Flower. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 24 July 2013. |
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Echinacea purpurea 'Lustre Hybrids' (Rudbeckia purpurea) "Echinacea purpurea is a member of the daisy family (Compositae) or Asteraceae (APG III, 2009). The generic name comes from the Greek word for hedgehog (echinos) inspired by the spiky projections in the centre of its flower head in the seed stage. The specific epithet purpurea refers to the purple colour of the flowers." from Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. |
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Coneflower - The common name, coneflower, relates to the cone-shaped receptacle (the base of the flower head, bearing the florets). |
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18-24 x 14 (45-60 x 35) |
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Dark Green |
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Pincushion of Pink, Red and White flowers in June-September |
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Erect Form. Pruning Group 14. "A robust, long-lived border plant with superb flowering performance and excellent weather resistance. This very attractive mixture offers shades of pink and red as well as glistening white. Excellent for borders or makes a high quality cut flower. Prefers a light, well-drained soil in full sun. Height 45-60cm (18-24in)." from Thompson & Morgan. "Native to North America, Echinacea purpurea is distributed from the states of Georgia to Louisiana and Oklahoma and northwards to Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. It inhabits rocky, open woodlands and prairies and is sometimes found on wetter soils adjacent to rivers and streams. Echinacea purpurea is a perennial herb growing up to 1.8 m tall and has a rhizome (underground stem). Above ground it has rough stems, which often branch near the top and bear soft, short hairs. Leaves arise from the base of the stem and are 15×10 cm with coarsely, irregularly toothed margins. Leaves arising from further up the stem are tapered towards their base. The flower heads (capitula) are up to 15 cm in diameter. The central disc-florets are orange. The outer, sterile, ray-florets are red-purple with green tips and 3–8 cm long. The flowers are pollinated by flying insects, including bees, wasps and butterflies. The fruit is an achene (small, dry, thin-walled fruit). " from Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. "We at Plant Delights Nursery and Juniper Level Botanic Garden grow many wonderful, new, and rare echinacea. We currently have 65 accessions of Echinacea in the garden and we offer the finest and most unique cultivars for sale through our mail order nursery. " from The Coneflower Chronicles by Plant Delights Nursery - This link describes those 65 Echinaceas. Available from Plant Delights Nursery in America. Available as seeds from Chiltern Seeds and Thompson & Morgan. |
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Winter Form from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 4 March 2013. |
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Spring Form from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 25 April 2013. |
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Summer Form from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 24 July 2013. |
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Winter Foliage from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. |
Spring Foliage from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. |
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Summer Foliage from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. |
Juvenile Flower from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. |
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Flower from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. |
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Flower Group from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. |
Flower Bud from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. |
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MIXED BORDER RHS WISLEY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS GALLERY PAGES |
FOLIAGE COLOUR |
SEED/FRUIT COLOUR FLOWER BED PICTURES |
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HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL Gallery with 7 Flower Colours (Red, Pink and Purple on same page) per Month in Colour Wheel. Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month. |
HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL INDEX -
The variety of plants that can be used in alpine gardening is obviously very large and very bewildering at first approach. With a view to easing the task of selection here are lists The standard potting and seed-soil recipes from The Propagation of Alpines by Lawrence D. Hills are at the bottom of the page on Alpine - Sink and Trough Gardens. |
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The Herbaceous Perennials in this gallery are not compared with other Herbaceous Perennials in the HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL GALLERY, but they are compared with each other in the Mixed Border Garden Design Gallery using the above 7 Flower Colours per month Wheel. FLOWER COLOUR RANGE IN 71 PARTS OF RHS WISLEY MIXED BORDER DURING After reviewing the situation in the |
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Flowering Months |
Height x Width in inches (cms) - 1 inch = 2.5 cms, 12 inches = 1 foot = 30 cms, 36 inches = 3 feet = 1 yard = 90 cms, 40 inches = 100 cms |
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48 x 18 |
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June, July, |
36 x 18 |
June, July, |
60 x 40 |
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48 x 24 |
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36 x 24 |
July, August, September |
64 x 16 |
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20 x 15 |
August, September |
96 x 40 |
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28 x 18 |
July, August |
40-60 x 4-20 (100-150 x 10-50) |
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36 x 16 |
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42 x 36 |
August, September, October |
80 x 24 |
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60 x 24 |
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40 x 20 |
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18 x 12 |
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24 x 24 |
July, August |
36 x 20 |
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July, August, September, October |
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4 x 20 |
July, August, September |
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36 x 24 |
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24-40 x 24-40 |
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36 x 18 |
July, August, September |
60 x 24 |
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25 x 16 |
August, September |
24 x 24 |
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16 x 18 |
July, August, September |
60 x 18-24 |
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30 x 12 |
September, October |
12-36 x 12-36 |
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36 x 12 |
July, August, September, October |
4-20 x 4-20 |
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28 x 16 |
September, October |
52 x 24 |
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12 x 12 |
September, October |
60 x 16-24 |
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30 x 18 |
August, September |
12-18 x 8-12 |
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45 x 78 |
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20-24 x 12 |
September, October |
48 x 36 |
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24 x 18 |
August, September, October, November |
48-60 x 24 |
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August, September, October |
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June, July, August, September |
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July, August |
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24 x 18 |
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Geranium 'Rozanne' |
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August, September |
120 x 48 |
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6 x 3 |
Red |
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White |
July, August, September |
40 x 30 |
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Yellow |
June, July, August |
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August, September, October, November |
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Herbaceous Perennial Name Index The respective flower colour and thumbnail, months of flowering, form, height and width, foliage colour and thumbnail, use and comments are in the relevant index page Evergreen Perennial Name Index |
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UK Peony Index :- |
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Perennials & Ephemerals chapter of Plants for Dry Gardens by Jane Taylor. Published by Frances Lincoln Limited in 1993. ISBN 0-7112-0772-0 for plants that are drought tolerant. |
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Colour All The Year in My Garden by C.H. Middleton. Published by Ward, Lock & Co. for culture. Perennials The Gardener's Reference by Susan Carter, Carrie Becker and Bob Lilly. Published by Timber Press in 2007 for plants for Special Gardens. It also gives details of species and cultivars for each genus. |
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Herbaceous Perennial Form |
Prostrate or Trailing |
Cushion or Mound-forming |
Spreading or Creeping |
Stemless. Sword-shaped Leaves |
Erect or Upright |
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Back of Border, Alley, and Too Tall for Words Special Garden |
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Herbaceous Perennial in Soil |
Clay + |
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+ Herbac-eous Perennials in Pages in Plants |
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