11) Prostanthera cuneata

Type: evergreen shrub

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Badja Peak’

Common name: Australian mint bush

Family name: Lamiaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8-10

Height: 40-60cm

Spread: 90-100cm

Requirements: average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerates light shade and drought. Doesn’t require summer moisture.

Leaf arrangement: fragrant, tiny

Flower /fruit description(s): trumpet shaped flower, purple to red spots

Suitable uses: very attractive to pollinators, ornamental specimen, hedge, containers

Quick ID description: rounded, evergreen, shrub, mint family, smell, fast-growing

Bloom time: May to November

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Source: http://www.greatplantpicks.org/plantlists/view/1240

10) Calamagrostis x acutiflorus ‘Karl Forster’

Type: Ornamental grass

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Karl Forster’

Common name: Karl Forster feather reed grass

Family name: Poaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Height: 90-120cm (foliage), 150-200cm (flowers)

Spread: 40-50cm

Requirements: medium to wet soils in full sun, survive in clay soil

Leaf arrangement: green, narrow, flattened leave, large and dense

Flower /fruit description(s): upright flowering stalks, narrow flower plumes, persistent seeds

Suitable uses: borders, narrow spaces, moist low spots or on pond/stream banks

Quick ID description: grass, large, dense, upright

Bloom time: June-July

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b810

9) Helictotrichon sempervirens

Type: Ornamental grass

Common name: blue oat grass

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Saphirsprudel’

Family name: Poaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 50-60cm (foliage), 50-100(flower)

Spread: 65-80cm

Requirements: Full sun or light shade, fertile, well-drainage, dry to medium

Leaf arrangement: blue leave, needle, 6mm wide

Flower /fruit description(s): Bluish brown at first then turn into golden wheat color by fall

Suitable uses: border, rock garden, foundation plant

Quick ID description: blue foliage, ornamental grass

Bloom time: June to August

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/FullImageDisplay.aspx?documentid=20147

8) Geranium sanguineum

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Useful cultivars and selections: ‘Max Frei’ ‘Album’ ‘Bloger’ ALAN BLOOM

Common name: bloody cranesbill

Family name: Geraniaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Height: 50-150cm

Spread: 20cm

Requirements: full sun to part shade, well-drained soil, low maintenance, medium water

Leaf arrangement: dark green, deeply divided

Flower /fruit description(s): cup-shaped, pink to purple flowers

Suitable uses: hardy border, rock garden

Quick ID description: spreading, cup-shaped, deeply divided, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: May to June (short term flower)

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Source: http://www.lynandmalc.co.uk/genus/Allium/slides/Allium%20hollandicum%20Purple%20Sensation.html

7) Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’

Type: herbaceous perennials

Common name: Purple Sensation allium

Family name: Amaryllidaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Height: 0.5-1m

Spread: 0.1-0.5m

Requirements: Well-drained, moist soil, full sun

Leaf arrangement: linear leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): star-shaped flower in an umbel

Suitable uses: Cut flower

Quick ID description: long stem, garlic scent, round, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June-September

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6) Viola x wittrockiana

Type: Annual

Common name: pansy

Family name: Violaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8-11

Height: 20-30cm

Spread: 15-20cm

Requirements: humus-rich soil, sun

Leaf arrangement: linear leaves

Flower /fruit description(s): central mark in the middle like a face, yellow nectar guide, many different colour

Suitable uses: flower border

Quick ID description: marking in the center, many kinds of colour, inexpensive, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June-October, when cool even have flower for 5 months

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5) Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegata’

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: variegated goutweed

Family name: Apiaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Height: 40cm

Spread: 30cm

Requirements: average, dry to medium, well-drained soil, sun or shade

Leaf arrangement: oval and serrated

Flower /fruit description(s): umbel, flat-topped

Suitable uses: pure and contained planting, in the shade of trees or large shrubs

Quick ID description: rhizome, umbel, oval, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: May-June

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4) Rodgersia aesculifolia

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: chestnut-leaved rodgersia

Family name: Saxifragaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-7

Height: 120cm

Spread: 60cm

Requirements: rich, moist soils, part shade

Leaf arrangement: not that lobed, palmate

Flower /fruit description(s): white tiny flowers, panicles, fragrant

Suitable uses: moist woodland gardens, bog gardens, water garden

Quick ID description: rhizomatous, palmate, panicles, fragrant, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June to August

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3) Persicaria microcephala ‘Red Dragon’

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: Red Dragon fleece flower

Family name: Polygonaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6-8

Height: 60-90cm

Spread: 60-60cm

Requirements: moist, well-drained soils, full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement: broad-ovate, V shape marking

Flower /fruit description(s): tiny white flower

Suitable uses: Mass woodland, cottage gardens, borders, mixed containers

Quick ID description: V shape, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June to September, cut to the ground, flower twice or three times a year

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Source: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=250026&isprofile=0&://

2) Iris ensata

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Common name: Japanese iris

Family name: Iridaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 – 9

Height: 90-120cm

Spread: 60cm

Requirements: medium to wet soils, full sun to part shade (Happy at the waterside)

Leaf arrangement: linear leaves, word shape

Flower /fruit description(s): flattened, butterfly like

Suitable uses: Moist borders, water gardens, margins of pools or streams

Quick ID description: rhizomes, herbaceous perennial

Bloom time: June-July

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