Ivydene Gardens Plants:
Herbaceous and Deciduous Perennial List

The Herbaceous 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.

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

Deciduous - Of plants that shed leaves at the end of the growing season and renew them at the beginning of the next: semi-deciduous plants lose only some of their leaves at the end of the growing season.

Hosta 'Ground Master'
Pulmonaria angustifolia
Pulmonaria longifolia
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Sedum 'Ruby Glow'
 

0.8 x 1.8
1 x 1.5
1 x 1.5
0.5 x 0.7
0.8 x 1.5
 

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

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.)

Gaillardia x grandiflora
Gaura lindheimeri
Malva moschata
 

3 x 1.5
5 x 3
2 x 2
 

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

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Plant Name

Height x Spread in feet. 300mm = 1 foot
Plants below 2 feet in Height

Herbaceous - A non-woody plant in which the upper parts die down to a rootstock at the end of the growing season. It is chiefly applied to perennials, although botanically it also applies to annuals and biennials.

Alchemilla alpina
Alchemilla conjuncta
Alchemilla erythropoda
Alchemilla mollis
Anemone sylvestris
Aquilegia alpina (Columbine)
Aquilegia 'Crimson Star'
Aster amellus 'King George'
Buphthalmum salicifolium
Cerastium tomentosum
Dianthus deltoides
Diascia rigescens
Eriophyllum lanatum
Erodium manescaui
Euphorbia cyparissias
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
Geranium nodusum
Geranium clarkei 'Kashmir White'
Geranium renardii
Geranium riversleeianum 'Russell Pritchard'
Geranium sanguinem var. striatum
Geranium sanguinem var. striatum 'Splendens'
Hosta 'August Moon'
Hosta 'Golden Tiara'
Hosta 'Halycon'
Hosta 'Wide Brim'
Hosta fortunei
Hosta fortunei 'Aureomarginata'
Lamium galeobdolon 'Silver Angel'
Lamium maculatum 'Aureum'
Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Lathyrus vernus
Leucojum aestivum
Lychnis flos-jovis
Lychnis viscaria 'Splendens Plena'
Meconopsis quintuplinervia
Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus luteus
Myosotis sylvatica and it's cultivars
Nepeta phyllochlamys
Nepeta x faassenii
Papaver croceum
Phlox nana
Polemonium 'Lambrook Mauve'
Potentilla 'William Rollison'
Potentilla alba
Potentilla eriocarpa
Salvia nemerosa 'May Knight'
Saponaria 'Bressingham'
Saponaria ocymoides
Saponaria ocymoides 'Alba'
Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant'
Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta
Tellima grandiflora 'Perky'
Trifolium pratense 'Susan Smith'
Trifolium repens 'Purpurascens Quadrifolium'
Verbena 'Sissinghurst'
Veronica gentianoides
Veronica spicata
 

0.3 x 1.7
1.3 x 1
0.8 x 0.7
1.7 x 1.7
1.5 x 1.5
1.5 x 1
1.5 x 1
1.5 x 1.5
2 x 1.5
0.25 x 1
0.7 x 1
1 x 1.7
1.5 x 0.6
1.5 x 1.5
1 x indefinite
1 x 2
1.5 x 1.5
1.5 x indefinite
1 x 1
1 x 3
0.3 x 1
0.5 x 1
1.7 x 2.5
1 x 1.7
1.25 x 2.3
1.5 x 3
1.8 x 2.5
1.8 x 3
1.7 x indefinite
0.7 x 3
0.7 x 3
0.5 x 3
1.5 x 1.5
1.5 x 0.25
1.5 x 1.5
1.5 x 1.5
1.5 x 1
1 x 3
1 x 2
1 x 0.5
0.3 x 0.7
1.5 x 1.5
1 x 0.5
0.7 x 1
1.5 x 1.5
1.5 x 2
0.25 x 1
0.25 x 1
1.5 x 1
0.25 x 1
0.25 x 1.5
0.25 x 1.5
1.5 x 1.5
0.5 x 0.8
1.3 x 0.8
0.5 x 1.5
0.3 x indefinite
0.7 x 3
1.5 x 1.5
1.5 x 1.5
 

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants between 2 and 6 feet in Height

Acanthus mollis
Acanthus spinosus
Aconitum anthora
Aconitum napellus 'Newry Blue'
Aconitum x cammarum 'Bressingham Spire'
Agapanthus campanulatus
Agapanthus campanulatus 'Albus'
Agapanthus 'Dorothy Palmer'
Agapanthus dyeri
Althaea armeniaca
Amsonia illustris
Anchusa azurea
Anemone hupehensis
Anemone japonica 'Honorine Jobert'
Anemone rivularis
Antirrhinum majus
Aquilegia chrysantha
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'
Aster x frikartii 'Monch'
Astrantia major
Baptista australis
Campanula lactiflora 'Pritchard's Variety'
Campanula latifolia
Catananche caerulea
Centaurea macrocephala
Chelidonium majus 'Flore Pleno'
Cimicifuga japonica
Clematis integrifolia
Clematis recta
Cynoglossum nervosum
Delphinium 'Bellamosum'
Delphinium 'Blue Bees'
Delphinium 'Casablanca'
Delphinium 'Cliveden Beauty'
Delphinium 'Moerheimii'
Delphinium 'Piccolo'
Dicentra spectabilis
Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'
Digitalis laevigata
Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Globe'
Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
Echinops sphaerocephalus
Erigeron 'Charity'
Eryngium alpinum
Eupatorium cannabinum
Euphorbia griffithii
Gentiana asclepiadea
Gentiana asclepiadea 'Alba'
Geranium phaeum
Geranium psilostemon
Gunnera manicata
Helenium 'Bressingham Gold'
Helianthus x multiflorus
Helianthus x multiflorus 'Loddon Gold'
Heliopsis helianthoides
Heliopsis helianthoides 'Light of Loddon'
Hosta 'Big Daddy'
Hosta 'Blue Umbrellas'
Hosta 'Thomas Hogg'
Hosta 'True Blue'
Hosta 'Zounds'
Hosta fortunei 'Albopicta'
Hosta opipara
Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans
Kniphofia 'Little Maid'
Kniphofia 'Royal Standard'
Kniphofia thomsonii var. snowdenii
Lamium galeobdolon
Lathyrus gmelinii
Leucanthemum x superbum 'Wirral Supreme'
Ligularia dentata
Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona'
Ligularia 'Gregynog Gold'
Limonium latifolium 'Blue Cloud'
Lobelia 'Bees' Flame'
Lobelia cardinalis
Lunaria rediviva
Lupinus 'Thundercloud'
Lychnis chalcedonica
Lychnis coronaria
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Lysimachia ciliata
Lysimachia punctata
Lysimachia vulgaris
Lythrum virgatum
Mimulus ringens
Monarda 'Beaty of Cobham'
Monarda 'Vintage Wine'
Nepeta siberica
Paeonia 'Dresden'
Paeonia emodi
Paeonia lactiflora 'Jan Van Leeuwen'
Paeonia lactiflora 'Pink Delight'
Paeonia mascula
Paeonia mlokosewitschii
Paeonia offinalis 'Rubra Plena'
Papaver orientale
Phlox paniculata 'Sandringham'
Phlox carolina
Phlox paniculata 'Brigadier'
Pimpinella major
Potentilla atrosanguinea
Primula florindae
Ranunculus aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno'
Salvia x superba
Solidago 'Golden Wings'
Tellima grandiflora
Trollius x cultorum cultivars
 

5 x 3
5 x 2
2 x 1
5 x 1
3 x 1
3 x 1.5
3 x 1.5
3 x 2
3 x 1
4 x 1
4 x 1.5
4 x 2
2 x 1.3
5 x 2
2.5 x 1
3 x 1
3 x 2
2 x 1.6
2.5 x 1.5
2 x 1.5
5 x 2
4.5 x 2
4 x 2
2 x 1
5 x 2
2 x 1
2 x 2
2 x 2
4 x 2.5
2.5 x 1.6
3 x 1.5
4 x 1.5
3 x 1.5
4 x 1.5
3 x 1.5
4 x 1.5
2.5 x 1.7
2 x 2
3 x 1.5
3 x 2
3 x 1.5
6 x 3
2 x 1.5
2.3 x 1.5
5 x 4
3 x 2
2 x 1.5
2 x 1.5
2.7 x 1.5
4 x 4
6 x 7
3 x 2
6 x 3
5 x 3
4 x 2
3.5 x 2
2 x 3
3 x 3
2.5 x 3
2 x 3
2.2 x 3
2.5 x 3
2.3 x 5
3 x 3
2 x 1.5
2 x 2
3 x 1.7
2 x indefinite
3 x 1
3 x 2
4 x 3
3 x 3
4 x 2
2 x 1.5
2.5 x 1
3 x 1
2.5 x 1
3 x 2.5
3 x 1
2.7 x 1.5
2.5 x 2.7
4 x 2
3 x 2
4 x 3
3 x 1.5
3 x 1
3 x 1.5
3 x 1.5
3 x 1.5
2.7 x 2.7
2.5 x 2.5
2 x 2
2 x 2
2.5 x 2.5
2.5 x 2.5
2.5 x 2.5
2.5 x 2.5
4 x 3
4 x 1.5
4 x 2
4 x 2
2 x 2
4 x 3
2 x 1.5
2.5 x 2
6 x 3
2 x 2
3 x 1.5

 

Height x Spread in feet.
Plants above 6 feet in Height

Macleaya microcarpa 'Kelway's Coral Plume'
 

7 x 3