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The Plant Encyclopedia

The Plant Encyclopedia

Les Jardins d’un ChatelainThe Gardens of a Chatelain
Selection based on the in-house plant reference database, prepared for multilingual publication.

The Plant Encyclopedia

Every estate plant described with a gardenerly eye: exposure, soil, hardiness, bloom, calendar and the right gesture at the right season.

91 visible genera – more than 9,400 referenced varieties – 15 open profiles

The Plant Encyclopedia
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The Plant EncyclopediaAgapanthusThe Plant EncyclopediaBearded IrisThe Plant EncyclopediaChinese WisteriaThe Plant EncyclopediaClematisThe Plant EncyclopediaCommon BoxThe Plant EncyclopediaCommon YewThe Plant EncyclopediaEnglish LavenderThe Plant EncyclopediaGarden HydrangeaThe Plant EncyclopediaGarden RoseThe Plant EncyclopediaJapanese CamelliaThe Plant EncyclopediaJapanese MapleThe Plant EncyclopediaOlive TreeThe Plant EncyclopediaPanicle HydrangeaThe Plant EncyclopediaPeonyThe Plant EncyclopediaRhododendronThe Plant EncyclopediaAbelia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaAnemone garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaAster garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaAstilbe garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaAucuba garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaButterfly bush garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaJapanese andromeda garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaOrnamental onion garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaSmoke bush garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaBasil garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaBergenia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHeath garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaSacred bamboo garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCaryopteris garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCeanothus garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCotoneaster garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCrocosmia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaDogwood garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHeather garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHoneysuckle garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaRockrose garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaSilverberry garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaDahlia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaDeutzia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaBarberry garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaEchinacea garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaEscallonia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaBlue fescue garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaFig tree garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaForsythia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaFuchsia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCurrant bush garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaGaura garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHardy geranium garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCoral bells garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaDaylily garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaFountain grass garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHellebore garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHibiscus garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHosta garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaActinidia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCrape myrtle garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaLilac garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaLily garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaOleander garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaSedge garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaBlueberry garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHypericum garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaMagnolia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaMahonia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaMint garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaMiscanthus garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaDaffodil garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaNepeta garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaCarnation garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaMexican orange blossom garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaOregano garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaStonecrop garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaApple tree garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaHardy plumbago garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaLarkspur garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaNinebark garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaPear tree garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaPhlox garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaPhotinia garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaPittosporum garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaPrimrose garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaShrubby cinquefoil garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaRosemary garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaSage garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaSpirea garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaRed hot poker garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaThyme garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaTulip garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaGrapevine garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaViburnum garden profileThe Plant EncyclopediaWeigela garden profile

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shrub1 437 varietiesperennial1 185 varietiesclimber601 varietiesrose583 varietiesfruit tree251 varietiesbulb plant249 varietiesaromatic plant202 varietiesgrass166 varietiesedible garden plant146 varieties
The 15 essential profiles

The 15 essential profiles

Garden Hydrangea in a refined chateau garden settingGarden HydrangeaHydrangea macrophyllaOpen the profilePanicle Hydrangea in a refined chateau garden settingPanicle HydrangeaHydrangea paniculataOpen the profileGarden Rose in a refined chateau garden settingGarden RoseRosaOpen the profileChinese Wisteria in a refined chateau garden settingChinese WisteriaWisteria sinensisOpen the profileEnglish Lavender in a refined chateau garden settingEnglish LavenderLavandula angustifoliaOpen the profileCommon Box in a refined chateau garden settingCommon BoxBuxus sempervirensOpen the profileCommon Yew in a refined chateau garden settingCommon YewTaxus baccataOpen the profileOlive Tree in a refined chateau garden settingOlive TreeOlea europaeaOpen the profileJapanese Maple in a refined chateau garden settingJapanese MapleAcer palmatumOpen the profileJapanese Camellia in a refined chateau garden settingJapanese CamelliaCamellia japonicaOpen the profileClematis in a refined chateau garden settingClematisClematisOpen the profilePeony in a refined chateau garden settingPeonyPaeoniaOpen the profileAgapanthus in a refined chateau garden settingAgapanthusAgapanthusOpen the profileBearded Iris in a refined chateau garden settingBearded IrisIris germanicaOpen the profileRhododendron in a refined chateau garden settingRhododendronRhododendronOpen the profile
Genus directory

Genus directory

Abeliashrub – 42Agapanthusperennial – 98Ornamental onionedible garden plant – 112Japanese andromedashrub – 47Anemoneperennial – 25Smoke bushshrub – 16Butterfly bushshrub – 46Asterperennial – 72Astilbeperennial – 24Aucubashrub – 2Sacred bambooshrub – 23Basiledible garden plant – 34Bergeniaperennial – 15Heathperennial – 27Common Boxshrub – 6Heatherperennial – 20Japanese Camelliashrub – 19Caryopterisshrub – 15Ceanothusshrub – 33Silverberryshrub – 16Honeysuckleclimber – 65Rockroseshrub – 16Clematisclimber – 431Dogwoodshrub – 60Cotoneastershrub – 22Crocosmiaperennial – 14Dahliabulb plant – 132Deutziashrub – 18Echinaceaperennial – 53Barberryshrub – 25Japanese Mapleshrub – 118Escalloniashrub – 18Blue fescuegrass – 15Fig treefruit tree – 50Forsythiashrub – 17Fuchsiashrub – 21Gauraperennial – 26Hardy geraniumperennial – 104Chinese Wisteriaclimber – 42Currant bushfruit tree – 39Helleboreperennial – 35Daylilyperennial – 77Fountain grassgrass – 28Coral bellsperennial – 58Hibiscusshrub – 76Garden Hydrangeashrub – 239Hostaperennial – 45Common Yewconifer – 8Bearded Irisperennial – 119Actinidiaclimber – 26Sedgegrass – 68Oleandershrub – 14English Lavenderaromatic plant – 42Lilacshrub – 42Crape myrtleshrub – 114Lilybulb plant – 12Magnoliashrub – 45Mahoniashrub – 9Mintaromatic plant – 69Hypericumshrub – 13Miscanthusgrass – 55Blueberryfruit tree – 32Daffodilbulb plant – 25Nepetaperennial – 21Carnationperennial – 39Olive Treeshrub – 1Mexican orange blossomshrub – 19Oreganoaromatic plant – 25Stonecropperennial – 60Phloxperennial – 40Photiniashrub – 27Ninebarkshrub – 26Larkspurperennial – 25Pittosporumshrub – 7Peonyperennial – 42Hardy plumbagoperennial – 3Pear treefruit tree – 41Apple treefruit tree – 89Shrubby cinquefoilshrub – 42Primroseperennial – 21Rhododendronshrub – 52Rosemaryaromatic plant – 22Garden Roserose – 583Sageperennial – 101Spireashrub – 49Thymearomatic plant – 44Red hot pokerperennial – 21Tulipbulb plant – 80Grapevineclimber – 37Viburnumshrub – 46Weigelashrub – 36

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