S. argentea is a short lived perennial with very fuzzy, silver-green leaves that are arranged in wide rosettes. It has creamy white flowers in summer, but they should be removed to enjoy the foliage longer.
Read more...
![]() |
0.7m max. spread |
![]() |
0.45m max. height |
![]() |
2-3 years to maturity |
Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum Marginatum' (Wood sage 'Crispum Marginatum')
Other names: Curly wood sage, Wood germander 'Crispum Marginatum'
'Crispum Marginatum' is a low, spreading, mound-forming, evergreen perennial or subshrub bearing wrinkled, light green leaves with creamy-white, ruffled margins. Spikes of tiny, lipped, cream to pale green flowers bloom in midsummer.
Read more...
![]() |
0.6m max. spread |
![]() |
0.3m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
Salvia splendens Vista Series (Scarlet-flowered sage Vista Series)
Vista Series are upright, bushy, tender perennials typically grown as annuals with ovate, dark green leaves and, from summer into autumn, dense whorled spikes of tubular, red, pink, purple, or white flowers.
Read more...
![]() |
0.2m max. spread |
![]() |
0.2m max. height |
![]() |
1-2 years to maturity |
Salvia 'Trelissick' (Salvia 'Trelissick')
Other names: Salvia microphylla 'Trelissick Creamy Yellow', Baby sage 'Trelissick Creamy Yellow'
'Trelissick' is an upright, bushy, borderline hardy, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub or shrubby perennial with ovate, aromatic, dark green leaves and, from summer into autumn, upright racemes of whorled, two-lipped, apricot-flushed, cream to pale yellow flowers with maroon calyces.
Read more...
![]() |
0.7m max. spread |
![]() |
0.7m max. height |
![]() |
5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia sclarea (Biennial clary)
Other names: Clary, Clear eye, Muscatel sage, Clear-eyes, Herb clary, See-bright
S. sclarea is an erect, branching, hairy perennial or biennial with ovate to oblong, toothed, wrinkled, mid-green leaves and, from spring into summer, terminal racemes of cream and lilac to pink or blue flowers with prominent lilac bracts.
Read more...
![]() |
0.3m max. spread |
![]() |
1m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
Chrysanthemum 'Pennine Magic' (Chrysanthemum 'Pennine Magic')
Other names: Dendranthema 'Pennine Magic'
'Pennine Magic' is a half-hardy perennial with an upright habit. Its divided foliage is dark-green. In autumn it bears sprays of fully-double, cream flowers with reflexed florets whose reverse is tinged light-yellow.
Read more...
![]() |
0.5m max. spread |
![]() |
1m max. height |
![]() |
1-2 years to maturity |
Alstroemeria 'Princess Sara' (Peruvian lily 'Princess Sara' )
'Princess Sara', a dwarf, long flowering variety, has lance-shaped leaves and cream flowers with yellow centres in summer.
Read more...
![]() |
0.45m max. spread |
![]() |
0.35m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
Typha latifolia (Great reedmace)
Other names: Cat o' nine tails, Bulrush, Asparagus of the Cossacks, Baccobolts, Blackcap, Blackhead, Blackamoor, Bull segg, Candlewick, Dod, Marsh beetle, Marsh pestle, Cat's tail, Cat tail, Flax tail, March beetle, Mat reed, Water torch, Nail rod
T. latifolia is an invasive deciduous marginal water plant. It has upright, strap-shaped leaves and in late summer, bears dark cream, terminal flower heads, followed by dark brown, sausage-shaped seed heads.
Read more...
![]() |
0.6m max. spread |
![]() |
2.5m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
Gladiolus tristis (Evening flower)
Other names: Marsh Afrikaner, Sad-flowered sword lily, Yellow marsh Afrikaner, Ever-flowering gladiolus
G. tristis is a cormous, summer-dormant, deciduous perennial bearing narrow, upright, sometimes twisted, dark green leaves and spkes of open funnel-shaped, night-fragrant, pale yellow or green-flushed, creamy-white flowers on wiry stems in summer.
Read more...
![]() |
0.1m max. spread |
![]() |
1.5m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii 'Gigantea' (Chinese lantern 'Gigantea')
Other names: Love in a cage 'Gigantea', Bladder cherry 'Gigantea', Strawberry tomato 'Gigantea', Winter cherry 'Gigantea', Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii 'Montrosa'
'Gigantea' is a vigorous, upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with triangular to ovate, mid- to bright green leaves and insignificant, bell-shaped, cream flowers in summer followed by edible, orange-red fruit enclosed in large, papery, rounded, balloon-like, deep orange-red calyces.
Read more...
![]() |
0.9m max. spread |
![]() |
0.9m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
To add ? to your lists,
login to your account or subscribe.
Find out more about plant lists here
or Login