MIXED BORDERS in Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley with my GARDEN DESIGN PAGES

Introduction

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER WITH EARLY AND LATE AUTUMN SECTIONS OF WISLEY MIXED BORDERS
1-6 East Border
7-10 East Border
1-5 West Border
6-9 West Border

FOLIAGE COLOUR
.Black
.Blue
(o)Brown
.Bronze
(o)Green
(o)Grey
.Other
(o)Purple
(o)Red
(o)Variegated
(o)Variegated White
.Variegated Yellow
.White
.Yellow
.4 Season Colour

FLOWER COLOUR RANGE IN 71 PARTS OF MIXED BORDER DURING
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

7 Flower Colours per Month in Colour Wheel below.

Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month.

The distribution throughout the 71 parts of the Mixed Borders of each flower from the

• Permanent Herbaceous Perennials, Bedding Plants and Other Permanent Plants

split into

• Blue, White, Yellow, Unusual, Red, Orange or Pink

is in each of these Month Pages

• May, June, July, August, September, October and November

Summary of the Mixed Border Planting Design and Garden Maintenance - including in tabular form - shows the number for each single colour and combinations of colours for each of these months and whether it is from the Permanent Herbaceous Perennial (See its Index Page), Bedding Plant (See its Index Page) or Other Permanent Plant ((See Index below) plant type.

See which of the 7 flower colours have been used for each of the 71 parts during 2013 in a table of colours.

Design of East Border

Design of West Border

Section 1 Part 1
Section 1 Part 2
Section 1 Part 3
Section 1 Part 4
Section 2 Part 4
Section 2 Part 5
Section 2 Part 6
Section 2 Part 7
Section 3 Part 7
Section 3 Part 8
Section 3 Part 9 with Seat Area
Section 4 Part 10 with Seat Area
Section 4 Part 11
Section 4 Part 12
Section 5 Part 12
Section 5 Part 13
Section 5 Part 14
Section 5 Part 15
Section 5 Part 16

Section 6 Part 16
Section 6 Part 17
Section 6 Part 18 with Plant Centre Exit
Section 7 Part 19 with Plant Centre Exit
Section 7 Part 20
Section 7 Part 21
Section 7 Part 22
Section 8 Part 22
Section 8 Part 23
Section 8 Part 24
Section 8 Part 25
Section 9 Part 26
Section 9 Part 27
Section 9 Part 28
Section 9 Part 29
Section 9 Part 30
Section 10 Part 31
Section 10 Part 32
Section 10 Part 33
Section 10 Part 34 with Access Road

Section 1 Part 35
Section 1 Part 36
Section 1 Part 37
Section 2 Part 38
Section 2 Part 39
Section 2 Part 40
Section 2 Part 41
Section 3 Part 42
Section 3 Part 43
Section 3 Part 44
Section 3 Part 45
Section 4 Part 45
Section 4 Part 46
Section 4 Part 47
Section 4 Part 48
Section 5 Part 48
Section 5 Part 49
Section 5 Part 50
Section 5 Part 51
Exit Path between Sections 5 and 6 Part 52

Section 6 Part 53
Section 6 Part 54
Section 6 Part 55
Section 6 Part 56
Section 7 Part 57
Section 7 Part 58
Section 7 Part 59
Section 7 Part 60
Section 7 Part 61
Exit Path between Sections 7 and 8 Part 62
Exit Path between Sections 7 and 8 Part 63
Section 8 Part 64
Section 8 Part 65
Section 8 Part 66
Section 9 Part 66
Section 9 Part 67
Section 9 Part 68
Section 9 Part 69
Section 9 Part 70
Section 9 Part 71

SPRING FOLIAGE COLOUR
Spr-Black
(o)-Brown
(o)-Green
Spr-Grey
Spr-Other Colour
(o)-Purple
(o)-Red
(o)-Variegated
Spr-White
Spr-Yellow
Spr-None
Spr-Multi-Colour

SUMMER FOLIAGE COLOUR
Sum-Black
(o)-Brown
(o)-Green
Sum-Grey
Sum-Other Colour
(o)-Purple
(o)-Red
(o)-Variegated
Sum-White
Sum-Yellow
Sum-None
Sum-Multi-Colour

AUTUMN FOLIAGE COLOUR
Aut-Black
Aut-Brown
(o)-Green
Aut-Grey
Aut-Other Colour
Aut-Purple
Aut-Red
(o)-Variegated
Aut-White
Aut-Yellow
Aut-None
Aut-Multi-Colour

WINTER FOLIAGE COLOUR
Win-Black
Win-Brown
(o)-Green
(o)-Grey
Win-Other Colour
Win-Purple
Win-Red
(o)-Variegated
Win-White
Win-Yellow
Win-None
Win-Multi-Colour
 

Plant Height from Text Border

Bulb

Brown =
0-4
inches
(0-10
cms)

Blue =
4-8
inches (10-20
cms)

Green = 8-12
inches (20-30
cms)

Magenta = 12-16 inches (30-40
cms)

Red = 16-20 inches (40-50
cms)

Black = 20-24 inches (50-60
cms)

Orange = 24+
inches
(61+
cms)

Perennial

1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12" = 1 foot = 30 cms,
3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 1 metre

Brown =
0-1 feet (0-30
cms)

Blue =
1-2 feet (30-60
cms)

Green =
2-3 feet (60-90
cms)

Red =
3-6 feet (90-180
cms)

Black = 6+ feet (180+
cms)

Brown =
0-1 feet (0-30
cms)

Blue =
1-3 feet (30-90
cms)

Green =
3-5 feet (90-150
cms)

Red =
5-10 feet (150-300
cms)

Black = 10+ feet (300+
cms)

Brown =
0-20 feet (0-600
cms)

Blue =
20-40 feet (600-1200
cms)

Green =
40+ feet (1200
cms)

Blue =
0-3 feet (0-90
cms)

Green =
3-10 feet (90-300
cms)

Red =
10+ feet (300+
cms)

Blue =
0-2 feet (0-60
cms)

Green =
2-6 feet (60-180
cms)

Red =
6+ feet (180+
cms)

Plant Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

Click on thumbnail to add the Plant Description Page of the plant named in the Text box below that photo.
The Comments Row of that Plant Description Page details where that plant is available from.
Flowering months append the Sun Aspect in the Text Box below each Thumbnail.

Due to the number of plants which could be in the list below, then the

Permanent Herbaceous Perennial Plant Index
Bedding Annual Plant Index
Un-labelled Bedding Annual Plant Index

pages have been created to detail the Herbaceous Perennials permanently in these beds with the Bedding Plants that are inserted into the beds in the Spring and removed in the Autumn.

Bedding Plant Name

with link to its Description Page

Flower Colour

with link to a Design of East Border or
Design of West Border Page where that plant is located

Flowering Months

with link to each Month of that Flowering Colour Page

Height x Spread in inches (cms)

1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12" = 1 foot = 30 cms, 3 feet = 1 yard, 40 inches = 1 metre

Flower Thumbnail

Foliage Thumbnail

Comment

Plant Type with link to mail-order nursery in UK and/or USA
Links to nurseries in Australia may also appear.

and

Date when photos taken

Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon'

Scarlet

Jul-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Available from Hishtil in Israel, who export to The Nether-lands, Poland, Russia, Japan, Greece, England, Denmark, Cyprus, Finland, USA, Belgium, Slovenia, Canada, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Switzer-land, Norway and Sweden.

Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue'

Blue flowers with black calyces

Jul-Oct

100 x 36
(250 x 90)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

Available from Sue Templeton's Unlimited Perennials in Australia

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

Salvia involucrata 'Boutin'

Deep Pink tubular flowers

Jul-Nov

72 x 72
(180 x 180)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

Salvia involucrata 'Joan'

Purplish-Pink

Jun-Oct

60 x 60
(150 x 150)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

21 August 2013

Available from Sue Templeton's Unlimited Perennials and iGarden in Australia

The lowest Black label names this plant, which is probably going to get hidden by the vegetation of the 2 plants in front as will the sight of the red flowers of this Salvia.

Salvia x jamensis 'Hot Lips'

(Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips')

White flowers with broad lower lips dipped in brilliant Red

Jul-Oct

30 x 36
(75 x 90)

Herbaceous Perennial
Summer Bedding

24 July 2013

Available from Sue Templeton's Unlimited Perennials in Australia

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

In middle of image

Salvia microphylla var. microphylla 'Newby Hall'

Scarlet-Red tubular flowers

Jun-Dec

56 x 24
(140 x 60)

Evergreen Perennial grown as Summer Bedding Annual

29 August 2013

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

Salvia patens

Very long, open-mouther, deep Blue

Jul-Sep

24 x 12
(60 x 30)

Goes back to a tuber which should be protected with a mulch or lifted in October.

Summer Bedding

21 August 2013

Available from Sue Templeton's Unlimited Perennials in Australia

Salvia
'Phyllis Fancy'

Soft Lavender-White blossoms with Purplish bracts

Sep-Nov

84 x 84
(210 x 210)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

Summer Bedding Herbaceous Perennial

10 November 2013

Available from Sue Templeton's Unlimited Perennials and iGarden in Australia

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

Salvia greggii
'Purple Queen'

Purple

Jun-Oct

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

"How to Plant SALVIA Seeds

Sow seed in cell packs or flats, press into soil but do not cover. Needs light to germinate. Kept at 75°F., germination is in 14-21 days. Transplant into the garden 12-18 inches apart." from Swallowtail Garden Seeds.

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

Salvia jamensis
'Sierra San Antonio'

Creamy yellow flowers, suffused with shades of pink and orange

Jun-Oct

30 x 36
(75 x 90)

Summer Bedding

24 July 2013

Surrounded by plants some of which are higher than this plant

Salvia
'Silke's Dream'

Orange-Red

Jul-Nov

36 x 36
(90 x 90)

You can see that these Orange-Red flowers do stand out in the middle of the photo below, but also how easily its black plant label can be obscured by surrounding plants.

Summer Bedding Herbaceous Perennial

29 August 2013

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

In July-November, I took photos of plants with flowers in the Mixed Borders on

24 July,
29 July,
3 August,
29 August,
16 September,
10 November,
17 November and
30 November with

H. Kavanagh taking hers on
21 August.

This day was the only day when photos of this with its identity and flowers was taken during its 5 months of flowering.

Salvia splendens 'Salsa Purple'

Purple

May-Sep

14 x 12
(35 x 30)

This White label showing Salvia splendens 'Salsa P was inserted before 17 June 2013. It was replaced with a black label before 29 August 2013, which stated Salvia splendens 'Salsa Purple' (Salsa Series) for a plant where its flowers were dying out. Shame that some visitors were not to know the full name of what they were looking at in June!

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

17 June 2013

Salvia
'Summer Jewel R'

Scarlet

Jun-Oct

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

Possible flower bud.

Summer Bedding Herbaceous Perennial

17 June 2013

This plant may be
Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Red', which flowers from Jun-Oct, but it could not be identified with a label after 17 June 2013, even though it is next to the path. This means no photo of its flowers was taken.

Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Red' is described at the bottom of the table on the left with a photo of its flowers

Salvia leucantha 'Midnight'

Purple calyces with extended purple petals

May-Nov

48 x 48
(120 x 120)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

I wonder if I could see the black label below the top of the bright green leaved with purple flowers herbaceous perennial in the photos alongside?

I wonder if during the summer, that the plants in front grew higher than this salvia?

The bees can not get enough of it

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

"We, at Vincent Gardens in America, specialize in growing plants that attract humming-birds and butter-flies to the garden.  Our nursery is stocked full of host and nectar plants for butter-flies, humming-birds, drought tolerant perennials, woody ornamental shrubs, and trees. "

Salvia microphylla 'Trelissick'

Creamy-White

Jun-Nov

20 x 18
(50 x 45)

The rectangular block in the middle behind the burgundy flowers in front are this salvia.

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

16 September 2013

29 August 2013

Stylomecon hetero-phyllum

?

?

?

This plant may be
Stylomecon hetero-phyllum, but it could not be identified with a label after 17 June 2013, even though it is next to the path.

It might be Stylomecon hetero-phyllum available from Russia

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

17 June 2013

Tanacetum coccineum 'Duro'

Carmine-Purple

Jun-Sep

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

I wonder if I could see the lowest black label below the top of the bright green leaved with red flowers herbaceous perennial in the photo alongside?

I wonder if during the summer, that the plants in front grew higher than this salvia?

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

Verbena 'Claret'

Claret-Red

Jun-Sep

12 x 16
(30 x 40)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 July 2013

Verbena 'Homestead Purple'

Purple

Jun-Oct

12 x 16
(30 x 40)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

16 September 2013

Verbena
'La France'

Violet-Blue

Jun-Sep

12 x 16
(30 x 40)18 x 24
(45 x 60)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

16 September 2013

Available from Tesselaar in Australia

Another lighter green leaved plant mingling with it as well.

Verbena x hybrida
'St George'

Red with White Throat

Jun-Sep

10 x 16
(25 x 40)

This plant could not be identified with a label after 29 July 2013, even though it is next to the path.

Annual Summer Bedding

29 July 2013

Verbena Seabrook's Lavender 'Sealav'

Lavender

May-Sep

18 x 20
(45 x 50)

"In areas prone to frost apply a deep, dry winter mulch around the crown of the plant.
" from the RHS.

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Verbena x hybrida

Insufficient name to identify this plant.

White label may not have been replaced. Identity of this plant after 17-06-2013 lost by its foliage growing over it. No photos of its flowers were taken since it could not be identified if it did flower.

17 June 2013

"Verbena X hybrida, the Verbena hybrids or garden verbenas, are a product of garden cultivation, and do not occur naturally in the wild. However some cultivars have escaped and become established in the southern U.S. They come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Some are erect and bushy; others trailing and mat forming; some dense and compact; others open and spreading. The individual flowers are small, but borne in dense, many-flowered clusters to 3 in (7.5 cm) or more across. The flower clusters can be flattened, rounded or spikelike. Corolla colors include white, pink, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, purple, blue, and yellow, and each flower usually has a white central eye. " from Floridata.

Since this label does not have a cultivar name, then it is difficult to verify its identity and its details, so no further information about this plant will be inserted into this website.

Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Starlight Rose'

White flowers with pinky-rose centre

Jul-Oct

18 x 18
(45 x 45)

Annual Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

White label of 17 June 2013 replaced with black label by 29 August 2013 as shown as lower black plant label in the image below.

17 June 2013

"The world's leading breeder and producer of F1 and open-pollinated flower seed, PanAmerican Seed markets its products to both wholesale and retail distributors around the globe. " from PanAmerican Seed.

29 August 2013

Site design and content copyright ©February 2013. Chris Garnons-Williams.

DISCLAIMER: Links to external sites are provided as a courtesy to visitors. Ivydene Horticultural Services are not responsible for the content and/or quality of external web sites linked from this site.
 

Solution to Unemployment in Britain:-

"The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Auckland, New Zealand, have taught 3 rescue dogs to drive in an effort to encourage people to adopt and love shelter pets."

Besides the trained dogs who aid Blind People in walking, these other dogs could be trained to drive in Britain. Then, when a Blind person wishes to be driven, an unemployed person could earn their benefit by being in the front passenger seat giving directions to the dog who is doing the driving, but not to the dog who is sitting in the back seat alongside the Blind passenger.

The Blind person gets social interaction and the unemployed person - in aiding this blind person to go further than that person can walk for shopping or to visit friends - increases their self-esteem and self-worth.

The cars are maintained and operated with the dog driver during 8 hours each week by these unemployed. The running costs, cars and car parts are paid for by the local Government Employment Department.

The following is part of a Press Release from the Royal Horticultural Society:-

"RHS GARDENS: Vital Statistics RHS GARDEN WISLEY The flagship garden of the RHS, Wisley captures the imagination with richly planted borders, luscious rose gardens and a state-of-the-art Glasshouse. Also home to RHS trials and teams of scientists and botanists, this exquisite combination ensures gardeners learn with pleasure  the pure essence of Wisley.

• 172 acres of garden set in 334 acres of land.
• Presented to the RHS in 1903 by Sir Thomas Hanbury as a new experimental garden.
• The garden attracts over 1 million visitors annually.
• The garden's plant collection is one of the largest in the world, with close to 30,000 plant varieties.
• The RHS Wisley Glasshouse, opened in 2007, covers an area equal to 10 tennis courts (3,000m2) and rises 12m (40ft) in height.
• The Glasshouse supports more than 5,000 tender plants, making it the largest collection of cultivated glasshouse plants in the UK.
• The Glasshouse boasts the UK's first Root Zone, where visitors can learn about the vital role that roots play.
• In 2011, 28 plant trials were carried out in the garden, including asparagus, spring cabbage and Delphinium.
• The Glasshouse Borders, designed by Piet Oudolf, are 147m long and 11m wide, and planted with over 16,000 perennials and grasses.
• The garden supports five national plant collections: Crocus, Epimedium, Galanthus, heathers and rhubarb.
• The Fruit Fields at the garden boast over 2,000 trees, including more than 1,300 different fruit cultivars and almost 700 different varieties of apple.
• Soil at Wisley is generally acidic, free-draining, sandy loam with a natural PH of 5.5.
• Jubilee Arboretum is 32 acres, and consists of 1000 trees from more than 90 different genera.
• Construction of the iconic Laboratory building at Wisley was completed in 1916.
• There are 30 champion trees at RHS Garden Wisley.
• The famous Mixed Borders are 130m long.
• The Rock Garden at Wisley, celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 2011, and remains one of the finest examples of a Pulhamite rock garden in Britain. "

With these Mixed Borders being 6 metres (240 inches) deep, it is comforting to know how small is the area of garden - within whom are the summer bedding and permanent plants I am attempting (as my non-income-producing continuing-into-retirement hobby) to describe and compare - at only 1560 square metres. Should keep Brain Cell No. 3 doing something; instead of snoozing.

Meadow in my Garden in the UK:-

"We are a family business based in Devizes, Wiltshire, with a love of flower meadows. Our seed mixes will transform any garden, creating a magnificent patchwork of colour throughout the summer.

We got involved with the Nova-Flore biodiversity seed mixtures a couple of years ago. Conscious of the environmental pressures which we as a society impose on bees, butterflies, other pollinating insects, and of course song birds. It was clear that we cannot go on as we are, but we were unsure at first what could be done to help.

Aware that the UK had lost some 97% of its wildflower meadows since the 1930’s, with a major impact on pollinator numbers, we focused our efforts on the average British garden; realizing that any size of garden can benefit wildlife. Whilst a large corner of a garden can be great for floral meadow planting, a pocket handkerchief can be just as good for a wildlife friendly mini-meadow, and even window boxes or planters can make a difference.

We calculated that as there are over 13,000 square kilometres of gardens in the UK – which is more than all the official nature reserves put together – we might be able to encourage British gardeners to restore a little of the living landscape lost elsewhere to urbanisation and modern agricultural methods – turning their gardens into nature reserves! By creating a diverse mosaic of habitat in this way we also avoid some of the problems of species isolation associated with official nature reserves, and help with the creation of 'bee roads'.

Meadow in my Garden is the only supplier to offer such an extensive range of Nova-Flore seed mixtures, with hundreds of options and extensive stocks you can be sure to find the right flowering solution for your garden - delivered to you from the heart of Wiltshire within just a few days.

Offering a segmented range of ‘meadow in a box’ products for the hobby gardener, we promote low maintenance, easy to succeed, low watering seed mixtures, which are friendly to pollinating insects. These mixtures contain native and non-native garden plants to create functional meadows that provide beautiful, wildlife friendly alternatives to mown grass or more formal planting in beds – or to add colour and biodiversity between trees and shrubs."

Topic
Table on this page moved to the right hand side.

Ivydene Gardens Mixed Borders in RHS Garden at Wisley Garden Design:
Mixed Border - Bedding Plant Index

This Bedding Plant Index starts in next row from
Agapanthus 'Ben Hope' to Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Red' and
it continues from
Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon' to Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Starlight Rose'
in the table on the right.

The photos in this page were taken by Chris Garnons-Williams and H. Kavanagh in 2013.

Of the 98 named bedding plants
in the Mixed Border of the RHS garden at Wisley, neither I nor H. Kavanagh managed to take photos of their flowers with mature form during 2013 for

• 11 of them ,
• 17 of them had white labels with handwriiten plant information instead of the normal printed name on a black label; when their photos were taken by H. Kavanagh or me,
• 1 had insufficient identity in its plant name - Verbena x hybrida - to be able to state exactly what its flower colour, number of flowering months, or height and width were; or anything else about the plant,
• 2 of them had conflicting plant names Heliotropium peruvianum
  'Dwarf Marine' on the White Plant Label with Heliotropium arborescens 'Marine' on the Black Plant Label inserted later in the year for the same plant group and
• 3 of them I could find no information about or mail-order supplier for Dahlia '15 Love', Dahlia pinnata 'Dawn Sky' or Dahlia hybrid 'Trinidad Sunset'.

H. Kavanagh and I took photos of more than the 36 bedding plants with no plant label as shown in the Un-Labelled Bedding Plant Index Page during June, July and August 2013.

A table for each month - May, June, July, August, September, October, November - shows the flower photos for each of the 71 parts of the Mixed Borders split into Blue, Orange, Pink, Red, Unusual Colour, White, or Yellow for all the plants. The Mixed Border Permanent Herbaceous plants have been added in 2013. The Bedding plants and the Mixed Border Other Permanent Plants have been added to those pages in 2014.
 

I am sure that as 1 of the 1,000,000 visitors to the garden at Wisley in 2012-2013 and I am not sure how many visitors in 2013-2014, that I must express my grateful thanks to the RHS that more than 50% of the Summer Bedding Plants in the Mixed Borders during the summer of 2013 could not be identified or that the writing on their white plant labels was too small to be read from the path alongside the beds.

Bedding Plant Name

with link to its Description Page

Flower Colour

with link to a Design of East Border or
Design of West Border Page where that plant is located

Flowering Months

with link to each Month of that Flowering Colour Page

Height x Spread in inches (cms)

1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12" = 1 foot = 30 cms, 3 feet = 1 yard, 40 inches = 1 metre

Flower Thumbnail

Foliage Thumbnail

Comment

Plant Type with link to mail-order nursery in UK and/or USA. Links to nurseries in Australia may also appear.

and

Date when photos taken

Agapanthus
'Ben Hope'

Blue

Jul-Aug

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Its black label was below the top of the foliage. Flowers not seen before or after 21-08-2013

Herbaceous Perennial

21 August 2013

Agastache aurantiaca
'Apricot Sprite'

Apricot- Orange

Jul-Oct

20 x 4
(50 x 10)

Its white label not replaced with black label. Name on label difficult to read. Flowers not seen before or after 17-06-2013

Herbaceous Perennial

17 June 2013

Agastache 'Bolero'

Rose-Purple

Jul-Sep

30 x 20
(75 x 50)

White label of 17-06-2013 replaced by black label by 29-08-2013

Biennial used for Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Agastache
'Rose Mint'

Lavender-Rose

Jul-Oct

24 x 20
(60 x 50)

White label of 17-06-2013 replaced by black label by 29-08-2013

Herbaceous Perennial

29 August 2013

Antirrhinum 'Lavender Ribbon'

Lavender-Red

Jun-Oct

18 x 15
(45 x 38)

White label of 24-07-2013 replaced with black label by 10-11-2013

Summer Bedding Annual

21 August 2013

Antirrhinum majus 'Bronze Dragon'

Purple and White

Jun-Sep

12 x 12
(30 x 30)

Summer Bedding Annual

29 August 2013

Antirrhinum nanum 'Peaches and Cream'

Cream and Peach

Jun-Sep

8 x 12
(20 x 30)

White label may not have been replaced. Identity of this plant after 17-06-2013 lost by its foliage growing over it. Perhaps its seed was sown on 7 February 2013

Summer Bedding Annual

17 June 2013

Argyranthemum gracile
'Chelsea Girl'

Yellow-centered White

Apr-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Summer Bedding Herbaceous Perennial

21 August 2013

Argyranthemum 'Petite Pink'

Light Pink

Apr-Oct

20 x 20
(50 x 50)

Summer Bedding

24 July 2013

Bidens ferulifolia 'Golden Eye'

Yellow

Jun-First Frost

7 x 18
(18 x 45)

First photo of flowers on 29-08-2013, second on 16-09-2013 and third still flowering 10-11-2013

Summer Bedding
Annual

10 November 2013

Canna 'Phasion'

Bright Orange

Jun-Sep

64 x 20
(160 x 50)

Lift the rhizomes out of the ground in frost-prone areas and store at above freezing point temperature in autumn/ winter

Summer Bedding Rhizome

Flower photo on
29 August 2013
Foliage photo on 3 August 2013

Canna 'Ra'

Bright Yellow

Jul-Oct

Height 80 inches (200 cms)
Water Depth 2-12 inches (5-30 cms)

I wonder why an aquatic plant True Water Canna normally in 2-12 inch depth of water was used at the back of a Mixed Border bed as a Summer Bedding plant in free-draining sandy soil - from "RHS GARDEN WISLEY Vital Statistics: Soil at Wisley is generally acidic, free-draining, sandy loam with a natural PH of 5.5." in the penultimate row in the table on the right?

Perhaps this might explain why I did not see the plant even when I saw its label on 10 November 2013.

Aquatic Rhizome

10 November 2013

Perhaps this plant here is as relevant as this Youtube on CANNARA, which is a small rural farming hamlet in central Italy's Umbria Region.

Canna warscewiczii

Bright Scarlet

Jul-First Frost

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

I suspect this black label got hidden by the foliage/flowers of the plants in front before this canna flowered, so no photo of this canna's flower was taken

Summer Bedding Rhizome

3 August 2013

Centaurea ruthenica

Pale Citron-Yellow

Jul-Sep

48 x 24
120 x 60)

I suspect this white label got hidden by the foliage of these plants before this Centaurea flowered, so no photo of this plant's flowers was taken.

Herbaceous Perennial

17 June 2013

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity'

White

Jun-Nov

36 x 16
(90 x 40)

Summer and Autumn Bedding Annual

24 July 2013

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Rubenza'

Ruby-Red

Jul-Oct

30 x 16
(75 x 40)

Summer and Autumn Bedding

21 August 2013

Cosmos x dahlia 'Mexican Black'

Velvety-Red

Jul-Nov

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Summer and Autumn Bedding

16 September 2013

Cosmos sulphureus (Dwarf Ladybird)

Scarlet-Red with Tangerine and Yellow

Jun-Oct

24 x 20
(60 x 50)

Summer Bedding Annual

29 August 2013

Cuphea llavea

Purple with Red petals

May-First Frost

30 x 36
(75 x 90)

Tender Broadleaf Evergreen used as Summer Bedding

21 August 2013

Dahlia '15 Love'

I suspect this white label got hidden by the foliage of these plants before this Dahlia flowered, so no photo of this plant's flowers was taken.

Unable to locate any information about this plant.

29 August 2013

Dahlia 'Abacus Sol'

Yellow with Yellow collar

Jul-Oct

36 x 20
(90 x 50)

Summer Bedding Tuber

16 September 2013

Dahlia
'Arabian Night'

There is photos and text description on more than 45 other Dahlias in the Dahlia Gallery of this website.

Dark Wine-Red

Jun-Sep

20 x 48
(50 x 120)

Flower photos taken on 17-06-2013 and again on 29-07-2013 both with White label. Was this replaced with a readable black label after 29-07-2013?

Summer Bedding Tuber

29 July 2013

Dahlia 'Blue Wish'

As the flowers open, the Purple tipped, White petals turn a more uniform shade of Lilac.

Jun-Oct

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

See The Growing World of Dahlias for further information

Summer Bedding Tuber

16 September 2013

Dahlia
'Blyton Royal Velvet'

Dark Purple

Jul-Oct

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Miniature Decorative Dahlia

See Review of new cultivars growing in the UK in 2009

Exhibited at show by Midlands Dahlia Society

Summer Bedding Tuber

16 September 2013

Dahlia
'David Howard'

Bronze-Orange

Jul-Oct

36 x 30
(90 x 75)

It has been awarded Award of Garden Merit (AGM) by the RHS

Summer Bedding Tuber

29 August 2013

Dahlia pinnata 'Dawn Sky'

Unable to locate flower colour or mail-order supplier

Jul-Sep

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Dinner Plate Dahlia

Summer Bedding Tuber

16 September 2013

Dahlia 'Fascination'

Purple peony flower

Jul-Sep

30 x 24
(75 x 60)

It has been awarded Award of Garden Merit (AGM) by the RHS

Summer Bedding Tuber

16 September 2013

Dahlia 'Jessica'

Yellow base petals with tips that are Rose-Red

Jun-First Frost

56 x 20
(140 x 50)

I wonder if this White label was replaced with a black one?

Summer Bedding Tuber

16 September 2013

Dahlia 'Josie Gott'

White with Lilac flush

Jul-Sep

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

The Big List is a North American Dahlia Variety Locator

Summer Bedding Tuber

29 August 2013

Dahlia 'Knockout'

Cadmium Yellow single flower

Jul-Sep

24 x 20
(60 x 50)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 7 October?

Summer Bedding Tuber

7 October 2013

Dahlia 'Moonfire'

Straw-Yellow flowers, the broad rays orange-red at the base, and the disk deep purple

Jun-Oct

24 x 20
(60 x 50)

It has been awarded Award of Garden Merit (AGM) by the RHS

Summer Bedding Tuber

29 July 2013

Dahlia
'Teesbrooke Audrey'

Pale Pink with White inner collars around Yellow centres

Jul-Oct

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

White label of !7 June 2013 replaced with black label by 3 August 2013

Summer Bedding Tuber

17 June 2013

Swan Island Dahlias has been family owned since 1927 and is the largest dahlia grower in the USA with 40 acres of Dahlias growing 350 varieties, that are open to the public during blooming season.

Dahlia 'Tiptoe'

Red flowers tipped with White

Jul-Oct

40 x 12
(100 x 30)

Summer Bedding Tuber

16 September 2013

Dahlia hybrid 'Trinidad Sunset'

No information found on this plant

I suspect this white label got hidden by the foliage of these plants before this Dahlia flowered, so no photo of this plant's flowers was taken.

Summer Bedding Tuber

17 June 2013

Dahlia
'Twyning's After Eight'

White single flower
See flower photo from The National Dahlia Collection. "From its home at Varfell Farm, in Cornwall, The Collection consists of over 1600 names species and cultivars and they supply rooted cuttings of all the Dahlias in the late spring of each year."

Jul-Sep

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

It has been awarded Award of Garden Merit (AGM) by the RHS.

I suspect this white label got hidden by the foliage of these plants before this Dahlia flowered, so no photo of this plant's flowers was taken.

Summer Bedding Tuber

17 June 2013

Dianthus barbatus 'Kaleidoscope'

It is likely that this plant's name is Dianthus barbatus 'Kaleidoscope Mixed'

Pink that gradually mature to White

May-Sep

24 x 12
(60 x 30)

I wonder if this White label was replaced with a black one?

Herbaceous Biennial Summer Bedding

21 August 2013

Diascia personata

Dusky Pink

May-Nov

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

21 August 2013

Galtonia candicans

White

Jul-Sep

48 x 16
(120 x 40)

This is another Bulb Permanent Plant, which is to be moved to the Mixed Border Other Plants Gallery.

Bulb

29 August 2013

Geranium wlassovianum
'Blue Star'

Lavender-Blue

Jun-Sep

24 x 12
(60 x 30)

"This is one of the Hardy Geraniums suitable for rock gardens" from Bulletin Number 18 by James Armitage - Botanist, RHS Garden Wisley.

It is far larger than most of the Geraniums I have detailed in the Rock Garden Colour Wheel Gallery.

This is another Permanent Herbaceous Perennial, which has its Plant Description in Mixed Border Bedding Gallery and its links in Mixed Border Herbaceous Gallery

Herbaceous Perennial

29 August 2013

Gypsophila elegans
'Covent Garden'

White

Jun-Aug

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

This White label inserted before 17 June 2013 for the flower image was photograhed again on 29 July 2013

Summer Bedding Annual
17 June 2013

Do remember to order your seeds very quickly from Higgledy Garden due to
"however please bear in mind I will probably change my mind…or forget…or marry an exiled Swedish princess and go and live on a roundabout in Bromley." from his plans for the Higgledy Garden next Season. The profits he makes could provide the undercoat to cover the primer below the window of the back passenger door of his expensive motorcar.

Heliotropium arborescens 'Marine'

Violet-Blue

Jun-Aug

20 x 14
(50 x 35)

Heliotropium arborescens is synonymous with Heliotropium peruvianum, but whether cultivar 'Marine' is the same as 'Dwarf Marine' I would not know since their descriptions are different.

The Black Plant Label inserted after the White Plant Label appears to provide the name for a different plant from that named in the White Plant Label, so no Bedding Plant Description Page produced

Summer Bedding Annual

29 August 2013

Heliotropium peruvianum
'Dwarf Marine'

Royal Purple

Jun-Sep

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

This White label inserted before 17 June 2013 for the flower image was photograhed again on 21 August 2013

Summer Bedding Annual

21 August 2013

Iresine herbstii 'Brilliantissima'

n/a

n/a

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Rich Ruby-Red coloured leaves make this an excellent foil for flowering plants as well as silver and gold foliage plants.

To keep this plant over winter it must be kept in a frost free area.

Summer Patio Foliage only

10 November 2013

Lepechinia hastata

Red-Lavender

Aug-Nov

48 x 36 (120 x 90)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

One of the plants from Hawaii.

Evergreen Perennial Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

Osteospermum 'Sunny Cecil'
(Sunny Series)

See other varieties from the Sunny Series

White daisy-like flower heads with dark Purple centres

May-Aug

10 x 10
(25 x 25)

"Osteo-spermum plant named ‘Sunny Cecil’

US PP15273 P2

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteo-spermum plant named ‘Sunny Cecil’, charact-erized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; dense and bushy growth habit; freely flowering habit; and white-colored ray florets and dark purple-tipped disc florets." from Google Patents

Evergreen Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Pelargonium 'Blandfordianum'

White

Apr-Oct

14 x 12
(35 x 30)

YouTube video on this plant.

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

It appears as if the black plant label was inserted into the ground alongside the White plant label before 16 September 2013. The brown dead flowerheads may indicate that this Pelargonium is starting to finish its growing season.

From the angle of the White label it is possible that this is why neither I nor H. Kavanagh found and photographed this plant from May to September to get its flowers, juvenile growth or overall form in its flowering season of Apr-Oct

16 September 2013

Woottens of Wenhaston also provide a border design service as well as publications.

Pelargonium 'Mystery'

Wine-Red blotched Black

Jun-Nov

16 x 12
(40 x 30)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

Herbaceous Perennial

7 June 2013 from an Exhibition in The Glasshouse at Wisley. The 'Mystery' with its flower was found and photographed in the Mixed Border on 10 November 2013

Penstemon 'Countess of Dalkeith'

also called Penstemon
'Purple and White'

Plum-Purple and White- throated funnel-shaped

Jul-Nov

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Although Lambley Nursery in Australia has this plant it is not in their current range for sale in December 2013

Penstemon Fujiyama 'Yayama'

(Plant Breeders Rights apply = 'Yayama')

Shell-Pink flowers with broad satiny White throats

May-Oct

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

See photo of flowers with Chinese text.

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

21 August 2013

The black label states this plant's name. The plant in front is the same height and it is surrounded on its sides and back with taller plants. It is likely that later that black label was hidden by foliage.

Penstemon
'George Home'

Funnel-shaped Magenta to Cerise flowers with a White throat

May-Oct

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 July 2013

Penstemon orientalis 'Shogun'

Unable to find any information about this plant

Penstemon 'Pennington Gem'

White-throated, Pink flowers

May-Oct

40 x 20
(100 x 50)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Available from Nutshell Perennial Nursery & Plant Farm in Australia

Penstemon
'Port Wine'

Wine-Red coloured flowers and throat streaked with purple

May-Oct

28 x 20
(70 x 50)

Semi-Evergreen Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Available from Fernview Nurseries in Australia and Parva Plants in New Zealand

Penstemon
'Sour Grapes'

Bell-shaped purple/blue flowers with White throat

May-Oct

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Flower photos taken on 29-07-2013, 29-08-2013 and 10-11-2013

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 July 2013

Penstemon 'Vesuvius Yasius' (Volcano Series)

Purple funnel-shaped flowers with White throats

May-Oct

24 x 14
(60 x 35)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Penstemon
'White Bedder'

White

Jul-Oct

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

21 August 2013

Available from Le Jardin du Pic Vert in France and Tully Nurseries & Plant Centre in Ireland.

Pyrethrum roseum 'Duro'

Purple-Red

Jul-Aug

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

I wonder if this White label was replaced with a black one?

Makes an exceptional cut flower

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

17 June 2013

Ricinus communis 'Impala'

Creamy-White

August

48 x 48
(120 x 120)

The black label for this plant was seen in a photo of Canna 'Ra', but no photo of its foliage or flowers was taken before or after 10 November 2013

Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherry Brandy'

Cherry-Red

Jul-Oct

24 x 16
(60 x 40)

White label inserted before 21 August 2013 replaced by black label by 29 August 2013

Best in class for Rudbeckias and Cut flowers which last 14 days.

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

29 August 2013

Salvia atrocyanea

Blue-tinged bracts with large green calyces

See photo of flower from National Trust Hinton Ampner Garden

Jul-Oct

80 x 80 (200 x 200)

The Introduction and Step by Step instructions for Making More Salvias from Dysons Nurseries provides complete text and pictorial details for the home gardener.

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

Available from Sue Templeton's Unlimited Perennials in Australia

Available from Bernard Lacrouts in France

Salvia blepharophylla 'Diablo'

Scarlet-Red

Jul-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

Mission Statement of A World of Salvias in America:-
"After over 25 years of collecting. growing, and distributing Salvia species and cultivars, it is high time I took advantage of the Internet to further my interests."

Herbaceous Perennial Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

"At Flowers by the Sea, we grow all of the hundreds of plants in our catalog, most of which are true sages (Salvia spp.)." from Flowers by the Sea in Elk, California, America.

Salvia coccinea 'Forest Fire'

Fire Engine Red flowers framed by reddish-black bracts

Jul-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

I wonder why I was not able to identify this plant in flower before 10 November?

Annual Summer Bedding

10 November 2013

Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Pink'

White overlaid with Pink

Jun-Oct

18 x 16
(45 x 40)

White label inserted before 17 June 2013 still there by 29 July 2013 - replaced with a Black label before 10 November 2013

A usefull article on Salvia coccinea from the Master Gardener at University of Wisconsin-Extension

A 2012 All-America Selections Winner.

Summer Bedding Annual

29 July 2013

Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Red'

Scarlet

Jun-Oct

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

A 2012 All-America Selections Winner.

Annual Perennial Summer Bedding

16 September 2013