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Bedding Plants For Louisiana Landscapes - The LSU AgCenter

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Name<br />

Alyssum<br />

Lobularia<br />

maritime<br />

Bluebonnets<br />

Lupinus texensis<br />

Cornflower<br />

Centaurea<br />

cyanus<br />

Dusty Miller<br />

Senecio<br />

cineraria<br />

Foxglove<br />

Digitalis<br />

purpurea<br />

Geranium<br />

Pelargonium<br />

hortorum<br />

Larkspur<br />

Consolida<br />

ambigua<br />

Lobelia<br />

Lobelia erinus<br />

Nasturtium<br />

Tropaeolum<br />

majus<br />

Nicotiana,<br />

Flowering<br />

Tobacco<br />

Nicotiana alata<br />

Cool-season <strong>Bedding</strong> <strong>Plants</strong><br />

Light<br />

Sun<br />

or<br />

Shade<br />

Spacing<br />

Inches<br />

Height<br />

Inches<br />

<br />

Cold<br />

Tolerance<br />

Use<br />

6-8 3-6 Hardy Edging;<br />

Containers<br />

Sun 12 12 Hardy Sunny,<br />

dry areas;<br />

Containers<br />

Sun to<br />

Part<br />

Shade<br />

Comments<br />

Low growing<br />

plants; flowers<br />

white, purple, pink<br />

Direct seed in fall;<br />

blue flowers in<br />

spring<br />

8-12 14-30 Hardy <strong>Bedding</strong> Cut flower; Dried<br />

flower. Direct<br />

seed in fall or<br />

transplant in<br />

spring; blue, pink,<br />

white flowers<br />

Sun 8-12 8-15 Hardy <strong>Bedding</strong>;<br />

Containers<br />

Sun to<br />

Shade<br />

Sun to<br />

Part<br />

Shade<br />

12-16 20-36 Hardy <strong>Bedding</strong>;<br />

Background;<br />

Cut<br />

flower<br />

10-12 12-24 Hardy to<br />

20 degrees<br />

<strong>Bedding</strong>;<br />

Containers<br />

Sun 8-10 24-36 Hardy <strong>Bedding</strong>;<br />

Cut flowers<br />

Sun to<br />

Shade<br />

4-6 4-6 Hardy to<br />

mid 20s<br />

Sun 8-15 8-12 Damaged<br />

by temperatures<br />

below 30;<br />

best used<br />

in fall or<br />

spring<br />

Sun to<br />

Shade<br />

Edging;<br />

<strong>Bedding</strong>;<br />

Containers;<br />

Hanging<br />

baskets<br />

Cut flowers;<br />

Edible<br />

flowers<br />

and leaves<br />

12-18 15-30 Hardy <strong>Bedding</strong>;<br />

Cut<br />

flower;<br />

Fragrance;<br />

Hummingbirds<br />

Excellent silvery<br />

foliage; drought<br />

tolerant<br />

Spikes of bellshaped<br />

flowers<br />

in spring or early<br />

summer; Plant<br />

transplants Nov<br />

to March<br />

Round flower<br />

heads in red, pink,<br />

white<br />

Direct seed in<br />

fall; Spikes of pink,<br />

blue, white, rose<br />

flowers in spring.<br />

Not as hardy as<br />

most; Flowers<br />

dark blue, light<br />

blue, pink, rose,<br />

white.<br />

Flowers orange<br />

red, orange,<br />

yellow, gold; Oldfashioned<br />

types<br />

spread; Not hardy<br />

Flowers in white,<br />

pink, dark rose,<br />

lavender, purple

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