| Name |
Culture |
Tips |
Image
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Asplenium Scolopendrium
Hardy Fern |
Grow in well drained soil, preferably
humus rich with added grit. |
Upright evergreen perennial.
Height 50cm, spread 40cm. |
|
Juniperus squamata
Blue Star |
Conifer, low growing dense and compact.
Silvery blue leaves are sharply pointed. |
Useful as ground cover
Height 40cm, spread 1.0 m. |
|
Dryopteris
Filix-mas
Hardy Fern |
Deciduous or semi-evergreen fern
with elegantly arching fronds that arch from the crown. |
Height 1.2 m spread 1.0 m |
|
| Bergenia Purpurascens |
Clump forming evergreen perennial.
Leathery oval leaves turn bronze red in autumn. |
One of the first to flower in spring
Height 60cm, spread 60cm. |
|
Bergenia
Siberlight |
Clump forming evergreen perennial,
bearing dense clusters of cup shaped white flowers. |
Good under planting for shrubs which
will give winter shelter.
Height 30cm, spread 50cm.
|
|
Kerria Japonica
Golden guinea |
Vigorous suckering deciduous shrub.
Bright green leaves, large single flowers. |
Cut canes back at different levels
to obtain flowers at different heights.
Restrict the spread. |
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| Kalima Latifolia |
Dense evergreen shrub bearing large
clusters of flowers in late spring to mid summer. Oval dark green
leaves. |
Mulch each spring with pine needles
or leaf mould.
Height 3m, spread 3m. |
|
Euphorbia
Amygdaloides
Robbiae |
A spreading, evergreen perennial
bearing open heads of yellow green flowers. Long dark green leaves. |
The milk sap will irritate. Can be
invasive.
Height 2.5m, spread 1.5m. |
|
Begonias
Seperflorens Group |
Evergreen. Rounded green bronze or
variegated leaves. Can have single or double flowers. |
Pinch out growing tips to produce
bush plants.
Frost tender. |
|
Juniperius procumbens
Nana |
A compact mat forming conifer .
Needle like, aromatic, yellow green/light green leaves. |
Excellent for ground cover
Height 20cm, spread 75cm. |
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