Birchwood Plants :: Families

KEY

: Award of Garden Merit (RHS Award) indicating a plant that is rated excellent for garden use, of good constitution, and not requiring specialist conditions to grow well.
***: Fully hardy
**: Hardy to -5°C
*: Unlikely to withstand a frost
T: Tender
#: New addition to this year's catalogue.

You have found: 11 Plant Families and 25 plants

Echinacea Echinaceas prefer a deep, fertile, humus-rich soil in full sun, although they will tolerate some shade. They are very attractive to bees and butterflies, and provide a good display of flowers from July through to September.
	purpurea Magnus 100 x 60cm. Large pinky-purple flowers with prominent central cone. Flower arrangers Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	purpurea Rubinstern (Ruby Star) 100cm. Intense carmine-red, horizontal flower petals, with a prominent central cone. Flower arrangers Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	purpurea White Swan 90 x 30cm. White flowers with prominent central cone. Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
Echinops Globe Thistles. These produce spherical heads of flowers in summer, very attractive to bees, and grow in well-drained soil in sun.
	bannaticus Taplow Blue Up to 130cm. Blue flowers, good for cutting and drying. Flower arrangers Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	ritro Veitch's Blue 90cm. Blue flowers in summer. Attractive to bees and butterflies. Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
Echium May cause mild discomfort if ingested. Can irritate skin.
	vulgare (Viper's Bugloss) 60-90 x 30cm. Many stems bear masses of blue flowers in summer. Highly attractive to bees. Biennial. Self seeds. Well-drained soil in full sun. British native. For sunny well-drained areas Attracts bees, butterflies etc. Annual or biennial British native or wildflower	***
Epimedium Rhizomatous plants, making good ground cover under trees. They prefer fertile, humus-rich soil in full or part shade, and flower in spring. Trim off old foliage in late winter.
	fargesii Pink Constellation 30cm. Elegant sprays of pale pink flowers. Shade loving/tolerant	***
	rubrum 30cm. Leaves red when young, good autumn colour. Flowers red & white. Shade loving/tolerant	***
	x versicolor Sulphureum 30cm. New leaves flushed copper in spring, with pale yellow flowers. Shade loving/tolerant	***
	x youngianum Niveum 20-30 x 30cm. Deciduous. Pure white flowers. Sorry, none available this year Shade loving/tolerant	***
Eragrostis
	curvula (African Love Grass) 1.2 x 1.2m African Love Grass. Fine leaves, with delicate panicles of flowers, moving in the slightest breeze, and remaining through the winter. Well-drained soil in a warm sunny spot. Seems fairly hardy. Self seeds. Cut back remaining stems before new growth starts in spring. Grass	**
Erigeron
	Dunkelste Aller (Darkest of All) 60cm. Clump-forming perennial,with deep violet flowers in summer. Fertile, well-drained soil in sun. Good cut flowers if cut fully open. Flower arrangers	***
	karvinskianus 15cm. Vigorous, carpeting, spreading perennial, with masses of white daisies, fading to pink, in summer. Well-drained soil in full sun. Suitable for walls or cracks in paving. Self seeds. For sunny well-drained areas	***
	Quakeress 60 x 45cm. Clump-forming perennial. White flushed pink,daisy flowers, early to mid-summer. Fertile, well-drained soil in sun. Good cut flowers if cut fully open. Flower arrangers	***
Erinus
	alpinus (Fairy foxglove) 8 x 10cm. Semi-evergreen perennial. Sprays of tiny pink, purple or white flowers in late spring to summer. Well-drained soil in full sun or part-shade. Suitable for a rockery or cracks in paving. Can be short-lived. For sunny well-drained areas Evergreen	***
Erodium
	Fran's Delight 20-25cm. Attractive foliage, producing sprays of pink flowers, with darker blotches and veining, throughout summer. Well-drained soil in sun.. For sunny well-drained areas Evergreen	***
	glandulosum 15cm. Forms a mat of silvery divided foliage. The pale flowers are veined pink, the upper petals bearing two dark blotches. For sunny well-drained areas Suitable for a trough.	***
	manescavi 20-45 x 20cm. Magenta pink flowers all summer. Ferny foliage. Fertile, well-drained soil in sun.	***
	trifolium 30 x 30cm. Mound of attractive, grey-green foliage, heads of white flowers veined pink, with dark blotches on upper petals. Well-drained soil in full sun. Self seeds a little (maybe a lot on light, sandy soils). Photo taken in February! For sunny well-drained areas	***
Eryngium Umbels of thistle-like flowers produced in mid- to late-summer. They require a fertile, well-drained soil in sun. Very attractive to bees.
	bourgatii 30-45cm. Silver-veined foliage. Blue or grey-green flowers, silvery bracts. For sunny well-drained areas Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	giganteum (Miss Wilmott's Ghost) 90cm. Metallic cones with silvery, prickly bracts. Biennial. Self seeds. For sunny well-drained areas Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	x oliverianum 90cm. Silver-blue flowers on bright blue stems. Sorry, none available this year. For sunny well-drained areas Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	x tripartitum 60-90 x 50cm. Violet-blue flowers with grey-blue bracts. For sunny well-drained areas Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
Eupatorium
	rugosum Chocolate 100-120cm. Dark maroon-brown foliage, with heads of white flowers in late summer and autumn. Prefers alkaline soil, in sun or part-shade, (but colours better in sun). Attracts bees and butterflies. Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
Euphorbia All euphorbias are harmful if eaten, and their poisonous milky sap is a skin irritant, particularly in sunshine.
	myrsinites 10-20 x 30cm. Evergreen, prostrate stems with blue-green leaves and lime-yellow flowers in spring. Well-drained soil in full sun. For sunny well-drained areas	***

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