Ivydene Gardens Stage 2 - Infill Plants Index Gallery:
Aquatic - Waterside (not Bog Garden) Plants and
Plants for Dry Margins next to a Pond Page 1

Ivydene Gardens Stage 2 - Infill Plants Index Gallery:
Aquatic -
Waterside (not Bog Garden) Plants and
Plants for Dry Margins next to a Pond Page 1

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.

Primulas, Irises and Astilbes are all you need to produce a superbly colourful flower display in the waterside (moist-soil) not bog garden bed from April-August.

April Flowering

Primula Rosea 'Grandiflora (Himalayan Meadow Primrose)

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The primula succession starts in April with the intense carmine pink of 6-inch (15 cms) high Primula Rosea 'Grandiflora' and Primula rosea

Primula rosea. By Schnobby via Wikimedia Commons

April Flowering

Primula denticulata

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and both white (Primula denticulata 'Alba'), violet (Primula denticulata 'Lilac') and ruby-red (Primula denticulata 'Rubin') forms of the drumstick primula, Primula denticulata.

English: Primula denticulata
Magyar: Gömbös kankalin (Primula denticulata). By Pipi69e via Wikimedia Commons

May Flowering

Primula sikkimensis

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Primulas of the cowslip type include the 24 inch (60 cms) lemon yellow Primula sikkimensis that flowers in May.

Himalayan Cowslip /
Primula sikkimensis /
プリムラ・シッキメンシス. By TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) via Wikimedia Commons

May Flowering

Primula japonica

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In May, begins the cavalcade of primulas with tiers of flowers that are collectively referred to as candelabra types. Primula japonica has luxuriant leaf rosettes and 24 inch (60 cms) spires of crimson, pink or white flowers.

Primula japonica at the University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California. By Stan Shebs via Wikimedia Commons

May Flowering

Primula pulverulenta

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Primula pulverulenta, 24-36 inches (60-90 cms), has mealy stems and deep crimson flowers; the Bartley strain of this species is possibly the finest of all the candelabras, with lovely shades of pale salmon and shell pink.

Primula pulverulenta. By Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net via Wikimedia Commons

May Flowering

Primula chungensis

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Primula chungensis, 18 inches (45 cms), has more vivid orange flowers.

June Flowering

Primula aurantica

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Many of these go on flowering into June, when they are joined by other candelabras.
Primula aurantiaca, 12 inches (30 cms), is reddish orange;

June Flowering

Primula bulleyana

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Primula bulleyana, 18 inches (45 cms), has rich yellow flowers;

Primula bulleyana. By Ghislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net via Wikimedia Commons

June Flowering

Primula helodoxa (Prolifera)

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Primula prolifera, 18 inches (45 cms), is a shorter version of the splendid golden yellow 36 inch

Photo of Primula prolifera at VanDusen Botanical Garden. By Stan Shebs via Wikimedia Commons

June Flowering

Primula helodoxa

Supplier in the UK

splendid golden yellow 36 inch (90 cms) Primula helodoxa; and

June

Primula Ashmore hybrids

Supplier of Primula Candelabra hybrids
 

Primula Ashmore hybrids, 18-24 inches (45-60 cms), include shades of yellow, apricot, flame, pink and mauve.

July

Primula florindae

Supplier in UK who ship globally

Primulas of the cowslip type also include the July Flowering 36 inches (90 cms) giant Primula florindae

Primula florindae At Botanical Gardens Berlin-Dahlem. By BotBln via Wikimedia Commons

June

Iris sibirica

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The flower spectacular in June is enhanced by 2 groups of Iris. Iris siberica, in numerous blue, white or purple varieties, makes rushy 36 to 48 inch (90-120 cms) clumps that can enlarge rapidly given ample summer moisture.

Iris sibirica. By BerndH via Wikimedia Commons

June

Iris kaempferi

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Iris kaempferi (Iris ensata), which needs acid soil, has larger flowers in many shades and mixtures of blue, purple, mauve, lilac and white.

April-August

Astilbes

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The ornamental value of astilbes begins in April with the new purplish or bronzy green deeply cut foliage. Flowering runs from June into August. Among many fine varieties

• 'Red Sentinel' (red),
• 'Cologne' (deep pink),
• 'Bressingham Beauty' (soft pink) and
• 'Deutschland' (white) are outstanding.
   
• 'Fanal' (red),
• 'Intermezzo' (salmon) and
• 'Mainz' (rose lilac) are shorter growers to about 24 inches (60 cms).

Astilbe chinensis pumila. Location The Kruidhof. By Dominicus Johannes Bergsma via Wikimedia Commons

Foliage Plants

Hosta sieboldii (Hosta sieboldiana)

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Supplier in USA
 

Among these vivid displays of bloom, the relief of some primarily foliage plants is not unwelcome.
Hosta sieboldii,

There are over 2000 varieties in the National Collection of Hostas from the UK, which is held by Mickfield Hostas

Hosta sieboldiana
日本語: トウギボウシ,オオバギボウシ
Place:Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden,Osaka,Japan. By I, KENPEI via Wikimedia Commons

Foliage Plants

Hosta 'Undulata Variegata' changed in America to Hosta 'Undulata Mediopicta'

Supplier in UK

Supplier of Hosta 'Undulata Mediopicta' in USA

Hosta undulata variegata and

The American Hosta Society is a society dedicated to the study and improvement of the genus Hosta and the dissemination of general and scientific knowledge about them. There are many benefits for the members that result from these efforts, both social and in nursery trade. 

The AHS Board of Directors works hard to define and balance the activities and focus of the Society. Most ongoing activities are delegated to specific committees which function under the guidance of the committee chair and report to the President and the Board of Directors at regular intervals. In addition, many report their progress at AHS meetings and publish them (particularly in the areas of basic sciences and nomenclature) in The Hosta Journal.

Hosta 'Undulata'. By ‪MPF via Wikimedia Commons

Foliage Plants

Hosta crispula (curled plantain lily)

Supplier in UK

Hosta crispula have bold attractive leaves, which enhance the oasis-like character of a water garden.

Hos-Tas grows and sells close to 400 different varieties of Hosta in Australia and answer commonly asked questions about Hostas.

Rhododendronpark, Bremen, Deutschland; Hosta 'Crispula'; Funkie; Liliaceae. By Syker Fotograf via Wikimedia Commons

Foliage Plants

Rodgersia

Supplier

Rodgersia and

I - Robert Pavlis - live in southern Ontario, Canada, zone 5 and have been gardening a long time. Besides writing and speaking about gardening, I own and operate a 6 acre private garden called Aspen Grove Gardens which now has over 3,000 perennials, grasses, shrubs and trees. Yes--I am a plantaholic!

I hope you find Garden Myths an educational site that helps you understand your garden better.

Young Rodgersia pinnata ‘Fireworks’. By Michael Goodyear via Wikimedia Commons

Foliage Plants

Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern from the Royal Fern Family, and other ferns in the Fern Gallery)

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Supplier in USA

ferns such as Osmunda regalis offer variety in form and texture.

Prairie Nursery in USA developed No Mow Lawn Seed Mix in 1994 as an ecological alternative to the traditional high resource-input lawn. A specially designed blend of fescue grasses, No Mow grows in sun and shade, and also performs well as a footpath or border with moderate traffic. Once established, No Mow forms a lush green carpet of grass.
Pre-Planned Gardens
We’ve done the planning for you! Each of our professionally designed gardens is a diverse balance of native perennials with blooms all season long and interest into the winter.  The Pre-planned Gardens come with complete layout and planting instructions.
They also sell native to USA wildflowers, shrubs and grasses.

Osmunda regalis - 22 May 2004, Bothanic Garden in Poznan, Poland. By Radomil via Wikimedia Commons

Foliage Plants

Gunnera manicata (Chilean rhubarb)

Supplier in the UK

One waterside plant that can hardly be ignored is the magnificent Gunnera manicata. It has to be mentioned if only to point out that it is not suitable for artificial moisture beds or small-scale water gardens. The place for it is a 600 inch (1500 cms) stretch of bank beside a lake or stream where its massive cluster of 96-120 inch (240-300 cms) wide leaves is in scale with the surroundings.

A giant leaf of Gunnera manicata (Giant Rhubarb) plant at Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, North Devon, England. Taken by Adrian Pingstone in July 2004 and released to the public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Foliage Plants

Salix integra pendula Waterfall Tree
(Weeping Willow)

Supplier in UK

The same can be said for the Weeping Willow, a tree which is all too often the first thing to be planted beside a small garden pond. The consequences can only be disastrous. Within a very few years, the tree casts not only unwelcome shade, but a rain of twigs and leaves that chokes the water with rubbish and kills all the fish. Leave willows to grace the banks of lakes in public parks where they belong.

Weeping Willow - Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma' (syn. Salix alba 'Tristis') at Weinheim, Germany. By Ueberwald via Wikimedia Commons

Planting ideas from Mickfield Hostas:-

"We have divided the section into three parts:

• Landscape planting - ideas of layouts and planting styles
• Container planting - experimenting with growing hostas in containers
• Combination planting - creating schemes only using hostas

We often get enquiries from customers wanting us to suggest planting plans for specific areas of their gardens or suggestions for 'wow' feature plants, which we are always happy to help with. As a result we thought we should have an area dedicated to ideas we have tried, which have inspired and would work well in most garden situations.

Different growing conditions 
All gardens will have areas where certain plants struggle to do well, either because of light levels or soil conditions. Often conditions are not ideal perhaps because you are having to live with what neighbours have inflicted on you, or your garden is prone to flooding, etc. Hostas are extremely tolerant plants and can cope with any conditions other than extremes of wet or dry, so they are worth considering when other genus may have failed to grow for you.

This section is divided into different growing conditions, including those that are more challenging, to give you a starting point to explore potential ideas:

• Dappled shade, well-drained with some moisture retention
  These are ideal conditions for growing most hostas. In the wild they proliferate on vegetative-rich mountainsides in temperate climates, forming the lowest part of the foliage canopy. They prefer passing water rather than to sit in very moist soil.
 
• Deep shade, dry-looking woodland
  Woodland is the hostas natural home, despite the competition for water with much larger plants, hostas thrive. They will sink their roots deeper to find moisture if necessary and they get all the nutrients they require through the gentle process of decaying vegetation.
   
• Lack of shade / full sun
  This can be too much for many hostas without access to regular watering. The sun will bleach the leaves and ruin the colour. Modern tetraploid cultivars cope far better in full sun but they still require a ready source of moisture, perhaps beside a water feature.
Although it may appear your garden has no shade whatsoever, you only have to watch how the sun casts shadows across your garden during the day. Even south & west facing gardens begin the day in shade. It takes time to develop planting to create shade, however, use of hard landscaping features can help produce shade until such time as your natural planting can take over. For example, putting up a pergola or trellis and training climbers up it will create a surprising amount of dappled shade. Contemporary structures such as canopies have become popular to provide shade so why not consider erecting something similar to shade planting? 
 
• Problem soil
  Extremes of wet or dry are not good for hostas. However, they can still be grown with a little lateral thinking thrown into the mix. We have customers who garden on chalk, sand, blue clay, you name it, and they have found ways of adapting their approach to the conditions they face. Invariably the easiest thing to do when faced with very challenging soil is to container grow. Click here for some container planting ideas.
There are ways of improving the soil sufficiently to grow directly in the ground and you don't have to consider doing this for the whole garden - just specific areas. For example:
  • Raised beds are a particularly good idea for gardens prone to flooding and on hillside gardens to help prevent excessive leaching of nutrients during prolonged rainy periods. We have created raised beds around the nursery to grow plants which hate heavy loamy soil.
  • Tanking over-sized holes in the ground with breathable membrane will help retain soil conditioning elements and help plants to establish so they can cope with the harsher conditions when mature.
     
• Bog garden
  Unless such an area is in full sun we suggest you avoid planting hostas in bog gardens unless you ensure the crown of the plant is well above the mean water level. However, hostas would do well if planted in pots standing in a bog garden. If your bog garden is in full sun then choose varieties more able to cope with the light levels, such as tetraploid varieties, and ensure you plant them with their crowns above the mean water level to avoid damping off.
 
• Patios
  Most patios enjoy the sun at some point during the day, which is why they are situated in the sunnier spots. Patio areas beside brick walls and fencing often benefit from radiated warmth from these structures as well as from direct sunlight, so bear this in mind when watering. Hostas do best when container grown in such conditions and we recommend standing your containers in shallow dishes or trays and keep these topped up with water. This helps the plant to have access to water at all times and is a natural barrier to snails.
Fragrant varieties of hosta are particularly good on patios as they need additional warmth in the late afternoon/evening to encourage flowering. 
Click here for some container planting ideas. 
 
• Courtyards or basement flat entrances
  Lack of direct sunlight need not be a problem because there are ways of improving light levels in such areas through painting walls/fences white or adding mirrors to reflect light into the space. A particularly imaginative garden created at Hampton Court in 2009 used mirrors to light an underground garden - "It's Hard to See" won 'Best Conceptual Garden Design' for the designers and certainly inspired us to think about using such techniques in problem areas (see August 2009 newsletter for more details). 
Once again hostas grown in containers do particularly well in such conditions - click here for some ideas.
   
• Windy sites
  Some varieties of hosta will scorch if grown in open, windy conditions. Wind can have an even harsher dessicating effect on lush foliage than direct sun, which will create papery, brown areas on the leaves. Companion planting of such areas with more wind tolerant shrubs can provide the shelter needed for hostas to thrive as accent plants.
 
• Lack of space
  Small and miniature varieties of hosta allow you to create a miniature garden in a pot or trough. So however small your space, you can create something wonderful. Click here for some container planting ideas.
 
• Too much space
  Increasingly customers are looking to hostas to provide seasonal interest in larger gardens and parks. Hostas are great space fillers during the season, so why not consider planting up areas of giant varieties, edged with medium-sized varieties to create instant spring beds, which then die back in the autumn.

Dry Margins next to a pond

Not all gardeners share that streak of perversity that insists on labouring to grow certain plants in conditions that cannot be made congenial without a good deal of effort. If the soil around an artificial pond is not right for waterside plants, they ask, why not grow something else? They have a point. Let us suppose, then, that the soil around the pond gets no moisture from it; it is plain average soil and, since the pond was deliberately sited to get all the sun possible, it may well be on the dry side of average. This will be particularly true of soil built up to make a rockery and watercourse; because it will not only be better drained but sloped to catch the full effect of the sun as well. Here; any of the sun-loving rock garden plants can be grown. Among the most useful in this context are the trailing and spreading types whose growth complements the flow of water over the cascade ledges:-

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Saponaria

Supplier of Saponaria ocymoides (Trailing Rock Soapwort)

bright pink Saponaria:-

• (Saponaria officinalis - Soapwort - in Pink Family grows to about 36 inches (90 cms) high and may therefore be too high to use on the pond side of the Rock Garden, but could be used on the Rock Garden facing away from the pond as a backdrop),
• Saponaria ocymoides at 4-5 inches (10-12.5 cms) high becomes a suitable trailing groundcover

Saponaria ocymoides. In Queralt (Berguedà-Catalunya). To 1.170 m. altitude. By Isidre blanc via Wikimedia Commons

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Campanula 'Birch Hybrid' (bellflower 'Birch Hybrid')

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blue-flowered Campanula Birch Hybrid.

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Phlox nivalis 'Violet Queen'

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Alpine Phlox such as
Phlox 'Violet Queen',

Further Phlox plants from North American Rock Garden Society

Phlox nivalis in botanical garden in Kraków. By Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz via Wikimedia Commons

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Phlox stolonifera
'Blue Ridge'

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Supplier in UK

Phlox 'Blue Ridge',

Creeping Phlox with dogwood tree. By Raul654 via Wikimedia Commons

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Phlox subulata
'Emerald Cushion'

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Phlox 'Emerald Cushion' (blue) and

Phlox subulata 'Emerald_Cushion_Blue'. By Jerzy Opioła via Wikimedia Commons

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Phlox subulata 'Temiscaming'

Supplier in UK

Phlox 'Temiscaming' (crimson) make sheets of colour.

Phlox subulata 'Temiskaming'. By ghislain118 via Wikimedia Commons

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Geranium subcaulescens splendens

Supplier in UK

Geranium subcaulescens splendens and the

Craigiehall Nursery, a small nursery in southern Scotland specialising in alpine and rock plants - We grow a very wide range of alpine and rock garden plants - we have over 500 different varieties on the nursery. When I say, "grow", I mean just that - we keep our own stock (mother) plants from which we take cuttings (or save seeds from) and root, pot, water and care for every single plant we sell. We do not buy plants to resell nor do we buy plants to simply pot up and sell. We mix our own special peat-free compost for almost all our range. We do still use some peat - the few acid-loving plants we grow don't do so well in our peat-free mix - but we're working towards being entirely peat-free and we're almost there. We also include a good proportion of high quality, sterilised loam (soil) in our potting mixes - the plants like it and it really does improve the plants' ability to establish in the garden. Whilst on about 'green' issues, we minimise pesticide use and reduce, re-use and recycle wherever possible. If you order plants they may well arrive in reused boxes and packaging so don't be excited (or alarmed) if a box of Finest Scotch Whisky arrives! 

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Geranium dalmaticum

Supplier in UK

pink Geranium dalmaticum are invaluable.

Summer-flowering Rock Garden Plants

Minuartia verna caespitosa aurea (Arenaria caespitosa aurea)

Supplier in South Africa
Supplier of Arenaria caespitosa aurea in UK

Minuartia verna caespitosa aurea is a gem for making a moss-like carpet of yellow foliage particularly where they may be just an occasional splash of spray from the waterfall.

Summer-flowering Shrubs

Cotoneaster salicifolius 'Gnome'

Supplier in UK

Some shrubs can be useful too. Cotoneaster 'Gnome' and

Summer-flowering Shrubs

Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry cotoneaster)

Supplier in UK Supplier in USA

Cotoneaster dammeri make prostrate growth flow over rockwork and can cover quite an area.

Perennials.com has the following design tips on page 1:-

• the garden in winter
• summer perennial border
• the butterfly garden
• the garden room retreat
• front walk garden border
• sunny corner bed
• friendly neighbour perennial border
• shady island bed
• japanese-style zen garden
• design & layout
   
• and then there is page 2 as well

Cotoneaster dammeri en fleurs, Dordogne, France. By Père Igor via Wikimedia Commons

Summer-flowering Shrubs

Helianthemums

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Helianthemums are dwarf evergreen shrubs that produce multitudes of flowers throughout the summer: orange, yellow, carmine, pink, scarlet, copper - there are scores of varieties. They are ideal for a dry border beside the pool.

Welcome to Helianthemums.co.uk, a website by Andrew Roberts dedicated to my collection and propagation of the smallish shrubs commonly known as rock roses. Rock roses are a familiar group of plants mainly represented in cultivation by a single species, Helianthemum nummularium that has numerous cultivars. There are roughly 100 species of Helianthemums originally from North America, Europe, West Asia and North Africa. The name Helianthemum is from the Greek helios suggesting sun and anthemon meaning flower. They belong to the family Cistaceae.

Aquatic - Waterside (not Bog Garden) Plants and Plants for Dry Margins next to a Pond.

Waterside Plants (from Ponds and Water Gardens by Bill Heritage - Revised Second Edition - Reprinted 1988 - ISBN 0 7137 1861 7):-

In fact, 'bog plants' is the term traditionally applied to Astilbes, Primulas, Iris siberica and other plants which like plenty of moisture, but would not survive in a genuine bog. Their roots need soil containing air as well as moisture, wheras true bog plants are adapted to grow in saturated soil without air. The waterline is the great divide between the 2 types. In the days of large country houses with lakes and streams, Primulas and Irises and Astilbes were planted in masses at the waterside, above water level but able to send feeding roots down in summer to unlimited moisture. They are waterside plants, not bog plants, and I shall call them waterside plants from now on.
The vast majority of ponds nowadays have impervious linings of concrete or plastic, completely separating the water in the pond from the soil outside it. How then, can satisfactory conditions be created for the cultivation of waterside plants? One solution to the problem is to create, as part of the over-all pond design, and within the limits of the conrete shell or plastic liner, a wide shallow area; in effect, a marginal shelf several feet wide. On this, soil is built up at least 6 inches (15 cms) above water level, preferably varying between 6 and 12 inches (15-30 cms). A retaining wall must be created, not too high to prevent water from seeping into the soil, and stout enough to hold the soil. If the retaining wall proves inadequate - as often ssems to happen after a year or two - things can get very messy. Even so, it is a better idea than the one which relies on overfilling the pond periodically so that water overflows to soak the soil alongside. This can be rejected out of hand, not only because the soaking tends to be erratic and inadequate, but because the frequent flushing of water through the pond plays havoc with pond temperature and balance.
The best arrangement is to make an area for waterside plants alongside the pond as a separate unit, close enough to seem part of it, but having no connection with the pond. The area is formed with a liner, as if you were making a shallow pond to be filled with soil instead of water. The main differences are that the line is turned up at the sides but does not need to reach the surface so there is no flap of spare material to secure and disguise; and that the liner is not expected to hold water. The aim will not be to prevent drainage altogether, which could result in sour soil, just to slow it down. The method is to excavate about 12 inches (30 cms) of soil (which will be returned, so do not move it too far) and to lay down a liner which will cover the bottom and come roughly 2/3 of the way up the sides. There are no niceties here as to exact depth or angle of slope on the sides. Any liner material will do, but since polythene is entirely satisfactory there is no need to purchase anything more expensive. An old, damaged, pond liner of any kind is ideal. There must be holes: if necessary make them with a garden fork. Return half of the soil you excavated, well mixed with peat and either rotted cow manure or compost. Then install the irrigation system, in the shape of 0.75 inch (1.8 cms) or 1 inch (1 cm) plastic tubing (PVC hose will do very well since it is going to be buried) drilled with 0.125 inch (0.3 cm) or 0.19 inch (0.45 cm) holes at 6 inch (15 cms) intervals. One end must be firmly capped or plugged. Lay the tubing down the middle and bring the uncapped end up above the surface and fit a plastic hose connector. Then return the rest of the soil mixture.
The level of the finished bed will be little more (By the amount of peat and manure or compost added) than the level of adjacent soil, and of the water on the other side of the pond surround. By connecting a hose to the projecting end of the buried tubing the bed can be given a thorough soaking as often as is needed. This will only be during the growing season; in winter too much moisture can be damaging, hence the need for the drainage holes in the liner.

STAGE 2
INFILL PLANT INDEX GALLERY 1 PAGES

Site Map

STAGE 1 GARDEN STYLE INDEX GALLERY PAGES Links to pages in Table alongside on the left with Garden Design Topic Pages

Website Structure Explanation and User Guidelines

Plant Type
 

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
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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
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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
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
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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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Trees and Shrubs with Scented Gums
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Scented Cacti and Succulents
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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.