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Common name: Black-eyed susan A dwarf biennial that is great for late summer & autumn colour.  It produces attractive daisy-like golden yellow flowers.  Average height 1ft.  Full sun.  Hardy.

Common name: Coneflower A attractive perennial that produces daisy-like flowers with dark cone centres. The flowers from this range come in various colours & are great for bees & other pollinators.  Average height 1.5ft.  Full sun.  Hardy.

Common name: Coneflower An upright perennial with strong stems of large daisy-like flowerheads with a cone-shaped golden brown centre, surrounded by purplish red petals. Flowers from July to September. Loved by bees and insects. Average height 3-4ft...

A compact shrub with white margined, grey-green leaves. It produces corymbs of funnel-shaped, dark pink flowers in summer. # Average height and spread 6ft. Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

A compact shrub with narrow green leaves that are flushed with a deep bronze. It produces a profusion of funnel-shaped pink flowers from May to July.  Average height and spread 2ft. Full sun or partial shade.  Hardy.

Common name: White-striped Cretan Brake A very striking and beautiful evergreen fern with ribbon-like silvery-green fronds each marked with a creamy central stripe. Grow in a pot in a sheltered, shaded spot to be moved undercover before the first frosts...

Common name: Marguerite A clump-forming and reliable perennial with glossy, dark green leaves. It produces white daisy-like flowers with large, bright yellow centres.  The blooms are held atop sturdy stems and are produced from June to September. Average...

Common name: Candytuft A spreading evergreen subshrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of soft pink flowers in summer. Great for low groundcover or rock gardens. Average height 1ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Whirling butterflies A compact clump-forming perennial with slender stems. Produces star-shaped white flowers on tall airy stems above the dark reddish green foliage from July to September. Average height/spread 35-50cm. Full sun. Hardy.

An attractive houseplant with feathery fronds.  Good for cutting to use in flower arrangements. 

Common name: Tiger Fig tree A small deciduous tree with attractive, large, deeply lobed green foliage. In late summer, edible figs are produced in abundance with striking yellow-green striped skin. The sweet flesh is yellow and red inside. Average...

Common name: Fig tree A small deciduous tree with attractive, large, deeply lobed foliage. In mid-to-late summer, edible figs are produced in abundance with yellow-green skin. The sweet flesh is yellow and red. This variety will sometimes crop twice...

Common name: Christmas box A low-growing shrub with glossy dark green leaves that will gradually spread to form evergreen groundcover. Clusters of fragrant white flowers are borne from January to February followed by dark blue-black fruit.  Average...

Common name: Hazel 'Rote Zellernus' A spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with rounded leaves that are an attractive red colour instead of the usual green. In early spring pink catkins appear followed by edible hazel nuts in autumn. Average...

Common name: Bluebeard A useful, compact shrub to add a late pop of colour to the garden with clusters of pale blue flowers that are attractive to pollinators. This variety has golden-tinted leaves for extra interest throughout the growing season...

Common name: Seven Son Flower Tree A large shrub or multi-stemmed tree with peeling bark and dark green leaves with deeply marked veins.  From August to September clusters of scented white flowers are produced  that fade to expose striking...

An unusual evergreen shrub with narrow dark green leaves that are flushed with burgundy when young.  A smattering of small greenish cream flowers are produced in April and May. The leaf stalk and the flower stalk are unusually fused together...

Common name: English Lavender 'Valence Dark Violet' A great compact variety of English Lavender with shorter than usual stems topped with highly fragrant deep violet flowers all summer long. Ideal for pots, edging a path, filling gaps at the front of a...

Common name: Common Bladdernut A large, upright shrub with pinnate foliage and descending panicles of scented white flowers from May to June. Unusual papery seed capsules follow the flowers. Average height 16-17ft Full sun/Partial shade Hardy

Common name: False Spiraea An upright shrub with long leaves made up off many small leaflets. The foliage is tinted orange in spring, later turning green and eventually a stunning red in autumn. White flowers are borne in panicles in mid-summer. Good...

Common name: Jasmine Box A compact evergreen rounded small to medium sized shrub. Leaves are narrow dark green, happy in all types of soil. Creamy yellow small fragrant flowers bloom mid to late June. Due to its hardiness this variety is often used...

Common name: Hopwood's Cinquefoil Attractive soft peach-pink flowers with a creamy splash and deep red centres. Long-flowering from late spring to late summer and loved by bees. Average height 1-2ft Full sun/Partial Shade Hardy

Common name: Wall Germander A bushy aromatic subshrub with glossy light green leaves. It produces clusters of mauve-pink flowers from mid-summer to early autumn that are loved by bees. Average height 1.5-2ft. Full Sun. Hardy.   

Common name: Japanese snowbell A beautiful small tree that origniates from Japan and Korea.  It's graceful branches are adorned with masses of white, bell shaped flowers in the spring. Average height 25-30ft. Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Lady's tresses or fragrant spiranthe A spectacular clump-forming terrestrial orchid with a basal rosette of narrow foliage. In the autumn it produces spikes of fragrant white flowers that smell like vanilla.  Average height...

Common name: Trumpet-flowered sinningia or hardy gloxinia A tuberous perennial from South America. It produces unusual drooping tubular, highly scented flowers from spring to autumn. Best grown in a container as the tubers like to be congested to...

Common name: Coneflower A clump-forming perennial with mid-green leaves. Curious flowers of black cones with small green sepals and no petals from late summer to mid-autumn. Average height 3-4ft. Full sun or partial shade. Hardy. 

Hybrid tea rose A beautiful free flowering variety with two-toned effect blooms that are produced from May to September.  Excellent for cutting. Average height 3-4ft. Full sun.  Hardy. 

Common name: Cinquefoil A clump-forming perennial with finely toothed mid-green leaves.  It produces attractive yellow flowers with blood red centres in summer. Average height 1.5ft.  Full sun.  Hardy.

Common name: Pink trumpet vine A rambling climber with compound, glossy, deep green leaves. In late summer and through into the autumn pink-purple, tropical looking trumpet shaped flowers. Acid neutral soil.  Average height 13ft  Full sun...

A great new variety of Pittosporum with a neat, rounded habit and evergreen, variegated gold-green leaves that have attractive wavy margins.  Bell-shaped, honey-scented, brown-red flowers are produced from May to June. Ideal for adding year-round...

Common name: Lemonwood An evergreen shrub with mottled green foliage which has purple-red tips. Small scented brown-purple flowers spring.  Average height 6ft  Full sun or partial shade.  Hardy.

Common name: Lily tuft A low growing evergreen perennial with grass-like dark green folliage. It has striking white young growth & produces spikes of blue flowers late summer.  Average height 1ft. Partial or full shade. Hardy.

Common name: Manuka bush A small shrub native to New Zealand. It is a dense, branching, evergreen with small leaves. In late spring it produces an abundance of white, flushed pink flowers covering the whole shrub. Average height 5-6ft. Full sun/partial...

Common name: Red hot poker A clump-forming perennial  with long narrow green foliage. It produces spikes of ivory flowers, tipped brown in summer.  Average height 3ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Red hot poker Narrow sword-like folliage topped with spikes of apricot-yellow flowers. Flowers form June to September.  Average height 3ft Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Oak-leaved Hydrangea A majestic shrub with large, lobed mid green leaves which turn beautiful shades of red and purple in autumn. Tall, conical white flowerheads becoming pink and then ruby-tinged with age, are borne from July to September...

Common name: Glossy False Sinningia A rare woodland herbaceous perennial with fleshy dark green foliage & a spreading habit. It produces tubular mauve, pink throated flowers in autumn.  Sheltered position.  Average height 1...

Common name: Himalayan helwingia An unusual evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves that are flushed with burgundy when young. The small white flowers form, unusually, in the centre of each leaf in April and May. Average height 4ft. Likes...

Common name: Caterpillar grass An evergreen, tuft-forming grass with narrow dark green foliage.  It produces unusual caterpillar-like flowers June-September. Average height 2ft  Full sun partial shade  Averagely hardy. 

Common name: Veronica A spreading evergreen shrub with light to mid-green, glossy leaves.  Long panicles of light mauve flowers are produced over a long period from June to September. Average height/spread 4ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Spider flower A tropical looking evergreen shrub originating from Australia that is surprisingly hardy and easy to grow. Aromatic needle-like foliage and and dense clusters of spidery red & white flowers appear over a long period from...

Common name: Gentian An unusual clump-forming perennial that produces clusters of creamy-yellow flowers that are blue at the base.  Average height 1.5ft  Partial shade.   Hardy.     

Common name: Dusky cranesbill An unusual type of geranium with stunning deep purple flowers borne in late spring or early summer.  Average height 1ft  Full sun, partial shade or full shade.  Hardy.

Common name: Cranesbill  An attractive perennial with lobed leaves. It produces bright white trumpet-shaped flowers throughout the summer into autumn. Great for growing in dry shady spots or used as groundcover.  Average height 1ft Partial...

Common name: Hardy fuchsia or Lady's eardrops. A robust, upright, deciduous shrub with small dark green leaves that are slightly bronzed. In the summer & autumn it produces small single flowers, with crimson tubes and sepals, and violet-purple...

Common name: Schilling spurge An attractive perennial with veined, deep green leaves that have a central stripe. It produces flowers in early summer and into the autumn which have particularly large yellow bracts which are followed by attractive seed...

Common name: Mount Wellington peppermint or Tasmanian snow gum A medium sized tree with highly attractive silvery-blue leaves and stems that have a delicious scent. The young plants have different shaped leaves and change with maturity.  It...

Common name: Swamp gum An amazing evergreen tree with silvery-blue aromatic foliage.  Grow in a moist spot eg. clay soil. Average height up to 32ft - prune regulary to keep in shape & foliage can be used in floristry.  Full sun or...

Common name: Umbrella plant or Indian rhubarb A rhizomatous perennial with architectural large parasol-shaped leaves.  In the autumn these turn an attractive red colour. It produces rounded heads of pink flowers spring upon tall stems...

Common name: Rochford's holly fern An elegant evergreen fern with exotic-looking leathery fronds.  The tooth fronds can grow up to 2ft tall.  Partial shade.  Hardy.  

Common name: Glory flower An unusual deciduous shrub that has large leaves that are flushed purple when young that some people say smell like peanut butter (others disagree and suggust the smell is unpleasant).  It produces clusters of small pink...

Common name: Hattie's  pincusion A clump-forming herbaceous perennial with lobed leaves. It produces clusters of dark purple flowers held above thin stalks. Free flowering from June-September.  Average height 1.5ft  Partial shade...

Common name: African Blue Lily A really striking new variety with deep purple (almost black) pendulous bell-shaped flowers and strap-shaped deep green leaves. Flowers are produced from July to August on strong upright stems. Average height 2-3ft...

Common name: False anemone A refined plant for moist, cool shade. It produces flowers that are purple on the outside and lavender within. They hang in nodding clusters in the summer.  Average height 2-3ft  (Dry summer winds will inhibit its...

Robust bushy deciduous perennial with single pale pink, yellow centered flowers. Late summer to autumn.    Average height 1.5ft  Full sun or partial shade  

Clump forming deciduous perennial with semi double, soft pink , yellow centered flowers late summer to autumn.  Average height 2-3ft Full sun or partial shade.  

Clump forming deciduous perennial with single sof pink and white , yellow centered flowers. Late summer to Autumn.  Average height 2-3ft  Full sun or partial shade.

Common name: Star Jasmine A twining climber with glossy dark green leaves often turning crimson in winter. Yellow star-shaped flowers with a strong sweet scent are borne from mid to late summer. Average height 20ft+, spread 8-10ft.  Full sun/Partial...

Common name: Star Jasmine Evergreen climber with narrow glossy green foliage. Highly fragrant white flowers that are larger than the species type bloom all summer. Average height 12ft+ but slow growing Full sun/Partial shade Hardy in a sheltered spot

Common name: Lady's Mantle A useful and easy-to-grow 'filler' perennial with attractive lobed, downy green leaves and frothy clouds of abundant yellow-green flower panicles from June to September. Drought tolerant and easy to grow. Average...

A new variety of Hydrangea that produces amazingly long panicles of flowers that emerge white then turn pink and eventually a deep raspberry red. Cut back at the end of winter. Average height 5ft, spread 4ft. Hardy. Full sun/partial shade.

Common name: Russian Sage Scented foliage, bushy deciduous perennial. Silver-grey leaves with whispy blue flowers through summer and autumn. Grows well in any moist or well draining soil. Average height 45-60cm, average spread 45-60cm  Full sun...

Common name: Burnet A robust, clump-forming perennial with blue grey leaves and spires of dark red flowers that bloom late summer to autumn. Grows well in any moist or well draining soil Average height 60cm, average spread 40cm  Full sun or...

Compact deciduous perennial with spikes of plum pink flowers during summer. They grow in moist or well draining soil Average height 30cm, average spread 25cm.  Full sun or partial shade Hardy

Common Name: Angel's fishing rod A clump forming evergreen perennial with bell shaped pink flowers during summer Grows well in moist or well draining soil  Average height/spread 1 - 1.5m, spread 60cm Full sun/partial shade.

Common name: Purple Loosest strife An upright perennial with tall spikes of purple-red flowers from mid-summer to early autumn.  Average height 2-3ft, spread 1ft. Flowers July to September. Full sun. Hardy.

  A late fruiting variety of redcurrant. Growing in long clusters –  and keeps well on the plant. The currants are bursting with flavour and suitable for a whole range of purposes. Self fertile Average height: 1.5m (5ft)...

An early fruiting, vigorous blackberry, perfect for training up a large fence. Berries are borne in large clusters from late July to August and have a delicious sweet flavour. Average height 7ft, spread 4ft.  (sim pic) Fruiting period: July to...

A compact but spreading variety with thornless canes, ideal for covering a low fence. Produces large dark fruit with an excellent flavour from August to September. Average height 6ft. (sim pic) Fruiting period: August to September

1 x bareroot plant A high-yielding, late fruiting blackcurrant. Excellent for extending the picking season. Self fertile. Average height 4ft. (sim pic) Fruiting period: Mid-July

1 x bareroot plant A high-yielding, mid-season variety that produces berries of wonderful quality in late July. Excellent disease resistance. Blossoms slightly later than most varieties and helps to avoid damage from spring frosts. Self-fertile. Average...

A very high yielding blackcurrant that produces large, good flavoured fruit, which are easy to pick, in mid-July. Bushes are compact and mildew resistant. Average height 3-4ft. (sim pic) Fruiting period: Mid-July

Common name: Lady's Mantle A useful and easy-to-grow 'filler' perennial with attractive lobed, downy green leaves and frothy clouds of abundant yellow-green flower panicles from June to September. Drought tolerant and easy to grow.  Average height/spread...

Common name: Ladys Mantle A useful and easy-to-grow 'filler' mat-forming perennial with attractive shallowly lobed, downy bluish green leaves.  It produces frothy clouds of abundant tiny yellow-green flower panicles from June to September...

Common name: Mock Orange An unusual variety of arching shrub that produces masses of cup shaped, sweetly scented white flowers, with pink centres in early summer from June to July. Average height 6-7ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

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 grow and loved by butterflies. Average height 3-4ft,...

A rounded shrub with mid-green leaves. It produces very large round clusters of creamy flowers from July - August Average height and spread 6ft  Full sun / partial shade Hardy   "It produces stunning round flowerheads that can be up to...

'A hybrid lobelia with mid-green leaves and numerous vertical flower spikes bearing rich deep blue flowers from mid to late summer. Lovely for the vase as a cut flower and attractive to bees and butterflies too. Average height 2ft, average spread 1.5ft...

Common name: Blue Fescue, Grey Fescue A densely tufted evergreen grass with narrow inrolled blue-green, arching leaves and panicles of delicate, violet-flushed, blue-green flowers. Average height/spread 1ft. Full sun. Hardy

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 September. Average height 4ft, spread 3ft. Full sun...

Common name: Wood Spurge A spreading evergreen perennial with shiny dark green leaves and large flowers with light green bracts from April to June. Perfect for an awkward shady spot. Average height 2ft. Partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Red Valerian An old cottage garden plant often seen growing on walls and dry, stony banks. Attractive fragrant scarlet-red flowers throughout summer above bright green leaves. Self-seeds freely. Average height/spread 2.5-3ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Stiff Bottlebrush Bushy stiff-stemmed shrub with narrow, dark green leaves. Bears deep red bottlebrush-like flowers from April to August. Average height 5ft.  Full sun. Not hardy. 

A compact perennial with aromatic foliage and spires of pink flowers produced over a long period from early summer to autumn.  Great for attracting bees and other pollinators into the garden. Average height 1.5ft, spread 2ft. Full sun/partial...

Common name: Sweet Gum A conical tree with large, deeply divided, glossy leaves that turn a beautiful orange-yellow in autumn. More compact and slow grwoing than the species. Makes a excellent specimen or avenue tree. Average height 30ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Masterwort Clump forming deciduous perennial with compact umbels of dark pink flowers during summer. Average height/spread 3 x 1.5ft Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

This variety of hydrangea produces extra strong stems to support the incredible flower heads.  Each flower head is made up of panicles of white flowers each with three petals. Average height & spread 5ft. Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Fleabane A spreading perennial with grey-green leaves. Pretty yellow centred flowers with white petals, fading through pink to purple with age, are produced prolifically throughout the whole of spring and summer. Average height 15-20cm,...

Common name: Cranesbill A pretty hardy geranium with divided green leaves and an abundance of pink flowers with purple veins from May to September. Average height 1-1.5ft, Average spread 3ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Windflower A clump forming upright perennial, producing dark rose-pink flowers throughout out the summer.  Average height 1-2ft Full sun/partial shade Hardy   "Perfect for lightening up shady spots with its pink flowers"

Common name: Windflower A clump forming upright perennial, producing deep rose-pink flowers throughout out the summer.  Average height 1ft Full sun/partial shade Hardy   "Perfect for lightening up shady spots with its pink flowers"

Common name: Windflower Erect perennial with suckering shoots, dark green leaves. It produces single, purple-pink flowers from August to September. Average height 2.5ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy   "Happy in a shady border to add some...

Common name: Marguerite A lovely perennial with glossy, dark green leaves and freely producing creamy yellow flowers with a yellow centre from June to September. Great as a cut flower. Average height/spread 1.5ft Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: French Lavender A compact shrub with grey-green, aromatic leaves. Spikes of lavender-purple, white or pink flowers, topped with long, flag-like tufts from June to July. Average height 2ft. Full Sun. Hardy.

Common name: Compact English Lavender This variety has long, thin silver-gray aromatic leaves and spires of pale purple-blue blooms that are borne from June to September. Average height/spread 1ft. Full Sun. Hardy.

Common name: Poor man's Plumbago Ceratostigma shrub which provides great colour in autumn, short spikes of blue flowers are borne in late summer - autumn. Average height: 30cm  - 1ft  Average spread: 50cm - 1.5ft Full sun    "An...

A rounded shrub with attractive red stems and bristly, purple-margined, green leaves that turn a stunning red in autumn. Bright blue flowers are borne in late summer. Average height 3ft, spread 4ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Masterwort A beautiful perennial that produces umbels of deep cerise pink flowers throughout the summer from June until August. Great for brightening up shady areas and generally avoided by slugs and snails! Astrantias make beautiful cut...