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Echinacea (coneflower) / RHS
WEBEchinacea. Common name: Coneflower. Easy to grow, these bold, tough perennials are increasingly popular in gardens. Flowering in late summer, they combine well with other late perennials and grasses, especially in prairie-style plantings. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies.
Brugmansia (Angel's trumpet) / RHS - RHS Gardening
WEBBrugmansia. Common name: Angel's trumpet. With its large, scented, trumpet flowers, hanging in abundance from its branches all summer, this tropical shrub or small tree is a real showstopper. Grow it in a large container outdoors in summer or indoors all year. Protect it from winter cold, and water liberally and daily throughout the growing season.
Clematis - RHS Gardening
WEBClematis. The ‘Queen of Climbers’, clematis produce masses of flowers in a wide variety of shapes and colours. With careful selection, it’s possible to enjoy their blooms throughout the year, and with plants suited to growing on walls and fences, up obelisks and pergolas, into trees, in containers and even in a mixed border, it is easy to see why these versatile plants are one of the ...
Allium (Ornamental onion) / RHS
WEBAllium. Common name: Ornamental onion Alliums include many familiar edible plants such as onions, leeks and garlic as well as attractive flowering types. The ornamental types are a great addition to the garden with their showy flowerheads in shades of blue, purple, white and pink, bringing globes of colour in spring and early summer.
RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival 2025 / RHS - RHS Gardening
WEBRHS Partner Gardens. Free entry to RHS members at selected times. The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. See the highlights and more from RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, 1 - 6 July 2025.
10 award-winning (AGM) late-flowering perennials / RHS
WEBAster × frikartii ‘Mönch’ bears loose clusters of long-lasting daisies. Aster × frikartii ‘Mönch’ is one of the finest of all sun-loving perennials: neat and well branched but elegant, prolific, long-flowering and with soft lavender-blue petals surrounding a yellow eye. Lovely with grasses, sedums and schizostylis, it’s also good ...
How to grow lavender / RHS - RHS Gardening
WEBDig over any free-draining soil and remove the weeds before planting. If your soil is heavy, plant on a 20-30cm (8in-1ft) mound, ridge or in a raised bed where the roots will not sit in wet soil. Lavender is easy to plant and takes just a few minutes. Plant the lavender as soon as possible after buying.
Kniphofia - red-hot pokers/RHS Gardening / RHS
WEBQuick facts. Common name Red-hot poker. Latin name Kniphofia. Group Perennial. Flowering time March to November. Planting time March and April. Height and spread 20-210cm (8in to 6½ft) and 20-100cm (8in to 3ft) Aspect Sun. Hardiness Hardy to half-hardy.
Tips for growing orchids at home / RHS - RHS Gardening
WEBFive tops tips for for growing moth orchids (Phalaenopsis) Use rainwater or boiled water for misting and watering - they don't appreciate the chlorine in fresh tapwater. Also, make sure water is at room temperature. When they've finished flowering, cut the flower spike back to the highest node, and they may well re-flower.