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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Snow White
Lawson Cypress
Common Name: Lawson CypressLatin Name: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Snow White'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sun or shade (Avoid very exposed positions)Hardiness: Fully hardyHeight in 10 years: 0.8m - 1mSpecial features: A hardy plant with young growth tipped white giving a 'frosted' look. Conical habit. (Evergreen)Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Snow White' has cream-white tips in both the spring and late autumn, initiated by colder temperatures. Though strong sunlight and high temperature do not scorch the white tips, they are cause a slightly greener appearance.
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Pittosporum Garnettii
Pittosporum
Common Name: PittosporumLatin Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Garnettii'Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May/ChocolateHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 4m x 4mSpecial features: Grey-green leaves edged in cream, which gets a pink flush during the winter.This has elliptic leaves coloured pale green and with a neat but irregular white margin which take on pink tints in the winter. The leaves are held on chocolate brown stems on a shrub that is softly conical in outline, with gently spreading branches. There are tiny chocolate coloured flowers in April. These carry a sweet, floral fragrance somewhat reminiscent of a lily. It makes a lovely specimen.
Pittosporum Irene Paterson
Pittosporum
Common Name: Pittosporum Irene PatersonLatin Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson'Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May to June/honey- scented, purple/black-red flowers (unreliable)Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)Eventual height/spread: 2.2m x 1.8mSpecial features: Slow growing evergreen with prettily marbled leaves.A very attractive, rather subtle variety. The leaves are a shiny green and plentifully patterned with white marbling. This catches the light so the shrub appears to shimmer, looking rather ghostly on occasion. The new leaves are creamy white and the winter leaves have a pink tinge. It is very artificial in its appearance and good in an urban setting where its distinctive qualities suit abstract sculpture and gardens given over to hard landscaping.
Pittosporum Variegata
Varigated Pittosporum
Common Name: Varigated PittosporumLatin Name: Pittosporum tenuifolium VariegataSoil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May to June/Dark purple flowers (unreliable)Hardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 4m x 2mSpecial features: Attractive variegated foliage, useful for flower arranging.Dramatic, dark grey or black young stems clothed with wavy-margined, grey-green leaves edged creamy-white. This large, bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree makes a great feature for a sunny, well-drained border. An excellent plant for warm coastal areas, where it can successfully be grown as an attractive, variegated windbreak or hedge.
Pyrus Pendula
Weeping Pear Tree
Common Name: Weeping Willow Leaved Pear TreeLatin Name: Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April/White flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread in 20 years: 4m/3mSpecial features: Small deciduous weeping tree with silver willow-like foliage. Also has inedible green fruit.Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula' is an elegant, small tree forming a dense mound of weeping branches. White flowers appear in April followed by attractive, silvery-grey foliage lasting throughout the summer. The pendulous branches form a rounded crown and can be pruned to an umbrella shape if desired. An ideal specimen tree for small urban gardens as it copes well with pollution and alkaline soils.
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Pyrus Silver Sail
Ornamental Pear Tree
Common Name: Ornamental Pear TreeLatin Name: Pyrus elaegnifolia 'Silver Sail'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Late March early April/White flowersHardiness: Fully hardyHeight in 10 years: 5mSpecial features: Large green/Silver leaves shaped like boat sails.This excellent ornamental pear is a very good alternative to the more common 'Pyrus salicifolia Pendula'. The large green/silver leaves are shaped like boat sails (just as the name suggests). The flowers are large white with attractive red anthers appear in late March early April. Small ornamental pears are produced in the autumn. An ideal specimen tree for small urban gardens, particularly those based on a white or grey colour scheme, it copes well with pollution and alkaline soils.
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