Gardening

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Pond

Common Spike-Rush (Eleocharis palustris)

  • Winter Hardy
  • Blooming period: Summer - Autumn
  • Height: 40 - 80 cm
  • Spread: 30 - 50 cm
  • Depth: 0 - 10 cm

Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus)

  • Full Sun - partial Shade
  • Pink flowers
  • Depth: 8 - 15 cm

Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus ranae)

  • Small kidney shaped leaves and miniature white flowers
  • Loose/Free Floating
  • Spread: 2cm - 7cm
  • Full Sun - partial shade
  • White flowers
  • Flowers: Jul - Aug
  • Die away in the autumn and will re-appear in the spring. The colour of the leaves vary from green to brown.

Spiked Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum Spicatum)

  • Oxygenating
  • Feathery green foliage on light, often pinkish, stems. Small pink and green flower spikes up to an inch high appear above the water surface in summer.
  • Does not die away to small pieces for the winter, but retains its foliage.
  • Full Sun - partial shade
  • Growth: Fast
  • Flowers: May - Jun
  • Can be dropped in pond as a weighted bunch but it benefits from being planted in soil. Once established this plant can grow as deep as 3m.

Water Lilly: Froebelii Dwarf

  • Depth: 20 - 40 cm

Water Lilly: Dwarf Doll House

  • Full Sun - partial shade
  • Flowering: May - September
  • Prefer still water
  • Depth: 30 cm

Outdoor

Bearded Iris

  • Prefer dry summers
  • Adhere to good garden hygene

Clematis

  • Like shaded roots, tops in sun
  • Acid intolerant

Digitalis (Foxglove) Digitalis

  • Likes partial shade to shade
  • Likes acid soil

Delphinium

  • Likes sun
  • Do not like being moved
  • Do not like drying out

Japanese Anemones

  • Like cool roots
  • Does not like disturbance

Lavender

  • Likes sun, sheltered position, well drained sandy/gravely soil
  • Will suffer in damp soil for too long
  • In pots, requires large ones for deep roots

Lily of the Valley

  • Can spread widely and difficult to control

Loosestrife (Yellow)

  • moist to dry, full sun to partial shade

Muscari

  • Bulbs multiply quickly in good soil
  • Sun or light shade

Piony

  • Don't like being moved
  • Don't plant very deep

Poppy

Black Paeony (Papaver Somnniferum)

  • Almost black petals
  • Flower Jun-Sep

Primula

  • ""Pommom""

Raspberry

  • Remove any thin canes, or suckers that come up outside 12"" radius. Prune all canes that bore fruit last year; they won’t fruit again. These will have grayish, peeling bark.

Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia)

  • ?

Rose of Sharon

Royal Burgundy (Red Sun)

  • Hybrid Japanese Cherry
  • Max 20ft in 10 years

Rhubarb

  • Like partially shaded free draining soil
  • Divide every 5 or 6 years during dormant winter period

Rudbeckia (Coneflower)

  • Full sun or partial shade

Snake's Head (Fritillaria Melegris)

  • Full sun or partial shade
  • Should not dry out completely or get waterlogged

Snowdrop

  • Bulb division

Tulip

  • Black Parrott

Notes on attracting wildlife

  • Dog rose – finches enjoy their hips
  • Primrose – when they flower in spring, they produce nectar and

finches are attracted to their seeds

  • Marigold – nectar for insects and a good choice if combined with a

vegetable patch

  • Lavender – smells great and bees love the flowers, finches love the seeds
  • Honeysuckle – another great fragrance, both birds and insects are drawn to the nectar and berries are an additional food source for birds and small mammals
  • Michaelmas Daisy – their flowers attract butterflies
  • Ivy – its flowers provide nectar for insects and berries for the birds and it also offers good shelter

Lawn