plant list
Hi i'm Ash from north wales. I work in a garden center near Caernarfon. I enjoy learning about plants while im in work, my boss suggested that i make a list of plants with short descriptions which i've listed 10 plants. Once i learn a plant i add others to my list. I don't know whether the information is correct so i feel i should wait to learn what's on my list. I tried sending it in a previous thread but it won't let me send .
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Pop your list on here I'm sure there's plenty of us who can check if your information is right.
How?
is it written down or on a word processor?
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
in word
If you use your mouse to highlight all of the text, then while the text is still highlighted right-click your mouse and choose Copy
Then click your mouse where you want the text to appear in the message pane on the forum. Right-click your mouse and choose Paste as plain text
You may need to do a bit of formatting
Alternatively - print it out and take a photo
Last edited: 20 July 2017 20:47:47
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
my list has images. How do i send it on here? It says it must be jpeg or giff file.
Hi Ash - if it's a Word document that has images in it, there's no easy way to post it here.
You could post the text the way I mentioned earlier, but the images will not copy.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Plant Name
Where it likes to grow
Heuchera ‘Marmalade’
Shape - Clump-forming evergreen perennial
Colour - Pink, bronze and yellow-brown coloured leaves with Pink/Burgundy undersides.
Racemes or panicles of small creamy coloured flowers.
Flowers in Summer
Height: 25cm (10")
Sun or semi shade
Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’
Clump-forming semi-evergreen perennial
Lime green foliage with racemes or panicles of small white flowers.
Flowers in Summer - Autumn
Height: 40cm (12”)
semi shade
Astilbe Chinensis ‘Visions’
Erect flowering stems above a mound of fern-like green foliage.
Herbaceous perennial.
Mid-green to bronze leaves and panicles of purple-red flowers in
Summer - Autumn
Height
40cm (16”)
Sun or semi shade
Geranium ‘Rozanne'
Midsized mound of green leaves. Bowl shaped flower heads.
Violet-blue flowers 5cm wide, with a white centre.
Flowers in
Summer - Autumn
Height
60cm (24”)
Sun or semi shade
Salvia ‘Caradonna’
Upright black stems on a mound of aromatic foliage.
A perennial with upright racemes of violet- purple flowers through the summer above narrow, rough, grey-green leaves.
Flowers in Summer
45 cm (18”)
Sun/part shade
Hosta ‘First Frost’
clump-forming herbaceous perennial with teardrop shaped leaves.
Blue-green leaves with gold margins. Lavender coloured flowers in summer.
40cm (16”)
Part shade
Hosta ‘Halcyon’
A compact, clump-forming Herbaceous perennial.
Blue-grey leaves and Light greyish-lavender, bell-shaped flowers in summer.
45cm (18”)
Sun or shade
Geum ‘Totally tangerine’
Tall upright stems with bowl shaped flowers. Herbaceous Perennial.
Peachy-orange coloured flowers high above a clump of green leaves.
Flowers in spring - Autumn
90cm
Full sun
They all look right to me Ash.
A very good idea to keep a notebook.
Useful to make a note of when plants come into flower where you live, rather than the usual 'summer' etc
Good stuff!
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Nothing wrong with your notes, but I can't help feeling you are setting yourself quite a learning challenge! There's a lot of wordage there, ( I realise you have pics too) and even as a word person, I would find find it hard to remember too many plants that way. We all learn in different ways though, so if it works welll for you, then please just ignore me!
What I would do, is to choose a particular plant. Say Heuchera, as you have two in your list. Go and really look at all the Heucheras in stock at your garden centre. Look at what makes them like each other - the shape of the leaves, the shape of the flowers. Look at the things that make one variety different from the next one - leaf colour, size/colour of flower etc.. Get a 'feel' for what a Heuchera is like.
Then do your research. Find out where they will grow, what soil, what pH, sun or shade, moisture levels, size, hardiness, pests/diseases. These things you need to take note of. They are the 'facts that will back up the idea of 'Heuchera' you have learned from looking at them and they are the things gardeners will want to know. You will find most of the facts apply to most of the plants, so you only need to learn them once and note the differences.
Finally add a few pics of different varieties as illustration. You will now be able to answer almost any question a customer asks about Heucheras
Now choose another plant! Good Luck