Common Name: day lily
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Origin: Eurasia
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Long, lancelike, folded in a "V"
Flowers: Yellow, funnel shaped, radially symmetric
Fruit: Seed bearing capsule
Stem/Bark: Leaves clasp together at base
Cultural Requirements: Hardy, able to grow in many conditions
Landscape Uses: Colour
Notes: Flowers throughout summer. Florets last about a day at a time.
Latin Name: Iris sibirica
Common Name: Siberian iris
Family: Iridaceae
Origin: Eastern Europe/Northern Asia
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Long, flat, narrow
Flowers: Blue/purple, monochasial cyme
Fruit: Seed bearing capsules
Stem/Bark: Leaves have a flat attachment at base
Cultural Requirements: Hardy, adapted to wet soils, will tolerate dry soil
Landscape Uses: Colour
Notes: Plants will grow in a ring formation which expands and leaves an empty interior section
Latin Name: Aquilegia sp.
Common Name: columbine
Family: Ranunculaceae
Origin: Northern hemisphere
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Compound with lobes
Flowers: Radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Well drained soil, full sun to partial shade
Landscape Uses: Add early season colour, fill in areas between larger planting
Notes: Flower in March and April
Common Name: stonecrop
Family: Crassulaceae
Origin: Asia
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Fleshy, whorled arrangement
Flowers: Pinkish, radially symmetric
Stem/Bark: Rigid, erect stems
Cultural Requirements: Hardy, full sun and dry soils are best, needs well drained soil
Landscape Uses: Colour
Notes: Stomata stay closed in the daytime
Latin Name: Geranium x himalayense
Common Name: Himalayan cranesbill
Family: Geraniaceae
Origin: Himalayan Mtns.
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Palmate leaves, serrated margin, distinct lobes
Flowers: Purple, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Prefers sun or semi-shade and drier soils
Landscape Uses: Colour and form
Notes: Flowers in May-July, will flower multiple times if dead-headed
Latin Name: Geranium x cantabrigiense
Common Name: biokovo cranesbill
Family: Geraniaceae
Origin: Garden origin (from American and European natives)
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Matlike
Habit: Spreading
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Simple, palmate leaves
Flowers: Solitary, 5 petals
Cultural Requirements: Prefers sun or semi-shade
Landscape Uses: Groundcover
Notes: Act as a weed suppressor, will flower only once in mid-summer
Latin Name: Rudbeckia fulgida
Common Name: goldsturm, brown-eyed Susan
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: North America
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Basal arrangement, margin entire
Flowers: Solitary, radially symmetric, yellow with brown centre
Stem/Bark: Branched stems
Cultural Requirements:Hardy, prefers full sun or semi-shade, drier soils
Landscape Uses: Colour, good height
Notes: Very vigorous growers
Common Name: Spurge
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Origin: Mediterranean
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Moundlike
Habit: Upright, unbranched stems with whorled foliage
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Many lancelike leaves in a whorled arrangement around stem
Flowers:Many small flowers within cupped bracts
Stem/Bark: Releases a painful white substance when broken
Cultural Requirements: Full to partial sun, drier soil
Landscape Uses: Adds height and keeps colour throughout winter
Notes: Don't plant next to playgrounds...
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Latin Name: Lobularia maritima
Common Name: sweet alyssum
Family: Brassicaceae
Origin: Mediterranean
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous annual
Form: Matlike
Habit: Spreading
Buds Alternate
Leaves: Simple, margins entire
Flowers: Small, white, radially symmetric
Fruit: Silicle
Cultural Requirements: Appreciates shade
Landscape Uses: Groundcover
Notes: Very pretty
Latin Name: Nepeta x faassenii
Common Name: ornamental cat-nip
Family: Lamiaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Oval, green-grey
Flowers: Purple flowers on branched spike
Stem/Bark: Square stem
Cultural Requirements: Hardy, full sun to partial shade, dry to moist soils
Landscape Uses: Colour, form
Notes: Flowers in June, attracts beneficial insects
Common Name: yellow wax bells
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Origin: Japan
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming, bushy
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Palmately lobed, decussate, toothed serrations with spears
Flowers: Panicle, mealy petals, yellow, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Needs moisture, partial shade
Landscape Uses: Space filling, height, colour
Notes: Apex of lobes have drip tips to shed water
Common Name: roscoea
Family: Zingiberaceae
Origin: Himalayan
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Lancelike, pinnate
Flowers: Purple, lobed petals
Cultural Requirements: Prefers drier soils and sunnier locations
Landscape Uses: Colour and form
Notes: Part of the ginger family
Common Name: crimson flag
Family: Iridaceae
Origin: South Africa
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Long, lancelike leaves from a flattened base
Flowers: Red, 6 petals, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Good drainage and a sunny location
Landscape Uses: Colour, form, foliage
Notes Flowers in late summer/fall
Common Name: dwarf plumbago
Family: Boraginaceae
Origin: Himalayan
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Matlike
Habit: Spreading
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Spatulate, acute points, hairy margins
Flowers: Small, blue, 5 petals, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Full sun to semi-shade, dry to moist soil
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, colour
Notes: Flowers in late summer/fall
Common Name: giant inula
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Himalayan
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Tall, upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Large leaves, serrated margin
Flowers: Yellow flowers with many thin petals, radially symmetric
Stem/Bark: Thick, supportive stems
Cultural Requirements: Dry soil, needs space
Landscape Uses: Area filling, height
Notes: Flowers in July/August
Common Name: false goat's beard
Family: Saxifragaceae
Origin: Asia and North America
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Compound, dentate margin
Flowers: Pannicle, many colours
Cultural Requirements: Needs moist soil
Landscape Uses: Colour, foliage
Notes: Flowers in June/July
Latin Name: Hosta sp.
Common Name: hosta
Family: Agavaceae
Origin: Northeast Asia
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Low, radiates from centre
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Large pinnate leaves, take on a golden quality in sun
Flowers: Racemes, pendulous, 6 tepals, many colours
Cultural Requirements: Grows well in shade
Landscape Uses: Foliage, form
Notes Hosta leaves with good substance are slug resistant
Common Name: Japanese anenone
Family: Ranunculaceae
Origin: Japan
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Palmately lobed
Flowers: White/pink flowers, 5 petals, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Hardy, dry soil, full sun to semi-shade
Landscape Uses: Form, foliage
Notes: This plant roots deeply
Common Name: yarrow
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Temeprate regions of Northern hemisphere
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Feathery, arranged spirally along stem, bipinately divided with many leaflets
Flowers: White, Corymb arrangement
Fruit: Achene
Cultural Requirements: Hardy, grows in many situations
Landscape Uses: Foliage
Notes: Has many herbal/traditional uses
Common Name: peach leaved bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Origin: Europe
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: lance shaped
Flowers: Bell shaped, purple, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Semi-shade, well drained soil
Landscape Uses: Colour, form
Notes: Flowers in late spring/early summer
Common Name: pig squeek
Family: Saxifragaceae
Origin: Russia
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate, basal
Leaves: Large, roundish leaves, serrated margin
Flowers: Small, purple flowers on a corymb
Cultural Requirements: Dry to moist, good to average soil, semi-shade
Landscape Uses: Winter foliage
Notes: Evergreen, turn reddish in winter
Latin
Name: Paeonia
lactiflora
Common
Name: peony
Family: Paeoniaceae
Origin: Central/Eastern Asia
Tree/Shrub/Herb:
Herbaceous
perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Compound, toothed
Flowers: Pink to red, radially symmetric,
unfused petals
Cultural
Requirements: Well
drained soil, full sun to partial shade
Landscape
Uses: Foliage,
coulour
Notes: Causes stomach upset if ingested
Latin
Name: Lamium
maculatum
Common
Name: silver
nettle
Family: Lamiaceae
Origin: Europe, temperate Asia
Tree/Shrub/Herb:
Herbaceous
perennial
Form: Matlike
Habit: Spreading
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Simple, toothed, dark green edge
around lighter green centre
Flowers: Many colours, 5 petals,
bilaterally symmetric
Cultural
Requirements: Partial
sun, moist soil
Landscape
Uses: Ground
cover, colour
Notes: Can become invasive if not
controlled properly
Latin
Name: Senecio
cineraria
Common Name: dusty miller
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Mediterranean
Tree/Shrub/Herb:
Herbaceous annual
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Pinnate, stiff, lobed, covered
in hairs
Flowers: Small, yellow flowers in a
corymb formation
Cultural
Requirements: Hardy,
full sun, well drained soil
Landscape
Uses: Silver
foliage colour provides contrast
Notes: Tomentum on leaves is used by
bees for nest building
Latin
Name: Liatris
spicata
Common
Name: blazing
star
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Eastern North America
Tree/Shrub/Herb:
Herbaceous
perennial
Form: UprightHabit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Simple, entire
Flowers: Many purple, tube-shaped flowers along a spike
Cultural Requirements: Full sun, average water needs
Landscape Uses: Height, colour
Notes: Flowers late summer/early fall, self sows freely
Common Name: shasta daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Garden origin
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Narrow, oblong
Flowers: White ray florets, yellow disc florets, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Full sun to partial shade, well drained soil
Landscape Uses: Form, colour
Notes: Full height from 0.5 to 1.0 metres
Common Name: coneflower
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Eastern North America
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Simple, ovate shape, acute tip
Flowers: Purplish ray florets. orangey-brown disc florets, radially symmetric
Cultural Requirements: Full sun to partial shade, well drained soil
Landscape Uses: Colour, form
Notes: Drought tolerant
Latin Name: Dicentra spectabilis
Common Name: bleeding heart
Family: Fumariaceae
Origin: Siberia, Northern China, Korea and Japan
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Alternate
Leaves: Compound, lobed
Flowers: Bilaterally symmetric, pink 'heart' enclosing drooping white bit
Cultural Requirements: Hardy, organic soil, semi-shade
Landscape Uses: Colour in spring
Notes: Flowers in April/May
Common Name: snow in summer
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Origin: Southeastern Europe
Tree/Shrub/Herb: Herbaceous perennial
Form: Upright
Habit: Clump forming
Buds: Opposite
Leaves: Simple, entire, pale green, underside fuzzy
Flowers: Radially symmetric, white, 5 petals
Cultural Requirements: Full sun, good drainage, is drought tolerant
Landscape Uses: Colour, foliage
Notes: Flowers in July/August
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