Ivydene Gardens Stage 2 - Infill Plants Index Gallery:
Annual - Annuals for Edging Beds

Ivydene Gardens Stage 2 - Infill Plants Index Gallery:
Annual - Annuals for Edging Beds

Botanical Plant Name

with link to
UK or
European Union
mail-order supplier for you to contact to buy this plant

Flower Colour

Sun Aspect of Full Sun,
Part Shade, Full Shade

with link to external website for photo/data

Flowering Months

with row in each month that it flowers in that colour in
STAGE 4A
12 BLOOM COLOURS PER MONTH INDEX GALLERY/

with link to
USA or
Canada
mail-order supplier

Height with Spacings or Width (W) in inches (cms)

1 inch =
2.5 cms
12 inches = 30 cms
40 inches = 100 cms

Foliage Colour


with row in relevant pages that it has foliage of that colour in
STAGE 4B
12 FOLIAGE COLOURS PER MONTH INDEX GALLERY
or
Background Colour nearest to middle-aged leaf colour from 212 foliage colours /

followed by
Soil Moisture:-
Dry,
Moist,
Wet

with link to Australia or New Zealand mail-order supplier

with data for rows in
STAGE 4C CULTIVATION, POSITION, USE GALLERY and
STAGE 4D
SHAPE, FORM INDEX GALLERY
Pages

Plant Type is:-

A for Aquatic
Ann for Annual / Biennial

Ba for Bamboo

Bu for Bulb

Cl for Climber

Co for Conifer

F for Fern

G for Grass

H for Herb

P for Perennial

Rh for Rhodo-dendron, Azalea, Camellia

Ro for Rose

Sh for Shrub

So for Soft Fruit

To for Top Fruit

Tr for Tree

V for Vegetable

W for Wildflower

followed by:-
E for Evergreen,
D for Deciduous,
H for Herbaceous,
Alpine for being an Alpine as well as being 1 of above Plant Type /

 

Acid for Acidic,
Alk for Alkaline,
Any for AnySoil

 

with links to
STAGE 2 INFILL PLANT INDEX GALLERIES
1, 2, 3 and
STAGE 3
ALL PLANTS INDEX GALLERIES
1, 2 pages
 

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It is sad to reflect that in England so few gardens open to the public label their plants or label them so that the label is visible when that plant is in flower, so that visitors can identify; and then later locate and purchase that plant.

Few mail-order nurseries provide the detail as shown in my rose or heather galleries.

If you want to sell a product, it is best to display it. When I sold my Transit van, I removed its signage, cleaned it and took photos of the inside and outside before putting them onto an advert in Autotrader amongst more than 2000 other Transit vans - it was sold in 20 minutes.

If mail-order nurseries could put photos to the same complexity from start of the year to its end with the different foliage colours and stages of flowering on Wikimedia Commons, then the world could view the plant before buying it, and idiots like me would have valid material to work with.

I have been in the trade (until ill health forced my Sole Trader retirement in 2013) working in designing, constructing and maintaining private gardens for decades and since 2005 when this site was started, I have asked any nursery in the world to supply photos. R.V. Roger in Yorkshire allowed me to use his photos from his website in 2007 and when I got a camera to spend 5 days in July 2014 at my expense taking photos of his roses growing in his nursery field, whilst his staff was propagating them. I gave him a copy of those photos.

Ageratum houstonianum (Floss Flower)

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Ageratum houstonianum is toxic to grazing animals, causing liver lesions. It contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Blue flowerheads (sometimes white, pink, or purple)

Full Sun,
Part Shade

June to frost

6-30 x 6-18
(15-75 x 6-45)

Prefers rich soils with good drainage and consistent moisture throughout the growing season. Plants tend to wilt quickly if soils are allowed to dry out.

Ann

There are many cultivars available of this fast-growing annual. They are best used as bedding, edging, or container plants. Panicles of blue, pink, purple, or white flowerheads arise from oval, downy leaves in midsummer and continue until frost. They have a soft, fuzzy appearance and attract butterflies.

Shorter varieties are excellent as bedding plants, edgers (along paths, walkways and border fronts) and container plants (hanging baskets, window boxes, urns or other containers). --->

Also effective in rock gardens. Taller varieties are appropriate for mid-borders or cutting gardens.

Ageratum houstonianum is prone to becoming a rampant environmental weed when grown outside of its natural range. It has become an invasive weed in the United States, Australia, Europe, Africa, China, Japan, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

Species: Ageratum houstonianum Family: Compositae Image No. 2. By Kurt Stübert, via Wikimedia Commons

Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon)

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The common name "snapdragon", originates from the flowers' reaction to having their throats squeezed, which causes the "mouth" of the flower to snap open like a dragon's mouth. The plants are pollinated by bumblebees, and the flowers close over the insects when they enter and deposit pollen on their bodies.

Cultivars range greatly in height and vary in use from bedding to mixed border and cut flowers.

It is an herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 0.5–1 m tall, rarely up to 2 m. The leaves are spirally arranged, broadly lanceolate, 1–7 cm long and 2-2.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced on a tall spike, each flower is 3.5-4.5 cm long.

Antirrhinum majus. By I, KENPEI, via Wikimedia Commons

Begonia x semperflorens (Wax begonia)

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Dwarf varieties grow to 6-8” tall and taller varieties grow to 10-12” tall. Mass in beds or borders. Edgings. Containers and window boxes.

Begonia x semperflorens. Found in Rīga town, Latvia. By AfroBrazilian, via Wikimedia Commons

Brassica oleracea (Ornamental kale)

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Brassica oleracea var. capitata f, rubra is red cabbage. Brassica oleracea var. capitata f, acuta is cone cabbage. Brassica oleracea var. acephala is ornamental kale.

The fractal shape form of a Romanesco broccoli. By Jon Sullivan, via Wikimedia Commons

Browallia speciosa (Amethyst flower)

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Browallia
speciosa will make a stunning display when is planted together with Petunia species, 
Ipomoea batatas (Sweet Potato Vine) or Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum).

Browallia speciosa in cultivation. By Daryl Mitchell, via Wikimedia Commons

Callistephus chinensis

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Beds, borders, cottage gardens, cutting gardens or pots/containers.

Callistephus chinensis in Bupyung, Korea

한국어: 인천 부평동초등학교에 사는 과꽃. By Dalgial, via Wikimedia Commons

Capsicum annuum (Ornamental pepper)

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Of the 5 domesticated chilli species, Capsicum annuum is the most common and extensively cultivated, both commercially and in home gardens as well. Growing capsicum annuum takes a bit of effort as they need to be started right from seed but the rewards are well worth it. The fruit is ready for harvest after about 120 days.

Capsicum annuum - Place:Osaka-fu Japan

• 日本語: トウガラシ（園芸品種）. By I, KENPEI, via Wikimedia Commons

Celosia plumosa (Cockscomb)

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A charming, compact version of larger varieties but with the same brilliant color range that makes Celosia stand out among other garden flowers. The perfect choice for beds and borders.

Celosia argentea var. plumosa. By Judgefloro, via Wikimedia Commons

Cuphea ignea (Firecracker plant, cigar plant)

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Whilst perennial, it is frost tender so either needs to be grown in the garden as an annual where it will flower almost continually until the first frosts knock it down - or lifted from the garden and grown on as a houseplant for the Winter where it will continue to flower and please.

Cuphea ignea. By Kurt Stüber , via Wikimedia Commons

Dianthus chinensis
(China pink)

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China pink cultivars available in commerce today are bushy compact plants that typically grow in mounds or clumps to 6-12" tall. Beds and borders. Edgings. Containers.

Dianthus chinensis L., 1753

Tiếng Việt: Cẩm chướng. By Pinus, via Wikimedia Commons

Iberis species (Candytuff)

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Iberis pruitii are short lived perennial plants that grow about 6" tall and will spread to about 8". They have dark green, slightly fleshy, rosette forming leaves and produce tight clusters of white to light violet colored flowers in the summer.

Iberis taurica. By Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, via Wikimedia Commons

Impatiens walleriana (Patience plant)

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Impatiens (sometimes commonly called bizzy Lizzy) is the most popular annual bedding plant in the U. S. today.
Garden uses:- Mass in shady beds, borders and woodland gardens. Ground cover. Edging along walks or paths. Containers, window boxes and hanging baskets. Houseplant.

Impatiens walleriana

• 日本語: インパチェンス

Place:Osaka-fu Japan. By I, KENPEI, via Wikimedia Commons

Linaria maroccana (Toadflax)

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Native to Morocco, linaria or toadflax is an upright, branching annual that typically grows to 9-18” (less frequently to 24”) tall.

Linaria maroccana cv.

• 日本語: ヒメキンギョソウ

Place:Osaka,Japan By I, KENPEI, via Wikimedia Commons

Lobelia erinus (Edging lobelia)

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Lobelia erinus is a very popular edging plant in gardens, especially for hanging baskets and window boxes. It has a particularly long flowering period, from mid spring to early autumn.

This image shows a Lobelia close-up. By André Karwath aka Aka, via Wikimedia Commons

Nierembergia hippomanica (Cup flower)

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Nierembergia Cupflower creates a colorful edging or ground cover in borders or rockeries all summer.

Petunia x hybrida (Petunia)

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Petunia x hybrida 'Purple Velvet' F1 Hybrid. Can also be planted in borders where it will make very effective ground cover.

Petunia x hybrida. By Jerzy Opioła, via Wikimedia Commons

Phlox drummondii (Annual Phlox)

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Phlox drummondii 'Dwarf Beauty Mixed'. It produces large solid heads of bright rich colours on dwarf bushy plants.

P. drummondii is often used as an ornamental plant. The flowers have a wide range of colours from white and cream through pinks, lilacs, roses, purples and reds, to almost black.

Phlox drummondii Photographed at the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden (Chiang Mai Province, Thailand) in March. This photo is from Gardenology.org and is available under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. If you use it, please include attribution to Gardenology.org, with a link if the media allows it. By Raffi Kojian, via Wikimedia Commons

Portulaca grandiflora
(Rose moss)

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Portulaca grandiflora 'Happy Hour Mixture'. These dwarf trailing succulents simply love hot, dry conditions, making them perfect for ground cover, tumbling down banks or spilling out from rockeries.

Portulaca grandiflora - Sunny summer. By Martin Greslou, via Wikimedia Commons

Senecio cineraria (Dusty Miller)

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'Silver Dust' is a subshrub, usually grown as an annual, for its ovate, pinnately lobed, strikingly silvery-white leaves

Senecio cineraria. By I, KENPEI, via Wikimedia Commons

Tagetes signata (Signet marigold)

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Signet Marigolds are excellent additions to the landscape as bedding or edging plants at the front of the border or in containers on the deck or patio.

Tagetes patula (French marigold)

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'Honeycomb' is a dwarf French marigold to 25cm, with fully double, crested flowers to 5cm across, the light mahogany-red petals edged with deep yellow, which can be used for edging.

Funchal_-_Botanischer_Garten: Tagetes_patula. By Hedwig Storch, via Wikimedia Commons

Torenia fournieri (Wishbone flower)

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Wishbone flower is a small, bushy annual that is especially valuable because it blooms 
abundantly in shady conditions. It's a great choice for edging and containers.

Torenia fournieri

• 日本語: トレニア、ナツスミレ

Place:Osaka-fu Japan. By I, KENPEI, via Wikimedia Commons

Viola x wittrockiana (Pansy)

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Pansies are one of the most popular bedding plants for cool weather. Pansies sold in commerce as P. x wittrockiana are mostly F1 hybrids that grow to 8” tall with 2-4” diameter flattened face-like flowers. Garden Uses:-
Bedding, edging, window boxes and containers.

Viola × wittrockiana 'Delta Light Blue'. By JFKCom, via Wikimedia Commons

Zinnia, Dwarf cultivars (Zinnia)

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113 zinnias from Swallowtail Garden Seeds

File:Zinnia angustifolia Profusion Orange.JPG. Image by User:Qwertzy2., via Wikimedia Commons

Lobularia maritima (Alyssum maritimum, Sweet Alyssum)

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The genus name Lobularia comes from a Greek word meaning "small pod", referring to the shape of the fruits. The name of the species maritima refers to its preferred coastal habitat.

4 white rounded petals (or pink, rose-red, violet and lilac)

Part Shade

The honey-scented flowers are produced throughout the growing season, or year-round in areas free of frost.

2-12 x 8-12
(5-30 x 20-30)

It is common on sandy beaches and dunes, but can also grow on cultivated fields, walls, slopes and waste ground, preferably on calcareous soil

Ann

135 results from Royal Horticultural Society.

Sweet alyssum flowers (Lobularia maritima syn. Alyssum maritimum) are useful in alpine rock gardens, borders, planters, hanging baskets and dry zones. They are small plants that may get 3 to 6 inches tall and produce clusters of tiny flowers in clumps. The blooms come in pink, salmon, purple, white and yellow. Flowers arise in June to October and can be encouraged to rebloom by cutting back spent flowers.

This plant is native to the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Azores) and in France in the Bay of Biscay. It is widely naturalized elsewhere in the temperate world.

When grown in gardens, it is typically used as groundcover, as it rarely grows higher than 20 cm (8 in) tall. It is also grown in cracks in paving and walls, and is especially associated with coastal locations. It prefers partial shade, and is resistant to heat and drought.

File:Caps blancs (Alyssum maritimum) al passeig de les Aigües al costat del turó de Valldaura P1240348.JPG. By Pere López, via Wikimedia Commons

Coleus (Solenostemon scutellaroides)

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59 results from Royal Horticultural Society.

Coleus plants are durable and easy to grow.

They are best known for their bright colors, and variety of foliage forms.

Technically, they are a tender perennial but they are usually considered an annual plant by growers and seed producers. Coleus plants should be grown in the garden in bright, indirect light, or in partial shade. The lower growing dwarf varieties (6-12 inch) will create a colorful border, or you can use the taller (up to 36") types as a dramatic background planting.Many Coleus plants will survive full sun exposure but the foliage color is often enhanced when they are grown in the shade.

Coleus are also quite striking when they are planted in a container and grown as a house plant.

Plecthranthus scutellarioides. By I. Fähnrich, via Wikimedia Commons

Verbena

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1343 results from Royal Horticultural Society.

Verbena bonariensis - Tall, narrow, sparsely-leafed stems bear flattened heads of bright lavender-purple flowers that provide useful height in a herbaceous border. This is a short-lived perennial, and because it is borderline hardy, plants may be damaged by winter frosts. This may be avoided by leaving the dead stalks until spring, when new growth is evident, before cutting them back. A protective mulch should be added around them in the autumn with leaf mould or compost. They do, however, self-seed liberally and resulting seedlings are stronger and more drought-tolerant than those that are transplanted. This is a superb butterfly plant, rivalling even buddleja. The Royal Horticultural Society have given it the Award of Garden Merit.

Looks good with:

Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'

Stipa gigantea

Photograph of Verbena bonariensis, taken in Machida city, Tokyo, Japan. Croped & resized. By Sphl, via Wikimedia Commons

The course handout below encapsulates how nature creates conditions for plant growth. We, as humans like to see bare earth between our plants and thus we are killing them instead of using an organic mulch; as you can why below:-

Mark Fisher - Permaculture Design course handout notes

www.self-willed-land.org.uk   mark.fisher@self-willed-land.org.uk

Succession to a climax ecology - annuals to trees and soil formation

Bare soil is rare in nature. Seed blown in from annual wildflowers - or dormant in the soil - germinates and begins the battle to survive by competing for light, nutrient, and moisture. Thus begins the succession from annual through perennial, scrub and briar, and shrubby woodland to tall canopy trees. Annual plants are always the pioneers on bare soil. They do not waste too much time in competing with each other, but produce as much seed as they can. Thus they are OPPORTUNISTS. The soil is improved by the annuals covering and protecting the surface, loosening the soil and adding to its fertility when they compost-in as they die off.

Perennial wildflowers appear after annuals and they gradually squeeze out the annuals. They do this because they can spread so persistently by expanding the size of the clump, sending up new shoots each year and building a large, permanent, root mass. This large root mass acts as a storage organ allowing them to last through the winter and immediately start regrowing in the spring. Perennials want to hold on to their gains and live for a number of years - they are called EQUILIBRIUM species.

The permanency of perennials and their root depth allows soil production to take place, and also probably accumulation of nitrogen from fixation and then mineralisation. This creates conditions in the soil that begins to favour the more woody species such as briars, gorse and other thorny shrubs. Woody species ripen to produce bark and hard wood each year and this takes a lot of energy. However, it has advantages in that it creates more robust plants that can clamber and reach up. Thus they can climb over the perennials, blocking their light until finally they in turn are also overshadowed as the canopies of trees begin to dominate. Silver birch is often seen as the first tree to appear because of the massive quantity of seed released each year and its quick growth. Ash and hawthorn are also fast growing trees, but the success or dominance of any one species depends on the soil conditions and the nature of its competitors. It is probable that the succeeding plant communities of annuals, perennials and shrubs are necessary to condition the soil and therefore make it ready for trees – the CLIMAX SPECIES – to thrive.

SOIL FORMATION

Soil was formed from weathering of bedrock over many thousands of years to produce smaller particles and free minerals. Soil is still being made today by trees in the cyclical process of drawing up minerals from the topsoil and subsoil, and returning them to the surface of the soil through the fall of leaves, fruit and other detritus onto the ground. The bacteria, fungi and small creatures then incorporate these leaves and other litter into the soil.

MINERAL CONTENT IN SOILS: Top soil contains large reserves of minerals, far more than can be taken out each year by a crop (compare second column with fourth column). However, not all the mineral in top soil is freely available, with sometimes greater than 98% locked up as insoluble or bound tightly to soil particles and organic matter (see third column). These locked up nutrients are made available by bacterial breakdown of organic matter, fungi in micorrhiza, weathering and recycling of minerals by trees and other perennial plants.

Impatiens balsamina (Garden Balsam, Rose Balsam)

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Supplier of Impatiens balsamina, 'Tom Thumb' Extra Dwarf Mixed being only 11 inches (28 cms) high.

It is easily grown in evenly moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. it has been eclipsed in popularity in recent years by its close relative, the flat-flowered garden impatiens (Impatiens walleriana). Use in Shady beds, borders, woodland gardens, Edging along walks or paths and in Containers.

Balsam germinates quickly in just 10 - 14 days, and it is not too fussy about soil, but a sandy loam works very well.

Impatiens balsamina. By Uleli, via Wikimedia Commons

"Annuals as Edgings" from Chapter 4 of Annuals & Biennials, the best annual and biennial plants and their uses in the garden by Gertrude Jekyll published in 1916 and republished by Forgotten Books in 2012 (Forgotten Books is a London-based book publisher specializing in the restoration of old books, both fiction and non-fiction. Today we have 372,702 books available to read online, download as ebooks, or purchase in print.):-

A certain number of annuals stand out conspicuously as good edging plants, while others from their dwarf habit can also be used; but those in the second category are less valuable because of their shorter time of blooming.

One of the best edging annuals is

• Sweet Alyssum (Alyssum maritimum or Koniga maritima). It is dwarf and neat in habit - the seed being sown in March - it continues in flower till well on in September. It is not really an annual, though generally grown as one.
• Allied to this, and also among the best edging plants, there are the varieties of Iberis umbellata in colourings from white to purple.
• Double Daisies (Bellis perennis), commonly grown as biennials, make very neat edgings; though one is tempted to keep them on year to year, it is better to be provided with fresh plants, as the bloom is inclined to deteriorate though the good foliage remains.
• Snapdragons, both of the quite dwarf and of the intermediate kinds, are capital for edgings. As with the taller ones, they are best treated as half-hardy; sown early, pricked off, and put out towards the end of May. Of others that are grown as half-hardy plants there are the
• dwarf Nasturtiums, brilliant things in many colourings from palest yellow to deepest mahogany crimson; they should be in rather poor soil, so that the bloom may rise well above the foliage.
• The dwarf Ageratum is one of the most valuable of edging plants; the one called "Swanley Blue" is a good kind both for colour and habit; put out in early June it will bloom throughout the late summer and to the end of September.
• Phlox Drummondii and
• Dianthus sinensis have so much the same use that they may be considered together as desirable dwarf plants loving full sunshine.
• The beautiful blue of Lobelia erinus makes it one of the most precious of the dwarf summer flowers.
• Where a green edging is desired there is the curious and interesting Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), covered with icy-looking watery globules. It likes a warm exposure, but must not be dried up.
• Golden Feather Feverfew should not be neglected because it is so common and so easy to grow and because it is so much overdone in monotonous lines in the old bedding days. Many good plants have of late suffered from a kind of mistaken prejudice on this account. But it should be remembered that if the plant was misused, it was not the fault of the plant but that of the general acceptance of a poor type of gardening. The little Feverfew is a beautiful and delightful thing, useful where an edging accompanies plants of gold-variegated foliage and pale yellow bloom. It can be variously treated, either by letting bloom, when its colouring of white and pale gold combines pleasantly with the gold-green leaves, or with the bloom picked out so as to leave a dwarfed plant of foliage only.
• Among the quite dwarf French Marigolds there are a number of pretty little edging plants; the smallest, known as Miniature, are only from 4-6 inches (10-15 cms) high, and are in separate colours of lemon, orange, and that fine mixture of deep orange and mahogany brown that is valuable in all these handsome plants.
• Tagetes signata pumla will come among this group, very dwarf and of fine orange colouring.
• A pretty dwarf Marigold that is undeservedly neglected is Tagetes lucida, a short neat plant of rather upright habit and deep yellow flowers, with a pleasant scent like Anise.

Among the annuals that are suited for edgings and that are sown in place, some of the best are

• the dwarf Eschscholzias of deep orange and crimson colurings.
• The pretty double Daisy, Matricaria inodora, a garden form of the familiar May-weed of corn stubbles, is a good edging plant, for the dark green, finely divided leaves keep near the ground, and the hansome pure white flowers do not rise many inches (1 inch = 2.5 cms) above it

The remaining annuals suitable for edgings are all sown where they are to bloom, but are short-lived in comparison with those noted above. They are, among those of blue colouring

• Anagellis monelli and
• Anagellis philipsi;
• Asperula azurea setosa, a charming plant with grey-blue bloom;
• Phacelia campanularia, a true and splendid blue,
• Kaulfussia amelloides, a pretty little South African Daisy, and
• a well-known and always charming Nemophila insignis.

Collinsia bicolor has lilac and white flowers, and was deservedly a favourite in old gardens.

Among yellows there are

• Limnanthes douglasi and
• Platystemon californicus, both of trailing habit.

Among pink flowers there are

• the well-known Silene pendula in several shades of colouring, with a white variety, and
• Saponaria calabrica, a plant of trailing habit.

The word "edging", as applied to these small plants, is not necessarily intended to suggest anything stiff or rigid, like a Box edging. It is meant rather as a sensible use of the plants at the front edge of a flower border, whether the border is of annuals only, or of perennials with tender summer plants. The prettiest form of edging is not a straight line at the extreme edge, but to let the plants accompany good groups of taller things as a kind of free carpeting; the dwarf plant not only coming to the front, but running a little way back between the others, in such a way as to be quite informal. As an example, in a planting of summer flowers, if there is a main patch of Salvia patens and in front of it the pretty blue Cape Daisy, Agatha coelestis, this would be carpeted with the dwarf Lobelia erinus, and for a good distance, such as 8-10 feet = 96-120 inches = 240-300 cms, if the border is of some length. This group may give way, by a gradual interplanting, to another of white flowers, such as tall white Snapdragons and double white Marguerite; then, coming forward, intermediate and dwarf white Snapdragons, with an edging of Sweet Alyssum, and so on.

Edging gardens with plants is important because it softens the edges of a border, bed or walkways.  Low growing, mounding plants are ideal for edging in gardens.  Here are some annuals that make great edging plants from Sunnyside Home and Garden Centre:-

• Ageratum
• Alyssum
• Begonia
• Celosia
• Coleus
• Dianthus
• Dusty Miller
• Kale
• Lobelia
• Marigold
• Pansy
• Petunia
• Phlox
• Portulaca
• Snapdragon
• Verbena
• Zinnia

Since 1908, the Calgary Horticultural Society has educated, promoted, and celebrated gardening throughout the Calgary area. We are one of Canada’s largest and most active gardening group.

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STAGE 2 INFILL PLANT INDEX GALLERIES 1, 2, 3 with its Cultivation Requirements

Alpines for Rock Garden (See Rock Garden Plant Flowers)

Alpine Shrubs and Conifers

The Alpine Meadow
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3

The Alpine Border
1, 2

Alpine Plants for a Purpose

The Alpines that Dislike Lime 1, 2

Alpines and Walls
Dry Sunny Walls 1a, b
Tops of Walls 2a, b
Dry Shady and Conifers 3a, b

Alpines and
Paving
1, 2

Sink and Trough gardens
1, 2

Aquatic
(Water Plants) for

Anti-erosion River-bank

Marginal Plants (Bog Garden Plants)
1, 2

Oxy-genating Weeds

Water Lilies

Floating Plants

Water-side Plants
and Plants for Dry Margins next to a Pond
1, 2

Wildlife Pond Plants

Annual for

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Exposed Sites

Sheltered Sites with Green-house Annuals from 1916

Extra Poor Soil with Half-Hardy Annuals from 1916

Very Rich Soil with Biennials from 1916

Gap-filling in Mixed Borders with Hardy Annuals from 1916

Patio Con-tainers

Cut Flowers
1, 2, 3 Ever-lasting Flowers with Red Flowers from 1916

Attract-ing bene-ficial insects
1, 2

Scent / Fra-grance with Annuals for Cool or Shady Places from 1916

Low-allergen Gardens for Hay Fever Sufferers

Annual Plant Pairing Ideas and Colour Schemes with Annuals
1, 2

Low-Growing Annuals
1, 2

Medium-Growing Annuals

Tall-Growing Annuals with White Flowers from 1916

Black or Brown Flowers

Blue to Purple Flowers

Green Flowers with Annuals and Biennials from 1916

Red to Pink Flowers and Cut Flowers
Page
1, 2, 3

White Flowers
1, 2

Yellow or Orange Flowers
1, 2

Dec-orative Foliage

Moist Soil

Shade
1, 2

House-plants with Yellow Flowers from 1916

Edging Beds

Hanging Baskets

Vining Annuals

Bedding for

Spring Bedding

Summer Bedding

Autumn/ Winter Bedding

Bedding for Light Sandy Soil

Bedding for Acid Soil

Bedding for Chalky Soil

Bedding for Clay Soil

Black Flowers

Blue Flowers

Orange Flowers

Pink Flowers

Long Flowering

Coloured Leaves

Attract-ive to Wildlife including Bees, Butterflies and Moths

Purple Flowers

Red Flowers

White Flowers

Yellow Flowers

Multi-Coloured Flowers

Aromatic Foliage or Scented Flowers

Bedding Plant Use

Flowers with 2 Petals

Flowers with 3 Petals

Flowers with
4 Petals

Flowers with 5 Petals

Flowers with 6 Petals

Flowers with more than 6 Petals

Use in Hanging Baskets

Flower Simple Shape

Shape of
Stars

Shape of
Bowls, Cups and Saucers

Shape of
Globes, Goblets and Chalices

Shape of
Trumpets and Funnels

Shape of
Bells, Thimbles and Urns

Use in Pots and Troughs

Flower Elabo-rated Shape

Shape of
Tubes, Lips and Lobes

Shape of
Slippers, Spurs and Lockets

Shape of
Hats, Hoods and Helmets

Use in
Screen-ing

Use in
Window Boxes

Shape of
Stand-ards, Wings and Keels

Shape of
Discs and Florets

Shape of
Pin-Cushions and Tufts

Shape of
Rosettes, Buttons and Pompons

Use in Bedding Out

Use in
Filling In

Biennial for

Cottage and Other Gardens
1, 2

Cut Flower with Biennials for Rock Work from 1916

Patio Con-tainers with Biennials for Pots in Green-house / Con-servatory

Bene-ficial to Wildlife with Purple and Blue Flowers from 1916

Scent with Biennials for Sunny Banks or Borders from 1916

Bulb for
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Explan-ation Intro to Bulbs
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725 Blue, White, Yellow, Unusual Colour, or Red-Purple-Pink flowering Bulbs in each month they flower.

Indoor Bulbs for
Dec-ember
January
February

Indoor Bulbs for
March
April
May

Indoor
Bulbs for
June
July
August

Indoor Bulbs for Sep-tember
October
November

Bulbs in Window-boxes
1, 2

Bulbs in the Border

Bulbs natural-ised in Grass

Any Plant Type (some grown in Cool Green-house) Bloom-ing in
Dec-Jan
Feb-Mar

Any Plant Type (some grown in Cool Green-house) Bloom-ing in
Apr-May
Jun-Aug 1, 2, 3, 4

Any Plant Type (some grown in Cool Green-house) Bloom-ing in
Sep-Oct
Nov-Dec

Any Plant Type Blooming in Smallest of Gardens

Bulbs for the Bulb Frame

Bulbs in the Wood-land Garden

Bulbs in the Rock Garden

Bulbs in Green-house or Stove

Achi-menes, Alocasias, Amorpho-phalluses, Aris-aemas, Arums, Begonias, Bomar-eas, Calad-iums

Clivias,
Colo-casias, Crinums, Cyclam-ens, Cyrt-anthuses, Euchar-ises, Urceo-charis, Eurycles

Freesias, Gloxinias, Hae-manthus, Hipp-eastrums

Lachen-alias, Nerines, Lycorises, Pen-cratiums, Hymen-ocallises, Richardias, Sprekelias, Tuberoses, Vallotas, Watsonias, Zephy-ranthes

Bulbs in Bowls

Bulbs in the Alpine House

Hardy Bulbs

Aconitum, Allium, Alstroe-meria, Anemone 1, 1a

Amaryllis, Antheri-cum, Antholy-zas, Apios, Arisaema, Arum, Aspho-deline,

Aspho-delus, Belam-canda, Bloom-eria, Brodiae, Bulbo-codium

Calo-chorti, Cyclo-bothras, Camassia, Col-chicum, Con-vallaria,
Forcing Lily of the Valley, Corydalis, Crinum, Crosmia, Mon-tbretia , Crocus

Cyclamen, Dicentra, Dierama, Eranthis, Eremurus, Ery-thrnium, Eucomis

Fritillaria, Funkia, Gal-anthus, Galtonia, Gladiolus, Hemero-callis

Hya-cinth, Hya-cinths in Pots,
Scilla, Pusch-kinia, Chion-odoxa, Chiono-scilla, Muscari

Iris,
Kniphofia, Lapey-rousia, Leucojum

Lilium,

Lilium in Pots, Malvastrum, Merendera, Milla, Narcissus, Narcissi in Pots

Orni-thogalum, Oxalis, Paeonia, Ran-unculus, Romulea, Sanguin-aria,
Stern-bergia,
Schi-zostylis, Teco-philaea, Trillium

Tulip,
Zephy-ranthus

Half-Hardy Bulbs

Acidan-thera, Albuca, Alstroe-meri, Andro-stephium, Bassers, Boussing-aultias, Bravoas, Cypellas, Dahlias, Galaxis,
Geis-sorhizas, Hesper-anthas

Gladioli, Ixias,
Sparaxises, Babianas, Morphixias, Tritonias

Ixio-lirions, Moraeas, Orni-thogal-ums, Oxalises, Phaedra-nassas,
Pan-cratiums, Tigridias, Zephyr-anthes, Cooper-ias

Bulbs for Bedding

Plant each Bedding Plant with a Ground, Edging or Dot Plant for
Spring
1, 2
or
Summer
1, 2

Climber 3 sector Vertical Plant System with

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Choosing the right Plant

1a.
The Base -
Base of Wall Plants

1b.
Annuals

1c.
Herbs and Vege-tables

1d.
Cut
flowers, Cut Foliage

1e.
Scented flower or foliage

1f.
Foliage use only

2a. 1,2,3,4
The Prime - Wall Shrubs

2b.
Fruit trees

3a.
The Higher Reaches -
House-wall Ramblers

3b. 1,2
Non-House-Wall - Climbing Twiners

3c.
Non-House-Wall - Self-clinging Climbers

Raised
Bed for Wheel-chair Users

Plants for Wildlife-Use as well

Fastest Covering

Least prot-ruding growth when fan-trained

1, 2
Evergreen

Use as
Hedge

Exposed Positions

Use as Ground-cover

1,2
Ornam-ental Fruit

Scented Flowers

1, 2
Autumn Foliage Colour

Winter Bark

Winter and Early Spring Flowers

Summer Colour or Shape of Foliage

Edible Fruit

Needs Conserv-atory or Green-house

Large
Pots and Con-tainers
1, 2

Cut Flowers

Attractive to Bees

Climber - Simple Flower Shape

Stars

Bowls, Cups and Saucers

Globes, Goblets and Chalices

Trumpets and Funnels

Salver-form

Bells, Thimbles and Urns

Climber - Elabo-rated Flower Shape

Tubes, Lips and Straps

Slippers, Spurs and Lockets

Hats, Hoods and Helmets

Stand-ards, Wings and Keels

Disks and Florets

Pin-cushions, Tufts, Petal-less and Cushions

Umbels, Buttons and Pompoms

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Scented Flora of the World by Roy Genders - was first published in 1977 and this paperback edition was published on 1 August 1994 ISBN 0 7090 5440 8:-
This comprehensive book looks at scented flowers and leaves of plants from all over the world. The work has been prepared to the standards of the Index Kewensis, and is filled with the most interesting facts about the scented flora of the world.

I am using the above book from someone who took 30 years to compile it from notes made of his detailed observations of growing plants in preference to
The RHS Companion to Scented Plants Hardcover – 16 Oct 2014 by Stephen Lacey (Author), Andrew Lawson (Photographer) ISBN 978-0-7112-3574-8 even though this is the only major reference work on scent and scented plants which is endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society. See reasons for stopping infilling of previous Sense of Fragrance section on 28/07/2016 at end of Sense of Fragrance from Stephen Lacey Page.

The Propagation of Alpines by Lawrence D. Hills. Published in 1950 by Faber and Faber Limited describes every method of propagation for 2,500 species. Unlike modern books published since 1980, this one states exactly what to do and is precisely what you require if you want to increase your alpines.

STAGE 4C CULTIVATION, POSITION, USE GALLERY

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STAGE 1
GARDEN STYLE INDEX GALLERY

Fragrant Plants adds the use of another of your 5 senses in your garden:-
Sense of Fragrance from Roy Genders

Fragrant Plants:-
Trees and Shrubs with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Trees and Shrubs with Scented Leaves
1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Trees and Shrubs with Aromatic Bark
1, 2, 3

Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for an
Acid Soil
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Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for a
Chalky or Limestone Soil
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Shrubs bearing Scented leaves for a
Sandy Soil
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Herbaceous Plants with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3

Herbaceous Plants with Scented Leaves
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Annual and Biennial Plants with Scented Flowers or Leaves
1, 2

Bulbs and Corms with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Scented Plants of Climbing and Trailing Habit
1, 2, 3

Winter-flowering Plants with Scented Flowers
1, 2

Night-scented Flowering Plants
1, 2

Scented Aquatic Plants
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Plants with Scented Fruits
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Trees and Shrubs with Scented Wood
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STAGE 2
INFILL PLANT INDEX GALLERY 3

Fan-trained Shape

From Rhododendrons, boxwood, azaleas, clematis, novelties, bay trees, hardy plants, evergreens : novelties bulbs, cannas novelties, palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees book, via Wikimedia Commons

Ramblers Scramblers & Twiners by Michael Jefferson-Brown (ISBN 0 - 7153 - 0942 - 0) describes how to choose, plant and nurture over 500 high-performance climbing plants and wall shrubs, so that more can be made of your garden if you think not just laterally on the ground but use the vertical support structures including the house as well.

The Gardener's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Climbers & Wall Shrubs - A Guide to more than 2000 varieties including Roses, Clematis and Fruit Trees by Brian Davis. (ISBN 0-670-82929-3) provides the lists for 'Choosing the right Shrub or Climber' together with Average Height and Spread after 5 years, 10 years and 20 years.