Herbaceous Perennials (UK)

Question 1

Acanthus mollis

Answer 1

Common name is bear’s breech or bear’s breeches. From the Acanthaceae famly. Acanthus are robust herbaceous perennials with handsome, pinnately lobed foliage and tall, erect racemes of two-lipped flowers with colourful dusky purple bracts. Native to S. Europe, N.W. Africa but fully hardy in the UK (H6).

Question 2

Achillea filipendulina ‘Cloth of Gold’

Answer 2

Common name: Yarrow

Family: Asteraceae

A fully hardy perennial (H7) that will grow to 1.5 - 2.5 meters. Likes full sun and moist well draining soil.

Question 3

Achillea millefolium

Answer 3

Common Name: common yarrow

Family: Asteraceae

A fully hardy perennial (H7) that will grow to 1.5 - 2.5 meters. Likes full sun and moist well draining soil.

Question 4

Asphodeline lutea

Answer 4

Common Name: asphodel or flower of the dead

Family: Asphodelaceae

A herbaceous perennials or biennials forming a clump of narrow channelled, grassy leaves, with starry yellow or white flowers borne in racemes on erect stems. Native range from the Mediterranean to the Caucasus. Hardy in most of the UK (H4).

Question 5

Cirsium japonicum

Answer 5

Common Name: No-Azami or Japanese thistle

Family: Asteraceae

Fully hardy (H6)

Won’t grow in the shade.