The plant list is an ongoing, ever evolving endeavour. By far not precise (and not quite updated), we hope it will still give you an idea of the plants we have in our garden
Photo of the tree removal
Trees
Ficus carica sp. (Common Name: Fig Tree) (Native to Middle East, Asia)
Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos' (Common Name: Silver Birch) (Native to Asia)
2x Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii (Common Name: Silver Birch) (Native to Asia / Nepal, West Himalaya)
Amelanchier × lamarckii (Common Name: Juneberry) (Native to North America)
Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Robin Hill’ (Common Name: Juneberry) (Cross from North American species)
Olea europaea (Common Name: Olive Tree) (Native to South Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa) (around 70-80 years old)
Laurus nobilis (Common Name: Bay Leaf Tree) (Native to South Europe, Middle East and Africa)
Crataegus monogyna (front garden) (Common Name: Hawthorn)
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Eva' (Common Name: Black Elder)
Climbers
5x Hedera helix sp. / (Common Name: Ivy) (Native to the UK, Continental Europe, Middle East)
2x Clematis armandii 'Apple Blossom’ (Common Name: Evergreen Clematis) (Species is native to Asia)
Clematis armandii (Common Name: Evergreen Clematis) (Native to Asia)
Jasminum officinale (Common Name: Common Jasmine) (Native to Middle East and Asia)
Clematis Purpurea Plena Elegans / clematis (group 3) (syn. Clematis viticella Elegans Plena) (Common Name: Clematis) (Native to South Europe and Middle East)
Lonicera periclymenum 'Rhubarb and Custard’ / (Common Name: Honeysuckle) (Species is native to the UK, Continental Europe and North Africa)
6 x Trachelermum jasminoides (Common Name: Star Jasmine) (Native to Asia) (It provides shelter for insects and birds and flowers for pollinators)
Clematis tangutica My Angel (front garden) (group 3)
Ornamental Grasses
Miscanthus sinensis Kleine Silberspinne / Chinese silver grass
Anemanthele lessoniana / pheasant's tail grass (syn. Stipa arundinacea)
Calamagrostis brachytricha / Korean Feather Reed Grass
Achnatherum calamagrostis / Stipa calamagrostis
Sporobolus heterolepis
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldschleier'
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster’
Stipa tenuissima 'Pony Tails’ (syn. Nassella tenuissima ' 'Pony Tails’)
Ground huggers
Leptinella squalida
Thymus serpyllum Russetings
Chamomile, Treneague (Chamaemelum nobile ‘Treneague')
Acaena buchananii
Saxifraga x urbium (Saxifraga London Pride)
Various sedges (Carex testacea and others)
Various sedums from sedum roof mat that we planted in the gravel (I don’t know their names)
Campanula poscharskyana
Pond Plants
Nymphaea ‘Hermine' / water lily / hybrid created in 1910
Aponogeton distachyos / Water Hawthorn
Hippuris vulgaris / Mare’s Tail
Mentha aquatica / Water Mint
Typha angustifolia (bull rush)
Iris pseudacorus (yellow flowers)
Iris pseudacorus var. bastardii (cream flowers)
Saururus cernuus / lizard's tail Isolepsis cernuus /
fibre optic grass
Iris Louisiana Merebrook Symphony and/or Iris Louisiana Merebrook Sunnyside Up
Myosotis scorpoides / Water Forget-me-not
Sagittaria sagittifolia / Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia / Broad Leaf Arrowhead
Comfrey Blocking 14 / symphytum × uplandicum 'Bocking 14'
Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis)
Oxigenator Get the name ?? Reed /
Hydrocotyle Vulgaris / Pennywort
Water Soldier / Stratiotes aloides
Perennials / Shrubs / Herbacious
Ballota pseudodictamnus (Common Name: False dittany) (Native to South Europe, Middle East and North Africa) (synonym: Pseudodictamnus mediterraneus)
Oenothera lindheimeri Whirling Butterflies / Gaura Echinacea pallida
Verbena Bonariensis
Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora ‘Bampton'
Oregano 'Kent Beauty'
Lavandula × intermedia Grosso’ / lavender
Lavandula × intermedia Phenomenal ('Niko') / lavender
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii / spurge
Alchemilla mollis / lady's mantle
Artemisia, Powis Castle ??? Is it still alive??
Pulsatilla vulgaris (purple)
Curry Plant, Dwarf (Helichrysum microphyllum (Willd.) Cambess
Knautia macedonica / Macedonian scabious
Hylotelephium ‘herbstfreude' (sedum)
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Santolina rosmarinifolia
Agapanthus Black Buddhist
Campanula Caroline
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Lavendelturm'
Achillea millefolium (Yarrows many varieties / self sown)
Brachyglottis (Dunedin Group) 'Sunshine’ (Common Name: Senecio) (Native to New Zealand)
Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus Group
Fargesia nitida 'black pearl’ + bamboo with yellow stems (ben’s gift)
Gillenia trifoliata / Bowman’s root
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata Black Barlow / granny's bonnet
Astrantia ‘Roma’ Fatsia japonica Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) / I think that’s the right name Thyme (tbc ???) ????
Libertia grandiflora (Oriental Group) Royal Wedding’ /
oriental poppy Cirsium rivulare 'atropurpureum'
Geranium dreamland or Geranium Joy
Diascia integerrima / twinspurs
Sarcococca hookeriana 'Winter Gem / (Common Name: Sweet Box) (Native to Asia)
Geranium blue can’t remember the species?? ??
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae’ / wood spurge ??which one??
Which one?? geum rivale 'leonard's variety’ or Geum 'Mai Tai’ ??
Digitalis lutea
Aruncus Horatio
Small sedum from Lloyds park / identify it ??? Which one?? ???
Small bergenia ???? Which one???
‘Graveolens' Buddleia 'Dreaming Purple’ (dwarf, cascading)
Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis 'Soft Caress Papaver
Rosa Wollerton Old Hall (Common Name: Climbing Rose) (English Climbing Rose Bred By David Austin in the UK)
Buddleia 'Hot Raspberry’ (dwarf)
Verbena rigida 'Santos Purple' Perovskia Lacey Blue / Russian sage
Mint, Moroccan (Mentha spicata var. crispa ‘Moroccan')
Parsley
Allium tuberosum (garlic chives)
Allium schoenoprasum (chives)
Basil (various)
?? Which one?? Thalictrum rochebruneanum or Thalictrum 'Black Stockings’??
Syringa 'Red Pixie / (Common Name: Dwarf Lilac) (Genus native to South East Europe and Asia)
Paeonia x 'Cora Louise’ (Intersectional hybrid) (Common Name: Peony Itoh Cora Louise) (Cross between peonies native to China)
Thalictrum delavayi Splendide White
Eupatorium maculatum ‘Atropurpureum’ / ‘Riesenschirm’
Lily of the valley
Hosta sieboldiana var. Elegans
Epimedium Pink Elf
Epimedium Amber Queen
Erigeron karvinskianus
Viburnum opulus var. 'roseum' (Common Name: Red Guelder Rose) (Species Native to the UK, continental Europe, Asia and Africa)
Polystichum setiferum Plumosomultilobum Group’ / soft shield fern ( syn. Plumosum Densum )
Polystichum polyblepharum ‘ / Japanese lace fern
Polypodium vulgare Fern that grows on walls
Dryopteris erythrosora I think that’s the right one (aka Autumn Fern)
Athyrium niponicum f. metallic Athyrium filix-femina ‘frizelliae' ???is it the right one???
Dryopteris cycadina / shaggy wood fern (syn. Dryopteris atrata)
Pellaea rotundifolia ‘ / button fern
Brunnera macrophylla 'Mr Morse' / Siberian bugloss
Luzula sylvatica ‘marginata'
Luzula nivea Alpine Strawberry Alexandria ??? Which one ???
Anemone x hybrida ‘Robustissima' (pink flowers)
Dianthus barbatus 'Monksilver Black’
Bulbs
Galanthus woronowii (snowdrop)
Iris Tigereye
Erythronium Pagoda White Beauty
Daffodils (various Narcissus Stainless, Bridal Crown, Pueblo)
Hyacinths (Hyacinth 'Peter Stuyvesant’, Woodstock, Blue Eyes, Blue Tango)
Tulip China Town, Tulip Green Wave, Tulip Spring Green
Cyclamen hederifolium (autumn)
Allium christophii / star of Persia
Allium Purple Sensation ?? (confirm the name)
Allium Pink Jewel
Allium sphaerocephalon
Not sure if those are still alive ??? Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum ??? Allium cernuum ??1 × Allium schubertii - 3 bulbs ??? ??? Nectaroscordum siculum
Front Garden
Crataegus monogyna (front garden)
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Eva'
Pittosporum sp.
Bay leaf
Dahlia Verrones Obsidian’ - star dahlia
Dahlia 'Seniors Hope'
Sanguisorba Cangshan Cranberry’
Sanguisorba officinalis 'Red Thunder’
Sanguisorba o. 'Tanna'
Physocarpus opulifolius Little Angel / ninebark
Allium atropurpureum
Viburnum × bodnantense Dawn’ / viburnum
Clematis My Angel / clematis (group 3) (syn. Clematis tangutica My Angel)
Pulsatilla vulgaris (white)
Foeniculum vulgare ‘purpureum' / Bronze Fennel
Digitalis parviflora
Confirm which ones are still here. Lily Casa Blanca??? White Lily tiger Babies ?? orange Lily Night Rider?? Dark red ?? Lilium Pink Flight?? Lilium regale
Achnatherum calamagrostis / Stipa calamagrostis
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'White Barlow’
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
Clematis armandii 'Apple Blossom’
Persicaria a. 'Pink Elephant’
Persicaria (another variety get the name)
Cephalaria Gigantea / Giant Scabious
Eupatorium maculatum ‘Atropurpureum’
Veronicastrum (get the name)
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster’
Erigeron karvinskianus
Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis (closely related to liquorice)
Gladiolus Evergreen (lime green flowers)
Loropetalum chinensis Fire Dance
Spiraea japonica Golden Princess
Bergenia various (including Bergenia 'Bressingham Ruby’)
Rose Gentle hermione
Thyme (get the name)
Heuchera Caramel Stipas and other grasses
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii / spurge
Greenhouse & Private Road
Scented Pelargonium (Geranium)
Jasminum polyanthum
Artemisia dracunculus (French tarragon)
Philadelphus 'fragrant falls’ (Mock Orange)
Sage, Purple (Salvia officinalis purpurascens)
Passion flower
Comfrey
Borage
Red valerian
Rambling Rector Rose
TeaselHop
Alfafas
Yarrows
Loads of nettle and other weeds
Boston Ivy
The second pond, not visible now, was filled with garden rubble, topped with wood chips, soil and gravel, and has now become the perfect habitat for draught-tolerant plants.
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