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Sambucus Black Lace
Black Elder
Common Name: Black Lace ElderLatin Name: Sambucus nigra porphyrophylla 'Black Lace'Soil: Will tolerate most soil typesPosition: Full sunHardiness: HardyFlowering Period: SummerFlowering Colour: Pale PinkThe Sambucus 'Black Lace' is known for its distinctive foliage which is near black in colour, the foliage later develops to a wine-red colour come autumn. The flowers appear in small pink clusters and are followed in autumn by blackish-red berries. The fruits are good for attracting wildlife to your garden- they also make a fantastic cordial or jelly. The 'Black Lace' can be grown as a small tree or large shrub and benefits from a good pruning in early spring.
Prunus Rotundifolia
Laurel
Common Name: LaurelLatin Name: Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia'Soil: moist but well-drained soil, except shallow chalkPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April/white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 5m x 4mSpecial features: Tough evergreen shrub suitable for hedging and windbreaks.Dense, bushy, evergreen shrub with large glossy, dark green leaves. It makes an excellent hedging plant, and can cope with deep shade under trees was well as full sun. Small white flowers are produced on spikes in mid-spring, followed by cherry red berries which are harmful if eaten.
Sarcococca confusa
Sweet Box
Common Name: Sweet BoxLatin Name: Sarcococca confusaSoil: Fertile, moist but well-drainedPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: December-March/WhiteHardiness: Fully HardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m/1.2mSpecial features: Highly fragrant white flowers which open in winterThis 'Sweet Box' is a beautiful evergreen shrub which features thick, glossy dark-green leaves that are ovate in shape and add colour to your garden all year round. In the midst of winter, when most other plants are dormant, the flowers of the ‘Sweet Box’ open up and cloud the surrounding air with their vanilla-like scent. This is a great choice for planting by an entrance as the fragrance will set the perfect welcome to your home.
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Sambucus Black Tower
Upright Purple Elder
Common Name: Black Tower Elder / Eiffel 1Latin Name: Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla Black TowerSoil: Will tolerate most soil typesPosition: Full sunHardiness: HardyEventual height/ spread: 2.5m / 1.2mFlowering period/colour: Summer/ Pink- whiteSpecial feature: Tower-like structure and dark purple-black leaves. The 'Black Tower' is aptly named due to its upright and slender habit and unusual trait of its leaves forming right from the base of the plant. The leaves are large, finely serrated at the edges and dark purple-black in colour when mature. This plant needs a sunny position to ensure that the fresh green leaves can develop their darker colouring. In summer, flattened heads of pink scented flowers appear and these are attractive to wildlife. The flowers later become small black berries which are popular with the birds. This is a great choice for planting at the back of a mixed border and it will be sure to add colour and structure to your garden.
Sambucus Sutherland Gold
Golden Elder
Common Name: ElderLatin Name: Sambucus racemosa Sutherland GoldSoil: Fertile, moist, well-drainedPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: April/Creamy yellowHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/ spread: 3m x 3mSpecial features: Spherical, glossy red berriesConical clusters of creamy yellow flowers in mid spring, followed by glossy, red fruits and deeply cut, bronze young leaves, turning golden yellow. This bushy, deciduous shrub with arching shoots makes a stunning specimen plant for a moist, well-drained border. The delicate foliage is less susceptible to sun-scorch than other golden, cut leaved varieties
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Skimmia Rubella
Japanese Skimmia
Common Name: Japanese Skimmia (Male)Latin Name: Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'Soil: Fertile, moist but well-drainedPosition: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: Fully HardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m/1.5mSpecial features: Bright red flower buds that cover the shrub during the winter months. The 'Rubella' is a compact, bushy evergreen shrub which is the perfect choice for adding year-round colour to your garden. In winter, panicles of bright red flower buds appear and these remain closed until spring, when they open to reveal fragrant white flowers. The lightly scented flowers carry a sweet fragrance and this plant is therefore a great choice for planting near a path or seating area, so that the fragrance can be enjoyed.
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Prunus Marbled White
Varigated Laurel
Common Name: LaurelLatin Name: Prunus laurocerasus 'Marbled White'Soil: moist but well-drained soil, except shallow chalkPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May/white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 4m x 4mSpecial features: Green and grey-green leaves blotched with cream.Dense evergreen with large, green leathery leaves with conspicuous white markings, giving them an unusual and very attractive marbled appearance. The variegation is held well in the shade. Makes an excellent thick hedge, or it can be used as a specimen shrub. In spring it produces spikes of fragrant white flowers.
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Pieris Mountain Fire
Variegated Lily
Common Name: Variegated Lily-of-the-valleyLatin Name: Pieris 'Mountain Fire'Soil: humus-rich, moist, well-drained acid soil or a good ericaceous compost.Position: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April and May/White bell like flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m x 2.5mSpecial features: Exceptional evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves in summer and winterPieris 'Mountain Fire' is a essential spring border shrub with its fiery red young growth in spring turning a deep glossy chestnut as the shrub matures. During spring the white bell like flowers are a delight cascading over the glossy leaves.
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Liquidambar Aurea
Sweetgum Tree
Common Name: Sweet Gum TreeLatin Name: Liquidambar styraciflua 'Aurea'Soil: Fertile, moist, well-drainedPosition: Full sunHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height and spread: 14m/7mSpecial features: Deeply incised leaves that emerge a rosy-yellow colour.The Liquidambar 'Aurea' is a fantastic variety of sweet gum and it is one of the best varieties for changing leaf colour. The leaves emerge as a rosy-yellow colour and, come summer, they turn to green with creamy speckles on them; come autumn, the leaves produce a final burst of red before falling. This tree is a slow-grower and it grows to have a broad, pyramidal habit. This tree develops a great sense of character with age, as its bark becomes marked with deep grooves.
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Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna
Sweet Box
Common Name: Sweet BoxLatin Name: Sarcococca hookeriana var. digynaSoil: Fertile, moist but well-drainedPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: December-March/Creamy-whiteHardiness: Fully HardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m/2mSpecial features: Creamy-white flowers that have a vanilla-like fragrance This 'Sweet Box' is a welcome addition to any garden, as it offers year round interest and the most delightful fragranced flowers in winter. The leaves of this evergreen shrub are dark-green, thick and glossy and they are complimented by creamy-white flowers in winter. The flowers have a strong vanilla-like fragrance and they are therefore the perfect choice for bordering a path or for planting at an entrance.
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Pieris Carnaval
Variegated Lily
Common Name: Variegated Lily-of-the-ValleyLatin Name: Pieris 'Carnaval'Soil: humus-rich, moist, well-drained acid soil or a good ericaceous compost.Position: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April and May/ivory white, bell-shaped flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 1mSpecial features: Compact shrub with bright red leaves in Spring turning pink in winter. (Evergreen)Pieris 'Carnaval' is a highly ornamental dense shrub with year round interest. The small green leaves edged with white turn pink in the winter. In spring the bright red foliage last well into the summer. The flower panicles are formed in the autumn resulting in attractive red-tinged buds. In spring there are the attractive ivory white bell-shaped blooms which look like Lily-of-the-Valley. This low maintenance shrub is ideal in a container.
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Pieris Pink Delight
Variegated Lily
Common Name: Variegated Lily-of-the-valleyLatin Name: Pieris 'Pink Delight'Soil: humus-rich, moist, well-drained acid soil or a good ericaceous compost.Position: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/ colour: April and May/white bell like flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1m x 1mSpecial features: Exceptional evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves in summer and winter and panicles of white flowers in spring.Pieris 'Pink Delight' is a medium evergreen shrub with glossy leaves. The charming pink buds open into white bell like flowers with a flush of pink. This hardy shrub will give impact for the border with its splash of colour in spring.
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