Cowslip
Cowslip, Primula veris, is a well-known hardy herbaceous perennial. The leaves and flowers can be used in salads.
The seeds may be sown in the open, but it should … Read more
Viburnum
Viburnum are a genus of attractive shrubs, some deciduous, some evergreen, with generous clusters of flowers, usually white, followed by clusters of berries.
Ipomopsis
Ipomopsis is a very beautiful half-hardy biennial, but difficult to cultivate. Some gardeners steep the seed in hot water before sowing it; but the best way seems to be … Read more
Dracophyllum
Dracophyllum are greenhouse evergreen shrubs of an ornamental character. The pots should be filled with an equal mixture of sand and peat. They are propagated by planting the young shoots … Read more
Artemisia Maritima
Artemisia maritima, known as Sea Wormwood, or Old Woman, is a hardy perennial whose graceful sprays of finely-cut silvery foliage are very useful for mixing with cut flowers. It may … Read more
Pheasant’s-eye
Adonis annua, known as Pheasant’s-eye or Blooddrops has showy crimson summer flowers, requiring only the simplest treatment of hardy annuals. Sow in March or April in the open border. … Read more
Spignel
Spignel, Meum athamanticum, is a hardy perennial with graceful, feathery green foliage. The leaves can be used as a herb, with similar uses to dill and fennel. The roots are … Read more
Gooseneck Loosestrife
Gooseneck Loosestrife, Lysimachia Clethroides, is a hardy herbacesous perennial with very attractive flowers. As it blooms from July on to September it is worth a place in the border.
Butterfly Pea
Butterfly Pea, Clitoria terneata, is a greenhouse climbing or trailing herbaceous perennial, with vivid deep blue flowers.
It thrives in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings will … Read more
Freesia
Freesia are remarkably pretty and graceful Cape flowers, possessing a most agreeable perfume. The plants grow about 9 in. high and produce six or eight tubular flowers on a stem. … Read more