Other names: Sea pink, Seaside catchfly, Silene maritima
S. uniflora is a prostrate, semi-evergreen perennial with fleshy, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves edge with fine hairs and, in summer, erect, branching stems bearing single or clustered, white flowers, each with deeply-cut petals and a conspicuous, inflated, pink calyx.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Adder's flower, Devil's flower, Hare's eye, Mother-die, Poor robin, Ragged jack, Red lychnis, Robins, Soliders, White soapwort, Melandrium rubrum, Lychnis dioica, Lychnis sylvestris, Silene diurna, Silene rubra, Melandrium sylvestre, Lychnis diurna
S. dioica is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with erect, branched stems bearing oval to ovate, dark green leaves and, from late spring into summer, panicle-like cymes of magenta flowers with notched petals.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Gilia capitata (Blue thimble flower)
Other names: Queen Anne's thimbles, Bluehead gilia, Globe gilia, Blue field gilia
G. capitata is an erect annual with feathery, pinnate, mid-green leaves and dense, pincushion-like clusters of lavender-blue flowers in summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Paeonia 'Hillary' (Peony 'Hillary')
Other names: Itoh hybrid peony 'Hillary'
'Hillary' is an upright, bushy, herbaceous perennial with mid-green leaves divided into nine elliptic or lance-shaped leaflets and strong, erect stems bearing large, lightly fragrant, semi-double to double, rose-pink and pale apricot flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Shrubby veronica 'Lisa', Hebe 'Addenda Lisa'
'Lisa' is a compact, bushy, evergreen shrub with broadly lance-shaped to elliptic, grey-green leaves and dense racemes of purple-pink to pink flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.8m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Wisteria floribunda 'Variegata' (Variegated Japanese wisteria)
Other names: Japanese wisteria 'Variegata', Wisteria sinensis 'Variegata'
'Variegata' is a vigorous, twining, deciduous climber with pinnate, yellow-splashed, mid-green leaves divided into ovate to lance-shaped leaflets turning yellow in autumn. Racemes of fragrant, pea-like, violet or lilac flowers bloom as the leaves emerge in spring. Flowers are followed by velvety, green seed pods.
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2m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Tilia 'Petiolaris' (Weeping silver lime)
Other names: Pendent silver lime, Pendent white lime, Weeping lime, Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris'
'Petiolaris' is a large, deciduous tree with dark-green leaves with white, furry undersides. Its branches are gracefully pendulous and it bears fragrant yellow flowers in summer.
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15m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Tilia cordata (Small-leaved lime)
Other names: Small-leaved linden
T. cordata is a broadly columnar to rounded, deciduous tree with glossy, rounded to heart-shaped, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn and cymes of fragrant, pale yellow flowers in summer.
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15m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Tilia platyphyllos (Large-leaved lime)
Other names: Broad-leaved lime, Bigleaf linden, Broadleaf linden
T. platyphyllos is a broadly columnar, deciduous tree with rounded to broadly ovate, dark green leaves, white-hairy beneath and turning yellow in autumn, and pendent clusters of small, fragrant, pale yellow flowers in midsummer followed by green, winged fruit.
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20m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Tilia caroliniana (Carolina basswood)
Other names: Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Beetree
T. caroliniana is a dense, rounded, deciduous tree with ovate, dark green leaves, lighter and hairy beneath, and pendent cymes of pale yellow flowers in early summer.
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15m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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