Your five plants
Read out your homework list. Just names for now.
Before you see the real header, predict:
1. About how many columns does a real professional plant schedule usually carry?
A real schedule header
The first ten columns of a real 40-column plant list, verbatim.
Schedule columns
These are the exact field names, as they appear on your own drawings.
Real stock from your own sets
| Botanical name | Type | Mature height (typical) | Water need | Light need |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittosporum | Evergreen shrub/screen | 6–8 ft | Low–moderate | Full sun–part shade |
| Podocarpus | Evergreen hedge/screen | 8–10 ft | Low | Full sun–part shade |
| Oleander | Evergreen flowering shrub | 8–12 ft | Low | Full sun |
| Liquidambar | Deciduous specimen tree | 40–60 ft | Moderate | Full sun |
| Cercis (redbud) | Deciduous specimen tree | 15–20 ft | Moderate | Full sun–part shade |
Notice the split between botanical and common name. "Cercis" means nothing to most clients; "redbud" means nothing on a permit review. A schedule needs both, and so do you — the botanical name for accuracy, the common name for the conversation.
Check what you just read.
1. Why does "Cercis" mean nothing to most clients?
2. Which schedule column would tell you how far apart to plant two specimens?
What each column type is for
Four groups, ten columns
| Group | Columns | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Latin_Name, Common_Name | What is it? |
| Size | Spread, Height, Mature_Height | How big now, and eventually? |
| Placement | Spacing, Scheduled_Size | How far apart, and what size at planting? |
| Requirements | Water_Range, Light_Range, Plant_Zone | What does it need to survive here? |
Match each column group to the question it answers.
Read the schedule
All the evidence is in Phase 02.
1. Which column would tell you how far apart to plant two shrubs?
2. Why does a schedule need both a botanical and a common name?
3. Which of your real stock is deciduous?
4. Scheduled_Size and Mature_Height both describe height. What is the difference?
Match each plant to its type. Click the plant, then its type.
Which column?
Task card
A client question, unlabelled
Your teacher asks a client-style question. Name the column that would actually answer it.
- "Will this survive if I forget to water?" — name the column.
- "Will it fit between the fence and the path?" — name the column.
- Then invent one more client question of your own and challenge your teacher to name the column.
One more check — match each client question to the column group it belongs to.
Column or plant?
Were you thinking in columns (structure) or in individual plants (memory)? Columns are the more transferable skill — they work on a schedule you have never seen.
Apply today's lesson.
1. Which is described as the more transferable skill?
Before the next lesson
Homework. Pick two plants from your own work and compare them out loud — which is bigger, which grows faster, which tolerates less water. Notice where you hesitate.
Complete the homework instruction from memory.
Pick plants and compare them — which is bigger, which grows .