Horticulture 322
Herbaceous Plants
3 Credits - Fall, 2007
2-1 Hour Lectures and 1-2 Hour Lab
Instructor: Dr. James
Klett Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday
9:00-10:00 a.m. or by appointment
Office: 219 Shepardson Office Phone: 970-491-7179
Home Phone: 970-493-3542
E-mail: jim.klett@colostate.edu Cell Phone: 970-218-0104
Teaching Assistant: Jennifer Bousselot Phone
303-908-3538
E-mail: jmbouss@simla.colostate.edu
Texts
Numerous texts could be used for this
course. However, the following books
will be used often:
Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants - Steven Still, Stipes Publishing Co., Champaign,
IL. Fourth Edition.
Pictorial Guide to Hardy Perennials by M. Jane Coleman Helmer and Karla S. Decker Hodge,
Merchants Publishing Company, Kalamazoo, MI.
Millenium Edition 2001.
Supplemental bulletin not required
Best
Perennials For the Rocky Mountain and High Plains. 2003. Bulletin 573A. Colorado State University. Available from Extension Resource Center at
Colorado State (The other bookstore at Colorado State University
– 115 General Services Building).
Lecture and Laboratory
Lectures will be in 212 Shepardson. Some lab time will be spent in the field
observing annual and perennial plants and their use, along with site analysis
for design and use projects. Labs will
meet in University Greenhouse Room 114.
Plant Identification
Plant list and pictures of annuals and perennial
plants can be found on a web site. To
access course material: klett.agsci.colostate.edu, click on H322. The current week's plant specimens (annuals)
can be viewed in the University Greenhouse.
Hours for the University Greenhouse will be announced and posted. We will also supply you with a CD with all
photos and plant lists for the class.
Two CDs will be given – one for the annuals part of the course and the
second for herbaceous perennials.
Class Field Trip
An all day field trip to the Denver area to observe
annual and perennial flower displays in Denver city parks, Denver Botanic Gardens, and other locations in Denver is planned for
Monday, August 27, 2007. If you are
unable to go on the trip, you will be required to write an additional written
report on annual flower bed design. It
is your responsibility to inform the instructor if you are not going on this
field trip.
Testing
There will be 7 plant identification quizzes given
during the first half hour of the laboratory period. Six plant quizzes will count toward 30% of
your final grade, and the lowest plant quiz grade will be dropped. All plant quizzes will be comprehensive over
all plants covered in the course. (Annual
quizzes comprehensive for annuals and perennial quizzes comprehensive for
perennials). No makeup quizzes will be
given. A skipped quiz will be recorded
as a zero or your dropped quiz. Quizzes
will be given on Mondays during lab time.
Two hour exams will be given covering both lecture and
laboratory material at approximately 6 and 11 weeks into the semester. The final written exam will cover the last
third of the course, and the final lab identification exam will cover all the
plant material studied throughout the course.
The final I.D. exam and final lecture test will be given during final
exam week.
Ram CT – This class also has a Ram CT component: check
often for class announcements.
Class/Lab Projects
There will be two assigned projects during the
duration of the semester. One will deal
with annual flower bed design and use, and the other with perennial flower bed
design and use. Approximately 2-3
students will work together on these projects, and each is expected to do their
assigned duties. If one student in the
group feels the other person is not doing their fair share, it is the
responsibility of that student to inform me of this concern. I will make every effort to remedy this
situation. The same grade will be given
to all students working together in a group unless partner evaluations say different.
Students in groups will grade their fellow students in their group on
participation and completeness of their part of the work. Grading emphasis will be on choice of plants
for location and following instructions for the project. Power Point presentations of these projects
is expected.
Grading Allocations
2 - 1 hour lecture exams (written)
30% (15% for each)
FINAL EXAM lecture (over last 3rd part of course only) 15%
2 lab projects
15% (7.5% for annuals, 7.5% for
perennials)
7 Plant I-D quizzes (3 on annuals, 4
perennials,
will
count a total of 6)
30%
1 Final I-D exam (over all plants covered in
course) 10%
Total 100%
Letter grades will generally fall: 92-100 = A; 90-91 =
A-; 87-89 = B+; 82-86 =B; 80-81 = B-; 77-79 = C+; 72-76 = C; 70-71 = C-; 60-70
= D; below 60 = F. Attendance and
participation in class, and laboratory will be considered for borderline cases.
No cell phones, blackberries, etc. will be allowed to
be used in class, especially when taking any quizzes or exams.
Grading System for Identification Quizzes and Final
I-D Exam
A. Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Total
5 points 2
points 1 point 2
points 10 points
B. Genus Species Cultivar Total
5 points 3 points 2 points 10 points
Every spelling mistake results in the loss of one-half
point. If you miss in excess of three
letters per word, no credit will be given for either the genus, species,
cultivar or common name.
Course Objectives
1. To learn the identification and proper
nomenclature of annuals, perennials (including some wildflowers), and spring
and fall blooming bulbs grown in the Rocky Mountain and High Plains Regions.
2. To develop an understanding of the
cultural requirements including soil, moisture, light, etc. and flowering time
and duration for annuals, perennials, spring and fall blooming bulbs grown in
the Rocky Mountain and High Plains Regions.
3. To learn the proper landscape use and
placement of annuals, perennials, spring and summer bulbs through student
projects involving the design of annual flower beds, traditional European style
and contemporary perennial beds, and placement of spring and fall blooming
bulbs in both.
4. To develop an understanding of specific
propagation techniques for annuals, perennials, spring and fall bulbs and other
unique cultural techniques for these plants.
Course Outline
1. Annual Part
A. Introduction and type of bedding (carpet,
par-terre, tropical, ribbon, etc.).
B. Bedding plant production areas - major seed
persons in the United States and World.
C. Principles involved in bedding (annual)
plant design including projects actually designing beds for parks, industrial
areas, etc.
D. Culture, special growing requirements,
major identification features, landscape uses of approximately 60+ annual
plants.
2. Perennial
Part
A. Introduction and explanation of designing
of perennial flower gardens (planning the garden on paper - month by month -
color harmonies).
B. Different types of perennial borders, their
preparation, nature of color and meaning of color in them.
C. Actual designing of perennial borders in
landscapes for residential, commercial or city use.
D. Culture, special growing requirements,
major identification features, landscape use of approximately 100 perennial
plants.
E. Maintenance in perennial borders -
(watering, propagation, division, overwintering, major disease and insect
problems).
3. Spring
Bulbs
A. Introduction and explanation of how spring
and fall bulbs can be incorporated into annual and perennial flower beds.
B. Culture - special growing requirements,
major identification features and landscape use of major spring and fall
blooming bulbs.
C. Propagation techniques and special growing
requirements of bulbs covered.
Note: If any
student has a learning disability, please inform the instructor the first week
of the semester.
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