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Erodium Reichardii

Added on 26 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Erodium.
Species: Erodium reichardii.

Two more plants of this tiny Erodium have been set in gaps between the patio paving stones. All are doing well.

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Chaenomeles Knap Hill Scarlet

Added on 21 Jun, 2009 | 2 photos

Genus: Chaenomeles.
Species: Chaenomeles x superba.

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Pebbles

Added on 21 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Washed pebbles make an interesting filler for oddly shaped spaces between hard landscaping.

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'Boulevard'

Added on 21 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Chamaecyparis.
Species: Chamaecyparis pisifera.

Horticulturally and aesthetically growing in the wrong place, but it seems to be thriving. It's too big to ...

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Fuchsia cultivar Thompsonii

Added on 21 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Fuchsia.
Species: Fuchsia magellanica.

Smaller, more slender flower than the type, with larger leaved foliage. Reputedly more floriferous than magellan...

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Holly fern

Added on 21 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Cyrtomium.
Species: Cyrtomium falcatum.

Close-up showing frond formation.

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Pheasant Berry

Added on 21 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Leycesteria.
Species: Leycesteria formosa.

This is a close-up of the unusual flowers.

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Rose 'Buff Beauty'

Added on 20 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

David Austin O.E. rose. Not intended to be a climber, but found itself in the shade and headed upwards! Gorgeous...

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Pink Daylily 'Harbour Gate'

Added on 20 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hemerocallis.
Species: Hemerocallis x 'Harbour Gate'.

Very similar in form and colouring to 'Luxury Lace' but has a smoother petal edge and less blue toning...

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Crested Fern

Added on 20 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Dryopteris.
Species: Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata'.

As much as I love ferns, I do have extreme difficulty remembering their names. This one is obviously a 'cri...

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Runner bean 'White Lady'

Added on 20 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Phaseolus.
Species: Phaseolus coccineus.

Trying this for the first time this year. I thought the white flowers would make a nice change, and was told tha...

Hardy geranium 2

Added on 20 Jun, 2009 | 0 photos

Very uncertain about this one. Growing in semi-shade, it reaches an average 2ft 6ins every year, and flops if no...

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Juniper

Added on 20 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Juniperus.
Species: Juniperus squamata..

Not sure which cultivar this is. It was bought as 'Holger' but the characteristic white tips of that o...

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Gentle Shepherd

Added on 18 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hemerocallis.
Species: Hemerocallis x 'Gentle Shepherd'.

In my opinion, the best of the single whites. Slow to clump up, and a short season, but well worth it.

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Persicaria

Added on 17 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Persicaria.
Species: Persicaria capitata 'Afghan'.

Otherwise known as 'Pink bubbles'. A lively plant that happily scrambles everywhere, sun or shade, and...

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Another Daylily

Added on 17 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hemerocallis.
Species: Hemerocallis x 'Alaqua'.

Planted at the front of the border, but it regularly grows taller than the registered height so tends to lean fo...

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'Killer'

Added on 17 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hemerocallis.
Species: Hemerocallis x 'Killer'.

Found it difficult to find a place where this was happy. Last year's single flowering scape was a miserable...

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Tutsan

Added on 17 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hypericum.
Species: Hypericum androsaenum.

The golden flowers of Tutsan are followed by globular red fruits that ripen to black. The common name is a corru...

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Midseason Daylily

Added on 17 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hemerocallis.
Species: Hemerocallis x 'Irongate Sunset'.

This is a much more startling colour in real life. Slow to clump up and produce appreciable flowering scapes, bu...

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Spiraea

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Spiraea.
Species: Spiraea japonica.

This low, mounding shrub bears rose-pink flowers from spring to mid-summer.'Goldflame' is popular for ...

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Aquilegia

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Aquilegia.
Species: Aquilegia skinnerii.

A little different to most Aquilegias, species skinnerii has almost fern-like, semi-evergreen foliage. The flowe...

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Weigela

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Weigela.
Species: Weigela florida.

An arching, deciduous shrub, it can grow to 10 ft. or more. Grown for it's lavish display of rose pink, tru...

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Heuchera

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Heuchera.
Species: Heuchera sanguinea.

Just one, and my favourite, of about a dozen I have in various places in the garden. This cultivar is 'Flor...

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Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria)

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Leycesteria.
Species: Leycesteria formosa.

This deciduous shrub from the Himalayas will reach 8 ft tall x 6 ft wide. It has a woody stem, leafy chains of p...

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Satin flower (Sisyrinchium)

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Sisyrinchium.
Species: Sisyrinchium striatum.

Fully frost-hardy, evergreen perennial.Bears slender spikes of small cream flowers, lightly streaked purple, in ...

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Osmanthus

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Osmanthus.
Species: Osmanthus heterophyllus.

Native to Japan and Taiwan, this shrub produces variable leaves, some toothed like holly leaves and others tooth...

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Photinia

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Photinia.
Species: Photinia x fraserii var. 'Harlequin'.

Not quite so easy to find as the more popular 'Red robin' this sturdy shrub/small tree can grow to 3m ...

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Hardy geranium (sanguinium)

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Geranium.
Species: Geranium sanguineum.

A low-growing hardy perennial, about 8 ins. tall, spreading by rhizomes. Abundant cup-shaped pink flowers with...

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Daylily

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Hemerocallis.
Species: Hemerocallis x 'Frans Hals'.

Mid season bloomer, scapes reaching up to Im. A good, all-round reliable performer.

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Poppy

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Papaver.
Species: Papaver bracteatum.

Similar to Papaver orientale, it is a perennial with 1m tall flower stems and 18in long, pinnate leaves. The fol...

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Shield fern

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Polystichum.
Species: Polystichum aculeatum.

A tough, undemanding plant for woodlands or near water. Forms a clump approx 24in. high.

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Crinodendron

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Crinodendron.
Species: Crinodendron hookerianum.

In cultivation this is a bushy, upright shrub of approx.10ft with narrow, strongly veined, deep green leaves. Co...

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Mock Orange

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Philadelphus.
Species: Philadelphus coronarius.

a relatively narrow, 6ft species with stems that arch at the top. Starry 2.5in wide white flowers with a small c...

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Fuchsia

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Fuchsia.
Species: Fuchsia magellanica.

Hardy fuchsia, found growing in the wild in milder areas. One of the earliest to flower. Can grow to a height of...

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Erodium

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Erodium.
Species: Erodium x variabile.

Variable hybrid, grows up to 24". Branched flower stems produce bright pink flowers all summer.

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Hardy geranium, blue

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Geranium.
Species: Geranium himalayense.

Rhizomatous, wide-spreading. If cut hard back after flowering will often produce a second flush of smaller flowe...

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Phlomis (Jerusalem Sage)

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Phlomis.
Species: Phlomis.

Unable to name this in full as it doesn't match any of the varietal descriptions for Phlomis. The closest i...

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Golden Loosestrife

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Lysimachia.
Species: Lysimachia punctata.

Vigorous, clump-forming hardy perennial. Grows to a height of 1m. Suitable for bedding, large rock gardens, or p...

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Hardy geranium

Added on 15 Jun, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Geranium.
Species: Geranium macrorhizum.

Similar to 'Bishop's form' but with softer, very strongly scented foliage and taller growing. Too...

Helianthus anuus

Added on 2 Jun, 2009 | 0 photos

Genus: Helianthus.
Species: Helianthus annuus.

I grow about half a dozen of these every year, starting them in pots then transplanting to the garden.