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Cooke County 4-H Horticulture Project Rules 2013 - 2014
Validation: January 2nd & 3rd, 2014 Judging: March 12th, 2014
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Juniors 8-13 years old, seniors 14-18 years old
May enter as many categories as you deserve, but may enter each category one time
May use any type of container but will be judge of appropriate for that category
The following are definition of each category:
Foliage: A plant cultivated chiefly for its ornamental leaves.
Flowering: A plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm.
Succulent: Any of various plants having fleshy leaves or stems that store water. Cacti and the
jade plant are succulents. Succulents are usually adapted to drier environments and display
other characteristics that reduce water loss, such as waxy coatings on leaves and stems, fewer
stomata than occur on other plants, and stout, rounded stems that minimize surface area.
Trailer/Vines: any plant with a long stem that grows along the ground or that climbs a support
by winding or by clinging with tendrils or claspers.
Bulbs: A rounded underground storage organ that contains the shoot of a new plant. A bulb
consists of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scales (modified leaves) that store nourishment
for the new plant. Tulips, lilies, and onions grow from bulbs.
Herbs: are, technically, plants with aerial parts used for seasoning foods, and a spice (also called
seasoning) is any substance used for seasoning foods; many herbs are used as spices
Ferns: Any of numerous seedless vascular plants belonging to the phylum Pterophyta that
reproduce by means of spores and usually have feathery fronds divided into many
leaflets.
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Hanging baskets: using as hanging basket with any variety of plants
Dish Gardens: A dish garden is a collection of compatible plants growing and changing together
over time in a small container. Plant selection depends on each plant's compatibility with the
others and its adaptability to the site conditions and the style of the container. Avoid mixing
incompatible plants, such as cactus and coleus. Plants thriving under different conditions will
not prosper together in a dish garden.
• Bonsai: a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching the shoots
and branches.
• Seeds/Cuttings: To start with a seed or a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant for
propagation
• Fruits/Veggies: Fruit or Vegetable planted in a pot
• Terrarium: a glass container, chiefly or wholly enclosed, for growing and displaying plants
5. Plants will be valid on January the 2nd and 3rd from 10am to 12 noon. Plants not valid will not be
able to enter the contest .
6. May not enter the same plant two years in a row.
Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or
national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating
Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or
national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating