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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

Angelonia

AquilegiaColumbine

AnemoneJapanese anemone

AntirrhinumSnapdragon

ArabisRock cress

BegoniaFibrous or Waxleaf begonia

AlocasiaElephant’s ear

AlternantheraPurple threadleaf

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Canna - ColocasiaBegonia - Camellia

CapsicumPepper

ChrysanthemumGarden mum

CheloneTurtlehead

BegoniaTuberous begonia

BerberisBarberry

CalceolariaScotsman’s purse

BellisEnglish daisy

BrugmansiaAngel’s trumpets

Camellia

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Clerodendrum

CannaAfrican arrowroot

ColocasiaTaro

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Dahlia - DoronicumCorydalis - Cyperus

Delphinium

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’

Fuchsia

ErysimumSiberian wallflower

EuphorbiaMilkweed

Euonymus europaeusSpindle tree

ErythroniumTrout lily

EupatoriumJoe Pye weed

Fritillaria meleagrisCheckered lily

Gladiolus murielaeAcidanthera

EremurusFoxtail lily

EuphorbiaMilkweed

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Hyacinthus - ImpatiensGunnera - Hosta

ImpatiensNew Guinea

HostaPlantain lily

Hydrangea

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

Lobelia x speciosa cultivars

MatthiolaStock

Lobelia

MeconopsisHimalayan blue poppy

LathyrusSweet pea

LeucojumSummer snowflake

LigulariaLigularia ‘The Rocket’

MuscariGrape hyacinth

LantanaShrub verbena

IrisIochromaOrnamental eggplant

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Papaver - PhysostegiaMyosotis - Paeonia

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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Tradescantia - ZinniaScilla - Tibouchina

VerbenaVervain

SolidagoGoldenrod

TibouchinaGlory bush

TradescantiaSpiderwort

TagetesMarigold

TricyrtisToad lily

TulipaTulip

SedumStonecrop

SolenostemonColeus

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Scilla

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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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