Understand effective use of soft landscaping elements (4) Flashcards
Name 10 patio or basket plants suitable for planting in a variety of garden situations.
State details of their decorative merits, height and spread and site requirements; describe a situation where each could be use effectively
- Lobelia erinus ‘Cambridge Blue
- Helichrysum petiolare
- Begonia semperflorens (Cultorum Group)
- Impatiens walleriana Super Elfin Series
- Buxux sempervirens
- Rosa ‘Trumpeter’
- Trachelospermum jasminoides
- Clematis ‘Sally’
- Limnanthes douglasii
- Lavatera trimestris
Lobelia erinus ‘Cambridge Blue’
Decorative merits: Trailing / Low hummocks of narrow foliage / simple leaves / clear light blue two-lipped flowers (summer and autumn)
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained / full sun, partial shade / any exposure
Situation: city / container / edging / cottage / borders
Helichrysum petiolare
Decorative merits: Trailing sub-shrub / white stems bearing broadly ovate, grey-hairy evergreen leaves / small dull white flowerheads on erects stems (summer and autumn)
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 1-1.5m
Site requirements: Not chalk / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full sun / sheltered
Situation: Cottage / mediterranean / city / coastal / container / borders and beds
Begonia Semperflorens
Decorative merits: Fibrous-rooted / fleshy, rounded green or bronze leaves / sprays of single or double red, pink or white flowers (summer and autumn)
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Not chalk / not alkaline / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full shade, partial shade / sheltered
Situation: city / cottage / borders / containers
Impatiens walleriana Super Elfin Series
Decorative merits: Spreading plant / simple toothed leaves / Singled, 5-petalled flowers in shades of pink, orange, red and purple
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 0.1-0.5
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained / full shade, partial shade / sheltered
Situation: City / cottage / borders and beds / patio and containers
Buxus sempervirens
Decorative merits: Formal / Glossy, simple, leathery, small leaves which are opposite to each other / small yellow-ish, clusters of flowers (spring) produced in the leaf axils.
Height and spread: 4-8m / 4-8m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained / partial shade, full sun / any exposure
Situation: Hedging in a formal garden / patio and container plants / city and courtyard gardens
Rosa ‘Trumpeter’ - Floribunda
Decorative merits: Compact, bushy dwarf shrub / deep green foliage / Large, fully double, bright orange-red flowers (summer and autumn)
Height and spread: 0.5-1m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full sun / any exposure
Situation: cottage / borders / city / cut flowers / container
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Decorative merits: Vigorous twining woody climber / glossy, dark green oval leaves, often turnging deep red in winter / clusters of very fragrant white flowers (summer) becoming cream with age
Height and spread: 4-8m / 4-8m
Site requirements: Not clay / well-drained / full sun, partial shade / sheltered
Situation: Container / city / coastal / cottage / hedging and screens / wall side borders
Clematis ‘Sally’
Decorative merits: Deciduous climber / large, star-shaped pink flowers (summer) with deeper pink central bars and brown anthers / Each flower can be up to 12cm in diameter
Height and spread: 1.5-2.5m / 0.5-1m
Site requirements: Any soil / not acid / moist but well-drained / full sun, partial shade / any exposure
Situation: Container / city / cottage / wall side borders
Limnanthes douglasii
Decorative merits: Spreading bushy annual / Pinnately divided leaves / open, bowl-shaped yellow 5-petalled flowers (summer and autumn) with white-tipped petals
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained / full sun / any exposure
Situation: Plant for pollinators in wildlife garden / container / garden edging / cottage / city / cottage
Lavatera trimestris
Decorative merits: Rounded, shallowly-lobed leaves / Funnel-shaped flowers (summer) in shades of pink or white, often with darker veining of the throat
Height and spread: 0.5-1m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Not chalk and clay / well-drained / full sun / sheltered
Situation: good for pollinators / cottage / borders / container / city
Name 5 bulbs, corms or tuberous plants used for winter of spring interest, and 5 for summer or autumn interest, in a variety of garden situations
State details of their decorative merits, height and spread and site requirements; describe a situation where each could be used effectively
Winter or Spring Summer or Autumn
- Muscari armeniacum (S) 1. Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ (Su)
- Crocus tommasinianus (S) 2. Dahlia ‘Bishop of Oxford (Su and A)
- Fritillaria meleagris (S) 3. Gladiolus ‘Green Star’ (Su and A)
- Galanthus nivalus (W) 4. Cyclamen hederifolium (A)
- Eranthis hyemalis (W and S) 5. Nerine bowdenii (A)
Muscari armeniacum - Spring
Decorative merits: Narrow, arching green leaves / erect stems bearing dense spikes of white-tipped deep violet-blue, egg-shaped flowers (spring)
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 0-0.1m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full sun, partial shade / any exposure
Situation: city / cottage / gravel / container / rock / wildflower / low maintenance / edging / underplanting of roses and shrubs / borders / groundover
Crocus tommasinianus - Spring
Decorative merits: Corm / long-tubed flowers (early spring) as narrow leaves emerge / the flowers vary from lilac to deep purple sometimes paler inside
Height and spread: ≤10cm / 0-0.1m
Site requirements: Any soil / well-drained / full sun / any exposure
Fritillaria meleagris - Spring
Decorative merits: Bulb / Lance-shaped, greyish-green leaves / nodding, bell-shaped purple flowers, the tepals tessellated with pale pink in a checkerboard fashion
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 0-0.1m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full sun, partial shade / any exposure
Situation: Cottage / rock garden / wildflower meadowe/ borders
Galanthus nivalis - winter
Decorative merits: Narrow, grey-green leaves / solitary, nodding fragrant white flowers (winter) / the inner segments are marked with green at the tips
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5m / 0-0.1m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained, well-drained / partial shade / any exposure
Situation: cottage / rock / wildflower / borders / underplanting of roses and shrubs (e.g. cornus)
Eranthus hyemalis - winter and spring
Decorative merits: cup-shaped bright yellow flowers (late winter to spring) surrounded by divided leafy bracts / Basal leaves are a rich green, divided into several lobes
Height and spread: ≤10cm / 0-0.1m
Site conditions: Any soil / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full sun, partial shade / any exposure
Situation: Plant for pollinators / cottage / underplanting of roses and shrubs / borders and beds / groundcover
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ - Summer
Decorative merits: Corm / Clumps of narrow, erect, mid-green, sword-shaped leaves / sprays of vivd red, funnel-shaped flowers on stems
Height and spread: 1-1.5m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained / full sun, partial shade / any exposure
Situation: cottage / coastal / borders / cut flowers
Dahlia ‘Bishop of Oxford - Summer and Autumn
Decorative merits: Bronze-green, purple-flushed foliage / Pinnate divided leaves / orange-red flowers (summer and autumn) on dark upright stems
Height and spread: 0.5-1m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Not clay / moist but well drained / well-drained / full sun / sheltered
Situation: Architectural / cottage / containers / city / wildlife / cut flowers / borders/ wall side borders
Gladioli ‘Green Star - Summer and autumn
Decorative merits: Corm / Linear green leaves / Lime-green, ruffled flowers (summer and autumn) held on sturdy stems
Height and spread: 0.5-1m / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: Not chalk / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full sun / sheltered
Situation: Cottage / border / cut flowers
Cyclamen hederifolium - Autumn
Decorative merits: Tuber / somewhat ivy-shaped leaves patterned with silvery-green / pink, sometimes fragrant reflexed and twisted 5-petalled flowers / darker around the mouth / opening before or iwth the leaves
Height and spread: ≤10cm / 0.1-0.5m
Site requirements: any soil / well-drained / partial shade / sheltered
Situation: container / rock / underplanting of roses and shrubs and trees
Nerine bowdenii - autumn
Decorative merits: Bulb / strap-shaped rich green leaves / Preceded by erect stems bearing umbels of lily-like pink flowers with wavy and curved segments
Height and spread: 0.1-0.5 / 0-0.1m
Site requirements: Any soil / moist but well-drained, well-drained / full sun / sheltered
Situation: City / coastal / cottage / mediterranean climate plants / gravel / borders / wall side borders
