Ivydene Gardens Bulb, Corm, Rhizome and Tuber Gallery: Bulbs from Infill galleries |
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Bulb, Corm, Rhizome or Tuber Name |
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Flowering Form Thumbnail Mat, |
Height x Width in inches (cms) - Seed Head Thumbnail Soil Sun Aspect Soil Moisture |
Foliage Colour with Foliage Thumbnail |
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Aconitum The aconitum was sacred to Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft, of the Hades and of magic, who, among other things, had used it for poisoning her father. In the old Greece, the aconitum was used for preparing poisoned baits for foxes and wolves (hence the Greek name “lykotonon = wolves killer). See Aconitum 'Spark's Variety' with its use at the RHS Wisley Garden. |
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Purple |
Jul-Aug Hood-shaped flowers |
48 x Sand, Peat |
Green |
Cut Flowers |
Monkshoods look best in a woodland-garden setting showing their helmet flowers amidst shrubbery, but can also be used in mixed borders of tall perennials. |
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Yellow and Blue |
Aug-Sep |
24 x Sand, Clay |
Green |
In open Woodland Garden or under dappled shade. Pollinated by bees. |
The whole plant is highly toxic - simple skin contact has caused numbness in some people. |
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Blue |
Jul-Oct Clump. |
24-36 x 12-24 Well-drained Sand, Peat |
Green |
Deer resistant. |
Be aware that all parts of the plant are extremely poisonous. Wear gloves when working with this plant. |
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Pale Yellow |
Jul-Aug |
40 x 24 Sand, Chalk, Clay |
Green |
Rabbit, Deer resistant. |
Prefers a calcareous soil. If the flower stems are removed after flowering the plant will normally flower again later in the season. |
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Rich Blue |
Jun-Sep Helmet-shaped flowers in Spikes |
40-60 x 12 Well-drained soil - light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. |
Dark Green |
Use - Grown in gardens in temperate zones for their spiky inflorescences that are showy in early-mid summer, and their attractive foliage. |
Very poisonous. Wear gloves when working with this plant. See further details in Aconitum napellus 'Bicolor' page. |
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Jul-Aug Hooded flowers in Spikes |
36-72 x 20-24 Spacing Sand, Clay, Peat |
Dark Green |
Middle of border |
It is toxic. Water during dry periods and cut back after flowering. |
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Alliums The great drawback of the Alliums is their odour, which is, however, not always perceptible except when the flowers are cut. See further details on Alliums in Allium and Anemone Gallery. Most alliums will do well in deep pots. Although any good multipupose potting media will do, a mix of equal parts of John Innes No 3, multipurpose compost and horticultural grit is sometime preferred. Mask the fading foliage by placing the pots behind other containers or just plunge them in the border. Re-pot annually in the autumn. For containers In large pots containing multiple bulbs, plant them one bulb width apart in lasagne layers, one layer of one variety, the next layer the next and so on, with the smallest bulbs forming the layer nearest the top. Cover with compost and firm well. In the garden On poor soil, it’s worth giving almost all spring-flowering bulbs potash feed in the early spring. This helps with root and bulb formation and will encourage them to stick around and flower on and on for years. |
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Deep Rose, also light to deep lilac or pink |
May-Jul Umbel of up to 40 urn-like strong onion odour in flowers with tepals not petals |
12 x 4 Habitat amongst dry sunny rocks on dry hillsides and plains. |
Thin leaves sprout from the grayish brown egg-shaped bulb and then wither as flowering begins. |
A pleasant though not very spectacular plant for the large rock garden with a dry summer rest. Suitable for pans in the cool greenhouse and alpine house. Both the bulb and stalk are edible. Repels moles and browsing deer. |
This is a pretty dwarf species and other pretty dwarf forms or species of similar or deeper colour are Allium bidwilliae, Allium breweri, Allium ostrowskianum, and Allium pedemontanum. Grows with roses, carrots, beet and chamomile |
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Allium caeruleum |
Bright Blue |
Clump. |
24 x 10 Fertile, well-drained soil. |
Mid-green narrow leaves |
Excellent for cut flowers. |
Since the leaves die-back before the flowers emerge its best planted with other medium - sized herbaceous plants, such as sea-holly, which help to mask the faded foliage. |
Violet-Blue |
Clump. |
6-12 x 4 Sand, Chalk which is well-drained and humus-rich or woodland type. Peat. |
Sparse grass-like mid-Green leaves appear before and during the flowers. |
Attracts bees, butterflies and birds. |
Plant at 4 inches (10 cms) depth with an inch (2.5cms) of fine grit under them for drainage and 4 inches (10 cms) apart. Never plant at perfectly measured distances apart as this looks artificial - plant in clumps of 5, 7 or 9 in a staggered group so that they look more natural when they flower. |
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Violet-Mauve |
Clump. Fragrant Spike of an Umbel |
60 x 6 Chalk or Sand |
Pale Green 2 inch wide and 30 inches long leaves. |
Try it dotted in small groups among ornamental grasses. Pollinated by bees. Attracts butterflies. Squirrel resistant. |
A huge tall spike some 1.5m (5ft) tall bearing a very dense umbel of bright purple flower to be dried and used in dry arrangements. Border background plant. |
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White with a |
Clump. |
Any Soil |
Glaucous Blue, 4-6 inch wide leaves. |
A very useful allium, its large glaucous foliage makes for excellent, well behaved groundcover. Cut fresh and dried flowers. Naturalize. Houseplant. |
Silvery-white flower spikes grow up some 20cm. (8"). Deserves to be used more often. Use in window boxes, bedding and patio planters. |
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Golden-Yellow |
Erect and Clump-forming. |
12 x 12 |
Strap-shaped 2 inch wide metallic Blue-Green |
Rock garden or middle of bed and suitable for naturalising in rough ground. Attracts bees and butterflies. |
Easy to establish in grass or under deciduous shrubs. Use as edging or in pot and as a groundcover. |
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White |
Erect. |
12 x 4 Any well-drained Soil |
Strap-shaped Grey-Green leaves |
An excellent variety to naturalise on the rock garden. |
This edible, erect-habit, bulb is native to Northern Italy and frequently found growing in grassy areas. |
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White with |
April, May, June |
20-40 x 16 (50-100 x 40) Any well-drained Soil |
Strap-shaped Grey-Green leaves which start to die back when the flowers emerge. |
Allium companions are Allium 'Forelock', Allium ascherso-nianum and Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation'. |
Good Cut flower. There is a pink form of Allium nigrum (Syn. Allium auctum). |
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Carmine-Pink |
Upright, Clump. Sweetly-scented Star-shaped flowers in umbel on drumstick |
4-6 x 8 Chalk or Sand |
Strap-like 2 inch wide Mid-Green leaves. |
Use in borders, edgings, rock gardens and in ground covers. Use in patio pots. Deer resistant. Cut flower - dried or fresh. |
Aggressive - spreads rapidly to form clumps. |
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White with |
18 x 8 |
Green |
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Alstroemeria |
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Amaryllis |
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Anemone |
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Creamy-White |
6 x 6 |
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Should be grown in light shade where summers are hot; in full sun in cooler climates. Can be grown with green carpet rupturewort to provide a light green background for the flowers. |
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Deep Blue |
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6 x 6 |
Green |
Companion plants from the Department of Horticultural Science of NC State University for Anemone blanda and its cultivars |
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Red, Blue or White |
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Plant tubers 3 inches deep and spaced about 3 inches apart in bold drifts in Sep-Oct for spring-flowering; Mar/Apr for Jun-Jul flowering; May-Jun for Sep flowering. |
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White |
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4 x 12 |
Green |
Found growing in woodlands. A good bee and bumblebee plant. |
Anemone nemorosa is native to Europe including Britain. |
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Anthericum |
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Apios |
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Arisaema |
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The following are lists of plants in flower during these months from the P Infill2 Plants Index Gallery:- |
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Any Plant Type (some grown in Cool Green-house) Bloom-ing in |
Any Plant Type (some grown in Cool Green-house) Bloom-ing in |
Any Plant Type (some grown in Cool Green-house) Bloom-ing in |
Any Plant Type Blooming in Smallest of Gardens |
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Indoor Bulb Growing from Indoor Bulb Growing by Edward Pearson. Published by Latimer House Limited in 1953. Growing instructions for Allium karataviense and Allium neapolitanum to be grown indoors:- Pot in October, using John Innes potting mixture, ordinary soil or a mixture of 4 parts loam, 1 part well-rotted manure, 2 parts leaf-mould and 1 ounce medium bone-meal. Put 6 bulbs in a 5 inch pot (12.5 cms). After planting, the bulbs should remain in the dark for from 6-8 weeks. and the following links describe other bulbs for use indoors over each month of the flowering year:- |
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Indoor Bulbs for Sep-tember |
Bulbs in Window-boxes |
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Topic - Over 1060 links in this table to a topic in a topic folder or page within that folder of this website |
Topic - If the plant type below has flowers, then the first gallery will include the flower thumbnail in each month of 1 of 6 or 7 flower colour comparison pages of each plant in its subsidiary galleries, as a low-level Plant Selection Process
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Butterfly Species. Wild Flower Each plant named in each of the 180 Wildflower Family Pages within their 23 Galleries may have a link to:- WILD FLOWER FAMILY PAGE MENU |
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All Flowers 53 with |
Plant Colour Wheel Uses Uses of Bedding |
Nursery of Nursery of Damage by Plants in Chilham Village - Pages Pavements of Funchal, Madeira Identity of Plants Ron and Christine Foord - 1036 photos only inserted so far - Garden Flowers - Start Page of each Gallery |
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Cultural Needs of Plants "Understanding Fern Needs |
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It is worth remembering that especially with roses that the colour of the petals of the flower may change - The following photos are of Rosa 'Lincolnshire Poacher' which I took on the same day in R.V. Roger's Nursery Field:- |
Closed Bud |
Opening Bud |
Juvenile Flower |
Older Juvenile Flower |
Middle-aged Flower - Flower Colour in Season in its |
Mature Flower |
Juvenile Flower and Dying Flower |
Form of Rose Bush |
There are 720 roses in the Rose Galleries; many of which have the above series of pictures in their respective Rose Description Page. So one might avoid the disappointment that the 2 elephants had when their trunks were entwined instead of them each carrying their trunk using their own trunk, and your disappointment of buying a rose to discover that the colour you bought it for is only the case when it has its juvenile flowers; if you look at all the photos of the roses in the respective Rose Description Page!!!! |