Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
The sunflower is an annual plant that can grow from 40 cm to almost 8 m in height, depending on the cultivar. Its large flowers are very popular in gardens and there are a...
Soil: Chalk
Busy lizzie (Impatiens walleriana)
Impatiens walleriana (Busy lizzie) is an herbaceous plant with succulent stems that can reach 15 to 75 cm in height. Its flowers are 2 to 5 cm in diameter and can be white, orange,...
Rose moss or Eleven o’clock (Portulaca grandiflora)
Portulaca grandiflora (Rose moss or Eleven o’clock) is a small plant native to South America (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina), of rapid growth, usually reaching less than 30 cm in height. Its leaves are succulent...
Zinnia elegans (Zinnia)
Zinnia is an annual plant that presents a variety of cultivars, ranging from small plants 15 cm high to plants measuring almost 1 m. Inflorescences can be of a wide range of colors and...
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Foxgloves are a very attractive plants when they are in bloom. Digitalis purpurea is a plant that can reach over 2 m in height when it is flowering, although in most cases it does...
Sword lily (Gladiolus)
Gladiolus are popular garden plants. They are grown for their showy flowers produced mainly from spring to early autumn. There are over ten thousand hybrids and cultivars produced for garden cultivation, cutting and exhibiting....
Stonecrop (Sedum spectabile)
Sedum spectabile (Stonecrop) are succulent clump forming herbaceous perennials. From late summer until late autumn they bear heads of small star-shaped flowers making it a perfect plant to attract butterflies to the garden. How...
Lady’s mantle (Alchemilla mollis)
Alchemilla mollis (lady’s mantle) is a vigorous clump forming herbaceous perennial. It features looses clusters of little greenish-yellow flowers from early summer to autumn. How to plant Lady’s mantle will tolerate almost any type...
