Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra' (Hydrangea 'Nigra')
Other names: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mandshurica'
'Nigra' is a small deciduous shrub with distinctive purple-black stems and dark-green ovate leaves. In summer it bears rose-pink (or bluish in acid soils) flowers in rounded flower-heads.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys edulis (Moso bamboo)
Other names: Phyllostachys heterocycla f. pubescens, Phyllostachys heterocycla 'Pubescens', Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys mitis, Phyllostachys edulis 'Moso', Moso-chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo
P. edulis is a large, vigorous, spreading, evergreen bamboo with green to grey culms, silvery-grey and pubescent when young, turning yellow-green in full sun, and small, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves.
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10m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Solanum nigrum (Chichiquelite huckleberry)
Other names: Solanum nigrum var. melanocerasum, Garden huckleberry, Black nightshade
S. nigrum is a rare branching annual with exotic fruit that tastes like blueberry.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Other names: Allium multibulbosum, Broad-leaved onion , Allium afrum, Allium bauerianum, Allium magicum, Allium paucibulbosum, Kalabotis nigrum
A. nigrum is a bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves. In mid-summer, it produces globular heads of white, star-shaped flowers on upright stems. It gets its name from the dark centres to its flowers.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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