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Plants

2003/4

Garden Colour

Perennials suitable for Shady Sites
(around shed, next to compost bin)

Try these:


Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal) - cut down stems in autumn • Google images

   Brunnera • Google images
   Dicentra spectabilis • Google images

   Helleborus (keep in pot?)

Anemone japonica (Japanese Anemone)

   Anaphalis (Pearl Everlasting)






Dry
Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle) • Google images
Bergenia macrophylla (Saxifrage)
Cortaderia selloana (Pampas Grass)
Doronicum plantagineum (Leopard's Bane)
Epimedium spp. (Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat)
Euphorbia spp. (Spurge)
Liriope muscari (Lily Turf)
Physalis franchetii (Chinese Lantern)
Pulmonaria spp. (Lungwort)

Moist
Aconitum napellus
Ajuga spp.
Alchemilla mollis
Aquilegia hybrids
Astilbe arendsii
Astrantia major
Bergenia spp.
Caltha palustris
Cimicifuga foetida
Filipendula spp.
Helleborus spp.
Hosta spp.
Ligularia spp.
Lysimachia clethroides
Lythrum salicaria
Monarda hybrids
Omphalodes spp.
Physostegia virginiana
Polygonum affine
Ranunculus spp.
Rodgersia spp.
Saxifraga umbrosa
Thalictrum spp.
Tiarella cordifolia
Tradescantia virginiana
Trolliius hybridus
Viola spp.



Flowers for October-December flowering
October
Anemone japonica (Japanese Anemone)
Aster novi-belgii
Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) (plants are 'unfortunately short-lived')
Chrysanthemum rubellum - divide the clumps every 3 years and mulch around the plants

>>>>>>>Cimicifuga foetida - large perennial for the middle or back of a large herby border which is shaded by a wall or trees.  Cut down to ground level in November.

(Back or side border)

Cortaderia selloana (Pampas Grass)
Echinacea purpurea
Liriope muscari (Lily Turf)
Phlox paniculata

>>>>>>>Physalis franchetii (Chinese Lantern) - flowers sad. but structures appear around the fruits in autumn

Polygonum affine (Knotweed) - sun or partial shade
Saxifraga fortunei
Scabiosa caucasica (Scabious) - full sun
Schizostylis coccinea (Kaffir Lily)
Sedum spectabile
Viola odorata

November

Iris stylosa
Liriope muscari
Saxifraga fortunei
Viola odorata

December
Viola odorata

For damp, shady sites

• Aruncus dioicus Goatsbeard
• Blechnum penna-marina Hard fern
• Camellia x williamsii Donation

  Fragrant Flowers...

  Grasses...

For behind the shed

•   Alchemilla mollis?
•   Rhododendron 'Pink Pearl' • buy
•   Hypericum 'Hidcote' 'Hidcote'
•   Crocus tommasinianus Ruby Giant
  plant corms 8-10cm deep in well-drained soil during autumn
•   Cyclamen coum
  plant so that tubers sit just below the surface in rich, well-drained soil.
• Eranthis hyemalis
  Winter aconite - plant tubers 5cm deep in autumn or, better still, plant when in growth.
•   Winter aconite
• Galanthus nivalis
  Common snowdrop - plant the bulbs 10cm deep in groups, ideally when in growth or when dormant during early autumn.
• Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty' Siberian squill Scilla mischtchenkoana
  plant the small bulbs 8-10cm deep during autumn to bloom in late winter.
• Viola x wittrockiana
  winter-flowering pansy - Plants are raised from seed sown in late spring or early summer.

Summer Flowers...

Reliable Perennials for Summer

• China Rose
•   Anaphalis margaritacea

  Neat mats of spreading, tufty, silver-green foliage, topped by umbrella-like clusters of pearly white flowers in mid to late summer these dry naturally on the plant and remain in good condition well into autumn, extending the flowering season by up to1_1=623" TARGET="plant">   Penstemon schoenholzeri (syn. 'Ruby')

•   Phlox paniculata 'Balmoral'
•   Sidalcea 'Elsie Heugh'

Autumn Flowers

• Honorine Jobert
  Japanese anemone - plant during autumn in moist soil enriched with organic matter and allow plants to establish into fine clumps, as their deep woody tap roots resent disturbance .
• Aster amellus 'King George'
  Italian starwort - Root basal cuttings in spring.
• Dahlia 'Alltami Corsair'
  for cuttings, make tubers sprout under glass in early spring and strike the young shoots.
• Gladiolus callianthus
  plant corms in groups between existing plants for a lovely surprise in autumn.

Lighting

• cms gardens
• www.noma.co.uk
• www.alantitchmarsh.com

Pergola

www.qualitypergola.co.uk

• Surrey - 1800mm x 1800mm
• Sussex - 1800mm x 2400mm

Suppliers

• Lewis Peasley, Bishops Stortford, 01279 465085
• Bolts, B.S., Halstead

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