Alangium chinense (Chinese alangium)
Other names: Marlea begoniifolia, Stylidium chinense , Alangium begoniifolium, Begonia leaf alangium
A. chinense is an upright, oval to spreading, tender, evergreen shrub with ovate to rounded, shallowly lobed, veined dark green leaves. Loose, open clusters of lightly fragrant, white flowers with recurved petals bloom in summer, often with a second bloom in mid-autumn. Flowers are followed by small, oval, blue to black fruit.
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6m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Magnolia x soulangeana 'Alexandrina' (Saucer magnolia 'Alexandrina')
'Alexandrina' is a rounded, deciduous shrub or compact, multi-stemmed tree with large, oblong, mid-green leaves turning yellow-green in autumn and fragrant, goblet-shaped, creamy-white flowers, purple-pink on the reverse, blooming as or before the leaves emerge in spring.
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9m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Clematis 'Aleksandrit' (Clematis 'Aleksandrit')
Other names: Early Large-flowered clematis 'Aleksandrit', Clematis 'Alexsandrit'
'Aleksandrit' is a deciduous, perennial climber with pinnate, dark green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, and again in late summer and early autumn, large, red to reddish-pink flowers with prominent yellow stamens. Flower colour may fade slightly in full sun.
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2m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Square stem, Thimble flower, Sickle-heal, Sicklewort, Slough-heal, Hookweed, Panay, Proud carpenter, Herb carpenter, Hercules' all-heal, Hook-heal, Carpenter's herb, Heart of the earth, Brunel, Caravaun bog, Carpenter grass, Blue curls, Brownwort, Heal-all
P. vulgaris is a creeping, semi-evergreen perennial with rooting stems bearing oblong to ovate, mid-green leaves and short, erect spikes of tubular, two-lipped, violet, rarely pink or white, flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sempervivum 'Albernellii' (Houseleek 'Albernellii')
Other names: Hens-and-Chicks 'Albernellii', Live forever 'Albernellii', Old man and woman 'Albernellii'
'Albernellii' is a mat-forming, evergreen, succulent perennial forming rosettes of fleshy, ovate, pointed, red-tipped, yellow-green leaves and leafy stems bearing clusters of pink flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Geranium maculatum 'Beth Chatto' (Spotted crane's bill 'Beth Chatto')
Other names: Alum bloom 'Beth Chatto', North American crowfoot 'Beth Chatto', North American wild cranesbill 'Beth Chatto', Rock weed 'Beth Chatto'
'Beth Chatto' is a vigorous, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with rounded, deeply-lobed, mid- to bright green leaves and single, saucer-shaped, lilac-pink flowers from spring into early summer.
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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 |
Symphytum officinale (Common comfrey)
Other names: Healing herb, Knit-back, Bruisewort, Comfrey consound, Gum plant, Blackwort, Bohemian comfrey, Bone-set, Alum, Backwort, Black root
S. officinale is an invasive herbaceous perennial with large leaves and clusters of nodding, tubular, bell-shaped flowers from late spring to summer. Flowers may be purple, pink or cream.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Holochrysa' (Allgold bamboo)
Other names: Madake 'Holochrysa', Giant timber bamboo 'Holochrysa', Japanese timber bamboo 'Holochrysa', Phyllostachys bambusoides 'All Gold', Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold'
'Holochrysa' is a vigorous, suckering, evergreen bamboo with thick, sometimes, green-striped, golden-yellow canes and glossy, narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves.
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2.5m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron 'Aladdin' (Rhododendron 'Aladdin')
Other names: Evergreen azalea 'Aladdin', Kurume azalea 'Aladdin'
'Aladdin' is an upright to spreading, open evergreen shrub with small, elliptic, glossy, dark green leaves and clusters of funnel-shaped, orange-red to deep coral-pink flowers in late spring and early summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Helleborus x nigercors 'Alabaster' (Hellebore 'Alabaster')
Other names: Hybrid Lenten rose 'Alabaster'
'Alabaster' is a vigorous, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, mid-green leaves and, from midwinter until mid-spring, short stems bearing clusters of flat, green-flushed, creamy-white flowers.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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