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Small lady's-mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla flabellata
Small lady's-mantle - a beautiful delicate groundcover for shaded areas and corners. Learn about complete care, blooming and companion plants.
Silky lady's mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla glaucescens
Alchemilla glaucescens is a graceful, clump-forming perennial with silvery-blue foliage and soft yellow flowers. Thrives in partial shade and acidic, moist soil. Perfect for naturalistic gardens and borders.
Garden lady's-mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla mollis
Alchemilla mollis, or garden lady's-mantle, is a graceful perennial perfect for borders, shade gardens, and low-maintenance landscapes. Grows 15–30 cm tall, blooms June–August.
Broad-leaved anemone: complete guide
Anemone hortensis
Complete guide to growing Anemone hortensis: ideal conditions, bloom period, soil pH and companion plants. Perfect for woodland gardens and natural borders.
Northern Anemone: complete guide
Anemone parviflora
Grow the delicate Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora): ideal conditions, soil, watering and care for this alpine treasure.
Dark columbine: complete guide
Aquilegia atrata
Everything you need to know about growing Aquilegia atrata: ideal conditions, care tips, blooming season, and companion plants for this alpine beauty.
RanunculaceaeAquilegia elegantula: complete guide
Aquilegia elegantula
Western red columbine (Aquilegia elegantula) is an elegant mountain plant with red and yellow flowers. Perfect for borders, woodland gardens, and partial shade.
Birthwort: complete guide
Aristolochia clematitis
Discover everything about Birthwort (Aristolochia clematitis): growing conditions, care tips, hardiness, and companion planting. Ideal for UK and European gardens.
SolanaceaeBelladonna: complete guide
Atropa bella-donna
Grow Belladonna (Atropa bella-donna): location, soil, watering and care. A fascinating but deadly plant for experienced gardeners only.
Chinese-keys: complete guide
Boesenbergia rotunda
Grow Chinese-keys (Boesenbergia rotunda): ideal conditions, soil, watering and care. A unique tropical ginger family plant.
Perennial quaking grass: complete guide
Briza media
Briza media, or perennial quaking grass, brings delicate movement and texture to borders. This low-maintenance ornamental grass thrives in partial shade and adds year-round interest.
Greater bellflower: complete guide
Campanula latifolia
How to grow Campanula latifolia: care tips, ideal soil, light needs, and companion plants for this tall summer bloomer.
Chimney bellflower: complete guide
Campanula pyramidalis
Discover how to grow Campanula pyramidalis: ideal conditions, care tips, bloom period, and best companion plants for borders and cottage gardens.
Bats-in-the-belfry: complete guide
Campanula trachelium
Campanula trachelium, known as Bats-in-the-belfry, is a tall, blue-flowering perennial thriving in partial shade. Ideal for cottage gardens and naturalistic borders.
Meadow cress: complete guide
Cardamine pratensis
Everything you need to know about growing and caring for Meadow cress (Cardamine pratensis): light, soil, watering, and ideal companion plants.
Carex jamesii: complete guide
Carex jamesii
Grass sedge from North America grows in woodland habitats from Ontario to Texas. Guide for moist soils, partial shade, and maintenance-free growth in Dutch gardens.
Carex retrorsa: complete guide
Carex retrorsa
Knotsheath sedge (Carex retrorsa) is a North American Carex species for wet soils. Learn planting, care tips and garden design uses.
Carex swanii: complete guide
Carex swanii
Swan's sedge is an elegant ornamental grass for partial shade. Discover planting, maintenance and hardiness for your front garden design.
ArecaceaeParlor Palm: complete guide
Chamaedorea elegans
Discover the Parlor Palm (Chamaedorea elegans), an elegant, compact palm perfect for indoors and outdoors. This beginner-friendly plant grows slowly to 1.5 meters and thrives in partial shade.
Chamorchis alpina: complete guide
Chamorchis alpina
Discover alpine dwarf orchid, a delicate mountain plant with green flowers ideal for advanced enthusiasts of rare and exclusive orchids.
Celandine: complete guide
Chelidonium majus
Everything you need to grow Chelidonium majus: care, yellow spring flowers, self-seeding habits, ideal soil and how to use it in informal garden designs.
Asiatic dayflower: complete guide
Commelina communis
Grow and care for Commelina communis: ideal conditions, watering, pruning and companion plants. Perfect for moist, shaded garden spots.
Flowering dogwood: complete guide
Cornus florida
Discover how to grow Cornus florida: ideal conditions, soil, watering and care. Design your garden with this spring-flowering tree on gardenworld.app.
Marsh Hawk's-beard (Crepis paludosa): complete guide
Crepis paludosa
Discover Marsh Hawk's-beard: from moist, shady locations to care in wet gardens. Perfect for Northern European wetland areas.