RHS Level 2 lesson 1 R2111 Half-hardy plants for seasonal bedding Flashcards
plants that are sensitive to the cold so need to be sown indoors in spring and planted outside in early summer when no more frosts are forecast, the plants will keep going until the first autumn frost.
Half-hardy plants
soft ferny foliage and delicate blooms , great cut flower regular cuttings keep the blooms coming. daisy like flowers in shades of pink and white. q.2mx 50cm
cosmos bipannantus ‘ sensation mixed’
a mix of bright coloured daisy shaped single flowers on strong stems ideal for dotting around a sunny border.
30cm height excellent cut flowers.
Zinnia ‘ Jazz’
Fuzzy flowers in weeping tails crimson red flowers, a foliage height 75cm x 40cm grow n full sun grow in an ornamental plants in an edible garden or raised beds. beautiful as a cut flower.
Amaranthus caudatas ‘ crimson fountains mixed’
clusters of delicate butter cream flowers each with dark chocolate centres compact bushy branching cultivar grows to 120cm suitable for a border. long flowering. attracts pollinators. produces dozens of blooms throughout summer can be used as a cut flower.
Helianthus deblis ‘ Vanilla ice’
creamy white slender trumpet shaped flowers which appear in abundance for several months prefers full sun well drained moist soil half hardy .
Nicotiana alata ‘ Grandifora’
this plant can be both grown as a perennial but is usually grown as a annual, upright with oval leaves and dense spikes of tubular scarlet flowers with large red bracts over a long period in summer and autumn
salvia ‘splendens’
This tuber produces bright scarlet flowers contrasting with dark stems and foliage suited to a cottage garden . Height 120cm , full sun flowers early summer to autumn frost can be lifted and overwintered and planted out next year.
Dahlia ‘ Bishop of Llandaff’
Bells of ireland are favoured by florists for their unusal spire of apple green flowers. 90cm tall upright annual with bluntly toothed ovate leaves long spikes of small 2 lipped white or pale pink flowers held within a large white veined pale green bell shaped calyx, good dried flower.
Moluceella laevis
genus of small annual grows 25cm fully double crested flowers with light mahogany red petals edged with deep yellow prefers well drained soil full sun an be used as a companion plant , pest and disease free, use as a cut flower
Tagetes patula
