PARKING LOT PLANTS
CLUMPING GREEN GRASS WITH PURPLE FLOWERS
LIRIOPE
THESE LARGE, ANNUAL, BELL-SHAPED FLOWERS LOVE FULL SUN AND FERTILIZER. VARIETIES INCLUDE BUBBLEGUM AND BLACK VELVET
PETUNIA
THEIR LARVAE HAVE YELLOW, WHITE, AND BLACK STRIPES AND THE ADULTS HAVE BLACK AND ORANGE WINGS. MILKWEED IS THEIR HOST PLANT AND GARDENERS ACROSS THE NATION PLANT IT TO PROVIDE HABITAT AND FOOD FOR THEM.
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
THESE INSECTS:
1) USE THEIR BEAKS TO PIERCE THE FLESH OF PLANTS
2) FORM AN EXOSKELETON OVER THEIR BODY
3) SUCK SAP THEIR ENTIRE LIFE
SCALE
THIS PLANT WITH COLORFUL LEAVES DOMINATES THE GREENHOUSE NOV-DEC
POINSETTIA
THIS NATIVE DECIDIOUS TREE IS NEAR THE PINESTRAW BARN AND COVERS ITSELF IN TUBULAR RED FLOWERS FOR A FEW WEEKS IN THE SPRING
RED BUCKEYE
THIS SPILLING WHITE ANNUAL HAS AN INCREDIBLE SCENT
SWEET ALYSSUM
THESE SPOTTED BEETLES EAT APHIDS, AND ARE SOMETIMES SOLD IN THE SHOWPLACE.
LADY BUGS
THESE INSECTS LEAVE BEHIND WHITE SQUIGGLES ON THE SURFACE OF LEAVES, ESPECIALLY FAVORING NEW GROWTH
LEAF MINERS
THIS IS WHERE CHRISTMAS TREES ARE PROCESSED AND LOADED ONTO/INTO VEHICLES
FERT SHED
THESE SPIKY-LEAFED PALMS ARE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE PARKING LOT, BOASTING A SILVER HUE AND A SLOW, CLUMPING GROWTH HABIT
SILVER SAW PALMETTO
THESE COLUMNAR FLOWERS COME IN MANY COLORS AND VARIETIES INCLUDE LIBERTY, SONNET, AND ROCKET
SNAPDRAGONS
THIS FAMILY OF INSECTS CONTAINS OVER 7,000 SPECIES, ALL OF WHICH ATTACK THEIR PREY BY INJECTING A LETHAL SALIVA AND THEN SUCKING OUT THE LIQUIFIED INSIDES OF THEIR VICTIMS, WHICH ARE MOST FREQUENTLY GARDEN PESTS.
ASSASSIN BUGS
THIS TYPE OF SCALE IS STRIKINGLY WHITE AND FORMS NO EXOSKELETON.
MEALY BUGS
THESE BUTTERY NUTS ARE SOLD IN THE COTTAGE AND AT THE REGISTERS
ELLIOT PECANS
THIS TREE IS LOCATED NEAR A PINE AND ADORNS ITSELF WITH CLOUDS OF WHITE FLOWERS FOR A FEW WEEKS IN EARLY SPRING.
FRINGE TREE
OFTEN MIXED UP WITH PETUNIAS, THIS PLANT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER FLOWERS AND REQUIRES ALMOST NO DEADHEADING.
CALIBRACHOA
THESE BEES SPORT A GREEN HUE AND ARE MOST FREQUENTLY SEEN AT THE NURSERY POLLINATING THE PURSLANE
HALICTID/ SWEAT BEES
THIS IS THE STICKY, SUGAR-RICH LIQUID PRODUCED BY MANY INSECTS AS A BYPRODUCT OF THEIR SAP-SUCKING
HONEYDEW
THIS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE SOLD TAG
LAST NAME, PHONE NUMBER, DATE ALWAYS & LOCATION IF BEING HELD.
THIS LARGE EVERGREEN PERENNIAL NEAR THE TN MIX OFTEN GETS CALLED SPIDER LILY, BUT WHEN WE CARRY IT, WE CALL IT THIS
CRINUM LILY
THIS SHADE-LOVING FLOWERING ANNUAL HAS STRIKING VARIEGATION ON ITS LEAVES, LOVELY FRILLY FLOWERS, AND ISN'T BOTHERED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES
CYCLAMEN
THE MAJORITY OF THESE INSECTS ARE BENEFICIAL, DESPITE THEIR OFTEN TERRIFYING, STINGING NATURE. THEY KILL OTHER INSECTS TO FEED THEIR LARVAE AND THE ADULTS POLLINATE BY EATING NECTAR FROM FLOWERS.
WASPS
THIS TYPE OF SCALE CAN GET RELATIVELY GIGANTIC, UP TO 3/4" LONG. IT WAS RECENTLY IDENTIFIED ON A SAMPLE OF CITRUS BROUGHT IN BY A CUSTOMER.
MONOPHLEBID
THE PLASTIC CINCO STAND CAN ONLY BE USED ON TREES OF THIS SIZE
4' AND UNDER