Platanus x hispanica (London plane)
Other names: Maple-leaved plane, Platanus x hybrida, Platanus x acerifolia
P x hispanica is a vigorous, broadly conical, deciduous tree with flaking brown, cream, and grey bark and variably-lobed, bright green leaves. Insignificant flowers in spring are followed by clusters of burr-like, green fruit ripening brown.
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20m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Ilex x meserveae 'Castle Spire' (Blue holly 'Castle Spire')
Other names: Ilex x meserveae 'Hachfee', Ilex x meserveae 'Heckenfee'
'Castle Spire' is an upright, conical, female evergreen shrub with small, ovate, glossy, toothed, dark blue-green leaves and white flowers in spring followed by spherical, glossy, red fruit.
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1.2m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Angel' (Blue holly 'Blue Angel')
Other names: Ilex x meserveae 'Conang'
'Blue Angel' is a female, evergreen shrub with shiny, dark blue-green, spiny leaves and dark purple stems. Small creamy-white flowers in spring are followed by red berries in autumn and winter.
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4m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Magnolia 'Orchid' (Magnolia 'Orchid')
Other names: Magnolia x soulangeana 'Orchid', Magnolia liliiflora 'Orchid'
'Orchid' is a vigorous, rounded, deciduous shrub or small tree with ovate to elliptic, dark green leaves and upright, goblet-shaped, reddish-purple flowers opening in early or mid-spring.
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6m max. spread |
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7m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Clematis x cartmanii 'Avalanche' (Clematis 'Avalanche')
Other names: Clematis hort. x cartmanii 'Avalanche' , Clematis 'Blaaval' , Clematis x cartmanii 'Blaaval'
'Avalanche' is a bushy, trailing or scrambling, evergreen shrub with leathery, deeply divided, glossy, dark green leaves and panicles of white flowers throughout spring.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Ilex x meserveae 'Little Rascal' (Blue holly 'Little Rascal')
Other names: Ilex x meserveae 'Mondo'
'Little Rascal' is a compact, dense, rounded, male evergreen shrub with ovate, glossy, spiny, bright green leaves, deep purple in winter, and white flowers in spring.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe 'Scarletta' (Dog hobble 'Scarletta')
Other names: Leucothoe walteri 'Scarletta', Swith ivy 'Scarletta', Leucothoe 'Zeblid', Leucothoe axillaris 'Scarletta', Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Scarletta'
'Scarletta' is a spreading, evergreen shrub with leathery, oblong to lance-shaped leaves, reddish-purple when young, maturing dark green, and turning reddish-bronze in autumn and winter. Racemes of cylindrical or urn-shaped, white flowers bloom in spring.
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2.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Malus domestica 'Gascoyne's Scarlet' (Apple 'Gascoyne's Scarlet')
Other names: Dessert apple 'Gascoyne's Scarlet', Culinary apple 'Gascoyne's Scarlet', Cooking apple 'Gascoyne's Scarlet'
'Gascoyne's Scarlet' is an upright to spreading, deciduous tree with ovate, toothed, dark grey-green leaves turning yellow or orange in autumn, and white flowers in mid- or late spring followed by spherical, edible, red-flushed, green fruit with pink-flushed, white or pale green flesh ready for harvest in mid- to late autumn.
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8m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Salix 'Boydii' (Willow 'Boydii')
Other names: Salix x boydii, Miniature Scot's willow, Boyd's willow
'Boydii' is a slow-growing, compact, upright, deciduous shrub with gnarled branches bearing rounded, rough-textured, veined, grey-green leaves, and, occasionally, insignificant, grey female catkins on bare branches in early spring.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Verbascum x hybridum 'Banana Custard' (Mullein 'Banana Custard')
Other names: Verbascum x hybridum 'Banana and Custard', Verbascum phlomoides 'Banana Custard'
'Banana Custard'' is a rosette-forming, semi-evergreen biennial or short-lived perennial with ovate, felted, grey-green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing slender panicles of flat, yellow flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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