This handy book is your go-to resource to learn what plants work in different garden situations, perfect for exemplifying your answers and gaining extra marks in the exam, as well as furthering your general plant knowledge.
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With the aim of reducing your learning load, the plant selection is carefully honed so you won't need to learn hundreds of names.
There are 135 different headings with up to 5 plants listed for each, e.g. types of life cycle, seed dispersal, soil types, microclimates, seasonal interest, etc.
Many plants are repeated under different headings, with a total of just over 150 plants to learn. This is to make life easier for you; your horticulture course is packed with so much else to memorise!
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This book will help build a mental framework of plants and situations they're suitable for, meaning other plants you learn about can be slotted into this framework. This will make it easier to learn and apply new plants to different garden situations.
Purchase from a British publisher who works with the charity Ecologi to reduce their environmental impact
This preview of the contents gives you a sense of the different headings under which plants are listed.
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At level two and beyond, it's essential that you can name plants for different situations, adaptations, etc.​​
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Scroll down to access a preview of the book, including the full contents, to get a better idea of what's inside. There's also a downloadable spreadsheet of the plant list, including the different plants under each heading.​
Click here (or on the 'download' button) to download a spreadsheet of the book's plants.
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On the first tab plants are listed under each category.
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On the second tab you can view the full alphabetical list with relevant categories.
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On the third tab each plant is listed with audio, so you know how to pronounce the Latin name.
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This sheet does not include images, description, size or other useful information that's included in the book.
The spreadsheet is freely given as a learning aid. Unless your plant knowledge is very good, it won't be especially useful without the images and description in the book. If you are new to Latin names, the audio tab will be helpful.
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You could try building your understanding of categorising plants you already know by adding them to the categories in the first tab. On the second tab you could try adding more categories to each listed plant.
These activities will build your theoretical and working knowledge of how plants are categorised and used in gardens.
Spoken plant names
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Helping you to pronounce the Latin names correctly.​
All the plants in the book are listed below. Just click to hear their pronunciation. These are identical to the audio on the Excel download, above.
Acer griseum
Achillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold' AGM
Achillea millefolium
Adiantum venustum AGM
Agapanthus africanus
Agastache foeniculum
Allium ‘Purple Rain’ AGM
Alnus glutinosa
Amelanchier lamarkii AGM
Ammi majus
Ammophila arenaria
Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ AGM
Anthriscus sylvestris
Aponogeton distachyos
Apple ‘Cockle Pippin’ (Malus domestica)
Araucaria araucana
Arbutus unedo
Arcticum minus
Asparagus 'Connovers Colossal' AGM
Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Beetroot 'Boltardy' (Beta vulgaris)
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea
Bergenia cordifolia
Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii
Blechnum spicant AGM
Broad bean 'Aquadulce' (Vicia fabia)
Buddleja davidii
Buxus sempervirens
Calendula officianlis
Camellia japonica
Cardamine hirsuta
Carrot 'Flyaway' F1 (Dauca carota)
Cedrus libani AGM
Centaurea cyanus
Ceratophyllum dermensum
Cercis siliquastrum
Chamaemelum nobile
Chenopodium album
Cherry ‘Merton Glory’ (Prunus avium)
Cistus landanifer
Clematis armandii
Cornus sanguinea ‘Anny’s Winter Orange’ AGM
Cortaderia selloana
Corylus avellana
Crataegus monogyna
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ AGM
Crocus tommasinianus AGM
Cucurba pepo
Cyclamen hederifolium
Dahlia ‘Crazy Legs’
Darmera peltata AGM
Digitalis purpurea
Dipsacus fallonum
Echinacea purpurea
Epimedium perralderianum
Eucalyptus gunnii AGM
Fagus sylvatica AGM
Fragaria x ananassa
Galanthus nivalis AGM
Galium aparine
Geranium phaeum
Geranium ‘Orion’ AGM
Ginkgo biloba
Gloriosa superba AGM
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ AGM
Hedera helix
Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’ AGM
Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ AGM
Helianthus annuus
Helleborous x hybridus
Hottonia palustris
Hydrangea macrophylla
Hylotelephium spectabile AGM
Ilex aquifolium AGM
Ipomea batatas
Ipomea tricolor ‘Heavenly Blue’ AGM
Iris reticulata
Iris sibirica AGM
Jerusalem Artichoke 'Fuseau' (Helianthus tuberosus)
Laburnum x watereri
Lathyrus odoratus
Lavandula angustifolia
Leek ‘Porbella’ AGM (Allium porrum)
Lemna minor
Lettuce 'Freckles' (Latuca sativa)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Ligustrum japonicum ‘Variegatum’
Lilium ‘Arabian Knight’
Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’
Liriope muscari AGM
Lobelia cardinalis
Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis 'Baggessen's Gold'
Lupinus polyphyllus
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ AGM
Matteuccia struthiopteris AGM
Mint (Mentha spicata)
Miscanthus sinensis
Myosotis scorpioides
Narcissus psuedonarcissus
Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’ AGM
Nymphaea alba
Papaver orientale
Papaver rhoeas
Parsnip 'Gladiator' F1 (Pastinaca sativa)
Passiflora caerulea AGM
Pea 'Ambassador' (Pisium sativum)
Pelargonium zonale
Persea americana
Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ AGM
Phormium tenax
Pieris ‘Forest Flame’ AGM
Pontederia cordata
Psuedopanax crassifolius
Pulsatilla vulgaris AGM
Pyracantha coccinea
Quercus robur
Rhinanthus minor
Rhododendron ‘Rosalind’
Rhubarb 'Victoria' (Rheum x hybridum)
Rhus typhina
Rosa GERTRUDE JEKYLL (‘Ausbord’ PBR) AGM
Rubus fruticosus
Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii AGM
Salvia microphylla
Salvia rosmarinus
Sambucus nigra
Sarcococca confusa AGM
Sempervivum tectorum AGM
Senecio jacobaea
Silene coronaria AGM
Skimmia japonica
Solanum tuberosum
Stachys byzantina
Stipa tenuissima AGM
Stratiotes aloides
Strawberry ‘Cambridge Favourite’ (Fragaria x ananassa)
Symphoricarpus albus
Syringa vulgaris
Tagates patula
Taraxacum officinale
Taxodium distichum
Taxus baccata AGM
Tulipa ‘Ballerina’ AGM
Ulex europaeus
Urtica dioica
Vaccinium corymbosum
Verbascum ‘Southern Charm’
Verbena bonariensis AGM
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’
Viburnum tinus
Vinca minor
Viola tricolor
Vitis vinifera
Wisteria floribunda
x Cuprocyparis leylandii
Zea mays