Ivydene Gardens Bulb, Corm, Rhizome and Tuber Gallery: |
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Omphalodes |
White-eyed,
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Clump. |
10 x 16 Chalk, Peaty. |
The foliage is a very bright green and heart shaped, forming 40cm patches of tight rosettes all year round.
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Use Navelwort as groundcover in a moist, shady, border, rock garden or woodland garden to create a slowly creeping carpet of shiny leaves |
Prefers areas with moist soil and dappled shade in the afternoon but can tolerate occasional periods of drought. |
Ophiopogon |
Pale Purplish-White
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Clump, Spreading. |
8 x 12 Acid Sand with Peaty. The Japanese have been selecting new color forms, some may be grown by Plant Delights Nursery. |
Tufts of grass-like, Dark Green leaves
Can be used as a turf subst-itute (no mowing though) |
Grow as grassy groundcover, for border edging, in a rock garden, in pots, edging or peat bed. It is native to Japan, where it grows on open and forested slopes. |
Top-dress annually with leaf mould in the autumn. |
Ophiopogon |
Pale Purplish-White
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Clump, stemless, |
8 x 12
seed capsules Acid Sand with Peaty. |
Almost Black foliage
Can be used as a turf subst-itute (no mowing though) |
Grow as grassy groundcover in raised beds, for border edging, in a rock garden or peat bed. Also alongside streams and pond margins. This may also be grown in containers and wintered indoors in a sunny window. |
For growth as a ground cover, plants are best spaced 4” apart. |
Purplish-Pink
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4 x 6 |
Grey-Green |
Clump-forming form. Suitable for a rock garden, raised bed, trough or alpine house. |
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Bright Yellow with
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2 x 12 |
White-hairy, light green leaves |
Mat-forming form. Suitable for a rock garden, raised bed, trough or alpine house. |
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Fragrant White to
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3 x 9 |
Blue-Grey |
Clump-forming form. Suitable for a rock garden, raised bed, trough or alpine house. |
Oxalis are an attractive range of plants with many being grown for their foliage as well as their flowers. The flowers are generally whorled, closing rather like an umbrella. Many of the flowers are light dependant, only opening when the sun comes out. Plant them 2 inches (5cm) deep in a rockery or else they grow very well in pots, either outdoors or indoors. |
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Magenta-Pink with
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8 x 4 |
Light green clover-like foliage, often twisting and closing at night or on very hot days. The foliage is not present during the late autumn and winter, when the plant is dormant. |
An outstanding selection with magenta-pink funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats held above light green clover-like foliage in early autumn. Frost tender, so one for the greenhouse. |
This is good for hanging baskets. Plant 1 inch (2.5 cms) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cms) apart. |
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Telos Rare Bulbs in USA have other Oxalis varieties for sale from |
Pink with a Yellow centre
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May, June, July |
10 x 10 |
Light green clover-like foliage with a silver gloss, often twisting and closing at night or on very hot days. The foliage is not present during the late autumn and winter, when the plant is dormant. |
This is a variable winter-growing oxalis from South Africa which produces delicate flowers in a range of pinks and apricots which last for ages. Do not feed to keep the leaves contained. This is suitable between paving, massed at the front of a low border or in a wall and rock garden, also suitable for window-boxes. Plant 1 inch (2.5 cms) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cms) apart. |
Oxalis are wonderful "collector's items" -- you know you have been bitten by the bug when, upon seeing their dazzling jewel-like flowers and different leaf forms, you experience an irrepressible urge to possess more! The South African species are largely winter-growers, brightening the dreary months with their exuberant flowers, then go dormant in summer. They are best appreciated as container plants, and need sun to open their flowers. |
Reddish-Purple with
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0.5-2 x 4 (1.25-5 x 10) |
Light green clover-like foliage, often twisting and closing at night or on very hot days. The foliage is not present during the late autumn and winter, when the plant is dormant. |
This is good for hanging baskets. Plant 1 inch (2.5 cms) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cms) apart. |
Oxalis is an enormous family of plants from all over the globe. These in this Gallery are a selection of winter-growing varieties. All are easy to grow and very rewarding with very long flowering times. There are approximately 1919 species. |
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Yellow
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4 x 4 |
Small tufts of light green clover-like leaves appear in spring and then die down for several months, before re-appearing in early autumn at the same time as the bright yellow funnel-shaped flowers. Foliage is absent in the winter. Mat-forming habit. Deep mulch after autumn foliage has died down to prevent the bulb being frozen. |
This is good for hanging baskets. Plant 1 inch (2.5 cms) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cms) apart. |
Frost hardy, this will withstand temperatures down to -5c. |
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Disc - Many daisies are easy to grow and very free-flowering. The typical colour contrast between the disc and the surrounding rays creates a lively effect 
Floret is a small or reduced flower, especially 1 of a cluster in a composite flower - such as the florets of a sunflower (The very small flowers in a ring inside the yellow petals of 
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Topic - Bulb Climber in |
Topic - Both native wildflowers and cultivated plants, with these
You know its Each plant in each WILD FLOWER FAMILY PAGE will have a link to:- |
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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:- |
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Opening Bud |
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Juvenile Flower |
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Older Juvenile Flower |
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Middle-aged Flower - Flower Colour in Season in its |
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Mature Flower |
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Juvenile Flower and Dying Flower |
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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!!!! |
Starting in February 2023 all the bulbs compared in this gallery of BULB PLANT GALLERY are being copied to the PERENNIAL - EVERGREEN GALLERY comparison pages with Bulb and their use added to the text box below the thumbnail. The PERENNIAL - EVERGREEN GALLERY will eventually compare every plant in this website in its respective colour and month(s) - it has the same heights as in the BULB PLANT GALLERY with this addition Black = |
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PERENNIAL - EVERGREEN GALLERY PAGES FOLIAGE COLOUR FRUIT COLOUR FLOWER BED PICTURES |
EVERGREEN PERENNIAL GALLERY PAGES Site Map of pages with content (o) Introduction |
PLANT USE AND FLOWER SHAPE GALLERY |
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Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month. |
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then in February 2023, I am continuing to insert all the 1000 Groundcover Plants as indicated by followed by continuing to insert all the plants with flowers from Camera Photo Galleries as indicated by Next, I will continue to insert all the plants planted in chalk as indicated by then the following plants shall be added from
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Evergreen Perennials Height from Text Border in this Gallery |
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Evergreen Perennials Soil Moisture from Text Background in this Gallery |
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Natural Arrange-ments |
Bunches, Posies and Sprays (Group) |
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FURTHER BULB FLOWER SHAPE GALLERY PAGES |
History, Culture and Characteristics
Alphabetical Guide - Pages 154-543 provides an Alphabetical Guide to these bulbs, with each genus having a description with details of culture, propagation and details of each of its species and varieties:- with these Appendices:- |
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Bulbs for Small Garden by E.C.M. Haes. Published by Pan Books in 1967:-
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Bulbs in the Small Garden with Garden Plan and its different bulb sections |
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Brown= 0-12 inches (0-30 cms) |
Blue = 12-24 inches (30-60 cms) |
Green= 24-36 inches (60-90 cms) |
Red = 36+ inches (90+ cms) |
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Bulb Soil Moisture from Text Background |
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Flowering months range abreviates month to its first 3 letters (Apr-Jun is April, May and June). Click on thumbnail to change this comparison page to the Plant Description Page of the Bulb named in the Text box below that photo. |
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Ivydene Gardens Bulb, Corm, Rhizome and Tuber Gallery:
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Plant Name Major source of honey in the UK Yes/No |
Type The key ingredients a bird needs from your garden are |
Height x Spread in inches (cms) Spacing distance between plants of same species in inches (cms) |
Foliage Some poisonous deciduous trees are indicated, but there are others in Cultivated Poisonous Plants and |
Flower Colour in Month(s). Use Pest Control using Plants to provide a Companion Plant to aid your selected bulb or deter its pests |
Comments and Use United States Department of Agriculture Pruning of |
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