LO 3.4 - ID 10 herbaceous plants from a list of 25 plants Flashcards
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Herbaceous plant.
Astrantia major ‘Hadspen Blood’
Apiaceae Family, astrantia ‘Hadspen Blood’ - Location: Herbaceous border on left.
‘Hadspen Blood’ reaches 70cm tall and has dark red flowers surrounded by very dark red bracts
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Herbaceous plant.
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Flamingo’
Poaceae Family, eulalia ‘Flamingo’ - Location: Restaurant border.
‘Flamingo’ is a deciduous grass with arching, leaves to 2cm wide, with prominent white midribs, and feathery inflorescences opening in late summer, at first pink-tinged, later silvery
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Herbaceous plant.
Rosa ‘Iceberg’
Rosaceae Family, rose [Iceberg] - Location: Entrance to Rose garden.
A free-flowering bushy small shrub with glossy light green foliage and clusters of slightly fragrant, double white flowers to 8cm wide in summer and autumn. Shortlisted for the Chelsea Plant of the Centenary for the decade 1953-1962
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Herbaceous plant.
Helleborus orientalis.
Ranunculaceae Family, hellebore ‘Harvington Shades of the Night’ - Location: Sensory Garden
‘Harvington Shades of the Night’ produces large, single, pendent or outward-facing, deep purple-black flowers from late winter to early spring. Height to 45cm
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Herbaceous plant.
Kniphofia ‘Papaya Popsicle’
Asphodelaceae Family, red-hot poker ‘Papaya Popsicle’ - Location: Herbaceous border.
An herbaceous perennial reaching approximately 60cm tall when in flower with green, linear grass-like leaves and spikes of red and yellow tubular flowers in summer and autumn.
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Herbaceous plant.
Hosta ‘Halcyon’
Asparagaceae Family, plantain lily ‘Halcyon’ - Location: Millrace on right at beginnign of path.. continuing.
‘Halcyon’ is a compact herbaceous perennial with ovate, thick-textured, vivid blue-grey leaves to 20cm in length. Light greyish-lavender, bell-shaped flowers are carried on stems to 40cm
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Herbaceous plant.
Geranium ‘Mavis Simpson’
Geraniaceae Family, cranesbill ‘Mavis Simpson’ - Location: Herbaceous border on left.
‘Mavis Simpson’ is a spreading, semi-evergreen perennial to 20cm tall, with downy, greyish-green leaves forming good ground cover, and rounded rose-pink flowers opening from early summer to late autumn
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Herbaceous plant.
Alchemilla mollis
Rosaceae Family, lady’s mantle Location: Restaurant border
An herbaceous perennial forming a clump of softly hairy, light green leaves with scalloped and toothed edges. Small, bright yellow flowers are borne in large sprays just above the foliage
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Herbaceous plant.
Stachys byzantina
Lamiaceae Family, lamb’s ear - Location: Sensory Garden.
A carpeting, evergreen perennial, with thick, soft, oblong-elliptic leaves and stems densely white-woolly. Basal leaves are to 10cm long, in rosettes, flowering stems erect to 50cm in height. Flowers are purplish or pink, sometimes appearing striped, arranged in many-flowered whorls in an interrupted spike in summer. Several selections with varying leaf and flower colour are available. A valuable foliage plant
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Herbaceous plant.
Aconitum autumnale ‘Bressingham Spire’
Ranunculaceae Family, monk’s hood - Location: Boundary of Director’s house.
Are herbaceous perennials up to 1.8m high with upright stems, ovate, leathery leaves divided into three to five lobes, deep green above and pale green below, and branching clusters of hooded, large blue flowers in early autumn; the flowers may be visited by bumblebees, particularly long-tongued species, who are not affected by the toxins
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Rosa ‘Cécile Brünner’
Rosaceae Family, rose ‘Climbing Cécile Brünner’ - Location: Alpine yard.
‘Climbing Cécile Brünner’ is a vigorous, large, almost thornless climbing rose with copious smooth dark green leaves, and fully double, pale pink flowers of hybrid tea shape, but only 4cm in width
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Smilacina racemosa
Asparagaceae Family, false spikenard - Location: Woodland first right along path: on right.
M. racemosum is an herbaceous perennial to 75cm, the arching stems with broad-elliptic leaves and fluffy terminal panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers, sometimes followed by reddish berries. Yellow autumn colour
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Phlox paniculata ‘Fujiyama’
Polemoniaceae Family, perennial phlox ‘Mount Fuji’ - Location: Sensory garden.
‘Mount Fuji’ is an herbaceous perennial to 75cm tall, with broadly lance-shaped leaves and terminal panicles of fragrant, pure white flowers in early and mid summer
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Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
Asteraceae Family, sunflower ‘Lemon Queen’ - Location: Herbaceous border.
‘Lemon Queen’ is a strong-growing perennial to 2m tall, with coarse, dark green foliage and light yellow flowers 5cm wide, with pale yellow ray florets about a dark yellow central disk
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Rosa ‘L.D Braithwaite’
Rosaceae Family, rose [L.D. Braithwaite] - Location: Rose garden.
A shrub rose of lax growth, with slightly greyish leaves and flat, fragrant, double crimson flowers to 9cm across borne freely in summer and autumn.
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Solidago ‘Little Lemon’
Asteraceae Family, Location: Herbaceous border.
A compact, rhizomatous perennial forming clumps of upright stems to 45cm tall clothed with toothed, lance-shaped leaves and bearing tiny yellow flowers in dense, upright, conical heads from summer into autumn
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Rodgersia ‘Irish Bronze’
Saxifragaceae Family, rodgersia ‘Irish Bronze’ - Location: Woodland 3rd right turn, on right.
‘Irish Bronze’ is a robust herbaceous perennial with leaves divided palmately into oblong leaflets, bronze-tinted, especially when young, and deep bronze stems bearing panicles of pale pink flowers that fade to white
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Mysotidium hortensium
Boraginaceae Family, Chatham Island forget-me-not - Location: Millrace on right at beginning of path.
M. hortensia is a perennial with large, somewhat fleshy, glossy emerald green leaves, to 30cm long, and terminal flowerheads of forget-me-not blue flowers, each 1.25cm across, pale round the edges with darker centres, held on stout stems, above or amongst the leaves in early summer, reaching 45cm in height
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Herbaceous plant.
Achillea distans
Asteraceae Family, Location: Herbaceous border.
Achillea can be mat-forming or upright perennials, mostly herbaceous, with sometimes aromatic, pinnately divided or simple and toothed leaves and flattened clusters of small, daisy-like flower-heads.
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Herbaceous plant.
Verbena ‘La France’
Verbenaceae Family, mock vervain ‘La France’ - Location: Herbaceous border.
A tender perennial usually grown as an annual for summer bedding or container displays. Branching stems clothed in mid- to dark green leaves form a low mound to around 40cm high and 50cm wide which is covered with rounded clusters of violet-blue flowers throughout summer
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Herbaceous plant.
Sedum spectabile
Crassulaceae Family, ice plant - Location: Director’s border.
H. spectabile is an herbaceous perennial to 45cm, with thick erect stems bearing shallowly scalloped, broadly elliptic, grey-green leaves and starry pink flowers in flat terminal clusters to 15cm across in late summer
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Herbaceous plant.
Aster ‘Island Samoa’
Asteraceae Family, Michaelmas daisy [Samoa] - Location: Herbaceous border.
A clump forming deciduous herbaceous perennial with stems that reach 60cm (2ft) high and as much across. In late summer to autumn, mid-purple, semi-double daisies are produced, with a contrasting yellow centre. The flowers are extremely useful late season food source in the wildlife garden for butterlies and other pollinators. Thelate blooming season also makes the plant a useful addition to extend the season of interest in the garden border.
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Herbaceous plant.
Eupatorium purpureum
Asteraceae Family, gravel root - Location: Boundary of Director’s house.
E. purpureum is a clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped, sometimes purple-tinged leaves to 25cm long, and domed clusters of small, purplish-pink flowers in late summer and early autumn
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Herbaceous plant.
Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’
Polygonaceae Family, red bistort ‘Superba’ - Location: Millrace on right at beginning of path.
A vigorous, clump-forming herbaceous or semi-evergreen perennial to 95cm, with strongly veined, finely pointed ovate leaves and dense spikes of small, fat, long-flowering soft grey-pink flowers in summer through to autumn. Tends to spread more easily in sunny locations, less so in dry shade. Good for waterside, smaller gardens and at the front of a flower border
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Herbaceous plant.
Alstroemeria ‘Freedome’
Alstroemeriaceae Family, Peruvian lily ‘Freedome’ - Location: Herbaceous border.
Compact, clump-forming perennial about 60cm tall, with bright green, lance-shaped leaves, and from early summer to autumn produces clusters of funnel-shaped watermelon-red flowers which have a creamy to pale yellow throat and dark brown speckles on the upper petals
Aconitum autumnale ‘Bressingham Spire’
Solidago ‘Little Lemon’
Kniphofia ‘Papaya Popsicle’
Rosa ‘L.D Braithwaite’
Aster ‘Island Samoa’
Rogersia ‘Irish Bronze’
Phlox paniculata ‘Fujiyama’
Hosta ‘Halcyon’
Sedum spectabile
Astrantia major ‘Hadspen Blood’
Mysotidium hortensium
Rosa ‘Iceberg’
Eupatorium purpureum
Alchemilla mollis
Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’
Smilacena racemosa
Rosa ‘Cécile Brünner’
Helleborus orientalis
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Flamingo’
Achillea distans
Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
Stachys byzantina
Geranium ‘Mavis Simpson’
Verbena ‘La France’
Alstroemeria ‘Freedome’
Aconitum autumnale ‘Bressingham Spire’
Solidago ‘Little Lemon’
Kniphofia ‘Papaya Popsicle’
Rosa ‘L.D Braithwaite’
Aster ‘Island Samoa’
Rogersia ‘Irish Bronze’
Phlox paniculata ‘Fujiyama’
Hosta ‘Halcyon’
Sedum spectable
Astrantia major ‘Hadspen Blood’
Mysotidium hortensium
Rosa ‘Iceberg’
Eupatorium purpureum
Alchemilla mollis
Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’
Smilacena racemosa
Rosa ‘Cécile Brünner’
Helleborus orientalis
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Flamingo’
Achillea distans
Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
Stachys byzantina
Geranium ‘Mavis Simpson’
Verbena ‘La France’
Alstroemeria ‘Freedome’
