Week 20 Plant ID

Lilium martagon  “Turks cap lily” Bulb

Part sun to light/dappled shade.

Always cut as pulling can open a hole in the top of the bulb allowing water to get in and can rot the bulb.

Nigella damascena “Love-in-a-Mist” annual

full sun

Stagger seeding times to prolong flowering period.

Astilbe spp. & cvs.   “False goats beard”  Herbaceous perennial  

Prefer light to full shade.

Best propagated by division.

Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’  “Clematis”. Herbaceous perennial 

Full sun best to part shade.

Plant with the crown at the soil level unlike other clematis which should be planted lower.

Gillenia trifoliata “Bowman’s root” Herbaceous perennial.

Full sun in Victoria to light, open shade.

Zero maintenance.

Phlomis russeliana “Sticky Jerusalem sage” Herbaceous perennial.

Full sun to light open shade

Leave seed heads for birds and winter interest.

Cistus x hybridus syn. Cistus corbariensis   “Rock rose” Evergreen shrub    

Full sun to light shade

Very long blooming time from spring into summer but each flower only lasts a day.   

Rosa glauca. “Red-leafed rose” Deciduous shrub.

Full sun to very light shade.

Do not prune/deadhead if hips desired.

Spiraea japonica  “Japanese spirea” Deciduous shrub.

Full sun to part shade.

Can be cut back hard in late winter and will bloom later in the summer.

Styrax japonicus  “Japanese snowbell” Deciduous tree

Full sun to part shade.

Attracts pollinators.