Plant | How much | Notes | Ref |
perennial | |||
Agapanthus | 4 | Worth a try? | RHS Sarah Raven |
Agastache 'Blue Fortune' | 5 | RHS | |
Agastache foeniculum | 5 | RHS | |
Alstroemeria | 4 | ||
Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton' | 4 | RHS | |
Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' | 5 | RHS | |
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis' | 4 | RHS | |
Aruncus dioicus | 6 | Unselected has AGM. Also available: 'Horatio' | RHS RHS |
Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii 'Purpurlanze' | 5 | Behind pond? | RHS |
Astilboides tabularis | 4 | Where? | RHS |
Atriplex hortensis var. rubra | 4 | RHS | |
Baptisia australis | 6 | RHS | |
Beesia calthifolia | 4 | Crocus | |
Briza maxima | 5 | RHS | |
Canna 'Wyoming' | 7 | RHS | |
Corydalis flexuosa | 6 | Edging | Wikipedia RHS |
Crambe cordifolia | 4 | RHS | |
Darmera peltata | 4 | Middle of a border. Not really tall enough | RHS |
Daucus carota 'Dara' | 4 | RHS Gardeners' World | |
Dianthus 'Mrs Sinkins' | 4 | Edging | RHS |
Echinacea purpurea | 4 | syn. Rudbeckia purpurea | RHS |
Elegia capensis | 4 | Gardeners' World Penberth Plants | |
Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum' | 4 | Ballyrobert Gardens | |
Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' | 5 | syn. Cheiranthus | RHS |
Euphorbia rigida | 4 | Special Plants Nursery | |
Euphorbia palustris | 5 | RHS | |
Fatshedera 'Lizei' | 5 | SE corner? | RHS |
Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' | 5 | RHS | |
Fritillaria imperialis | 5 | RHS | |
Geranium 'Orion' | 5 | ||
Hedychium coccineum 'Tara' | 4 | RHS | |
Helleborus corsicus | 4 | syn. H. argutifolius | RHS |
Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra' | 4 | RHS | |
Iris histrioides 'George' | 5 | (Reticulata) | RHS |
Iris ensata | 4 | syn. Iris kaempferi | RHS |
Iris versicolor | 5 | RHS | |
Liatris spicata 'Kobold' | 6 | Gardeners' World | |
Liriope muscari | 6 | RHS | |
Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue' | 5 | RHS | |
Matthiola fruticulosa ssp perennis 'Alba' | 4 | ||
Melittis melissophyllum 'Royal Velvet' | 4 | Wikipedia Gardeners' World | |
Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' | 4 | RHS | |
Oenothera biennis | 7 | How? My plants haven't taken | RHS |
Oenothera lindheimeri | 5 | syn. Gaura lindheimeri | |
Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram' | 4 | RHS | |
Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon' | 4 | Edging | RHS |
Podophyllum versipelle 'Spotty Dotty' | 5 | Burncoose | |
Rehmannia elata | 4 | RHS | |
Rodgersia pinnata 'Superba' | 4 | Middle of border. No - not tall enough | RHS |
Rodgersia podophylla 'Rotlaub' | 4 | RHS | |
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' | 6 | RHS | |
Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland' | 4 | RHS | |
Salvia argentea | 4 | Biennial or short lived. Mine didn't flower | RHS |
Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' | 4 | RHS Perennials.com | |
Sempervivum | 5 | Wikipedia | |
Soleirolia soleirolii | 5 | Under wall? | RHS |
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz' | 5 | RHS | |
Trachystemon orientalis | 5 | RHS | |
Trillium grandiflorum | 4 | RHS | |
Trollius x cultorum 'Lemon Queen' | 5 | Perennials.com | |
Valeriana officinalis | 4 | Wikipedia RHS | |
Verbascum 'Christo's yellow lightning' | 4 | Great Dixter | |
Verbena hastata | 5 | Better than bonariensis for heavy soil | RHS |
Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton' | 4 | RHS | |
shrub | |||
Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens' | 5 | Where? | RHS |
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Worcester Gold' | 5 | RHS | |
Ceratostigma willmottianum | 4 | Where? | |
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides | 5 | Low, for edge | RHS |
Correa reflexa | 5 | RHS | |
Cotoneaster franchetii | 5 | E fence? | Best4Hedging |
Deutzia x hybrida 'Mont Rose' | 5 | RHS | |
Diervilla splendens | 4 | RHS | |
Griselinia littoralis | 5 | Against E fence? | RHS |
Itea ilicifolia | 4 | Windy fence? | Ballyrobert Gardens |
Lavatera x clementii 'Rosea' | 5 | syn. Lavatera olbia Rosea. Margery F. says OK in shade | RHS |
Leycesteria formosa | 7 | RHS | |
Lonicera japonica 'Hall's prolific' | 7 | Hayloft | |
Lophomyrtus x ralphii 'Magic Dragon' | 4 | Crocus | |
Lotus hirsutus | 4 | RHS Hardy's | |
Nandina domestica 'Obsessed' | 4 | By front door | RHS Dobbies |
Paeonia | 7 | Kelways? | Kelways |
Paeonia suffruticosa 'Okar' | 4 | Where? | RHS Kelways |
Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin' | 9 | Cover for E fence? | RHS RHS |
Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer' | 5 | RHS | |
bulb | |||
Acis autumnalis | 4 | RHS | |
Anemone blanda | 4 | RHS | |
Anenome nemorosa | 4 | RHS | |
Colchicum autumnale | 7 | Bulbs are shortlived. Usk? | RHS |
Crinum x powellii | 6 | RHS Beth Chatto | |
Leucojum aestivum | 5 | RHS | |
Lilium 'Casa Blanca' | 4 | RHS | |
Narcissus 'Rapture' | 4 | RHS | |
climber | |||
Akebia quinata | 7 | Windy fence | RHS |
Clematis urophylla 'Winter Beauty' | 5 | RHS Parkers | |
Cobea scandens | 4 | Where? | RHS |
Muehlenbeckia complexa | 4 | Where? | RHS |
Passiflora caerulea | 5 | RHS | |
Rosa 'Wedding Day' | 5 | NE corner? | David Austin Gardeners' World |
Trachelospermum asiaticum | 4 | RHS | |
grass | |||
Anemanthele lessoniana | 4 | syn. Pheasant tail grass | Crocus Beth Chatto |
Luzula sylvatica 'Hohe Tatra' | 4 | North Hill nurseries | |
Milium effusum 'Aureum' | 5 | RHS | |
alpine | |||
Campanula cochleariifolia 'Elizabeth Oliver' | 5 | Wikipedia RHS | |
Chamaemelum nobile | 4 | Under wall? | RHS Wikipedia |
Delosperma cooperi | 4 | Edging | RHS |
Dryas x suendermannii | 5 | RHS | |
Globularia cordifolia | 5 | RHS | |
bog | |||
Filipendula ulmaria | 5 | Tall middle of border | Wikipedia |
marginal | |||
Sagitttaria sagittifolia | 5 | Wikipedia Puddle Plants | |
biennial | |||
Nicotiana sylvestris | 7 | RHS | |
bedding | |||
Petunia 'Dark purple' | 4 | RHS | |
tree | |||
Buddleia | 5 | Where? | RHS |
Buddleia x weyeriana 'Sungold' | 5 | RHS | |
Magnolia loebneri 'Leonard Messel' | 5 | Dyffryn has one in a pot | RHS |
Picea pungens 'Globosa' | 5 | RHS | |
Wollemia nobilis | 5 | RHS | |
annual | |||
Tithonia rotundifolia | 4 | Grow on wigwam? B2 | RHS |
Zinnia 'Profusion series' | 4 | RHS | |
herb | |||
Rumex sanguineus 'sanguineus' | 4 | Gardeners' World Crocus | |
fern | |||
Adiantum venustum | 5 | RHS | |
Asplenium trichomanes | 5 | RHS | |
Pteris cretica | 4 | RHS | |
Woodwardia fimbriata | 4 | Where? | Crocus |
succulent | |||
Agave americana | 5 | Pot | RHS |
deep | |||
Fontinalis antipyretica | 5 | Puddle Plants | |
floating | |||
Ceratophyllum demersum | 4 | Puddle Plants | |
Orontium aquaticum | 4 | RHS |