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Acer palamatum

Added on 27 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Acer.
Species: Acer palmatum.

3 different types, 1 probably dissectum 'Garnet' in front garden, a more upright one with yellowish-g...

Agave americana

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Agave.
Species: Agave americana.

I have one of the variegated forms, not sure of exact cultivar name as the original plant was an offset donated ...

Ajuga reptans

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Ajuga.
Species: Ajuga reptans.

I have the species, bought from the London Wildlife Trust gardens East Dulwich. It was for ground cover for the...

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Alchemilla mollis

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 1 photo

Genus: Alchemilla.
Species: Alchemilla mollis.

Edging my small sunny border.

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Anemone blanda

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 1 photo

Genus: Anemone.
Species: Anemone blanda.

Probably my favourite early spring plant.

Aruncus dioicus

Added on 15 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Aruncus.
Species: Aruncus dioicus.

Bought September 2008 in my local garden centre. Planted in the slightly shady border between greenhouse and wa...

Basil

Added on 27 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Ocimum.
Species: Ocimum basilicum.

I grow some in containers every year. I prefer it in thai-style cooking to Italian, but the variety I'm cu...

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Bay laurel

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 1 photo

Genus: Laurus.
Species: Laurus nobilis.

Bay tree. Bought as a pot plant about 10in tall in about 1998. It was kept in pots for several years, clipped...

Berberis darwinii

Added on 29 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Berberis.
Species: Berberis darwinii.

I have this in the front garden. Bought when a thug ripped out the box bush there and a neighbour suggested tha...

Berberis frikartii 'Amstelveen'

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Berberis.
Species: Berberis frikartii 'Amstelveen'.

Bought August 2008 from Wisley. Planted near to back window. Very spiny evergreen dwarf shrub with yellow flow...

Box

Added on 29 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Buxus.
Species: Buxus sempervirens.

Originally lipped into a ball, gradually evolving into a pyramid shape.

Bronze fennel

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Foeniculum.
Species: Foeniculum vulgare.

Back garden plant didn;t come back in the spring in 2009 but a new plant mysteriously appeared out the front ins...

Camellia

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Camellia.
Species: Camellia japonica.

Pinkish red double flowered cultivar - planted by previous house owner some time in the past so I don't kno...

Catmint

Added on 17 Apr, 2010 | 0 photos

Genus: Nepeta.
Species: Nepeta.

Planted this in 2009. I've put little upright sticks around it in the hope that my cat and the neighbourin...

Comfrey

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Symphytum.
Species: Symphytum officinale.

Another one of my 'it was here when i moved in and that's my excuse' plants. It's a tall pi...

Cordyline australis

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Cordyline.
Species: Cordyline australis.

Possibly Torbay Red, not certain as it wasn't fully labelled. Sprouting new growth from halfway up the trunk.

Corn poppy

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Papaver.
Species: Papaver rhoeas.

It always seems to self-seed in my garden since getting a single seed-head a few years ago.

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Cotoneaster.
Species: Cotoneaster horizontalis.

I am assuming what I have is C. horizontalis. The reason I'm not sure is that the ones I have are self-see...

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Crocus tommasianus

Added on 7 Mar, 2009 | 1 photo

Genus: Crocus.
Species: Crocus tommasianus.

All over my back garden lawn and underplanted near the acer. A good excuse not to mow the lawn for ages in spr...

Dicentra spectabilis

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Dicentra.
Species: Dicentra spectabilis.

Bought in 2006 or 7, it's done rather well but I had to move it late summer 2008 due to the need to plant a...

Dog Rose

Added on 18 Dec, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Rosa.
Species: Rosa canina.

Bought from London Wildlife Trust garden Dec 2008. I've planted it along one of my fences, growing it for ...

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Doronicum orientale

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 1 photo

Genus: Doronicum.
Species: Doronicum orientale.

Given by my mother in 2006. Unfortunately not many of the plants from my parent's garden tend to do well h...

Dryopteris filix-mas

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Dryopteris.
Species: Dryopteris filix-mas.

Back garden in shade.

Echinops ritro

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Echinops.
Species: Echinops ritro.

Attracts bees.

Escallonia 'Crimson Spire'

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Escallonia.
Species: Escallonia.

Bought late august 2008 from RHS Wisley. I'm growing it against a too-low section of fence, I intend to le...

Eschscholzia californica

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Eschscholzia.
Species: Eschscholzia californica.

Euonymus japonicus Microphyllus Variegata

Added on 29 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Euonymus.
Species: Euonymus japonicus.

Small-leaved version of euonymus, I have this clipped into a ball like box. Has a tendency to revert, as many v...

Fatsia japonica

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Fatsia.
Species: Fatsia japonica.

I have this in the southwestern corner of my garden. Planted fairly early after I moved here so likely 2000 or ...

Forget-me-not

Added on 2 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Species: Mysotis sylvatica.

Some seeds were given to me a few years ago and I have it coming back every year. Although it self-seeds vigor...

Forsythia x intermedia

Added on 29 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Forsythia.
Species: Forsythia x intermedia.

Planted by previous house owner, who had cut it right back, to the extent that I didn't notice it for a yea...

Foxglove

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Digitalis.
Species: Digitalis purpurea.

They have to be one of my favourite plants for the period while they are in flower, but they are not the best ea...

Galium odoratum

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Galium.
Species: Galium odoratum.

I have it in dry shade where it's spread right along the border from one tiny pot plant - it seems as invas...

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Garlic chives

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 1 photo

Genus: Allium.
Species: Allium tuberosum.

Garlic chives. In the picture, grown near to Alchemilla and Pot Marjoram.

Very mild, pleasant garlic flavo...

Geranium endressii

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Geranium.
Species: Geranium endressii.

Geranium phaeum

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Geranium.
Species: Geranium phaeum.

Originally planted for dry shade, it struggled so much I moved it. I now have it in moist shade and it thrives,...

Hawthorn

Added on 18 Dec, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Crataegus.
Species: Crataegus monogyna.

Bought from the London Wildlife trust garden in East Dulwich, December 2008 - actually it might have been free, ...

Hyssop

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Hyssopus.
Species: Hyssopus officinalis.

I have two, used as edging. I'm trying to propagate more from cuttings as it seems to take easily. Unobtr...

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Iris foetidissima

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 1 photo

Genus: Iris.
Species: Iris foetidissima.

I planted two, one was the species bought from the Wildlife Trust centre in East Dulwich and the other one was l...

Japanese wineberry

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Rubus.
Species: Rubus phoenicolasius.

Bought from Victoriana autumn 2007. Unlike the whitecurrant we bought at the same time, it was a little pot-bou...

Jasminum nudiflorum

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Jasminum.
Species: Jasminum nudiflorum.

Found some growing out of a crack between the paving stone and the house wall a few years back. Replanted in a ...

Jasminum officinalis

Added on 7 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Jasminum.
Species: Jasminum officinalis.

Already in the garden as a mature climber when I moved here in 2000. Situated by a south-facing wall.

It...

Jasminum x stephanense

Added on 7 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Jasminum.
Species: Jasminum x stephanense.

Already here as a mature climber when I moved in, 2000. Planted next to J. officinalis on the south facing wall...

Juniperus squamata

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Juniperus.
Species: Juniperus squamata.

Bought 2007. Not 100% sure if this is 'Holger' or 'Blue Carpet' as a group of identical-loo...

Libertia

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Libertia.
Species: Libertia.

Probably Libertia grandiflora, it definitely isn't L. perigrinans. One of my 'free' or 'sel...

Mahonia aquifolium 'Apollo'

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Mahonia.
Species: Mahonia aquifolium.

I bought three small plants from one of the newspaper outlets for J Parker Bulbs. It wasn't quite the barg...

Marigold

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Calendula.
Species: Calendula officinalis.

I got some seeds in 2006 from a seed swap day at Garden Organic in Yalding (which has been sold, sadly and is no...

Mirabilis jalapa

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Mirabilis.
Species: Mirabilis jalapa.

The tuberous roots survive the winter outside in my garden, but come into leaf so late they don't really ea...

Miscanthus sinensis Strictus

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Miscanthus.
Species: Miscanthus sinensis.

Bought Aug 2008 at Sissinghurst. It is labelled 'Strictus' but I wonder if it's Zebrinus as the ...

Muscari armeniacum

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Muscari.
Species: Muscari armeniacum.

If this is the muscari which turns up everywhere whether you've planted it or not, I have it. It started g...

Muscari latifolium

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Muscari.
Species: Muscari latifolium.

Planted autumn 2007 in front garden. Attracts bees just as much as Muscari armeniacum as far as I could tell (t...

Musk Mallow

Added on 3 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Malva.
Species: Malva moschata.

One of the first plants I grew when I moved here in 2000, grown from a packet of seed in a gardening magazine. ...

Myrtus communis

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Myrtus.
Species: Myrtus communis.

It was already a large shrub planted by my kitchen door when I moved in, year 2000. Since then it's grown ...

Nandina domestica

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Nandina.
Species: Nandina domestica.

Bought late Aug 2008. Moved position in spring 2010 when a frost-damaged nearby curry plant was taken out.

Nicotiana

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Nicotiana.
Species: Nicotiana alata.

I have grown the lime green ones from seed a few times. They seem to come back again from where they were last ...

Nigella damascena

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Nigella.
Species: Nigella damascena.

I got some seeds in a seed swap at Yalding gardens in the past and will probably always have it with me now as t...

Pelargonium tomentosum

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Pelargonium.
Species: Pelargonium tomentosum.

Bought from Chelsea Physic Garden in summer 2007. Velvety leaves, insignificant flowers, absolutely fantastic ...

Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tandara Gold'

Added on 15 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Pittosporum.
Species: Pittosporum tenuifolium.

Bought in local garden centre probably about 2003. Grew very slowly for first couple of years but put on a grow...

Pot marjoram

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Species: Oreganum vulgare.

One of the best wildlife nectar plants I have, for the small amount of space it takes up. It flowers for ages a...

Punica granatum

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Punica.
Species: Punica granatum.

Grown from seed probably 2005 or 6. Not flowered yet. Has been mostly grown in a pot, planted out in a border ...

Pyracantha

Added on 29 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Pyracantha.
Species: Pyracantha angustifolia.

I supposedly have 'Golden Charmer' although berries look a darker orange than in pictures, so I wonder...

Red Valerian

Added on 27 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Centranthus.
Species: Centranthus ruber.

Red valerian. Vigorous self-seeder but I don't care - flowers so freely all summer, in one spot it's ...

Rosemary

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Rosmarinus.
Species: Rosmarinus officinalis.

I have one which is growing into a big gnarly old monster. I cut it back a bit to keep within some kind of orde...

Salvia

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Salvia.
Species: Salvia leucantha.

Mexican sage. Bought at Gt Dixter. Flowers in autumn. Have moved it recently as I never felt like it was in ...

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Sarcococca

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 1 photo

Genus: Sarcococca.
Species: Sarcococca hookeriana.

Planted in a moist shady spot by my kitchen doorway where it is happy - I don't think it would like a dry, ...

Sedum album

Added on 28 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Sedum.
Species: Sedum album.

I have been given a cutting by a neighbour (Oct 2008). I think it's Sedum album as the leaf shape is right...

Sedum cauticola

Added on 15 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Sedum.
Species: Sedum cauticola.

Impulse buy from RHS show at the Temple, London Sept 2008. I was planning to plant it among other sedums in the...

Sedum reflexum

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Sedum.
Species: Sedum reflexum.

Synonym rupestre. (I don't know which species name is the most correct/up to date one). I am gradually re...

Sedum spathulifolium

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Sedum.
Species: Sedum spathulifolium.

I think this came from my mother who has some of it in her garden. I have it in a low rectangular planter and p...

Sedum spectabile

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Sedum.
Species: Sedum spectabile.

I have Herbstfreude and Brilliant. Brilliant was bought in spring 2007 and so far hasn't been doing very w...

Sedum spurium

Added on 28 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Sedum.
Species: Sedum spurium.

I have been given a cutting by a neighbour (Oct 2008) and if it's anything like my other sedums I'll h...

Self Heal

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Prunella.
Species: Prunella vulgaris.

Every time I think it's gone, it comes up quite mysteriously in various parts of the dry shade area or in t...

Shasta daisy

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Leucanthemum.
Species: Leucanthemum x superbum.

Big clump of them which keeps on increasing.

Snapdragon

Added on 16 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Antirrhinum.
Species: Antirrhinum majus.

I always have a few of these seeding around my garden after getting one plant from my parents several years ago.

Snowdrop

Added on 1 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Galanthus.
Species: Galanthus nivalis.

Already in place in the rather shady, heavy clay spot along my back fence behind the greenhouse when I moved her...

Spiraea japonica

Added on 26 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Spiraea.
Species: Spiraea japonica.

Gold-leaved cultivar originally a cutting from my parent's garden. Moved in autumn 2008 to the front garde...

Tutsan

Added on 6 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Hypericum.
Species: Hypericum androsaemum.

Verbena bonariensis

Added on 3 Oct, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Verbena.
Species: Verbena bonariensis.

Bought as seeds in 2006. It is supposed to self-seed but it hasn't done so far. However I have discovered...

Vinca major

Added on 30 Aug, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Vinca.
Species: Vinca major.

Variegated form. It tip-roots so can spread, but I haven't found it difficult to pull up newly rooted sec...

Whitecurrant 'White Grape'

Added on 7 Sep, 2008 | 0 photos

Genus: Ribes.
Species: Ribes sativum.

Bought from Victoriana nursery, autumn 2007. Didn't crop especially well during first summer, but the frui...