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Strobilanthes wallichii "In the latest RHS Plant Finder, the old name, S. atropurpurea, has been changed to S. wallichii after Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), a Danish surgeon and botanist. He worked for the East India Company before becoming curator of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. This plant probably appeared between 1820 and 1830 along with other "wallichii" introductions." from The Telegraph. |
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Kashmir Acanthus, Hardy Persian Shield, Wild Petunia, Kandali. |
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Chalk, Loam, Sand |
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Full Sun, but prefers Part Shade |
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48 x 24 (120 x 60) |
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Dark Green |
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Flower Shape, Natural Arrangement, Number of Petals and Flower Colour in Month(s). Seed |
Spire of Gramaphone horn shaped, violet-blue to purple flowers in August-October |
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Erect Form. Pruning Group 14. "Strobilanthes are happiest in part-shade in well-drained soil that retains moisture. They do not thrive in poor soil in full sun in my experience. The prostrate S. attenuata will produce roots along the stems and self-layer, thereby colonising deep shade. Take cuttings of strobilanthes in early summer. Choose new growth that is just starting to harden off. Cut under the node and plunge into horticultural sand. They should root quickly. Pot up immediately. The taller S. wallichii self-seeds and these woody seedlings soon develop a robust root. Remove them early and pot up or compost if they are not needed. Seeds can also be collected for sowing later. Slugs do not like the pungent foliage and pests seem few and far between. Cut back in late autumn as this plant normally collapses as soon as cold weather strikes. Once established there is no need for protection or mulching." from The Telegraph . "Even though they can be found in nurseries all over the UK, very few people have realised the potential of these late season perennials. The genus Strobilanthes lives in the Acanthus family (Acanthaceae), and is mostly made up of tender plants from tropical regions. There are a few species from colder temperate areas which are ideal plants for gardens in the UK and most of Western Europe. Strobilanthes wallichii (syn. S. atropurpureus) is possibly the best known of the hardy species, and comes from the Himalayas in Northern India. In the wild it apparently blooms every 12 years, but thankfully it is less shy to bloom in the garden! The unusual 'gramaphone horn' flowers of Strobilanthes wallichii appear in late summer and continue until the first serious frosts. The hardy Strobilanthes seem very easy to grow providing you can get the soil right. In the wild they grow in deciduous woodland and areas of high seasonal rainfall, so a humus rich soil is a must, as is plenty of water during the growing season. In my experience they will take some drought for a few days but will never quite be at their best afterwards. If you are growing Strobilanthes in the ground then leafmould or composted bark will be vital if your soil isn't the perfect 'moist, humus rich and free draining' that so many plants seem to enjoy! If your soil is really not suitable for Stobilanthes then a trough or raised woodland bed would be an excellent place to grow them, as well as being an excellent way to grow Trilliums, Arisaemas etc. Strobilanthes are very useful in the woodland garden because they flower later in the year than many choice woodlanders, extending the season of interest significantly. While your Trilliums, Epimediums, Arisaemas and other woodlanders are flowering in spring the Strobilanthes are all still only just emerging from dormancy, but then as the spring plants are retreating in late summer the Strobilanthes have grown up and are starting to flower, making effective use of the space! Although I use Strobilanthes as woodland plants I should mention that I have seen them grown very effectively in open sunny locations, although always in areas with reliable summer rainfall or access to water. Here they seem to flower a little bit more than in shade and make excellent late season border perennials." from Ben's Botanics. - "I suppose I got interested in plants when I was 14/15 year old. I clearly remember a visit to Crug Farm nursery in North Wales on a cold, dull day with my parents, and it was here that I encountered Arisarum proboscideum (Mouse Plant). I took it home and it performed well for about a month, and then disappeared. I wasn't particularly encouraged at that point, but when it appeared as a bigger clump next spring I was really happy, and to be honest I've never looked back! Now I work full time in the horticultural industry for a large grower/retailer, and my passion for the rare and unusual plants keeps me busy visiting gardens and nurseries in search of something special. I have a particular interest in the plants of the Arum family (Aroids), but I love to grow pretty much anything! I've recently diversified into rare bulbs, many of which I grow in my 6x4ft greenhouse. Outside I squeeze as much into my garden as I can, with many choice plants growing in troughs where I can provide the perfect growing conditions. I also grow many rare and unusual plants indoors too! I think it's fair to say that plants have taken over my life, and that's really why I wanted to produce this website- in order to provide a resource for people who share my passion for rare and unusual plants." "Strobilanthes wallichii is a herbaceous perennial which is native to the Himalayas. In its natural habitat, it purple blooms appear only once every twelve years, an occasion which is celebrated by the Kandali Festival in the Pithoragarh District in India." from Wikipedia. Available from Crug-Farm Plants in the UK with Lazy S'S Farm Nursery in America and these nurseries in Australia. Crug-Farm Plants also sell other cultivars of Strobilanthes. |
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"I first spotted S. wallichii at Wollerton Old Hall in Shropshire - a garden full of the best plants used in all the best ways. There S. wallichii reaches man-height in the shady Yew Walk. The purple flowers are used to set off the classic, white single-flowered Japanese anemone 'Honorine Jobert' and the slender white bottlebrushes of cimicifuga - now Actaea simplex. This cool, crisp combination peaks in autumn. A sport with white flowers tipped in purple appeared and this is now being propagated as 'Wollerton'. In other gardens I have seen this bushy plant rubbing shoulders with tall yellow daisies (Ratibida pinnata and Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstonne'), along with yellow varieties of golden rod (Solidago rugosa). The violet-blue flowers set off the luminous yellows brilliantly. Sampford Shrubs use it with late orange performers such as Crocosmia 'Star of the East' and the jungly ginger lily Hedychium densiflorum. At Crûg Farm S. wallichii is used in dry shade under bay trees. However, that is the North Wales version of dry shade and not the East Anglian form." from The Telegraph . |
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Winter Form in the middle from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 4 March 2013. |
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Spring Form from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 15 May 2013. I greatly admired this black label, but unfortunately the plants it labelled I was not able to see from June-November 2013. I did enjoy the following Strobilanthes label elsewhere in the Mixed Border:- |
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Spring Form from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 4 March 2013. |
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MIXED BORDER RHS WISLEY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS GALLERY PAGES |
FOLIAGE COLOUR |
SEED/FRUIT COLOUR FLOWER BED PICTURES |
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HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL Gallery with 7 Flower Colours (Red, Pink and Purple on same page) per Month in Colour Wheel. Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month. |
HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL INDEX -
The variety of plants that can be used in alpine gardening is obviously very large and very bewildering at first approach. With a view to easing the task of selection here are lists The standard potting and seed-soil recipes from The Propagation of Alpines by Lawrence D. Hills are at the bottom of the page on Alpine - Sink and Trough Gardens. |
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Flowering Months |
Height x Width in inches (cms) - 1 inch = 2.5 cms, 12 inches = 1 foot = 30 cms, 36 inches = 3 feet = 1 yard = 90 cms, 40 inches = 100 cms |
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48 x 18 |
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36 x 18 |
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June, July, |
60 x 40 |
Creamy-White. |
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48 x 24 |
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36 x 24 |
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July, August, September |
64 x 16 |
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20 x 15 |
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August, September |
96 x 40 |
Dark Blue. |
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28 x 18 |
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40-60 x 4-20 (100-150 x 10-50) |
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36 x 16 |
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42 x 36 |
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August, September, October |
80 x 24 |
Creamy-White. |
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40 x 80 |
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18 x 30 |
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30 x 18 |
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20 x 18 |
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24 x 24 |
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36 x 20 |
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30 x 24 |
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July, August, September, October |
48 x 24 |
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4 x 20 |
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July, August, September |
72 x 60 |
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24 x 230 |
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36 x 24 |
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24-40 x 24-40 |
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36 x 18 |
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25 x 16 |
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16 x 18 |
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60 x 18-24 |
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30 x 12 |
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September, October |
12-36 x 12-36 |
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September, October |
52 x 24 |
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12 x 12 |
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September, October |
60 x 16-24 |
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30 x 18 |
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12-18 x 8-12 |
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20-24 x 12 |
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September, October |
48 x 36 |
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24 x 18 |
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48-60 x 24 |
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August, September, October |
35 x 23 |
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July, August |
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August, September |
120 x 48 |
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Red |
June, July, August, September |
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July, August, September |
40 x 30 |
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August, September, October, November |
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Dear Mr C H Garnons-Williams, Tony Dickerson Horticultural Advisor Above email sent by the RHS on 13 September 2013 - plant label in Mixed Border bed still not changed by 23 November 2013. |
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Site design and content of this table copyright ©July 2009. Page structure amended December 2012. Colour Wheel clarified January 2013. Feet changed to inches (cms) July 2015. Herbaceous Perennial Menu Table changed and Index Pages added June 2017. Chris Garnons-Williams. Site design and content for Mixed Border Herbaceous Gallery copyright ©March 2013. Chris Garnons-Williams. 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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Ivydene Gardens Herbaceous Perennial Flower Shape Gallery: |
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HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL FLOWER SHAPE AND OTHER DETAILS- |
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Herbaceous Perennial Name Index The respective flower colour and thumbnail, months of flowering, form, height and width, foliage colour and thumbnail, use and comments are in the relevant index page Evergreen Perennial Name Index |
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UK Peony Index :- |
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Perennials & Ephemerals chapter of Plants for Dry Gardens by Jane Taylor. Published by Frances Lincoln Limited in 1993. ISBN 0-7112-0772-0 for plants that are drought tolerant. |
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Colour All The Year in My Garden by C.H. Middleton. Published by Ward, Lock & Co. for culture. Perennials The Gardener's Reference by Susan Carter, Carrie Becker and Bob Lilly. Published by Timber Press in 2007 for plants for Special Gardens. It also gives details of species and cultivars for each genus. |
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Back of Border, Alley, and Too Tall for Words Special Garden |
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Copied from Ivydene Gardens Mixed Borders in RHS Garden at Wisley Garden Design: |
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This section details what I consider as errors in design carried out by the staff at the RHS garden in Wisley:-
Mixing all the primary colours together for the flower colours used in many of the 71 parts of these Mixed Borders This mixture provides a foliage and flower foil against which these other permanent herbaceous perennials can provide new growth from the ground each year, with the different colours of foliage from juvenile to mature to dying off in the autumn and then an easy maintenance during the months of December-March for removing most of the growth above ground and replacing the plant supports to provide a neat bed in a series of large ground areas. The bedding plants - see Bedding Annual Plant Index and Un-labelled Bedding Annual Plant Index pages - provide the icing on the cake at different flowering time periods between May and November to enhance the overall flower colour scheme. The new bedding each year can provide opportunities to vary the look of these beds. It was disapointing that I did not see the flowers during 2013 of more than 25% of these Permanent Herbaceous Perennial Plants - possible reasons shown in Lost Flowers Page with 'Walkabout' Plants and 'Stateless' Plants Page. A table for each month - May, June, July, August, September, October, November - shows the flower photos for each of the 71 parts of the Mixed Borders split into Blue, Orange, Pink, Red, Unusual Colour, White, or Yellow for all the plants. Besides that, you can see from the table below that Red and Pink with Unusual Flower Colours seem to be predominant as flower colours and that these are spread throughout the beds.
I have added the BEDding (started January 2014 - completed March 2014) and then the OTHer Permanent Plants (started March 2014 - completed May 2014) to the table below to show the flower colour planting scheme of the Bedding and the Other Permanent Plants and then its combination.
If I had produced this planting design with its mixture of flower colours in almost every part - or maintained these beds in this way - in 2013, I would be deeply ashamed. As a nation of gardeners in Britain; the Royal Horticultural Society being at its pinnacle, with the tradition of excellence by our previous head gardeners and their staff during the Victorian era, I had thought that the staff at the RHS Garden at Wisley would not need a lecture.
Another Possible Solution for lack of coordinated Flower Colour Scheme If you want the garden to be restful to the eye, then you can provide a colour scheme using the harmony of adjacent colours. If you prefer to shock the visitor, then use the contrast of opposite colours, but I am not favourable of the above partial use of the harmony of triads as shown by the Colour Wheel Page of Garden Design.
Very Poor Plant Labelling After reviewing the situation that 102 plants were missing their identity when in flower in 2013 out of 348 (29.31% of the plants) in 768 square metres of Mixed Borders garden beds:-
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