Other names: Square stem, Thimble flower, Sickle-heal, Sicklewort, Slough-heal, Hookweed, Panay, Proud carpenter, Herb carpenter, Hercules' all-heal, Hook-heal, Carpenter's herb, Heart of the earth, Brunel, Caravaun bog, Carpenter grass, Blue curls, Brownwort, Heal-all
P. vulgaris is a creeping, semi-evergreen perennial with rooting stems bearing oblong to ovate, mid-green leaves and short, erect spikes of tubular, two-lipped, violet, rarely pink or white, flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Prunella vulgaris 'Rose Pearl' (Selfheal 'Rose Pearl')
'Rose Pearl' is a compact, spreading, semi-evergreen perennial with rooting stems bearing ovate to lance-shaped, mid-green leaves and short, erect spikes of whorled, purple-pink flowers from early summer into autumn.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Phaseolus vulgaris 'Primel' (French bean 'Primel')
'Primel' is a dwarf, climbing annual with white, pink or red flowers followed by tubular pods in summer. This is an early cropping variety producing stringless pods.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Syringa vulgaris (Common lilac )
Other names: Pipe privet, Pipe tree
S. vulgaris is an upright then spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with ovate to heart-shaped, mid-green leaves and dense, conical panicles of strongly fragrant, single or double, lilac flowers in late spring and early summer.
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7m max. spread |
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7m 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 |
Prunella grandiflora violet-flowered (Prunella x webbiana)
P. grandiflora violet-flowered is a spreading, mat-forming semi-evergreen perennial with violet coloured flowers in mid-summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Calluna vulgaris 'Hammondii Aureifolia' (Heather 'Hammondii Aureifolia')
Other names: Calluna vulgaris 'Aureifolia', Calluna vulgaris 'Hammondii Aurea'
'Hammondii Aureifolia' is a dense, mat-forming, evergreen shrub with narrow, light green leaves with yellow tips in spring and early summer, turning bronze-green in winter, and short racemes of white flowers in summer and autumn.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Syringa vulgaris (any variety) (Lilac (any variety))
Other names: Syringa vulgaris, Mixed, Syringa vulgaris Mix
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Syringa vulgaris (any variety) are upright, deciduous shrubs with heart-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and, from late spring to early summer, dense, conical panicles of strongly fragrant flowers in shades of pink, purple, blue, white, or pale yellow.
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3m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa vulgaris 'Nadezhda' (Lilac 'Nadezhda')
Other names: Syringa vulgaris 'Hope'
'Nadezhda' is an upright then spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with ovate to heart-shaped, mid-green leaves and purple-pink buds opening to dense, conical panicles of strongly fragrant, double, lilac-blue 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 |
Syringa vulgaris 'Lois Amee Utley' (Lilac 'Lois Amee Utley' )
Other names: Syringa vulgaris 'Lois Utley'
'Lois Amee Utley' is an upright then spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with ovate to heart-shaped, mid-green leaves and dense, conical panicles of strongly fragrant, double, pale pink 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 |
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