THERE ARE 91 HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS IN THIS GALLERY.

Direct access to an individual Herbaceous Perennial description page is available from clicking on a thumbnail picture in the flower, foliage, form, fruit or garden pictures comparison pages, which has that Herbaceous Perennial's name in the text box below it,

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from the Herbaceous Perennial Index Pages linked in the Sub Navigation box below the Main Navigation Box on the left hand side of each page in this Gallery

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from the following Herbaceous Perennial Index Pages:-

• (o)Index A
• (o)Index B
• (o)Index C
• (o)Index D
• (o)Index E
• (o)Index F
• (o)Index G
• (o)Index H
• Index I
• Index J
• (o)Index K
• (o)Index L
• (o)Index M
• Index N
• Index O
• (o)Index P
• Index Q
• Index R
• (o)Index S
• Index T
• Index U
• Index V
• Index W
• Index XYZ

Other Herbaceous Perennials Galleries:-

• Herbaceous Perennials Gallery Introduction and Site Map - 91 Herbaceous Perennials

 

This plant gallery has thumbnail pictures of flowers from all the herbaceous perennials in the other herbaceous perennial Galleries (Herbaceous Perennials Gallery) in the following colours, one for each month of the year that that flower blooms:-

• (o)Blue
• (o)Red, Pink or Purple
• (o)Unusual and Bicolors Combinations
• (o)White
• (o)Yellow

 

If you click on a thumbnail another window opens with larger images (Flower, Foliage and Form - for Flower, Foliage and Form pages in one of the other herbaceous perennial galleries) and the following plant description:-

1. Plant Name
2. Common Name
3. Soil
4. Sun Aspect
5. Soil Moisture
6. Plant Type
7. Height x Spread in feet
8. Foliage
9. Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit.
10. Comments - Form Type, Pruning Group, Native UK Plant.

Please close that window before clicking on another thumbnail.

 

I have split the Colour Wheel into the following 48 colours plus the 4 Neutral colours:-

• Dark Tone or Shades is where Colours are mixed with Black
• (o)Dark Tone: Red 12
• (o)Dark Tone: Red Orange 12
• Dark Tone: Orange 1
• Dark Tone: Yellow Orange 1
• Dark Tone: Yellow 12
• Dark Tone: Yellow Green 12
• (o)Dark Tone: Green 12
• Dark Tone: Blue Green 12
• (o)Dark Tone: Blue 12
• (o)Dark Tone: Blue Violet 12
• (o)Dark Tone: Violet 12
• (o)Dark Tone: Red Violet 12
• Mid-Tones is where Colours are mixed with Grey
• (o)Mid-Tone: Red 34
• (o)Mid-Tone: Red Orange 34
• Mid Tone: Orange 2
• Mid-Tone: Yellow Orange 23
• Mid-Tone: Yellow 34
• Mid-Tone: Yellow Green 34
• (o)Mid-Tone: Green 34
• Mid-Tone: Blue Green 34
• (o)Mid-Tone: Blue 34
• (o)Mid-Tone: Blue Violet 34
• (o)Mid-Tone: Violet 34
• (o)Mid-Tone: Red Violet 34
• Pure Hue is where the Colour is the Primary, Secondary or Tertiary Colour named on the outside of the Circle
• (o)Pure Hue: Red 56
• (o)Pure Hue: Red Orange 5
• (o)Pure Hue: Orange 3
• (o)Pure Hue: Yellow Orange 45
• (o)Pure Hue: Yellow 56
• (o)Pure Hue: Yellow Green 56
• (o)Pure Hue: Green 56
• Pure Hue: Blue Green 56
• (o)Pure Hue: Blue 56
• (o)Pure Hue: Blue Violet 56
• (o)Pure Hue: Violet 56
• (o)Pure Hue: Red Violet 56
• Pastel, Pale Tones or Tints is where the Colours are mixed with White
• (o)Pastel: Red 789
• (o)Pastel: Red Orange 6
• (o)Pastel: Orange 45
• (o)Pastel: Yellow Orange 67
• (o)Pastel: Yellow 789
• (o)Pastel: Yellow Green 789
• (o)Pastel: Green 789
• (o)Pastel: Blue Green 789
• (o)Pastel: Blue 789
• (o)Pastel: Blue Violet 7
• (o)Pastel: Violet 789
• (o)Pastel: Red Violet 789
• Neutrals are Colours which are mixed with the others
• (o)Neutral: Black 1
• Neutral: Gray 234
• (o)Neutral: Gray 5
• (o)Neutral: Pure White 6

All the plants who have flowers in this website will have their Common Name, Botanical Name and Months of Flowering in one of the above colour index pages. The Common Name will be in Red if it is a Wildflower, The Botanical Name will link to its Plant Description Page and the Flower Months will link to the respective Flower Colour Pages in the relevant Gallery.

 

Some of these gallery photographs were provided by Christine Foord and they were photographed by Christine and Ron Foord and others were provided by R. V. Roger and D. Rankin of Kevock Garden Plants.

 

The Alpine Garden Society Encyclopedia of Alpines Volume One (A-K) (ISBN 0-900048-61-1) and Volume Two (L-Z) (ISBN 0-900048-62-X) superceeds The English Rock Garden (1919) by Reginald Farrer and its supplement The Present Day Rock Garden (1937) by Sampson Clay.

The above encyclopedias by the Alpine Garden Society describe 1000 genera of all alpine plants in cultivation, as well as many found in the wild but not yet in cultivation. All have rock garden or alpine house potential and the larger plants can be used in herbaceous borders. From page Viii of Volume One:-
"What is an alpine plant? Technically and from a botanical perspective alpine plants are those which grow above the tree line in mountain regions of the world in what are called subalpine and alpine zones; this includes species found at low altitudes in severe climates devoid of trees such as the Arctic and Antarctic. From a horticultural point of view, however, this definition is extended to include many other small flowering plants and ferns from low altitudes, whether from the seashore, marsh or woodland. 'Alpine' and 'rock garden' are frequently used to encompass this wide spectrum of different plants. In reality any small plant suitable for growing on the rock garden, scree, raised bed or in a trough in the open garden, as well as a great range of others more easily grown within the confines of an unheated glasshouse or cold frame, are included here within the definition of 'alpine'.
By general agreement, rock and alpine plants are thought to be small, often with a hummock, mat or tufted habit and often less than 1-1.25 feet tall. However, anyone who has visited a mountain region will know that not all the plants seen there necessarily fit into this handy definition; larger perennials and shrubs may sometimes be seen cheek by jowl with the hummocks and mats. A visit into any large rock garden, such as those of the well known botanic gardens at Kew and Edinburgh reveals a similar mixture and it is this larger concept that is used here. In general 2 feet in height and 3.25 feet spread has been taken as the maximum, but at the same time some potentially larger plants are included, for example the large yellow gentian found in the Alps and Pyrenees, Gentiana lutea, or the stately giant rhubarb of the Himalaya, Rheum nobile; both large plants but indisputably alpine."

The Alpine - Herbaceous Perennials that have Plant Descriptions in this website can be linked to in the following Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index Pages:-

• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index A
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index B
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index C
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index D
• Alpine - Herbaceous PerennialIndex E
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index F
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index G
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index H
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index I
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index J
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index K
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index L
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index M
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index N
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index O
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index P
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index Q
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index R
• (o)Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index S
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index T
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index U
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index V
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index W
• Alpine - Herbaceous Perennial Index XYZ