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Blechnum penna
marina
Common Name: Alpine water fern Latin Name: Blechnum penna-marinaSoil: Moist but well drainedPosition: full sun or partial shade.Hardiness: Hardy Eventual height/spread: 50cm/50cmSpecial features: Evergreen easy ground cover for shade. Slowly forms a mat. This is an evergreen fern which is used for ground cover, baring in mind it will not spread far. Its new fronds emerge in the spring red and fade to green. To get the best spring colour ensure that it gets some sunlight. It will grow best in moist to well drained soil and will tolerate sandy or clay soils.
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus repens
Creeping Blueblossom
Common Name: Creeping Blueblossom Latin Name: Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repensSoil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: May-June/ BlueHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1m/1.5mSpecial features: A delightful evergreen shrub with powder blue summer flowers.As the common name suggests, the ‘blue blossom’ features compact panicles of powder blue flowers that appear in late spring and early summer. The leaves are ovate in shape and dark green in colour with a glossy coating. This low, spreading shrub is evergreen so it will bring interest to your garden all year round and it looks great when planted in a sunny bed or border.
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Dryopteris goldiana
Goldie's Wood Fern
Common Name: Goldie's Wood FernLatin Name: Dryopteris goldieana Soil: Moist but well drained Position: Partial shade or full shade Hardiness: Hardy Eventual height/spread: 1m/0.6mSpecial feature: Bright golden green frondsThe ‘Goldieana’ is a vibrant fern that would make a welcome addition to any garden. The bipinnate fronds are golden green in spring, summer and autumn, giving a real splash of verdant colour to a bed or border. Like most ferns, the Goldie’s Wood enjoys a shady spot, making this the perfect choice for brightening a darker area of your garden. This fern makes a great foil for any dark plant, but we think it looks particularly dazzling alongside the dark and feathery fronds of the Polystichum setiferum proliferum.
Taxus baccata Repens Aurea
Ground cover yew
Common Name: Yew Conifer Latin Name: Taxus baccata ‘Repens Aurea’ (AGM)Soil: Will tolerate most soil types. Position: Full sun with partial shadeHardiness: HardyEventual height and spread: 1m - 1.5mSpecial features: Evergreen. Deep green leaves that have yellow margins in spring The ‘Repens Aurea’ is a delightful conifer which eventually forms a spreading mound of deep green foliage. This conifer is 2-3 years old at the moment, and it currently has a ‘Catherine Wheel’ type appearance as its branches are spouting off at different angles and reaching out in different directions. The newer pine-like leaves are bright yellow-green and these contrast beautifully with the more mature darker leaves. This conifer looks great on the edge of a rockery as its pendulous branches will gracefully hang over the border.
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Viburnum Davidii
Viburnum
Common Name: ViburnumLatin Name: Viburnum davidiiSoil: Moderately fertile, moist, well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 1.5mSpecial features: Metallic, turquoiseblue fruit.Flattened heads of tubular, white flowers in May, followed by metallic, turquoise-blue fruit, and distinctively veined, dark green leaves. This compact, evergreen shrub is an attractive groundcover plant for the front of a border in sun or partial shade. Forming a low, dome-like shape, it's an important visual 'anchor' for taller perennials and shrubs.
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Viburnum Mariesii
Japanese Snowball Bush
Common Name: Japanese Snowball BushLatin Name: Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May/WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m x 3.5mSpecial features: A superb shrub with a tabulate arrangement of branching.Wonderful, white, lacecap-like flowers on horizontally tiered branches in May and toothed, deeply veined, dark-green leaves, turning red-purple in autumn. This beautiful, deciduous shrub makes an excellent specimen plant for a sunny shrub or mixed border. Hardy and easy-to-grow, its distinctive, horizontal habit works particularly well in a Japanese-style garden.
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Viburnum plicatum tom. Shasta
Viburnum
Common Name: Viburnum 'Shasta'Latin Name: Viburnum plicatum tomentosum 'Shasta'Soil: Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May-June/ WhiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m/3mSpecial features: Grows to have an attractive spreading habit with tiered shoots.The 'Shasta' is widely planted in the US for its attractive habit: the spreading branches are tiered when mature and the shrub grows to be twice as wide as it is high. It features large clusters of lacecap-like white flowers that appear in May-June. The serrated leaves are bright green in colour ad ovate in shape: they turn to a pretty plum purple colour in autumn. This is a great choice for planting in a bed or border and also works well as a specimen shrub due to its attractive formation.
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Vinca minor Argenteovariegata
Lesser Periwinkle Variegata
Common Name: Lesser periwinkle ‘Variegata’ Latin Name: Vinca minor ArgenteovariegataSoil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun, partial shade, full shade.Flowering period/colour: April to September/ VioletHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.1m/0.8mSpecial features: A creeping evergreen which has deep violet flowers from April to September.This is a truly wonderful little creeping plant which is great for colourful groundcover. The leaves are ovate in shape and grey-green in colour with creamy white margins and with this being an evergreen variety they hold all year round. This is one of the best shrubs for floral interest as the flowers start out in spring and last into autumn. The pretty flowers have 5 petals and are deep violet in colour; they add great interest when they are in flower.
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