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Common name: Japanese maple An elegant, slow-growing multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with deeply lobed red-purple leaves turning brilliant red in autumn. Average height 10-15ft (over a long period...

Common name: Panicle hydrangea A compact variety of hydrangea that produces massive conical blooms that start of lime green but gradually turn brilliant white as they open.  It has been grown for...

Common name: African Blue Lily A clump-forming perennial with narrow, glossy deep green leaves. Huge (up to 30cm across!) loose umbels of bell-shaped deep-blue flowers are produced on tall stems from...

Common name: Panicle hydrangea A new variety of hydrangea, its delicate white flowers have a pink centre and are produced through out the summer. Average height 4ft Full sun or partial shade  Season...

Common name: Coneflower An upright perennial with strong stems of large daisy-like flowerheads with a cone-shaped golden brown centre, surrounded by petals that can be yellow, red, orange, pink or...

Common name: Pinder's Golden Scaled Male Fern A semi-evergreen fern with an upright habit and narrow, sword-shaped dark green fronds. As they mature they develop golden scales along the midribs...

Common name: Forked Male Fern A large, semi-evergreen fern with an elegant vase-like shape and finely divided green fronds that are forked at the tips. Perfect for brightening up a shady part of the...

Common name: Korean Mountain fern A large and beautiful fern that makes a striking feature but will also mix with other ferns and shade-loving plants. Pale green fronds darken as they age. It is...

Common name: Fortune's Holly Fern An upright, evergreen fern with large, arching fronds and a distinctive 'holly-like' leaf shape. Named after Scottish plant hunter Robert Fortune. Contrasts well...

Common name: Broad Buckler Fern A handsome fern forming a shuttlecock of dark green, prettily crisped, finely divided fronds with midribs and stalks covered in pale brown scales. Average height 2-3ft...

Common name: Panicle hydrangea A compact hydrangea with large lime green leaves that contrast well with conical panicles of creamy white flowers from August to September. The blooms take on lovely...

Common name: Lavender A compact, evergreen shrub that has attractive variegated foliage with creamy-yellow margins.  It produces fragrant spike of soft blue flowers throughout the summer.  Average...

Common name: Chocolate Cosmos A striking perennial producing cup-shaped, maroon flowerheads, with a deliciously chocolatey scent, from July to September. Average height 3ft, spread 1.5ft. Full sun...

Common name: Common or English lavender A small aromatic shrub with a rounded habit and slender grey-green leaves. In summer it produces mid-mauve long flower stems of up to 3ft long. Loved by...

Common name: Rock Rose or Sun Rose A bushy upright shrub with grey-green leaves and pretty saucer-shaped, pale purplish pink flowers that are produced from May to August. Average height and spread...

Common name: Dwarf Fountain Grass A compact, clump-forming perennial grass with narrow dark green leaves, turning gold in autumn. Lovely fluffy panicles of soft greenish white flowers, grey-brown...

A compact evergreen shrub with a neat, rounded habit and attractive minty green leaves with wavy margins.  Small sweet-scented purple flowers are produced from May to June. Ideal for pots or the...

The colourful leaves have excellent variegation with bright green and dark green. Forms a very lived clump that can be split to make more plants.  Partial shade, full shade.   

An evergreen shrub with arching stems and spiny toothed dark green leaves. Long catkin-like, racemes of tiny fragrant, greenish white flowers are produced from July to September. Can be grown...

Common name: Golden Indian Bean Tree A spreading tree with broad heart-shaped large yellow leaves bronze when young. Flowers are white, marked yellow and purple-brown on upright panicles from July...

Cotoneasters are best known for their bright berries that are produced in the autumn and often persist into winter, creating a bright display when little else is in flower or fruit. 'Cornubia' is...

Common name: Anise-scented Sage A subshrubby perennial with aromatic leaved and striking dark, near-black stems. Spikes of lovely dark purple flowers appear from late summer to late autumn. Easy to...

Common name: Whirling Butterflies A bushy clump-forming perennial with slender stems. Produces delicate, star-shaped light pink and white flowers on tall airy stems, over a long season from June to...

Common name: Windflower A compact, upright. clump-forming perennial with toothed dark green leaves  It produces numerous icy white, lilac-blue backed, semi-double cupshaped nodding flowers with...

Common name: Barberry Dwarf, rounded shrub with purple-red leaves. Red-tinged pale yellow flowers produced from March to April, followed by glossy red fruit in May. Average height 2ft. Full...

Common name: Oak-leaved hydrangea This hydrangea has deeply-lobed leaves, hich turn a red - purple colour in autumn. Panicles of upright  white flowers bloom from early summer to autumn turning pink...

Common name: Mountain Fleece A compact clump forming perennial, spikes of narrow, bell shaped pink flowers  are borne midusmmer - Autumn.  Average height 2ft & spread 1.5ft. Full sun/ partial...

Common name: Lily of the Nile A beautiful, clump-forming perennial producing tall, large, round heads of trumpet-shaped purple flowers from August to September. Average height 2ft. Good for...

Common name: Slender Vervain A lovely compact verbena that produces multiple clusters of scented lilac-purple flowers, loved by bees, over a long period from July to September. It has a neat, mounded...

Common name: New Zealand Flax An evergreen plant with striking spears of leaves that have pink stripes on.  Clump-forming Average height 4-6ft. Hardy.

Common name: Sunflower A stunning compact annual that produces over 1000 vibrant blooms from spring to autumn. The flowers have dark centres surrounded by a reddish ring & bright yellow petals...

Common name: Smoke bush A bushy tree or shrub with striking oval, deep purple leaves that turn red in autumn. Pink coloured, plume-like inflorescences give a smoke like effect.  Average height &...

Common name: Japanese maple An arching tree with graceful, finely cut purple-red leaves turning scarlet in autumn. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Average height/spread 4-5ft. Partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Japanese maple A highly ornamental tree with deeply cut dark red-purple leaves, turning a stunning bright red in autumn. Average height 10ft+. Partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Plantain lily One of the, if not the largest hosta, growing to 4-5ft tall. It has attractive, very large, mid-green, corrugated leaves. Most, well-drained soil Partial to full...

Common name: New Zealand Flax A clump-forming perennial with sword-like folige. This variety has the darkest purple/black leaves.  Average height: 3-4ft Full sun  

Common name: Potato vine A scrambling climber with dark green leaves. Fragrant clusters of white flowers are produced from June to September, followed by black fruits in September. Average height...

Common name: Anise-scented Sage A subshrubby perennial with aromatic leaved and striking dark, near-black stems. Spikes of lovely blue flowers appear from late summer to late autumn. Easy to grow and...

Common name: New Zealand Flax An upright, evergreen shrub with flushe pink, sword-like leaves. Produces spikes of  summer flowers on mature plants. Makes a strking fetaure in a border or container...

Common name: Spindle A shrub with green leaves turning red in autumn producing an abundance of red flower capsules opening to orange seeds in the autumn. Ultimate height approx 7-9ft (if left...

Common name: New Zealand Flax An upright, evergreen shrub with deep crimson, sword-like leaves. Produces spikes of red summer flowers on mature plants. Makes a strking fetaure in a border or...

An unusual hydrangea with a compact habit that produces both white & pink panicles of flowwers.   Average height 4-5ft.  Partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Male fern A deciduous, strong-growing fern with narrow, dark-green, leathery fronds that have long, ornamental crests at the edges and tips Average height/spread 2ft Partial or full...

Common name: Rose of Sharon A late flowering shrub which has Magenta flowers with red centres. This shrub will bring an exotic feel to any garden. Averahe height 6-8ft. Full sun or partial shade...

Common name: Castor oil plant, Japanese aralia  An evergreen shrub with palmately-lobed, glossy green leaves. Sheltered position Average height 6-8ft.