BEDDING PLANT GALLERY PAGES

FOLIAGE COLOUR
(o)Black
Blue
(o)Brown
(o)Bronze
(o)Green
Grey
(o)Purple
(o)Red
Silver
(o)Variegated
White
Yellow

SEED COLOUR
Seed

BEDS WITH PICTURES
Garden

Website Structure Explanation and User Guidelines

BEDDING PLANT GALLERY PAGES which shows the flowers from the plants in the:-

• Bedding Galery and
• Mixed Border Bedding Gallery

Flower Colour

Bicolour

Blue

Green

Orange

Other Colours

Pink

Purple

Red

White

White / Bicolour

Yellow

Flower Simple Shape

3 Petals

4 Petals

5 Petals

6 Petals

Stars

Bowls, Cups and Saucers

Globes, Goblets and Chalices

Trumpets and Funnels

Bells, Thimbles and Urns

Single Flower provides pollen for bees

2 Petals

Flower Elabor-ated Shape

Tubes, Lips and Lobes

Slippers, Spurs and Lockets

Hats, Hoods and Helmets

Standards, Wings and Keels

Discs and Florets

Pin-cushions and Tufts

Rosettes, Buttons and Pompons

Bedding Plant Use

Bedding Out

Filling In

Screen-ing

Pots and Troughs

Window Boxes

Hanging Baskets

Spring Bedding

Summer Bedding

Winter Bedding

MIXED BORDERS IN RHS GARDEN AT WISLEY DESIGN GALLERY PAGES

Introduction
 

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 in the MIXED BORDERS DESIGN Gallery, which shows the flowers from:-

• Permanent Herbaceous Perennials in the Mixed Border
• Bedding in the Mixed Border and
• Other Permanent Plants in the Mixed Border

Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month.

MIXED BORDER BEDDING PLANTS GALLERY PAGES

Site Map of pages with content (o)

Introduction

Bedding Plants Height from Text Border for the
BEDDING PLANT Gallery,
this MIXED BORDER BEDDING PLANTS Gallery and
MIXED BORDERS DESIGN Gallery

Blue = 0-24 inches
(0-60 cms)

Green = 24-72 inches
(60-180 cms)

Red = 72+ inches
(180+ cms)

Bedding Plants Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

Click on thumbnail to change this Comparison Page to the Plant Description Page of the Bedding Plant named in the Text box below that photo.

The Comments Row of that Bedding Plant Description Page details where that Bedding Plant is available from.

MIXED BORDER BEDDING PLANT INDEX

Bedding Plant Name.
 

Flower Colour

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

Flowering Months

See Mixed Borders Flower Colour per Month Pages

Flower Thumbnail

Height x Spread in inches (cms)

Bedding Plant Use:-
Bedding Out. Filling In,
Screening,
Pots and Troughs,
Window Boxes,
Hanging Baskets

Foliage Colour

with link to Mixed Borders Foliage Colour Page

Foliage Thumbnail

A

Agapanthus
'Ben Hope'

Blue

Jul-Aug

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

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Agastache aurantiaca
'Apricot Sprite'

Apricot Orange

Jul-Oct

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

20 x 4
(50 x 10)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Agastache 'Bolero'

Rose-Purple

Jul-Sep

14 x 14
(35 x 35)

Bedding Out, Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Bronze and aromatic

Agastache
'Rose Mint'

Lavender-Rose

Jul-Oct

24 x 20
(60 x 50)

Bedding Out, Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Grey-Green and fragrant

Antirrhinum 'Lavender Ribbon'

Lavender-Red

Jun-Oct

18 x 15
(45 x 38)

Bedding Out, Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Antirrhinum majus 'Bronze Dragon'

Purple and White

Jun-Sep

12 x 12
(30 x 30)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Darkest Bronze- almost Black

Antirrhinum nanum 'Peaches and Cream'

Cream and Peach

Jun-Sep

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

8 x 12
(20 x 30)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Argyranthemum gracile
'Chelsea Girl'

Yellow-centered White

Apr-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Grey-Green leaves dissected into thread-like lobes

Argyranthemum frutescens
'Petite Pink'

Light Pink

Apr-Oct

20 x 20
(50 x 50)

Bedding Out, Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes

Divided
Grey-Green

B

Bidens ferulifolia 'Golden Eye'

Yellow

Jul-First Frost

7 x 18
(18 x 45)

Dark Green ferny foliage

C

Canna 'Phasion'

Bright Orange

Jun-Sep

64 x 20
(160 x 50)

Bedding Out, Screen-ing, Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Large, Bronze-tinted, bright Green, which is variously striped in green, purple, orange and pink

Canna 'Ra'

Bright Yellow

Jul-Oct

Flowers not seen before or after 10-11-2013

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

Filling In, Screening

Blue-Green

Canna warscewiczii

Bright Scarlet

July-First Frost

Flowers not seen before or after 3-08-2013

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Coarse and oval Green leaves with Purple margins and stems

Centaurea ruthenica

Pale Lemon-Yellow

Jul-Sep

Flowers not seen before or after 17-06-2013

48 x 24
120 x 60)

Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Finely divided Dark Green

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity'

White

Jun-Nov

36 x 16
(90 x 40)

Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Ferny Mid-Green

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Rubenza'

Ruby-Red

Jun-Sep

30 x 16
(75 x 40)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Ferny Light Green

Cosmos x dahlia 'Mexican Black'

Velvety-Red

Jul-Nov

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Filling In,
Screening,
Pots and Troughs

Finely-cut Dark Green pinnate foliage

Cosmos sulphureus (Dwarf Ladybird)

Scarlet-Red with Tangerine and Yellow

Jun-Oct

24-72 x 12 -36
(60-180 x 30-90)

Bedding Out, Filling In,
Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Cuphea llavea

Purple with Red petals

May-First Frost

30 x 36
(75 x 90)

Bedding Out, Filling In,
Pots and Troughs, Hanging Baskets

Hairy, ovate, pointed Dark Green

D

Dahlia 'Abacus Sol'

Yellow with Yellow collar

Jul-Oct

36 x 20
(90 x 50)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Dahlia
'Arabian Night'

There are photos and text description on this Dahlia and more than 44 other Dahlias in the Dahlia Gallery of this website.

Dark Wine-Red

Jul-Nov

20 x 48
(50 x 120)

Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

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)

Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Dahlia
'Blyton Royal Velvet'

Dark Purple

Jul-Oct

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Screening

Dark Green

Dahlia
'David Howard'

Bronze-Orange

Jul-Oct

36 x 30 (90 x 75)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Bronze-tinged, slightly Purplish

Dahlia pinnata 'Dawn Sky'

Unable to locate flower colour or mail-order supplier

Jul-Sep

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Dahlia 'Fascination'

Purplish-Pink peony flower

May-Oct

30 x 20
(75 x 50)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Dark Bronze

Dahlia 'Jessica'

Yellow base petals with tips that are Rose-Red

Jun-First Frost

56 x 20
(140 x 50)

Bedding Out, Filling In, Screen-ing, Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Dahlia 'Josie Gott'

White with Lilac flush

Jul-Sep

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Bedding Out, Filling In, Screen-ing,
Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Dahlia 'Knockout'

Cadmium Yellow single flower

Jul-Oct

27 x 24 (73 x 60)

Bedding Out, Filling In,
Pots and Troughs

Toothed, pinnate, dark mahogany to purple-black leaves

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)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes

Bronze

Dahlia
'Teesbrooke Audrey'

Pale Pink with White inner collars around Yellow centres

Jul-Oct

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Filling In,
Screen-ing,
Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

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)

Filling In,
Screen-ing,
Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Dahlia
'Twyning's After Eight'

White with soft Pink flush flower
See flower photo from The National Dahlia Collection.

Jul-Sep

30 x 18 (75 x 45)

Filling In,
Bedding Out,
Pots and Troughs

Purple-black stems and chocolate coloured foliage

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)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Dark Green

Diascia personata

Dusky Pink

May-Nov

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Linear to lance-shaped Mid Green

E

F

G

Gypsophila elegans
'Covent Garden'

White

Jun-Aug

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Light Green

H

Heliotropium arborescens 'Marine'

Violet-Blue

Jun-Aug

12 x 36
(30 x 90)

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.

Heliotropium peruvianum
'Dwarf Marine'

Royal Purple

Jun-Sep

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

I

Iresine herbstii 'Brilliantissima'

n/a

n/a

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Hanging Basket

Semi-succulent cerise-colored stems and red oblanceolate leaves that are marked with lighter veins

J

K

L

Lepechinia hastata

Red-Lavender

Aug-Nov

48 x 36 (120 x 90)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Deliciously-scented, spade-like, thick, felted, grey-green leaves

M

N

O

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)

Filling In,
Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Toothed, obovate, Mid- to Dark Green

P

Pelargonium 'Blandfordianum'

White Unable to locate its flowers from Apr-Nov 2013

Apr-Oct

Used flowers from an Exhib-ition

14 x 12
(35 x 30)

Filling In,
Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Rose scented, deeply incised, Grey-Green

Pelargonium 'Mystery'

Wine-Red blotched Black

Jun-Nov

16 x 12 (40 x 30)

Bedding Out,
Filling In,Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets, House-plant

Brilliant Green

Penstemon 'Countess of Dalkeith'

also called Penstemon
'Purple and White'

Plum-Purple and White-throated funnel-shaped

Jun-Nov

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Narrow oval Dark Green

Penstemon Fujiyama 'Yayama'

(Plant Breeders Rights apply = 'Yayama')

Shell-Pink flowers with broad satiny White throats

May-Oct

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Narrow Mid-Green

Penstemon
'George Home'

Funnel-shaped Magenta to Cerise flowers with a White throat

May-Oct

30 x 18 (75 x 45)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Fleshy Mid-Green leaves with thick stems.

Penstemon 'Pennington Gem'

White-throated, Pink flowers

May-Oct

40 x 20
(100 x 50)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Screen-ing,
Pots and Troughs

Mid to Grey-Green

Penstemon
'Port Wine'

Wine-Red coloured flowers and throat streaked with purple

May-Oct

28 x 20 (70 x 50)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes

Lance shaped Dark Green leaves with tinged red stems

Penstemon
'Sour Grapes'

Bell-shaped purple/blue flowers with White throat

May-Oct

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Mid to Dark Green

Penstemon 'Vesuvius Yasius' (Volcano Series)

Purple funnel-shaped flowers with White throats

May-Oct

24 x 14
(60 x 35)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Narrow, oval and Mid Green

Penstemon
'White Bedder'

White

Jul-Oct

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes

Dark Green

Pyrethrum roseum 'Duro'

Purple-Red

Jul-Aug

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Bedding Out,
Filling In,
Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Q

R

Ricinus communis 'Impala'

Creamy-White

August

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

48 x 48
(120 x 120)

Copper-Red palmate leaves

Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherry Brandy'

Cherry-Red

Jul-Oct

24 x 16
(60 x 40)

Bedding Out,
Filling In,
Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

S

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)

Bedding Out, Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Salvia blepharophylla 'Diablo'

Scarlet-Red

Jun-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Bedding Out,
Filling In,
Pots and Troughs

Dark Green

Salvia coccinea 'Forest Fire'

Fire Engine Red flowers framed by reddish-black bracts

Jul-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Filling In,
Pots and Troughs, Hanging Baskets

Triangular, toothed and Mid-Green

Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Pink'

White overlaid with Pink

Jun-Oct

18 x 16 (45 x 40)

Bedding Out,
Filling In,
Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Dark Green

Salvia coccinea 'Summer Jewel Red'

Scarlet

Jun-Oct

18 x 12 (45 x 30)

Bedding Out,
Filling In,
Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Dark Green

Salvia elegans 'Honey Melon'

Scarlet

Jul-Oct

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Mid Green

Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue'

Blue flowers with black calyces

Jul-Oct

100 x 36
(250 x 90)

Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Ovate, wrinkled, pointed, lightly-toothed, Dark Green

Salvia involucrata 'Boutin'

Deep Pink tubular flowers

Jul-Nov

60 x 40
(150 x 40)

Filling In, Screening

Dark Green

Salvia involucrata 'Joan'

Purplish-Pink

Jun-Oct

60 x 60 (150 x 150)

Filling In, Screening

Dark Green

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)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Mid-Green

Salvia microphylla var. microphylla 'Newby Hall'

Scarlet-Red tubular flowers

Jun-Dec

56 x 24 (140 x 60)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Screening

Oval and Light Green

Salvia patens

Very long, open-mouther, deep Blue

Jul-Sep

24 x 12
(60 x 30)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Dark Green

Salvia
'Phyllis Fancy'

Soft Lavender-White blossoms with Purplish bracts

Sep-Nov

84 x 84
(210 x 210)

Filling In, Screening

Dark Green

Salvia greggii
'Purple Queen'

Purple

Jun-Oct

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

Filling In,
Pots and Troughs

Mid Green

Salvia jamensis
'Sierra San Antonio'

Creamy yellow flowers, suffused with shades of pink and orange

Jun-Oct

30 x 36 (75 x 90)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes

Mid Green

Salvia
'Silke's Dream'

Orange-Red

Jul-Nov

36 x 36
(90 x 90)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

Mid Green

Salvia splendens 'Salsa Purple'

Purple

May-Sep

14 x 12
(35 x 30)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Serrated Dark Green

Salvia leucantha 'Midnight'

Purple calyces with extended purple petals

May-Nov

48 x 48
(120 x 120)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Screening, Pots and Troughs

White-woolly when young, narrow, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves, white beneath

Salvia microphylla 'Trelissick'

Creamy-White

Jun-Nov

20 x 18
(50 x 45)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs

Black-currant-scented and Dark Green

T

Tanacetum coccineum 'Duro'

Carmine-Purple

Jun-Sep

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes

Ferny and Dark Green

U

V

Verbena 'Claret'

Claret-Red

Jun-Sep

12 x 16
(30 x 40)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Feathery and Mid-Green

Verbena 'Homestead Purple'

Purple

Jun-Oct

12 x 16
(30 x 40)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Dark Green

Verbena
'La France'

Light Violet-Blue

Jun-Sep

18 x 24
(45 x 60)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Deeply serrated and Mid-Green

Verbena x hybrida
'St George'

Red with White Throat

Jun-Sep

10 x 16
(25 x 40)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Dark Green

Verbena Seabrook's Lavender ('Sealav')

Lavender

May-Sep

18 x 20
(45 x 50)

Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Ovate and Mid-Green

W

XYZ

Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Starlight Rose'

White flowers with pinky-rose centre

Jul-Oct

18 x 18
(45 x 45)

Bedding Out,
Filling In, Pots and Troughs, Window Boxes, Hanging Baskets

Dark Green

The Azalea Society of America provides 4 fans of RHS, UCL and RGB Colors:-

• Fan 1 Yellow - Orange - Red Groups
• Fan 2 Red-Purple - Violet - Blue Groups
• Fan 3 Blue-Green - Green - Yellow-Green Groups and
• Fan 4 Greyed Colours - Brown - Grey - Black - White Groups with
• Color Systems. such as The Munsell Color System, The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart and The Unversal Color Language (UCL).

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