Aciphylla aurea, known as taramea in Māori and golden speargrass or golden Spaniard in New Zealand English, is a large, spiky, tufted plant with sharp yellowish-green leaves in the speargrass genus Aciphylla. A. aurea is found throughout the South Island of New Zealand in montane to low alpine habitats. In the wild it grows across New Zealand South and New Zealand. Grow it in full sun and loam soil. In UK gardens it is hardy through an average UK winter (RHS H4). It works well for border plant and specimen plant. It tolerates neutral soils, well-drained conditions and south-facing aspects. Plant in well-drained soil in a suitable position. Water during establishment.

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Aciphylla aurea

Aciphylla dissecta is a clump-forming evergreen cultivar of the Aciphylla genus, which belongs to the Apiaceae family. It thrives best in full sun on a south-facing, sheltered aspect, preferring well-drained, neutral loam soil. Hardy to UK zone H4, it is suitable as a border or specimen plant. This cultivar is of interest during spring and summer and should be planted in well-drained soil with watering during establishment. Propagation can be achieved by seed or division.

Aciphylla dissecta thrives in full sun, is hardy to RHS H4, and makes a striking border or specimen plant in spring and summer.

Aciphylla dissecta

Aciphylla dobsonii

Aciphylla lyallii

Aciphylla similis

Anethum graveolens

Anethum graveolens 'Mariska' is a distinctive variety within the Apiaceae family, known for its fragrant foliage that carries a delightful anise aroma. This plant features finely divided leaves and, in summer, showcases clusters of small yellow flowers that form umbrella-like arrangements.

Anethum graveolens 'Mariska'

Angelica archangelica, commonly known as angelica, garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the family Apiaceae, a subspecies of which is cultivated for its sweetly scented edible stems and roots. Like several other species in Apiaceae, its appearance is similar to several poisonous species (Conium, Heracleum, and others), and should not be consumed unless it has been identified with absolute certainty. It is native to North America, Manizales, Albania, Baltic States, Belarus and other regions. Mature plants reach roughly 1.5-2.5 metres tall and 1-1.5 metres wide, carrying deciduous foliage. In the garden it prefers partial shade and clay and loam soil. It tolerates soil of any pH, moist but well-drained conditions and north-facing, west-facing and east-facing aspects.

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Angelica archangelica

Angelica gigas

Angelica japonica is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family (Apiaceae). It is native to Japan, where it is found from the Kantō region westward to the island of Okinawa.

Angelica japonica is a hardy flowering plant for partial shade, ideal for wildlife, cottage, and herb gardens with spring and summer interest.

Angelica japonica

Angelica lucida, commonly known as sea coast angelica, is a bushy, clump-forming biennial or herbaceous perennial from the Apiaceae family. Like other Angelica species, it has deciduous, divided leaves and produces clusters of small flowers in large umbels. This cultivar thrives in partial shade and prefers moist but well-drained, neutral loam soil. Hardy to UK zone H6, it is suitable for wildlife, cottage, and herb gardens, offering interest during spring and summer. Propagation is by seed sown in a cold frame with good light as soon as ripe.

Sea coast angelica (Angelica lucida) is a hardy H6 biennial with clusters of small flowers, ideal for wildlife and cottage gardens in partial shade.

Angelica lucida

Angelica morii is a bushy, clump-forming cultivar of the Angelica genus, which comprises sizable biennials and herbaceous perennials. This deciduous plant thrives in partial shade and prefers moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. It is hardy to UK zone H6 and suits both exposed and sheltered sites, including north, east, and west-facing aspects. Angelica morii is best grown in fertile, well-drained soil and is propagated by seed sown in a cold frame with good light as soon as ripe. It is valued for its interest in spring and summer and is suitable for wildlife, cottage, and herb gardens.

Angelica morii is a bushy, clump-forming perennial thriving in partial shade with moist soil, ideal for wildlife and cottage gardens in spring and summer.

Angelica morii

Angelica pachycarpa, the Portuguese angelica, is a herbaceous perennial plant native to north western Spain and western Portugal, and naturalised in New Zealand. It inhabits forests, grasslands and stream sides and is occasionally grown as an ornamental garden subject for its glossy foliage and umbels of white flowers.

Angelica pachycarpa, the Portuguese angelica, is a hardy H5 perennial suited to partial shade, valued for culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses.

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Angelica pachycarpa

Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, Queen Anne's lace or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae, such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed. Mature plants reach roughly 1-1.5 metres tall and 0.5-1 metres wide, carrying semi evergreen foliage. In the garden it prefers full sun and partial shade and most soil types. It tolerates soil of any pH, well-drained conditions and west-facing, south-facing and east-facing aspects.

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Anthriscus sylvestris

Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' is a bushy, deciduous herbaceous perennial in the Apiaceae family. Growing to between 1 and 1.5 metres tall with a spread of 0.1 to 0.5 metres, it reaches full height within 1 to 2 years. This cultivar thrives in full sun or partial shade and is adaptable to a variety of soil types, including chalk, clay, loam, and sand, with moisture levels ranging from moist but well-drained to well-drained. It is suitable for exposed or sheltered positions and is particularly notable in autumn.

Cow parsley 'Ravenswing' is a bushy herbaceous perennial growing up to 1.5m, thriving in full sun or partial shade with autumn interest.

Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'

Anthriscus sylvestris 'Shateley Pink' is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial cultivar of the Anthriscus genus, known for its feathery foliage and umbels of small flowers. This semi-evergreen plant thrives in full sun or partial shade and adapts well to various soil types including chalk, clay, loam, and sand, with a preference for moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil. Suitable for cottage and informal gardens, it is hardy to UK zone H6 and flowers in spring and summer. Propagation is by seed, sown in a cold frame during autumn or spring.

Anthriscus sylvestris 'Shateley Pink' is a semi-evergreen perennial with feathery foliage and pink umbels, ideal for cottage gardens in sun or partial shade.

Anthriscus sylvestris 'Shateley Pink'

Astrantia 'Burgundy Manor'

Astrantia 'Moulin Rouge' is a cultivar of Astrantia in the Apiaceae, forming multi-stemmed, rounded clumps of deciduous foliage. It produces distinctive flowerheads from June to August. Grow it in full sun or partial shade in chalk, clay, loam or sand so long as the soil remains moist but well-drained. Fully hardy (H7), it suits underplanting of roses and use in flower borders and beds.

Astrantia 'Moulin Rouge' flowers June to August and suits moist but well-drained chalk to clay soils in full sun or partial shade.

Astrantia 'Moulin Rouge'

Masterwort (Astrantia 'Moulin Rouge') | Astrantia

Astrantia 'Queen's Children' is a herbaceous perennial cultivar belonging to the Astrantia genus, known for its clump-forming habit and deciduous, palmately lobed basal leaves. This plant produces upright, slender stems bearing dense clusters of small flowers surrounded by prominent bracts, typical of Astrantia species. It thrives in fertile, moist but well-drained soils of various types and pH levels, preferring sheltered positions with full sun to partial shade. Hardy to UK zone H7, it is suitable for flower borders, beds, and underplanting roses and shrubs, with interest in spring and summer.

Astrantia 'Queen's Children' is a hardy herbaceous perennial with dense flower clusters, ideal for spring and summer borders and underplanting roses.

Astrantia 'Queen's Children'

Astrantia 'Roma' is a named cultivar of Astrantia in the family Apiaceae, grown for its decorative, star-shaped floral bracts. It is an herbaceous plant with aromatic underground stems noted historically for their use. In the UK it flowers from June to August. Plants produce a clump-forming habit from rhizomes and are typically managed as a perennial.

Astrantia 'Roma' (Masterwort) flowers in the UK from June to August, producing star-like bracts from perennial rhizomes.

Astrantia 'Roma'

Masterwort (Astrantia 'Roma') | Summer-flowering Astrantia

Astrantia bavarica is a herbaceous perennial cultivar within the Astrantia genus, known for forming clumps of deciduous, palmately lobed basal leaves. It produces upright, slender stems that bear dense clusters of small flowers surrounded by a whorl of prominent bracts. This cultivar thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers a sheltered aspect with moist but well-drained soil, tolerating a range of soil types and pH levels. Hardy to UK zone H7, it is suitable for flower borders, beds, and underplanting of roses and shrubs, with interest in both spring and summer seasons.

Astrantia bavarica is a hardy herbaceous perennial with dense flower clusters, ideal for spring and summer borders or underplanting roses and shrubs.

Astrantia bavarica

Astrantia major, the great masterwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to central and eastern Europe. Growing up to 90 cm (35 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) broad, it is an herbaceous perennial, much used in gardens.

Astrantia major 'Bo-Ann' is a hardy herbaceous perennial growing to 90cm, ideal for flower borders and underplanting roses, flowering in spring and summer.

Astrantia major 'Bo-Ann'

Astrantia major 'Capri' is a clump-forming perennial in the Apiaceae, valued for its domed floral heads produced in summer. It is deciduous and suits positions in full sun or partial shade, preferring moist but well-drained soils. Flowering occurs from June to August, and the plant tolerates a wide range of soil types and pH. It is fully hardy in the UK (H7).

Astrantia major 'Capri' is a clump-forming perennial flowering June to August for moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade.

Astrantia major 'Capri'

Great Masterwort (Astrantia major 'Capri') | Shade-tolerant

Astrantia major 'Lars' seedlings is a cultivar of the Astrantia genus, which comprises herbaceous perennials growing in clumps with basal, palmately lobed leaves. This deciduous plant produces upright, slender stems that bear dense clusters of small flowers surrounded by prominent bracts. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers fertile, moist but well-drained soil, tolerating a range of soil types and pH levels. Suitable for various garden settings, including wildlife, city, cottage, and gravel gardens, it is hardy in the UK (H7) and is best propagated by division in spring.

Astrantia major 'Lars' seedlings is a hardy herbaceous perennial with dense flower clusters, ideal for wildlife and cottage gardens in spring and summer.

Astrantia major 'Lars' seedlings

Astrantia major 'Penny's Pink'

Astrantia major 'Rubra'

Astrantia major 'Shaggy' is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial in the carrot family (Apiaceae), valued for its summer flower heads. It favours moist but well-drained soils and will grow in a range of soil types and pH conditions. Flowering runs from June to August, when greenish-white blooms carry reddish tonal highlights. The plant suits full sun to partial shade and tolerates both exposed and sheltered sites.

Astrantia major 'Shaggy' forms clumps of deciduous foliage and bears greenish-white, reddish-tinted flowers from June to August in moist, well-drained.

Astrantia major 'Shaggy'

Great Masterwort (Astrantia major 'Shaggy') | Summer Blooms

Astrantia major 'Venice' is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial in the Apiaceae family, commonly known as masterwort 'Venice'. This deciduous plant grows to a height and spread of 0.5 to 1 metre, reaching full size within 2 to 5 years. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and is suitable for all garden aspects, including east, north, south, and west-facing positions. 'Venice' prefers moist but well-drained soil, adaptable to chalk, clay, or loam with acid, alkaline, or neutral pH. It is an exposed plant of interest during spring and summer seasons.

Masterwort 'Venice' is a hardy herbaceous perennial with mid-pink flowers and green-flecked bracts, perfect for city and wildlife gardens from spring to summer.

Astrantia major 'Venice'PBR

Astrantia major Ruby Flame is a hardy herbaceous perennial growing to 90cm, ideal for flower borders and underplanting roses with spring to summer blooms.

Astrantia major Ruby Flame ('Hyrume')

Athamantha turbith is a flowering species placed in the Apiaceae family. It is a member of the genus Athamanta. Recorded flowering in the UK occurs from June to July.

Athamantha turbith is a member of the Apiaceae and flowers in the UK from June to July.

Athamantha turbith

Athamantha turbith (Athamanta) | Apiaceae plant

Azorella compacta, commonly known as yareta, is a matforming alpine rockery plant from the Apiaceae family. It features evergreen foliage and thrives in full sun on south- or west-facing aspects. This hardy cultivar is suited to a range of well-drained soils including loam, sand, and chalk, with acid, alkaline, or neutral pH. It is ideal for gravel and rock gardens, flower borders, and wall side borders, offering interest in spring and summer. Propagation is by seed in autumn or root rosettes in spring, and it prefers fertile, well-drained soil.

Azorella compacta (yareta) is a hardy, evergreen alpine rockery plant ideal for sunny gravel and rock gardens, flowering in spring and summer.

Azorella compacta

Azorella trifurcata

Azorella trifurcata 'Nana' is a matforming cultivar of the Azorella genus, known for its evergreen foliage. It thrives in full sun and is suitable for both exposed and sheltered locations, particularly south- or west-facing aspects. This cultivar prefers fertile, well-drained soils such as loam, sand, or chalk, across a range of pH levels from acid to alkaline. Hardy to UK zone H6, it is well suited to gravel and rock gardens, as well as flower borders, beds, and wall side borders. Interest is maintained through spring and summer, with propagation possible by seed in autumn or root rosettes in spring.

Azorella trifurcata 'Nana' thrives in full sun, is hardy to RHS H6, and perfect for low maintenance gravel and rock gardens in spring and summer.

Azorella trifurcata 'Nana'

Bunium bulbocastanum

Bunium ferulaceum

Bupleurum benoistii is a columnar upright cultivar of the Bupleurum genus, which includes annuals, perennials, and evergreen shrubs known for their simple leaves and small yellow or green flowers with petal-like bracts. This deciduous plant thrives in full sun and is suited to south- or west-facing aspects, tolerating both exposed and sheltered conditions. It prefers fertile, well-drained soils such as chalk, loam, or sand, across a range of pH levels from acid to alkaline. Hardy to UK zone H4, it is ideal for cottage gardens, wildflower meadows, gravel gardens, and flower borders, offering seasonal interest in spring and summer.

Bupleurum benoistii thrives in full sun, is hardy to RHS H4, and adds spring to summer interest in wildflower meadows and cottage gardens.

Bupleurum benoistii

Bupleurum falcatum, the sickle-leaved hare's-ear, sickle hare's ear or sickle-leaf hare's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.

Bupleurum falcatum is a hardy (H4) flowering plant ideal for full sun, perfect for wildflower meadows, gravel gardens, and cut flower displays.

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Bupleurum falcatum

Bupleurum falcatum is a hardy, full sun perennial with distinctive sickle-shaped leaves, ideal for wildflower meadows and cut flowers in spring and summer.

Bupleurum falcatum tall

Bupleurum rotundifolium 'Griffithii' is a herbaceous perennial cultivar of the Bupleurum genus, known for its columnar upright habit and deciduous foliage. This plant thrives in full sun and is suited to south- or west-facing aspects, tolerating both exposed and sheltered conditions. It prefers fertile, well-drained soils, including chalk, loam, and sand, across a range of pH levels from acid to alkaline. Hardy to UK zone H4, it is valued for its spring and summer interest and is suitable for use in cottage gardens, wildflower meadows, gravel gardens, flower borders, banks, slopes, and as cut flowers.

Bupleurum rotundifolium 'Griffithii' is a hardy herbaceous perennial with an upright habit, ideal for sunny borders, meadows, and cut flowers in spring and

Bupleurum rotundifolium 'Griffithii'

Cachrys ferulacea is a clump-forming, upright plant in the Apiaceae family, valued for its feathery, aromatic foliage. It thrives in full sun, ideally in a south-facing, sheltered position with fertile, well-drained loam or sandy soil that is neutral to alkaline in pH. Hardy to UK zone H5, this cultivar is well suited to rock and gravel gardens. It is most attractive in spring and summer and can be propagated by seed or division.

Cachrys ferulacea thrives in full sun, is hardy to RHS H5, and adds interest to rock and gravel gardens in spring and summer.

Cachrys ferulacea

Cenolophium is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). Its only species is Cenolophium denudatum (known as Baltic parsley), native to Europe and Asia. A herbaceous perennial, it grows to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall by 0.5 m (1.6 ft) wide, with dark green divided leaves and, in summer, many umbels of tiny pale green or white flowers on branching naked stems (hence the Latin specific name denudatum). The stems are sometimes purple in colour. Mature plants reach roughly 1-1.5 metres tall and 0.1-0.5 metres wide, carrying semi evergreen foliage. In the garden it prefers full sun and partial shade and most soil types. It tolerates soil of any pH, moist but well-drained conditions and south-facing, east-facing and west-facing aspects.

Baltic parsley (Cenolophium denudatum) is a herbaceous perennial growing to 1.5m, flowering in summer and winter, suited to full sun or partial shade.

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Cenolophium denudatum

Chaerophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, with 35 species native to Europe, Asia, North America, and northern Africa. It includes the cultivated root vegetable Chaerophyllum bulbosum.

Chaerophyllum (chervil) is a hardy H7 flowering plant for full sun or partial shade, ideal for wildflower meadows and cottage gardens in spring and summer.

Chaerophyllum

Chaerophyllum azoricum is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, endemic to the Azores. It inhabits Erica and Calluna shrubland, natural meadows of altitude, cliffs and slopes, woods of Pittosporum and roadsides.

Chaerophyllum azoricum is a hardy Azores endemic thriving in full sun or partial shade, ideal for wildflower meadows and wildlife gardens.

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Chaerophyllum azoricum

Chaerophyllum hirsutum 'Roseum'

Cicuta virosa, commonly known as cowbane, is a bushy, columnar upright evergreen plant belonging to the Apiaceae family. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and can be grown in a variety of soil types including chalk, clay, loam, and sand, with pH ranging from acid to alkaline. This hardy plant (H5) prefers moist but well-drained soil and can be placed in exposed or sheltered positions facing any aspect. It is suitable for wildlife gardens and is notable during spring and summer. Cicuta virosa self-seeds prolifically and should be watered during establishment.

Cowbane (Cicuta virosa) is an evergreen, upright plant ideal for wildlife gardens, thriving in full sun or partial shade from spring to summer.

Cicuta virosa

Cnidium silaifolium is a matforming cultivar of the Apiaceae family, valued for its semi-evergreen foliage. It thrives in full sun on south-facing, sheltered aspects with fertile, well-drained loam soil of neutral pH. Hardy to UK zone H5, it is suitable for various garden settings including cottage and informal gardens, gravel gardens, patios, rock gardens, and flower borders. This low-maintenance plant is ideal for banks, slopes, and as ground cover. Interest is mainly in spring and summer, and it can be propagated by division in spring or softwood cuttings in early summer.

Cnidium silaifolium thrives in full sun, is hardy to RHS H5, and perfect for low-maintenance borders, rock gardens, and patios in spring and summer.

Cnidium silaifolium

Crithmum maritimum

Daucus is a genus of herbaceous plants commonly known as wild carrot, typically biennial and growing to heights of 30 to 60 cm. This bushy, clump-forming cultivar features deciduous, finely divided, lacy leaves and produces small white flowers arranged in dense umbels, which develop from pink buds. It thrives in full sun on well-drained chalk, loam, or sandy soils with neutral to alkaline pH. Suitable for wildflower meadows, wildlife gardens, and informal cottage gardens, it is hardy to UK zone H7 and is best sown from seed in situ between February and July.

Daucus, or wild carrot, is a hardy biennial with lacy leaves and small white flowers, ideal for wildflower meadows and wildlife gardens in full sun.

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