Salix purpurea (Purple willow)
Other names: Purple osier, Bitter willow, Basket willow, Salix purpurea 'Helix'
S. purpurea is a deciduous shrub or a tree with narrowly long-oblong leaves which are dark green above, glaucous green below and small catkins in early spring.
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4m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Salix purpurea 'Nana' (Purple willow 'Nana')
Other names: Salix purpurea 'Gracilis', Dwarf purple osier, Dwarf arctic willow
'Nana' is a compact, deciduous shrub with small, narrow, grey-green leaves and small, silvery catkins in early spring.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Eryngium planum 'White Glitter' (Sea holly 'White Glitter' )
'White Glitter' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with rosettes of toothed, oblong to ovate, grey-green leaves and, in summer, upright, branched stems bearing cone-like, silvery-white flower-heads with conspicuous, spiny bracts.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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