Plants hard to divide

Bugbane
Filipendulas(except F.vulgaris) Globe Thistle
Goatsbeard

Don't like to be moved

Baptisia
Christmas Rose
Gas Plant
Monkshood
Orientale Poppy
Sea Holly
Sea Lavender
Thermopsis

To fill in a plant with a bare center

Slice out the center section,fill the hole with fresh soil. Insert a small piece from the outside into the fresh soil. Monarda is one of those kinds of plants.

Wall use

SOUTH wall is the most valuable as it receives the most sun.
WEST wall is second best.
EAST wall is good for climbers.
NORTH wall is good for shady moisture loving plants.

Your greenhouse is best with the ridge running from North to south.

Mariesii refers to early cultivar and somewhat compact,developed in 1884. The double i on the end usually means it's named for the developer of the cultivar.

An-ae means the developer was a female.
-iana means that the flower commemorates the personal name it's attached to.
Sometimes the name of the person is added after a plant name such as Scabiosa cauasica'Clive Graves'. this would tell you the plant is native to the Caucasus region of Europe.
Family names usually end in the suffix aceae And it usually in Roman type in parentheses when used in the name.

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