Other names: Adder's flower, Devil's flower, Hare's eye, Mother-die, Poor robin, Ragged jack, Red lychnis, Robins, Soliders, White soapwort, Melandrium rubrum, Lychnis dioica, Lychnis sylvestris, Silene diurna, Silene rubra, Melandrium sylvestre, Lychnis diurna
S. dioica is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with erect, branched stems bearing oval to ovate, dark green leaves and, from late spring into summer, panicle-like cymes of magenta flowers with notched petals.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Ground nut, Cinnamon vine, Ground pen, Indian potato, Mic-mac potato, North Ameican potato bean, North American wild bean, Pig potato, Potato bean, Potato pea, Sagabon, Trailing pea, Tuberose wisteria, Tuberous-rooted wisteria, White apple, Wild bean, Apios tuberosa, Glycine tuberosa
A. americana is a twining, herbaceous, perennial climber with rounded, edible tubers, pinnate leaves divided into ovate or lance-shaped, mid-green leaflets and dense, conical racemes of fragrant, pea-like, pink, deep purple, or reddish-brown flowers in late summer and early autumn. Flowers are followed by long, green seed pods.
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2m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum thapsus (Great mullein)
Other names: Aaron's rod, Bullock's lungwort, White mullein, Woollens, Woundweed, Velvet dock, Velvet leaf, Shepherd's club, Torch lily, Torches, Mullein dock , Old man's flannel, Rag paper, Lamb's wool, Light of the Lord, Lucernaria, Lady's foxglove, Jacob's staff, Jupiter's staff , Common mullein, Clown's lungwort, Bullock's lungwort, Adam's flannel, Cow's lungwort, Fluffweed, Hag taper, Hare's beard, Hedge taper , Candlewick
V. thapsus is a biennial with a rosette of large, grey, hairy ovate leaves, and a tall stem bearing pale yellow, saucer-shaped flowers in the second summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Campanula isophylla 'Alba' (Italian bellflower 'Alba' )
Other names: White Italian bellflower, Campanula isophylla f. alba, Campanula isophylla 'Alba' , Star flower 'Alba' , Star of Bethlehem 'Alba' , Falling stars 'Alba' , Jerusalem star 'Alba' , Ligurian harebell 'Alba'
'Alba' is a compact, trailing, tender, semi-evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, toothed, mid- to dark green leaves and loose corymbs of upright, saucer-shaped, pale blue or white flowers in midsummer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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