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-gre...
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...
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 cur...
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 know...
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 neighbouring...
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 pink-f...
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.
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...
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 t...
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 let...
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...
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 invasi...
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 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. Unobtru...
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...
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...
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 'self-do...
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 ear...
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 a...
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 ...
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 ...
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 in...
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 ...
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, s...
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 rep...
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 we...
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 hav...
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 th...
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 garden...
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 sect...
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 fruit...