what use? | indoor bouquets only |
| A correct way to remove mealy bugs from a plant is: | dab each bug with a cotton swab dipping in rubbing alcohol. |
| The fertilizer that you add to your flowering plants contains the following elements | nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium |
| Although technically not insects, these tiny pests can work havoc on flowering: | red spider mites |
| What type of water supply do cut flowers need to transport food and to keep the stems stiff? | constant water supply |
| Heavy-headed flowers, such as large mums, often bend by the flower head, nearlybreaking off. What should be done to temporarily improve this situation? | insert tooth picks pointed through the bloom into the stem |
| Which of the following is not a purpose of mulch? | mulch keeps the ground cool |
| Most lilies are planted 6-8" below the soil surface. Which type needs to be planted more shallowly? | Madonna lilies |
| A ____ has a flower bud within it surrounded by layers of food supply. | true bulb |
| Which of the following annuals can be propagated by cuttings? | wax begonias |
| Plants need whicn part of the visible spectrum for good foliage development? | blue |
| Round nodules or long, irregular, highly branched swellings on roots are caused by ______and block the flow of water and nutrients. | nematodes |
| Abnormally streaked or striped flower petals are a symptom of "flower breaking." This problem is common on tulips, lilies, and gladiolus and is caused by: | Viruses |
| What is the most important thing to do for bulbs to produce flowers during succeeding years? | Grow a good crop of foliage |
| Which type of rose has multiple large flowers on a single stem? | Floribundas |
| What is a good method to naturalize bulbs in the lawn? | Throw them in the air and plant where they fall |
| The removal of all side buds to produce a single large bloom on plants such as roses, dahlias, and chrysanthemums is called: | Disbudding |
| What is a good sign that potted plants need to be repotted? | New leaves are quite a bit smaller than older ones |
| Flowers and foliage can be attacked by these insects and cause colorless streaks and withered flowers: | Thrips |
| Perennials can be propagated from: | Root cuttings |
| Most indoor foliage plants need which kind of lighting? | Bright, indirect light |
| Most bulbs are best planted: | In areas with afternoon shade |
