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Cryptomeria japonica Tenzan

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Cytisus battandieri

Pineapple Broom Tree

Cytisus battandieri, also known as the Pineapple Broom tree, is a semi-evergreen tree with highly scented yellow flowers. This tree makes a fantastic specimen and it is ideal for a sensory garden. The Pineapple Broom tree gets its unusual common name from the highly-fragranced flowers: they smell like cooked pineapple and carry the most deliciously sweet scent. The flowers are a truly eye-catching feature as they are a vivid golden yellow colour and they really stand out against the foil of the green foliage. The pea-like flowers are held in dense, upright clusters and they are present during June and July. If you want to attract wildlife to your garden, the scent of the flowers is somewhat irresistible to bees and you will find them buzzing around the flowers over summer. The summer flowers are accompanied by a mass of three-lobed silvery green-grey leaves, which can hold all year round in milder winters, making this a semi-evergreen tree. The leaves have the added attraction of a 'velvety' feel to them and they really set those summer flowers off beautifully. This Cytisus has an attractive open, spreading habit and makes an ideal lawn specimen. Equally, the 'Pineapple Broom Tree' is also a great choice for a sensory garden due to its wonderfully scented flowers. You could plant this tree on either side of a walkway or entrance to really benefit from the sweet fragrance of the flowers. In terms of partner planting, we would recommend the Laburnum Vossii as the pendant clusters of the Vossii sit beautifully against the silvery foliage of the Cytisus. Common Name: Pineapple Broom TreeLatin Name: Cytisus battandieriSoil: Any well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: June to July/Yellow, erect clusters and are pineapple scented.Hardiness: Fully hardyHeight and spread in 20 years: 5m/3mSpecial features: Very large pineapple scented flowers which grow in erect clusters

Dianthus Doris

Pink Doris

Common Name: Pink DorisLatin Name: Dianthus DorisSoil: Well-drainedPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Summer/ pale pinkHardiness: HardyEventual height/spread: 10-50cm/ 10-50cmSpecial feature: Soft pink flowers with dark pink centres.If you want to add a delicate splash of colour then the pastel shades of the Doris make this an excellent choice. The semi-double summer flowers are soft pink in colour with dark pink centres and they add a touch of elegance to any outdoor space. In terms of the foliage the narrow, blue-grey leaves form a low mound and with this being an evergreen it gives you interest all year round. This plant makes great groundcover and is suitable for a rockery, too.

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.

Escallonia Apple Blossom

Common Name: Escallonia Apple BlossomLatin Name: Escallonia 'Apple Blossom'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to part shadeFlowering period/colour: June to September/ apple-blossom pinkHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2m x 2mSpecial features: Masses of apple-blossom pink, tubular flowers (Evergreen)Escallonia 'Apple Blossom' is a glossy leaved evergreen shrub with pretty, apple blossom pink blooms. The flowers are chalice-shaped, since the petals open outwards at their ends and then curve round the open mouth of the flower. Like most Escallonia, this makes a good hedging plant, especially in coastal areas, and can be close clipped to maintain a dense habit of growth.

Escallonia Crimson Spire

Chilean Gum Box

Common Name: Chilean Gum BoxLatin Name: Escallonia rubra 'Crimson Spire'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to partial shadeFlowering period/colour: June/ ScarletHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2m x 2mSpecial features: Deep green leaves followed by crimson blossoms. (Evergreen) The 'Crimson Spire' is a strong growing evergreen shrub which makes the perfect informal hedge. If left alone, the small, rounded green leaves will form a healthy shrub which glistens when it catches the light. The leaves are slightly sticky to touch and hold a sweet, resinous scent. The luscious leaves are accompanied by scarlet tubular flowers in June which are held in compact racemes. This evergreen is a great choice for bringing year round colour to your garden.

Escallonia Donard Radiance

Common Name: Escallonia Donard RadianceLatin Name: Escallonia 'Donard Radiance'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to part shadeFlowering period/colour: June/ Pinkish roseHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5 x 2.8mSpecial features: Clusters of lovely pinkish rose flowers which are small but quite elegantly-shaped. (Evergreen)A particularly sturdy escallonia, forming a big mound of glistening green leaves. It flowers in June, with clusters of lovely pinkish rose flowers which are small but quite elegantly-shaped, like tiny broad lipped goblets. The leaves are slightly sticky to the touch, with a sweet resinous scent. Escallonias make good hedges for coastal regions and can stand close clipping, but they are also pleasing when grown naturally.

Escallonia Donard Seedling

Common Name: Escallonia Donard SeedlingLatin Name: Escallonia 'Donard Seedling'Soil: fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to part shadeFlowering period/colour: June to September/ pink tinted whiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 2.8mSpecial features: Masses of saucer-shaped pink tinted white flowers.(Evergreen)A sturdy shrub with small, rounded, rather leathery leaves which are smaller than most Escallonias. The clusters of flowers are low key but pretty; pink when in bud, and opening pinkish white. They are sweetly scented and come from mid to late summer. Escallonias are very tolerant of sea winds and coastal sites. They are also excellent for hedges which can be close cut to ensure that they are compact and dense.

Escallonia Gold Ellen

Golden Escallonia

Common Name: Escallonia Gold EllenLatin Name: Escallonia laevis 'Gold Ellen'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun/ light shadeFlowering period/colour: Summer/ pinkHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 2.5mThe 'Gold Ellen' is a wonderful evergreen shrub which features glossy yellow leaves that are splashed with green. This shrub also features pretty pink flowers which appear in summer and contrast beautifully with the golden leaves. A great choice for adding year round colour to your garden. Although 'Gold Ellen' will thrive in full sun or partial shade, the best leaf colour will be produced when this shrub is planted in full sun.

Escallonia Iveyi

White Escallonia

Common Name: Escallonia IveyiLatin Name: Escallonia 'Iveyi'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to part shadeFlowering period/colour: June/Pure whiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m/3mSpecial features: Fragrant white flowers that blossom in small clusters. (Evergreen)The 'Iveyi' is a pretty shrub which features attractive clusters of small white flowers which blossom from June to September. The fragranced flowers are complimented by the waxy, dark-green leaves that are present all year round. This is the perfect shrub for planting in a mixed border, or for planting near a seating area so that the fragrance of the flowers can be enjoyed.

Eucalyptus pauciflora

Cabbage Gum Tree

Common Name: Cabbage Gum TreeLatin Name: Eucalyptus paucifloraSoil: Tolerant to a wide range of soilsPosition: Full sunHardiness: Very hardyEventual height/spread: 6m/6mSpecial features: Slow growing, small tree with leathery blue/green leaves. The trunk forms into a beautiful patchwork display of cream, grey and green.Eucalyptus pauciflora is a stunning tree with blended tones of green, blues and grey throughout the trunk and foliage. It provides a small, attractive tree to the garden with a broad headed growth habit. This is a very hardy evergreen tree.

Euonymus Bravo

Variegated Japanese Spindle

Common Name: Variegated Japanese SpindleLatin Name: Euonymus japonicus 'Bravo'Soil: Any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Insignificant flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 4m x 2.5mSpecial features: A good tempered and good looking small variegated shrub.A low growing plant with large leaves, always a useful combination. This reaches around 50cm in height and makes a sturdy, bell-shaped plant. The leaves are long and smooth, plump but roughly lance-shaped. They are dark green at the centre and have a broad, slightly irregular, creamy white edging, most pronounced at the leaf tip which is often completely white.

Euonymus japonica White Spire

Variegated Japanese Spindle

Common Name: Variegated Japanese SpindleLatin Name: Euonymus japonica 'White Spire'Soil: Any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Insignificant flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.4m x 0.2m Special features: Strong upright habit with year-round interest and can also be used for hedging, it can also be grown in a pot. Harmful if eaten. Euonymus japonica 'White Spire' is an upright versatile plant that has many different uses around the garden. It can be grown in a pot or used as hedging and is very low maintenance, and will benefit from a prune in Spring to encourage a more bushy form. The plant is fully hardy but in cooler climates and more exposed gardens it may loose some of its leaves, sometimes all of them will fall but then come the next Spring new foliage will appear. 

Euonymus Marieke

Japanese Spindle Ovatus Aureus

Common Name: Variegated Japanese SpindleLatin Name: Euonymus japonicus 'Marieke'Soil: Any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Insignificant flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 4m x 2.5mSpecial features: A good tempered and good looking small evergreen variegated shrub.Euonymus japonicus 'Marieke' is also known as Japanese Spindle 'Ovatus Aureus'. This evergreen shrub will brighten up any garden and is also used for hedging, and it will rarely produce flowers but when it does they are small with a green petal and these then form a pink fruit. This plant is toxic and harmful if eaten so this should be taken into consideration.

Euonymus Silver Queen

Evergreen Bittersweet

Common Name: Evergreen BittersweetLatin Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Silver Queen'Soil: AnyPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Insignificant green flowers in summerHardiness: HardyEventual height/spread: 1m x 1mSpecial features: A cheerful, hardy shrubThe 'Silver Queen' features lustrous green leaves which have attractive silver margins, a further interest is added in winter whent the variegated margins hold a pink tint. If you plant this shrub against a wall it will climb and could even reach up to 2.5m. A lovely evergreen shrub which will bring interest and colour to your garden all year round.

Hebe albicans

Shrubby Veronica

Common Name: Shrubby VeronicaLatin Name: Hebe albicansSoil: poor or moderately fertile, moist, well drained neutral to slightly alkaline soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: June to July/white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.6m x 0.6mSpecial features: Attractive grey blue foliage.A very neat shrub that forms a rounded dome of attractive grey blue foliage, providing steady colour. Small clusters of white flowers appear at the ends of the brachlets in midsummer. The dead flowers turn brown, and are best removed since they mar the clean appearance of the shrub.

Hebe Baby Boo

Common Name: Hebe Baby boo Soil: Moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: July - August / Mauve Hardiness: Tender in frost Eventual height/spread 10 years: 0.5m x 0.6m Special features: Spikes of purple flower in summer. Hebe Baby boo is a neat compact evergreen shrub that produces spikes of purple flowers in summer, and it also produces very interesting foliage that emerges green with a cream margin but then matures to have a deep pink centre with a red margin. Baby boo is suitable for growth in containers and will also need to be protected from frost.

Hebe Baby Marie

Common Name: Shrubby VeronicaLatin Name: Hebe Baby marieSoil: Moist but well-drainedPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Pale lilac flowers in early summerHardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread 10 years: 0.5m x 0.5m Special features: Tubular-shaped flowers in summer and autumn

Hebe Beverly Hills

A neat compact evergreen shrub. Spikes of violet/blue flowers early summer. 1m x 1m height & spread.

Hebe Blue Gem

Forms a rounded evergreen shrub with oval glossy green foliage. Rich blue flowers throughout the summer. 100cm x 100cm height & spread 

Hebe Blue Surprise

A neat compact evergreen shrub  Spikes of blue/pink flowers in summer  90cm x 90cm height & spread 

Hebe Boughton Dome

A neat compact evergreen shrub with pale green leaves. 30cm x 60cm height & spread.

Hebe Caledonia

A neat compact evergreen shrub. Spikes of light violet flowers in summer. 45cm x 90cm height & spread 

Hebe Celebration

Compact evergreen shrub. Spikes of bright pinky-purple flowers spring to summer. 1m x 1m height & spread.

Hebe Chathamica

A low growing evergreen shrub. Lilac/white flowers in summer. 10cm x 90cm height & spread 

Hebe Clear Skies

An attractive, neat evergreen shrub with lanced shaped silvery blue/green foliage. Blue/mauve flowers produced late spring to early summer. 60cm x 60cm height & spread 

Hebe Dark Angel

A striking small shrub with slender pointed leaves with dark purple/red edges becoming dark purple /red in winter. Clusters of lilac/mauve flowers in spring & early summer. 45cm x 50cm height & spread.

Hebe Eyecatcher

A small neat compact shrub. Small clusters of pink flowers spring into summer. 30cm x 30cm height & spread.

Hebe Franciscana Variegata

An evergreen bushy shrub. Violet/purple flowers summer to early autumn. 1.2m x 1.5m height & spread.

Hebe Garden Beauty Purple

Forms a dense mound of glossy deep green leaves. Purple clusters of flowers may/June. 60cm x 60cm height & spread 

Hebe Garden Beauty White

Forms a compact mound of dense foliage  Spikes of white flowers in early summer. 70cm x 70cm height & spread. 

Hebe Golden Nugget

A compact low growing mounded shrub with fine dense foliage. 35cm x 40cm height & spread 

Hebe Heidi

An upright shrub with dark red stems and lanced shaped glossy dark green leaves flushed purple in Autumn & Winter. Violet flowers from late spring to early autumn. 1m x 1m height & spread.

Hebe High Voltage

Slow growing, low maintenance with domed habit. Two-toned mauve/white flower spikes in summer. 1m x 1m height & spread 

Hebe Inspiration

A spreading bush with shiny green foliage. Spikes of purple flowers in summer. 70cm x 80cm height & spread.

Hebe Jewel of the Nile

A neat compact shrub. Spikes of ruby flowers in summer 90cm x 90cm height & spread.

Hebe Johnny Day

Forms a compact, upright bush. Spikes of purple flowers in summer. 60cm x 50cm height & spread.

Hebe Kirkii

A bushy evergreen shrub with green spear-shaped leaves. White flower spikes in summer. 60cm x 50cm height & spread 

Hebe Lady Ann

Shrubby Veronica

Common Name: Shrubby VeronicaLatin Name: Hebe Lady AnnSoil: Well-drained soil and should not be allowed to dry out.Position: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May to June/Dark pink flowersHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection in cold areas)Eventual height/spread: 0.3m x 0.4mSpecial features: Young shoots are purplish redA compact evergreen shrub that combines several attractive features: during summer the foliage is green with silvery white margins (sometimes the main vein is also white). In spring the young shoots are purplish red and will be readily followed by dark pink flowers. In May and June the attractive young shoots are still visible and make a good combination with the flowers. This globe-shaped shrub will reach a height of about 30 cm and a spread of approx. 40 cm.

Hebe Marie Antoinette

An evergreen bushy shrub. Violet/purple flowers summer to early autumn. 1.2m x 1.5m height & spread.

Hebe Marilyn Monroe

A neat compact evergreen shrub. Pink flowers in summer. 70cm x 40cm height & spread 

Hebe Mette

Neat evergreen shrub Spikes of pink flowers mid summer to autumn. 60cm x 60cm height & spread 

Hebe Mrs Winder

Free flowering evergreen shrub. Spikes of purple flowers in summer. 1m x 1.2m height & spread.

Hebe Nicola’s Blush

An evergreen bushy shrub. Violet/purple flowers summer to early autumn. 1.2m x 1.5m height & spread.

Hebe Odora Nana

A small compact evergreen shrub with rich green glossy foliage. Small white flowers in summer  30cm x 30cm height & spread 

Hebe Oratio Beauty

A neat evergreen shrub with glossy foliage. Spikes of pink flowers fading to white during the summer. 90cm x 90cm height & spread 

Hebe Orphan Annie

A neat compact evergreen shrub. Spikes of deep pink flowers early summer to autumn. 40cm x 40cm height & spread.

Hebe Pagei

Shrubby Veronica

Common Name: Shrubby VeronicaLatin Name: Hebe pinguifolia 'Pagei'Soil: poor or moderately fertile, moist, well drained neutral to slightly alkaline soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May to June/White flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.3m x 0.9mSpecial features: A spreading hebe with light, blue-grey leaves.Masses of pure-white flowers on purple stems in late spring and early summer and fleshy, blue-green leaves. This neat, semi-prostrate evergreen shrub is an attractive groundcover plant for the front of a border in sun or part-shade and also looks good among silver-leaved plants. It is salt and pollution tolerant and therefore suitable for city or coastal gardens.