Alchemilla alpina (Alpine lady's mantle)
Other names: Mountain lady's mantle
A. alpina is a mat-forming, deciduous perennial with rounded to kidney-shaped, deeply lobed, dark green leaves divided into seven, lance-shaped leaflets, hairy and silvery-grey beneath, and loose clusters of tiny, yellow-green flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Galium verum (Lady's bedstraw)
Other names: Yellow bedstraw, Cheese rennet, Cheese renning, Petty mugget, Bed flower, Fenwort, Hundredfold, Maid's hair, Maiden's hair, Our Lady's bedstraw, Rennet weed
G. verum is a herbaceous annual with a low, scrambling habit. It has fragrant, green, glossy leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers in summer.
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1.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Other names: Sea gilliflower, Sea grass, Ladies cushion, Lady's pincushion, Marsh daisy, Sea pink, Cliff rose, Cushion rose
A. maritima is a brave plant growing naturally on wind-swept sea cliffs. It is a mat-forming evergreen perennial with dense, needle-like leaves and erect, stiff stems, bearing compact clusters of round-headed pink flowers in late spring and summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Armeria maritima 'Alba' (Thrift 'Alba')
Other names: Sea gilliflower, Cushion rose, Cliff rose, Sea grass, Ladies cushion, Lady's pincushion, Marsh daisy, Armeria 'White Select'
'Alba' is a clump-forming evergreen perennial with dense, needle-like leaves and erect, stiff stems, bearing compact clusters of round-headed, white flowers in late spring and summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-3years to maturity |
Iris cristata (Dwarf crested iris)
Other names: Lady's calamus
I. cristata is a vigorous, compact, mat-forming, deciduous perennial with upright, lance-shaped, bright green leaves and, in spring, stemless, white-marked, lilac, pale blue, or lavender flowers with a narrow, orange or yellow crest on each fall.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Tanacetum hardajanii (Silver lace tansy)
Other names: Silverlace tansy, Chrysanthemum haradjanii
T. hardajanii is a mat-forming, woody-based, relatively short-lived, aromatic, evergreen perennial with white-hairy stems bearing ovate to elliptic, finely-divided, silvery-grey leaves and loose clusters of daisy-like, yellow flower heads in late summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lobelia erinus compacta 'White Lady' (Lobelia 'White Lady')
'White Lady' is a low-growing, compact, spreading annual. It has bronze-tinted, dark-green leaves and in summer and autumn, has a dense covering of white flowers.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Calceolaria biflora (Pocketbook flower)
Other names: Purse flower, Slipperwort, Calceolaria plantaginea, Lady's purse, Slipper flower
C. biflora is a mat-forming, evergreen perennial with rosettes of ovate, oblong, or lance-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves and short, wiry stems bearing loose racemes of pouch-like, bright yellow flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Dianthus deltoides (Maiden pink)
Other names: Lady's cushion, Meadow pink, Spink, Dianthus deltoides maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides 'Maiden Pink'
D. deltoides is a mat-forming, evergreen perennial with linear to lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and upright, leafy stems bearing clusters of fragrant, white, deep pink, or red flowers in summer.
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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 |
Silene uniflora 'Robin Whitebreast' (Double sea campion)
Other names: Double catchfly, Silene maritima 'Flore Pleno', Silene uniflora 'Flore Pleno', Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima 'Flore Pleno', Silene maritima 'Alba', Campion 'Robin Whitebreast'
'Robin Whitebreast' is a spreading, mat-forming semi-evergreen perennial with lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and, in summer, double, rosette-like, white flowers on lax, branched stems.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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