![]() The shop page has a nifty plant selector sidebar which can be used to filter our plants by size, colour season and so forth to help you quickly pin down the right plant for a particular spot. ![]() We’ve tried to make this website full of inspirational colour and easy to use. In short all the perennials you would ever need to make a garden full of colour throughout the year and full of the plants you need to make it hum with wildlife. ![]() We have plants for shade, plants for sun, plants for wildlife and a few more just because. There’s no overall theme, just an eclectic mix of perennials that, for one reason or another, we consider well worth growing. Our nursery, situated in the North of Dorset close to the Somerset border, is full of the plants we love. Geum chiloense = Geum quellyon Links Geum Varieties Compared Botanical Style PhotographsĪt Dorset Perennials you will find a husband and wife team, Dawn and Martin, who have been plantsmen and nurserymen for nearly 25 years. The latter 3 of these names are all of North American origin. Geum rivale – Water avens, Drooping Avens, Cure All, Water Flower, Indian Chocolate. As a result of this, roots were used to flavour Ausburg Ale and to make cordials against the plague. This refers to the pleasant clove-like aroma that comes from the freshly dug up roots of wood avens. The name of the Genus ‘Geum’ derives from the Greek ‘geno’ = to yield a pleasant odour or alternatively from the Greek ‘geyo’= to stimulate. Geum rivale has been used medicinally for many of the same complaints as Geum urbanum. Geum coccineum is similar to Geum chiloense. Consequently, if you grow more than one type you are sure to get all sorts of hybrids seed themselves in your garden. Hybridisation has produced many cultivars of intermediate habit and colour. Furthermore, the leaves are longer and the flowering stems are also longer and more branched with more open, outward-facing flowers. In contrast, Geum chiloense forms a less dense crown from a single rootstock. Geum rivale ‘Lemon Drops’ is very close to the wild type. From this base, the flowering stems rise up and bend over with drooping bell shaped lemon flowers. Geum rivale forms a dense spreading crown topped with a dome of hairy foliage. coccineum along with their hybrids and cultivars are reliable additions to the border. It is rare to see wood avens in the garden, but the related water avens, Geum rivale and the South American Geums chiloense and G. Geums have long been cultivated, Our native wood avens, Geum urbanum, being a stalwart of medieval herbalists. From a distance it reminds us somewhat of Geum ‘Hilltop Beacon’. The flowers can vary in shade from a rich orange back towards a more mellow shade. It is a sterile hybrid that will hold its zingy semi double orange flowers on stems up to 90cm tall and keep on producing them over an extended season. Introduced by Hardy’s in 2010, this Geum has built up a great reputation for reliability and impact. Classification of the Plant Kingdom ( some of it anyway !). ![]() They are designed to give you an overview of how different plants are related. Pages arranged along Taxonomic lines Each page covers one Order (the level above Family) and lists all of the Families within that Order and then the contained Genera within that. Or use the big button on the left to go to one page organised pictorially. ![]() I've split them into 4 letter based tabs to make browsing easier. Botanical Style Photographs taken against a white background Browse these pages to easily see how different varieties differ from one another. ![]()
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