Pink Perennials for your English Garden - English Garden
Grows to 36 -48 inches and likes well drained soil in the sun. Has saucer shaped flowers in rose pink. Its leaves are slightly scented. Grows to 48 inches and prefers a sunny spot, well drained soil and does best in alkaline soil. Makes a ... [... more]
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Do you want to create a white garden? The original white garden was created by Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst in the county of Kent, England. In addition to white flowering plants, a white garden also uses plants with gray leaves. The gray ... [... more]
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Aquilegias or Columbines for your English Garden. - ...
Often called Grannies Bonnets or Wild Columbine, Aquilegia Vulgaris has been grown in England since 1600. They are very hardy, perennial, clump-forming plants that have lovely grey/green foliage and grow to 36 inches. The flowers can be pink or ... [... more]
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Aster or Starwort - English Garden
The Aster flower (Asteraceae) is sometimes called the Starwort by English gardeners. They are at their best in the autumn when they brighten up your borders or containers with colourful daisy-like flowers. Folklore tells how burning the leaves of ... [... more]
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Hardy Annuals
A selection of my favourite English Garden annuals and perennial plants that will attract butterflies to your flower borders. Grow your annuals in large patches in a sunny border and remember butterflies (and bees) usually prefer the older ... [... more]
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Black-Eyed Susan or Coneflower - English Garden
This lovely plant has large,golden-yellow,daisy-like flowers and is sometimes called the Gloriosa Daisy. The blooms can be 15in or 12cm across and they have cone-shaped, dark-brown centres. Orginally from North America where it has been the state ... [... more]
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Bleeding Hearts in your English Garden - English Garden
Sometimes known as Dutchman's trousers or Lady-in-the-Bath, - Dicentra spectabilis or Bleeding Heart, this lovely graceful plant has been grown in English Gardens since the 1800's. It is a clump forming, hardy perennial (USDA zones 3-9) and easy ... [... more]
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Carnation - Classic Corsage Flower - English Garden
The name carnation comes from the Greek carnis, refering to the flower's color and the family dianthus which means flower of flowers. It has been grown for at least 2,000 years and is traditional in an English garden. Dianthus caryophullus in ... [... more]
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Christmas Rose - English Garden
Since Neolithic times this plant has been used for magical and medical purposes. In mediaeval England the Black Hellebore was used to cure depression and even madness, while in the seventeenth century it was planted in gardens beside paths and ... [... more]
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Cotton Lavender - English Garden
Sometimes known as Grey Lavender, Lavender Cotton or Grey Santolina. This aromatic plant has been grown in English Gardens since the Sixteenth century, where it was often used as a space filler in knot gardens or to edge paths and walks. Nicholas ... [... more]
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Day Lily - Short Lived but Hardy - English Garden
The Day lily (Hemerocallis fulva) looks like its lily cousins but only last a day or two in bloom. It is often called the flower of forgetfulness. The blooms can be found it all shades of yellow, orange and red. They are fairly easy to grow, ... [... more]
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English Daisies - The flower of the Fairies - English Garden
The English daisy or dog daisy(Bellis perennis)is thought to be a symbol of childhood innocence and joy and loyal love. For many hundreds of years a common pasttime for children was and is making 'daisy chains' for garlands. Daisies are a member ... [... more]
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