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Berberis darwinii
Barberry
Common Name: BarberryLatin Name: Berberis darwiniiSoil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May/ Golden yellowHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 3mSpecial features: Shiny holly like leavesDense colourful fast growing evergreen shrub with bright, shiny, very prickly holly-like, dark green leaves. New foliage tinged red turning green with age. Clothed in masses of rich orange flowers May to June, followed by edible blue barberries which are excellent in jams and preserves. Occasional flowers in autumn in mild weather. Shade tolerant. Trustpilot
Buddleja Pink Delight
Butterfly Bush
Common Name: Butterfly BushLatin Name: Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: July- SeptemberHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 4mSpecial features: Delightful panicles of candy-floss pink flowers that have a sweet honey scent to them The Pink Delight butterfly bush is an extremely popular choice as it produces the most wonderful display of candy-floss pink flowers in summer. The tiny pink flowers are densely packed on to large flower spikes that appear at the end of arching stems. The leaves are slender and green in colour and they have paler undersides to them. As suggested with its common name, this bush is very popular with butterflies and it is also popular with bees who love to pollinate its flowers. This is one of the best choices for late summer fragrance and colour and it is well-suited to being planted in a border.
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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Cornus controversa Variegata
Wedding Cake Tree
Common Name: Wedding Cake Tree Latin Name: Cornus controversa 'Variegata'Soil: Any moderately fertile soil. Position: Full sun to part shadeFlowering period/colour: Summer/CreamHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 8m/8mSpecial features: Highly unusual tiers of branches that resemble a wedding cake.This variety of cornus is known as the 'Wedding Cake Tree' due to its horizontally tiered branches and creamy colouring, which makes it resemble a layered wedding cake. The leaves are narrowly ovate and deep green in colour with wide creamy margins. In June, creamy flowers appear in flat clusters and these later become black autumn berries. Further interest is added in autumn when the leaves turn golden yellow before falling. This is a great tree for planting as a focal point in a medium sized garden.
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Dryopteris marginalis
Marginal Wood Fern
Common Name: Marginal Wood FernLatin Name: Dryopteris marginalisSoil: Moist but well drained Position: Partial shade or full shade Hardiness: Hardy Eventual height/spread: 0.6m/0.6mSpecial feature: A delightful evergreen fern with arching fronds If you want to add year-round colour to a shady area of your garden then this is a great choice. The Marginal Wood Fern features grey-green fronds that largely grow upright and then arch once mature. The deeply-lobed pinnae give this fern a ‘light’ texture and it’s perfect for planting as part of a woodland or wild garden scheme. We love this alongside the glowing foliage of the Dryopteris goldieana as the two plants have a similar texture, but different colouring.
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.
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Juniperus x media Pfitzeriana Aurea
Golden Pfitzer juniper
Common Name: Golden Pfitzer juniperLatin Name: Juniperus x media 'Pfitzeriana Aurea'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sun or shadeHardiness: Fully hardySpread in 10 years: 0.8m - 1.2mSpecial features: Semi prostrate, arching branches. Yellow/gold. (Evergreen)Juniperus x media 'Pfitzeriana Aurea' makes strong tiers of yellow foliage with pendulous branch tips, which is green-yellow in winter. This is a substantial conifer that reaches about 1.5m in height but can spread as much as 4m. A plant of strong character and one of the most graceful of the Pfitzeriana clones. If you have the space, a single specimen on a lawn can look great.
Phormium Cream Delight
New Zealand Flax
Common Name: New Zealand FlaxLatin Name: Phormium cookianum subsp. hookeri 'Cream Delight'Soil: Fertile, well-drainedPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: July/YellowishHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 2mSpecial features: Cream striped architectural evergreen.A hearty, handsome Phormium with spreading and arching leaves. These are green with a broad creamy yellow central line and further stripes of cream near the leaf edge, sometimes with a touch of red as well. It makes a big, expansive foliage clump and needs space in order to show itself off. A dramatic feature of many coastal gardens: it withstands salt laden winds.
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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Woodwardia fimbriata
Giant Chain Fern
Common name: Giant Chain FernLatin Name: Woodwardia fimbriataSoil: Any moist but well-drained Position: Full shade or partial shade Hardiness: Half hardy - may need some winter protection Eventual height/spread: 1.5m/1mSpecial feature: A large fern with mid green foliageThe ‘Giant Chain Fern’ is a majestic evergreen that will give you a verdant splash of colour all year round. The fronds are more upright than most in the species, making this a great choice for structural planting, and they consist of lance-shaped, divided pinnae. The mid-green foliage makes this a great candidate for accent planting with a bright green fern, such as the Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King'. This fern works really well in a shady border as part of a woodland planting scheme.
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