week 3

Question 1

Answer 1

Clematis armandii
Pruning group 1
Prune before Summer after flowering.
Really vigourous can get very big.
Perennial evergreen
Pendulus white flower through Winter- almond scented
Curly red vine, pinnate compound leaf with 3 leaflets, leathery leaf soft oval wiht veins dripping down
Woodland plants, keep roots cool with rocks or mulch

Question 2

Answer 2

Fatsia japonica
From Japan
Glossy evergreen leaves, Deeply lobed. Large structural shapes that look good in Winter
Flowers in a lacy spherical umbel that turn into Ivy like black berries

Question 3

Answer 3

Liriope Muscarii
Small herbaceous green foliage which is evergreen, leaves like slim daylilys,
Purple flowers and berries on a long stem- Summer Autumn flowering
Tolerates a wide range of conditions

Question 4

Answer 4

Sarcococca confusa
An evergreen with Winter scent from white flowers- honey sweet in the sunshine- black/ red berries
Very little pruning needed- dont hedge cut it- instead let it spread horizontally- it establishes slowly.
Stem always stays green and the leaf is slightly tapered at end.

Question 5

Answer 5

Ophiopogon planiscapus
Flowering monocot black mondo grass -sometimes green- evergreen
Creeps to spread
Little white/mauve flowers like pointed bells on a stem in Summer
Good for a contrast with other plants esp in Spring against snowdrop etc, unsuitable for a natural or cottage theme garden

Question 6

Answer 6

Elymus repens
Couch grass (creeping)
Perennial with fibrous roots white
Sharp root cap which can penetrate all matter
blue/matt coloured leaf and broader blade

Question 7

Answer 7

Cyclamen hederifolium
Ivy shaped dark marbled green leaves deciduous
Flowers with a recurve petal to open for reproduction, then when seeds are formed they touch the ground and are carried away by ants due to the sugar suppository on them.
You cant split or damage the tubers, instead move young plants away from clump.
Likes Alpine conditions

Question 8

Answer 8

Salvia rosemarinus
Lamiaceae square stem
Flowers on previous years growth- good for pollinators
Aromatic for cooking and memory
Cut regularly if you want to keep the growth soft for culinary use.
Good for rockeries, containers, hedging- prostrate form cascades
Look out for rosemary beetle- tiny shiny eats buds and decimates plant and lavenders etc

Question 9

Answer 9

Plantago major
Greater plantain
Rosettes of spatulate spoon shaped leaves, fibrous hairy strap like leaves
Broadleaf herbicide kills by sitting on wide leaves but running off grass blades

Question 10

Answer 10

Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart’s tongue fern
Evergreen but you can get rid of some leaves to expose new growing fronds
Entire leaf margin though raggedy
The rachis (petiole) is black and has a fuzzy scale
Sporangae on the underside of leaf are long and linear, produce spores like dust that need moisture to develop (only on fertile fronds)