Family: Lamiaceae. A dwarf, erect, bushy, variegated sub shrub with narrowly ovate, lemon-scented, dark green leaves with white margins....
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Brachyglottis (Dunedin Group) ‘Sunshine’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Chalky, Clay, CM2GD, Coastal, Cottage/informal, Dry, Evergreen, Fertile, Gravel garden, L3PP, Low maintenance, MBWD, Mediterranean border, Medium, Mixed border, Moist, water retentive, Partial shade, Plant ID, Poor, Position, Role, Sandy, Season, Shade, Shrub, Shrub border, Soil, Spring, Structure, Sub-shrub, Summer, Sun, Texture, Well drained, Where to use, Winter, 0Origin: NZ and Tasmania. Family: Asteraceae. Classic woody sub-shrub. A useful small spreading evergreen shrub with white stems and...
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...
Echium candicans
Biba Hartigan, , Alkaline, Gravel garden, L3PP, Large gardens, Mediterranean border, Medium, Neutral, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Season, Shrub, Soil, Spring, Summer, Sun, Texture, Tropical, Well drained, Where to use, 0Pride of Madiera A bushy biennial sub-shrub with grey-hairy lance-shaped leaves and dense terminal spike-like panicles of white, pale...
Nerine bowdenii AGM
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Bulb, Coastal, Container, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Cut flower, Gravel garden, L3PP, Large gardens, Mediterranean border, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Sun, Texture, Where to use, 0A bulbous perennial with umbels of pink trumpet shaped flowers in autumn. Plant shallowly with the tip above the...
Arbutus x andrachnoides AGM
Biba Hartigan, , Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Evergreen, Gravel garden, L3PP, Large gardens, Mediterranean border, Medium, Moderately fertile, Plant type, Position, Role, Shrub border, Soil, Structure, Sun, Texture, Tree, Well drained, Where to use, 0A small, drought tolerant, evergreen tree with peeling cinnamon bark and a sculptural network of branches. Berries are produced...
Quercus suber
Biba Hartigan, , Courtyard, Evergreen, Gravel garden, L3PP, Large gardens, Mediterranean border, Medium, Mixed border, Plant type, Position, Role, Shrub border, Soil, Structure, Sun, Texture, Tree, Well drained, Where to use, 0A multistem, evergreen, drought resilient small tree with thick cuticle cork bark creating interesting rugged forms. A Mediterranean native,...
Althaea cannabina
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Cottage/informal, Gravel garden, Herbaceous perennial, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Mediterranean border, Medium, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Prairie planting, Role, Season, Shrub border, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, 0Mallow family. Long flowering herbaceous perennial with loose habit and delicate pink single flowers from July to October. Soft...
Lavandula dentata var. candicans
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Container, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Evergreen, Gravel garden, L3PP, Mediterranean border, Medium, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Soil, Structure, Sub-shrub, Sun, Texture, Well drained, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, 0A broader, elongated, serrated leaved, late flowering lavender. Keep trimmed to prevent it going leggy. Trim after flowering. Not...