Chimonanthus praecox 'Grandiflorus' (Wintersweet)
Other names: Japan all-spice
'Grandiflorus' has large deep yellow flowers with striking maroon markings inside.
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2.5m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Salvia leucantha 'Midnight' (Mexican bush sage 'Midnight')
Other names: Mexican bush 'Midnight', Mexican sage 'Midnight', Salvia leucantha 'All Purple'
'Midnight' is a tender, bushy, evergreen shrub or shrubby perennial with arching branches, white-woolly when young, narrow, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves, white beneath, and terminal racemes of purple flowers with purple calyces in late winter and early spring.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 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 |
Other names: Western alder, Oregon alder
A. rubra is a medium sized, upright, fast growing tree with large, green leaves and good autumn colour. It has catkins that decorate the tree from late autumn until spring.
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10m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Alnus glutinosa 'Laciniata' (Alder 'Laciniata')
Other names: Cut-leaved alder 'Laciniata'
'Laciniata' is a conical, deciduous tree with ovate, glossy, lobed, mid-green leaves and, in late winter or early spring, pendent catkins of yellow-brown flowers followed by ovoid, cone-like, purple fruit.
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8m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Camellia japonica 'Centifolia Alba' (Camellia 'Centifolia Alba')
'Centifolia Alba' is an upright, evergreen shrub with ovate glossy, dark green leaves and large, double, white flowers in late winter and early spring.
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2m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Haemanthus albiflos (Paintbrush)
Other names: Scadoxus albiflos
H. albiflos is a tender evergreen bulbous plant grown indoors. It has short, dark-green, strap-shaped leaves and in autumn and winter bears clusters of very small white and green flowers on upright stems that resemble paint brushes, hence its common name. Orange-red berries may appear in 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 |
Iris unguicularis (Algerian iris)
Other names: Iris stylosa, Algerian winter iris, Winter iris
I. unguicularis is a vigorous, clump-forming, rhizomatous, evergreen perennial with upright, dark grey-green leaves and, in late winter and early spring, fragrant, veined, lavender to violet flowers with yellow-marked falls.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Alnus glutinosa 'Imperialis' (Alder 'Imperialis')
'Imperialis' is a conical, deciduous tree with ovate, deeply-lobed, mid-green leaves and, in late winter or early spring, pendent catkins of yellow-brown flowers followed by ovoid, cone-like, purple fruit.
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8m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
A. incana is a conical, deciduous tree with dark green leaves that are grey white and hairy underneath. It bears yellow brown male catkins before the leaves in late winter and early spring and ovoid fruit in summer.
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8m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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