Exam 9: Flowers

If desirous of planting a popular summer annual, which of these would you choose?

The spacing between bulbs commonly corresponds to what?

Which type of flowers require two years to complete their life cycle?

In the landscape trade, all bulbous perennials that survive the winter as dormant fleshy storage structures, known to botanists as tubers, corms, rhizomes, and true bulbs, share what general name?

Flowers offer little help in softening harsh lines of architecture and other areas of the landscape such as pavement lines.

Landscapers obtain annuals by two different methods: _________________________ and from bedding plants.

The tendency of perennials to self-propagate may be a benefit in some instances and a maintenance problem in other situations.

A ____________________ is a planting that is placed in front of a larger planting of woody shrubs.

How many years are required for an annual flower to complete its life cycle?

Tender bulbs cannot survive northern winters. Which of these is a tender bulb?

Most flowers have a striking impact on a viewer, even when used singularly.

In some cases, flowers are the only plants that the client knows or cares about.

Flower beds are easier to design than flower borders because they are only viewed from one side.

The most appropriate flower shape to place at the incurve of a corner flower border would be the ____________________ form.

Flowers are one of the most desired and difficult elements of the landscape.

When compared on the basis of cost, bedding plants are more ____________________ than flowers started from seeds.

If the purpose is to create floral patterns, the flowers must be obtained as ____________________.

The very popular bulb comprises a large number of annuals.

In most regions of America, flowers are the most fragile of the landscaper's plants with limited time of effectiveness.

Flowers can be misused in the public area of a landscape if they create a conflicting ____________________.