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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 height 2-3ft.  Full sun. Hardy

An eye-catching plant that adds a tropical touch to the garden with stunning heads of bold and showy orange flowers, from June to September, set against attractive dark purple-black leaves. Average height 4-5ft, spread 2ft. Full sun. Half-hardy.  Protect...

Common name: Spider lily An erect arching perennial with narrow green leaves and clusters of large vibrant purple flowers from June to September.  Average height 1.5-2ft.  Full sun or partial shade.  Hardy.

Common name: Neptune's Gold or Sea Holly An upright perennial with yellow-green spiny brachts and electric blue flowers. Tiny flower heads appear from mid-summer which remain into winter.  Average spread 1.5ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Japanese red pine A slow-growing, evergeen conifer with bright green to yellow needles.  Ideal for small gardens, rockeries or bonsai.  It has a naturally bushy habit & forms a dense globe. It produces pale brown cones in the autumn...

Common name: Hattie's Pincushion Clump-forming perennial with lobed green leaves. It produces attractive red flowers in June. Average height 2ft.  Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: White Nile Lily A beautiful, evergreen agapanthus with large round heads of pure white flowers from July to September.  Drought tolerant. Average height 3ft, average spread 1.5ft. Full sun. Not fully hardy, mulch deeply in autumn or grow in...

Common name: Japanese ginger A spreading, perennial with upright stems that grows from rhizomes. It produces orchid-like yellow flowers at ground level in spring.  Average height 2-3ft. Grow in full sun or partial shade. Very hardy.  

Compact perennial with mid-green toothed leaves divided into three lobes. White singlel, then semi-double flowers with a lilac-blue reverse and a golden yellow centre are held above branched stems, from summer to autumn. Average height 1-1.5ft Full sun...

Common name: Marguerite A clump-forming perennial with glossy, dark green leaves and freely produced single white flowers with a yellow centre produced from June to September. Average height/spread 1ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

A bushy shrub that produces beautiful, violet-pink flowers flushed purple from July to August. Average height 5-6ft. Full sun. Hardy.    "Great for planting in gardens to add a tropical feel"

Common name: Giant Scabious A perennial with large clumps of dark green divided leaves. From May to June, tall, branched, wiry stems are produced, topped topped with large pale primrose yellow scabious-like flowers. Average height 6ft, spread 3ft...