Landscape horticulturist license exam (part 1) UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
List evergreen ground covers for use in full sun Stonecrop, Asian Jasmine, jasmine, liriope, Periwinkle
List plants that produce showy red, yellow, or orange fruit yaupon holly, American beauty berry, crab apple, Nandina domestica
in the fall or winter.
List annuals for summer flowering Common Zinnia, moss rose, petunia, cocks comb
List shrubs for use in heavy shade under deciduous trees Mountain laurel, camellia, Chinese fringe flower, fathergilla
for year-round screen,8 feet minimum height
List plants for dry sites in the landscape Yarrow, staghorn sumac, yucca, smoke tree, short leaf pine
List evergreen shrubs suitable to espalier on a brick wall. Glossy abelia, Stellar rudy magnolia, Brushfield yellow camelia
List broadleaf evergreen trees (40-60 feet tall) for Southern Magnolia, American Holly, Blue spruce, eastern red cedar
specimen planting in the landscape.
List turfgrasses for use in partial or full shade ST. Augustine , Centipede , Zoysia, Tall fescue, rye grass , bahia , carpet
List turfgrasses for use in full sun Bermuda ,Buffalo , Bent, Kentuky Blue
List landscape trees that have a weeping form of growth weeping hemlock, weeping crabapple, weeping mulberry, weeping willow
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
List evergreen ground covers for use in full sun Stonecrop, Asian Jasmine, jasmine, liriope, Periwinkle
List plants that produce showy red, yellow, or orange fruit yaupon holly, American beauty berry, crab apple, Nandina domestica
in the fall or winter.
List annuals for summer flowering Common Zinnia, moss rose, petunia, cocks comb
List shrubs for use in heavy shade under deciduous trees Mountain laurel, camellia, Chinese fringe flower, fathergilla
for year-round screen,8 feet minimum height
List plants for dry sites in the landscape Yarrow, staghorn sumac, yucca, smoke tree, short leaf pine
List evergreen shrubs suitable to espalier on a brick wall. Glossy abelia, Stellar rudy magnolia, Brushfield yellow camelia
List broadleaf evergreen trees (40-60 feet tall) for Southern Magnolia, American Holly, Blue spruce, eastern red cedar
specimen planting in the landscape.
List turfgrasses for use in partial or full shade ST. Augustine , Centipede , Zoysia, Tall fescue, rye grass , bahia , carpet
List turfgrasses for use in full sun Bermuda ,Buffalo , Bent, Kentuky Blue
List landscape trees that have a weeping form of growth weeping hemlock, weeping crabapple, weeping mulberry, weeping willow
