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 27 plants

Hacquetia
	epipactis 10cm. Lime-green showy bracts surround a head of tiny yellow flowers in late winter/early spring. Dappled shade in humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, acid to neutral. Shade loving/tolerant	***
	epipactis Thor Similar to above but with variegated foliage. Shade loving/tolerant	***
Helenium
	autumnale Cupreum 150 x 45cm. Coppery-coloured daisy flowers from late summer into autumn. Any fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
Helianthus
	Lemon Queen 170cm. Pale yellow sunflowers in late summer and autumn. Spreads. Humus-rich soil in sun. Not too dry.	***
Helictotrichon
	sempervirens 100cm. Blue Oat Grass. Evergreen grey-blue leaves, with straw-coloured awns, summer. Well-drained soil, full sun. Prefers alkaline soil. Grass	***
Hemerocallis Hemerocallis require fertile, moist but well-drained soil, usually in sun or part shade. Dry conditions and excessive shade will reduce flowering. Once established, they produce a good display.
	Black Emmanuella 70cm. Deep purplish-maroon flowers with a green throat.	***
	Cartwheels 90cm. Large golden yellow flowers, June to August. Full sun.	***
	Chicago Apache 60cm. Red flowers with ruffled edge and lime-yellow throat. Slightly fragrant.	***
	Cool It 50cm. White flowers with a yellowish-green throat.	***
	lilio-asphodelus 100 x 100cm. Rhizomatous perennial bearing wonderfully fragrant clear yellow flowers in early summer. Full sun. Fragrant/aromatic	***
	Marion Vaughn 85 x 75cm. Free-flowering, bearing very fragrant lemon-yellow flowers in mid to late summer. Fragrant/aromatic	***
	Moonlit Masquerade 70cm. Creamy-white flowers with a deep maroon throat.	***
	Stafford 70 cm. Deep scarlet flowers with yellow throat, in summer. Sorry, none available this year.	***
	White Edged Madonna 70cm. Purple-red flowers with a fine white edge, and yellow throat. Fragrant. Fragrant/aromatic	***
Hesperis
	matronalis (Sweet Rocket) 90cm. Masses of fragrant lilac flowers from late spring to mid-summer. Very attractive to insects. Fertile, humus-rich soil, neutral to alkaline, in sun or part-shade. Biennial or short-lived perennial. Self seeds. Fragrant/aromatic	***
	matronalis var. albiflora White flowered form of above.	***
Heuchera
	Green Ivory 75 x 75cm. Mounds of dark green foliage, with spikes of green flowers in early summer, good for cutting, and attractive to bees. Good ground cover. For fertile, humus-rich soil in sun or part-shade. Propagated to order. Flower arrangers	***
	pulchella 10cm. Neat clumps, with dainty wands of pink flowers in early to mid summer. Humus-rich soil in part shade, or sun if it remains moist (but not wet).	***
Hibiscus
	trionum 60 x 60cm. Creamy lemon trumpet flowers with dark maroon blotch at the base, from mid-summer to autumn. Fertile, humus-rich soil in sun. Sometimes overwinters if kept frost free, but always best to collect some seed. Container plant	*
Hordeum
	jubatum (Squirrel Tail Grass) 50 x 30cm. Squirrel Tail Grass. In early to mid-summer, bears tassels of silky green flowers, turning beige with age. Well-drained fertile soil in full sun. For drying, cut before the flowers are fully mature. Flower arrangers Grass	***
Hosta Hostas need a moisture-retentive soil, and flourish in part or full shade. They make good container plants, and can be protected from slugs by a ring of vaseline around the container. They produce spikes of white or mauve flower in summer.
	Golden Tiara 30cm. Yellow-margined leaves. Deep lavender flowers to 75cm. Shade loving/tolerant Container plant	***
	Hydon Sunset 10cm. Foliage chartreuse to yellow, gradually greening. Purple flowers to 35cm. Needs full shade Shade loving/tolerant Container plant	***
	venusta 10cm. The smallest hosta. Dark green leaves, lavender flowers to 20cm. Shade loving/tolerant Container plant	***
Hyssopus
	officinalis 60 x 100cm. Dwarf, semi-evergreen, aromatic shrub, with spikes of blue flowers, mid-summer to early autumn. Dead-head to prolong flowering. Very attractive to bees and butterflies. Makes a good low hedge or edging plant. Herb For sunny well-drained areas Fragrant/aromatic Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	officinalis f. albus As above, with white flowers. Herb For sunny well-drained areas Fragrant/aromatic Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	officinalis Roseus As above, with pink flowers. Herb For sunny well-drained areas Fragrant/aromatic Attracts bees, butterflies etc.	***
	officinalis ssp aristatus 30cm. Semi-evergreen aromatic shrub, bearing spikes of blue flowers, mid-summer to autumn. Attracts bees, etc. Well-drained soil in sun. Cut back in spring to maintain compact habit. Herb For sunny well-drained areas Fragrant/aromatic Attracts bees, butterflies etc. Shrub	***

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