Millenium Garden Latin Name

Common name

Height

Spread Plant type

cm

cm

Foliage Colour

Flower Colour

Flowering Time

perennial

Family

Origin

Rosaceae

NZ

Acaena magellanica

New Zealand Burr

Acanthus hungaricans

Bear's Breeches

60-120

60-90

perennial

dark green

pale pink/ white with purple bracts

june/july

Acanthaceae

Balkans

Acanthus hirsutus var. syriacus

Bear's Breeches

60

60

perennial

dark green

greenish white

june/july

Acanthaceae

Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Isreal

Achillea 'Credo'

Yarrow

50-100

50-100 perennial

dark green

creamy yeloow

august/september

Asteraceae

N.hemisphere

Achillea 'Summerwine'

Yarrow

perennial

dark green

dark red

july/august

Asteraceae

N.hemisphere

Achilllea 'Walter Funke'

Yarrow

perennial

august/september

Asteraceae

N.hemisphere

Actea simplex 'James Compton'

Baneberry

perennial

Agastache foeniculum

Anise hyssop

90-150

30

Amsonia hubrichtii

perennial

N.hemisphere whiteish green

blue with purple brachts

august/ septmeber

perennial

Labiatae

North America

Apocynaceae

Amsonia orientalis

50

30

perennial

greyish/green

violet/blue

july/august

Apocynaceae

Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia

60

45

perennial

dark green

pale blue

june/july

Apocynaceae

60-120

45

perennial

dark green

pink

August/September

Ranunculaceae S.China

Anemone hupehensis japonica 'Pamina'

Wind Flower

Anemone x hybrida

Wind Flower

perennial

Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'

Wind Flower

perennial

Anemone leveillei

Greece/Turkey

Ranunculaceae white

August/September

Ranunculaceae

dark purple

august/september

Umbelliferae

China, Korea, Japan

Asteraceae

N.Hemisphere prairies

perennial

Angelica gigas

Angelica

Artemisia 'Rosenschleier'

Wormwood

100-200 120

perennial

mid green

perennial

pale green

Aruncus 'Horatio'

perennial

Rosaceae

N.Hemisphere

Aruncus 'Johannisfest'

perennial

Rosaceae

N.Hemisphere

Aruncus 'Woldemar Meier'

perennial

Rosaceae

N.Hemisphere

Aster cordifolius 'Little Carlow'

90

45

perennial

Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis'

60

45

perennial

mid green

violet/blue

july/august

Asteraceae

white-pink

july/august

Asteraceae

Aster macrophyllus 'Twlight'

perennial

Asteraceae

Aster umbellatus

perennial

Asteraceae

Aster 'Anja's Choice'

perennial

Asteraceae

Astilbe chinensis tacqetii 'Purplelanze'

120

90

perennial

mid green

purple/red

august/september

Saxifragaceae

Astrantia major 'Claret'

Masterwort

30-90

45

perennial

june/july

Umbelliferae

C. and E. Europe

Astrantia major 'Roma'

Masterwort

30-90

45

perennial

june/july

Umbelliferae

C. and E. Europe

Baptisia australis

Wild Indigo

150

60

perennial

june/july

Leguminosae

E.USA

Calamintha nepeta 'Blue Cloud'

Calamint

july/august

Labiatae

Middle East

Calamintha nepeta

Calamint

july/august

Labiatae

Middle East

Chaerohyllum hirustum 'Roseum'

dark blue

perennial 45

50-75

Cephalaria dipsacoides Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

deep green

perennial

hairy dark green

mauve/pink

perennial Plumbaga

Dipsacaceae

45

30

perennial

bright green

blue

august

Plumbaginaceae W.China

60

30

perennial

mid green

pink

may/june

Umbelliferae

South Europe to Russia

Other uses.

Toxic berries

Cimicifuga simplex 'James Compton'

Bugbane

100-120 60

perennial

brownish purple

white

august/september

Ranunculaceae N.E. Asia

Cirsium rivulare 'Atroprpureum'

120

60

perennial

dark green

deep crimson

july/august

Asteraceae

Darmera peltata

200

100

perennial

dark green

white /pink

may/june

Saxifragaceae USA

C.Europe

Dianthus amurensis

Carnation

40

30

perennial

bright green

dark pink/ mauve

july/august

Caryophllaceae e.Asia

Dianthus carthusianorum

Carnation

40

20

perennial

pale green

deep red-pink

july/august

Caryophllaceae S. and C. Europe

Digitalis ferruginea

Rusty Foxglove

120

45

perennial

dark green

golden brown

july/august

Scarophulariaceae S.E Europe

Echinacea pallida

Coneflower

perennial

july/august

Asteraceae

USA

Echinacea 'Fatal Atrraction'

Coneflower

perennial

july/august

Asteraceae

USA

Echinacea ' Green Edge'

Coneflower

perennial

july/august

Asteraceae

USA

Echinacea 'Green Jewel'

Coneflower

perennial

july/august

Asteraceae

USA

Echinacea 'Jade'

Coneflower

perennial

july/august

Asteraceae

USA

Echinacea 'Rubinglow'

Coneflower

perennial

july/august

Asteraceae

USA

Echinacea 'Rubinstern'

Coneflower

perennial

july/august

Asteraceae

USA

Echinops rito 'Veitch's blue'

Globe Thistle

60

45

perennial

dark green

metallic blue

august

Asteraceae

S.E Europe to C. Asia

Echinops sphaerocephalus

Globe Thistle

200

90

perennial

grey-green

silvery grey

august/september

Asteraceae

S.E Europe to C. Asia

Eryingium alpinum 'Blue star'

Sea Holly

70

45

perennial

mid green

steel blue

july/august

Umbelliferae

Europe mountains

Eryingium bourgatii

Sea Holly

15-45

30

perennial

silver veined dark green blue grey/green

august

Umbelliferae

Europe mountains

Eryingium yuccifolium

Sea Holly

120

60

perennial

blue grey

whiteish green-pale blue

july/august

Umbelliferae

Europe mountains

Eupatorium purpureum subsp. Maculatum 'Atropurpureum' Joe Pye Weed

220

100

perennial

mid green

pinkish purple

july/august

Asteraceae

E.USA

Eupatorium rugosum 'Snowball'

180

60

perennial

grey green

white

Asteraceae

E.USA

Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'

180

60

perennial

grey green

brown tinged

july/august

Asteraceae

E.USA

75

60

perennial

copper tinted-darkdusky greenorange

August

Euphorbiaceae Bhutan, Tibet, S.W China

july/august

Rosaceae

E.USA

August/September

Umbelliferae

S.Europe

june/july/august

Onagraceae

N.America

Euphorbia griffithii 'Dixter'

Milkweed

Filipendula rubra 'Venusta Magnifica'

Queen of the Prairies 180-250 120

perennial

mid green

Foeniculum vulgare 'Giant Bronze'

Fennel

perennial

copper green- bronze yellow

180

45

Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'

perennial

Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies

90

60

perennial

deep peach-pink

white fade to pink grey green

white with red sepals

Geranium 'Brookside'

Cranesbill

perennial

Geraniaceae

Geranium 'Jolly Bee'

Cranesbill

perennial

Geraniaceae

Geranium ' Patricia'

Cranesbill

perennial

Geraniaceae

Geranium 'Sirak'

Cranesbill

perennial

Geraniaceae

Geranium phaeum 'Sambor'

Dusky Cranesbill

Geranium psilostemon

Armenian Cranesbill 60-120

Geranium sobliferum

Cranesbill

Geranium wlassovianum

Cranesbill

60

60

perennial

dark green

purple pink

Geranium x oxonianum 'Rebecca Moss'

Cranesbill

45

60

perennial

light green

pink

Geraniaceae

Geranium x oxonianum ' Summer Surprise'

Cranesbill

45

60

perennial

light green

pink

Geraniaceae

Helenium autumnale 'Flammendes Katchen'

Sneezeweed

150

45

perennial

green

yellow/brown

Asteraceae

Helenium atumnale ' Rubinzwerg'

Sneezeweed

150

45

perennial

green

yellow/brown

Asteraceae

80

45

perennial

soft green

mauve

may/june

Geraniaceae

Europe Mountains

60

perennial

mid green

bright pink

august

Geraniaceae

Caucasus/Turkey

perennial

Geraniaceae july/august

Geraniaceae

Siberia/N.China/Mongolia

Canada-E.USA

Hemerocallis 'Corky'

Daylily

Hemerocallis citrine 'Little Girl'

Daylily

Heuchra villosa

Coral Bells

30

Hydrangea anomala petiolaris

Climbing Hydrangea

15m

Hydrangea querifolia 'Snowflake'

Oak Leaved Hydrangea200 180

Inula magnifica 'Sonnenstrahl'

70

40

perennial

green

yellow

july

Liliaceae

Asia

perennial

green

greenish yellow-pale lemon

august

Liliaceae

China

perennial

bronze green

white-pink

July

Saxifragaceae E.USA

perennial

dark green

white

july/august

Hydrangeaceae Korea, Taiwan, Japan

250

perennial

mid green

white

august/september

Hydrangeaceae S.E.USA

100

perennial

dark green

golden yellow

july/august

Asteraceae

e.Caucasus

45

Kalimeris incisa

perennial

Knautia macedonica

60-80

45

perennial

green

purple red

july/august

Dipsacaceae

Macedonia

Lamium orvala

Dead Nettle

60

30

perennial

dark green

pinkish purple

may/june

Labiatae

Central S. Europe

Liatris spicata 'Kobold'

Blazing Star

40-50

45

perennial

green

deep purple

august/september

Asteraceae

S.E. USA

150

100

perennial

Asteraceae

Asia

60

45

perennial

Ligularia japonica Limonium latifolium

Sea Lavender

Lobelia 'Tania' Lobelia siphilitica

dark green

deep lavender-blue

august/september

perennial Blue Cardinal Flower 60-120

30

Lobelia vedrariensis Lonicera periclymenum serotina

yellow

perennial

Plumbaginaceae Bulgaria-Russia Campanulaceae

light green

bright blue

august/september

Campanulaceae E.USA

perennial Late Dutch Honeysuckle 7m

perennial

green

white streaked dark purple

july/august

Caprifloiaceae Europe, North Africa

5m

perennial

dark green

pink inside, orange outside

july/august

Caprifloiaceae Garden Origin

dark green

brown

may/june

Juncaceae

Europe-Asia

Lonicera x heckrottii Luzula sylvatica 'Waldler'

Woodrush

70-80

45

perennial

Lythrum salicaria 'Blush'

Purple Loosestrife

90-120

45

perennial

pink red purple

july/August

Lythraceae

Europe-Asia

Lythrum salicaria 'Robert'

Purple Loosestrife

90

45

perennial

bright pink

july/August

Lythraceae

Europe-Asia

Lythrum salicaria ' Stitchflamme'

Purple Loosestrife

90-120

45

perennial

pink red purple

july/August

Lythraceae

Europe-Asia

Lythrum salicaria 'Ziegeunerblut'

Purple Loosestrife

90-121

45

perennial

pink red purple

july/August

Lythraceae

Europe-Asia

Lythrum virgatum

Loosestrife

90

45

perennial

purple red

july/August

Lythraceae

Europe-Asia

Monarda 'Garden View Scarlet'

Bergamot

90

45

perennial

august/september

Labiatae

North America

Monarda ' Mohawk'

Bergamot

90

45

perennial

august/september

Labiatae

North America

Monarda 'Oudolf's Charm'

Bergamot

90

45

perennial

august/september

Labiatae

North America

Monarda 'Scorpion'

Bergamot

90

45

perennial

august/september

Labiatae

North America

Nepeta racemosea 'WalkersLow'

Catmint

30

45

perennial

mid green

deep violet

july/august

Labiatae

Caucasus/Turkey

Origanum 'Rosenkuppel'

Oregano

30

45

perennial

dark green

purple

july/august

Labiatae

Mediterraneum

80

30

perennial

dark purple

pink tinted white

july/august

Scarophulariaceae North America

Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red'

dark green

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firedanse'

Knotweed

120

120

perennial

mid green

dark red

August/September

Polygonaceae

Worldwide

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Rosea'

Knotweed

90

90

perennial

mid green

pink

August/September

Polygonaceae

Worldwide

Persicaria polymorpha

Knotweed

200

200

perennial

dark green

cream

August/September

Polygonaceae

Worldwide

Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Star'

120

100

perennial

grey

purple

August/September

Labiatae

Afghanistan

Phlomis tuberosa 'Amazone'

150

90

perennial

dark green

mauve

august

Labiatae

Europe

Phlox paniculata

150

60

perennial

mid green

lilac pink

july/august

Polemoniaceae USA

Phlox paniculata 'Blue Evening '

130

60

perennial

mid green

lilac pink

july/august

Polemoniaceae USA

Common Solomon's Seal 150

30

perennial

mid green

green tipped creamy white

may/june

Liliaceae

Polygonatum x hybridum 'Weihenstepahn'

Garden Origin

Pycnanthemum muticum

perennial

Ruellia humils

perennial

Acanthaceae

Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst'

Sage

90

45

perennial

mid green

mauve pink

july/august

Labiate

Salvia nemorosa 'Bluahugel'

Sage

30

45

perennial

mid green

bright blue

july/august

Labiate

Salvia nemorosa 'Mainacht'

Sage

30

45

perennial

mid green

deep blue

july/august

Labiate

Salvia nemorosa 'Ost Friesland'

Sage

60

45

perennial

mid green

dark purple blue

july/august

Labiate

Salvia nemorosa Wurzburg'

Sage

perennial

mid green

july/august

Labiate

Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'

Sage

90

45

perennial

grey green

purple

july/august

Labiate

Salvia verticillata 'Smouldering Torches'

Sage

50

45

perennial

purple

july/august

Labiate

Sanguisorba officinalis 'Red Thunder'

Greater Burnet

120

60

perennial

red

july/august

Rosaceae

Sanguisorba 'Tanna'

Burnet

Scutellaria incana

Skull Cap

60

Sedum 'Matrona'

Stonecap

80

Sedum 'Red Cauli'

perennial

blue grey

dark red

july/august

Rosaceae

perennial

grey blue

soft blue

july

Labiatae

perennial

pale pink

july/august

Crassulaceae

Stonecap

perennial

red

Sedum 'Sun Kissed'

Stonecap

perennial

Serratuala seoanei

Saw wort

30

Sidalcea candida 'My Love'

Prairie Mallow

100

Solidago 'Goldenmosa'

Golden Rod

Solidago 'Golden Rain'

Golden Rod

x Solidater luteus 'Lemore'

45

Crassulaceae Crassulaceae

perennial

dark green

lilac pink

august/september

Asteraceae

45

perennial

green

pale pink

july

Malvaceae

75

45

perennial

mid green

yellow

august

Asteraceae

130

45

perennial

mid green

yellow

august

Asteraceae

60

perennial

mid green

canary yellow

august

Asteraceae

Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'

Betony

60

perennial

red purple

Lamiaceae

Stachys officinalis 'Rosea'

Betony

60

perennial

pink

Lamiaceae

Thalictrum lucidum

Meadow rue

200

perennial

pale yellow

Ranunculaceae

Thalictrum polygamum

Meadow rue

180

perennial

cream

Ranunculaceae

Verbena bonariensis

Verbena

150

Verbena hastata

Verbena

Vernonia crinita 'Mammuth'

Iron weed

30

green

perennial

green

bright purple

august

Verbenaceae

South America

20

perennial

green

purple

august

Verbenaceae

North America

250

perennial

green

reddish purple

september

Asteraceae

Veronicastrum 'Adoration'

perennial

Veronicastrum 'Fascination'

Japan

160

Veronicastrum 'Roseum'

Scarophulariaceae

perennial

lilac blue

Scarophulariaceae

perennial

pink

Scarophulariaceae

SHRUBS Aesculus parviflora

Bottlebrush buckeye 300

500

shrub

mid green

white

july

Hippocastanaceae S.E. USA

Cornus kousa 'Satomi'

Dogwood

700

500

shrub

dark red purple autumn whitecolour

july

Cornaceae

Korea and Japan

Euonymus planipes

Spindle Tree

300

300

shrub

mid green

Celastraceae

China, Korea and Japan

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowfalkes'

Oak Leaved Hydrangea200

250

shrub

mid green

white

july

Hydrangeaceae

Sorbus koehneana

500

600

shrub

dark green

white

may

Rosaceae

Stachyrus praecox

100-400 300

shrub

mid green

pale yellow green

jan/feb

Stachyuraceae Japan

China

Viburnum x bodnatense 'Dawn'

shrub

dark green

pink

october-feb

Caprifloiaceae Garden Origin

grass

green

pink-bronze

august/september

Poaceae

N.Hemisphere

grass

green

august/september

Poaceae

N.Hemisphere

grass

bright green

golden brown

june/july

Cyperaceae

North American Eurasia

GRASSES Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Reed grass

180

Calamagrostis brachytricha

Reed grass

120

Carex muskingumensis

Palm branch sedge

75

45

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tufted Hair Grass

200

120-150 grass

mid green

silver tinted purple

Poaceae

Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'

Tufted Hair Grass

75

75

mid green

silvery-reddish brown

Poaceae

Eragrostis spectabilis

Love Grass

grass

Poaceae

Festuca mairei

Fescue

grass

Poaceae

Luzula sylvatic 'Waldler'

Great Woodrush

45

grass

grass

glossy dark green brown

Juncaceae

Miscanthus 'Flamingo'

grass

green

Poaceae

S.E. Asia

Miscanthus 'Haiku'

grass

green

Poaceae

S.E. Asia

Miscanthus 'Krater'

grass

green

Poaceae

S.E. Asia

grass

blue green

Poaceae

S.E. Asia

Miscanthus 'Puncktchen'

grass

green

Poaceae

S.E. Asia

Miscanthus 'Roland'

grass

green

Poaceae

S.E. Asia

Miscanthus Silberturm'

grass

green

Poaceae

S.E. Asia

grass

Poaceae

Europe and S.W. Asia

grass

Poaceae

Europe and S.W. Asia

grass

Poaceae

Europe and S.W. Asia

Poaceae

Europe and S.W. Asia

Poaceae

Europe and S.W. Asia

Poaceae

Italy

Miscanthus 'Malepartus'

50

60

120

Molinia caerulea 'Poul Petersen'

Purple Moor grass

Molinia Transparent'

Purple Moor grass

250

Panicum virgatum

Panic grass

150

Panicum 'Rehbraun'

Panic grass

grass

Panicum Shenandoah'

Panic grass

grass

Sesleria nitida

Nest Moor grass

Sporobolus heterolepsis

50

60

45

grass

80

45

grass

purple

leaves turn red in summer

grey green

may/june

Poaceae

CLIMBER Clematis 'Wada's Primrose'

Old Man's Beard

250

100

Climber

creamy white

may/june

Ranunculaceae

Clematis jacmanii 'Perle d'Azur'

Old Man's Beard

300

100

Climber

blue

august

Ranunculaceae

Clematis orientalis 'Bill McKenzie'

Old Man's Beard

700

200-300 Climber

yellow

august/september

Ranunculaceae

Clematis rehderiana

Old Man's Beard

600-700 200-300 Climber

yellow

Clematis rubend 'Marjorie'

Old Man's Beard

Climber

Clematis texensis 'Gravetye Beauty'

Old Man's Beard

Clematis texensis 'Princess Diana'

Old Man's Beard

Clematis viticella 'Etoile Violette'

Old Man's Beard

Clematis x jouniana 'Praecoux'

Old Man's Beard

Wisteria 'Longissima Alba'

Wistaria

250

100

Climber

Ranunculaceae china Ranunculaceae

red crimson

july/august

Climber 350

150

Climber Climber

Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae

violet purple

july/august

Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae Leguminosae

Flamingo Bed

date planted

Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin'

Red Robin bush

300

300

shrub

new growth bright white red

may

Rosaceae

Cortaderia selloana'Rose Plume'

Pampas grass

200

150

grass

green

pink

august/september

Poaceae

Argentina

25/02/2015

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Woodside'

Fountian grass

60-150

60-120 grass

dark green

brown

august/september

Poaceae

E.Asia to Australia

25/02/2015

120

120

perennial

mid green

red,purple, white

july/august

Polygonaceae

Himalaya

25/02/2015

Yarrow

45

45

perennial

dark green

dark red

july/august

Asteraceae

N. Hemisphere

25/02/2015

Bloody Cranebill

20

30

dark green

deep magenta

july/august

Geraniaceae

Europe

15

30

dark green

magenta with black centre

july/august

Geraniaceae

Balkans

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firedance' Achillea 'Summer Wine'

25/02/2015

20th March Geranium sanguineum 'Akum Pride' Geranium cinereum subsp. Subcaulescens Monarda fistulosa 'Mahogany'

Bergamot

90

45

mid green

wine-red

july-september

Labiatae

E. North America

Monarda Cambridge Scarlet

Bergamot

90

45

mid green

rich scarlet red

july-september

Labiatae

E. North America

New Seat Area March 2015 Achillea 'Inca Gold'

Yarrow

Asteraceae

Eragrostis spectabilis

love grass

Gramineae

Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark'

60-90

60

green

pearl grey flushed pale rose pink

Geraniaceae

Geranium 'Ann Folkard'

60

100

yellowish green

magenta, black centres

Geraniaceae

100

75

blue grey

purple green

Panicum virgatum 'dallas Blue'

Switch grass

September

Agastache ' Liqourice White'

Gramineae

Europe-W.China

E.North America

Labiatae

Lychnis coronaria

Rose Campion

80

45

silver grey

purple red

summer

CaryophyllaceaeS.E europe

Nepeta subsessilis 'Sweet dream'

Catmint

90

30

dark green

blue

july-september

Labiatae

60

60

dark green

magenta pink with white disc florets

june-september

Asteraceae

Achillea millefolium 'Ceries queen' Agapanthus 'Torbay'

African Blue Lily

Anchusa azura 'Loddon Royalist' Catananche caerulea 'Alba'

Cupids dart

Geranium phaeum

Liliaceae

Southern Africa S.Europe, N.Africa-w.Asia

90

60

mid green

bright deep blue

june-july

Boraginaceae

45

30

green

whte

july-september

Asteraceae

Geranium 'Blue Cloud'

Geraniaceae Dusky Cranesbill

80

45

soft green

purple-white

may-july

Geraniaceae

Geranium 'Red Admiral'

Geraniaceae

Geranium 'Cambridge'

Geraniaceae

Iris chrysographes

Japan

Siberian Iris

40-50

Potentilla megalanthus 'Monsieur Rouillard'

green

dark red violet

mid green

deep blood red

june-september

Tradescantia andersoniana 'Concorde grape'

Iridaceae

China

Rosaceae

E.Asia, Japan

Commelinaceae

Crocosmia 'Zeal Tau'

Montbretia

green

Crocosmia 'Orange Devil'

Montbretia

green green

Aster amellus 'King George'

45

45

Aster x frikartii 'Monch'

70

40

European Mountains

august

Iridaceae

orange

august

Iridaceae

violet blue

august-september

Asteraceae

clear lavender blue

august-september

Asteraceae