Plants: 36
| Latin name | Common name | Type | Description | Cultivation | Hedging |
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| LOBELIA genus | annual, perennial, shrub | c. 4in - 6ft (10cm-2m). Some are evergreen. Narrow, sometimes reddish, leaves. Flowers are two-lipped, in summer. Colours include red, blue or purple. Some are irritants. | Frost tender, 5°C, or fully hardy. Sun, in summer needs moist soil. |  |
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| MATTHIOLA genus | Stock | annual, biennial, perennial, sub-shrub | c.12ins-2ft (30-60cm). Narrow, greyish-green leaves. Spikes of 4-petalled, fragrant flowers, in summer. Colours include white, yellow, pink, red or purple. | Frost tender, 4°C, to fully hardy. Sun and preferably in limed soil. | |
| Mesembryanthemum criniflorum | Livingstone Daisy | annual | See Dorotheanthus bellidiformis. | |
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| MYOSOTIS genus | Forget-me-not | annual, biennial, perennial | 4-8ins (10-20cm). Narrow, or oval, hairy leaves. Flowers are usually blue but can be white or yellow, in spring or summer. | |
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| PAPAVER genus | Poppy | annual, biennial, perennial | c. 4ins-3ft m-1m). Oval or narrow leaves, often hairy. Flowers are single or double, in summer. Colours include white, pink or red. | Fully hardy. Sun or partial shade. | |
| PENSTEMON genus | annual, biennial, perennial, sub-shrub, shrub | c. 3ins-4ft (8cm-1.2m). Mostly semi-evegreen or evergreen. Narrow or oval leaves. Tubular or funnel-shaped flowers in summer. Colours include white, pink, red, purple or blue. | Half hardy, 0°C, to fully hardy. Sun and fertile soil.. | |
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| PHACELIA genus | annual, biennial, perennial | c. 8-24ins (20-60cm). Oval or feathery leaves. Blue, bell-shaped flowers in summer or early autumn. An irritant. | Frost hardy. Sun and fertile soil. | |
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| Portulaca grandiflora | Sun Plant | annual | 8in (20cm). Narrow, succulent leaves and red stems. Saucer-shaped flowers in various colours,with yellow stamens, from June to September. | Half hardy, 0°C. Sun and well-drained soil. | |
| Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. Rosea | Straw Flower | annual | 12in (30cm). Narrow, greyish leaves. Small, double, pink daisy-type flowers in summer. | Half hardy, 0°C. Thrives in full sun and poor soil. Useful in dried flower arrangements. | |
| SALVIA genus | Sage | annual, biennial, perennial, sub-shrub, shrub | c.12ins- 6ft (30cm-2m). Oval or narrow leaves, sometimes hairy beneath. Flowers are tubular, 2-lipped, in summer and autumn. | Frost tender, 5°C, to fully hardy. Sun and fertile soil. | |
| X VENIDIO-ARCTOTIS hybrid genus | annual, perennial | See "Arctotis" genus. | |
Plants: 36