Deck 9: Flowers

Question 1

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

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Some flowers are used to suggest changes of the season.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The very popular bulb comprises a large number of annuals.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Plants grown in pressed peat moss containers, when planted, create no disturbance for the root system and thus are well established from the beginning.

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 12

Which types of flowers are usually the first to bloom in the spring?

A) annuals
B) biennials
C) perennials
D) grasses

Question 13

Which flower form is most eye-attracting and best used in the least quantities?

A) round
B) oval
C) intermediate
D) spike

Question 14

What is the most common season of use for annual flowers?

A) summer
B) fall
C) winter
D) spring

Question 15

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

A) perennials
B) annuals
C) semiannuals
D) biennials

Question 16

As bulbous flowers, they are especially effective for naturalized effects. What are they?

A) daffodils
B) begonias
C) shamrocks
D) gladiolas

Question 17

The spacing between bulbs commonly corresponds to what?

A) their expected height
B) their diameter
C) their planting depth
D) none of these answers is correct

Question 18

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?

A) tubers
B) bulbs
C) corms
D) tuberous roots

Question 19

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

A) daffodil
B) tulip
C) iris
D) caladium

Question 20

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

A) pansy
B) poppy
C) marigold
D) phlox

Question 21

A ____________________ is a freestanding planting made entirely of flowers.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

The flower form that is used in largest quantities is the ____________________ form.

Question 29

Flowers have several desirable and intangible qualities. Color is one, and ____________________ is another.

Question 30

Incompatible flower colors can be mixed in the same planting as long as the flowers do not ____________________ at the same time.