Cyathea medullaris (Black tree fern)
Other names: Sago fern, Mamaku
C. medullaris is a tender tree fern with a black, hairy trunk, and long golden green fronds.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Phormium 'Black Rage' (Flax lily 'Black Rage')
Other names: New Zealand flax 'Black Rage'
'Black Rage' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with leathery, sword-shaped, upright to arching, purple-black to maroon leaves. Tall panicles of tubular, red-tipped, yellow flowers are seldom produced.
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0.9m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Sasa tsuboiana (Japanese bamboo)
S. tsuboiana is a small, bamboo which develops a dense cluster of canes bearing dark green, long leaves. Compact and dense foliage makes it suitable for a hedge.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Sasa palmata (Broad-leaved bamboo)
S. palmata is a fast-growing, but small, bamboo which develops a dense cluster of canes bearing dark, long leaves. The leaf edges often turn pale brown in winter months.
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4m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Sasa veitchii (Veitch's bamboo)
S. veitchii is a spreading bamboo which forms clumps of slender canes, bearing broad leaves, which can turn pale brown on the edges during the winter months.
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4m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Buddleja salviifolia (South African sage wood)
Other names: Evergreen butterfly bush, Sageleaf butterfly bush, Buddleia salviifolia, Buddlea salviifolia, Buddleja salvifolia
B. salviifolia is an arching, semi-evergreen shrub or multi-stemmed tree with lance-shaped, finely hairy, grey-green leaves and panicles of fragrant, purple, pink, or white flowers from late spring into summer.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sasa kurilensis 'Shima-shimofuri' (Bamboo 'Shima-shimofuri')
'Shimofuri' is a spreading bamboo with slender canes, with long leaves often striped with creamy-white.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Abelia x grandiflora 'Magic Daydream' (Abelia 'Magic Daydream')
Other names: Abelia x grandiflora 'Opstal 102'
'Magic Daydream' is a compact, rounded, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub with semi-trailing, dark red stems bearing ovate, shallowly toothed, dark green leaves with creamy-white margins, pink when young and flushed reddish-pink in winter. Panicles of fragrant, funnel-shaped, white to pale pink flowers bloom from summer into autumn.
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0.8m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Indocalamus tessellatus (Large-leaved bamboo)
Other names: Arundinaria ragamowskii, Sasa tessellata, Bambusa tessellata, Sasamorpha tessellata
I. tessellatus is a moderately spreading, evergreen bamboo with bright green canes, often drooping from the weight of the leaves, and oblong to lance-shaped, glossy, dark grey-green leaves.
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3m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Sasaella ramosa (Dwarf bamboo)
Other names: Hairy bamboo, Arundinaria vagans, Sasa ramosa, Pleioblastus auricomus 'Vagans'
S. ramosa is a vigorous, low-growing, rhizomatous bamboo with slender, erect, glossy, bright green canes bearing elliptic, mid-green leaves, yellow at the midribs.
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3m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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