Plants: 132
Latin name | Common name | Type | Description | Cultivation | Hedging |
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Tradescantia fluminensis | Spiderwort | perennial | 2in (5cm). Trailing evergreen. Thick, oval leaves without stems, purplish undersides. Variegated varieties have white stripes lengthwise. Minute pink flowers. | Frost tender, 15°C. Sun or partial shade. | ![]() |
TULIPA genus | Tulip | bulb | c. 2in-26ins (5-65cm). Long, narrow green, or grey-ish green, leaves. Single or double, cup-shaped flowers in late spring or early summer.Colours include white, yellow, pink, red or purple. Poisonous. | Mostly fully hardy. Sun. | ![]() |
Ulex europeaus "Fore Pleno" | Gorse, Furze, Whin | shrub | 3ft (1m).Evergreen. Prickly. Scale-like leaves which soon fall. Pea-type, doube, yellow flowers from spring to winter. | Fully hardy. Sun. Thrives on poor, well-drained soil. | ![]() |
Veltheimia bracteata | bulb | 18in (45cm). Glossy basal leaves. Spikes of pendant, turbular flowers of pinkish purple, speckled with yellow. | Frost tender, 10°C. Sun and fertile soil. | ![]() |
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VERONICA genus | perennial, sub-shrub | c 6ins-4ft (15cm-1.2m). Some are evergreen or semi-evergreen. Leaves are narrow or oval, sometimes hairy. Flowers are saucer- or star-shaped, in summer. Colours include pink, blue or purple. | Frost hardy, 0°C, to fully hardy. Sun and well-drained soil, but some prefer partial shade and moist soil. | ![]() |
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Viola cornuta | Horned Violet | perennial, rock plant | 8in (20cm). Oval, serrated leaves. Flat, angular, spurred flowers in deep purplish blue, or white, from spring to summer. | Fully hardy. Sun and moist but well-drained soil. | ![]() |
X CUPRESSOCYPARIS, hybrid genus | tree | c. 50-120ft (15-35m). Evergreen. Flattened sprays of scale-like leaves: some variegated or golden varieties.. Dark brown cones. Poisonous. | Fully hardy. Sun and well-drained soil. | ![]() |
Plants: 132