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A
Acanthus 124
Acer 111
pseudoplatanus 240
‘Coronation Gold’ 212–3, 234–5
filipendulina ‘Parker’s Variety’ 101
‘Inca Gold’ 207
millefolium 244–5
‘Terracotta’ 212–3
Achyroline satureoides 18
carmichaelii ‘Barker’s Variety’ 110
‘Spark’s Variety’ 96–7
Aconogonon 126
‘Johanniswolke’ 126, 203, 231, 244–5
pachypoda 244–5
simplex ‘James Compton’ 167, 189
Adiantum pedatum 101, 106, 118, 268–9, 269
inapertus 230
Agastache
‘Blue Wonder’ 120
nepetoides 38–9
Ajuga reptans 146
epipsila 219
mollis 82
allelopathic species 101
Allium
angulosum ‘Summer Beauty’ 206
atropurpureum 206
carinatum spp. pulchellum 192
‘Globemaster’ 212–3
moly 144
‘Mount Everest’ 212–3
nigrum 148–9
senescens subsp. senescens 211
sphaerocephalon 100
Alyssum maritimum 210
Amorpha canescens 27, 30–1, 200, 244–5, 245
‘Blue Ice’ 102–3
hubrichtii 104–5, 110, 147, 170–1
orientalis 245
tabernaemontana var. salicifolia 163
Amstelveen 51
Anaphalis
triplinervis 232
Andropogon
lindmanii 18
Anemanthele lessoniana 264–5
Anemone 150
blanda ‘Blue Shades’ 214
blanda ‘White Splendour’ 214
huphensis ‘September Charm’ 231
×hybrida ‘Hadspen Abundance’ 102–3, 144, 231
×hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ 231
×hybrida ‘Königin Charlotte’ 231
×hybrida ‘Prinz Heinrich’ 231
×hybrida ‘Robustissima’ 110
×lipsiensis 142–3
annuals 46, 145, 154–5, 178, 182
Anthericum ramosum 211
vulgaris 182, 184, 191, 210, 244–5
Aralia 244–5
Artemisia 137
ludoviciana ‘Latiloba’ 244–5
ludoviciana ‘Silver Queen’ 218
pontica 64–5
‘Powis Castle’ 223
Arts and Crafts movement 35, 46–7
Aruncus 126
dioicus 246–7
Asarum europaeum 106, 145, 246–7
Asclepias 150
Asperula odorata 94, 106, 246–7
assembly rules 201
ageratoides 246–7
amellus 126
amellus ‘Sternkugel’ 211
cordifolius 246–7
cordifolius ‘Little Carlow’ 10, 38–9, 232, 247
ericoides 246–7
×frikartii 246–7
×frikartii ‘Mönch’ 94
×herveyi ‘Twilight’ 136, 246–7, 247
lateriflorus ‘Horizontalis’ 246–7, 247
linosyris 211
novae-angliae 246–7
novae-angliae ‘Violetta’ 38–9, 134–5
novi-belgii 188
novi-belgii ‘Purple Dome’ 11
oblongifolius ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ 70–1
patens 152–3
puniceus 238–9
schreberi 214
tataricus 246–7
tataricus ‘Jindai’ 96–7, 102–3, 247
Astilbe 147
chinensis 246–7
chinensis var. tacquetii ‘Purpurlanze’ 41–3, 173
Astilboides 123
tabularis 246–7
major ‘Roma’ 87
Athyrium niponicum ‘Metallicum’ 268–9
plant combinations 169–72
avenues 40
B
bacteria 12
Ballota pseudodictamnus 222, 223
alba subsp. macrophylla 110, 111
leucantha 110
beech 46
purpurescens 231
‘Schneekönigin’ 214
‘Schneekuppe’ 214
Berkheya purpurea 230
Bernburger Staudenmix Exotic Flower Transformations mix 216
Bernburger Staudenmix Flowering Shade mix 214, 215
Bernburger Native Perennial Flowering Steppe mix 211, 215
Berne Park, Bottrop 28
Betula nigra ‘Heritage’ 102
Bexhill-on-Sea Promenade 222–3
biodiversity 9, 19, 27, 33, 50–1, 62–3, 80, 240
food webs 75
native and exotic plants 73, 75, 240
Biodiversity in Urban Gardens (BUGS) 75
biofiltration 12
block planting 26, 26, 27, 28, 29, 46, 63, 79–80, 83, 151, 154–5
color 136
drifts 29, 79, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93
with matrix planting 105–6
repetition 90
softening 33
See also group planting
Boltonia
asteroides 248–9
Bouteloua curtipendula 67, 115, 264–5
Brady, Sheila 226
Brunnera 82
macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ 167
Buphthalmum salicifolium 248–9
Burle Marx, Roberto 29, 75, 79, 236
Bury Court, Hampshire 51, 52–3, 55, 100
C
Calamagrostis
acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ 48–9, 52–3, 84–5, 99, 110, 127, 160, 173, 203, 231, 236, 264–5, 265
brachytricha 101, 109, 110, 115, 168, 264–5
nepeta subsp. nepeta 92, 106, 248–9
nepeta subsp. nepetoides 193
calculating plant numbers 117–8
Calendula officinalis 178
Callirhoe bushii 200
Calluna vulgaris 78
Camassia 140
Campanula
persicifolia 248–9
poscharskyana 248–9
rotundifolia 211
Cardamine pratensis 37
digitata ‘The Beatles’ 211
dipsacea 264–5
eburnea 141
flacca 266–7
humilis 211
muskingumensis 264–5
pendula 214
testacea 230
Carlina acaulis subsp. simplex 211
Cedrus libani 88–9
Cenolophium denudatum 51
Centaurea 126
montana 248–9
Cephalaria 124
gigantea 248–9
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides 248–9
Chaerophyllum hirsutum ‘Roseum’ 248–9, 249
change 26
Chasmanthium latifolium 62, 266–7
Chelone obliqua 248–9
Chionodoxa 140
Chrysanthemum 150
Chrysopogon gryllus 234–5
Cimicifuga racemosa var. cordifolia 202
Cirsium 124
Clematis
clonal and non-clonal plants 178, 182, 182, 186–7, 186, 188–92
closed nutrient cycles 99
coherence 26–7
Colchicum 140
block planting 136
combining plants 131–2
spring 139
70 per cent rule 132
autumn 169–72
color 131–2
repeating combinations 131
spring 162–3
structure 132–3
summer 164–8
winter 173
companion plants 122
competitors 176
container-grown plants 66
Convallaria majalis 214
Cordyline 63
Coreopsis
lanceolata 208–9
verticillata ‘Golden Showers’ 206
verticillata ‘Grandiflora’ 218
Cornus 111
kousa 94
Corylus 111
avellana 80
cottage gardens 36
County Cork garden 55
Crambe cordifolia 104–5, 250–1, 251
Crocus 140
speciosus 144
CSR model 176–7
cultivars 66
Cynara 124
D
daffodil 139–40
dahlia 46
Dalea purpurea 106
Darke, Rick, Carrie Furnace, Pittsburgh 14–5
Darmera 123
Deschampsia 52–3, 55, 107, 131, 165, 173, 187
cespitosa 51, 99, 106, 128–9, 131, 133, 161, 163, 164, 168, 172, 188, 266–7
cespitosa ‘Goldschleier’ 107, 109
cespitosa ‘Goldtau’ 28, 92, 94, 102–3, 166, 167
Desmodium canadense 250–1
Deutzia 147
Dianthus carthusianorum 34, 104–5, 111, 211
Diblik, Roy 18–9, 203, 206, 207
Dictamnus albus 182
Diervilla sessilifolia 210
Digitalis 123, 182, 191, 250–1
lutea 210
purpurea 178
Disporum 258–9
distinction 27
Dodecatheon 140
Doronicum 250–1
Drakensberg South African community 229, 230
drifts 29, 79, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93
drought-tolerant plantings 126
Dryopteris 268–9
Dunnett, Nigel 8, 11, 37, 50, 226, 231, 237, 240
Dyffryn Fernant, Pembrokeshire 72
dynamic planting 36–7, 40, 63, 237
E
Echinacea 110, 150, 182, 250–1
purpurea 54, 74, 92, 101, 112, 121, 165, 178, 227
purpurea ‘Alba’ 218
purpurea ‘Fatal Attraction’ 110, 193, 251
purpurea ‘Rubinstern’ 110
purpurea ‘Sundawn’ 218
purpurea ‘Sunrise’ 218
purpurea ‘Vintage Wine’ 106
purpurea ‘Virgin’ 104–5
tennesseensis ‘Rocky Top’ 200
ritro 251
ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’ 164
‘Taplow Blue’ 104–5
Echium vulgare 14–5
ecologically appropriate planting 51, 73, 237, 240
Elymus hystrix 266–7
emergents 123–4, 158–9, 160, 161, 227
emerging markets 13
ephemerals 178
grandiflorum ‘Lilafee’ 94
xperralchicum ‘Fröhnleiten’ 94
Eragrostis
curvula 267
spectabilis 110, 207, 266–7, 267
Eranthis hyemalis 214
Eremurus 147
‘Moneymaker’ 224–5
alpinum 104–5
×tripartitum 250–1
yuccifolium 54, 91, 136, 250–1, 251
Eschscholzia californica 210
Eucalyptus 63
Eucomis bicolor 230
altissima ‘Chocolate’ 96–7, 102–3
fistulosum 51
hyssopifolium 70–1
maculatum ‘Atropurpureum’ 168
maculatum ‘Purple Bush’ 94
maculatum ‘Riesenschirm’ 10, 38–9, 68–9, 87, 190
maculatum ‘Snowball’ 194–5
perfoliatum 250–1
rugosum 250–1
characias 252–3
cyparissias 32, 101, 106, 126–7, 183, 186–7, 189, 196, 252–3
griffithii 186, 187, 252–3, 253
griffithii ‘Dixter’ 231
griffithii ‘Fireglow’ 202
seguieriana subsp. niciciana 64–5
F
Fallopia japonica 140
Festuca mairei 16–7, 104–5, 107, 108, 164, 266–7, 267
camtschatica 238–9
magnifica 110
rubra 133
rubra ‘Venusta’ 253
flooding 91
Foerster, Karl 82
formal garden features 35
G
Galanthus 140
Galium odoratum 167
Gaura lindheimeri 252–3
‘Siskiyou Pink’ 54
Gentiana
asclepiadea 252–3
cruciata 211
makinoi 252–3
makinoi ‘Marcha’ 226
Geranium 41, 111, 123, 124, 125, 146–7, 187
asphodeloides 125
‘Dilys’ 133
endressii 125, 178, 182, 186, 196, 200
×oxonianum ‘Claridge Druce’ 94
pratense 252–3
renardii 125
sanguineum 106, 125, 189, 252–3
sanguineum ‘Album’ 210
sylvaticum 124, 184, 196, 252–3, 253
German Perennial Nursery Association 210
Gillenia trifoliata 204–5, 254–5, 255
Glacial Park, Illinois 27
Gladiolus papilio ‘Ruby’ 229, 230
grasses 10, 10, 25, 27, 38–9, 55, 133
architecture 127
cespitose 99, 100, 102, 127, 188, 197
mat 127
as matrix plants 52–3, 78, 82–3, 86, 90, 91, 98, 99–102, 106
native planting schemes 74
natural environments 78
naturalism 50
ornamental 46
repeat planting 137
layering 111
green roofs 8, 10–1, 12, 18, 215
Lurie Garden, Chicago 11, 22–3
Sedum 33
sustainable urban drainage schemes (SUDS) 11–2
Grime, J. Philip 176
Grindelia orientalis 18
ground cover 41, 46, 50, 62, 75, 100, 122
group planting 83, 86, 87, 88–9, 90
mixed groups 86
See also block planting
guerrilla spreaders 186–7
Gypsophila paniculata 254–5
H
habitats, wildlife 9
Hakonechloa macra 94, 106, 231, 266–7, 267
Hamamelis ×intermedia
‘Pallida’ 94
‘Orange Peel’ 94
Haphlocarpa scaposa 230
Hebe 137
Heinrich, Axel 210
‘Die Blonde’ 166
‘Moerheim Beauty’ 28, 92, 107, 108, 128–9, 134–5, 151
‘Rauchtopas’ 218
‘Rubinzwerg’ 54, 83, 88–9, 91, 110, 255
Helianthus 125
Helichrysum aureum 230
Heliopsis 154–5
foetidus 162
‘Happy Returns’ 206
‘Joan Senior’ 231
herbaceous borders 150
Hermannshof, Weinheim 16–7, 30–1, 154–5, 156–7, 200, 234–5
Heterotheca camporum var. glandulissimum 152–3
Heuchera 99, 100–1, 106, 123, 254–5
villosa 254–5
villosa ‘Brownies’ 94
× Heucherella 254–5
Hidcote 35
historical plantings 51
Hitchmough, James 33, 37, 50, 99, 201, 226–31, 227, 228, 229, 237, 240
Hogg, Karina 18
Hordeum jubatum 46
‘Frances Williams’ 214
‘Tall Boy’ 231
‘True Blue’ 231
Hummelo 10, 34, 36, 37, 38–9, 50, 54, 55, 58, 68–9, 84–5, 134–5, 146, 158–9, 161, 162–6, 168–73, 194–5, 236
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Flemygea’
I
Ichtushof, Rotterdam 102–3, 144
Ilex 111
Integrated Planting system 33, 206
intermingling 26, 32–4, 34, 50–1, 207, 234–5
biodiversity 63
calculating plant numbers 117
complexity and scale 59
designed 34
drifts 93
natural environments 78
introduced species 73, 75, 240
Inula 124
helenium 254–5
magnifica 254–5
magnifica ‘Sonnenstrahl’ 96–7, 172
Iris 122
chrysographes ‘Black Knight’ 231
sibirica 91, 100, 104–5, 106, 188, 196, 219, 220–1, 254–5
sibirica ‘Perry’s Blue’ 94, 109
J
Johnstone, Lawrence 35
K
Kalimeris incisa 254–5
Kingsbury, Noel 12–3, 200, 222, 233, 236
Montpelier Cottage 184, 185, 232, 238
Kirengeshoma palmata 254–5, 255
macedonica 37, 126, 191, 254–5, 255
rooperi 230
triangularis 230
‘Know Maintenance’ system 206
Koeleria macrantha 266–7
Korb, Walter 201
L
‘Pink Nancy’ 177
Landscape Park Riem, Munich 218, 220–1
Lange, Willy 233
Lavatera cashemeriana 256–7, 257
layering plants 111, 114–6, 228
texture 115
Lebensbereich 27
Leontodon autumnalis 229
Leucanthemella serotina 125
Leucanthemum vulgare 11, 52–3, 182, 229
Leucojum aestivum 144
Leuvehoofd, Rotterdam 93, 107, 108–9
Liatris 256–7
spicata ‘Alba’ 218
Libertia 123
grandiflora 256–7
light 137–8
Lilium
speciosum var. rubrum 231
tigrinum ‘Sweet Surrender’ 231
Limonium
platyphyllum 100, 106, 107, 166, 256–7
Linum perenne 211
Liriope 51, 99, 106, 122, 127, 146, 256–7
muscari ‘Big Blue’ 144
Lobelia 256–7
syphilitica 166
longevity 175–84
Lunaria
annua 145
rediviva 162, 170–1, 256–7, 257
Lurie Garden, Chicago 11, 22–3, 55, 59, 73, 139, 166
Luzula 99, 106, 127, 146, 266–7
Lysimachia 125
clethroides 256–7
M
Magnolia ×soulangeana ‘Solitair’ 94
Mahonia 111
Maianthemum racemosa 256–7
maintenance 27, 83, 93, 230, 236
Malva moschata 229
Marris, Emma 240
matrix planting 52–3, 78, 79, 82–3, 86, 90, 98, 99–102, 100
with block planting 105–6
calculating plant numbers 117
with repeating plants 102–5
Maximilianpark, Hamm 96–7
meadows 14–5, 25, 26, 38–9, 74, 77, 101–2
assembly rules 201
garden planting compared 77–8
layering 111
matrix grasses 90
wildflower mixes 201
Melica ciliata 64–5
Mentha
longifolia 219
pulegium 219
×speciosa 219
spicata 219
Mertensia 256–7
microhabitats 33
Miscanthus 99, 127, 131, 137, 160, 168
‘Flamingo’ 231
‘Silberfeder’ 231
Mixed Planting system 33, 201, 203, 206, 210–7
mixes listed 215–7
modular planting 201–3
caerulea 51, 55, 91, 99, 100, 106, 107, 127, 158–9, 166, 188, 266–7
caerulea subsp. arundinacea 173, 219, 266–7
caerulea subsp. caerulea ‘Strahlenquelle’ 226
caerulea subsp. caerulea ‘Edith Dudzus’ 90, 91, 94
caerulea ‘Dauerstrahl’ 47
caerulea ‘Poul Petersen’ 58
caerulea ‘Transparent’ 50, 68–9, 87, 96–7, 134–5, 158–9, 161, 166, 197
‘Moorhexe’ 28, 102–3, 108, 110, 116
Monarda 125, 150, 176, 188, 256–7
bradburiana 256–7
‘Jacob Cline’ 190
‘Scorpion’ 136
monocarpic plants 179
monocotyledons 122–3
See also block planting
Moorgate Crofts, Rotherham 8
Morris, Cedric 82
Mukdenia rossii 256–7
Muscari 215
N
Nantucket, Massachusetts 74, 106, 110
Narcissus ‘Lemon Drops’ 139
Nassella tenuissima 30–1, 32, 106, 189, 192, 200, 208–9, 266–7
native species 12, 18–9, 18, 19, 22–3, 25, 37, 38–9, 50–1, 70–1, 73, 74, 75, 227, 236, 240
assembly rules 201
density 237
garden plantings compared 77–8, 82
layering 111
naturalism 12, 26–7, 26, 35–6, 47, 50–1, 79–80, 82, 133, 136
color 131–2
enhanced nature 50–1, 237, 240
scatter plants 83
stylized 80
weeds 33
Nepeta 127
racemosa 256–7
‘Walker’s Low’ 212–3
×faassenii 222
New York Botanical Garden 226
New York High Line 12, 20–1, 26, 27, 50, 51, 55, 62, 67, 70–1, 73, 79, 81, 86, 98, 101, 112–3, 115–7, 136, 141, 148–9, 240
New Zealand 73
Nicolson, Harold 35
Nigella damascena 210
nitrogen compounds 12
O
Oase 27
Oenothera fruticosa 258–9
Olympic Park, London 11, 229, 230, 231
Omphalodes 140
Ononis spinosa 229
Ophiopogon 51, 99, 106, 127, 146, 256–7
order and disorder 35–40, 46–7
‘Rosenkuppel’ 166
Osmunda regalis 72, 162, 268–9
Osteospermum jucundum 223
Oudolf, Piet 12–3, 18–9, 34, 47, 83, 233, 236, 240
structural plants 80
P
Paeonia 258–9
emodi 142–3
mlokosewitschii 202
obovata 202
Panicum
‘Heiliger Hain’ 115–6
‘Shenandoah’ 96–7, 98, 104–5, 109, 116, 170–1, 197
virgatum 154–5, 156–7, 161, 266–7
Papaver
‘Karine’ 104–5
rhoeas 178
Parthenium integrifolium 27, 258–9
paving 192
Pearson, Dan 201–3
Pennisetum
alopecuroides 266–7
orientale 266–7
orientale ‘Tall Tails’ 164, 218
Penstemon
barbatus coccineus 224–5
digitalis 258–9
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk 24, 34, 83, 87, 128–9, 179
clump-forming 100–1
evergreen 146
feeding 37
intermingling 34
life cycles 40
long-term performance 175–83
management 36–7
renovating plantings 40
shapes and structure 122–7
short-lived 183
spreading 186–7
spring borders 162
spring-flowering 145
summer dormant 140
sustainability and resources 66
woodland 141–3
Perovskia atriplicifolia 54, 164, 258–9
‘Little Spire’ 109
Persicaria
amplexicaulis 127, 128–9, 137, 168, 194–5, 200, 258–9, 259
amplexicaulis ‘Alba’ 68–9, 169
amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ 231
amplexicaulis ‘Orange Field’ 96–7, 109
amplexicaulis ‘Roseum’ 179
bistorta ‘Superba’ 184
‘Firedance’ 87
Petasites 123
Peucedanum verticillare 94, 95, 163, 166, 173, 180–1
phalanx spreaders 186
Phalaris arundinacea 78
Philadelphus 147
Phlomis
Italica 223
samia 258–9
amplifolia 191
divaricata 258–9
maculata 258–9
paniculata 125, 188, 191, 196, 258–9, 259
Phormium 63
phosphorus compounds 12
Phygelius aequalis ‘Sani Pass’ 230
Physostegia virginiana 27
Picea 80
pioneer species 182
plant architecture 121–7
assembly rules 201
‘plantsmen’s gardens’ 86
Plectranthus neochilus 18
Polemonium caeruleum 258–9
biofiltration 12
water management 11
Polygonatum 258–9
×hybridum 259
×hybridum ‘Betburg’ 142–3
×hybridum ‘Weihenstephan’ 96
Polystichum setiferum 268–9
Potentilla tabernaemontana 211
prairie grassland 27, 30–1, 77, 101
assembly rules 201
garden plantings compared 77–8
layering 111
‘walk-in prairie’ 150–1
drifts 29, 79, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93
Primula 258–9
beesiana 231
purpurescens 231
veris 219
vulgaris 140
Pulsatilla vulgaris 211
Pycnanthemum 260–1
muticum 104–5, 165, 166, 186, 197, 261
Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’ 84–5
Q
Quercus 80
R
randomized planting 79, 201–11, 222, 231
regional diversity 18
repetition 33, 34, 79, 79, 82, 86, 87
block planting 90
harmony and contrast 137
plant combinations 130
resources 66
RHS Garden, Wisley 54, 55, 91, 93, 227
typhina 27, 48–9, 70–1, 81, 84–5
aesculifolia 261
Rosa 146–7
glauca 203
Rudbeckia
fulgida 260–1
fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ 222
fulgida ‘Viette’s Little Suzy’ 207
maxima 160
subtomentosa 20–1, 67, 98, 260–1, 261
triloba 156–7
S
Sackville-West, Vita 35
Salix 80
glutinosa 260–1
nemorosa 16–7, 106, 126, 260–1
nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ 204–5, 212–3
pratensis ‘Pink Delight’ 96, 102–3, 144
×superba 16–7, 106, 126, 260–1
×sylvestris ‘Blauhügel’ 59
×sylvestris ‘Mainacht’ 59
×sylvestris ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ 163
×sylvestris ‘Rügen’ 59
verticillata 260–1
Sandvik Tools, Warwickshire 11
‘B ury C ourt’ 68–9
menziesii 34
officinalis ‘Purpurea’ 231
‘Tanna’ 130
‘Thunderstorm’ 134–5
Saponaria lempergii 260–1
‘Max Frei’ 106
Scabiosa
caucasica 260–1
japonica var. alpina 34
Scampston Hall, Yorkshire 55, 56–7
scatter plants 82, 83, 84–5, 111
repetition 87
Schizachyrium scoparium 106, 266–7
‘The Blues’ 67
Scilla 140
peruviana 147
siberica 214
Scrophulariaceae 37
seasonal theme planting 131, 218–9
green roofs 33
‘Herbstfreude’ 234–5
‘Red Cauli’ 28
telephium 100, 126, 188, 196, 260–1
telephium subsp. maximum 211
telephium ‘Sunkissed’ 107, 108, 164
seed-derived plantings 227–8, 237
seedheads 42–3, 50, 62, 67, 160, 166
self-seeding plants 63, 66, 191–2, 236
Selinum wallichianum 260–1, 261
Senecio crassiflorus 18
Serpentine Gallery planting 44–5
autumnalis 28, 64–5, 86, 92, 101, 141, 218
setting plants out 119
Shade Pearl mix 210
shrubs See woody plants
Sidalcea 260–1
oregana 34
Silene dioica 145
Silver Summer mix 201, 206, 210, 212–3, 215
Sissinghurst 35
site-specific planting 33
Skärholmen Park, Stockholm 167
Smilacina racemosa 214
snow 173
Solidago 125, 154–5, 160, 187, 262–3
canadensis 36
‘Goldenmosa’ 136
×luteus ‘L emore’ 68–9
× Solidaster 262–3
Spodiopogon sibiricus 268–9, 269
spontaneity, designed 35–40, 50
spontaneous vegetation 10, 12–3, 14–5, 32, 37, 38–9, 50, 236, 240
Sporobolus heterolepis 20–1, 51, 59, 74, 98, 99, 104–5, 106, 110, 115, 127, 151, 172, 182, 197, 207, 268–9
spring 139–46
damp areas 162
perennial borders 162
plant combinations 162–3
Stachys
byzantina 106, 223, 262–3, 263
macrantha 262–3
officinalis 34, 75, 150, 164, 166, 173, 262–3
officinalis ‘Hummelo’ 86, 190, 207
recta 211
Stahl, Friedrich 80
barbata 268–9
calamagrostis 268–9
filifolia 18
gigantea 28, 55, 60–1, 87, 110, 160, 268–9, 269
pennata 211
street trees 12
stress-tolerators 176–7
structure 121–7
combining plants 132–3
harmony and contrast 137
lighting conditions 137–8
structure plants 27, 41, 46–7, 47, 80, 84–5, 122, 132
seventy per cent rule 132
Stuart-Smith, Tom 51
Sullivan Arch Garden, Chicago 198, 207
foliage 167
plant combinations 164–8
seedheads 166
sustainability 9, 62–3, 66, 73, 75
sustainable urban drainage schemes (SUDS) 11–2, 11
Sweden, James van 79, 222, 226
swimming pools, natural 12
Symphytum 125
caucasicum 177
‘Rubrum’ 262–3
T
Takano, Fumiaki 203
Tanacetum macrophyllum 126
grandiflora ‘Purpurea’ 102–3
Teucrium chamaedrys 211
delavayi 262–3
flavum 262–3
lucidum 262–3
pubescens 262–3
rochebrunianum 97, 110, 262–3, 263
theme plants 218
Thermopsis 262–3
Thymus praecox 211
Tiarella 262–3
Tokachi Millennium Forest 202–3, 204–5
Trachystemon 123
transparency 160
Trentham, Staffordshire 86–90, 87, 88–9, 91
Trifolium
pannonicum 262–3
pratense 25
rubens 262–3
Trillium 140
sessile 144
Tritonia drakensbergensis 230
Trollius 262–3
europaeus 91
Tulipa 140
‘Fur Elise’ 206
‘Orange Toronto’ 206
wilsonii 162
Typha latifolia 78
U
urban landscape design 10
Uvularia
grandiflora 142–3
perfoliata 146
V
Vaccinium 111
myrtillus 78
Valeriana officinalis 219
Venice Biennale planting 46
Veratrum 264–5
Verbascum 19, 123, 124, 191, 264–5
leichtlinii 37
nigrum 124
speciosum 16–7
Verbena
bonariensis 160, 179, 182, 185
Verbesina alternifolia 264–5, 265
noveboracensis 67
Veronica
austriaca 264–5
‘E veline’ 133
prostrata 211
spicata 264–5
teucrium ‘Knallblau’ 210
virginicum 28, 101, 158–9, 163, 164, 172, 173, 188, 265
virginicum ‘Album’ 97
virginicum ‘Erica’ 96
virginicum ‘Fascination’ 87, 88–9, 91
Viburnum ×rhytidophylloides ‘Alleghany’ 94
Victorian bedding schemes 82
Vinca minor ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ 214
Viola 145
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) 12
W
Walser, Urs 226
Westerkade, Rotterdam 40, 67, 95
wild plants See native species
wildflower meadows 14–5, 25, 26
wildlife-friendly practices 9, 62–3, 62, 67
annuals and biennials 145
layering 111
Z