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STAGE 4C CULTIVATION, POSITION, USE GALLERY

Cultivation Requirements of Plant

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Poisonous Plant

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STAGE 1
GARDEN STYLE INDEX GALLERY

Fragrant Plants adds the use of another of your 5 senses in your garden:-
Sense of Fragrance from Roy Genders

Fragrant Plants:-
Trees and Shrubs with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Trees and Shrubs with Scented Leaves
1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Trees and Shrubs with Aromatic Bark
1, 2, 3

Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for an
Acid Soil
1, 2, 3, 4

Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for a
Chalky or Limestone Soil
1, 2, 3, 4

Shrubs bearing Scented leaves for a
Sandy Soil
1, 2, 3

Herbaceous Plants with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3

Herbaceous Plants with Scented Leaves
1, 2, 3

Annual and Biennial Plants with Scented Flowers or Leaves
1, 2

Bulbs and Corms with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Scented Plants of Climbing and Trailing Habit
1, 2, 3

Winter-flowering Plants with Scented Flowers
1, 2

Night-scented Flowering Plants
1, 2

Scented Aquatic Plants
1

Plants with Scented Fruits
1

Plants with Scented Roots
1, 2

Trees and Shrubs with Scented Wood
1

Trees and Shrubs with Scented Gums
1

Scented Cacti and Succulents
1

Plants bearing Flowers or Leaves of Unpleasant Smell
1, 2
 

STAGE 2
INFILL PLANT INDEX GALLERY 3

Fan-trained Shape

From Rhododendrons, boxwood, azaleas, clematis, novelties, bay trees, hardy plants, evergreens : novelties bulbs, cannas novelties, palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees book, via Wikimedia Commons

Ramblers Scramblers & Twiners by Michael Jefferson-Brown (ISBN 0 - 7153 - 0942 - 0) describes how to choose, plant and nurture over 500 high-performance climbing plants and wall shrubs, so that more can be made of your garden if you think not just laterally on the ground but use the vertical support structures including the house as well.

The Gardener's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Climbers & Wall Shrubs - A Guide to more than 2000 varieties including Roses, Clematis and Fruit Trees by Brian Davis. (ISBN 0-670-82929-3) provides the lists for 'Choosing the right Shrub or Climber' together with Average Height and Spread after 5 years, 10 years and 20 years.

HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL FLOWER SHAPE GALLERY PAGES

Site Map of pages with content (o)

Introduction

FOLIAGE COLOUR
Black
Blue
(o)Brown
(o)Bronze
(o)Green1
(o)Green2
(o)Green3
Grey
(o)Purple
(o)Red
Silver
(o)Variegated White
Variegated Yellow
White
Yellow
Autumn Colour
4 Season Colour

SEED/FRUIT COLOUR
(o)Seed

FLOWER BED PICTURES
(o)Garden
(o)Rock Garden

Starting with the data in Garden Style followed by Infill Plants, then you can refine your plant list from the remaining galleries in this cell:-
Garden Style
...Infill Plants
...12 Bloom Colours per Month Index
...12 Foliage Colours per Month Index
...All Plants Index
...Cultivation, Position, Use Index
...Shape, Form
Index

If all else fails in how to use this educational website, how about reading the instructions in the red text on the
Welcome Page and the entire following page:-
Website Structure Explanation and User Guidelines

PERENNIAL
ALPINE AND HERBACEOUS DESCRIPTION GALLERY PAGES

FLOWER COLOUR
(o)Blue
(o)Orange
(o)Other Colours
(o)Red
(o)Pink
(o)White
(o)Yellow

HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL Gallery

with 7 Flower Colours (Red, Pink and Purple on same page) per Month in Colour Wheel.

Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month.
 

HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL INDEX -
There are over

• 91 herbaceous perennials in the Herbaceous Perennial galleries,
  with
  23 Diascias linked to in the Diascia Photo Album Table at the bottom of each page in the Herbaceous Gallery,
• 176 herbaceous perennials in the RHS Mixed Borders Garden Design and
• 46 Peonies in
  the Peony Gallery.

The variety of plants that can be used in alpine gardening is obviously very large and very bewildering at first approach. With a view to easing the task of selection here are lists
of alpines most likely to thrive and flourish under certain easily defined conditions and for special purposes, with
Alpines and Paving.

The standard potting and seed-soil recipes from The Propagation of Alpines by Lawrence D. Hills are at the bottom of the page on Alpine - Sink and Trough Gardens.

To compare
all the flowers of the Herbaceous Perennials as well as
all the flowers of all the other plants in this website,
click on BLOOM IN MONTH GALLERY and select from the same 7 colours per month.

MIXED BORDER DESIGN Topic

with 7 Flower Colours - Blue, White, Yellow, Green for Unusual, Red, Orange and Pink per Month in Colour Wheel below.

Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month.

The Herbaceous Perennials in this gallery are not compared with other Herbaceous Perennials in the HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL GALLERY, but they are compared with each other in the Mixed Border Garden Design Gallery using the above 7 Flower Colours per month Wheel.
 

FLOWER COLOUR RANGE IN 71 PARTS OF RHS WISLEY MIXED BORDER DURING
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
with
'Walkabout' and 'Stateless' Plants Page
and
Why the sight of flowers from 1 in 4 permanent herbaceous
perennials in this border is not available in the
Lost Flowers Page.

After reviewing the situation in the
'Walkabout' and 'Stateless Plants' Page with the
Lost Flowers Page,
Un-Labelled Bedding Plant Index Page and
Permanent Herbaceous Perennial Plant Index Page,
I am tempted to state:-
'There is room for improvement in the Mixed Border'.

Herbaceous Perennials Height from Text Border for the HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS Gallery

Blue =
0-24 inches
(0-60 cms)

Green =
24-72 inches
(60-180 cms)

Red =
72+ inches
(180+ cms)

Herbaceous Perennials Height from Text Border for the
HERBACEOUS FLOWER SHAPE Gallery with
MIXED BORDER DESIGN Topic
 

Brown =
0-12 inches
(0-30 cms)

Blue =
0-24 inches
(0-60 cms)

Green =
24-36 inches
(60-90 cms)

Red =
36-72 inches
(90-180 cms)

Black =
72+ inches
(180+ cms)

Plant Soil Moisture from Text Background
 

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

Flowering Months range abbreviates month
to its first 3 letters (Apr-Jun is April, May and June).

Click on centre of thumbnail to move from this page to the
Plant Description Page of the Plant named in the Text box below that photo.

The Comments Row of that Plant Description
links to where you personally can purchase that plant via mail-order.
 

Herbaceous Gallery
Herbaceous Perennials
 

Mixed Border Design Topic Permanent Herbaceous Perennials
 

Herbaceous Perennial

Flowering 
Months 
 

Height x Width in inches (cms) -

1 inch = 2.5 cms,

12 inches = 1 foot = 30 cms,

36 inches = 3 feet = 1 yard = 90 cms,

40 inches = 100 cms

Flower Thumb-nail

Herbaceous Perennial

Flower Thumbnail

Flowering 
Months

Height x Width in inches (cms) -

1 inch = 2.5 cms,

12 inches = 1 foot = 30 cms,

36 inches = 3 feet = 1 yard = 90 cms,

40 inches = 100 cms
 

Flower Thumb-nail

Alpine Herbaceous Perennial if Text Background is Blue

Alpine Herbaceous Perennial if Text Background is Blue

Evergreen or Semi-Evergreen Perennial

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Acanthus spinosus
 

May, June,
July
 

48-60 x 24
(120-150 x 60)

Achillea
filipendulina
'Cloth of Gold'

June, July,
August,
September

96 x 40
(250 x 100)

Achillea 'Apfelblute'
 

June, July, August,
September

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Achillea filipendulina
'Gold Plate'

June, July,
August

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Achillea
'Credo'
 

June, July,
August

48 x 18
(120 x 45)

Achillea filipendulina 'Parker's Variety'

June, July,
August

40-60 x 20-40 (100-150 x 50-100)

Achillea
'Fanal'
 

June, July,
August

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Achillea grandifolia

June, July,
August

60 x 40
(150 x 100)

Creamy-White.
Photo taken on 24 July 2013 was of seed heads not flowers

Achillea filipendula
'Gold Plate'
 

June, July,
August

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Achilliea
ptarmica
'Perry's
White'

July,
August, September

32-39 x 24 (80-100 x 60)

Achillea millefolium
'Cerise
Queen'
 

May, June,
July

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Aconitum carmichaelii 'Barker's Variety'

July, August, September

64 x 16
(160 x 40)

Violet-Blue.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Achillea
ptarmica
'Boule de
Neige'
 

June, July,
August

20 x 15
(50 x 38)

Aconitum carmichaelii 'Kelmscott'

August, September

96 x 40
(250 x 100)

Dark Blue.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Achillea 'Summer-
wine'
 

June, July, August,
September

28 x 18
(70 x 45)

Aconitium napellus

July, August

40-60 x 4-20 (100-150 x 10-50)

Violet-Blue.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Achillea 'Terracotta'
 

June, July, August,
September

36 x 16
(90 x 40)

Aconitum
'Spark's
Variety'

July, August

24-48 x 18-24
(60-120 x
45-60)

Aconitum cammarum 'Stainless
Steel'
 

June, July, August,
September

36-42 x 12
(90-105 x 30)

Actaea
simplex
'Brunette'

July, August, September, October

48 x 36
(120 x 90)

Aconitum lycoctonum
subsp.
vulparia
 

June, July,
August

16-48 x 12
(40-120 x 30)

Actea simplex 'Pink Spike'

September, October

70 x 40
(175 x 100)

Aconitum napellus
'Bicolor'
 

July, August,
September

42 x 36
(105 x 90)

Actaea simplex 'Prichards Giant'

August, September, October

80 x 24
(200 x 60)

Creamy-White.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Aconitum piepunense
 

July, August

40 x 80
(100 x 200)

Agapanthus 'Buckingham Palace'

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Agapanthus africanus

December, January,
February

18 x 30
(45 x 75)

Agapanthus campan-ulatus var. albidus

June, July, August

40 x 20
(100 x 50)

Agapanthus
albus

July, August,
September

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Agapanthus
'Loch Hope'

August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Agapanthus
'Bress-
ingham Blue'

June, July

20 x 18
(50 x 45)

Agapanthus 'Midnight Blue'

July, August

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

Agapanthus
campan-ulatus
var. albidus

July, August,
September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Agapanthus praecox Maximus Albus

July, August

36 x 20
(90 x 50)

White.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Agapanthus 'Head-bourne
Hybrids'

July, August,
September

30 x 24
(75 x 60)

Agapanthus
"Silver Mist'

August, September

32 x 24
(80 x 60)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
rose

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Agastache
'Black Adder'

July, August, September, October

36 x 16
(90 x 40)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
salmon

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Agastache
'Blue Fortune'

July, August, September, October

40 x 16
(100 x 40)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
scarlet

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Ageratina altissima 'Braunlaub'

July, August, September, October

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

White.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
white

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Alstroemeria brasiliensis

June, July, August, September, October, November

24 x 16
(60 x 40)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
yellow

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Alstroemeria 'Friendship'

June, July, August, September, October, November

20-40 x 4-20
(50-100 x 10-50)

Alcea rosea 'Nigra'

June, July

72 x 24
(180 x 60)

Alstroemeria
'Tessa'

June, July, August, September, October, November

28 x 24
(70 x 60)

Alchemilla
alpina

June, July,
August

4 x 20
(9 x 50)

Althaea cannabina

July, August, September

72 x 60
(180 x 150)

Pinkish-Lavender
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Alchemilla conjuncta

June, July,
August

16 x 12
(39 x 30)

Amicia zygomeris

September, October, November

60-100 x 40-60
(150-250 x 100-150)

Alchemilla
mollis

July

24 x 230
(60 x 75)

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Prinz Heinrich'

July, August, September

20-40 x 20-40
(50-100 x 50-100)

Anchusa
azurea
'Loddon Royalist'

June, July,
August

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Splendens'

August, September, October

24-40 x 24-40
(60-100 x 60-100)

Pale Pink.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Anemone
elegans

August, September,
October

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'

August, September, October

40-60 x 20-40
(100-150 x 50-100)

Anemone hupehensis

Pink - July, August or
White - July, August

24 x 16
(60 x 39)

Anemone x hybrida 'Luise Uhink'

August, September, October

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Anemone hupehensis japonica
(pink flower)

July, August

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Artemisia lactiflora 'Elfenbein'

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Cream.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Anemone hupehensis japonica -
white

July, August

25 x 16
(63 x 39)

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

August, September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Yellowish-Brown.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Anemone narcissiflora

May, June

16 x 18
(40 x 45)

Artemisia 'Rosen-schleier'

July, August, September

60 x 18-24
(150 x 45-60)

Pink.
Flowers too small and seen from too much distance

Anemone
rivularis

May, June

30 x 12
(75 x 30)

Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black'

September, October

12-36 x 12-36
(30-90 x 30-90)

White.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Antirrhinum majus

June, July, August, September, October

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Aster lateriflorus var. horizontalis

July, August, September, October

4-20 x 4-20
(10-50 x 10-50)

Red and White.
Missed taking photos of flowers

Aster frikartii
'Wunder Von Stafa'

July, August,
September

28 x 16
(69 x 39)

Aster
novae-angliae
'Barrs Pink'

September, October

52 x 24
(130 x 60)

Mauve-Pink.
Missed taking photos of flowers

Aster novi-
belgii
'Dandy'

August, September,
October

12 x 12
(30 x 30)

Aster
novae-angliae
'Mrs S T Wright'

September, October

60 x 16-24
(150 x 40-60)

Lilac-Blue.
missed taking photo of flowers

Astilbe
'Bridal Veil'

July

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Aster
novae-angliae
'Roter Stern'

August, September

12-18 x 8-12
(30-45 x 20-30)

Purple-Pink.
missed taking photo of flowers

Astilbe
chinensis
pumila

August, September

8-12 x 10
(20-30 x 25)

Aster
novae-angliae 'Rubin-schatz'

September, October

45 x 78
(113 x 200)

Astilbe
'Deutsch-
land'

June

20-24 x 12
(50-60 x 30)

Aster
novae-angliae 'Septem-berrubin'

September, October

48 x 36
(120 x 90)

Purple-Red.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Astilbe 'Fanal'

July

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Aster turbinellus

August, September, October, November

48-60 x 24
(120-150 x 60)

Pale Violet.
Mistaken yellow flowers on top of this plant from climber alongside for this plant's violet flowers

Astilbe 'Fire'

July, August

39 x 24
(98 x 60)

Astrantia 'Roma'

June, July, August, September

24 x 16
(60 x 40)

Astilbe
'Purple Lance'

August, September

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

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Astilbe 'Rheinland'

June, July

18-24 x 18 (45-60 x 45)

Baptisia australis

June

40-60 x 20-40
(100-150 x 50-100)

Astilbe rosea
'Peach
Blossom'

July, August

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

C

Astilbe
'Willie
Buchanan'

July, August

8-18 x 12
(20-45 x 30)

Campanula lactiflora
'Loddon Anna'

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Astrantia
major

June, July

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Centaurea atro-purpurea

June, July, August

48 x 20
(120 x 50)

B

Chelone glabra

August, September, October

24-36 x 18-30
(60-90 x 45-75)

Brunnera macro-phylla

April, May

12-18 x 24
(30-45 x 60)

Chelone obliqua

August, September

24 x 12
(60 x 30)

Brunnera macro-phylla
'Jack Frost'

April, May

12-18 x 18 (30-45 x 45)

Crambe cordifolia

June, July

60-100 x 40-60
(150-250 x 100-150)

White.
Unable to locate plant label to take photos of its flowers after May 2013

Buph-
thalmum
salicifolium

June, July, August,
September

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Crambe maritima

June

20-40 x 4-20
(50-100 x 10-50)

C

Crocosmia x crocos-miiflora 'George Davison'

July, August, September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Caltha
palustris
'Alba'

April

9 x 12
(23 x 30)

Crocosmia
'Severn Sunrise'

August, September, October

35 x 23
(88 x 48)

Opening Orange fades to Pink.
Unable to locate plant label to take photos of its flowers after May 2013

Campanula garganica

June, July,
August

2 x 12
(5 x 30)

Crocosmia x crocos-mioides 'Vulcan'

June, July, August

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Centaurea macro-cephela

June, July,
August

36-48 x 24
(90-120 x 60)

Cynara cardunculus

June, July, August, September

60 x 48
(150 x 120)

Purple.
Unable to locate flowers after 21 Aug 2013

Centaurea montana
'Parham'

June, July,
August

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

D

Cichorium
intybus
album

July, August, September,
October

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Datisca cannabina

May, June, July, August

80 x 40
(200 x 100)

Creamy-Yellow-Green.
Unable to locate flowers after 13 May 2013

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E

Delphinium from
Elatum Group

July, August, September

60 x 18
(150 x 45)

Echinacea purpurea
'Lustre Hybrids'

June, July, August, September

18-24 x 14
(45-60 x 35)

Diascia
cordata
of gardens

Links to the other 22 Diascia Pages are in Alpine / Herbaceous Perennial Index D Page

June, July, August,
September

6 x 20
(15 x 50)

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

July, August, September

40 x 18
(100 x 45)

Dicentra
formosa
var. alba

May, June

18 x 30
(45 x 75)

Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinglow'

June, July, August, September

28 x 16
(70 x 40)

Digitalis x
merton-ensis

May, June

24-36 x 20
(60-90 x 50)

Echinacea purpurea
'Ruby Giant

June, July, August

39 x 39
(98 x 98)

E

Echinops bannaticus

July, August

18-48 x 24
(45-120 x 60)

Bright Blue.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Echinacea purpurea
'Magnus'

July, August, September

30-48 x 18 (75-120 x 45)

Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue'

July, August

40-60 x 20-40
(100-150 x 50-100)

F

Eupatorium lindleyanum

September, October

12-60 x 24
(30-150 x 60)

Fragaria moschata
Duches

June

6 x 6
(15 x 15)

White

Eupatorium maculatum 'Atropur-pureum Group'

July, August, September

88 x 40
(220 x 100)

G

Eupatorium maculatum (Atropur-pureum Group) 'Riesen-schirm'

July, August, September

80 x 80
(200 x 200)

Pink-Purple.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Gentiana asclepiadea

August, September

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Eupatorium purpureum

August, September, October

60-100 x 20-40
(150-250 x 50-100)

Purplish-Pink.
Plant removed after 4 Mar 2013 - see walkabout and stateless plants

Geranium phaeum

June, July
June, July

32 x 18
(80 x 45)

Euphorbia wallichii

May, June, July, August

24 x 20
(60 x 50)

Geranium
renardii