Family: Fabaceae. A small evergreen shrub with blue-grey, pinnate leaves and heads of small, fragrant, lemon-yellow flowers in later...
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Teucrium x lucidrys
Biba Hartigan, , Alkaline, Dry, Evergreen, Fine, Ground cover, Hedge, Hedging/screening, L3PP, MBWD, Neutral, pH, Position, Role, Season, Shrub, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Well drained, 0Family: Lamiaceae. A low-growing, woody-based evergreen to 30cm tall. HxS: 40x50cms. Foliage: Small, lobed, paired, dark green leaves. Flowers:...
Thymus ‘Silver Posie’
Biba Hartigan, , Alkaline, Container, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Evergreen, Fine, Gravel garden, Ground cover, L3PP, MBWD, Mediterranean border, Neutral, pH, Position, Rock garden, Role, Season, Soil, Structure, Sub-shrub, Summer, Sun, Texture, 0Family: Lamiaceae. A dwarf, erect, bushy, variegated sub shrub with narrowly ovate, lemon-scented, dark green leaves with white margins....
Correa reflexa var. nummulariifolia
Biba Hartigan, , Alkaline, Cottage/informal, Evergreen, Fine, Ground cover, L3PP, MBWD, Mixed border, Neutral, Position, Role, Sheltered, Shrub, Soil, Sun, Texture, Well drained, Where to use, 0Origin: Tasmania. A prostrate, spreading, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub with fragrant, rounded, grey-green leaves, white felted beneath and clusters...
Cupressus arizonica ‘Pyramidalis’
Biba Hartigan, , Dry, Evergreen, Fine, Hedging/screening, L3PP, Position, Role, Sheltered, Soil, Structure, Sun, Texture, Tree, Well drained, 0An evergreen conifer making a medium sized tree of narrowly conical habit and columnar or ovoid crown. Foliage aromatic,...
Rubus thibetanus [‘Silver Fern’] AGM
Biba Hartigan, , Cottage/informal, Fine, Hedging/screening, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Mixed border, Ornamental, Partial shade, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Shrub, Shrub border, Soil, Sun, Texture, Well drained, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, Winter, Woodland, 0A bramble with fine silver-green, matt foliage and silver white stems good for edge of woodland settings with long...
Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’
Biba Hartigan, , CM2GD, Cottage/informal, Fine, L3PP, Large gardens, Low maintenance, Medium, Moist, water retentive, Ornamental, Partial shade, Plant ID, Position, Shrub, Sun, Wet areas, pond, stream banks., Winter, 0Deciduous shrub. Good against a dark background. Cut back at the end of summer every 2-3 years. Deeper in...
Salix babylonica
Biba Hartigan, , Feature, Fine, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Moist, water retentive, Plant type, Position, Season, Soil, Spring, Summer, Sun, Texture, Tree, Wet areas, pond, stream banks., Where to use, Woodland, 0a medium-sized, deciduous tree of upright, open habit with narrow, green leaves Small, yellowish catkins are borne in spring....
Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Fine, Gravel garden, Herbaceous perennial, L3PP, Large gardens, Low maintenance, Mediterranean border, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Soil, Spring, Structure, Summer, Sun, Texture, Well drained, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, 0a woody-based herbaceous perennial forming a loose clump of wiry stems to 45cm, with small, ovate, purple-flushed leaves and...
Tamarisk tentandra
Biba Hartigan, , Acid, Coastal, Cottage/informal, Fine, Gravel garden, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Mediterranean border, Neutral, Ornamental, pH, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Shrub, Shrub border, Soil, Spring, Sun, Texture, Well drained, Where to use, 0A lax, medium-sized, deciduous shrub with arching, almost black branches, minute green scale-like leaves and large plumes of light...