Seasonal Bedding for summer Flashcards
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Name
Imaptiens (New Guinea Hybrids)
Tender perennial grown as annual. Branching habit. mid green to bronze leaves (serrated)
Bold pink (or white) flowers all summer
Use: hanging baskets, edges, containers
(infill)
H 38cm S 36cm
H1B
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Dichondra argentea ‘Silver Falls’
Tender herbaceous evergreen perennial grown as an annual
Long branching stems with fan-shaped silver leaves. Insignificant greenish-yellow to white flowers in spring
H 10cm S 1.5m
Uses: hanging baskets, containers or ground cover
trailing but can be edging
H2
Name
Helichrysum petiolare
Mound-forming or trailing evergreen sub-shrub grown as an annual. Branching stems, broadly ovate leaves which are grey-woolly above. Off-white flower heads in late summer
H 50cm S 1-1.5m
Uses: hanging baskets, containers, troughs
H3
Name
Cosmos bipinnatus
Erect fee branching annual with feathery leaves. Produces solitary bowl or saucer-shaped pink and white flowers late summer into autumn. ‘Lemonade’ has yellow flowers
H 1.5m S 45cm
Uses: dot plants in beds, containers and pots
H3
Name
Petunia (Easy Wave Series)
Half hardy annual which produces rapid spreading growth. Simple ovate foliage. Showy, five-lobed fluted single saucer-shaped colourful flowers
H 60cm S 60cm
Uses: hanging baskets, pots, troughs, edges of borders
infill
H2
Name
Alternanthera dentata ‘Purple Knight’
Tender evergreen perennial grown as an annual. Spreading sub-shrub boradly ovate foliage sharply pointed at the tip. Foliage is a purple ruby colour. Flowers are insignificant
H 90cm S 90cm
Uses: containers, edges, ground cover
H1C
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Begonia Nonstop Series ‘Nonstop Red’
Tuberous, tender perennials with showy double flowers. Robust flowers resistant to strong winds wind and rain. Monoecious - male flowers more elaborate.
H 30cm S 30cm
Uses: containers, borders and bedding schemes
H1B
Name
Tagetes patula ‘Fireball’
Annual flowers from spring to autumn. Flowers open red before turning to bronze, orange then yellow. Aromatic foliage
H 30cm (10-50cm) S 30cm (10-50cm)
Uses: containers, bedding schemes, edging
H2
Name
Begonia boliviensis ‘Santa Cruz Sunset’
A tuberous trailing perennial. Arching pendulous stems bear boval pointed, glossy “angel-wing” leaves and cascades of drooping, single, scarlet-orange flowers in summer and autumn
H 60cm S 60cm
Uses: hanging baskets, bedding schemes, borders
H1B
Name
Calocephalus brownii (RHS Leucophyta)
Small compact rounded tender bush with striking silver whitestems and tiny scale-like silver-grey fragrant leaves, in late summer bearing creamy white heads of pale yellow flowers. May be short lived
H 0.5–1 m S 0.5–1 m
Uses: bedding schemes borders
H3
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Pennisetum advena ‘Rubrum’
Clump forming perennial, deciduous grass. Strappy, dark-red foliage emerges in spring, initially flushed green. Arching stems bear bottlebrush-shaped flowers in late summer to autumn, their silver and red plumes eventually becoming brown
H 1-1.5m S 0.5-1m
Uses: Patio and container plants, dot plants in bedding
H3
Name
Canna indica
Tender perennial with ovate, dark green leaves often flushed bronze. Racemes of small red or dark orange flowers with some yellow on the lip are borne from midsummer into early autumn
H 2m S 0.5m
Uses: dot plant in borders and beds. Containers
H3
Name
Lobelia erinus
Compact annual,trailing habit with narrow foliage, with clear light blue, two-lipped flowers 2cm across in summer and autumn. Not frost hardy.
H 15cm S 30cm
Uses: hanging baskets, containers, edging borders and beds,
H2
Name
Senecio candidans ‘Angel Wings’
Clump-forming, evergreen perennial with large, rounded, velvety, silver leaves. Clusters of small, yellow flowers are produced in summer
H 40cm S 40cm
Uses: edging, infill, borders, beds, containers
H3
Name
Helichrysum petiolare
Mound-forming or trailing evergreen sub-shrub grown as an annual. Branching stems, broadly ovate leaves which are grey-woolly above. Off-white flower heads in late summer
H 50cm S 1-1.5m
Uses: hanging baskets, containers, troughs, edging
H3
Name
Cosmos bipinnatus
Erect fee branching annual with feathery leaves. Produces solitary bowl or saucer-shaped pink and white flowers late summer into autumn. ‘Lemonade’ has yellow flowers
H 1.5m S 45cm
Uses: dot plants in beds, containers and pots
H3
Name
Tagetes patula ‘Fireball’
Annual flowers from spring to autumn. Flowers open red before turning to bronze, orange then yellow. Aromatic foliage
H 30cm (10-50cm) S 30cm (10-50cm)
Uses: containers, bedding schemes, edging
H2
Name
Lobelia erinus
Compact annual,trailing habit with narrow foliage, with clear light blue, two-lipped flowers 2cm across in summer and autumn. Not frost hardy.
H 15cm S 30cm
Uses: hanging baskets, containers, edging borders and beds,
H2
Name
Salvia splendens
compact, upright perennial usually grown as an annual, with oval leaves and dense spikes of tubular scarlet flowers with large red bracts, over a long period in summer and autumn
H 40cm S 30cm
Uses: summer seasonal bedding - edges, infill, borders, beds and containers
H3
Name
Nicotiana ‘Lime Green’
An upright annual with oval leaves and salver-shaped, lime-green fragrant flowers to 5cm borne in panicles in summer
H 60cm S 25cm
Uses: borders, beds and containers
H2
Name
Nemesia ‘Blue Cloud’
A perennial usually grown as a half-hardy annual, making a mound to with small, glossy leaves and dense racemes of yellow-eyed, violet flowers from late spring to late summer
Site and soil: free draining, full sun, south/east facing, not clay soils
Uses: edges, borders, beds, containers, country/city
H 15cm S 30m
H3
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Zinnia ‘Profusion White’
An upright annual with lance-shaped leaves and long-stemmed, white, daisy-like flowers with gold centres opening over a long period in summer
H 35cm S 10-50cm
Uses: bedding, borders and containers
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Tropaeolum majus Alaska Series
Alaska Series are bushy, spreading annuals with rounded leaves speckled and splashed with creamy-white, and single flowers to 6cm wide, in shades of cream, yellow, orange and mahogany-red
H 30cm S to 50cm
Uses: edging, beds, borders and containers
H3
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Cleome hassleriana ‘Rose Queen’
A tall, upright, half-hardy annual with attractive, palmate leaves (which are aromatic and sticky) on spiny stems. Terminal clusters of pink and white flowers are produced in summer
H 1.5m
Uses: architectural, borders/beds, sub tropical, dot plant
Full sun, South/West facing, sheltered soil any, pH not fussy
