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Landscape Plant |
Plant
Description |
Landscape Use |
Height
X Width |
Tolerances/
Conditions |
Flowering |
Abelia
X grandiflora
|
Small to medium shrub with
glossy green leaves.
|
Can be clipped into a hedge or
grown as an individual specimen or mixed with other shrubs.
|
4-6ft
x 3-4ft
|
Sun to shade, well drained soils and regular
watering in summer, like to be pruned heavily |
Small white with mauve flowers
in summer, 2nd flush of flowers at the end of summer. |
Acanthus
mollis |
Broad deep green glossy leaved
clump forming plant with tall flower stems. |
Good in sheltered positions in
moist soils. Mix with other shade loving plants or use in mass for good effect. |
2ft x 4ft |
Sheltered moist positions,
fast growing hardy plant. |
Tall flower stems can grow up
to 6ft, purple/pinky/white flowers on the tall stems in spring and summer. |
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans purpurea |
Small rosette forming plant
with green leaves and purple flower spikes. |
Excellent mass planted to form
a thick weed suppressing groundcover, good mixed with other low growing plants. |
2-3" tall spreads by surface runners |
Frost hardy loves moist soils,
sun to shade. |
Spikes of deep blue/purple
flowers up to 20cm long in spring. |
Castlewellan
gold
Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Castlewellan
gold' |
Beautiful golden soft foliaged
conifer. |
Excellent clipped to form
privacy screens and hedges, ideal as an individual specimen. |
40ft x 18ft |
Loved to be trimmed, drought
tolerant, hardy to frost, wet feet loves full sun positions. |
Used in the landscape for its
attractive golden foliage. |
Choisya
ternata
Choisya ternata |
Compact evergreen rounded
shrub with glossy green compound leaves . |
Loves to be clipped into
hedges and borders, good mid sized specimen plant.
|
5-6ft x 4-5ft |
Full sun to part shade, well
drained soils, likes slightly acidic soil. |
Clusters of fragrant white
star shaped flowers, resembling orange blossoms, flowers in spring and late summer.
|
Cistus
salviifolius
Cistus salviifolius |
Evergreen shrub covered in
saucer shaped crinkled flowers. |
Ideal as a mid sized specimen
shrub, cottage style plant. |
3-4ft x 4-6ft |
Warm sunny position, very well
drained soils, drought tolerant, moderately frost hardy. |
Blooms for long periods, pure
white flowers with yellow middle, late winter to early summer flowering. |
Coast
Rosemary
Westringia fruticosa |
Rosemary like foliage, compact
rounded shrub with stiff spreading branches with grey/ green leaves. |
Good to hedge or use as an
individual specimen, good for coastal areas.
|
6ft x 6ft |
Tolerant of salt laden winds,
drought tolerant, full sun to part shade. |
White flowers with purple
blotch in the throat, flowers most of the year. |
Giant
Amazon Perennial
Gunnera manicata |
Clump forming plant with large
broad leaves |
Interesting specimen plant
suited to informal and formal style gardens |
8ft x 8ft |
Moist soils, well drained,
full sun to part shade, protect from very hot winds and hot sun. |
Greenish red flower spikes in
summer. |
Golden
Choisya
Choisya ternata 'sundance' |
Golden yellow foliage matures
to yellow/green compact evergreen shrub |
Can be clipped into hedges or
used as a specimen plant mixed with other mid sized plants
|
5-6ft x 4-5ft |
Full sun to part shade, well
drained soils, likes slightly acidic soils |
Clusters of fragrant white
star shaped flowers, resembling orange blossoms, flowers in spring and late summer |
Golden diosma
Coleonema pulchrum aurea |
Medium sized evergreen shrub
with short golden/green needle like leaves, aromatic foliage |
Great used interplanted with
conifers, can be used mass planted as small borders
|
2-4ft x 2-4ft |
Regular trimming, likes moist
well drained soils in full sun and regular fertilising with a complete fertiliser |
Tiny light pink star shaped
flowers in winter, spring and sometimes in summer |
Hebe
albicans
Hebe albicans |
Blue/grey tightly bunched
leaves |
Ideal as a small border or
specimen plant
|
1.5ft x 1.5ft |
Frost hardy, loves sun to
shade in moist well drained soils |
In early summer short white
flower spikes will form |
Hebe
champagne |
Low growing evergreen shrub
with dark green foliage |
Ideal in tubs,
rockeries and garden situations, can be clipped to create a small hedge or interplanted
with other small bushes and shrubs in the garden |
2ft x 3ft |
Frost hardy, ideal
in coastal conditions, full sun to part shade, well drained soils, wind tolerant, benefit
from a light pruning after flowering |
White flower spikes in spring |
Hebe
lavender lass |
Evergreen shrub with small
green leaves
|
3ft x 3ft |
Masses of lilac coloured
flowers in late spring |
Hebe
inspiration veronica
Hebe inspiration veronica |
Evergreen shrub with mall dark
green leaves |
3ft x 3ft |
Lavender flowers spikes in
spring |
Hebe
oratia beauty
|
Evergreen shrub with green mid
sized leaves |
2-3ft x 2-3ft |
Pink bud fading to white in
summer |
Hebe
wiri cloud |
Evergreen shrub with small
green leaves. |
2ft x 2ft |
White flower spikes with pink
colourings in spring and summer. |
Hebe
wiri mist |
Grey/green small leaves
closely bunched together.
|
1ft x 3ft |
Small white flower spikes in late spring. |
Hebe
wiri splash |
Evergreen shrub with small
bright green leaves. |
1ft x 2ft |
Lilac flower spikes in early
summer. |
Japanese
windflower
Anemone x hybrida |
Tufts of green leaves close to
the ground with tall flower spikes. |
Mass planted for dramatic
flower effect, ideal under trees. |
2ft x 1-2ft |
Frost hardy, moist well
drained soils, part shade to shade. |
White to deepest rose flowers
in autumn to winter. |
Photinia
Photinia robusta |
Evergreen shrub with glossy
green leaves, red coppery new growth |
Excellent clipped into hedges
and screens, prune to promote bushiness |
8-12ft x 8-12ft |
Fast growing, sun to part
shade, drought tolerant and frost hardy. |
White flower clusters in
spring |
Pittoporum tenuifolium
'Stirling mist'
Pittoporum tenuifolium
'Stirling mist' |
Evergreen shrub with light
green small leaves with white margins. |
Excellent clipped into a hedge
or screen can also be used individually in the garden. |
12ft x 4ft |
Loves full sun to part shade
in well drained soils, frost hardy. |
Used for its foliage. |
Pittosporum 'James Stirling'
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'James Stirling' |
Evergreen shrub with
grey/green small leaves. |
Excellent clipped into a hedge
or screen can also be used individually in the garden. |
9ft x 4ft |
Loves full sun to part shade
in well drained soils, frost hardy. |
Used for its foliage. |
Pittosporum
eugenoides variegated
Pittosporum eugenoides '
Variegatum' |
Densely foliaged evergreen
large pyramidal shaped shrub with light green leaves with cream/white margins |
Ideal for hedges, screens and
dust barriers, use individually or mix with other large growing shrubs to form a dense
screen. |
40ft x 15-20ft |
Frost tolerant, drought
tolerant, moist soils in open sunny positions. |
Small clusters of start shaped
yellow flowers in spring. |
Potato
vine
Solanum jasminoides |
Semi/evergreen climber with
green leaves. |
Ideal for use as a screen
grown along trellis, cottage and formal style gardens. |
15ft x 10ft |
Fast growing, sun to part
shade, prefers to be protected from frost, well drained moist soils. |
Showy clusters of white
flowers in spring and summer. |
Prostanthera
Prostanthera |
Evergreen shrub, foliage has a
minty smell when crushed. |
Ideal in coastal areas, use
individually or mix with other coastal shrubs. |
3ft x 3ft |
Sunny positions in well
drained soils, good for coastal conditions. |
In spring and summer 2 lipped
trumpet like flowers appear with touches of light mauve, red, purple and yellow colours on
the flowers. |
Silver bush
Convolvulous cneorum |
Small rounded bush with soft
silvery leaves. |
Use individually or mass plant
for a dramatic effect, good mixed with red or maroon foliaged plants. |
2ft x 2ft |
Most soil conditions, will
tolerate exposed sites, loves full sun. |
Small white flowers with a
small yellow middle appear in spring and summer. |
Snow
in summer
Cerastium tomentosum |
Vigorous groundcover with
silvery grey leaves. |
Use individually or mass plant
for a dramatic effect, good mixed with red or maroon foliaged plants. |
5ft x 2-4ft |
Fast growing, likes well
drained soils, cold hardy. |
Masses of white start shaped
flowers in late spring and summer. |