living wall plants

"I am really excited to be creating a garden for London, because you have the best climate, much better than Paris, for certain plants - much greater humidity and milder winters."
Patrick Blanc

Using his pioneering planting techniques, Patrick Blanc has created another spectacular Living Wall at the athenaeum. It uses more species of plants than any other Vertical Garden in the UK - including the world's biggest single collection of Urticaceae. Patrick carefully collected the different species from dripping warm locations all over East Asia. Next, he propagated the plants in a nursery in the South of France then inserted the roots into the specially constructed, irrigated felt at the athenaeum. 

NOTEWORTHY SPECIES INCLUDE:
Adiantum capillus-veneris (From warm temperate and tropical climates - Colin no country listed)
Begonia grandis PB (Green - from China and Japan)    
Begonia grandis PB (Dark red - from China and Japan)  
Begonia pedatifida  PB   (China)
Billbergia nutans (South Brazil)
Corydalis cheilanthifolia   (China)
Cyrtomium macrophyllum   (Japan)
Fascicularia bicolour (Chile)
Ficus erecta var. sieboldii (South Korea)   
Fuchsia hatschbachii    (South Brazil)     
Fuchsia regia     (South Brazil)
Hemiboea cf. strigosa PB  (China)    
Impatiens arguta (Himalayas and East Africa)     
Impatiens mengtzeana (Himalayas and East Africa)            
Impatiens sp 1 (yellow)     (Himalayas and East Africa)           
Impatiens sp 2 (pink)   (Himalayas and East Africa)       
Iris japonica (Japan and China)
Lonicera pileata (China)
Rubus ichangensis  (Colin  - no country listed)
Stachyurus salicifolius (China)

URTICACEAE:
Boehmeria platyphylla (India)
Boehmeria tricuspis (Japan)
Debregeasia longifolia (India)  
Elatostema radicans var. minimum (Japan)
Elatostema scabrum (Japan)      
Elatostema umbellatum  var. majus (Japan)       
Elatostema umbellatum  `Dents de Kyoto' (Japan)
Pilea matsudai (Taïwan)  
Pilea peperomioides     (China)   
Pilea petiolaris (Japan)     
Pilea scripta (India)        
Pilea umbrosa (India)        
Pilea plataniflora (Sikkim)