Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain' (Whorled clary 'Purple Rain')
Other names: Lilac sage 'Purple Rain', Salvia 'Purple Rain'
'Purple Rain' is an upright, deciduous with ovate, softly hairy, toothed, mid-green leaves and dense, whorled, branched racemes of reddish-purple flowers in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex digitalis (Slender woodland sedge )
Other names: Narrow-leaved wood sedge , Slender wood sage
C. digitalis is clump-forming, deciduous perennial with flat, linear, upright to arching, mid-green leaves and, in summer, erect stems bearing cream flower spikelets followed by green fruit ripening brown.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Cycas micholitzii (Micholitz's cycad)
Other names: Dyerocycas micholitzii, Micholitz's sago, Epicycas micholitzii
C. micholitzii is an upright, slow-growing, tender, evergreen perennial with a short, trunk-like stem bearing dark blue-green, bipinnate leaves divided into forked, narrowly lance-shaped to broadly linear leaflets. Narrowly conical, pale yellow-brown, cone-like inflorescence appear at the base on mature plants.
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4m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: Salvia splendens 'Amore Scarlet Bicolour', Scarlet sage 'Amore Scarlet Bicolor'
'Amore Scarlet Bicolor' is a compact, upright, bushy, tender evergreen perennial, typically grown as an annual, with ovate, dark green leaves and, from summer into autumn, dense whorled spikes of tubular, scarlet- and white-striped flowers with prominent scarlet- and white-striped bracts.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.35m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' (Anise-scented sage 'Black and Blue')
Other names: Salvia concolor 'Black and Blue', Salvia caerulea 'Black and Blue', Salvia guaranitica 'Black & Blue', Blue anise sage 'Black and Blue'
'Black and Blue' is a borderline hardy, clump-forming, aromatic, semi-woody perennial, often grown as an annual, with ovate, toothed, wrinkled, hairy, dark-green leaves and, from late summer into autumn, loose spikes of dark blue flowers with black calyces.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia gesneriiflora mountain form (Big Mexican scarlet sage mountain form)
Other names: Mexican scarlet sage mountain form, Salvia gesneriflora mountain form, Salvia gesneriiflora 'Mountain Form'
S. gesneriiflora mountain form is a tender, evergreen perennial or subshrub with ovate, hairy, scalloped, aromatic, mid-green leaves, heart-shaped at the base, and, from late autumn into spring, branched stems bearing racemes of tubular, softly hairy, scarlet flowers with maroon calyces and flattened upper lips. Flowers from early spring into autumn in colder climates.
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1.8m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' (Balkan clary 'Caradonna')
Other names: Salvia x sylvestris 'Caradonna' , Salvia 'Caradonna' , Meadow sage 'Caradonna' , Wood sage 'Caradonna'
'Caradonna' is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial with narrowly lance-shaped, wrinkled, toothed, dark grey-green leaves and dark, erect stems bearing racemes of dark violet flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Rice flower)
Other names: White dogwood, Pill flower, Sago bush, Pink rice flower, Sago flower, Helichrysum diosmifolius
O. diosmifolius is a compact, erect, open, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub, sometimes treated as an annual or biennial, with linear, dark green leaves and corymbs of small, white, rarely pink flower heads in summer.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Pulmonaria 'Spilled Milk' (Lungwort 'Spilled Milk')
Other names: Pulmonaria saccharata 'Spilled Milk' , Bethlehem sage 'Spilled Milk' , Jerusalem sage 'Spilled Milk'
'Spilled Milk' is a compact, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with broadly lance-shaped, white or silver-spotted, dark green leaves and, in spring, pendant clusters of bell-shaped, pink flowers turning blue with age.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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