Perennial Ponder.
PERENNIALS FOR DIFFERENT PLACES
The Shady Garden
Low Perennials (0 - 30cm)
| Common Name Lamium Sweet Woodruffe Periwinkle/Myrtle Ajuga Creeping Jenny Astilbe Sprite Ginger |
Foliage Interest variegated with silver bright green soft dark shiny green shiny purple bronze flat bright green fern like large shiny green |
Bloom Time June - Aug May - June May June July July insignificant |
Colour various white blue blue yellow mauve n/a |
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Medium Perennials (30 - 60cm) |
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| Common Name Hosta Astilbe Ferns Siberian Bugloss Pig Squeak (Bergenia) Masterwort Yellow Loosestrife |
Foliage Interest various fern like fern fronds pointed, coloured large rounded shiny bushy deeply cut upright bright green |
Bloom Time July or August July or August depends on type April - June May June - July August |
Colour mauve/white various n/a blue pink various yellow |
Tall Perennials (60 +cm) |
| Common Name Bleeding Heart Joe Pye Weed Ostrich Fern Astible (Chinensis Superba) Iris (Ceasar’s Brother) Gooseneck Loosestrife Jacob’s Ladder Ligularia |
Foliage Interest bright green tall shrubby strong tall fern large fronds fern like slender upright grassy bushy bright green bright ferny green upright |
Bloom Time May - June Sept -October n/a August June August June July |
Colour pink/white pink n/a purple violet white blue yellow |
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