Flowers V - Z
These pictures have all been taken in our garden over the years. Please let me know if I have labelled any of them incorrectly. Some of them will be duplicated where I know both the Latin and "common" name. Apologies for not knowing the exact details rather than the generics - a lot of the flowers were here when we arrived, some of the others were from "mixed" selections etc.
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Verbena Bonariensis
A "waft in the wind" plant, verbena bonarensis is best planted amongst other plants to give in natural support rather than been staked up (it is prine to falling over as it has a very long, spindly stem). The flowers are not large for such a tall flower but it does add a lot of movement to a garden as well as height. It grows to about 4 feet (or so) tall. Word of warning - it self seeds prolifically so you could find it cropping up all over the place in years 2 and thereafter.
Viburnum (or Laurustinus) seems to flower all year round here - we have one bush that flowers through the winter months and the other through the summer with overlap in spring and autumn occasionally. They are pretty bushes with pink and white flowers - the buds are very pink until they burst into flower. A great attraction for bees etc.
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Viburnum
Wallflower
Wallflowers (Erysimum) are what my Grandma used to call an "in between" flower as they flower in May (like Sweet Williams). You grow them in July, plant them out in the autumn and wait - but what a reward for waiting. They smell lovely and fill the time gap between the spring bulbs and the summer bedding, grow to about 18-24 inches and come in a wide range of bright colours.
Our pond is at the bottom of the garden and we love to see the Water Lilies (Nymphaea) find their way from their tubs at the bottom of the pond to the surface every year - the pond seems to erupt with life. The fish all appear when the weather warms up, the irises show off their yellow flowres and the water lilies come into flower. We have white, pink and yellow. The leaves also provide much needed shade for the fish.
Water Lily
Weigela
Our weigela has lovely dark red leaves all though the summer and these really pretty flowers in late Spring. The bush hasn't grown too big (could be due to lack of space for it to spread any further) and provides a compact shape of dark against the greens of the other shrubs around it.
Yarrow (aka Achillea) is one of the taller perennials in our garden. We also have a smaller, purple variety that we imported from Gilda's garden a couple of years ago. It doesn't seem to self seed but spreads itself a little bit wider each year. It smells a bit funny when you walk past it and can be an irritant if you have sensitive skin - wear gloves if in doubt.
Yarrow
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