Ivydene Gardens Stage 2 - Infill Plants Index Gallery:
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Plant Associations It is sad to reflect that in England so few gardens open to the public label their plants or label them so that the label is visible when that plant is in flower, so that visitors can identify; and then later locate and purchase that plant. Few mail-order nurseries provide the detail as shown in my rose or heather galleries. If you want to sell a product, it is best to display it. When I sold my Transit van, I removed its signage, cleaned it and took photos of the inside and outside before putting them onto an advert in Autotrader amongst more than 2000 other Transit vans - it was sold in 20 minutes. If mail-order nurseries could put photos to the same complexity from start of the year to its end with the different foliage colours and stages of flowering on Wikimedia Commons, then the world could view the plant before buying it, and idiots like me would have valid material to work with. I have been in the trade (until ill health forced my Sole Trader retirement in 2013) working in designing, constructing and maintaining private gardens for decades and since 2005 when this site was started, I have asked any nursery in the world to supply photos. R.V. Roger in Yorkshire allowed me to use his photos from his website in 2007 and when I got a camera to spend 5 days in July 2014 at my expense taking photos of his roses growing in his nursery field, whilst his staff was propagating them. I gave him a copy of those photos. |
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Zinnias come in a wide variety of colors with large, profuse blooms. They are truly an easy to grow annual flower. Zinnia offers many colors and mixed blooms from which to choose. |
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Photo of Zinnia at the Desert Demonstration Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada. By Stan Shebs, via Wikimedia Commons |
Papaver 'Flamenco Dancer' Supplier |
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Oriental Poppy ‘Flamenco Dancer’ 'Flamenco Dancer' poppy unfurls 4- to 6-inch-wide red blossoms with a deep black center in late spring to early summer. Poppies steal the show when they’re in full bloom, but later plants go dormant. Tuck other perennials around these bloomers to avoid bare spots in the garden. Oriental poppies form long taproots that resemble white carrots. Dividing isn’t always successful and is not typically recommended. Plants are hardy in Zones 3 to 7. |
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Papaver rhoeas 'American Legion' Supplier |
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Corn poppy ‘American Legion’ (Papaver rhoeas) 'American Legion' is a Dutch variety dating to 1891. The rich red flower cups boast a white cross inside. Bees can’t resist these blossoms, so make sure you’re not carrying any indoors when you gather flowers. Gather with larkspur and daisies for a Memorial Day bouquet. |
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Field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in meadow. By MichaelMaggs, via Wikimedia Commons |
Celosia 'First Flame Red' Supplier |
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Celosia 'First Flame Red' emerges out of this container and is great in warm conditions. Easy to grow euphorbia 'Glitz' commands prime real estate in the middle of this artful arrangement. The petunia 'Easy Wave Berry Velour', front and center, is easy to grow and blooms in every season. |
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Celosia argentea var. cristata, BG Bochum. By Frank Vincentz, via Wikimedia Commons |
Lobelia cardinalis Supplier |
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Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) This stunner haunts moist, shady woodland areas and attracts hummingbirds for miles around. Maybe that intoxicating quality is what inspired early native Americans to make love potions from its roots. |
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Lobelia cardinalis, near Rio Frio Cave, Cayo District, Belize. By Denis Barthel, via Wikimedia Commons (The making of this document was supported by the Community-Budget of Wikimedia Germany.) |
Petunia 'Cha-Ching-Cherry' Supplier |
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Bright, bold pinks are trending in 2014. Petunia 'Cha-Ching-Cherry' is a new introduction featuring cherry-red blooms with creamy-yellow stars in their throats. The plants have a mounding growth habit, so they're great for containers, but can also spill over the sides of baskets and window boxes. Grow them in part to full sun. |
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Petunia x hybrida. By Jerzy Opioła, via Wikimedia Commons |
Zonal Geraniums Supplier |
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Geraniums Flower Continuously Summer Until Frost The geranium, zonal, is an annual flower named for the horseshoe shaped band of dark color in the leaves of most varieties. They are upright bushes covered with colorful flowers on long stems held above the plant giving a burst of color. |
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File:Pelargonium hortorum-yercaud-salem-India.JPG. Zonal geranium, succlant stem, kidney shaped leaves, pink flowers. By Yercaud-elango, via Wikimedia Commons |
Article from The Telegraph:- How to create summer colour with annual flowers Best annual flowers to sow from seed to add colour to your summer borders. By Sarah Raven 3:17PM BST 26 Apr 2010 |
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Here's a good game to play: if some kind of crisis hits and your own personal credit crunch shrinks your garden to a few square yards, which plants would you keep as your absolute summer favourites? For me, I would major on reliability and colour. Cosmos crew My number one and two would be annuals from the cosmos family. I'd probably choose the pure white, Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity' as my first. Its delicate, yet abundant, highly cut and feathery leaves in the brightest green, are the ideal backdrop to the clear, honest prettiness of the single white, gold-centred flowers. It's hard to beat, but I also love the rich carmine-red 'Dazzler', ideal for a different place and mood in the garden. Then there's the pale pink with carmine centre, 'Versailles Tetra' and shorter 'Antiquity', with flowers in the colours of a beautiful faded tapestry. These cosmos are perfectly designed plants, massive performers, even with a dose of healthy beginners' neglect. If you sow them now, they germinate easily within a week (particularly if you can give them a bit of heat, at about 65C). Sow them into Jiffy pellets, or sow two seeds straight into individual pots. If both seeds germinate, thin to one after a week. Then, when they have three pairs of leaves, pinch out the tips, leaving at least one pair of leaves. They're guaranteed to be in flower in 10 weeks and will be covered in hundreds of buds and flowers from then until Guy Fawkes night. Stake the taller varieties ('Purity', 'Dazzler' and 'Versailles Tetra') with a single or tripod of canes and some twine. I only water mine in an extended drought, but keep them well picked, or deadheaded through the season and - if you sear the stem end in boiling water for 20 seconds - they last a week in water. Best of the sunflowers Another definite would have to be the small-flowered, tall, bushy and prolific flowerer, Helianthus debilis 'Vanilla Ice'. This - like the cosmos - will be in flower in 10-12 weeks and you sow and grow it in exactly the same way. I love the large-flowered sunflowers, too, pollen-free florist's varieties like the deep port-wine-red, Helianthus annuus 'Chianti' (it is a pity that 6 years after this article was published, that Sarah Raven does not have Heliathus annuus 'Chianti' in her for sale list. Still, I suppose times move on!) and primrose yellow 'Valentine', but they won't be quite as floriferous as 'Vanilla Ice'. Dahlias and zinnias The cosmos and sunflowers will give you light, fluffy clouds of colour, with as much foliage as flowers, but you could also do with some meaty blooms to centre the plot and give more oomph. Grow zinnias and dahlias for that. Choose zinnias either in single colours such as the deep red, 'Benary's Giant Wine', 'Benary's Giant Purple' or 'Cactus Orange', or mix the whole lot up together in 'Giant Dahlia Mix'. Zinnias don't like cold nights, so if you want to get them going now, you're best to sow them into modules or gutter pipes and transplant from there, with no root disturbance, in about a month. Or, wait until the middle of May and sow seed where you want them in the garden. For dahlias, select two or three of the incredible doers: one of the varieties that flower for five months, bulk up quickly so the tubers survive reliably from one year to the next without lifting, and that last well in the vase so you can have a house as well as a garden full of colour. This does not apply to all dahlias, which can be quite transient once cut, but if you go for 'Rip City' (large) or 'Tamburo' (small) in crimson black, 'Karma Fuchsiana' in coral and 'Ambition' spiky and bold, in deep purple, you are on to certain winners. Put several of these tubers together - old stem uppermost - in a wooden or plastic greengrocers' crate in the next few weeks and fill the crate with damp compost. Once each tuber is beginning to shoot and the frosts are over, plant in the garden. Like the cosmos, just stake and leave them and they'll make an invaluable contribution. Great climbers I'd then add a climber to break through all this horizontal glamour, and Ipomoea lobata would be my first choice. The orange, yellow and red flame flowers of this vigorous annual are sweet and delicate - like mini Chinese pagodas - but overall, their impact on any sort of arch or tepee is tremendous and they're one of the easiest annuals to germinate and grow. Cobaea scandens (cup and saucer plant) is wonderful too, but you need to start it off early and all too often the seeds rot before they germinate, but this is not so with ipomoea. Just chuck them into a seed tray, or their own pot - again two seeds to each one - and they'll be up within the week. Lovely leaves The last two or three plants you should grow are foliage providers - the rice to go with all this curry. Scatter some seeds of Salvia viridis 'Blue' or Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' into a seed tray, gutter - or just direct into the soil - and both will be in flower within eight weeks and give you blues and silvers to calm the richness of the rest, right through until the autumn. Special performer And finally, give one slightly trickier plant a go, Moluccella laevis (Bells of Ireland), which will still be looking good in the garden as you pick your berries and twigs for a wreath at Christmas. This can be stubborn to germinate, but should come up after the shock of a week in the freezer. Freeze a packet of seed in the next week, sow into a seed tray, then prick out into their own pots for planting in the garden in the middle of May. As long as you can find them a site in the sun, every one of these plants will give you magnificence and beauty week after week. Even if you've never sown or planted a seed or tuber, you'll be fine with these and now - this week - is the moment to start. By the end of this summer, you'll be hooked and wonder what you've looked at in previous years in your garden before you got to know these A-list stars.
ANNUALS FOR POTS Calibrachoa Million Bells Crackling Fire (Calibrachoa 'Sunbelfire') Pelargoniums Arctotis Acidanthera |
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Amaranthus tricolor (Joseph's coat) Supplier of Amaranthus tricolour 'Splendens' |
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Amaranthus tricolour 'Splendens' feature colourful leaves in bright, stable tricolour blends of red, yellow and green. It is utterly breathtaking in mass plantings and very useful as a temporary shrub. Amaranthus tricolor (vegetable group) produces generous quantities of large tender and nutritious oval leaves (medium-green overlaid with a burgundy cast and resembling coleus). Those strains identified as vegetable amaranth are selected for their culinary attributes. Others, identified usually as Joseph’s-coat cultivars, have been selected for their colorful foliage. Amaranthus is excellent raw in salads, used as a steamed vegetable, and included in soups and stews. Other strains of Amaranthus tricolor bear large leaves in brilliant shades of red, yellow, bronze and green on handsome plants reaching up to 6 feet high. They make a strong statement in large borders, in large beds, and even in pots. |
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Amaranthus tricolor - മലയാളം: ചുവന്ന ചീരDate19 December 2011, 00:08:45. By Manojk, via Wikimedia Commons |
The flowers are a range of colours from white to dark red, including pink, yellow and orange. Full Sun |
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The darker red variety seems to favour sandy soils, while the lighter colour seems to favour clay soils. Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions and some light shade, but will not tolerate wet winter soils. |
Alcea rosea is variously described as a biennial (having a two-year life cycle), as an annual, or as a short-lived herbaceous perennial. |
These tall showy cottage garden plants are ideal for the back of the border or against a wall or fence. Classic varieties grow from 4ft to 8ft (1.2m to 2.5m) tall. Dwarf varieties, around 3ft (1m) tall, are available for smaller gardens. Towering stems rise above the hairy, lobed leaves from early summer bearing richly coloured, near-black, single flowers, each with a yellow throat. A magnificent biennial or short-lived perennial for a cottage garden setting. |
Hollyhocks provide excellent architectural height, contrast and a certain amount of old world charm to cottage gardens and border backgrounds. Also effective when grown against walls or fences. |
Flower of Alcea rosea 'nigra', in botanical garden in Uppsala, Sweden by By Øystein Hellesøe Brekke (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
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Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon) Supplier of Antirrhinum majus 'Bells Pink' |
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The common name "snapdragon", originates from the flowers' reaction to having their throats squeezed, which causes the "mouth" of the flower to snap open like a dragon's mouth. The plants are pollinated by bumblebees, and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies. Cultivars range greatly in height and vary in use from bedding to mixed border and cut flowers. It is an herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 0.5–1 m tall, rarely up to 2 m. The leaves are spirally arranged, broadly lanceolate, 1–7 cm long and 2-2.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced on a tall spike, each flower is 3.5-4.5 cm long. |
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Antirrhinum majus. By Michael Apel, via Wikimedia Commons |
Begonia x semperflorens (Wax begonia) Supplier |
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Dwarf varieties grow to 6-8” tall and taller varieties grow to 10-12” tall. Mass in beds or borders. Edgings. Containers and window boxes. |
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Begonia x semperflorens. Found in Rīga town, Latvia. By AfroBrazilian, via Wikimedia Commons |
Callistephus chinensis |
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Aster 'Spider Chrysanthemum Mixed' An exclusive blend of Asters, with stunning blooms resembling a Spider Chrysanth-emum in a dazzling mixture of colours. Excellent planted en masse in borders or used as a cut flower. |
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Bunter Strauß von Sommerastern (Callistephus chinensis). By 4028mdk09, via Wikimedia Commons |
Capsicum annuum (Ornamental pepper) Supplier |
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Of the 5 domesticated chilli species, Capsicum annuum is the most common and extensively cultivated, both commercially and in home gardens as well. Growing capsicum annuum takes a bit of effort as they need to be started right from seed but the rewards are well worth it. The fruit is ready for harvest after about 120 days. |
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Capsicum annuum - Place:Osaka-fu Japan • 日本語: トウガラシ(園芸品種). By I, KENPEI, via Wikimedia Commons |
Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle, Rosy Periwinkle, Annual Vinca, formerly known as Vinca rosea) Supplier of Vinca rosea |
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The flowers are adapted to pollination by a long-tongued insect, such as a moth or butterfly. This species is also able to self-pollinate. Its seeds have been seen to be distributed by ants. Madagascar periwinkle is grown as a bedding plant in tropical regions and cultivated indoors as a house plant in temperate areas. It is sensitive to over-watering. It does not withstand frosts and is best grown indoors in temperate climates. Annual ground cover, bedding, edging or containers. Some varieties make excellent houseplants. |
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A Madagascar periwinkle flower and leaves in CUHK, Hong Kong. Photo taken by Lorenzarius on 29 March 2006. • 中文名: 長春花 • Common name: Madagascar periwinkle • Scientific name: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. By Lorenzarius assumed (based on copyright claims, via Wikimedia Commons |
Celosia cristata (Crested Cockscomb, Celosia argentea var cristata) |
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‘Jewel Box’ Mix: very dwarf plants (6 to 8” tall) in a wide variety of flower colors. The Plumosa form resemble a plume of Ostrich feathers and can grow up to 16 inches tall with a 12 inch spread. |
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Celosia argentea var. cristata. By Frank Vincentz, via Wikimedia Commons |
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Pollinated by bees. All Clarkia make a good addition to flower beds, borders, containers, rock gardens and native wildflower plantings. This plant attracts bees and butterflies and resists deer. |
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Clarkia pulchella. By Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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Cleome hassleriana (Spider flower) |
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Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates light shade. Best with consistent watering during the growing season, but once established, plants will tolerate some drought. |
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The inflorescence of cultivated Cleome hassleriana. Moscow region, Russia. By Bff, via Wikimedia Commons |
Coleus (Solenostemon scutellaroides) Supplier |
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59 results from Royal Horticultural Society. Coleus plants are durable and easy to grow. They are best known for their bright colors, and variety of foliage forms. Technically, they are a tender perennial but they are usually considered an annual plant by growers and seed producers. Coleus plants should be grown in the garden in bright, indirect light, or in partial shade. The lower growing dwarf varieties (6-12 inch) will create a colorful border, or you can use the taller (up to 36") types as a dramatic background planting.Many Coleus plants will survive full sun exposure but the foliage color is often enhanced when they are grown in the shade. Coleus are also quite striking when they are planted in a container and grown as a house plant. |
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Plecthranthus scutellarioides. By I. Fähnrich, via Wikimedia Commons |
Consolida ambigua (Consolida ajacis, Larkspur) Supplier of Consolida ambigua (now known as Consolida ajacis, Rocket Larkspur) Supplier |
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Excellent cut flower for fresh or dried arrangements. Easily grown from seed in loose, moderately rich, consistently moist, well-drained soils in full sun. |
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Consolida ajacis at the Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, USA. By Stickpen (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons |
Cosmos bipinnatus (Cosmos, Mexican Aster) |
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Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity' has large, open flowers of pure white, with delicate apple-green foliage. The classic cut flower and a supremely lovely garden plant, which no one should be without. |
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Cosmos bipinnatus. By Kurt Stüber, via Wikimedia Commons |
Cuphea ignea (Firecracker plant, cigar plant) Supplier |
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Whilst perennial, it is frost tender so either needs to be grown in the garden as an annual where it will flower almost continually until the first frosts knock it down - or lifted from the garden and grown on as a houseplant for the Winter where it will continue to flower and please. |
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Cuphea ignea. By Kurt Stüber , via Wikimedia Commons |
Dahlia x hybrida (Dahlia) Supplier |
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Massing in beds and borders, cut flowers |
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Collerette Dahlia 'Teesbrooke Redeye', Orley (UK 2004). By Mark Twyning, via Wikimedia Commons |
Dianthus chinensis Supplier |
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China pink cultivars available in commerce today are bushy compact plants that typically grow in mounds or clumps to 6-12" tall. Beds and borders. Edgings. Containers. |
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Dianthus chinensis L., 1753 Tiếng Việt: Cẩm chướng. By Pinus, via Wikimedia Commons |
Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove) |
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Digitalis purpurea 'Alba' is a lovely cream foxglove, which makes a beautiful cut flower and garden plant. |
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Digitalis purpurea. In Vielha e Mijaran (Val d'Aran - Catalunya. To 1.470 m altitude. By Isidre blanc, via Wikimedia Commons |
Dimorphotheca sinuata (Cape marigold, African daisy, Namaqualand daisy) Supplier in USA and Europe to many countries in the world |
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The striking orange flowers attract butterflies into the garden. Bees love this plant as they collect the nectar from the flowers. They are useful for rock gardens, dry banks and the front row of borders. They are, however, not good for cut flowers as they close on cloudy days and remain closed indoors. They also grow very well in poor, sandy soils. The seeds that appear soon after the flowers wilt are brownish and papery. They are easily blown away by the wind, so they need to be collected as early as possible. |
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Dimorphotheca sinuata at the ÖBG Bayreuth. By El Grafo, via Wikimedia Commons |
Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy) |
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The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is located in northern Los Angeles County, California. At the peak of the blooming season, orange petals seem to cover all 1,745 acres (706 ha) of the reserve. Grown en masse, with the fine dissected foliage making a tangle of stems, they are fascinating to the eye and are breathtaking in massed plantings or containers. The flowers are extremely attractive to bees and butterflies. |
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Eschscholzia californica, Papaveraceae, California poppy, aberrant flower with six petals; Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany with bee. By H. Zell, via Wikimedia Commons |
Gerbera jamesonii (Barberton Daisy, Transvaal daisy) Supplier of Gerbera jamesonii 'T&M Mixed' F2 Hybrid |
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Gerbera jamesonii 'T&M Mixed' F2 Hybrid - Fast growing and early to flower, this special T&M blend of large- bloomed gerbera make spectacular house plants. Perfect for the patio in summer and a sunny windowsill or glasshouse during the cooler months, they'll provide months of vibrant colour. Makes excellent cut flowers. Height: 30-40cm (12-16"). |
Ideal For: patio, greenhouse, conservatory, cut flower garden Grow in average to organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. |
File:Gerbera jamesonii-1.JPG reidsh-pink flower several long slender ray florets. By Varun Pabrai, via Wikimedia Commons |
Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Gayflower) Supplier |
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Growing to about 18 inches tall, this native of central and southern U.S. and Mexico is nice in a meadow, cut flower garden, border, or rock garden.
If your garden goes weeks at a time without rain, or you have dry soil that won’t hold water, don’t despair. Grow blanketflower or Gaillardia—it thrives on neglect, prefers arid conditions and looks like a party all summer long. |
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Flower of Firewheel, also known as Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella). By Wing-Chi Poon, via Wikimedia Commons |
Gazania rigens (Gazania) Supplier |
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This easy-to-grow bloom is tolerant of poor, dry or sandy soil. Heat and salty spray don’t deter its growth or beautiful blossoms either, making it a perfect specimen for ocean-front growing. Gazania rigens blooms close at night; thrives in hot, dry conditions; requires little maintenance. |
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Yellow flower of Gazania rigens. By Alvesgaspar, via Wikimedia Commons |
Gypsophila elegans (Baby's Breath) |
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The flowers can be cut and dried and used during the winter months. The plants themselves are useful in the hardy border, or as pot plants. Easily grown from seed it blooms 6 weeks from the day it was sown.
If you are short of space, broadcast seed in the bulb bed and it will do a great job of hiding their faded foliage in summer. |
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Gypsophila elegans from Lalbagh Garden, Bangalore, INDIA during the Annual flower show in August 2011. By Rameshng, via Wikimedia Commons |
Annie's has 69 Orange Red Flower Annuals Annie's has 43 Pink Magenta Flower Annuals |
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Fritillaria, Funkia, Gal-anthus, Galtonia, Gladiolus, Hemero-callis |
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Scented Flora of the World by Roy Genders - was first published in 1977 and this paperback edition was published on 1 August 1994 ISBN 0 7090 5440 8:- |
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I am using the above book from someone who took 30 years to compile it from notes made of his detailed observations of growing plants in preference to |
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The Propagation of Alpines by Lawrence D. Hills. Published in 1950 by Faber and Faber Limited describes every method of propagation for 2,500 species. Unlike modern books published since 1980, this one states exactly what to do and is precisely what you require if you want to increase your alpines. |
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Fragrant Plants adds the use of another of your 5 senses in your garden:- |
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STAGE 2 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 |
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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. |
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STAGE 4D Trees and Shrubs suitable for Clay Soils (neutral to slightly acid) Trees and Shrubs suitable for Dry Acid Soils Trees and Shrubs suitable for Shallow Soil over Chalk Trees and Shrubs tolerant of both extreme Acidity and Alkalinity Trees and Shrubs suitable for Damp Sites Trees and Shrubs suitable for Industrial Areas Trees and Shrubs suitable for Cold Exposed Areas Trees and Shrubs suitable for Seaside Areas Shrubs suitable for Heavy Shade Shrubs and Climbers suitable for NORTH- and EAST-facing Walls Shrubs suitable for Ground Cover Trees and Shrubs of Upright or Fastigiate Habit Trees and Shrubs with Ornamental Bark or Twigs Trees and Shrubs with Bold Foliage Trees and Shrubs for Autumn Colour Trees and Shrubs with Red or Purple Foliage Trees and Shrubs with Golden or Yellow Foliage Trees and Shrubs with Grey or Silver Foliage Trees and Shrubs with Variegated Foliage Trees and Shrubs bearing Ornamental Fruit Trees and Shrubs with Fragrant or Scented Flowers Trees and Shrubs with Aromatic Foliage Flowering Trees and Shrubs for Every Month:- |
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Whether your Heavy Clay or Light Sandy / Chalk Soil is excessively Alkaline (limy) / Acidic or not, then there is an Action Plan for you to do with your soil, which will improve its texture to make its structure into a productive soil instead of it returning to being just sand, chalk, silt or clay. |
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Reasons for stopping infilling of Sense of Fragrance section on 28/07/2016 at end of Sense of Fragrance from Stephen Lacey Page. From September 2017 will be creating the following new pages on Sense of Fragrance using Scented Flora of the World by Roy Genders. |
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Finally, you might be advised to check that the adjacent plants to the one you have chosen for that position in a flower bed are suitable; by checking the entry in Companion Planting - like clicking A page for checking Abies - and Pest Control page if you have a pest to control in this part of the flower bed. |
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Since 2006, I have requested photos etc from the Mail-Order Nurseries in the UK and later from the rest of the World. Few nurseries have responded.
with the aid of further information from other books, magazines and cross-checking on the internet. |