Flower & PlantGuideA selection of popular
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Welcome. This simple guide is meant to answer the most common questionsvisitors have from touring our 55 acres of gardens. Here you will find many of the plants either commonly used in our gardens, or those attracting the most attention. Plants are arranged Alphabetically. The small boxes under each photo show the commonly available colours, although they may not all be found in our gardens. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff in the Plant IdentIFIcatIon centre can assist you with more in-depth information. If you can’t find a plant in this guide, consider taking a digital photo and showing it to our staff. One of our 50 gardenerS may also be able to assist you.
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Abutilon - Allium
AbutilonParlor maple or Flowering maple
AchilleaYarrow
AcanthusBear’s breeches
AconitumMonkshood
AgeratumFloss flower
AlliumOrnamental onion
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Arabis - BegoniaAlocasia - Aquilegia
ArumLords and ladies
AstilbeFalse spiraea
AsterMichaelmas daisy
AubrietaAubretia
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AquilegiaColumbine
AnemoneJapanese anemone
AntirrhinumSnapdragon
ArabisRock cress
BegoniaFibrous or Waxleaf begonia
AlocasiaElephant’s ear
AlternantheraPurple threadleaf
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CapsicumPepper
ChrysanthemumGarden mum
CheloneTurtlehead
BegoniaTuberous begonia
BerberisBarberry
CalceolariaScotsman’s purse
BellisEnglish daisy
BrugmansiaAngel’s trumpets
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ColocasiaTaro
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Dahlia - DoronicumCorydalis - Cyperus
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DieramaAngel’s fishing rod
DicentraBleeding heart
Corydalis DahliaCosmosChocolate cosmos
CrocosmiaMontbretia
DigitalisFoxglove
DoronicumLeopard’s bane
CyperusPapyrus
CupheaCigar plant
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Euphorbia - GladiolusEremurus - Euphorbia
Fritillaria imperialisCrown imperial
FuchsiaFuchsia ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’
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ErysimumSiberian wallflower
EuphorbiaMilkweed
Euonymus europaeusSpindle tree
ErythroniumTrout lily
EupatoriumJoe Pye weed
Fritillaria meleagrisCheckered lily
Gladiolus murielaeAcidanthera
EremurusFoxtail lily
EuphorbiaMilkweed
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ImpatiensNew Guinea
HostaPlantain lily
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HydrangeaPeeGee hydrangea
HyacinthusHyacinth
HydrangeaLacecap hydrangea
HypericumSt. John’s wort
HeliotropiumHeliotrope or Cherry pie plant
HemerocallisDaylily
Hibiscus moscheutosCommon rose mallow
GunneraChilean rhubarb
Heptacodium miconioidesSeven-son flower
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Lobelia- MuscariIochroma - Ligularia
LobulariaSweet alyssum
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MeconopsisHimalayan blue poppy
LathyrusSweet pea
LeucojumSummer snowflake
LigulariaLigularia ‘The Rocket’
MuscariGrape hyacinth
LantanaShrub verbena
IrisIochromaOrnamental eggplant
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OxalisShamrock or Sorrel
PelargoniumZonal geranium
PaeoniaPeony
PapaverOriental poppy
PenstemonBearded tongue
Nectaroscordum OphiopogonBlack mondo grass
PericallisPainted daisy, Cineraria
PhysostegiaObedient plant
PhloxGarden phlox
NarcissusDaffodil
MyosotisForget-me-not
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Ricinus - SchizanthusPieris - Rhododendron
PulmonariaLungwort
Rhododendron
Rodgersia
PulsatillaPasque flower
RicinusCastor bean
RudbeckiaBlack-eyed Susan or Gloriosa daisy
RhododendronAzalea mollis hybrid
Primula bulleyanaCandelabra primula
Salvia farinaceaMealycup sage
SchizanthusPoor man’s orchid, Butterfly Flower
Salvia splendensScarlet sage
PierisLily-of-the-valley shrub
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SolidagoGoldenrod
TibouchinaGlory bush
TradescantiaSpiderwort
TagetesMarigold
TricyrtisToad lily
TulipaTulip
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Acer palmatumLace leaf Japanese maple
Arbutus menziesiiMadrona
Cornus kousaKousa dogwood
Araucaria araucanaMonkey puzzle tree
Catalpa bignonioidesIndian bean tree
Davidia involucrataDove tree or Ghost tree or Handkerchief tree
Fagus sylvaticaCopper beech or European beech
Magnolia
PrunusFlowering cherry
Laburnum anagyroidesGolden chain tree
Populus nigra ‘Italica’Lombardy poplar
Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Pendulum’Weeping sequoia
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Abutilon - AgeratumAcidanthera Gladiolus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 African arrowroot Canna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Angelonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Angel’s fishing rod Dierama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Angel’s trumpets Brugmansia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Aubretia Aubrieta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Azalea mollis hybrid Rhododendron . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Barberry Berberis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bearded tongue Penstemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Bear’s breeches Acanthus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Black eyed Susan or Gloriosa daisy Rudbeckia . . . 19Black mondo grass Ophiopogon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Bleeding heart Dicentra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Butterfly flower or Poor man’s orchid Schizanthus . 19 Camellia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Candelabra primula Primula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Castor bean Ricinus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Checkered lily Fritillaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Cherry pie plant or Heliotrope Heliotropium . . . . . 12Chilean rhubarb Gunnera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Chocolate cosmos Cosmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Cigar plant Cuphea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Cineraria or Painted daisy Pericallis . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Clerodendrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Coleus Solenostemon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Columbine Aquilegia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Common rose mallow Hibiscus moscheutos . . . . . 12 Corydalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Cotoneaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Crown imperial Fritillaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Daffodil Narcissus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Dahlia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Daylily Hemerocallis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Delphinium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Elephant’s ear Alocasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4English daisy Bellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6False spiraea Astilbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Fibrous or Waxleaf begonia Begonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Floss flower Ageratum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Flowering or Parlor maple Abutilon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Forget-me-not Myosotis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Foxglove Digitalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Foxtail lily Eremurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Fuchsia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Garden mum Chrysanthemum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Garden phlox Phlox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Gloriosa daisy or Black eyed Susan Rudbeckia . . . 19Glory bush Tibouchina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Goldenrod Solidago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Grape hyacinth Muscari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Heliotrope or Cherry pie plant Heliotropium . . . . . 12Himalayan blue poppy Meconopsis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Hyacinth Hyacinthus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Hydrangea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Iris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Japanese anemone Anemone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Joe Pye weed Eupatorium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Lacecap hydrangea Hydrangea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Leopard’s bane Doronicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Ligularia ‘ The Rocket’ Ligularia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lily-of-the-valley shrub Pieris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Lobelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Lobelia x speciosa cultivars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Lords and ladies Arum (berries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Lungwort Pulmonaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Marigold Tagetes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Mealycup sage Salvia farinacea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Michaelmas daisy Aster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Milkweed Euphorbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10/11Monkshood Aconitum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Montbretia Crocosmia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Nectaroscordum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16New Guinea Impatiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Obedient plant Physostegia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Oriental poppy Papaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Ornamental eggplant Iochroma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Ornamental onion Allium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Painted daisy or Cineraria Pericallis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Pansy Viola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Papyrus Cyperus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Parlor or Flowering maple Abutilon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Pasque flower Pulsatilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18PeeGee hydrangea Hydrangea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Peony Paeonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Pepper Capsicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Plantain lily Hosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Poor man’s orchid or Butterfly flower Schizanthus . .19Purple threadleaf Alternanthera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Rhododendron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Rock cress Arabis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Rodgersia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Scarlet sage Salvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Scilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Scotsman’s purse Calceolaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Seven-son flower Heptacodium miconioides . . . . 12Shamrock or Sorrel Oxalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Shrub verbena Lantana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Siberian wallflower Erysimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Snapdragon Antirrhinum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Sorrel or Shamrock Oxalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Spiderwort Tradescantia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Spindle tree Euonymus europaeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10St. John’s wort Hypericum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Stock Matthiola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Stonecrop Sedum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Summer snowflake Leucojum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Sweet alyssum Lobularia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Sweet pea Lathyrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Taro Colocasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Toad lily Tricyrtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Trout lily Erythronium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Tuberous begonia Begonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Tulip Tulipa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Turtlehead Chelone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Vervain Verbena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Waxleaf or Fibrous begonia Begonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Yarrow Achillea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Zinnia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Zonal geranium Pelargonium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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