Ivydene Gardens Bee-Pollinated Bloom Plant Index Gallery:
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Botanical Plant Name with link to |
Flower Colour / with link to photo/data |
Flowering Months with link to |
Height with Spacings or Width (W) in inches (cms) 1 inch = 2.5 cms |
Foliage Colour / with link to Australia, China or New Zealand mail-order supplier |
Evergreen (Evg) or Deciduous (Dec or Her) Plant Type / Acidic (Acid), Alkaline (Alk) or with link to other page in this website |
Nectar / Pollen * = very good bee plant |
Alliaria petiolata |
White / Native to Europe, western and central Asia and northwestern Africa. |
April - June Noxious weed in America - Garlic Mustard produces allelochemicals which suppress mycorrhizal fungi that most plants, including native forest trees, require for optimum growth. |
39 x 16 |
Dark Green / Americans and Canadians can overcome this invader by eating the young shoots in the first year, or collecting the seeds in the second year and adding them to salads before trashing the older plant. |
Her Biennial Herb / |
Nectar |
White-flowered Allium like Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' |
White / |
48 x 4 |
Dark Green / |
Bulb / Well-drained soil |
Nectar |
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Alyssum maritimum (Lobularia maritima 'Snow Carpet', Sweet Alyssum) |
June - September |
4 x 6-8 |
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Anthemis arvensis |
June - September Noxious weed in Colorado, America |
16 x 12 |
Grey-Green / |
Annual / |
Nectar |
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Anthericum liliago (St. Bernard's Lily) |
White / |
May - August The Flower Factory Nursery has model railway and rock gardens |
24 x 16 |
Grey-Green / |
Her Perennial / Well-drained stony soil |
Nectar, Pollen |
Anthericum ramosum (Phalangites ramosus, Anthericum graminifolium, Branched St. Bernard's Lily) |
June - August |
28 x 12 |
Mid Green / |
Bulb / Calcareous (chalk) soils, on semiarid grasslands, slopes and forest edges |
Nectar, Pollen |
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Aralia spinosa (Devil's Walking Stick, Angelica-tree, Hercules' Club, Prickly ash, Prickly Elder) |
240 x 200 |
Bright Green - 36 long x 24 (90 x 60) - leaves becoming golden-yellow in the Autumn / |
Dec Shrub / |
Nectar |
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Arcto-staphylos urva-ursi (Common Bearberry) |
12 x 48 |
Dark Green / |
Evg Shrub / |
Nectar |
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Bellis perennis |
White ray-florets with central disc of Yellow Disc-florets / |
Flowerhead closes at night and opens in the morning. |
6 x 6-9 |
Evg Perennial / |
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Bryonia dioica |
May - September |
160 x 20 |
Mid-Green / |
Climber / |
Nectar |
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Chrysanth-emum leucanth-emum |
White ray-florets with central disc of Yellow Disc-florets / |
Noxious weed which is not usually eaten by cattle. |
12 x 12 |
Dark Green / |
Evg Perennial / |
Pollen |
Convallaria majalis |
Use as groundcover. All parts of the plant are highly poisonous |
10 x 12 |
Dark green / |
Rhizome (Bulb) / |
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Cotoneaster 'Simonsii' |
May - June |
84 x 48 |
Green foliage which turns red in the Autumn / |
Semi-Evergreen Shrub / |
Nectar |
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Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn, Crataegus oxyacantha) |
480 x 300 |
Dark Green turns Yellow in Autumn / |
Dec Tree / |
Nectar, Pollen * |
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White / |
June - August |
24 x 12 |
Mid-Green / Seed available from Zhong Wei Horticultural Products Company in Yunnan, China for shipping to all countries in the world. |
Biennial / |
Nectar. Bees also visit all flower-ing culti-vated carrots |
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Greenish-White / |
June - Grows in Chile with sharp spines and may be covered in snow for 1-8 months |
120 x 120 |
Mid Green / |
Evg Shrub / |
Nectar |
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Gaultheria shallon |
April - June Native American plant Available as seed from South Africa and shipped anywhere |
48 x 60 |
Dark Green / |
Evg Shrub / |
Nectar |
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Gypsophila paniculata |
White / |
36 x 36 |
Grey-Green / Available from China to rest of World using AliExpress , who sell 108,890,000 products at wholesale price from 790,000 sellers!!! |
Her Perennial / |
Nectar is coll-ected from the single form and not from those with cultivars with double flowers like Bristol Fairy and Flamingo |
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White / |
600 x 200 |
Dec Climber / |
Nectar |
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Linum catharticum 2.0% of Wildflowers in Cotswolds Meadow Seed Mix |
White with Yellow centre / |
June - September Native UK plant. |
12 x 6 |
Green / |
Annual / |
Nectar |
Lithosper-mum arvense |
White / |
March - July |
18 x 12 |
Narrow Dark Green / |
Annual / |
Nectar |
Lonicera xylosteum |
Yellow - White / The red berries are dispersed by birds. |
June - July Native UK plant. |
120 x 120 |
Gray - Green / May be imported into Australia |
Dec Shrub / |
Nectar |
Lycopus europaeus |
White with Red spots / |
British native plant. |
40 x |
Light Green / |
Aquatic Perennial / |
Nectar |
Marrubium vulgare |
White / |
June - November. Being highly unpalatable to livestock it persists in native vegetation that has been grazed. |
20 x 20 |
Gray-Green / Noxious weed in Australia. |
Her Perennial / |
Nectar |
Menyanthes trifoliata (Bogbean, Boghop) |
May - July |
12 x 12 |
Dark Green / |
Aquatic Plant / |
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White / |
May - June |
200 x 160 180 inches (450 cms) spacing. |
Dark Green becoming Golden-Yellow/ Brown in the Autumn / |
Dec Tree / Ideally planted in a warm location on slightly acidic well-drained soil, it will tolerate both heat and urban pollution. |
Nectar, Pollen |
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Micromeria thymifolia |
White |
June - October Growing in UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDENS LJUBLJANA (SLOVENIA). |
24 x 18 |
Dark Green / |
Evg Perennial Herb / |
Nectar |
Oxydendrum arboreum |
White / Grow it with rhododendrons and azaleas, or as a specimen. Sourwood honey is a highly prized local product. |
Native American plant found on rocky wooded slopes in the Appalachian Mountains |
240 x 120 |
Dark Green / |
Dec under-storey Tree / |
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Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust, False Acacia) |
May - July |
840 x 240 |
Dark Green / |
Dec Tree / |
Nectar |
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Rubus fruticosus (Blackberry with flowers followed by fruit on second year branches) |
160 x 12 |
Mid Green / |
Perennial plants with Biennial stems / |
Nectar, Pollen |
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Rubus x logano-baccus |
4500 grammes (10 lbs) of edible loganberry fruit per plant per year, which besides being eaten raw can be made into jam and cheesecake |
May - July Also grow 1 plant per 12 x 12 inch (30 x 30cms) in width and depth of pot Loganberry fruit should not be confused with Loganberry eggs from Loganberry Farm in America |
72 x 12 |
Dark Green / |
Perennial plants with Biennial stems / |
Nectar |
Stellaria media (Common Chickweed, Chickweed, Chickenwort, Craches, Maruns, Winterweed) |
White / |
Very nutritious, they can be added to salads whilst the cooked leaves can scarcely be distinguished from spring spinach |
4 x 20 Food plant for caterpillars of many butterfly species |
Dark Green / |
Annual / Grows almost anywhere, it is a common garden weed and is often eaten by chickens. |
Nectar is only produced in sunny weather |
Trifolium repens (White Clover) |
White ages to pink or cream / |
June - September |
2-8 x 7 |
Dark Green / |
Her Perennial / |
Nectar, Pollen |
Vaccinium myrtillus (Black Whortleberry, Whinberry, Dyeberry, Huckleberry, Hurtleberry, Black Whortles, Trackleberry, Hurts, Bleaberry, Airelle) |
Bell-shaped Ivory / |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green becoming Red in the Autumn / |
Dec Shrub / |
Nectar |
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
Pinky-White / |
6 x 12 |
Mid Green / |
Evergreen Shrub / |
Nectar |
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Vicia faba (Field Bean, Horse Bean) |
May - August |
39 x 6 |
Dark Green / |
Annual / |
Requires to use the holes made by bumble bees to get the nectar |
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The spacings (the distance between the plants) recommended above should enable the plants of the same genera to cover the ground in 2-3 years. |
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Kings Seeds in New Zealand sell seeds and this is part of their website:_ "To Attract Bees and Other Pollinators ..... 1. Don’t use pesticides. Most pesticides are not selective. You are killing off the beneficial insects along with the pests. If you must use a pesticide, start with the least toxic one and follow the label instructions to the letter. 2. Use local native plants. Research suggests native plants are four times more attractive to native bees than exotic flowers. They are also usually well adapted to your growing conditions and can thrive with minimum attention. In gardens, heirloom varieties of herbs and perennials can also provide good foraging. 3. Choose several colours of flowers. Bees have good colour vision to help them find flowers and the nectar and pollen they offer. Flower colours that particularly attract bees are blue, purple, violet, white, and yellow. 4. Plant flowers in clumps. Flowers clustered into clumps of one species will attract more pollinators than individual plants scattered through the garden. Where space allows, make the clumps one metre or more in diameter. 5. Include flowers of different shapes. There are many different species of bees and they are all different sizes, have different tongue lengths, and will feed on different shaped flowers. Consequently, providing a range of flower shapes means more bees can benefit. 6. Have a diversity of plants flowering all season. Most bee species are generalists, feeding on a range of plants through their life cycle. By having several plant species flowering at once, and a sequence of plants flowering through spring, summer, and autumn, you can support a range of bee species that fly at different times of the season. 7. Plant where bees will visit. Bees favour sunny spots over shade and need some shelter from strong winds." |
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"Chileflora is a project established in Central Chile in 2005, near the city of Talca, some 250 km south of the Chilean capital, Santiago. It takes full advantage of its location, because Chileflora is close both to the wet, lush southern forests and the dry northern Altiplano of Chile with its other-worldly landscapes reminiscent of Martian deserts, having thus access to the best and most varied selection of plants and seeds from all over Chile. Although Chileflora was initiailly conceived as a business venture, among its non-commercial objectives is the promotion of the Chilean flora in the world, education about the values of Chilean plants, especially their medicinal and nutritional properties, protection of the local environment and especially protection of bio-diversity, both in-situ and ex-situ, and propagation of rare and endangered Chilean species. Chileflora is located in the countryside, and on its 67 ha premises grows a native bush forest with over 200 species, with such interesting species as Quillaja saponaria, Peumus boldus, Aristotelia chilensis, Maytenus boaria, Kageneckia oblonga, Azara dentada, Schinus polygamus, Lithrea caustica, and many others: we have one species of Puya coerula, several species of Calceolarias, orchids, Anemonas, Baccharis, Myrceugenias, Tropaeolums, the very rare Miersia chilensis..." |
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Bee-Pollinated Bloom Plant Index. Click on the OOO in the Index below to link to those bee-pollinated plants of that flower colour in that month or any of Enumber indicates Empty Index Page. |
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Inner circle of Grey is 12 months of Unusual or Multi-Coloured Flower Colour |
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Bulb and Perennial Height from Text Border |
Brown = 0-12 inches (0-30 cms) |
Blue = 12-24 inches (30-60 cms) |
Green = 24-36 inches (60-90 cms) |
Red = 36-72 inches (90- 180 cms) |
Black = 72+ inches (180+ cms) |
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Shrub Height from Text Border |
Brown = 0-12 inches (0-30 cms) |
Blue = 12-36 inches (30-90 cms) |
Green = 36-60 inches (90- 150 cms) |
Red = 60-120 inches (150- 300 cms) |
Black = 120+ inches (300+ cms) |
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Tree Height from Text Border |
Brown = 0-240 inches (0- 600 cms) |
Blue = 240- 480 inches (600- 1200 cms) |
Green = 480+ inches (1200 + cms) |
Red = Potted |
Black = Use in Small Garden |
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Blue = 0-36 inches (0-90 cms) |
Green = 36-120 inches (90-300 cms) |
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Bamboo, Bedding, Conifer, Fern, Grass, Herb, Rhododendron, Rose, Soft Fruit, Top Fruit, Vegetable and Wildflower Height from Text Border |
Blue = 0-24 inches (0-60 cms) |
Green = 24-72 inches (60- 180 cms) |
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Plant Soil Moisture from Text Background |
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BEE-POLLINATED BLOOM IN MONTH PLANT INDEX GALLERY PAGES |
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. |
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Colour Wheel of All Flowers |
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Primary Colours:- Secondary Colours:- Tertiary Colours:-
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Rock Garden (Alpines) suitable for Small Gardens in 53 Colours |
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Click on number in flower colour required in that month.
FLOWERING IN MONTH |
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"Soils vary enormously in characteristics, but the size of the particles that make up a soil defines its gardening characteristics:
The dominating particle size gives soil its characteristics and because the tiny clay particles have a huge surface area for a given volume of clay they dominate the other particles: Clay soils have over 25 percent clay. Also known as heavy soils, these are potentially fertile as they hold nutrients bound to the clay minerals in the soil. But they also hold a high proportion of water due to the capillary attraction of the tiny spaces between the numerous clay particles. They drain slowly and take longer to warm up in spring than sandy soils. Clay soils are easily compacted when trodden on while wet and they bake hard in summer, often cracking noticeably. Sandy soils have high proportion of sand and little clay. Also known as light soils, these soils drain quickly after rain or watering, are easy to cultivate and work. They warm up more quickly in spring than clay soils. But on the downside, they dry out quickly and are low in plant nutrients, which are quickly washed out by rain. Sandy soils are often very acidic. Silt soils, comprised mainly of intermediate sized particles, are fertile, fairly well drained and hold more moisture than sandy soils, but are easily compacted Loams are comprised of a mixture of clay, sand and silt that avoid the extremes of clay or sandy soils and are fertile, well-drained and easily worked. They can be clay-loam or sandy-loam depending on their predominant composition and cultivation characteristics. Peat soils are mainly organic matter and are usually very fertile and hold much moisture. They are seldom found in gardens. Chalky or lime-rich soils may be light or heavy but are largely made up of calcium carbonate and are very alkaline." from Royal Horticultural Society . |
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PLANTS PAGE PLANT USE Groundcover Height Poisonous Cultivated and UK Wildflower Plants with Photos
Following parts of Level 2a, |
PLANTS PAGE MENU
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Photos - 12 Flower Colours per Month in its Bloom Colour Wheel Gallery
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To locate mail-order nursery for plants from the UK in this gallery try using search in RHS Find a Plant. To locate plants in the European Union (EU) try using Search Term in Gardens4You and Meilland Richardier in France. To locate mail-order nursery for plants from America in this gallery try using search in Plant Lust. To locate plant information in Australia try using Plant Finder in Gardening Australia. |
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The following details come from Cactus Art:- "A flower is the the complex sexual reproductive structure of Angiosperms, typically consisting of an axis bearing perianth parts, androecium (male) and gynoecium (female). Bisexual flower show four distinctive parts arranged in rings inside each other which are technically modified leaves: Sepal, petal, stamen & pistil. This flower is referred to as complete (with all four parts) and perfect (with "male" stamens and "female" pistil). The ovary ripens into a fruit and the ovules inside develop into seeds. Incomplete flowers are lacking one or more of the four main parts. Imperfect (unisexual) flowers contain a pistil or stamens, but not both. The colourful parts of a flower and its scent attract pollinators and guide them to the nectary, usually at the base of the flower tube.
Androecium (male Parts or stamens) Gynoecium (female Parts or carpels or pistil)
 It is made up of the stigma, style, and ovary. Each pistil is constructed of one to many rolled leaflike structures. Stigma This is the part of the pistil which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate. 
Style This is the long stalk that the stigma sits on top of. 
Ovary The part of the plant that contains the ovules. 
Ovule The part of the ovary that becomes the seeds. 

Petal 
The colorful, often bright part of the flower (corolla). 
Sepal 
The parts that look like little green leaves that cover the outside of a flower bud (calix). 
(Undifferentiated "Perianth segment" that are not clearly differentiated into sepals and petals, take the names of tepals.)"
The following details come from Nectary Genomics:- "NECTAR. Many flowering plants attract potential pollinators by offering a reward of floral nectar. The primary solutes found in most nectars are varying ratios of sucrose, glucose and fructose, which can range from as little a 8% (w/w) in some species to as high as 80% in others. This abundance of simple sugars has resulted in the general perception that nectar consists of little more than sugar-water; however, numerous studies indicate that it is actually a complex mixture of components. Additional compounds found in a variety of nectars include other sugars, all 20 standard amino acids, phenolics, alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenes, vitamins, organic acids, oils, free fatty acids, metal ions and proteins. NECTARIES. An organ known as the floral nectary is responsible for producing the complex mixture of compounds found in nectar. Nectaries can occur in different areas of flowers, and often take on diverse forms in different species, even to the point of being used for taxonomic purposes. Nectaries undergo remarkable morphological and metabolic changes during the course of floral development. For example, it is known that pre-secretory nectaries in a number of species accumulate large amounts of starch, which is followed by a rapid degradation of amyloplast granules just prior to anthesis and nectar secretion. These sugars presumably serve as a source of nectar carbohydrate. WHY STUDY NECTAR? Nearly one-third of all worldwide crops are dependent on animals to achieve efficient pollination. In addition, U.S. pollinator-dependent crops have been estimated to have an annual value of up to $15 billion. Many crop species are largely self-incompatible (not self-fertile) and almost entirely on animal pollinators to achieve full fecundity; poor pollinator visitation has been reported to reduce yields of certain species by up to 50%." |
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The following details about DOUBLE FLOWERS comes from Wikipedia:- "Double-flowered" describes varieties of flowers with extra petals, often containing flowers within flowers. The double-flowered trait is often noted alongside the scientific name with the abbreviation fl. pl. (flore pleno, a Latin ablative form meaning "with full flower"). The first abnormality to be documented in flowers, double flowers are popular varieties of many commercial flower types, including roses, camellias and carnations. In some double-flowered varieties all of the reproductive organs are converted to petals — as a result, they are sexually sterile and must be propagated through cuttings. Many double-flowered plants have little wildlife value as access to the nectaries is typically blocked by the mutation.
There is further photographic, diagramatic and text about Double Flowers from an education department - dept.ca.uky.edu - in the University of Kentucky in America.
"Meet the plant hunter obsessed with double-flowering blooms" - an article from The Telegraph. |
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THE 2 EUREKA EFFECT PAGES FOR UNDERSTANDING SOIL AND HOW PLANTS INTERACT WITH IT OUT OF 15,000:-
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Choose 1 of these different Plant selection Methods:- 1. Choose a plant from 1 of 53 flower colours in the Colour Wheel Gallery. 2. Choose a plant from 1 of 12 flower colours in each month of the year from 12 Bloom Colours per Month Index Gallery. 3. Choose a plant from 1 of 6 flower colours per month for each type of plant:- 4. Choose a plant from its Flower Shape or Fragrance:- Sense of Fragrance from Roy Genders 5. Choose a plant from its foliage:- 6. There are 6 Plant Selection Levels including Bee Pollinated Plants for Hay Fever Sufferers in
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7. when I do not have my own or ones from mail-order nursery photos , then from March 2016, if you want to start from the uppermost design levels through to your choice of cultivated and wildflower plants to change your Plant Selection Process then use the following galleries:-
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There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-
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I hope that you find that the information in this website is useful to you:- I like reading and that is shown by the index in my Library, where I provide lists of books to take you between designing, maintaining or building a garden and the hierarchy of books on plants taking you from
There are these systems for choosing plants as shown in
82 rock garden plants (with photos) suitable for small garden areas; split into:-
I am taking photos of rock garden plants suitable for small gardens and if they do not have their own Plant Description Page in this website, then each photo of each plant will be located at the bottom of the relevant 1 of 52 Rockgarden Flower Colour Wheel pages. Usually a link in *** to that page of 35 will be included in the Name field of the respective Index Page, for:-
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