Ivydene Gardens Bulb, Corm, Rhizome and Tuber Gallery: |
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Flowering Form Thumbnail Mat, |
Height x Width in inches (cms) - Seed Head Thumbnail |
Foliage Colour with Foliage Thumbnail |
Bulb Use |
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White, occasion-ally
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6 x 12 |
Bluish-Grey-Green |
Clump-forming form. Suitable for a damp, shaded site in a rock garden, wild or woodland garden, or peat bed. Flowers emerge as the leaves unfold. |
A great one for a shady spot this bears white, cup-shaped flowers, borne just as the grey-blue leaves emerge. It thrives in moist, shady areas and is fully hardy. |
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White
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6 x 12 |
Blue-Green |
Clump-forming form. Suitable for a damp, shaded site in a rock garden, wild or woodland garden, or peat bed. Flowers emerge as the leaves unfold and last longer than Sanguinaria canadensis. |
It has rounded leaves which are blue-green. The flowers are almost preposterously large and look like chrysanthemum pom-poms that sit just above the ground in spring. Unfortunately they only last a short while and after the lovely display of leaves which follow the flowers, the plant becomes dormant in summer. It enjoys light shade, though it can take some sun as long as there is moisture and humus-rich soil |
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Scilla siberica is 1 of the 4 scilla detailed in the Rock Garden Plant Index S Page, which can be used as an alpine in a rock garden. |
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Bright Blue
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6 x 6 |
Mid Green
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Siberian Squill is one of the most popular choices for a spring garden. |
Keep dry during summer dormancy. Has rich, bright blue, bell shaped flowers borne in loose clusters. |
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Purplish-Blue or
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Clump |
12 x 12 |
24 inch (60 cm) long green foliage develops in the autumn as old leaves fade.
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Grow in pots, under deciduous trees and shrubs, or in grass. |
Completely unlike any of the other Scillas. |
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Sparaxis grandiflora acutiloba - tender
Sparaxis is derived from the Greek "sparasso" ("to tear"), which refers to the lacerated spathes that surround the flowers |
Golden-Yellow
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4-10 x 12 (10-25 x 30) |
Flat, stiff and rather tough dark Green leaves 8 inches long are held in a fan shape at the base of the flowering spike. |
This is suitable for hanging baskets in the summer and in coldframes for the rest of the year where they can be protected from the frost below 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Plants will withstand a few degrees of frost, but not prolonged cold temperatures. Plant 2 inches (5 cms) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cms) apart. Can be grown outside in the Channel Islands in sandy soil in bold groups of 25 or more in one place. Moisture is needed in early spring, with none needed after the foliage dies back in late autumn, so that the corms ripen. Great cut flowers, as they are long-lasting. |
Sparaxis, native to South Africa, has been in cultivation for over 200 years, due to its ease and free flowering form. As part of the Iris family, brightly coloured flowers are borne above the strappy foliage. Colours range from hot oranges, yellows and pinks to reds and dark purple. Well worth a pot display in fertile gritty loam under frost free conditions. The plants prefer to be on the dry side in the summer as in their native habitats of South Africa, where they receive their rainfall in the winter. |
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Deep Violet with
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6-12 x 12 (15-30 x 30) |
Flat, stiff and rather tough dark Green leaves 8 inches long are held in a fan shape at the base of the flowering spike. |
This is suitable for hanging baskets in the summer and in coldframes for the rest of the year where they can be protected from the frost below 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Plants will withstand a few degrees of frost, but not prolonged cold temperatures. Plant 2 inches (5 cms) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cms) apart. Can be grown outside in the Channel Islands in sandy soil in bold groups of 25 or more in one place. Moisture is needed in early spring, with none needed after the foliage dies back in late autumn, so that the corms ripen. Great cut flowers, as they are long-lasting. |
Sparaxis, native to South Africa, has been in cultivation for over 200 years, due to its ease and free flowering form. As part of the Iris family, brightly coloured flowers are borne above the strappy foliage. Colours range from hot oranges, yellows and pinks to reds and dark purple. Well worth a pot display in fertile gritty loam under frost free conditions. |
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Yellow and Cream with Purple flush
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6-12 x 12 (15-30 x 30) |
Flat, stiff and rather tough dark Green leaves 8 inches long are held in a fan shape at the base of the flowering spike. |
This is suitable for hanging baskets in the summer and in coldframes for the rest of the year where they can be protected from the frost below 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Plants will withstand a few degrees of frost, but not prolonged cold temperatures. Plant 2 inches (5 cms) deep and 3-4 inches (7.5-10 cms) apart. Can be grown outside in the Channel Islands in sandy soil in bold groups of 25 or more in one place. Moisture is needed in early spring, with none needed after the foliage dies back in late autumn, so that the corms ripen. Great cut flowers, as they are long-lasting. |
Sparaxis, native to South Africa, has been in cultivation for over 200 years, due to its ease and free flowering form. As part of the Iris family, brightly coloured flowers are borne above the strappy foliage. Colours range from hot oranges, yellows and pinks to reds and dark purple. Well worth a pot display in fertile gritty loam under frost free conditions. |
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Red, Orange, and Yellow to White with Red and Gold or Black throat
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12 x 16 |
Flat, stiff and rather tough dark Green leaves 10 inches long and 0.33 inches wide are held in a fan shape at the base of the flowering spike. |
This corm has Six-petalled flowers, which are produced on wiry stems in early to mid-summer in a wide range of colours from red, orange and yellow to white. In addition some have a very striking red and gold or black throat. The foliage is narrow and strap-like, up to 25cm long. |
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Pale Yellow
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16 x 24 |
Hairy Mid Green
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Excellent ground-cover plant for a shady border or woodland garden, but they can be rampant. |
Erect Form becomes Decumbent (Growing close to the ground but usually with upward-growing tips). |
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................ Topic - Plant Photo Galleries
...Hippeastrum/ Lily
Wild Flower ............ Topic - Flower/Foliage Colour or or or ............ Topic - Wildlife on Plant Photo Gallery Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly usage of followed by all the Wild Flower Family Pages:- |
There are 180 families in the Wildflowers of the UK and they have been split up into 22 Galleries to allow space for up to 100 plants per gallery. Each plant named in each of the Wildflower Family Pages may have a link to:- its Plant Description Page in its Common Name in one of those Wildflower Plant Galleries and will have links to external sites to purchase the plant or seed in its Botanical Name, to see photos in its Flowering Months and to read habitat details in its Habitat Column.
WILD FLOWER FAMILY
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It is worth remembering that especially with roses that the colour of the petals of the flower may change - The following photos are of Rosa 'Lincolnshire Poacher' which I took on the same day in R.V. Roger's Nursery Field:- |
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Closed Bud |
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Opening Bud |
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Juvenile Flower |
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Older Juvenile Flower |
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Middle-aged Flower - Flower Colour in Season in its |
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Mature Flower |
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Juvenile Flower and Dying Flower |
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Form of Rose Bush |
There are 720 roses in the Rose Galleries; many of which have the above series of pictures in their respective Rose Description Page. So one might avoid the disappointment that the 2 elephants had when their trunks were entwined instead of them each carrying their trunk using their own trunk, and your disappointment of buying a rose to discover that the colour you bought it for is only the case when it has its juvenile flowers; if you look at all the photos of the roses in the respective Rose Description Page!!!! |
Links to external sites were valid when I inserted them but they may no longer connect since either the page has been removed or that website is no longer active, so you will have to use your search engine to find either the plant or data yourself |
