Lobularia maritima 'Rosie O'Day' (Sweet alyssum 'Rosie O'Day')
Other names: Alyssum maritimum 'Rosie O'Day', Alyssum maritima procumbens 'Rosie O'Day', Lobularia maritima procumbens 'Rosie O'Day'
'Rosie O'Day' is a compact, mat-forming annual or short-lived perennial with linear, grey-green leaves and deep rose-pink, honey-scented flowers in summer. The aromatic flowers attract hoverflies and other beneficial insects.
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0.15m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Roscoea purpurea 'Cinnamon Stick' (Purple roscoea 'Cinnamon Stick')
Other names: Roscoea procera 'Cinnamon Stick', Roscoea purpurea var. procera 'Cinnamon Stick'
'Cinnamon Stick' is a compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous perennial with dark reddish-brown stems bearing stem-clasping, strap-shaped, dark green leaves and orchid-like, lavender flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Westringia fruticosa 'Blue Gem' (Australian rosemary 'Blue Gem')
Other names: Coast rosemary 'Blue Gem', Victorian rosemary 'Blue Gem', Westringia rosmariniformis 'Blue Gem', Westringia fruticosa 'WES03'
'Blue Gem' is a borderline hardy, rounded, evergreen shrub with upright stems bearing small, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and cymes of tubular, speckled, lilac to purple-blue flowers in late spring and early summer.
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1.8m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Westringia fruticosa 'Morning Light' (Australian rosemary 'Morning Light')
Other names: Victorian rosemary 'Morning Light', Westringia rosmariniformis 'Morning Light', Coast rosemary 'Morning Light'
'Morning Light' is a bushy, rounded, tender evergreen shrub bearing small, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, grey-green leaves with cream to pale yellow margins. Cymes of tubular, speckled, white flowers bloom from late spring to early summer.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Acer palmatum 'Kagiri-nishiki' (Japanese maple 'Kagiri-nishiki' )
Other names: Acer palmatum 'Roseomarginatum'
'Kagiri-nishiki' is a spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with palmate, toothed, deeply lobed, light green leaves with pink-flushed, creamy-white margins. Corymbs of insignificant flowers in spring are followed by red-flushed, winged fruit.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Other names: Shirley poppy, Thunder flower, Wind rose, Red cornflower, Red poppy, Redweed, Headache plant, Corn rose, Field poppy, Flanders poppy, Copper rose, Cornflower, Corn poppy, Cheese cowl, Cock rose, Canker rose, Cheese couls, African rose, Blue-eyes
P. rhoeas is an erect, branching, sparsely hairy annual with oblong, pinnate, light green leaves divided into lance-shaped lobes and, in summer, bowl-shaped, bright red flowers, marked black at the petal bases.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Helleborus x sternii (Hybrid hellebore)
Other names: Stern's hybrid hellebore, Hybrid lenten rose
H. x sternii is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with purple-flushed, biennial stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into three broadly elliptic, toothed or entire, veined, dark grey-green leaflets and clusters of nodding to outward-facing, pink- to purple-flushed, light green flowers from late winter to mid-spring.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Rhodohypoxis baurii 'Dawn' (Red star 'Dawn')
Other names: Rosy posy 'Dawn', Spring starflower 'Dawn'
Dawn' is a vigorous, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with a corm-like rootstock, tufts of narrowly lance-shaped, keeled, folded, hairy, dark green leaves, and, in late spring and early summer, slender, erect stems bearing solitary, pale pink flowers that fade to near white with age.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus x nigercors 'HGC Green Corsican' (Hellebore 'HGC Green Corsican')
Other names: Hybrid Lenten rose 'HGC Green Corsican'
'HGC Green Corsican' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, mid- to dark green leaves and outward-facing, saucer-shaped, white flowers from late winter to mid-spring.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Rhodohypoxis baurii 'Albrighton' (Red star 'Albrighton')
Other names: Rosy posy 'Albrighton', Spring starflower 'Albrighton'
'Albrighton' is a vigorous, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with a corm-like rootstock, tufts of narrowly lance-shaped, keeled, folded, hairy, dark green leaves, and slender, erect stems bearing large, solitary, deep reddish-pink flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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