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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Brachyglottis Walberton’s Silver Dormouse = ‘Walbrach’ (PBR)
Biba Hartigan, , Coastal, Cottage/informal, Dry, Evergreen, L3PP, Medium, Mixed border, Position, Role, Sheltered, Shrub, Shrub border, Structure, Sun, Texture, Well drained, 0Family: Asteraceae. A compact, bushy shrub. Foliage: oval, silvery-grey to grey-green, hairy leaves. Flowers: yellow, daisy-like flowers in summer....
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...
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...
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 alba ‘Elegantissima’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Chalky, Clay, CM2GD, Fertile, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant ID, Poor, Position, Role, Sandy, Season, Shrub, Shrub border, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Winter, 0A bushy, medium textured, deciduous medium sized dogwood shrub with deep red stems and grey-green white-margined narrowly ovate leaves....
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...
Oenothera lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, CM2GD, Cottage/informal, Courtyard, Herbaceous perennial, L3PP, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant ID, Position, Role, Season, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Where to use, Wildlife friendly, 0Gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’ Formerly Gaura Butterfly bush Good end of season herbaceous perennial which flowers prolifically over a...
Cleome hassleriana
Biba Hartigan, , Annual, Autumn, Courtyard, L3PP, Large gardens, MBWD, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Soil, Summer, Sun, Texture, Where to use, 0Origin: South America. An exotic annual with mini chestnut leaves and long seed pods. Dramatic exotic stems with leaves...
Crataegus persimilis ‘Prunifolia’ AGM
Biba Hartigan, , Autumn, Cottage/informal, L3PP, Large gardens, Medium, Mixed border, Ornamental, Plant type, Position, Role, Season, Shrub, Shrub border, Sun, Texture, Wildlife friendly, Woodland, 0A large deciduous shrub with an elegantly drooping habit, covered with a profusion of large red berries in autumn...