Geranium platypetalum 'Turco' (Broad-petalled cranesbill 'Turco')
Other names: Geranium sinense 'Turco'
'Turco' is a clump-forming, hairy, herbaceous perennial with rounded, deeply lobed and toothed, mid- to dark green leaves and, in summer, flat, saucer-shaped, violet-blue flowers with dark purple veins and white centres.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir)
Other names: Cunninghamia sinensis, Cunninghamia unicaniculata
C. lanceolata is a large, narrowly upright to conical, coniferous, evergreen tree bearing reddish-brown bark, two-ranked, glossy, lance-shaped, dark green leaves with two white bands beneath, and spherical green-brown female cones.
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8m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Dregea sinensis (Chinese dregea )
Other names: Wattakaka sinensis, Wattakaka , Watakaka
D. sinensis is a tender, twining, evergreen climber with ovate to heart-shaped, dark green leaves, hairy beneath, and, in summer, clusters of fragrant, pink-flushed, white flowers with red-speckled throats.
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1m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Corylopsis sinensis var. sinensis 'Spring Purple' (Chinese winter hazel 'Spring Purple')
Other names: Corylopsis sinensis (Willmottiae Group) 'Spring Purple', Corylopsis willmottiae 'Spring Purple', Corylopsis sinensis 'Spring Purple'
'Spring Purple' is a vigorous, spreading deciduous shrub with broadly ovate, dark green leaves, flushed purple when young and sometimes turning shades of orange and purple in autumn. Pendent racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped, yellow flowers bloom on bare stems in mid-spring.
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4m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 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 |
Betula albosinensis (Chinese red birch)
Other names: White Chinese birch, Betula utilis var. sinensis, Betula bhojpattra var. sinensis , Betula albosinensis Burkill
B. albosinensis is a conical, deciduous tree with peeling, pink to reddish-brown bark, cream when freshly exposed, and ovate, tapered, toothed, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn. Yellow-brown catkins bloom in spring as the leaves emerge.
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10m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Begonia 'Red Undies' (Begonia 'Red Undies')
Other names: Begonia sinensis 'Red Undies', Begonia grandis subsp. sinensis 'Red Undies', Begonia 'Red Undies' (grandis)
'Red Undies' is a mound-forming, tuberous, herbaceous perennial with branched stems bearing asymmetrical, narrowly ovate, toothed, olive to bright green leaves, red beneath, and clusters of pink flowers from early summer to early autumn.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar)
Other names: Japanese red cedar, Sugi, Cryptomeria fortunei, Cryptomeria sinensis
C. japonica is a vigorous, conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with peeling, reddish-brown bark, awl-shaped, spirally arranged, mid- to dark green leaves and spherical, green cones turning brown with age.
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8m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Wisteria x formosa 'Caroline' (Wisteria 'Caroline')
Other names: Wisteria chinensis 'Caroline', Wisteria sinensis 'Caroline', Chinese wisteria 'Caroline', Wisteria floribunda 'Caroline'
'Caroline' is a vigorous, deciduous climber with pinnate, mid-green leaves and racemes of fragrant, violet flowers in late spring and early summer followed by hairy, green seed pods in autumn.
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5m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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