Bear's
Breeches (Acanthus molli). They can be very beautiful. It loves a sunny place.
You can propagate acanthus by seed, but it’s also possible by dividing.
Bloom time: Vll, Vlll.
Native to southern Europe.
Thousand-leaf,Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Bloom time: Vl - X. Sunny. It grows in all types
of soil and is drought tolerant It’s the wild species.
Yarrow is a common roadside herb but also nice in my garden. There are many
cultivars, but I like this specie. Yarrow can spread both by seed and by means of
creeping stems. Achillearefer to Achilles, the Greek hero, he used Yarrowto heal his solders' bleeding wounds.Millefolium means thousand
leaf(The leaves are deeply divided)
Aconite, Monkshood, or Wolfsbane (Aconitum) Monkshood belongs to to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)Bloom time for this species: Vll - lX. It is a highy toxic
plant. Sun
to Partial Shade.
Rich humusy soil and persistent moistness.
Anise
hyssop(Agastache
foeniculumIt is known for its anise scented foliage.Native to North America. For insects an attractive plant. You can see many bees on the flowers.
Anise hyssop can be sown in spring. Bloom time VI - VIII. Sun, light shade.
The soil has to be well-drained. Frost-tolerant to -7. c.
Lady's
Mantle (Alchemilla
vulgaris) Bloom time: V - lX. Family:
Rosaceae. Well-drained,
light, moist soil. Full
sun, Partial shade. Native
to Europe. It will reseed itself. The entire plant is covered in very fine hairs that cause dew or soft
rain to gather in it's leaves. This liquid was known as "celestial
water" and used in alchemy to make gold. It is used formenstruation problems. It has also been used externally for wounds and
skin irritations.
Meadow
anemone (Anemone canadensis) This anemone will flower at the beginning of the
summer. Sunny. The plant prefers light well-drained soil. You can get large
beds of plants. Meadow anemone grows up from rhizomes (underground runners that
lie parallel to the surface and sprout new plants).
Windflower (Anemone Honorine Jobert )blooms
at the end of the summer (Vll - X). Windflowers can be divided in the spring.
Propagation can also be done by root cuttings.
Humus-rich, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.
Columbine
(Aquilegia)
I have had columbines with purple-blue and white flowers in the garden for
years. They reseed everywhere. Now I have also sown other colours.
They are less strong. They are flowering later. Bloom time: lV - Vll. They
love moist, rich, well drained soil. In the wildthe columbine have a bushy growth habit.
Goatsbeard. (Aruncus)
Goatsbeard does well in almost any soil, in sun, or shade. Height: 2 m . Bloom time: Vl.VllBut the flowers are at their peak for about 10 days. The plants are
dioecious (separate male and female plants) To get new plants, divide clumps in springIn wintertime the plant has disappeared.
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis
subsp. oficinalis) Bloom time: V - VI (small
greenish flowers) After flowering there are berries.
Asparagus ofcourse we know as a plant, which
we can eat the young shoots. But you can have a beautiful plant in the
garden. It is a perennial. Height: Up to 2 m. The plant has many
much-branched feathery foliage.
False
Spirea,Astilbe At the edge of the pond I have a number of Astilbes.
Bloom time Vl - Vll.Native to Asia and North America. Moist, rich, organic, well-drained soils.You can
multiplyby dividing. Semi shade - shade. I have also got astilbes with white
and pink flowers.
Butterfly Bush(Buddleia,
Buddleja) They are attractive to butterflies, but also to
other insects.There
are many flower colours. I have also got a white species.Bloom time: Vll - lX. Full sun, Partial
shade. The flowers smell deliciously. You can prune it
back afterwinter. Many speciesbloom
on new growth.Propagation: take in spring cuttings (20 cm )
Larger
Bindweed, Hedge
Bindweed, or Rutland beauty (Calystegia sepium) It isgardenweed. It twines around the garden
plants. But the flowers are beautiful, so at
some places I let it grow. Bloom time: Vl - lX.
Peach-Leaved Bellflower (Campanula persicifolia) Lilac-blue flowers. The white specie is called Alba. Bloom time: Vl - Vlll. Prefers a well-drained, fertile soil in sun or partial shade.
Native to Europe.
Serbian bellflower (Campanula poscharskyana) Native in the Balkans. Groundcover, spreading by rhizomes andsometimes it self-seeds. Full or part sun. It likes good drainage, fairly drought tolerant. Bloom time: VI - X. The flowers arestar-shaped. (Most of the campanula species are bell-shaped)
Nettle-leaved Bellflower,
(Campanula
trachelium) Bloom time: Vl - lX..Full sun, partialshade. Well-drained soil, not too dry.
It’s a native wood plant. In the Netherlands, it has
become rare. But not in our garden, forthey
reseed themselves.
Cupid's
dart, blue cupidone,
cerverina
(Catananche caerulea) Beautifulblue
flowers on thin, wiry stems. They prefer full sun, and a rich, well drained soil.
They are a drought tolerant plants. It is a short-lived perennial , but it will reseed
itself. Bloom time Vl – lX. Native
to southwest Europe.Cupid’s dart was used by both the Greeks and the Romans as a key
ingredient in love potions.
Yellow
knapweed(Centaurea macrocephala) Family Compositae or
Asteraceae)Bloomtime:
V - VIII. Full sun.
A robust cornflower with narrow, oval and dissected leaves. During the
blooming large flowerheads appear first. Almost like an yellow artichoke.
When the soil is fertile, there are more flowers. Suitable as cut flower.
Height: 125 cm.
Red / White (albus)
valerian or Jupiter's beard(Centranthus ruber 'Çoccineus' en 'Albus') Bloom time: Vll – lXSun to Partial Shade. It does well in poor,
infertile soils.
Houttuynia(Chameleon
houttuynia) This
plant grows in my very little swamp. Plants spread by underground runners.
Bloom time VI - VII. It has leaves broadly edged in yellow and flecked with red. Especially in August the colours are beautiful.
Pink Turtlehead(chelone)
Moist, fertile soil that is well-drained. Clump
forming. The
first years they didn’t grow well. Perhaps too dry and too much shade. Now
they get more light. Half shade. Bloom time: Vll - X. They are found in the wild in North America.
Shasta daisy (Chrysanthemum maximum) This plant isstanding for years in the garden. Clump forming perennial and it also reseeds itself. Blooming time: Vll - lX.
Full, or partial sun and well-drained soil.
Feverfew,Manzanilla, Featherfew, Featherfoil, Wild Chamomile (Chrysanthemum parthenium)Family:
Asteraceae.Full
sun. Feverfew
will thrive in the poorest soils.(
well-drained ) Formely Fewerfew already was usedto
relieve some types of menstrual problems (pathenos is Greek for virgin) Feverfew has been used for reducing fever, for treating headache. The plant doesn't live long, butit reseeds itself. Bloom time: Vll - Vlll.
Thread-leaf coreopsis, Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata).I also came across
the name "lice flower", due to its sensitivity for aphids.
Thank goodness I haven't noticed anything of it. Flowers: VII - X. A
very beautiful fine leaf.
Thickseed
can
spread in the garden by rhizomes and self-seeding. The plant has
been grown over by others behind the house. In the front garden, where
shorter plants are present, it is taking over others. Sunny: rather dry
soil. Imported from the East and Central of North-America.
Maiden Pink
(Dianthus deltoides
"Flashing light") Pink family or carnation family (Caryophyllaceae).
Bloomtime: VI - VIII. Full sun. Height 10 - 20 cm. A nice plant for
a rock garden. It looks a lot like the wild species. They do well in
sandy soil. They are not very old, but they will self-sow themselves.
Common
Foxglove, Purple Foxglove or Lady's Glove (digitalis) It is a
herbaceous biennial plant. The leaves, flowers and seeds of this plant are all
poisonous. Family Plantaginaceae. The plants are native in Europe, North-America and West Africa. Digit means finger. Partial
shade.Tolerant of a wide range of soils, except very wet or very dry. It
self-seeds freely.
White coneflower (Echinacea) Bloom time: Vll - lX. Full sun or light shade. Well
drained, fertile soilGenerally
you see the purple coneflower. Coneflower
is also an important medicinal plant. Native to the United States.
Hairy
willow-herb (Epilobium
hirsutum) Family Onagraceae. Sun, partial shade, wildflower. Native to Europe. Bloom time: VI - IX. The soil should be constantly moist. It spreads by seeds and by rhizomes.
The plant has thick underground rhizomes.
Mexican
Daisy, Santa Barbara Daisy,Fleabane
(Erigeron karvinskianus 'profusion') Family: Asteraceae (Compositae)
Bloom time VI – IX. Full or part sun.Prefers a moist,
well drained soil.
The beautiful white flowers change to pink as they age. The plant develops
widely. I ‘ve bought the plants this year (2007). It is also used for
hanging baskets.
The beautiful white flowers change to pink as they age. The plant develops widely. I ‘ve bought the plants this year (2007).Lying
flat along the ground to upright growth.
"Bowles" perennial wallflower ("Erysimum "bowles mauve")
Family: Cruciferae. Bloom time: V - X.
Height: 60 cm. It is a beautiful, woody-stemmed shrub. Perennial but
short-lived. The plant has beautiful blue-gray leaves. Full sun and well
drained soil.
Propagate: take cuttings in May to July; sew in May.
Fuchsia (Fuchsia
magellanica 'Ricartonii') In contrast to other fuchsias this fuchsia is winter hardy. It is
flowering up to the winter. Native in Chile and Patagonia. Plants are pollinated by humming birds in the wild’here by moths. Sunny,
half shade. Humus-rich, well-drained soils, but
also clay soils. Cuttings usually succeed at any time during the growing
season.
Daylily (Hemerocallis ' Sammy Russell ') There are many
species. This is one of most known species. Sun to
partial shade.Fertile,
well-drained soil. Full sun promotes flower initiation. Each flower only opens for one day.(Hemerocallismeans in Greek ''beautiful for a day') Bloom time: VI –
VII.
Geranium
endressii. It is
a large family, with wild species. They love sun. But half shade is no problem. Geranium
endressii is a quick spreader. Also in the lawn. Bloom time: Vl - Vll. Cut
back hard in mid-summer to encourage fresh new foliage and another flush of
flowers.
Geranium
magnificum. I
hope the name is correct. The geranium grows already more than thirty
years at the same place. So it isn’t a invasive species. Beautiful flowers, but for a short time.Bloom time: Vl. Light
shade to full sun.
Geranium
phaeum. They
reseed themselves. But it is not difficult to
get rid offand the flowers are beautiful . Shade is no problem.They grow everywhere. Bloom time V - Vll.
Aaron's
beard, Rose of
Sharon, Great St-John's wort, Jerusalem star. (Hypericum calycinum) Height: 40 cm. high. It 's a low, creeping, woody shrub. It
spreads vigorously by branching underground stems and can cover quite a
large area. Full
sun (more flowers) to partial shade. The soil has to be well-drained. Bloom
time: Vl – lX. Native from
Turkey to Bulgaria.
Hibiscus.
(Hibiscus
syriacus) Fam. Malvaceae. Bloom time Vll - X.Native in parts of Asia. Is called Rose of Sharon in North America, a name also applied for the Hypericum. It is reaching
2-4 m in height, so I have to prune the shrub. The flowers are beautiful. The Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) isfamily,
but is not winter-hardy.
Hortensia,
Hydrangea (Hydrangea
paniculat 'Kyushu')
The
soil should be constantly moist and well drained, but less moist than for the most other species. During hot weather, they
need plenty of water Bloom time Vl - lX. Hydrangea
also should be pruned after flowering so they can develop "old wood"
to support blossoms the following summer.
Hortensia (Hydrangea macr. 'Rotkehlchen') has a center of fertile, relatively non-showy flowers and an outer ring
of showy, sterile flowers. It is a pity, they need so much water, during hot weather. Shade is no
problem. Bloom time Vl – lX.
Hortensia
Macrophylla. (I
think) It is a cutting of a shrub of my parents. (One of the easiest ways to propagate hydrangea is by layering.) Fifty years ago this shrub was already flowering
near a ditch at the farm. Bloom time Vl – lX.
CommonRagwort (Jacobaea
vulgaris, Senecio
jacobaea) Bloom time: Vll- X.
This is a biennial
weed, but it is beautiful in the garden and you can find
many insects on the flowers. It starts to bloom around St-Jacob (July 25)
The alkaloids in the plant are poisonous especially to horses, but also to other
animals. Normaly it is not eaten by animals, but the alkaloids remains in hay.
There are no meadows near my garden and I only have two plants.
The place where it appears, is a surprise.The plant favours well-drained soils
but will grow in most ground conditions. A dense grass sward provides less of an
opportunity for the seeds to germinate. They are spread by the wind.
Everlasting
Pea 'White Pearl' (Lathyrus Latifolius 'White Pearl')This is a cultivated
variety Bloom
time: Vll - VIII. Full sun, partial shade. It ‘s a perennial relative of the sweet pea. A
climber with winged stems.
Height 2 m.Fertile moist
soil. Native to Middle and Southern Europe.
Golden
groundsel, Leopard plant (Ligularia Dentata) Bloom time Vll - lX. Sun, partial shade. At my place it is a little to dry for it needs moist soil.
It is in fact a water edge plant. Slugs and snails like the plants too. There are
a lot of
ligularia species.
Privet (Ligustrum) If you don’t prune it, it gets
beautiful flowers. In the autumn it gets small black fruit. Bloom time: Vl
- Vlll.Privet is used for privacy hedging (hence "privet", private). In winter privet often loses its leaves. Almost each
soil is well. Sun, half shade. At us, they stand solitary.
Lily (lilium) I have boughtsome species, but they are always eaten by
the scarlet lily beetles (Lilioceris lilii) Information: beetles.
After some years I have to buy new plants. Bloom time Vl - Vlll.
Common Honeysuckle, European
Honeysuckle or Woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum) This is native climber. In my garden it is
growing in an old pear tree. Flowersare very sweet smelling especially at night . Bloom time: V - Vlll. It ‘s
a self-twining climber. Honeysuckles
grow best in partial sun to partial shade.Well drained soil.
Yellow
loosestrife, circle flower (Lysimachia punctata) Family primrose (Primulaceae) Bloom time: Vl - Vlll.A handsome plant. It is related to the native wildflower (Lysimachia
vulgaris). Partial shade is not a problem.This
plant prefers moist conditions but tolerates dryness fairly well. It can be
aggressive. To get new plants, divide clumps in spring or autumn.
Lysimachia ciliata "Firecracker" Family
primrose (Primulaceae) Bloom time: Vl - Vlll. Height 70 - 100 cm. Family
primrose (Primulaceae) Bloom time: Vl - Vlll. Height: 70 to 100 cm. Normal, moist soil.
In our garden it grows among the bushes. Sunny, semi-shade. It has yellow
hanging flowers . The leaves are beautiful
dark purple, especially when they get enough sun.
It can
spread in the garden by rhizomes, but less than Yellow
loosestrife, circle flower (Lysimachia punctata). Native to North America.
Moneywort, Creeping jenny (Lysimachia
nummularia) Family
primrose (Primulaceae) Bloom time: V - Vll. It has creeping root-forming
stems and is a ground cover. Full sun or partial shade. It belongs to the medicinal herbs
(bleeding, cure
for diarrhea)
Wet to damp soil. Native to Europe, but now you
can find Moneywort all over the world. It is
also used as an aquarium plant. In our garden it grows near the pond.
Purple-loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) Bloom time Vl - lX. At my place
it
‘s growing at the pond. It’s native in Holland. Wet soil. Height in our
garden 1.20 m. In America it’s an invasive species.
Malva (malva) Fam. Malvaceae. It
spreads by self-seeding, but
does not become
invasive.
Sunny. The soil has to be well-drained.
Bloomtime: Vll - lX Some species
are native in theNetherlands. Common
mallow (Malva neglecta),High
Mallow (Malva sylvestris) en
Musk-mallow (Malva moschata)
Water
Mint
(Mentha aquatica) Bloom time VII - IX. Full or part sun.Strongly
mint-scented perennial of damp ground, also growing in water of my pond.
Water Mint will
self-seed andwill spread by underground rhizomes. Native throughout Europe, also
northwest Africa and southwest Asia.
Shoo-Fly Plant, Apple
of Peru
(Nicandra physalodes) Nightshade
family (Solanaceae). Yearly. Bloom time: VI - IX. Full sun to partial
shade, with a well-drained soil. The seeds are small but the plants will
reach 1 to 2 m in height. It lives one year. Sometimes the seeds will just
reseed themselves but I always sow some anyway. Bell-shaped
flowers followed by ornamental papery Chinese lanterns.
All parts of the plant are poisonous. Native to South America (especially
in Peru).
Common Evening primrose, Evening
star
(Oenothera biennis)Bloomtime VI – X. The
fragrant yellow blooms open in the evening and each individual flower
lasts just one nightThis
plant forms a stubby rosette during the first year, the second year it
flowers, sets seed, and dies. The seeds are small enough to be dispersed
by the wind. It prefers full sun,somewhat
sandy soil, but other growing conditions are acceptable.The seeds are used to produce evening primrose oil. It was introduced
from North America in the seventeenth century.
Opuntia. I have two winter-hardy species in the garden. Dry, sandy or gravely, well-drained soils in full sun. The opuntia with red flower is an opuntia.
macrorhiza. In winter I put them near the house at the south site.
Chinese
ground orchid (Bletilla)
It is native to China and Japan.
Chinese ground orchids prefer a moist, well-composted soil. In my
garden they are growing near the pond.It grows via short rhizomes. Bloom time: Vll - lX.
Leopard Marsh orchidor
Flecked Marsh orchid(Dactylorhiza pardalina) For some years, it appeared
spontaneously near the pond. It s a wild plant. Bloom time: Vl – lX Although it avoids
truly acid conditions, it tolerates a wide range of soils, growing in fens,
wet meadows.
Sweet Marjoram (Origanum) Bloom time: VII - IX. An undershrub. Well
drained to dry soil, and full sun.Native
to the Mediterranean region.It
is used for culinary purposes.Relatated specie: Wild marjoram. (Origanum vulgare) For me it is difficult to find
the difference.
Oxalis (Oxalis) I don’t know the species. Bloom time Vll
- lX. Sunny.
Oriental poppy (papaver orientale)
Bloom time: Vl - Vlll. It ‘s a perennial ( The red poppy isn’t )For me the oriental poppy isn’t very beautiful, but it may stay
in the garden. It usually thrives in light calcarous soil and in full sun or part shade.
Now there are many different colours. It doesn't reseed itself in our
garden.
Green
Alkanet, Evergreen Bugloss (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Bloom time: IV - VIII. The stems can reach up to 75 cm. Than you can cut
them off. The plant will start flowering again. It
is not a true native - in fact its at home in Southern Europe. There are also cultivars.
Sticky Jerusalem sage (Phlomis
russeliana) Mint family (Lamiaceae) Bloom time: VI - VIII.
Full sun.
It took one year before it began to flower in
the garden. It has yellow, hooded flowers in
whorls around stems into ball-shaped clusters.
After flowering the stem and flower head dry and
stay throughout the winter. It gives a nice effect. Especially because the
gray-green leaves, which forms a big clump, stay green. Height 80 to 100
cm.
The plant is native to Turkey and Syria.
Garden phlox(Phlox 'Bright Eyes') Bloom
time: Vll - lX. Phlox is a perennial native to North America. Well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade.
Creeping
Phlox,
Flowering Moss, Moss Phlox(Phlox subulata) A sunny spot with well-drained soil and prune after flowering for a
healthier plant. Bloom time IV – VI
Phlox
Rembrandt Bloom
time: Vll - lX.
Cold hardy cape fuchsia
(phygelius capensis) Their
common name is misleading: Theblossoms
are similar to those of hardy fuchsias, but they're unrelated.It’s an
evergreen, somewhat shrubby plant, one meter tall. It
is quite hardy in a sheltered spot. Bloom time: VI - VIII. Full
or part sun.Prefers well
drained soil. In spring you can prune it. Native to South Africa.
Obedient
Plant, False
Dragonhead
(Physostegia) Sun
to partial shade.Bloom time: VII - IX. Thename "obedient plant" results from the fact that the flowers will
remain in place after being moved.. Plants spread by way of rhizomes forming large spreading colonies and can be
a problem. Prefers rich, moist but well
drained
soilNative to most of the United States
Knotweed, knotgrass (Polygonum affine) Bloom time: Vl - lX. A
mat-forming, spreading plant. Moist, well-drained, average soil. Sunny. You can
see its large brother (Polygonum amplexicaule)on the photo of the garden inautumn. There are a lot of species. You can
multiply by dividing
Pickerel weed (Pontederia lanceolata)Very pretty aquatic plant. Bloom time: Vlll - X. Full sun and in partial sun. Preferred Habitat:
Shallow
water of ponds. Pickerel
weed can be invasive under certain circumstances, as its name suggests. After some years it is grown out of its container. Native to Middle and
North-America
Postula
Syberica Sun, partial shade
Rodgersiaaesculifolia
Family Saxifragaceae. Bloom time VI, VII.
They are beautiful plants about one meters high. They like humus rich,
moist soil. Half shade.
Native to China.
Fairy
rose (Rosa '
The Fairy ') The Rose doesn’t grow very well in our garden. I think the
soil is to dry. This Rose tolerates
poor soil and shade.
Rose. I
don’t know the species. When we bought the house thirty years ago, they
already werein the garden.
The spot, where they are growing is not good (dry, poor soil, shade), but
they bloom every year.
Common Rue, Herb-of-grace (Ruta
graveolens) Bloom time: Vl - Vlll. Well
drained soil in sun or partial shaded positions. It’s a hardy,
evergreen, somewhat shrubby plant. Native to the Mediterranean region. Old Shrubs you
can prune in spring up to 10 or 20 cm
to encourage fresh new foliage. It was
used in many ancient Roman recipes but because it is very bitter, it is usually
not suitable for most modern tastes. However, it cannot be consumed in large volume, or it can become toxic.
Lizard's
Tail, water dragon (Saurus cernuus) The preference is light shade to partial sun and wet mucky soil to
shallow water. (10 -
20 cm water) Bloom time Vll – Vlll. Lizard's
tail is native to much of the eastern United States. It grows of course in our pound.
Sedum I have several sedum species
on a dry and sandy place. There they grow well. Futher information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum
Japanese spirea (Spirea Japonica. 'Goldflame') Bloom time:
V - Vlll. Partial
shade, full sun.
It will grow in a wide variety of soils. They bloom on the current season's
growth. Japanese spirea should be
pruned in winter or early spring. There are many species of spireas.
Goldflame, because it has
foliage that turns from green-gold to yellow to bronzy-orange.Native
to Japan, Korea and China.
Water soldier(Stratiotes
aloides) Bloom time: V - VIII. There are male and female plants. The leaves accumulate calcium carbonate and by autumn this makes them
heavy enough to sink to the bottom of the pond.The new
leaves in spring do not have this calcium carbonate and so rise to the surface. Plants are dioecious. (male and female plants)The rosette sends out buds of leaves at the end of long
runners, which rise to the surface in the spring, and become separate plants.Native to the Netherlands,
but rare.
Succisella inflexa "frosted pearls"
A Cultivar. Related to the Devilsbit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) Bloom time: Vll - X.
Beautiful ball-shaped flowers, white with a hint of light blue. It tolerates a wide range of soils, but not too moist. Sun to
partial shade. It is attractive to insects.
Height: 40-70 cm.
Meadow
rue (Thalictrum.
aquilegifolium) Bloom time: V - Vl.
The soil has to stay moist. Full sun or part shade. You also see the pink flowers of meadow bistort.In the pond the watersoldier and Buckbean are
growing too much. ( There are too many watersoldiers and Buckbean in the pond )
I have to remove a part of it.
Fringecups, Bigflower Tellima (Tellima grandiflora)
FamilySaxifragaceae
Bloom time: V -
VII. Part shade, full shade. Height 40 cm. The small, bell-shaped flowers on a wiry stem
are
difficult to photograph. Moist, but also dry soil. Native to North America.
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia "Oakleaf")
Family:Saxifragaceae
Bloom time:
IV - VI. Late spring to early summer. Part shade, full shade.
Height 20 cm. Well-drained, moist, rich soil. Cultivar of the North American species.
Spiderwort(Tradescantia) The flowers have a very short life like daylilies
(only one day) but each
plant will produce 20 or more flowers per stem. Bloom time: Vl - lX.Well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. To multiply:
By cracks. On the end of their flowering period they are eaten by slugs
and snails. Tradescantia is the name of a Flemish gardener Johan
Tradescant, who has introduced the species in Europe in the 17th century
from North - America.