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Pyrus communis 'Humbug' (Pear 'Humbug')

Other names: Pyrus communis 'Pysanka', Easter pear

'Humbug' is an upright, deciduous tree with striped young stems, ovate, finely toothed, glossy, dark green leaves and white flowers in mid-spring followed by large, green, pink, and yellow striped fruit with sweet, firm, creamy-white flesh ready for harvest in mid-autumn.
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4m max. spread

4m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Genista x spachiana (Easter broom)

Other names: Cytisus racemososus, Cytisus x spachianus, Cassia racemosus, Sushine tree, Glacous cassia, Cytisus everstianus, Cytisus stenopetalus, Teline stenopetala, Cytisus racemosus, Cytisus racemosus, Genista racemosa

G. x spachiana is a tender, vigorous, evergreen shrub with upright, later arching branches bearing three-palmate, dark green leaves and slender, terminal racemes of strongly fragrant, golden-yellow flowers in late winter and early spring.
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3m max. spread

3m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Hatiora gaertneri (Easter cactus )

Other names: Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri

H. gaertneri is a bushy, semi-pendent, perennial cactus with stems comprised of flat, bristly, oblong to elliptic, scalloped, mid-green segments and, in spring, funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers blooming on the newer segments.
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0.25m max. spread

0.15m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Stellaria holostea (Greater stitchwort)

Other names: Adder's meat, Ag-flower, Ag-worm flower, All-bone, Bird's tongue, Break-bones, Devil's corn, Devil's eue, Devil's eye, Easter bell, Greater starwort, Lady's lint, Lady's white, Lady's white petticoat, Latin flower, Little John, May grass, Miller's star, Moonflower, Satin flower, Snake flower, Snake grass, Snap Jack, Snap-stalks, Snappers, Starflower, Thunder flower, Tongue grass, Addersmeat, Dead man's bones

S. holostea is an erect, deciduous perennial with angled stems bearing narrowly lance-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, white flowers with deeply notched petals.
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0.4m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Schlumbergera x buckleyi (Christmas cactus)

Other names: Schlumbergera bridgesii, Holiday cactus, Easter cactus, Thanksgiving cactus

S. x buckleyi is a tender, epiphytic cactus with oblong or ovate, scalloped, mid-green stem segments and bright red flowers at the stem ends in late winter.
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1m max. spread

0.4m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Acer campestre (Field maple)

Other names: Acer campestre var. austriacum, Dg oak, Hedge maple, Maser tree, Master tree, Common elder, Common maple

A. campestre is a rounded, deciduous tree with ovate to rounded, five-lobed, dark green leaves, downy beneath and turning shades of yellow, orange, and red in autumn. Corymbs of green flowers in spring are followed by winged, green fruit ripening red.
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8m max. spread

10m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Persicaria bistorta (Common bistort)

Other names: Adderwort, Dragonwort, Easter giant, Easter ledges, Easter magiant, Easter man-giant, Gentle dock, Great bistort, Osterick, Oysterloit, Passion dock, Patience dock, Patient dock, Red legs, Snakeweed, Twice-writhen, Polygonum bistorta

P. bistorta is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with conspicuously veined, ovate, mid-green leaves and short spikes of pale-pink or white flowers from early summer to mid-autumn.
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0.9m max. spread

0.75m max. height

5-10 years to maturity

Lilium longiflorum 'Oriental Satisfaction' (Easter lily 'Oriental Satisfaction')

'Oriental Satisfaction' is an Asiatic hybrid lily with an upright, single, straight stem and green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer it has fragrant, white flowers with deep-pink bars and spots.
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0.3m max. spread

1.2m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia)

Other names: Bird-of-paradise flower, Christmas flower, Christmas star, Fire on the mountain, Fire plant, Lobster flower, Mexican Easter flower, Mexican flameleaf, Painted leaf, pride of Barbados

E. pulcherrima is a tender evergreen shrub grown as a houseplant. It has dull dark-green leaves and conspicuous red bracts which surround insignificant greenish-red flowers.
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0.3m max. spread

0.45m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Lilium longiflorum 'Casa Rosa' (Easter lily 'Casa Rosa')

'Casa Rosa' is a vigorous, bulbous perennial with erect stems bearing scattered, glossy, lance-shaped, dark green leaves and, in summer, short racemes of fragrant, trumpet-shaped, rose-pink-flushed, white flowers.
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0.3m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity