Colour in the flower garden

by Gertrude Jekyll

INDEX

• A
• Abutilon vitifolium, [66], [109]
• Acanthus, [25], [88];
• as tub plant, [118]
• Achillea, The Pearl, [72]
• Adonis, [25]
• Æsculus, [73]
• Agapanthus, [117]
• Agathea cœlestis, [49], [63]
• Ageratum, [81], [102]
• Alexandrian Laurel, [104]
• Alpenrose, [19], [33], [85]
• Alyssum, [26]
• Amelanchier, [12]
• Anchusa, [43], [46]
• Andromeda, [13], [19], [33], [85], [124], [136]
• Anemone sylvestris, [37];
• japonica, [81]
• Annuals, half hardy, [50], [57];
• hardy, [57]
• Apples, [131]
• Arbutus, [85]
• Arenaria balearica, [33];
• montana, [34]
• Artemisia stelleriana, [63], [72], [80]
• Asarum, [16], [34]
• Asters, China, [74], [81], [117];
• perennial, [72], [80], [128]
• August, Flower-border in, [65]
• Aubrietia, [27]
• Aucuba, [104]
• Azalea, [84]
• B
• Bambusa tessellata, [88];
• as tub plant, [118]
• Bay, [128]
• Bedding plants, [50]
• Begonias, [81];
• with Megasea, [82]
• Blue flowers, [63], [68]
• Blue garden, [90], [103]
• Briars, Scotch, [46], [124]
• Broom, white, [36], [37], [136]
• Bulb-border, [5]
• C
• Camassia, [34]
• Campanula pyramidalis in steps, [126];
• persicifolia, [40], [105];
• lactiflora, [58]
• Campanulas in pots, [113]
• Canna, [70], [78];
• in pots, [113]
• Canterbury Bells, [50];
• in pots, [113]
• Caryopteris, [73]
• Catmint, [46], [72], [102]
• Chalky banks, plants for, [111]
• China Rose, [107]
• Choisya ternata, [50]
• Cineraria maritima, [63], [65], [72], [80]
• Cistus, [13], [19], [61], [66], [85], [136]
• Clematis montana, [29], [34], [39], [50], [107]
• C. davidiana, [68], [79]
• C. Flammula, [54], [109]
• C. recta, [62], [103]
• C. Vitalba, [85], [111]
• Climbing plants, [106]
• Colour, in woodland, [1];
• scheme of Rhododendrons, [15];
• of old Scotch Fir, [17];
• tender in spring garden, [24];
• strong in spring garden, [25]
• Colour-combinations, [47], [51], [60], [72], [73], [122]
• Colour, optical effect of, [52];
• gardens of special, [89];
• of paint for garden accessories, [119]
• Colour-planting for winter, [133]
• Coltsfoot, variegated, [81], [104]
• Columbines, [35], [40], [85]
• Coreopsis, [59], [70]
• Corydalis ochroleuca, [27], [37]
• Cottage gardens, [106]
• Cranesbill, [42], [49]
• Crown Imperial, [25]
• D
• Daffodils, [7], [14]
• Dahlias, [66], [70], [78], [81], [128];
• best kinds for border use, [82]
• Daphne Mezereon, [2]
• Delphinium Belladonna, [63], [103];
• grandiflorum, [63]
• Dentaria, [28], [85]
• Desmodium penduliflorum, [111]
• Dictamnus, [24], [50]
• Dielytra spectabilis, [27]
• Dog-tooth Violet, [2]
• Drifts in planting, [2], [11], [15], [24]
• E
• Elymus, [65], [67], [102];
• in the grey garden, [102]
• Empty spaces in borders, filling up, [55], [67]
• Epilobium, [85]
• Epimedium, [34], [38], [85]
• Eryngium, [59], [72], [104]
• Eulalia, [65], [104]
• Euphorbia Wulfenii, [22], [38], [50], [128]
• Evergreens for winter effect, [135]
• Exochorda, [36]
• F
• Fern, Lady, [13], [34];
• Osmunda, [13];
• Fern, Male, [6], [13], [35], [39], [125];
• dilated shield, [13], [22];
• Polypody, [13];
• hardy Ferns, [85], [88], [104], [136];
• Ferns in pots, [113]
• Fern walk, [15]
• Feverfew, Golden Feather, [81]
• Fig, [107], [128]
• Flower-border, [50]
• Form in planting, [138]
• Forsythia suspensa, [4], [111], [130]
• Foxgloves, [16], [40], [44], [85]
• Francoa, [113], [116]
• Fruit garden, beautiful, [127]
• Fuchsia, [117], [128]
• Fumaria bulbosa, [6]
• Funkia, [86], [104], [112];
• F. Sieboldi as tub plant, [118]
• G
• Galvanised iron roof, treatment of, [56]
• Gaultheria, [13], [84], [136]
• Gentiana asclepiadea, [85]
• Geranium ibericum, [42]
• Geraniums (Pelargonium), [113]
• Gladiolus, [70], [79];
• in pots, [113]
• Godetia, [72]
• Gold garden, [90];
• plants for, [92]
• Golden Elder, [100]
• Golden Plane, [91]
• Goodyera, [16]
• Gourds, [111]
• Green-barked shrubs, [135]
• Green garden, [104]
• Grey garden, [90], [101];
• plants for, [101]
• Grey plants, [4], [51], [60], [65], [71], [80], [101]
• Grouping of plants, [140]
• Guelder Rose, [36], [108]
• Gypsophila, [53], [70], [72], [87], [102]
• H
• Heath, [19], [20], [85], [136];
• path, [19]
• Helenium pumilum, [70]
• Helianthus, [69], [79];
• in the Gold garden, [100]
• Hellebores, Lent, [2], [6], [34]
• Heracleum, [44]
• Heuchera Richardsoni, [26], [29]
• Hidden Garden, [32]
• Hill-side for planting, [38]
• Hollyhock, [70], [128]
• Hydrangea, [67], [113], [116], [128];
• as tub plants, [123];
• H. paniculata, [87]
• I
• Iberis, see Spring-garden, [50]
• Ipomæa Heavenly Blue, [110]
• Iris, dwarf, [29];
• Cengialti, [34];
• flag-leaved, [31], [32], [39], [42], [49], [128];
• special borders of, [44]
• J
• Jasminum nudiflorum, [111], [136]
• July, flower-border, [58]
• June garden, [39];
• climbers in June, [47]
• Juniper, [136]
• K
• Kalmia, [84]
• Kerria, [107]
• L
• Laburnum, arch of, [80]
• Lavender, [72], [73];
• dwarf, [63]
• Laurel, [137]
• Ledum palustre, [85]
• Lent Hellebores, [2], [6], [136]
• Leycesteria formosa, [28], [135]
• Lilies, [35], [85], [103];
• in the grey garden, [101];
• in pots, [113]
• Lilium auratum, [12], [80];
• longiflorum, [68], [72], [125];
• giganteum, [29];
• candidum, [103], [104], [124]
• Lily of the Valley, [86]
• Lithospermum, [26]
• Lobelias, [66]
• Lupines, [39];
• tree lupines, [45], [88], [103], [130];
• as tub plants, [118]
• M
• Magnolia, [107];
• conspicua, [4], [66];
• stellata, [5], [128]
• Maiden's Wreath, [113], [116]
• Maize, [103]
• Marigold, African, [68], [79], [81]
• May-blooming shrubs, [36]
• Megasea, [86];
• in bulb-border, [6];
• in spring garden, [22];
• in pots, [113]
• Mertensia, [25]
• Mowing-machine, track of, [14]
• Mulberry, [128]
• Mulching the flower-border, [51]
• Mullein, [44]
• Myosotis, [25]
• Myrrhis, [22], [104]
• Myrtle, [107]
• N
• Narcissus, in bulb-border, [7]
• Nepeta Mussini, with grey plants, [46]
• Nut-walk, [132]
• O
• Olearia Haastii, [73], [130];
• O. Gunni, [128]
• Orchard, [131];
• wild orchard, [132]
• Orobus vernus, [27]
• Othonna, [38]
• P
• Paint for tubs, &c., [118]
• Paths, wood, [13]
• Papaver rupifragum, [43];
• P. pilosum, [43];
• P. orientale, [43]
• Pea, White Everlasting, [53], [65], [72], [103]
• Pentstemons, [40], [63], [79]
• Peonies, [39], [41], [88], [128]
• Peony albiflora, [42]
• Peony, tree, [26], [33];
• as tub plants, [117]
• Perowskya, [73]
• Phlomis, [80]
• Phlox divaricata, [26], [31], [33];
• amœna, [26];
• stellaria, [31]
• Pictures, living, [5], [9];
• some garden, [121]
• Planting in drifts, [15], [24]
• Plumbago capense, [79], [103]
• Polygonum, [86]
• Pots, plants in, [112]
• Primrose Garden, [31]
• Privet, golden, [65]
• Pyrus japonica, [4], [106]
• Pyrus malus floribunda, [36]
• Q
• Quarries, desirable for planting, [111]
• R
• Reed, [134]
• Reedmace, [134]
• Rhododendron, [3], [12], [84], [136]
• Ribbon Grass, [104]
• Robinia, [66]
• Rocky hillside, planting for, [111]
• Rosa altaica, [37];
• Burnet Rose, [37];
• Fairy Rose, [122]
• Rosemary, [42], [107]
• Roses, garden, [40], [41], [130];
• with coloured bark, [134]
• Roses, rambling, [35], [43], [62], [85], [111], [132]
• Rubus nutkanus, [12], [88];
• odoratus, [12];
• deliciosus, [29]
• Rudbeckia Golden Glow, [69], [79]
• Rue, [65], [79], [103]
• Ruscus, [104]
• S
• Salvia splendens, [79]
• Santolina, [65]
• Scillas, [6]
• Sea Kale, [51], [58], [65], [67]
• Sedum spectabile, [81]
• Senecio artemisiæfolius, [59], [70]
• September, Flower-border in, [78]
• Skimmia, [19], [104], [136]
• Smilacina, [18]
• Snapdragons, [40], [63], [66], [80], [81], [103]
• Solanum crispum, [110];
• jasminoides, [110]
• Solomon's Seal, [25], [33]
• Special colouring, gardens of, [89]
• Spiræa Aruncus, [42], [88], [103];
• Lindleyana, [109]
• Spring garden, [21]
• Stachys, [72], [80];
• lanata, [28]
• Staking and supporting, [55]
• St. Bruno's Lily, [34]
• Stonecrops on iron roof, [56]
• Sweet Cicely, [22], [40]
• Sweet Verbena, [110]
• T
• Tamarisk, [91], [130]
• Thalictrum, [59], [103]
• Thyme, wild, [126]
• Tiarella, [37]
• Training down tall plants, [54], [69], [79]
• Training plants one over another, [53], [72], [102]
• Trientalis, [16]
• Trillium, [15], [85]
• Tritoma, [78], [128]
• Tubs, plants for, [117]
• Tulips, [24], [25]
• U
• Uvularia, [28], [38], [85]
• V
• Valerian, [111]
• Veratrum, [22]
• Verbascum, [44], [66]
• Veronica Traversi, [28];
• Veronicas as tub plants, [117]
• Vine, Claret, [66];
• Vine, [106], [107], [111], [128]
• W
• Wallflower, [25]
• Wall shrubs, [66]
• Water Elder, [37]
• Whortleberry, [17]
• Wild gardening, [13]
• Willows, [133]
• Winter colour, [133]
• Winter walk, [135]
• Witch Hazel, [136]
• Woodland, [8]
• Wood paths, [13];
• wood and shrubbery edges, [83]
• Woodruff, [34]
• Y
• Yew hedges, [91]
• Yucca, [25], [50], [65], [101], [103], [128];
• raised borders for, [71]

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