Origin: NZ and Tasmania. Family: Asteraceae. Classic woody sub-shrub. A useful small spreading evergreen shrub with white stems and...
Archive for category: Autumn
Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Chalky, Clay, CM2GD, Fertile, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant ID, Poor, Position, Role, Sandy, Season, Shrub, Shrub border, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Winter, 0A bushy, medium textured, deciduous medium sized dogwood shrub with deep red stems and grey-green white-margined narrowly ovate leaves....
Ulmus glabra
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, L3PP, Large gardens, Medium, Partial shade, Position, Role, Season, Soil, Spring, Structure, Summer, Sun, Texture, Tree, Well drained, Where to use, 0Feathered elm. Large deciduous tree about 45m tall, developing a dome-shaped crown with spreading branches. Broad, toothed, dark green...
Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Fine, Gravel garden, Herbaceous perennial, L3PP, Large gardens, Low maintenance, Mediterranean border, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Soil, Spring, Structure, Summer, Sun, Texture, Well drained, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, 0a woody-based herbaceous perennial forming a loose clump of wiry stems to 45cm, with small, ovate, purple-flushed leaves and...
Oenothera lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, CM2GD, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Herbaceous perennial, L3PP, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant ID, Position, Role, Season, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, 0Gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’ Formerly Gaura Butterfly bush Good end of season herbaceous perennial which flowers prolifically over a...
Cleome hassleriana
Biba Hartigan, , Annual, Autumn, Courtyard, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Where to use, 0Origin: South America. An exotic annual with mini chestnut leaves and long seed pods. Dramatic exotic stems with leaves...
Crataegus persimilis ‘Prunifolia’ AGM
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Cottage/informal, L3PP, Large gardens, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Shrub, Shrub border, Sun, Texture, Wildlife friendly, Woodland, 0A large deciduous shrub with an elegantly drooping habit, covered with a profusion of large red berries in autumn...
Actea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Cottage/informal, Herbaceous perennial, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Medium, Mixed border, Moderately fertile, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Shade, Soil, Texture, Where to use, 0A tall, shade tolerant herbaceous perennial with spikes of flowers in late summer and autumn. Statuesque, goes with Persicaria...
Nerine bowdenii AGM
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Bulb, Coastal, Container, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Cut flower, Gravel garden, L3PP, Large gardens, Mediterranean border, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Sun, Texture, Where to use, 0A bulbous perennial with umbels of pink trumpet shaped flowers in autumn. Plant shallowly with the tip above the...
Althaea cannabina
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Cottage/informal, Gravel garden, Herbaceous perennial, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Mediterranean border, Medium, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Prairie planting, Role, Season, Shrub border, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, 0Mallow family. Long flowering herbaceous perennial with loose habit and delicate pink single flowers from July to October. Soft...