Přehled / Summary

Here are very briefly shown main informations about plants according my experience. I don't insist that they are the only possible.

Datas are shown in seven columns with the following meanings:

1. Average height of the adult plant in cm

2. Approximate width of the plant after about 5 years

3. Colour of flowers:
        bílá = white
        růžová = pink
        bílá nebo růžová = white or pink
        žlutá = yellow
        červená = red
        světle červená = light red
        modrá = blue
        fialová = violet
       červenofialová = reddish violet
       nevýrazná = no considerable colour

4. Requirements on location in garden, expressed by following abbreviations:
        S - full sun
        Od - deflected from sun, north facing slope
        PSt - half shade
        St - shade almost for the whole day
        su - droughter place (under a conifer, for instance)
        suL - total drought in summer
        suZ - protection against winter wet
        Vl - moister place
        Vl-su - moister in vegetation, protection against winter wet
        Skl - Alpine House
        suť - scree
        št - crevice between two stones, preferably vertical
        chl - cool place, the plant dies from high temperatures
        neM - the plant is not frost hardy
        M - trough

5. Requirements on compost:
        1 - poor with a good drainage (1 part loam. 1 coarse sand, 1 grit 4-8 mm)
        2 - normal (1 loam, 1 leafmould, 1 coarse sand)
        3 - rich with a good drainage (1 loam, 1 leafmould, 2 grit 4-8 mm)
        4 - peaty (1 loam, 1 leafmould, 1 peat, 1 coarse sand)
        5 - special (1 leafmould, 3 grit 2 - 8 mm)
        +Ca - add lime
        Ca! - no lime at all
        1,2 - compost 1 or 2, both are suitable
        1 + 2 - a mix of both

6. Approximate time of flowering (in Czechia), for instance:
        5 - May
        5 - 6 - late May and early June
        5, 6 - the plant flowers for long, in both months

7. Note:
        A - annual plant
        B - biennial or monocarpic plant
        C - bulbous plant
        O - difficult plant to grow
        VO - very difficult plant