Ivydene Gardens Plants:
Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen Perennial List

The Evergreen Perennial Gallery shows colour photographs of some of the following perennials.

Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Perennials by Graham Rice (ISBN 1 4053 0600 9) is the most comprehensive, illustrated A-Z guide to today's most popular (a reduced list of only 5000 perennials) and versatile garden perennial plants and flowers.

It is one of the latest publications to sometimes state in the cultivation section for each perennial which soil type Acid, Alkaline or Any and which soil from those of Chalk, Clay, Sand, Peaty or Lime-free. Otherwise, books have to be found like the Chalk and Limestone Gardening by Sarah Coles (ISBN 1-86126-738-X) for suitable plants on chalk, to be consulted to get the right pH and correct soil which the plant prefers.

Evergreen - Of plants that retain their foliage for more than one growing season; semi-evergreen plants retain only a small proportion of their leaves for more than one season.

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'
Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'
Ajuga reptans 'Catlin Giant'
Ajuga reptans 'Multicolor'
Ajuga reptans 'Rainbow'
Ajuga reptans 'Variegata'
Alyssum montanum
'Mountain Gold'
Anthemis punctata cupaniana
Artemesia schmidtiana
Asarum europeum
Bergenia 'Abendglut'
Bergenia cordifolia 'Purpurea'
Bergenia 'Silberlicht'
Dianthus 'Doris'
Dianthus 'Mrs Sinkins Pink'
Dianthus 'White Ladies'
Erysimum cheiri
Euphorbia amygdaloides
var. robbiae
Euphorbia polychroma
Galax urcecolata
Geranium endressii
Glechoma hederacea
'Variegata'
Helichrysum italicum
subsp. serotinum
Helleborus niger
Hemerocallis 'Mini Pearl'
Heuchera 'Red Spangles'
Heuchera micrantha
'Palace Purple'
Heuchera x Heucherella
alba 'Bridget Bloom'
Heuchera x Heucherella
tiarelloides
Kniphofia hirsuta
Liriope muscari
Ophiopogon planiscapus
'Nigrescens'
Osteospermum jucundum
Pachysandra terminalis
Pachysandra terminalis
'Green Carpet'
Pachysandra terminalis
'Variegata'
Parahebe x bidwillii 'Kea'
Paronychia capitata
Paronychia kapela subsp.
serpyllfolia
Pelargonium zonal
horticultural group
Persicaria affinis
Persicaria capitata
Phlox bifida
Phlox douglasii
Phlox subulata
Polygala calcarea
Polygala calcarea 'Lillet'
Primula auricula
Primula hirsutae
Primula luteola
Pterocephalus perennis
Pulmonaria officinalis
Pulmonaria officinalis
'Sissinghurst White'
Pulmonaria saccharata
Pyrola rotundifolia
Raoulia australis
Saxifraga 'Bob Hawkins'
Saxifraga 'Southside Seedling'
Saxifraga exerata subsp.
moschata
Saxifraga exerata subsp.
moschata 'Cloth of Gold'
Saxifraga marginata
Saxifraga x urbium
Scabiosa graminifolia
Sedum acre
Sedum lydium
Shortia galacifolia
Stachys byzantina
Stachys byzantina
'Silver Carpet'
Tradescantia Andersoniana
Group
Veronica pectinata
Viola 'Jackanapes'
Viola cornuta
 

0.5 x 3
0.5 x 2
0.5 x 2
0.5 x 2
0.5 x 2
0.5 x 2
0.5 x 1.5
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1 x 3
1 x 1.5
0.25 x 1
0.75 x 1
1.7 x 1.7
1 x 1.7
1 x 0.5
1 x 0.5
1 x 0.5
1.9 x 1
1.5 x 2
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1.7 x 1.7
0.5 x 1
1.5 x 2
0.5 x 6
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0.5 x 0.5
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1 x 1
1.3 x 1.3
1.6 x 0.8
1.5 x 1.5
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1.3 x 1
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1.5 x 1.5
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1.3 x 1.5
1 x 1.5
0.75 x 1
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1 x 2
0.6 x indefinite
0.5 x 2
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0.8 x 2
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0.3 x 0.5
0.2 x 1
0.2 x 0.8
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1 x 1
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0.8 x 2
0.25 x 1.7
0.7 x 0.5
0.7 x 1
0.3 x 1.7
0.2 x 0.7
0.2 x 0.7
0.7 x 0.8
0.3 x 0.8
1.2 x 1.5
0.25 x 0.7
0.8 x 1.5
1 x 1.5
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1 x 2
0.7 x 0.5
0.05 x 1
0.5 x 1
1 x 0.7
0.3 x 1
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0.3 x 1
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0.25 x 1
1 x indefinite
0.8 x 1
0.2 x 2
0.2 x 0.7
0.5 x 0.8
1 x 2
0.4 x 1
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1.5 x 2
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0.7 x 0.7
0.4 x 1
0.25 x 0.7
 

Perennial - Strictly, any plant living for at least three seasons; commonly applied to herbaceous plants and woody perennials (i.e. trees and shrubs). (See also Annual, Biennial.)

Achillea clypeolata
'Coronation Gold'
Achillea clypeolata 'Moonshine'
Aciphylla aurea
Centaurea cineraria
Centranthus ruber
Eryngium planum
Erysimum 'Bowles' Mauve'
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Geranium x oxonianum
'Wargrave Pink'
Geranium maderense
Hemerocallis 'Aquamarine'
Hemerocallis
.'Catherine Woodbery'
Heuchera 'Green Ivory'
Kniphofia 'Atlanta'
Kniphofia ensifolia
Kniphofia northiae
Lavatera maritima
Libertia grandiflora
Meconopsis paniculata
Morina persica
Myositidium hortensia
Parahebe perfoliata
Phormium cookianum
'Sundowner'
Phormium tenax 'Bronze Baby'

 

3 x 1.5
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2 x 1.6
3 x 3
2.6 x 1.5
3 x 3
3 x 1.5
2.5 x 2
2.5 x 1
2 x 2
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4.5 x 4.5
2.3 x 2
2.5 x 2
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2.5 x 2.5
4 x 2.5
4 x 2
5 x 3
5 x 3
3 x 2
6 x 2
5 x 2
2 x 2
2.5 x 1.5
6 x 6
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2.5 x 2.5
 

Phormium tenax 'Purpureum'
Phormium tenax 'Yellow Wave'
 

7 x 3
12 x 6
 

Gentiana x macaulayi
'Wells's Variety'
Geranium macrorrhizum
Geranium macrorrhizum
'Ingwersen's Variety'
Hepatica nobilis
Ourisia microphylla
Pachyphragma macrophyllum
Persicaria vacciniifolia
Phlox divaricata
Primula veris
Primula vulgaris
Prunella grandiflora
Prunella grandiflora
'White Loveliness'
Silene schafta
Waldsteinia ternata
 

0.2 x 1
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1 x 2
1.6 x 2
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0.3 x 0.5
0.2 x 0.5
1 x 2
0.7 x 1.7
1.2 x 1.7
0.6 x 0.6
0.7 x 1.2
0.5 x 3
0.5 x 3
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0.5 x 0.8
0.3 x 2
 

Penstemon digitalis
Persicaria amplexicaulis
Primula bulleyana
Ranunculus lyallii
Verbascum 'Cotswold Beauty'
Verbascum 'Gainsborough'
 

3 x 1.5
4 x 4
2 x 2
3 x 1.2
4 x 1.5
4 x 1
 

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