The document provides examples of plants that can be used in spring, summer, and winter containers and bedding. For spring, it lists tulips, narcissus, chieranthus, mysotis, and bellis. For summer containers, it recommends petunia, satureia, lobelia, fuchsia, impatiens, begonia, pelargonium, tagetes, verbena, and cuphea. Winter container plants mentioned include viola, hedera, skimmia, heuchera, polypodium, carex, iris, helichrysum, and brassica. Photos accompany some of the plant examples.

1. RHS Level 2
Certificate
Week 23 plant examples

2. Spring bedding - bulbs
Tulipa fosteriana ‘Red
Emperor’
Narcissus ‘February
Gold’

3. Spring Bedding
Chieranthus cheiri Mysotis sylvatica
Photo: Tim Waters (Non-commercial, Attribution, non
derivative)

4. Spring Bedding
Bellis perennis
‘Pomponette’ Photo Tomasz
Tasca (Attriubution, share alike)

5. Summer plants for
containers
Petunia ‘Surfina’
Satureia douglasii (Indian
Mint)

6. Summer plants for
containers
Lobelia erinus
‘Monsoon’
Fuchsia ‘Swingtime’ Photo: John Keogh
(attribution, non-commercial)

7. Summer containers
Impatiens walleriana Begonia semperflorens

8. Summer containers
Pelargonium x hortorum Tagetes patula

9. Summer containers
Verbena x hybrida
Note that ‘Aztec Silver’ is pink/white.
Cuphea ignea

10. Winter Containers
Viola x wittrockiana Hedera helix ‘Spetchley’

11. Winter Containers
Skimmia japonica Heuchera

12. Winter Containers
Polypodium vulgare Cyclamen coum

13. Winter containers
Carex comans ‘Bronco’
Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ Photo: Rogerio Liria

14. Winter Containers
Helichrysum italicum
Brassica oloracea (Capita
group) ‘Northern Lights’