Phormium (any variety) (Flax lily (any variety))
Other names: New Zealand flax (any variety)
If you don't know the variety name of your Phormium (Flax lily), you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice.
Phormium (any variety) are clump-forming, evergreen perennials with erect to arching, leathery, strap-shaped leaves, often with attractive colours or variegation, and tall panicles of small, tubular flowers in summer.
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2m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Watsonia borbonica (Bugle lily)
Other names: Watsonia pyramidata
W. borbonica is a tender, clump-forming, cormous perennial with narrowly sword-shaped, grey-green leaves and branched spikes of bright pink flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta sieboldiana (Plantain lily )
Other names: Blue hosta
H. sieboldiana is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial with ovate-heart-shaped to rounded, thick, puckered, grey- to blue-green leaves and, in early summer, leafy scapes bearing bell-shaped, lilac-grey flowers fading to white.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Beschorneria yuccoides (Mexican lily)
Other names: Yucca-leaved beschorneria
B. yuccoides is a clump-forming perennial with grey-green, strap-shaped leaves and yellow-green tubular flowers with red bracts.
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1.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Alstroemeria 'Flaming Star' (Peruvian lily)
'Flaming Star', a long flowering Cottage variety, has lance-shaped leaves and bright orange flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hosta (any variety) (Plantain lily (any variety))
If you don't know the variety name of your Hosta (Plantain lily), you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice.
Hosta (any variety) are clump-forming, herbaceous perennials with ovate, lance-shaped, or heart-shaped leaves, often with attractive colours or variegation, and erect, sturdy scapes bearing racemes of funnel or bell-shaped, lavender or white flowers in summer.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Gaultheria mucronata 'Lilian' (Wintergreen 'Lilian')
'Lilian' is a small, thicket-forming, evergreen shrub with spiny-tipped, dark-green leaves. In late spring or early summer it bears clusters of small, white flowers followed, in autumn, by pink berries.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Eremurus robustus (Foxtail lily)
Other names: Giant desert candle, Giant desert candle
E. robustus is a tuberous, herbaceous perennial with grey-green basal leaves and tall, slender spires of soft-pink, star-shaped flowers in mid-summer.
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1m max. spread |
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2.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Cotinus coggygria 'Lilla' (Smoke bush 'Lilla')
Other names: Smoke tree 'Lilla', Smokewood 'Lilla', Venetian sumach 'Lilla'
'Lilla' is a compact, upright, bushy, deciduous shrub with oval, maroon leaves turning red and orange in autumn, and feathery panicles of pink flowers in summer.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Hedychium densiflorum 'Sorung' (Hardy ginger lily 'Sorung')
Other names: Ginger lily 'Sorung', Butterly lily 'Sorung'
'Sorung' is a tender, upright, rhizomatous perennial with erect stems bearing long, pointed, lance-shaped, mid- to dark-green leaves and dense, cylindrical, terminal racemes of fragrant, salmon to apricot flowers from midsummer into autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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