1. Choosing Garden Plants By Jeanne Pfeifer

2. Different types of plants • Roses • Annuals • Perennials • Biennials

3. Types of Roses • Floribunda • Hybrid Tea • Grandiflora • Climber • Shrub (English) • Tree Roses

4. Floribunda • Clusters of flowers • 3-15 flowers in each cluster • Most colorful of different types of roses • Height: about 4 feet

5. Hybrid Tea • Upright • One flower per stem • Flower has a high center point • Many are fragrant

6. Grandiflora • Cross between floribunda and hybrid • Grows up to 6 feet • Flowers are like hybrid tea cluster

7. Tree Roses • Hardy root stock • Long stem grafted onto long stem • Rose bush grafted onto long stem • Needs winter protection

8. Shrubs • Small, spreading • English Roses • May be used as ground cover

9. Annuals • Flower quickly • Last for one season • Long season of flowering • Usually sun loving • Need water • Plant after frost is past

10. Some types of annuals

11. Some Helpful websites for annuals

12. Perennials • Flower plants • Bloom year after year • May be tubers, bulbs or roots • Good resource to search for the “right plant”: http://www.perennials.com/ • Color, • sun exposure, • attributes, • time of bloom • care

13. Biennials • Biennials  complete their life cycle in two years, • building strong plants the first year and • then blooming the second year.