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Lavandula Regal Splendour
French Lavender
Common Name: French LavenderLatin Name: Lavandula stoechas Regal SplendourSoil: Fertile, well-drained soil. Full sunFlowering period/colour: mid-spring to late spring/ Dark purpleHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.8m x 1mSpecial features: Aromatic flowers and leaves.Incredibly dark, purple-violet flags carried on top of dark purple flower heads are produced from April to May. This fabulous French lavender has extremely fragrant foliage and is perfect for edging a sunny path or border.
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Magnolia Betty
Betty Magnolia Tree
Common Name: Magnolia BettyLatin Name: Magnolia 'Betty'Soil: Moist but well-drainedPosition: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: Fully hardy, frost hardy down to -15°CFlowering period: SpringFlowering colour: Purple/White Eventual height/spread: 4m/4mSpecial features: A delightful display of tulip-shaped purple-white flowers in spring. Magnolia 'Betty' is a wonderfully compact tree which features the most beautiful display of tulip-shaped flowers, which are white with deep purple edges. The pretty spring flowers are complimented by glossy mid-green leaves that are ovate-pinnate shaped. This magnolia grows and spreads to have a fairly rounded crown and it is the perfect choice for the smaller garden.
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Magnolia Full Eclipse
Magnolia Tree
Common Name: Magnolia Full EclipseLatin Name: Magnolia × soulangiana 'Full Eclipse'Soil: Appreciates consistent moisture throughout the year, avoid very dry or very wet soil.Position: Full sun to part shade. Flowering period/colour: Spring/Fuschia (red-purple) at base, graduating to white at tips.Hardiness: Fully hardy in the severest European climates (to below -20°C).Height in 20-50 years: 5 to 8mSpecial features: Attractive fuschia and white flower and soft oval leaves. Magnolia Full Eclipse is a Gresham hybrid variety of Magnolia × soulangeana; the Japanese or Saucer Magnolia. The hybrid Magnolias were developed for their larger blooms and their later blooming time, which avoids spring frosts. Full Eclipse has slender upright (tulip) blooms, fuschia (red-purple) at the base, graduating to white at the tips. Flowers are 10cm to 20cm tall. The tree is a columnar, upright grower, expanding out to 5 to 8 metres in width. This variety is deciduous, dropping its leaves in winter. The flowers are scented, and attractive to bees and butterflies. This is a variety with a very traditional colour and form to the flowers. This is quite a small tree so would be suitable for a small garden.
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Magnolia Genie
Genie Magnolia Tree
Common Name: Magnolia 'Genie' (PBR)Latin Name: Magnolia soulangeana x liliiflora 'Genie' PBRSoil: Appreciates consistent moisture throughout the year, avoid very dry or very wet soil.Position: Full sun to part shade. Flowering period/colour: Late winter – early spring/burgundyHardiness: Fully hardy in the severest European climates (to below -20°C).Height in 10 years: 3mSpecial features: A small new variety of Magnolia with tulip shaped blooms in a deep burgundy colour. This is a most unusual form of Magnolia. The tree has a neat, compact habit, and deep burgundy flowers with a strong tulip shape. The tree is ideal for a small garden and the flowers make a really striking statement on unclothed branches in winter or early spring. This variety would be ideally placed against light background that contrasts strongly against the colour of the blooms, to show them at their best. As with all of our other vaieties, Magnolia 'Genie' would make a fine statement tree in a location that can be viewed through a window during the colder months. The colour of the blooms in this variety is particularly stable, compared to some other burgundy forms. The leaves are small, and a rich dark green. This variety was bred by New Zealand breeder, Vance Hooper, over a period of 15 years using lines of Magnolia soulangeana and Magnolia liliiflora.
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Magnolia Nigra
Magnolia Tree
Common Name: Magnolia TreeLatin Name: Magnolia liliflora 'Nigra'Soil: Reasonably fertile, humus-rich, acid to neutral soil is ideal. Will also thrive in heavy clay.Position: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: Fully hardyFlowering period: Late SpringFlowering colour: Goblet-shaped, dark reddish-purple flowersEventual height/spread: 3m/2.5mSpecial features: A compact variety with dark purple-red flowers which appear from an earlier age.Magnolia liliflora 'Nigra' is a wide-spreading but compact medium-sized shrub with broad, shining green leaves. The slender tulip-like flowers gradually open wide to reveal their vinous-purple outside and creamy white, stained purple inside, which are freely produced from late spring to early summer. This Magnolia is best in a sheltered position and is tolerant of high atmospheric pollution
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Malus Prairie Fire
Crab Apple Tree
Common Name: Crab Apple TreeLatin Name: Malus 'Prairie Fire'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April/ Red-purple flowersHardiness: Fully hardyHeight and spread in 10 years: 3m x 2mSpecial features: Small purple fruits in the autumn. Good disease resistance.Malus 'Prairie Fire' is an excellent new variety of crab apple and is ideal for small gardens. It has an upright growth habit with narrow, dark purple to green leaves. An intense dispaly of single red/purple flowers appear in April are followed in autumn by small, spheroid, purple fruits. Good disease resistance.
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Malus Wisley Crab
Crab Apple Tree
Common Name: Wisley Crab Apple TreeLatin Name: Malus 'Wisley Crab'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Spring/RedHardiness: Fully hardyHeight and spread in 20 years: 5m x 4mSpecial features: Extremely large crab apples which are great for making crab apple jelly.The 'Wisley Crab' is a crab apple tree like no other; it features purple foliage and the largest crab apples cultivated to date. The leaves are a deep purple-green colour and they are accompanied by pretty carmine flowers in spring. Come autumn, the flowers have turned into huge, glossy-red crab apples which are the size of dessert apples. The crab apples can be made into crab apple jelly.
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.
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