Dahlia 'Sir Alf Ramsey' (Dahlia 'Sir Alf Ramsey')
Other names: Giant-flowered decorative dahlia 'Sir Alf Ramsey'
'Sir Alf Ramsey' is an upright, bushy, clump-forming, tuberous perennial with toothed, pinnate, dark green leaves and, in summer and autumn, strong, upright stems bearing large, double, lilac-pink flowers with white petal bases and pointed petals.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Thamnochortus insignis (Harvesting thatching reed)
Other names: Albertinia thatching reed
T. insignis is an evergreen perennial with dark-green stiff upright stems forming a fan shape. Stems are topped with brown brush-like flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Algar's Pride' (Michelmas daisy 'Algar's Pride')
Other names: New York aster 'Algar's Pride', Aster novi-belgii 'Algar's Pride'
'Algar's Pride' is an upright, bushy, deciduous perennial with slender, branched stems bearing lance-shaped, dark green leaves and panicles of single, lilac flower heads from late summer into autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Malus domestica 'Alkmene' (Apple 'Alkmene')
Other names: Dessert apple 'Alkmene', Malus domestica 'Early Windsor'
'Alkmene' is an upright, deciduous tree with ovate, toothed, grey-green leaves turning yellow or red in autumn, and white flowers in spring followed by edible, rounded, heavily red- or pink-flushed, yellow-green fruit ready for harvest in early or mid-autumn. Considered to be a reliable alternative to 'Cox'.
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6m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Dianthus 'Alfriston' (Border carnation 'Alfriston')
'Alfriston' is a compact, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with flattened, narrowly lance-shaped, dark grey- to blue-green leaves and stiff, upright stems bearing strongly fragrant, double, red flowers in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Malus domestica 'Allen's Everlasting' (Apple 'Allen's Everlasting')
Other names: Dessert apple 'Allen's Everlasting'
'Allen's Everlasting' is an upright to spreading, deciduous tree with ovate, toothed, dark grey-green leaves turning yellow or orange in autumn, and white flowers in mid-spring followed by spherical, edible, red-flushed, dull olive-green fruit ready for harvest in mid-autumn.
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8m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata' (White-striped hairy bamboo)
Other names: Fuiri-shiiya-zasa
S. masamuneana f. albostriata is an evergreen bamboo with fine canes bearing white and green striped leaves.
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2.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Geranium albanum (Albanian cranesbill)
Other names: Geranium cristatum
G. albanum is a compact, vigorous, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with rounded, deeply lobed, mid-green leaves and, from late spring to late summer, cup-shaped, pink flowers with darker veins.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Prunus armeniaca 'Alfred' (Apricot 'Alfred')
'Alfred' is an upright to spreading, deciduous tree with ovate to rounded, toothed, dark green leaves and clusters of pale pink flowers in mid-spring followed by small, sweet, edible, red-flushed, yellow-orange fruit ready for harvest in late summer.
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3.5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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