Ivydene Gardens Stage 2 - Infill Plants Index Gallery:
Annuals Good for Cut Flowers - Preserving Flowers and
List of Red, Rose and Pink Flowers from Annuals or Biennials in 1916

Ivydene Gardens Stage 2 - Infill Plants Index Gallery:
Annuals Good for Cut Flowers - Preserving Flowers

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
 

Comments

Adjacent Planting

Plant Associations

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.

Everlasting Flowers:-

"PRESERVING FLOWERS & FOLIAGE by Sharon Bale:- Dried flowers, pine cones, grasses and seed heads are popular materials for decorative arrangements and craft projects. Using a wide variety of plant material gives the best results, and you may find an assortment of usable plants throughout the entire growing season. A preservation method exists for just about any type of plant or flower, depending on how much time and expense you are willing to commit to the project." This is very thorough with practical ways of preserving for many plants.

The following is by Thompson & Morgan:-

"There are four popular ways of drying flowers: Air drying, glycerine, moist drying and by using a desiccant. In the chart below we have listed the most usual treatment for each subject. They will probably also respond to other treatments. Also there are doubtless many other plants in our catalog which can be dried for their flowers or foliage which haven't been mentioned here.

Air Drying

Air drying is the simplest method, pick the flowers with as long a stem as possible when they are just fully out. Strip off the leaves and hang them upside down in bunches of 3-6 stems in a cool, dark, airy place until fully dry.
Preserving Flowers using Air Drying has a list with Botanical Name, English Common Name and Parts to Dry.

Glycerine is helpful in giving grasses a lovely silken sheen or to retain a plant's suppleness. Dilute I part glycerine in 2 parts hot (boiled) water, mix together well and stand the plant in a jar containing 2-3in of the mixture. Leave for 4-5 days until they change colour.

Moist Drying

Leave on the plant until the flowers are fully mature then cut, remove all the foliage and stand in a jar containing 2in of water. Once this has been used up they should be left to dry naturally. If the petals show signs of withering once the water is used up then add a little more.

Desiccant

This method is useful for the more fleshy flowers which don't dry easily by any other method. Use a cardboard shoe box or similar and cover the bottom with 0.75in of desiccant (silica gel or similar). Place the flowers on this and work the desiccant carefully in among the petals until they are full covered and only the stem shows. For a first attempt it's best to start with daisy like flowers which should be placed face downwards on the desiccant. Seal the lid on the box with sellotape and place in a WARM, DRY place until dry. The time taken will depend on the size and texture of the flowers, but it usually takes around 2 weeks. Lift the flowers out with extreme care and brush off any surplus desiccant with a soft paint brush.

Seed Heads and Gourds

Leave the seed heads on the plant until fully ripe and bring in and air dry for several weeks. Gourds should be harvested when fully ripe, this can be seen by the fruit changing colour and becoming hard. Leave them on the vine a little longer if you are doubtful. Cut the gourd with a small piece of stem attached and bring in to room temperature to dry. After several weeks when fully dry they can be given a coat of clear varnish if required. Luffa Gourds turn brown and become lighter in weight at maturity, bring indoors, wash in a mild non-bleaching disinfectant and hang in a warm, dry, airy place. When ready you will be able to remove the dry outer skin. The inner fruit body must then be soaked in clean water for a few days to help remove the soft inner tissue and seeds and then dried and bleached in the sun or with Hydrogen Peroxide."

Name

Type

Method

Acanthus

HP

Air Drying

The generic name derives from the Greek term for the Acanthus mollis, ἄκανθος, akanthos, a plant that was commonly imitated in Corinthian capitals. The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, rarely subshrubs, with spiny leaves and flower spikes bearing white or purplish flowers. Size varies from 0.4 to 2 m (1.3 to 6.6 ft) in height.

Achillea

HP

Air Drying

The genus was named after the Greek mythological character Achilles. According to legend, Achilles' soldiers used yarrow to treat their wounds, hence some of its common names such as allheal and bloodwort. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves. The plants show large, flat clusters of small flowers at the top of the stem. The flowers can be white, yellow, orange, pink or red.

Aconitum

HP

Desiccant

How Poisonous, How Harmful? The principal alkaloids are aconite and aconitine. Of these aconitine is thought to be the key toxin. Ingestion of even a small amount results in severe gastrointestinal upset but it is the effect on the heart, where it causes slowing of the heart rate, which is often the cause of death. The poison may be administered by absorption through broken skin or open wounds and there are reports of florists being unwell after working with the flowers but there are no documented cases.

Alchemilla

HP

Air Drying or Glycerine or Moisture

The plant is often grown as a ground cover, and is especially valued for the leaves in wet weather, as the water beads and sparkles on the leaves. This is due to the remarkable dewetting properties of the leaves, whereby the contact force between the water and the leaf is so disfavoured that a thin layer of air penetrates the solid-liquid interface. These beads of water were considered by alchemists to be the purest form of water. They utilised this water in their quest to turn base metal into gold. Hence the name Alchemilla. The plant self-seeds freely, and can become invasive.

Allium

HP

Dried Seed Head

Alliums, also known as ornamental onions, are grown for their showy flower heads, which come in wide range of sizes and shades of blue, purple, white and yellow. Even when the plants die back, the dried flower heads look attractive in the garden, or can be cut for indoor display.

Further details on some alliums in Allium and Anemone Gallery.

Amaranthus

HHA

Air Drying or Glycerine or Moisture

Amaranthus can be upright or spreading annuals or short-lived perennials, with simple leaves and tiny flowers borne in dense, erect or pendulous, catkin-like inflorescences in summer and autumn.

Ambrosinia

HHA

Air Drying

Ambrosinia bassii is an oddity, even by aroid standards! The first thing you see is it's tiny oval shaped leaves, no more than an inch (2.5cm) or so tall and up to two inches (5cm) tall. Even smaller than the leaves is the inflorescence!
The International Aroid Society, Inc can provide further details about "The Araceae are a family of herbaceous monocots with 125 genera and about 3750 species including the Lemnaceae."

Ammobium

HHA

Air Drying

Ammobium Alatum Grandiflorum - As soon as the Ammobium flowers open about half way, typically in mid-summer, they are cut, tied in small bunches, hung up-side-down and dried in warm, well-ventilated rooms.

Anaphalis

HP

Air Drying

The name probably derives from the common practice of drying the flowers and stems for decorations through winter months.

Anemone

HP

Desiccant

It is best to harvest cut flowers early in the morning while it is still cold out side while the bloom is still closed. To open your flowers place in room temperature water out of direct sun. Anemones are a great cut flower and will give you around nine days of vase life when properly cared for.

Further details on some anemones in Allium and Anemone Gallery.

Anthemis

HP

Desiccant

Anthemis is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name chamomile.

Asclepias

HP

Dried Seed Head

Milkweed is beneficial to nearby plants, repelling some pests, especially wireworms. Data from a DNA study indicate that more recently evolved milkweed species use these preventative strategies less but grow faster than older species, potentially regrowing faster than caterpillars can consume them.

Astilbe

HP

Desiccant

Astilbe do fine as cutting flowers if you wish to clip some blooms to bring inside.

Astrantia

HP

Glycerine

Plant combinations of Astrantia and Geranium , Astrantia and Digitalis , Thalictrum and Astrantia , Foeniculum and Astrantia , good bedfellows , soothing green and white ready-made border , Astrantia and Dryopteris , stars of the show , rich tones slug resistant or

if you prefer then add some oomph.

Belamcanda

HP

Dried Seed Head

Iris domestica has narrow leaves to 20cm long, and yellow of reddish-orange flowers 4cm wide, heavily spotted with deep red, and followed by green seed pods splitting to reveal several conspicuous, glossy black seeds.

Bellis

HB

Desiccant

Bellis perennis ‘Pomponette’ mix - English Daisy Plant Uses & Characteristics:- Alpine & Rock, Border , Containers, Cut Flower, Deer Resistant, Edging, Massed.

Calendula

HA

Air Drying

The genus name Calendula is a modern Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass". Calendula flowers are sacred flowers in India and have been used to decorate the statues of Hindu deities since early times.

Carlina

HP

Air Drying

Carlina acaulis (stemless carline thistle, dwarf carline thistle, silver thistle) has common names which are descriptive of the manner in which its flower head rests directly upon a basal leaf rosette. It is sometimes cultivated as a rockery plant, or dried and hung as a house decoration.

Catananche

HP

Air Drying

Catananche caerulea is an easy to raise, free flowering plant for the front of the border. The brilliant sky blue flowers are freely produced and are excellent for cutting, lasting a long time in water.

Celosia

HHA

Air Drying

Celosia flowers also look great in vases and bouquets, so you can bring their beauty indoors.

Centaurea

HA

Desiccant

We hold the recently awarded National Collection of Centaurea at our garden in Hankelow.
No cottage garden is complete without its cornflowers – loved by pollinators and brilliant as cut flowers. We use lots of them for wedding and party flowers to make table runners and napkin rings, as they last brilliantly out of water.

Cephalaria

HP

Dried Seed Head

The flowers of Cephalaria gigantea 'Giant Scabious' are an attractive nectar source for both bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects, and are ideal for use as a cut flower.

Cephalipterum

HHA

Air Drying

"Collect whole heads that are drying off and fluffy or collect just the seeds by plucking it off with your fingers. Mature seeds are easily removed." from Seeds of South Australia, South Australian Seed Conservation Centre from its database of 108 families, 556 genera and 2,352 species with 12,818 images on 4 May 2016.

Chrysanth-emum

HP

Desiccant

Chrysanthemums - This florist’s favourite offers striking colours and various habits. It makes a welcome late summer and autumn show in borders and beds, with the added benefit of providing perfect cutting material for floral arrangements. The National Chrysanthemum Society - formed in 1846 - can provide further information.

Clary, clary sage, Salvia sclarea

HA

Desiccant

Salvia sclarea . The cut stems do look ever so pretty in flower arrangements.

Cortaderia

HP

Air Drying or Glycerine

Cortaderia - are robust evergreen grasses forming large, compact tufts of narrowly linear, rough-edged leaves, with erect stems bearing dense silvery or pink-tinged flower panicles which are excellent for drying.

Craspedia

HHA

Air Drying

Craspedia get the prize for the most bonkers flower in the Higgledy Garden…bright yellow spheres on tall and very strong stems. They remind of those 1970’s kinetic mobiles that folk had back in…well…the 70’s… Craspedia has long been used in ultra trendy florists.

Crocosmia

HP

Desiccant

Crocosmia. When in bloom, feel free to cut crocosmia flowers for bouquets. The arched sprays add colorful highlights and varied flower forms to arangements. Snipping flowers will not hurt your plants. Crocosmia and Chasmanthe (Royal Horticultural Society Plant Collector Guide) Hardcover – 15 Aug 2004 by Peter Goldblatt (Author), John Manning (Author), Gary Dunlop (Author) has a descriptive list of more than 400 Crocosmia cultivars concludes the complete horticultural account of the genera.

Dahlia

HHA

Desiccant

Dahlias are invaluable for the summer border, in patio containers or as cut flowers, often flowering until the first frosts.
The National Dahlia Collection is part of Winchester Growers, based at Varfell Farm, Penzance. The Collection consists of over 1600 named species and cultivars and is the only Collection of Dahlia’s registered with Plant Heritage.
Further details on some dahlias in Dahlia Gallery.

Delphinium

HP

Desiccant

"February - Start seed. Fill a tray with good fresh compost, moisten and allow to drain. Sprinkle the delphinium seed onto the surface and cover with compost or vermiculite to the depth of the seed. Cover the tray with black polythene, check daily and remove polythene once the first seeds germinate. A temperature of 16°C (60°F) is ideal." from Blackmore & Langdons who have been growing begonias and delphiniums since 1901.
The Delphinium elatum Society provides further details and publications.

Digitalis

HB

Dried Seed Head

Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials commonly called foxgloves. Crocus nursery sells different species.

Dipsacus

HB

Dried Seed Head

Dipsacus - The members of this genus are known as teasel, teazel or teazle, and the dried heads are used in floristry.

Echinacea

HP

Dried Seed Head

Coneflowers with 292 results of search by the RHS.

Echinops

HP

Air Drying

Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' has slightly darker blue spherical flowerheads than Echinops ritro, is good for cutting and flowers more than once in a season and is 1 of 273 results of search by the RHS.

Emilia

HHA

Air Drying

Emilia is a genus of herbaceous plants known as tasselflower or pualele.
Tassel flower (Emilia coccinea) - A captivating little plant for the front of the border, tassel flower produces small, scarlet-orange pompons which, when viewed from a distance, seem like they’re floating in air. The flowers cluster at the top of wiry stems that rise from a basal rosette of blue-green leaves. With its small habit, tassel flower lends itself well to container gardens and fresh-cut flower arrangements, adding an element of whimsy.

Erigeron

HP

Desiccant

Erigeron is a large genus of plants in the daisy family.
1 of which is Erigeron speciosus 'Pink Jewel' - This is a traditional border favourite, low maintenance, reliable and long lived. Large semi-double lilac-pink daisy flowers are produced all summer. They are most effective when planted in groupings and growing to around 60cm in height with a similar spread, they make excellent cut flowers.

Eryngium

HP

Air Drying or Dessicant

Eryngium - common names include eryngo and sea holly (though the genus is not related to the true hollies, Ilex). These are annual and perennial herbs with hairless and usually spiny leaves. The dome-shaped umbels of steely blue or white flowers have whorls of spiny basal bracts.
Eryngium with 199 results of search by the RHS.

Euphorbia

HP

Glycerine

It's the plant with everything: evergreen for winter structure, foliage in myriad colours and frothy flower-bracts all summer.
Euphorbia with 1532 results of search by the RHS.

Feverfew

HP

Desiccant

Taste better in a sandwich with marmite! Flowers can be used in pot pourri.

Gentian

HP

Desiccant

Gentiana sino-ornata is not only one of the easiest and most reliable, but also one of the loveliest with spectacular 5cm (2in) bright blue trumpet-shaped flowers. These appear in early and mid-autumn, protruding on very short stalks from the mat of almost mossy textured light green foliage. Lime free soil is essential for this desirable rock garden plant.

Glaucium

HB

Dried Seed Head

Glaucium flavum (yellow hornpoppy or yellow horned poppy) is a summer flowering plant. Habitat: the plant grows on the seashore and is never found inland.

Gnaphalium

HP

Air Drying

Cudweeds are important foodplants for American painted lady caterpillars.

Godetia

HA

Desiccant

This striking hardy annual - Godetia 'Rembrandt' - can be direct sown for drifts of colour in borders, and makes an eye-catching cut flower too.

Gomphrena

HHA

Air Drying

As the name suggests, Gomphrena produces globe-shaped blossoms with papery bracts in dainty shades of lavender, purple, pink, red, magenta, blue, orange and white. Gomphrena's unique texture and beauty are highly valued for dried flower or cut flower arrangements.

Gourds

HHA

Dried Seed Head

The main plants referred to as gourds include several species from the Cucurbita genus (mostly native to North America, including the Malabar gourd and turban squash), Crescentia cujete (the tree gourd or calabash tree, native to the American tropics) and Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd). Gourds should be harvested when fully ripe, this can be seen by the fruit changing colour and becoming hard. Leave them on the vine a little longer if you are doubtful. Cut the gourd with a small piece of stem attached and bring in to room temperature to dry. After several weeks when fully dry, they can be given a coat of clear varnish if required.

Grasses

HP/HA

Air Drying

Choose the Right Plants for your Garden - The following lists are intended to help you with your initial choice of plants for particular places.

• GRASSES FOR HOT DRY CONDITIONS
• GRASSES NATIVE TO THE UK
• GRASSES FOR DRY SHADE
• GRASSES FOR THE NATURALISTIC STYLE
• GRASSES FOR MOIST SHADE
• PERENNIALS FOR THE NATURALISTIC STYLE
• GRASSES FOR SEASIDE GARDENS
• GRASSES FOR THE SMALLER GARDEN
• FRONT OF BORDER GRASSES
• TALL STATEMENT GRASSES
• FRONT OF BORDER PERENNIALS
• TALL STATEMENT PERENNIALS
• GRASSES FOR DAMP CONDITIONS (but not waterlogged)
• GRASSES FOR GRAVEL AND ULTRA DRY
• GRASSES FOR WATERSIDE OR MARGINAL CONDITIONS
• CONTAINER GRASSES CHARISMATIC COMBINATIONS

Gypsophila

HP

Air Drying

Gypsophila can be annuals or perennials, sometimes evergreen, with narrow, greyish leaves and large sprays of small flowers.

Helichrysum

HP/ HHA

Air Drying

May be annuals, herbaceous perennials or shrubs.
DRYING METHODS / YIELD: Flowers and leaves can be dried in the sun directly.

Helipterum

HA

Air Drying

HELIPTERUM PIERROT - A pretty white form of the native everlasting daisy that is a very popular choice with European gardeners. They combine it bravely with bright red Ladybird poppies creating an eye catching display. The everlastings will outlast any poppy as it can be cut and left to dry for indoor display that lasts for months.

Helleborus

HP

Desiccant

Drying Flowers in Sand - Use this technique to enjoy dried flowers year-round by Georgia Vance
Fine Gardening issue 78

Heuchera

HP

Desiccant

We hold 'The National Collection for Heuchera, Heucherella, & Tiarella

Due to so many new varieties coming out each year, lots of older varieties get lost for ever. (Our collection contains well over 400 varieties.) Heuchera’s are good ever green perennials for borders and containers, ground cover and even hanging baskets.

They are often grown for their foliage as much as their flowers. The leaves are very attractive and the flowers come up on slender yet strong stems, which have airy racemes of small flowers. Many flower all Spring and Summer.

Hollyhock

HHA

Desiccant

How to sow and grow hollyhocks

Iberis

HA

Dried Seed Head

This evergreen subshrub slowly spreads to form a tidy cushion of shiny dark green leaves. In late spring and early summer, numerous flattened clusters of 4-petaled snow-white flowers nearly cover the foliage. Iberis sempervirens makes an effective edging for a sunny border.

Larkspur

HA

Air Drying

The common name, larkspur, referring to the spur-shaped calyx, is shared with the closely related perennial delphinium.
Consolida differs from Delphinium in the flower structure, with the flowers in an open, loose, often branched spike, rather than the dense column of flowers found in Delphinium, and in the fruit, which comprises a single follicle, instead of a cluster of several together.
It is a popular garden plant and cut flower.

Lavender

HSH

Dried Seed Head

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Some of the fresh spring growth is great for chopping into a refreshing dessert. Watch for cuckoo spit or at least the little monkey inside, a froghopper that enjoys sucking sap from the stems. A cold water shower will see him off!

Limonium

HHA

Air Drying

Several species are popular garden flowers; they are generally known to gardeners as statices. They are grown both for their flowers and for the appearance of the calyx, which remains on the plant after the true flowers have fallen, and are known as "everlasting flowers".

Lonas

HA

Air Drying

Lonas inodora - A long lasting cut flower suitable for fresh market or dried flower use. The golden-yellow flowers are reminiscent of small heads of yellow Achillea. 60cm.

Lunaria

HB

Dried Seed Head

Lunaria annua - In autumn transplant to their flowering site 30cm (12in) apart. Cut the stems bearing seed pods the following early autumn and hang in bunches upside down in a cool airy room to dry.

Matricaria

HA

Air Drying

The dried flower-heads of Matricaria Chamomilla

Molucella

HHA

Air Drying or Dessicant or Glycerine

Moluccella laevis (Bells-of-Ireland, Bells of Ireland, Molucca balmis, Shellflower, Shell flower) is a summer flowering annual and a member of the mint family, the blooming stems can be cut and used in fresh or dried flower arrangements.

Myosotis

HB

Dessicant

This beautiful biennial forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica is excellent for edging pathways or for under-planting spring flowering bulbs such as tulips or daffodils.

Nicandra

HA

Dried Seed Head

The shoo-fly plant (Nicandra physalodes) can be grown from seed as a decorative addition to the garden. However, it can pop unexpectedly, particularly around bird feeders because it can be found in commercial bird-seed mixtures.
Cherry-like, green-brown berries are encased within green or black-mottled calyces. Branches of the mature Chinese lantern-style fruits can be dried and used for winter decoration.

Nigella

HA

Dried Seed Head

How do I use love-in-a-mist most effectively in my garden?  Love-in-a-mist works well mixed with other annuals in informal or cottage gardens.  It is good for filling gaps in flower borders and for short-term massed beddings.  Individual plants can be added to hanging baskets, window boxes or containers where the finely-cut foliage provides an interesting texture until the plants begin to bloom.  Love-in-a-mist can also be used as an edging plant, in a mass planting, or in combination with silver-leaved plants such as dusty miller (Senecio cineraria) or lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina).  You can extend the usefulness of love-in-a-mist and bring its beauty indoors by planting it with strawflowers (Helichrysum spp.), bachelor buttons (Centaurea cyanus), bells-of-Ireland (Molucella laevis), globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa – see University of Wisconsin Garden Facts XHT1171) or other flowers that dry well. 

Papaver

HA

Dried Seed Head

Papaver somniferum 'Double Lilac' has large, papery-petalled, heavily-doubled flowers of a delightful shade of lilac. Sometimes called a peony flower, because of its large flower, these have wonderful, bulbous seed heads that are architectural in form, and are popular in flower arranging.

Phlomis

HP

Air Drying

Keep the seed heads on as long possible and then trim them off in early April when it's possible to see the flowers forming.

Physalis

HP

Dried Seed Head

If the fruit is left inside the intact calyx husks, its shelf life at room temperature is about 30–45 days.

Podolepis

HHA

Air Drying

Podolepis robusta - The species has a thick, upright single stem and reaches up to 60 cm in height, with yellow inflorescences that are around 25 mm in diameter.

Psilostrophe

HP

Air Drying

Flowers: delicate yellow flowers on stem terminals; bloom in early spring and sporadically; fresh flowers persist for a long period and then even longer when dry, becoming paperlike.

Pulsatilla

HP

Dried Seed Head

Pulsatilla patens is the provincial flower of Manitoba, Canada and (as the synonym P. hirsutissima) is the state flower of the US state of South Dakota. Pulsatilla vulgaris is the County flower for both Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire in England. Pulsatilla vernalis is the county flower of Oppland, Norway.

Rhodanthe

HHA

Air Drying

Rhodanthe, also known as sunray or pink paper daisy, is a genus of Australian plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family. "Rhodanthe....From Greek rhodon, a rose and anthos, a flower, presumably referring to the flower colour of some species." from Australian Native Plants Society (Australia).

Scabiosa (Drumstick)

HA

Air Drying

'Drumstick' has stout broomstick-like stems with attractive wrinkled leaves and ivory white 'cushion' flowers which bloom on tall stems from July to October.

Sedum

HP

Moisture

Sedum may be annuals or herbaceous or evergreen perennials with succulent stems and leaves and clusters of small, star-shaped flowers in summer or autumn.

Stachys

HP

Air Drying

Common names include hedgenettle, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, and lamb's ears. General Woundwort (Watership Down character): The Chief Rabbit of Efrafa serves as the primary antagonist in the novel, film and television series. Fearless, single-minded, and brutally efficient, Woundwort was orphaned at a young age; his father was shot dead by a human and his mother was killed shortly afterwards by a weasel.

Tagetes

HHA

Desiccant

Marigold 'Strawberry Blonde' - Your eyes aren't deceiving you! A breeding breakthrough has created a new French Marigold with flowers in totally unique russet tones; bringing pink shades to the marigold colour palette for the very first time.

Verbascum

HP

Dried Seed Head

Ready-made border Mediterranean from crocus. Wildflowers for attracting butterflies from crocus.

Xeranthemum

HA

Air Drying

Xeranthemum annuum - An attractive and easily grown everlasting flower with white, woolly leaves and white, pink or violet flowers, each 1½ins across, borne freely all summer. They thrive on poor, dry soils.

"Chart of Colour and Height for Red, Rose or Pink Flowers from Annuals and Biennials in 1916" from Part II 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.):-

Tall
Annual / Biennial with Red, Rose or Pink Flowers

Height in inches (cms)

Flower Colour of Red, Rose or Pink

Flowering Months

Description

Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)

Red, Rose and Pink

A short-lived perennial in some soils and best treated as an annual. No plant has been more truly improved for garden use. It is now (1916) grown in 4 distinct sizes, and every year more new and beautiful varieties are being produced. For ordinary border use the tall and intermediate heights are the most generally useful. The dwarfs do well on rock work or where a short edging is required. In the south and west they can be grown as biennials, but for general use it is best to sow in early February in slight heat, to prick off into shallow boxes, and plant out in May. They are some of the best things for dry wall, when they can be planted small or sown in the joints.

Chenopodium

Red, Rose and Pink

Convolvulus

Red, Rose and Pink

Eccremocarpus

Red, Rose and Pink

Althaea rosea (Alcea rosea, Hollyhock)

Althaea rosea is the grand Hollyhock so well known in gardens; both the single and double are among the very finest border plants. The variety Althaea ficifolia (Antwerp Hollyhock), is rather slimmer and more graceful in growth; of this the white and pale yellow forms are the best. Hollyhocks are gross feeders, thriving with any kind of strong manure. It should be dug in deep down for the roots to find gradually; when coming into flower they should also have frequent applications of liquid manure. They are extremely liable to the attack of the mallow fungus Puccinia malvacearum. When the pest appears they should be frequently sprayed with a full pink-coloured solution of permanganate of potash or 1 of the many ready-made fungicides. In strong loamy or chalky soils they are generally immune. Hollyhocks are really perennials, but they are commonly grown as biennials.

Impatiens glandulifera (Common Balsam, Bobby Tops, Himalayan Balsam)

96 (240)

White to Pink

Jun-Oct

Flowers white to pink. A very handsome plant of rapid growth, useful in the back of borders, or among shrubs or at the edge of woodland. It is one of the few annual plants that do well in the close shade of buildings, and might be used with advantage in many places where there is a dull backyard or enclosed court that receives little or no sunlight. A fine white-flowered Balsam has been sold of late as Impatriens roylei; the accuracy of the name is doubtful, but the plant is desirable; apparaently a pure white form of Impatiens glandulifera. The seed capsules explode with some force,throwing the seeds many yards away. They germinate only too freely, but it is a soft plant, easy to pull up in spring when the juicy mass can go with advantage into a garden trench as green manure.
The green seed pods, seeds, young leaves and shoots are all edible. The flowers can be turned into a jam or parfait. Himalayan Balsam also promotes river bank erosion due to the plant dying back over winter, leaving the bank unprotected from flooding. The Bionic Control of Invasive Weeds in Wiesbaden, Germany, is trying to establish a self-sufficient project to conserve their local biodiversity by developing several food products made from the Impatiens flowers. Eventually, if all goes well, this project will have the Himalayan Balsam financing its own eradication.

Garden Balsam (Impatiens balsamina)

18 (45)

Varies in colour from White to Deep Red

Jun-Oct

Is grown in pots for the greenhouse, or bedded out in good soil in a sunny place. It varies in colour from white to deep red.

Very shade-tolerant, balsam brings the tropics to the annual garden with brightly colored flowers borne closely along the upright, bright green stem of the plan.

Lavatera

Red, Rose and Pink

Mina

Red, Rose and Pink

Nicotiana

Red, Rose and Pink

Papaver

Red, Rose and Pink

Ricinus

Red, Rose and Pink

Sweet Pea

Red, Rose and Pink

Tropaeolum and Tropaeolum majus (Garden Nasturtium, Indian cress, monks cress)

Supplier in UK
Supplier in USA
Supplier of Red Wonder nasturtiums are flowering, structured, frost tender annuals with trailing growth habit. It has showy, large, dark red flowers and green foliage

18-30
(45-75)

Summer Bedding plant whose flower colour varies from yellow to orange to red, frilled and often darker at the base of the petals

Full Sun

Jun-Sep

68 results from Royal Horticultural Society. Das Elisabeth Linné-Phänomen, or the Elizabeth Linnæus Phenomenon, is the name given to the phenomenon of "Flashing Flowers". Especially at dusk, the orange flowers may appear to emit small "flashes". Once believed to be an electrical phenomenon, it is today thought to be an optical reaction in the human eye caused by the contrast between the orange flowers and the surrounding green. The phenomenon is named after Elisabeth Christina von Linné, one of Carl Linnaeus's daughters, who discovered it at age 19.

All its parts are edible. The flower has most often been consumed, making for an especially ornamental salad ingredient; it has a slightly peppery taste reminiscent of watercress, and is also used in stir fry. The flowers contain about 130 mg vitamin C per 100 grams (3.5 oz), about the same amount as is contained in parsley. Moreover, they contain up to 45 mg of lutein per 100 gr, which is the highest amount found in any edible plant. The unripe seed pods can be harvested and dropped into spiced vinegar to produce a condiment and garnish, sometimes used in place of capers.

Tropaeolum majus, in a wild garden in Belgium. By Jamain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Used by Hummingbirds and butterflies, as groundcover and in pots.

Medium
Annual / Biennial with Red, Rose or Pink Flowers

Height in inches (cms)

Flower Colour of Red, Rose or Pink

Flowering Months

Description

Alonsoa warscewiczii (Mask Flower)

18-24 (45-60)

Orange-scarlet

Jun-Aug

This is the best of the several kinds of Alonsoa; there are tall and short varieties, both equally good. It forms a cloud of the pretty bloom of a soft orange-scarlet colour and can be planted fairly close together - about 6 inches (15 cms) apart. Cottagers sometimes grow it with great success as a pot plant, a single plant forming quite a large specimen.

Amaranthus

12-36 (30-90)

Magenta

Half-hardy annuals, from 12-36 inches (30-90 cms) high, with crimson or dark blackish-red foliage. The well-known Love-Lies-bleeding is Amaranthus caudatus . Amaranthus sanguineus Amarathus salicifolius (Amaranthus tricolor) are among the pleasantest in colouring; the greater number of kinds are of a rank magenta, either of flower or leaf, that is so displeasing to those who are sensitive to good colouring.

China Aster (Callistephus hortensis, Callistephus chinensis)

24-36 (60-90)

Purple with Yellow centre

Jul-Sep

Among the large numbers offered in seed lists it may appear, at first sight, difficult to make a choice, but for general garden use the kinds that may be most confidently recommended are the varieties of the Victora, Comet, and Ostrich Plume groups, and of these, those of the so-called blue and white colourings. The "blues" are various shades of light and dark purple, all of good quality. Mammoth, formerly known as Vick's White, is a capital late kind of large bloom and tall habit, excellent for cutting. The typw plant Callistephus hortensis, purple with yellow centre, is also good for cutting and for garden use. China Asters are sown in March in slight heat, pricked off in boxes, and planted out at the end of May in well-prepared beds. They require rich soil that has been deeply dug.

Campanula medium (Canterbury Bells)

24-36 (60-90)

Purple, pink and white

Jun-Aug

One of the best of summer flowers, 24-36 inches (^0-90cms) high; coloured purple in several shades, pink and white. There double varieties, but in these the pretty bell is confused and disfigured by the tight, crumpled mass inside; the single and the calycanthema (Cup and Saucer) forms are the best. Sow in a warm place in the open about the second week of May; prick out, for preference in slight shade, and keep watered, and put out where they are to flower in early autumn. They are useful in pots, and may be potted from the open ground even when they are showing bloom.

Celosia plumosa (Celosia argentea var plumosa, Plumed Cockscomb, The Feathered not the Crested Cockscomb)

6-36 (15-90)

Red, Orange, Yellow, Violet, White, Pink

Jul-Oct

Celosia is most commonly represented in gardens by the magenta Cockscomb of greenhouses, a plant unbeautiful both of form and colour. The featherd kinds, in which the flower has the form of an upright plume, when the harsh crimson colouring to which they naturally incline can be avoided, are handsome plants both for garden and greenhouse, in colourings of red and yellow. As they begin to show bloom in quite a small state the bad ones can be picked out. But they need careful growing. Sow towards the end of March, keep close to the light, and as they increase in size give successive shifts. Push on in heat, and harden off carefully before putting out. As rapid growth is required, they should be repotted in rich soil.

Use for cut flowers and dried flowers. The leaves and flowers are edible and are grown for such use in Africa and Southeast Asia. Non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses.

Clarkia

Red, Rose and Pink

Godetia

Red, Rose and Pink

Larkspur

Red, Rose and Pink

Lavatera

Red, Rose and Pink

Linum

Red, Rose and Pink

Malope

Red, Rose and Pink

Mirabilis

Red, Rose and Pink

Nemesia

Red, Rose and Pink

Papaver

Red, Rose and Pink

Polygonum

Red, Rose and Pink

Ricinus

Red, Rose and Pink

Salpiglossis

Red, Rose and Pink

Salvia

Red, Rose and Pink

Scabiosa

Red, Rose and Pink

Schizanthus

Red, Rose and Pink

Stock

Red, Rose and Pink

Sweet William

Red, Rose and Pink

Cheiranthus cheiri (Erisimum cheiri, Wallflower)

9-24 (22.5-60

Yellow, orange, red, maroon, purple, brown, white and cream

Apr-Jun

Wallflowers are so well known that they need not be described. There are many garden varieties, but among the best are some good strain of Blood Red and the shorter kind named Vulcan, of intense red-brown colour and bushy habit. The old Purple should not be neglected, it is better in some combinations of plants than the redder variety obtained from it, named Ruby Gem; Fire King is a gorgeous colour and Yellow Phoenix a fine yellow. Primrose Dame is a pretty pale yellow; other colourings of the single Wallflowers will be found in trade lists. The early Paris kinds are valuable. The double German kinds, especially those of full and pale yellow colourings, are extremely desirable in the spring garden; their massive spikes are of fine appearance and they last longer than any other spring flower. Wallflowers should be sown out of doors in May, preferably in rather poor soil trodden firm; this keeps the plants compact and of strong constitution. They are best put out in any damp weather in July if the place for spring flowers is dedicated to them only, but if they have to follow bedding plants they must wait till October or November. In any case they must not be allowed to grow large and rank before they are put in the places where they are to bloom.
It associates well in bedding schemes with other spring flowers such as tulips and forget-me-nots. Wild wallflower may be established easily on walls or old roofs if seed is sown ideally in late summer, in situ, and covered with a little soil.

Zinnia

Red, Rose and Pink

Short
Annual / Biennial with Red, Rose or Pink Flowers

Height in inches (cms)

Flower Colour of Red, Rose or Pink

Flowering Months

Description

Alonsoa warscewiczii

18-24 (45-60)

Orange-scarlet

This is the best of the several kinds of Alonsoa; there are tall and short varieties, both equally good. It forms a cloud of the pretty bloom of a soft orange-scarlet colour and can be planted fairly close together - about 6 inches (15 cms) apart. Cottagers sometimes grow it with great success as a pot plant, a single plant forming quite a large specimen.

Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)

Red, Rose and Pink

A short-lived perennial in some soils and best treated as an annual. No plant has been more truly improved for garden use. It is now (1916) grown in 4 distinct sizes, and every year more new and beautiful varieties are being produced. For ordinary border use the tall and intermediate heights are the most generally useful. The dwarfs do well on rock work or where a short edging is required. In the south and west they can be grown as biennials, but for general use it is best to sow in early February in slight heat, to prick off into shallow boxes, and plant out in May. They are some of the best things for dry wall, when they can be planted small or sown in the joints.

Cacalia coccinia (Emilia coccinea, Tassel Flower)

12 (30)

Red

Jul-Oct

A bright, pretty plant with red flowers, about 12 inches (30 cms) high; not so much grown as it deserves. Sow in place in spring or autumn where the plants are to flower.

China Aster (Callistephus hortensis, Callistephus chinensis)

24-36 (60-90)

Purple with Yellow centre

Jul-Sep

Among the large numbers offered in seed lists it may appear, at first sight, difficult to make a choice, but for general garden use the kinds that may be most confidently recommended are the varieties of the Victora, Comet, and Ostrich Plume groups, and of these, those of the so-called blue and white colourings. The "blues" are various shades of light and dark purple, all of good quality. Mammoth, formerly known as Vick's White, is a capital late kind of large bloom and tall habit, excellent for cutting. The typw plant Callistephus hortensis, purple with yellow centre, is also good for cutting and for garden use. China Asters are sown in March in slight heat, pricked off in boxes, and planted out at the end of May in well-prepared beds. They require rich soil that has been deeply dug.

Collomia

Red, Rose and Pink

Crepis

Red, Rose and Pink

Dianthus

Red, Rose and Pink

Diascia

Red, Rose and Pink

Eschscholzia

Red, Rose and Pink

Leptosiphon

Red, Rose and Pink

Mesem-bryanthemum

Red, Rose and Pink

Phlox drummondi

Red, Rose and Pink

Portulaca

Red, Rose and Pink

Rhodanthe

Red, Rose and Pink

Saponaria

Red, Rose and Pink

Silene

Red, Rose and Pink

Stock

Red, Rose and Pink

Tropaeolum and Tropaeolum majus (Garden Nasturtium, Indian cress, monks cress)

Supplier in UK
Supplier in USA
Supplier of Red Wonder nasturtiums are flowering, structured, frost tender annuals with trailing growth habit. It has showy, large, dark red flowers and green foliage

18-30
(45-75)

Summer Bedding plant whose flower colour varies from yellow to orange to red, frilled and often darker at the base of the petals

Full Sun

Jun-Sep

68 results from Royal Horticultural Society. Das Elisabeth Linné-Phänomen, or the Elizabeth Linnæus Phenomenon, is the name given to the phenomenon of "Flashing Flowers". Especially at dusk, the orange flowers may appear to emit small "flashes". Once believed to be an electrical phenomenon, it is today thought to be an optical reaction in the human eye caused by the contrast between the orange flowers and the surrounding green. The phenomenon is named after Elisabeth Christina von Linné, one of Carl Linnaeus's daughters, who discovered it at age 19.

All its parts are edible. The flower has most often been consumed, making for an especially ornamental salad ingredient; it has a slightly peppery taste reminiscent of watercress, and is also used in stir fry. The flowers contain about 130 mg vitamin C per 100 grams (3.5 oz), about the same amount as is contained in parsley. Moreover, they contain up to 45 mg of lutein per 100 gr, which is the highest amount found in any edible plant. The unripe seed pods can be harvested and dropped into spiced vinegar to produce a condiment and garnish, sometimes used in place of capers.

Tropaeolum majus, in a wild garden in Belgium. By Jamain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Used by Hummingbirds and butterflies, as groundcover and in pots.

Planting Schemes with Annuals

Real Flower Jewellery, which is permanent, wearable and Made in Hawaii

Our products are primarily made from flowers and plants using special preservation techniques, which make them practical to wear as fashion accessories, permanently (as opposed to the short term limitations of fresh cut flowers). Our techniques are constantly evolving from fashion trends & technical developments. Currently, all our pieces are made from flowers & plants grown in Hawaii yet not necessarily limited to that source.  At varying times our jewelry pieces have been made from flowers grown in Europe (particularly England) and extensively at one time using roses from Oregon.

After only two years in this most enjoyable stage, the national economy entered the Great Recession. In mid 2007 two major airlines operating from Hilo declared bankruptcy within weeks of each other and led to what was effectively an economic tsunami for Hawaii’s tourist dependent Big Island, resulting in many businesses failing. Rather than be a casualty of these events, as a strategic business decision Honeyman closed both his gallery and gift shop and focused on supplying to Hawaii Islands gift stores, theme parks, galleries and other retail outlets, plus exhibiting at regional shows. He is a regular artist at the Hilo Farmers Market.

Chrissie Harten, who teaches flower arranging, is a member of

"Bromsgrove and District Flower Arrangement Society. We are affiliated to the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies of Great Britain (NAFAS), and are part of the Three Counties and South Wales Area of NAFAS."

and has created Preserving Flowers using Air Drying with a list of Botanical Name, English Common Name and Parts to Dry.

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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

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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.

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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
1, 2, 3, 4

Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for a
Chalky or Limestone Soil
1, 2, 3, 4

Shrubs bearing Scented leaves for a
Sandy Soil
1, 2, 3

Herbaceous Plants with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3

Herbaceous Plants with Scented Leaves
1, 2, 3

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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Plants with Scented Roots
1, 2

Trees and Shrubs with Scented Wood
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Trees and Shrubs with Scented Gums
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Scented Cacti and Succulents
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Plants bearing Flowers or Leaves of Unpleasant Smell
1, 2
 

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.