Ajania pacifica
Artemesia 'powis castle'
Scutellaria suffrutescens
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COMMON NAME Aglaonema Ajania Angelonia Black Anthurium Heritage Daisy Wormwood Tree Wormwood Bizzy Lizzie Begonia Peacock Plant Zebra plant Canna Vinca Blue Bonnet (native) Brazilian Buttons Chrysanthemum Tick weed Firecracker Plant Cigar plant Butterfly bush Gerbera Coneflower Curry Plant Helichrysum petiolare Heliotrope Syncolostem transvaalensis candy kisses Busy Lizzies Shasta Daisies Perennial Statice Lobelia mexicana Cat’s Whiskers Trailing African Daisy Zonal Pelargonium South African Pelargonium Ivy Geranium Magenta Silver Plectranthus Jade magic Chocolate plant Cone flower Lavender Cotton Skullcap Cherry Skullcap Dusty Miller Coleus Golden Rod |
BOTANICAL NAME Aglaonema species and cultivars Ajania pacifica ‘Silver and Gold’ Angelonia Anthurium Argyranthemum Artemisia absinthium ‘Powis Castle’ Artemisia arborescens Impatiens pseudoviola Begonia cultivars Calathea makoyana Calathea zebrine Canna cultivars Catharanthus roseus Centrantherum riparium Centrantherum punctatum Chrysanthemum x grandiflorum Coreopsis grandiflora Crossandra infundibuliformis Cuphea ignea Gaura lindheimeri Gerbera jamesonii Echinacea purpurea Helichrysum italicum Helichrysum petiolare Heliotropium arborescens Hemizygia Impatiens Leucanthemum x superbum Limonium perezii Lobelia laxiflora Orthosiphon aristatus Osteospermum Pelargonium zonale Pelargonium glutinosum Pelargonium peltatum Peristrophe bivalvis Plectranthus argentatus Porphyrocoma pohliana Pseuderanthemum alata Rudbeckia ‘Luna’ Santolina chamaecyparissus Scutellaria incana Scutellaria suffrutescens Senecio cineraria Solenostemon scutellaroides Solidago canadanensis |
PERENNIALS
Gaura lindheimeri
Solidago canadiensis
Perennials Grown at Coucals
Let nature be your guide
Perennials Growing Hints
Perennials contribute so much to the garden because:
nThey flower for long periods at a time
nThey are quick and easy to establish
nEasy to propagate
nThey add a cottage garden look to a garden
nA lot are drought tolerant
nGood foliage and form as well as flowers
nA lot have aromatic foliage making them unattractive to pests
nCan be easily ‘popped’ into the garden as fillers
Cultivation of perennials:
nPerennials last about 2 or 3 years, so take cuttings (usually when you prune them)
nPrune them when they have finished flowering
nThrive in most soils. Not PH fussy
nAdd organic matter and mulch, condition and aerate the soil
nGood drainage important - raised beds
nGood sunlight, some will take some shade
nSome are brittle and need protection from wind
nThey flower for long periods at a time
nThey are quick and easy to establish
nEasy to propagate
nThey add a cottage garden look to a garden
nA lot are drought tolerant
nGood foliage and form as well as flowers
nA lot have aromatic foliage making them unattractive to pests
nCan be easily ‘popped’ into the garden as fillers
Cultivation of perennials:
nPerennials last about 2 or 3 years, so take cuttings (usually when you prune them)
nPrune them when they have finished flowering
nThrive in most soils. Not PH fussy
nAdd organic matter and mulch, condition and aerate the soil
nGood drainage important - raised beds
nGood sunlight, some will take some shade
nSome are brittle and need protection from wind
Chrysanthemum
Heliotropium