Index of plants

Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

Acacia dealbata 28; A. ‘Exeter Hybrid’ 28;

A. pravissima 28, 28 aconite 22, 41, 44 acorns 212 Acorus calamus 212 Actaea 210; A. cimicifuga (syn. Cimicifuga foetida) 210; A. racemosa 210 Agastache 182 Akebia 62 Alchemilla 170 alexanders SEE Smyrnium olusatrum Allium 224; A. bulgaricum

SEE Nectaroscordum siculum subsp. bulgaricum; A. nigrum 93 almond 52 Aloysia citrodora 62, 98, 195 alyssum, sweet 78 Amaryllis 170 Anacamptis pyramidalis 14 Anemone 48 Anethum graveolens 40 angel’s fishing rods SEE Dierama angel’s trumpets SEE Brugmansia Angelica 39, 106; A. archangelica 40;

A. gigas 12 Antirrhinum 247 apple 77, 122, 181, 219, 230, 237; SEE ALSO

Malus; a. blossom 73; crab a. 77, 122 apricot 181; Japanese a. SEE Prunus mume Aquilegia 146 Arbutus unedo 122 Argyrocytisus battandieri 123, 124 artichoke 122, 201 ash 220, 230, 237 asparagus 172 aster 182, 202 Aubrieta 160 auricula SEE Primula auricula azalea 71, 74, 89, 104, 111, 112;

SEE ALSO Rhododendron; Pontic a. SEE Rhododendron luteum balm 199 balsam, Himalayan 112, 141 banana 219 barley 244 basil SEE Ocimum basilicum bay (b. laurel, sweet b.) 168, 176 bear’s ear SEE Primula auricula beeweed SEE Cleome hassleriana Begonia 48 bells of hope SEE Galanthus bergamot SEE Monarda bindweed 221 birch 71, 237 bittercress, hairy 112 black cohosh SEE Actaea racemosa blackcurrant 109, 151 blackthorn 43, 56 blewit, wood 243 bluebeard SEE Caryopteris bluebell 56, 71, 77, 78, 87, 89, 96 bog myrtle 16 Boletus edulis 250 box SEE Buxus box, Christmas, sweet or winter SEE

Sarcococca bracken 142, 199, 210, 237 bramble 157, 230, 249 Brassica 165 broad bean 56, 100, 123, 124, 146, 147, 164 broccoli, purple-sprouting 221 broom 123; Mediterranean b. SEE Genista linifolia; Spanish b. SEE Spartium junceum Brugmansia 164, 172, 199, 200, 208, 210, 211;

B. arborea ‘Knightii’ 200; B. × candida ‘Grand Marnier’ 200; B. × cubensis ‘Charantais’ 212; B. × c. ‘Charles Grimaldi’ 155; B. sanguinea 200; B. suaveolens 200 bryophytes 193 Buddleja 12, 157, 160, 193; B. agathosma 193;

B. asiatica 193; B. auriculata 193; B. davidii 193, 194; B.d. ‘Black Knight’ 194; B.d. ‘Blue Horizon’ 194; B.d. ‘Dartmoor’ 194; B.d. ‘Royal Red’ 194; B. ‘Ellen’s Blue’ 194; B. globosa 194; B. lindleyana 194 B. madagascariensis 193;

B. × weyeriana 194 bugbane SEE Actaea bulbs 234, 238 bull bay SEE Magnolia grandiflora bulrush 211, 212 burning bush 247 buttercup, creeping 112 Buxus 67, 84, 146, 203, 243

cabbage 172, 244 Calendula 224; C. officinalis ‘Indian Prince’

147 Camellia 40; C. ‘Cornish Snow’ 238;

C. japonica 238, 241; C. sasanqua 238; C.s. ‘Fukuzutsumi’ 238; C.s. ‘Hugh Evans’ 238; C.s. ‘Jean May’ 238; C.s. ‘Narumigata’ 238; C.s. ‘Paradise Blush’ 238; C.s. ‘Paradise Pearl’ 241; C.s. ‘Rainbow’ 238; C.s. ‘Winter’s Joy’ 241; C. transnokoensis 238; C. × vernalis ‘Yuletide’ 241 campion 56, 77; bladder c. SEE Silene vulgaris;

white or evening c. SEE S. latifolia Candlemas bells SEE Galanthus Canna Cannova Red Shades (‘Fcaa23’) 230 cardamom 72, 211 Cardiocrinum 219; C. giganteum 170; C.g. var.

giganteum 170 carnation 83, 155; Malmaison c. 156 Carpenteria californica 157

carrot 122, 224; c. weed 176; c. parsley 181;

wild c. 188, 193, 237 Caryopteris 146, 209, 216; C. × clandonensis

216; C. × c. ‘Heavenly Blue’ 216; C. × c. ‘Kew Blue’ 216 Castanea 123 cavolo nero 221 cedar 250 celery 237 ceps 250 Cercidiphyllum 233; C. japonicum 233;

C. magnificum 233 Cestrum nocturnum 16 chamomile 112, 141, 195 Cheiranthus SEE Erysimum cherry 34, 43, 78, 237; c. ‘Pink Perfection’ 78,

87; wild c. 43 chickweed 72 chicory 234 Chimonanthus praecox (syn. C. fragrans) 15,

21, 28, 29, 32, 65; C.p. ‘Luteus’ 29 chives 201 Choisya ternata 65, 71, 72 Christmas tree 22, 249, 250 Chrysanthemum 182, 215; C. ‘E.H. Wilson’

215; SEE ALSO Tanacetum cinerariifolium Cimicifuga SEE Actaea cinnamon 250 Cistus 15, 89, 106, 112, 160, 167, 186, 203,

209, 215, 216; C. × argenteus ‘Silver Pink’ 103; C. × cyprius 216; C. dansereaui ‘Decumbens’ (syn. C. lusitanicus ‘D.’) 216; C. ladanifer 203, 216; C.l. var. albiflorus 216; C. laurifolius 216; C. × purpureus 103 Citrus 26, 243, 249; C. × aurantium 45, 71; C.

× a. (Sweet Orange Group) ‘Valencia’ 249; C. japonica 249; C. limon ‘Garey’s Eureka’ (syn. C.l. ‘Menton’) 249 Clematis 65; C. armandii 52, 55; C.a. ‘Apple

Blossom’ 55; C.a. ‘Snowdrift’ 55 clementine 249 Cleome 67; C. hassleriana (syn. C. spinosa)

188, 201; C.h. Queen Series 201; C.h. Q.S., Colour Fountain Clerodendrum (clerodendron) 196; C. bungei

(syn. C. foetidum) 196; C. trichotomum var. fargesii 196 clover 123 Clytocybe nuda 243 Commiphora myrrha 139 conifers 36, 124, 229, 250 Convallaria majalis 83; see also lily of the valley Cordyline 62; C. australis 126 coriander 224 corn 123 Corylopsis 39; C. platypetala 39; C. sinensis

39; C.s. var. sinensis (syn. C.s. var.

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