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Herbaceous Perennial Name.
 

Flower Colour

Flowering Months

Height x Spread in inches (cms)
(1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12 inches = 1 foot
12 inches = 30 cms,
24 inches = 2 feet,
3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 100 cms)

Foliage Colour

Herbaceous Perennial Name in Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden if Text Background is Blue
/ Bowes-Lyon Bed

Herbaceous Perennial also detailed in RHS Mixed Border Gallery

A

Achillea
filipendulina
'Coronation Gold'
/ P
 

Golden-
Yellow

 

June, July,
August,
September
 

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

 

Leathery Grey-Green

 

Achillea millefolium 'Credo'
/ 3, 4, 6, 7, F, U, V

Creamy-
Yellow

June, July,
August
 

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

 

Finely-cut Dark Green
 

Aconitum
'Spark's
Variety'
/ F, V

Violet-Blue

 

July, August
 

24-48 x 18-24
(60-120 x 45-60)

Deeply divided into
5-7 lobes of
Dark Green

Actaea
simplex
'Brunette'
/ V, X, Z

Creamy-
White

 

July, August, September, October

48 x 36
(120 x 90)
 

Deep Purple
 

Agapanthus
'Arctic Star'
/ 6, P

White

July, August

26 x 16
(65 x 40)

Strap-like, Dark Green

Agapanthus
'Castle of Mey'
/ S, R

Violet-Blue
 

July, August

28 x 18
(70 x 45)

Slender, strappy, Dark Green

Agapanthus 'Findlays Blue'
/ D

Rich Blue

July, August, September

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Slender arching stems

Agapanthus
'Liam's Lilac'
/ F

Pale Lilac

 

July, August

40 x 18
(100 x 45)

Long, strap-like, Mid-Green

Agapanthus 'Northern Star'
/ L, O

Violet-Blue

July, August

40 x 16
(100 x 40)

Strap-shaped Dark Green with Dark Violet-Blue flush at its base

Agapanthus 'Tarka'
/ Z

Pale Violet-Blue
 

August, September, October

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Pale violet flowers with a darker midrib which opens late mid August. Tepals are reflexed. Semi evergreen.

Agapanthus
'Taw Valley'
/ 6, 7

Deep inky Blue

July, August, September

32 x 16
(80 x 40)

Strap-shaped, Green

Hoyland Plant Centre are passionate about Agapanthus

Agapanthus 'Windsor Grey'
/ 5

Silver-Grey

July, August, September

30 x 12
(75 x 30)

"With South African origins they are all sun lovers, but they would be used to summer rainfall so we suggest they will do better where they aren't too dry. Hence lots of organic matter in the soil to hold the moisture will pay dividends. It does sometimes take a while for an Agapanthus crown to flower well again, so expect better flowers in the second year. This form need planting in the sun 3-4" deep and about 12" apart." from Avon Bulbs.

Agastache
'Black Adder'
/ P, S

Violet

July, August, September, October

36 x 16
(90 x 40)

Blue-Green

Agastache
'Blue Fortune'
/ 8, O

Lavender-Blue

July, August, September, October

40 x 16
(100 x 40)

Dark Green

Amsonia ciliata
/ M

Light Blue

May

36 x 36
(90 x 90)

Narroe, almost needle-like, Mid-Green

Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
/ O, R, S

Pale Blue with White throats

May, June, July

36 x 36
(90 x 90)

Extremely narrow, willow-shaped, dull green foliage may turn attractive shades of yellow in the autumn

Artemisia lactiflora 'Elfenbein'
/ R, S

Cream
Missed taking photo of flowers

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Dark Green

Artemesia lactiflora Guizhou Group
/ F, K, T, Y, Z

Creamy-White

August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Dark Green, Purple-Maroon infused leaves

Artemisia ludoviciana
'Valerie Finnis'
/ 5, 9

Yellowish-Brown
Missed taking photo of flowers

August, September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Grey/Silver and White

Astrantia major 'Rubra'
/ F

Plum

June, July, August

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Deeply lobed Dark Green

B

C

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
/ 9, L, O

Blue

August, September, October

16 x 24
(40 x 60)

Dark Green with red shades in the autumn before falling off

Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
/ D, F, K

Red

August, September

40 x 3
(100 x 8)

Narrow, erect, pleated and Mid-Green

D

E

Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern'
/ L, M, P, R

Carmine Red

June, July, August

36 x 36
(90 x 90)

Dark Green

Echinops ritro 'Veitchs Blue'
/ L, R, Y

Blue

August

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Grey-Green, deeply cut leaves with White backs

Eryngium agavifolium
/ 5, O, S

Greenish-White

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Spine-edged, glossy, sword-shaped, mid Green

Eryngium variifolium
/ K

Eryngium x tripartitum
/ H, T

Metallic-Blue

June, July, August

20 x 36
(50 x 90)

Grey-Green

Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group)
/ D

Purple-Pink

July, August, September

88 x 40
(220 x 100)

Lance-shaped bright Green

Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) 'Riesenschirm'
/ D, V

Pink-Purple
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

July, August, September

80 x 80
(200 x 200)

Dark Green

Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii

Chartreuse-Green

March, April, May

60 x 48
150 x 120)

Grey-Green

Euphorbia schillinghii
/ O

Lime Green

July, August, September, October

40 x 12
(100 x 30)

Dark Green leaves with pale Green or White veins

F

Foeniculeum vulgare 'Purpureum'
/ C

Yellow

July, August

60 x 20
(150 x 50)

Bronze-Purple

G

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album'
/ D

White

July, August, September, October

18 x 24
(45 x 60)

Rounded, deeply lobed, mid Green leaves often turning red in the autumn

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety'
/ S

Crimson-Purple

May, June, July, August, September

20 x 24
(50 x 60)

Deeply cut, Light Green

Geranium 'Orion'
/ 5, O, P, R, S

Mauve-Blue

June, July, August, September, October

30 x 30
(75 x 75)

Finely-divided, medium Green, turning Red in the Autumn

H

Helenium
'Fata Morgana'
/ D

Yellow with Apricot on the undersides

June, July, August, September

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Medium Green

Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'
/ F, H, T, X

Orange and Sunshine- Yellow

June, July, August, September, October

20-40 x 4-20
(50-100 x 10-50)

Mid Green

Helenium
'Waltraut'
/ F, K, V

Golden-Brown

June, July, August, September, October

20-40 x 4-20
(50-100 x 10-50)

Mid Green

Hemerocallis 'Burning Daylight'

Orange-Yellow

June, July, August

28 x 20
(70 x 50)

Narrow, erect, Light Green

Hemerocallis
'Lemon Bells'
/ M, R

Yellow

July, August, September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Mound of arching, slender, Mid-Green leaves

Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
/ C

Lemon-Yellow

June

32 x 40
(80 x 100)

Strap-like, bright Green

Hemerocallis
'Marion Vaughn'
/ 8, L, O, P, R, S

Pale Yellow

July, August, September

40 x 20
(100 x 50)

Light Green

Hemerocallis 'Stafford'
/ F, G, H, T, U

Mahogany-Red with Yellow throat and mid-ribs

July, August

40 x 20
(100 x 50)

Narrow, arching, sword-shaped Dark Green

Heuchera
'Obsidian'
/ F, H, T, U, Y

Cream

Unable to get clear photos of flowers in 2013

June, July

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

Glossy jet black-maroon leaves darkening as the season progresses

I

J

K

Kniphofia
'Prince Igor'
/ V, D

Tangerine

August, September, October

40 x 28
(100 x 70)

Oblong, Mid Green

Kniphofia uvaria
/ H, X, Y

Opens Orange then fades to Yellow

August, September

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Evergreen, strap-like, Dark Green

L

Ligularia '
Britt-Marie Crawford'
/ D, F, X

Orange-Yellow

July, August

36 x 36
(90 x 90)

Dark, Chocolate colour with Burgundy undersides

Linaria purpurea 'Canon J. Went'
/ 8, L, P

Shell Pink

May, June, July, August, September

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Long, thin, Grey-Green

Lythrum salicaria 'Blush'
/ F

Light Pink

June, July, August, September

40 x 24
(100 x 60)

Mid Green

Lythrum salicaria 'Feuerkerze'
/ F, H, K

Rose-Red

July, August, September

60 x 20
(150 x 50)

Narrow, lance-shaped, Mid Green

M

Monarda 'Squaw'
/ D, F, G, K, U

Guardsman Red

July, August, September

40 x 24
(100 x 60)

Lemony, aromatic, pointed, Mid-Green

N

Nepeta grandiflora 'Bramdean'
/ O

Violet-Blue

June, July, August, September

30 x 12
(75 x 30)

Grey-green, Aromatic foliage

O

Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum
/ O

White

July, August, September

28 x 18
(70 x 45)

Hairy, aromatic, Dark Green

P

Perovskia
'Blue Spire'
/ 3, 4, 6, 7

Violet-Blue

August, September

48 x 40
(120 x 100)

Deeply-cut, lobed, Grey-Green

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Alba'
/ F, K, T, V

White

July, August, September

48 x 40
(120 x 100)

Dark Green

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail'
/ F

Bright Red
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

July, August, September, October

48 x 48
(120 x 120)

Large, prominently veined, lance-shaped, Mid Green

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Rosea'
/ D, L, O

Pink

June, July, August, September

50 x 60
(125 x 150)

Lance-shaped, Mid Green

Persicaria amplexicaulis taurus (='blotau')
/ Z

Rose-madder Red

July, August, September, October

40 x 28
(100 x 70)

Ovate to lance-shaped, pointed, glossy, leathery, Mid Green

Phlox paniculata 'Blue Evening'

Lilac

July ,August, September

32 x 16
(80 x 40)

Lance-shaped, toothed, Mid-Green

Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'
/ L, O

Violet-Blue

July, August

40 x 24
(100 x 60)

Lance-shaped, toothed, Mid Green

Q

R

Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii
/ F, H, T, Y

Yellow

August, September, October

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Oval, Dark Green, roughly hairy leaves

Rudbeckia maxima

Yellow

June, July

60 x 36
(150 x 90)

Large, smooth, Sea-Green

S

Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst'
/ 8, L, O, P, R

Lilac-Purple

July, August, September

24 x 20
(60 x 50)

Aromatic, Mid-Green

Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
/ B, F, K, T, V, Y

Violet-Blue

June, July, August, September, October

20 x 12
(50 x 30)

Aromatic, Grey-Green

Sedum 'Matrona'
/ O, R

Soft Pink

August, September, October

30 x 12
(75 x 30)

Succulent, large, ovate, Grey-Green leaves tinged Purple near the margins

Sedum telephium 'Red Cauli'
/ F, G, K

Red

August, September, October

12 x 12
(30 x 30)

Plum-Purple

Selenium wallichianum
/ S

White

July, August, September

72 x 24
(180 x 60)

Large, triangular, 2 to 3-pinnate Dark Green leaves

Sisyrinchium angustifolium f 'Album'
/ D

White

May, June

9 x 3
(22 x 8)

Narrow, erect, Dark Green

T

U

V

Verbascum chaixii 'Album'
/ C

Veronicastrum virginicum f. roseum 'Pink Glow'
/ 2, L, O, R

Pale Pink

July, August, September

60 x 26
(150 x 65)

Whorls of deep Green leaves

W

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(60-180 cms)

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(180+ cms)

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(0-30 cms)

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0-24 inches
(0-60 cms)

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(60-90 cms)

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(90-180 cms)

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72+ inches
(180+ cms)

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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

Flower Thumb-nail

Herbaceous Perennial

Flower Thumbnail

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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Alpine Herbaceous Perennial if Text Background is Blue

Evergreen or Semi-Evergreen Perennial

A

A

Acanthus spinosus
 

May, June,
July
 

48-60 x 24
(120-150 x 60)

Achillea
filipendulina
'Cloth of Gold'

June, July,
August,
September

96 x 40
(250 x 100)

Achillea 'Apfelblute'
 

June, July, August,
September

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Achillea filipendulina
'Gold Plate'

June, July,
August

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Achillea
'Credo'
 

June, July,
August

48 x 18
(120 x 45)

Achillea filipendulina 'Parker's Variety'

June, July,
August

40-60 x 20-40 (100-150 x 50-100)

Creamy-White.
Photo taken on 24 July 2013 was of seed heads not flowers

Achillea
'Fanal'
 

June, July,
August

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Achillea grandifolia

June, July,
August

60 x 40
(150 x 100)

Creamy-White.
Photo taken on 24 July 2013 was of seed heads not flowers

Achillea filipendula
'Gold Plate'
 

June, July,
August

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Achilliea
ptarmica
'Perry's
White'

July,
August, September

32-39 x 24 (80-100 x 60)

Achillea millefolium
'Cerise
Queen'
 

May, June,
July

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Aconitum carmichaelii 'Barker's Variety'

July, August, September

64 x 16
(160 x 40)

Violet-Blue.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Achillea
ptarmica
'Boule de
Neige'
 

June, July,
August

20 x 15
(50 x 38)

Aconitum carmichaelii 'Kelmscott'

August, September

96 x 40
(250 x 100)

Dark Blue.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Achillea 'Summer-
wine'
 

June, July, August,
September

28 x 18
(70 x 45)

Aconitium napellus

July, August

40-60 x 4-20 (100-150 x 10-50)

Violet-Blue.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Achillea 'Terracotta'
 

June, July, August,
September

36 x 16
(90 x 40)

Aconitum
'Spark's
Variety'

July, August

24-48 x 18-24
(60-120 x
45-60)

Aconitum cammarum 'Stainless
Steel'
 

June, July, August,
September

36-42 x 12
(90-105 x 30)

Actaea
simplex
'Brunette'

July, August, September, October

48 x 36
(120 x 90)

Aconitum lycoctonum
subsp.
vulparia
 

June, July,
August

16-48 x 12
(40-120 x 30)

Actea simplex 'Pink Spike'

September, October

70 x 40
(175 x 100)

Aconitum napellus
'Bicolor'
 

July, August,
September

42 x 36
(105 x 90)

Actaea simplex 'Prichards Giant'

August, September, October

80 x 24
(200 x 60)

Creamy-White.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Aconitum piepunense
 

July, August

40 x 80
(100 x 200)

Agapanthus 'Buckingham Palace'

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Agapanthus africanus

December, January,
February

18 x 30
(45 x 75)

Agapanthus campan-ulatus var. albidus

June, July, August

40 x 20
(100 x 50)

Agapanthus
albus

July, August,
September

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Agapanthus
'Loch Hope'

August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Agapanthus
'Bress-
ingham Blue'

June, July

20 x 18
(50 x 45)

Agapanthus 'Midnight Blue'

July, August

18 x 12
(45 x 30)

Agapanthus
campan-ulatus
var. albidus

July, August,
September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Agapanthus praecox Maximus Albus

July, August

36 x 20
(90 x 50)

White.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Agapanthus 'Head-bourne
Hybrids'

July, August,
September

30 x 24
(75 x 60)

Agapanthus
"Silver Mist'

August, September

32 x 24
(80 x 60)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
rose

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Agastache
'Black Adder'

July, August, September, October

36 x 16
(90 x 40)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
salmon

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Agastache
'Blue Fortune'

July, August, September, October

40 x 16
(100 x 40)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
scarlet

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Ageratina altissima 'Braunlaub'

July, August, September, October

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

White.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
white

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Alstroemeria brasiliensis

June, July, August, September, October, November

24 x 16
(60 x 40)

Alcea rosea 'Chater's
Double' -
yellow

June, July

72-96 x 24
(180-240 x 60)

Alstroemeria 'Friendship'

June, July, August, September, October, November

20-40 x 4-20
(50-100 x 10-50)

Alcea rosea 'Nigra'

June, July

72 x 24
(180 x 60)

Alstroemeria
'Tessa'

June, July, August, September, October, November

28 x 24
(70 x 60)

Alchemilla
alpina

June, July,
August

4 x 20
(9 x 50)

Althaea cannabina

July, August, September

72 x 60
(180 x 150)

Pinkish-Lavender
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Alchemilla conjuncta

June, July,
August

16 x 12
(39 x 30)

Amicia zygomeris

September, October, November

60-100 x 40-60
(150-250 x 100-150)

Alchemilla
mollis

July

24 x 230
(60 x 75)

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Prinz Heinrich'

July, August, September

20-40 x 20-40
(50-100 x 50-100)

Anchusa
azurea
'Loddon Royalist'

June, July,
August

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Splendens'

August, September, October

24-40 x 24-40
(60-100 x 60-100)

Pale Pink.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Anemone
elegans

August, September,
October

36 x 24
(90 x 60)

Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert

August, September, October

40-60 x 20-40
(100-150 x 50-100)

Anemone hupehensis

Pink - July, August or
White - July, August

24 x 16
(60 x 39)

Anemone x hybrida 'Luise Uhink'

August, September, October

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Anemone hupehensis japonica
(pink flower)

July, August

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Artemisia lactiflora 'Elfenbein'

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Cream.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Anemone hupehensis japonica -
white

July, August

25 x 16
(63 x 39)

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

August, September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Yellowish-Brown.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Anemone narcissiflora

May, June

16 x 18
(40 x 45)

Artemisia 'Rosen-schleier'

July, August, September

60 x 18-24
(150 x 45-60)

Pink.
Flowers too small and seen from too much distance

Anemone
rivularis

May, June

30 x 12
(75 x 30)

Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black'

September, October

12-36 x 12-36
(30-90 x 30-90)

White.
Missed taking photo of flowers

Antirrhinum majus

June, July, August, September, October

36 x 12
(90 x 30)

Aster lateriflorus var. horizontalis

July, August, September, October

4-20 x 4-20
(10-50 x 10-50)

Red and White.
Missed taking photos of flowers

Aster frikartii
'Wunder Von Stafa'

July, August,
September

28 x 16
(69 x 39)

Aster
novae-angliae
'Barrs Pink'

September, October

52 x 24
(130 x 60)

Mauve-Pink.
Missed taking photos of flowers

Aster novi-
belgii
'Dandy'

August, September,
October

12 x 12
(30 x 30)

Aster
novae-angliae
'Mrs S T Wright'

September, October

60 x 16-24
(150 x 40-60)

Lilac-Blue.
missed taking photo of flowers

Astilbe
'Bridal Veil'

July

30 x 18
(75 x 45)

Aster
novae-angliae
'Roter Stern'

August, September

12-18 x 8-12
(30-45 x 20-30)

Purple-Pink.
missed taking photo of flowers

Astilbe
chinensis
pumila

August, September

8-12 x 10
(20-30 x 25)

Aster
novae-angliae 'Rubinschatz'

September, October

45 x 78
(113 x 200)

Astilbe
'Deutsch-
land'

June

20-24 x 12
(50-60 x 30)

Aster
novae-angliae 'Septem-berrubin'

September, October

48 x 36
(120 x 90)

Purple-Red.
Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

Astilbe 'Fanal'

July

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Aster turbinellus

August, September, October, November

48-60 x 24
(120-150 x 60)

Pale Violet.
Mistaken yellow flowers on top of this plant from climber alongside for this plant's violet flowers

Astilbe 'Fire'

July, August

39 x 24
(98 x 60)

Astrantia 'Roma'

June, July, August, September

24 x 16
(60 x 40)

Astilbe
'Purple Lance'

August, September

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

B

Astilbe 'Rheinland'

June, July

18-24 x 18 (45-60 x 45)

Baptisia australis

June

40-60 x 20-40
(100-150 x 50-100)

Astilbe rosea
'Peach
Blossom'

July, August

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

C

Astilbe
'Willie
Buchanan'

July, August

8-18 x 12
(20-45 x 30)

Campanula lactiflora
'Loddon Anna'

July, August, September

60 x 24
(150 x 60)

Astrantia
major

June, July

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Centaurea atro-purpurea

June, July, August

48 x 20
(120 x 50)

B

Chelone glabra

August, September, October

24-36 x 18-30
(60-90 x 45-75)

Brunnera macro-phylla

April, May

12-18 x 24
(30-45 x 60)

Chelone obliqua

August, September

24 x 12
(60 x 30)

Brunnera macro-phylla
'Jack Frost'

April, May

12-18 x 18 (30-45 x 45)

Crambe cordifolia

June, July

60-100 x 40-60
(150-250 x 100-150)

White.
Unable to locate plant label to take photos of its flowers after May 2013

Buph-
thalmum
salicifolium

June, July, August,
September

24 x 18
(60 x 45)

Crambe maritima

June

20-40 x 4-20
(50-100 x 10-50)

C

Crocosmia x crocos-miiflora 'George Davison'

July, August, September

24 x 24
(60 x 60)

Caltha
palustris
'Alba'

April

9 x 12
(23 x 30)

Crocosmia
'Severn Sunrise'

August, September, October

35 x 23
(88 x 48)

Opening Orange fades to Pink.
Unable to locate plant label to take photos of its flowers after May 2013

Campanula garganica

June, July,
August

2 x 12
(5 x 30)

Crocosmia x crocos-mioides 'Vulcan'

June, July, August

36 x 18
(90 x 45)

Some of the Herbaceous Perennials in the other borders of the Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley besides the ones in the Mixed Borders are in the Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden (identified as 3 in the map below) - these have a blue background in the Herbaceous Perennial Name column of the index on the right ---->

and this detailed map of the Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden from the RHS sign in the garden, which shows it upside down from the above map:-

Bowes-Lyon Bed Locations:-

BOWES-LYON ROSE GARDEN IN RHS WISLEY GARDEN NON-HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL INDEX

Plant Name in Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden
/ Bowes-Lyon Bed

Flower Colour

Flowering Months

Height x Spread in inches (cms)
(1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12 inches = 1 foot
12 inches = 30 cms,
24 inches = 2 feet,
3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 100 cms)

Foliage Colour

Plant Type

Abelia x grandiflora
/ 6

White-stained-Pale Pink

June, July, August, September, October

120 x 160
(300 x 400)

Glossy, deep green

Semi-Evergreen Shrub

Acer cappa-docicum 'Aureum'
/ B

Buddleja davidii nanho purple monum
/ O

Buxus semper-virens 'Bowles Blue'
/ D

Catalpa bignon-oides 'Aurea'
/ Y

Colchicum byzantinum 'Innocence'
/ P

Colchicum 'Rosy Dawn'
/ Q

Cornus alba 'Aurea'
/ F, P, S, T

Cream

May, June

120 x 120
(300 x 300)

Cornus 'Gloria Burket'
/ O

Cornus kousa 'Angyo Issai'
/ K

Cornus kousa 'Eurostar'
/ A

Cornus kousa 'John Slocock'
/ D

Cornus kousa 'Schmett-erling'
/ D

Cornus kousa var. chinensis
/ D

Cornus 'Venus'
/ H

Crataegus laevigata plena
/ P

Eleaegnus 'Quicksilver'
/ P, T

Fagus sylvatica 'Rivers Purple'
/ N

Fuchsia 'Riccartonii'
/ G, L

Scarlet Sepals and Purple Petals

June, July, August, September, October

80 x 120
(200 x 300)

Gingko biloba
/ C

Hakonechloa macra aureola
/ B, C

Magnolia grandiflora 'Kay Parris'
/ B, F, O, R, S

Magnolia salicifolia 'Wadas Memory'
/ A

Malus cardinal
/ F

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
/ K

Grey/ Silver and Pale Pink
Missed taking photos of its Pink Inflore-scences

September, October, November

40 x 36
(100 x 90)

Dark Green with White midrib and edges

Philadelphus 'Beauclerk'
/ O

Pittosporum tenuifolium
/ M

Salix exigua
/ 3, 4, 6, 7, D, O, P, S

Sambucus nigra porphy-rophylla 'Eva'
/F

Sorbus hybrida 'Gibbsii'
/ Q

Stipa gigantea
/ 6, 7, F, G, R, S, Z

Purple ripens to Gold

June, July

100 x 48
(250 x 120)

Slender Grey-Green

Taxus baccata
/ 7, C, L, U, V

Wisteria floribunda
/ D

Wisteria sinensis 'Alba'
/ D

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