Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Ligularia stenocephala
Family: (Asteraceae)
(P) to 4′. Native to Japan and northern China. With these variable plants, expect rounded or triangular jagged leaves, light or dark foliage and stems, and spikes of yellow florets. You can’t go wrong. Summer. Moist soil. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lunaria rediviva
Family: (Brassicaceae)
(P) to 3′. Perennial Honesty. Europe. Sweetly scented, four-petalled, pale lilac flowers. Elliptical, slightly tapering seedpods mature to silvery, translucent cases used in dried floral arrangements. Tough and durable with large, handsome, pale green, cordate leaves. Partial shade. 3 & T1
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lychnis chalcedonica var. albiflora
Family: (Caryophyllaceae)
(P) to 4′. A wonderful white form of the bright red Maltese Cross. Creamy white, five-petalled flowers with bi-lobed petals cluster at the top of erect stems. Blooms June and July. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lychnis yunnanensis
Family: (Caryophyllaceae)
(P) to 12″. SW China. Loose corymbs of five-petalled, bright pink flowers on numerous long, thin, sticky stems which rise from compact rosettes of lanceolate leaves. A very attractive and long-lived plant. A welcome addition to the front of the border or for a larger rock garden. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Malva moschata
Family: (Malvaceae)
(P) to 4′. Musk Mallow. British native. Pale pink, open, five-petalled flowers with jagged-edges. Foliage is very finely dissected. Blooms throughout the summer. A quintessential cottage garden plant. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Mentha longifolia Buddleia Mint Group
Family: (Lamiaceae)
(P) to 2′. Buddleja Mint. Eurasia. Narrow, soft grey leaves and long, lilac-purple flower spikes. This lovely herbaceous plant resembles a miniature Butterfly Bush. An essential part of our Flower Garden beds for both colour and texture. Long blooming. Well-drained soil. Sun. 3 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Myrrhis odorata
Family: (Apiaceae)
(P) to 5′. Sweet Cicely. Europe. Grown for its anise-scented, fern-like foliage. Flowers bloom midsummer and are small, white, flat, compound umbels. Well-suited to naturalizing in woodlands and flower borders where it is an admirable foil for withering bulb foliage. Important for any herb garden for both culinary and medicinal uses. Chew the leaves and young stems for their anise flavour or chop and add the leaf stalks to acid fruits to reduce the amount of sugar required in cooking. Moist soil. Sun/partial shade. 3 & 6
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum
Family: (Lamiaceae)
(P) to 12″. Greek Oregano. Greece. Similar to the common oregano except much more pungent and a better choice for cooking purposes. This plant has a low, creeping growth habit with hairy, dark green leaves which are highly aromatic and flavourful. Erect spikes with clusters of tiny, white flowers appear in July. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Patrinia scabiosifolia
Family: (Caprifoliaceae)
(P) to 4′. Gold Lace. A great “see-through” plant with open, airy cymes of sweetly scented, dainty, star-shaped chrome-yellow flowers in summer. Attractive glossy dark green leaves that turn yellow in autumn. Long bloomer. Sun/partial shade. 3 & T2 & Δ
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Perennials for Sun
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Peucedanum verticillare
Family: (Apiaceae)
(B) to 7′. Hog Fennel. Eastern Alps into Hungary. The foliage emerges pink in spring, quickly producing impressive, ruby-red, broomstick-sized, hollow stems clad with pinnate, irregularly toothed, triangular leaves, and topped in mid-summer with huge umbels of yellow-green flowers. Makes a stately, yet delicate architectural presence for the back of the border. Plants are monocarpic, so be sure to collect seed or allow to self-sow. Well-drained soil. Sun/partial shade. 3 & T2