General Flashcards

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Name 5 climbers

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  • Trachelospermum jasminoides - full sun, part shade
  • Akebia quinata - north facing, full sun to part shade
  • Cobaea scandens - full sun
  • Hydrangea anomola supsp. petiolaris (shade to full sun, north facing)
  • Lonicera japonica ‘Repens’ - north facing, full sun to part shade
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Name 5 wall shrubs

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  • Ceanothus ‘Concha’ - full sun
  • Pyracantha Saphyr Orange (‘Cadange’) - full sun to part shade
  • Garrya elliptica - north facing
  • Jasminum nudiflorum - full sun to part shade
  • Viburnum tinus - shade to full sun
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3
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Name 5 bush roses

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  • Rosa ‘Iceberg’ (F)
  • Rosa ‘Arthur Bell’ (F)
  • Rosa Warm Wishes (‘Fryxotic’) (HT)
  • Rosa ‘Just Joey’ (HT)
  • Rosa Double Delight (‘Andeli’) (HT)
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4
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Name 2 aquatic plants from each

  • Bog plants
  • Marginal plants
  • Deep water plants
  • Floating plants
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  • Bog: Gunnera manicata, Cornus alba, Ligularia ‘The Rocket’
  • Marginal: Caltha palustris (marsh marigold), Myosotis scorpioides (water forget-me-not), Mentha aquatica
  • Deep water: Nymphaea ‘Marliacea Chromatella’, Nymphoides peltata (floating heart), Nymphaea ‘Attraction’
  • Floating: Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth), Stratiotes aloides, Pistia stratiotes
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Names 5 lime-hating plants

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  • Arbutus unedo
  • Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’
  • Acer palmatum ‘Sango-Kaku’
  • Amelanchier lamarckii
  • Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Moonbeam’
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Reasons trees may not be suitable in small domestic garden

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  • potential for tree roots to undermine house or wall foundations
  • Trees may shade other plants
  • Leaf fall can create slip hazard on hard surfaces
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