Agapanthus 'Northern Star' (African lily 'Northern Star')
Other names: Lily of the Nile 'Northern Star'
'Northern Star' is a borderline hardy, clump-forming, deciduous perennial with broad, strap-shaped, dark green leaves, flushed purple at the base, and, in early- to midsummer, sturdy, erect stems bearing dense, rounded umbels of star-shaped, violet-blue flowers with a dark purple stripe down the centre of each petal.
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0.4m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Shooting Star' (Hybrid hellebore 'HGC Shooting Star')
Other names: Lenten rose 'HGC Shooting Star', Christmas rose 'HGC Shooting Star', Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Coseh 790', Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Shooting Star', Helleborus 'Shooting Star'
'HGC Shooting Star' is a mound-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, toothed, dark grey-green leaves and erect, dark stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, pink- to green-flushed, creamy-white flowers from mid-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 |
Rosa 'The North Stars' (Rose 'The North Stars')
Other names: Miniature rose 'The North Stars', Rosa 'Savanorth'
'The North Stars' is a compact, bushy, deciduous shrub with thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into ovate, toothed, dark green leaflets, and, from summer into autumn, clusters of lightly fragrant, double, white flowers with bright pink petal margins.
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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 |
Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Star of Toscana' (Confederate jasmine 'Star of Toscana')
Other names: Yellow star jasmine 'Star of Toscana', Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Selbra'
'Star of Toscana' is a vigorous yet slow-growing, self-clinging, frost hardy, evergreen climber bearing lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves turning bronze in winter and clusters of strongly fragrant, yellow flowers in summer.
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3m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Mentzelia laevicaulis (Giant blazing star)
Other names: Smoothstem blazing star, Yellow blazing star, Northern blazing star
M. laevicaulis is an erect, branching, biennial or short-lived perennial with lance-shaped, hairy, deeply lobed or toothed, grey-green leaves and, in summer, star-shaped, bright yellow flowers with long, prominent stamens.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Agapanthus africanus 'Albus' (White African lily)
Other names: Agapanthus africanus 'Albus' (misapplied), Agapanthus minor 'Alba', Agapanthus africanus 'Alba' , Agapanthus 'Albus'
'Albus' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with upright, strap-like, dark green leaves and umbels of trumpet-shaped, white flowers from late summer into autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Forsythia 'Northern Gold' (Forsythia 'Northern Gold')
Other names: Forsythia ovata 'Northern Gold'
'Northern Gold' is an upright, deciduous shrub with ovate, toothed, dark green leaves and lightly fragrant, golden-yellow flowers in early to mid-spring before the leaves emerge.
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2m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Fuchsia 'Northern Jewel' (Fuchsia 'Northern Jewel')
Other names: Lady's eardrops 'Northern Jewel'
'Northern Jewel' is an upright, bushy, borderline hardy, deciduous shrub with ovate, toothed, dark green leaves, and, throughout summer, flowers with deep pink sepals and single, magenta to deep lilac-pink corollas.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lathyrus odoratus 'Northern Lights' (Cherub Series) (Sweet pea 'Northern Lights')
Other names: Lathyrus odoratus 'Cherub Northern Lights'
'Northern Lights' is a compact, bushy, trailing annual with winged stems bearing pinnate, dark grey-green leaves and, from early summer to early autumn, racemes of fragrant, pea-like, white flowers with crimson-marked upper petals and blue-flushed lower petals.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Polemonium 'Northern Lights' (Jacob's ladder 'Northern Lights')
Other names: Dwarf jacob's ladder 'Northern Lights'
'Northern Lights' is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial with ferny green, pinnate leaves. From late spring to mid-summer, it bears upright stems with pale-blue, fragrant flowers.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.35m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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