Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Purpureum' (Pittosporum 'Purpureum')
Other names: Kohuhu 'Purpureum', Tawhiwhi 'Purpureum'
'Purpureum' is a bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree bearing rounded to elliptic, wavy-margined, purple leaves and, sparingly, small, fragrant, bell-shaped, black-red flowers in late spring and early summer, followed by black capsules.The new leaves are pale green before gradually changing to purple.
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1.5m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Other names: Cestrum purpureum
C. elegans is a vigorous, evergeen shrub with arching branches, matt, mid-green leaves, panciles of tubular, red to purple-red flowers in summer and autumn followed by purple-red fruit.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Phormium tenax Purpureum Group (New Zealand flax Purpureum Group)
Purpureum Group forms very long, robust, dull bronze-purple, strap-shaped leaves and panicles of tall red flowers.
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2m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port' (Columbine 'Ruby Port')
Other names: Granny's bonnet 'Ruby Port', Grannies bonnet 'Ruby Port', Aquilegia 'Ruby Port'
'Ruby Port' is a mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with finely-divided, light green leaves and upright stems bearing double, nodding, deep red to maroon flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Pulsatilla vulgaris var. rubra (Red pasqueflower)
Other names: Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Rubra'
P. vulgaris var. rubra is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with finely-divided, pinnate, light green leaves, hairy when young, and, in mid-spring, bell-shaped, upright to nodding, hairy, magenta to wine-red flowers followed by silky seed heads.
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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 |
Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Rode Klokke' (Pasque flower 'Rode Klokke' )
Other names: Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Rote Glocke', Anemone pulsatilla 'Red Clock', Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Red Cloak', Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Röde Klokke', Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Red Bells', Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Red Clock'
'Rode Klokke' is a herbaceous perennial with soft, finely divided, silver-green leaves and, in early summer, deep red flowers with yellow centres followed by soft, silvery seedheads.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Lychnis viscaria 'Splendens' (German catchfly 'Splendens')
Other names: Viscaria vulgaris 'Splendens', Clammy campion 'Splendens'
'Splendens' is a mat-forming to tufted perennial with lance-shaped, dark green basal leaves and narrow, spike-like panicles of bright magenta flowers in early and midsummer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Spath' (Lilac 'Andenken an Ludwig Spath')
Other names: Syringa vulgaris 'Souvenir de Louis Spaeth', Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Späth'
'Andenken an Ludwig Spath' is a spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree, upright when young, with heart-shaped, dark green leaves and slender, dense panicles of single, fragrant, dark reddish-purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Calluna vulgaris 'Alportii' (Heather 'Alportii')
Other names: Ling 'Alportii', Erica vulgaris 'Alportii', Scots heather 'Alportii'
'Alportii' is a compact, bushy, upright, evergreen shrub with narrow, dark green leaves and long racemes of crimson flowers in late summer and early autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Rumex acetosella (Sheep's sorrel)
Other names: Red sorrel, Sour weed, Field sorrel, Acetosella vulgaris
R. acetosella is a vigorous, erect, rhizomatous perennial with narrowly lance-shaped, mid-green leaves and, from early spring to late autumn, slender, branching, red-flushed stems bearing yellow-green male flowers and maroon female flowers on separate plants.
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1m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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