Bedder (Noun)
Meaning
An ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Daisies make wonderful bedding plants as they spread and provide an ever changing mix of open-faced single or pompom centered daisy petals all bedded out in a kaleidoscope of colors with heights and bloom times that vary.
- Petunias are one of the most popular annual bedders, as they produce loads of blooms and come in an incredible variety of pinks, reds, blues, whites and more.
- Asters are excellent bedders in areas with cool summers that tend to keep mildew disease under control.
- Marigolds are an inexpensive and easy to grow annual bedder that has loads of bright yellow orange flowers that will make a striking statement in summer gardens.
- Phlox, an old time annual bedder, has frilly flowers that are extremely fragrant, especially in the early evening hours, when the scent is most intense.