Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Autumn (Sep-Oct)
Clematis ‘HF Young’, blue flowers (zone 4)
Clematis ‘Franziska Marie’, double blue flowers (zone 4)
Crocosmia, Lucifer, red flowers (zones 2 and 6)
Gladioli, various lime-green, yellow, orange flowers (zones 2 and 3)
Shrubs (unidentified – purple/yellow flowers) (zone 5)
Summer-Autumn (Aug-Sep)
Dahlia ‘Art Nouveau’ (zone 1)
Dianthus, pink flowers (zone 1)
Doronicum ‘Little Leo’ (zone 2)
Erigeron ‘pink’ and ‘azure fairy’ (zone 3) into October
Gentian Septemfida, blue flowers (zones 4 and 9)
Gentian Saxosa, white flowers (zone 4)
Geum, red-orange flowers (zone 6)
Hares Ears, ‘Stachys’ white (zone 3)
Hares Ears, ‘Stachys’, pink (zone 6)
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ (zone 9)
Japanese Anemone, pink (zones 2, 9) into October
Japanese Anemone, white (zones 1, 9) into October
Lambs Tongue, silver leaves, pink flowers (zone 3)
Mint, blue flowers (zone 8)
Parsley, green flowers (zone 1) … annual?
Solidago ‘Golden Baby/Rod’, bright yellow flowers (zone 4)
Sidalcea ‘Party Girl’, pink flowers (zone 6)
Thunbergia ‘black-eyed susan’, orange-brown flowers (zone 8) into October
Summer (Jun-Aug)
Agastache, white and blue flowers (zones 4 and 7) to October
Anthemis, ‘Marguerite’, yellow flowers (zones 2 and 4) until October-ish
Astilbe, coral-pink plumes of flowers (zone 2)
Brachyscome, blue flowers (zone 3) to October… annual?
Brachyscome, pink flowers (zone 1) to September… annual?
Bronze fennel, bronze flowers (zone 6) … annual?
Buddleia, purple flowers (zone 6)
Calendula, yellow and orange flowers (zone 8)… annual?
California Poppy, orange flowers (zone 8)
Campanula Persicifolia, blue flowers (zone 3)
Campanula x symphandra hybrid, bluebell-like flowers (zone 2) to October
Chives, purple flowers (zone 1)… annual?
Coreopsis ‘Early Sunrise’, bright yellow flowers (zones 2, 4, 6, 9) to November
Cornus Kousa ‘China Girl’, dogwood tree, cream-green sepals, raspberry berries (zone 7)
Cotton Lavender, yellow flowers (zone 2)
Delphiniums, pink and blue flowers (zones 1 and 2) to August/September
Diascia ‘Denim Blue’, mauve flowers (zone 3) to October… annual?
Dill, yellow flowers (zone 2)… annual?
Echinacea purpurea, ‘White Swan’, green-white flowers (zone 4) to September
Foxgloves, various colours pink etc (zones 1 and 2)
Gazania, orange flowers (zone 8)… annual?
Hebe, white flowers (zone 2) August flowering
Helichrysum ‘Korma’, yellow flowers (zones 1 and 2)
Hosta, pink-purple flowers (zone 2)
Hyacinths, white, pink, blue flowers (zones 2 and 4) June flowering
Hydrangea anomala petilaris, climber, white flowers (next to house) until September
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Teller White’, white flowers (zone 6) to August
Jasmine, white flowers (zone 6)… guessing flowering time
Knapweed, ‘Centaurea montana’, lavender blue flowers (zone 3)
Lavatera x Clementii ‘Rosea’, pink flowers (zone 1) to November
Lavender, pink flowers (zone 1)
Lavender, blue flowers (zones 2, 3, 6)
Lobelia, ‘Cambridge Blue’ (zone 4)… annual?
Lupins, various colours (zone 2)
Malva sylvestris ‘Primley Blue’, blue flowers (zone 2) to September
Nemesia, various colours purple, pink, white (zone 3)… annual?
Nicotiana, lime-green flowers (zone 4)
Oriental Poppy, ‘Royal Wedding’, white flowers with purple centre (zone 3)
Osteospermum, pink-purple flowers (zone 4)
Paeony poppies, various colours, red, pink, white (zones 3, 7, 8)
Penstemon, blue-purple flowers (zone 3) from July to October
Philadelphus ‘mock orange’, cream flowers (zone 5)
Phlox Subulata ‘Temiskaming’, pink flowers (zone 1) to September
Phormium Tenax ‘Purpureum’, dark green-red foliage (zone 6)
Phygelius, yellow flowers (zone 4)
Phygelius, red flowers (zone 5) to October
Platycoden ‘balloon flower’, blue, pink and white flowers (zone 3)
Polemonium Caeruleum, Jacob’s Ladder, blue flowers (zone 6)
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Hopley’s Orange’, orange-yellow flowers (zone 8) to September
Primula, pink flowers (zone 1)
Salvia Sylvestris ‘Blue Queen’, blue flowers (zone 3)
Salvia Nemerosa ‘Schneehugel’, white flowers (zone 3)
Thalictrum delavayi, ‘Hewitt’s Double’, purple flowers (zone 4) until September
Verbena Bonariensis ‘Buenos Aires’, purple flowers (zones 2 and 4) July to October
Verbena ‘Sissinghurst’, red, white, purple, pink varieties (zones 1, 2, 4, 6)
Spring-Summer (May-Jun)
Abutilon, mauve flowers (zone 6)… not sure if this will survive
Alchemilla Mollis, yellow-green flowers (zone 4)
Allium, purple flowers (zone 3) June
Alyssum ‘Carpet of Snow’, white flowers (zone 3)
Arabis Alpina ‘Snow Cap’, white flowers (zone 1)
Buphthalmum salicifolium, yellow flowers (zone 3) to September
Choisya, Mexican Orange blossom, white flowers (zone 2)
Clematis florida ‘Bicolor’, cream, green and purple flowers (zone 2) until October
Clematis ‘Franziska Marie’, double blue flowers (zone 4)
Clematis ‘HF Young’ single blue flower (zone 4)
Clematis, Montana ‘Tetrarose’, pink flowers (zone 1)
Clematis Montana, cream flowers (by the conservatory)
Day Lily, yellow flowers (zone 2) to Autumn
Eucalyptus (zone 6)
Geranium ‘Black Beauty’, cranesbill, purple-blue flowers (zone 9)
Geranium, chocolate foliage, pink flowers (zone 1)
Geranium, Johnsons Blue, blue flowers (zone 4)
Himalayan Poppy, Meconopsis betonicifolia, blue flowers(zone 8) to July
Iris Germanica ‘Superstition’, blue-yellow flowers (zone 4)
Iris White City, white flowers (zone 4)
Lychnis Coronaria ‘Alba’ Dusty Miller until July, no flowers (zone 3)
Myosotis, forget-me-nots, white and blue flowers (zone 8)
Ornithogalum, white flowers (zone 6)
Potentilla recta Warrenii, yellow flowers (zone 7) to September
Primula Vialii, purple/red-tipped flower (zone 7) to July
Pratia x pedunculata, little blue flowers (zones 2 and 9)
Rhodohypoxis platypetala, white flowers (zone 1)
Rhodohypoxis baurii, pink and white flowers (zone 1)
Rhodohypoxis ‘sunburst’ pink flowers (zone 1)
Sedum Spathulifolium ‘Purpureum’, yellow flowers (zone 2) all summer?
Sedum, yellow flowers (from A Jac) (zones 4, 5, 6)
Viburnam plicatum ‘Mariesii’, white flowers (zone 7)
Weigela, pink/white flowers (zone 2)
Welsh Poppy, orange flowers (zone 8)
Wisteria, white flowers (zone 2)
Spring (Mar-Apr)
Agapanthus africanus, blue flowers (zones 2 and 3) to late summer… not hardy though
Aquilegia, various colours (zones 2, 3, 6)
Aubrieta, silver variegated, purple flowers (zone 3) to June
Brunnera, silver foliage, blue flowers (zone 3)
Camellia Williamsii ‘Jury’s Yellow’, cream flowers (zone 6)
Corylus Contorta, twisted hazel (zone 4) catkins in spring
Cytisus Luna, yellow broom (zone 7) to May
Cytisus ‘Red Favourite’, red broom (zone 6) to May
Dicentra, pink and white (zones 1 and 2) April into summer
Doronicum ‘Little Leo’, yellow flowers (zone 2)
Erodium variabile ‘Flore Pleno’, little pink flowers (zone 1) until September
Euphorbia Amygdaloides Robbiae, green (zone 4) to May
Euphorbia, dark red and light green flowers (zone 3) to May
Helleborus orientalis hybrid ‘Yellow Lady’, yellow-green flowers (zone 3) April-July
Leucojum, white flowers (zone 4)
Lithodora, ‘Heavenly Blue’, bright blue flowers (zones 3 and 8) until early summer
Muscari, blue flowers (zone 3)
Olive tree (zone 4)
Primula elatior, yellow flowers (zones 4 and 9)
Pulmonaria, bright blue flowers (zone 9)
Snake’s Head Fritillary, white and burgundy flowers (zone 4) April to May
Spanish bluebells, blue flowers (zones 1, 3, 8, 9)
Salix integra ‘Hakuro-Nishiki’ (zone 4) shrub can get catkins