Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor' (Sage 'Tricolor')
Other names: Salvia officinalis 'Tricolour'
'Tricolor' is an aromatic semi-evergreen shrub or subshrub with oblong,grey-green leaves edged in cream and purple, and terminal racemes of lilac-blue flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' (Purple sage)
Other names: Salvia officinalis Purpurascens Group, Salvia officinalis 'Purpurea'
'Purpurascens' is an erect, dwarf semi-evergreen to evergreen subshrub with oblong to ovate, woolly, aromatic, grey-green leaves, purple when young, and branched, purple stems bearing whorled, terminal racemes of 2-lipped, purple-blue flowers in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Cistus salviifolius (Sage-leaved rockrose)
C. salviifolius is a prostrate to upright, evergreen shrub with green and purple petiolate leaves, covered with small hairs, and white flowers borne singly or in twos or threes in summer.
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0.7m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout' (Lyre-leaf sage 'Purple Knockout')
Other names: Lyre-leaved sage 'Purple Knockout', Salvia lyrata 'Burgundy Bliss', Salvia lyrata 'Purple Vulcano', Salvia lyrata 'Purple Volcano'
'Purple Knockout' is a compact, herbaceous perennial, primarily grown for its colourful foliage, with a basal rosette of ovate leaves, burgundy when young, turning purple in summer, and red in autumn. Slender spikes, of small, two-lipped, violet flowers bloom in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Geranium 'Sanne' (Cranesbill 'Sanne')
Other names: Geranium sessiliflorum 'Sanne'
'Sanne' is a vigorous, mound- to mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with rounded, lobed, purple-bronze leaves and loose clusters of white flowers from late spring to early autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Triadica sebifera (Chinese tallow tree)
Other names: Sapium sebiferum, Vegetable tallow tree, Florida aspen, Chicken tree, Grey popcorn tree, Candleberry tree, Croton sebifer, Stillingia sebifera
T. sebifera is a tender, upright to rounded, deciduous tree with broadly ovate to heart-shaped, waxy, bright green leaves turning red, orange, yellow, and purple in autumn, and spike-like clusters of yellow-green flowers from spring into early summer followed by three-lobed, green fruit capsules, turning brown when ripe, containing white, waxy seeds.
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10m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' (Sargent viburnum 'Onondaga')
'Onondaga' is a deciduous shrub with lobed leaves, emerging with purple tints, maturing to green before becoming purple again in autumn. In spring, flat heads of white flowers emerge from red buds.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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