Sorbus thibetica 'John Mitchell' (Tibetan whitebeam 'John Mitchell')
Other names: Sorbus aria 'Mitchellii'
'John Mitchell' is a compact, deciduous tree with rounded, elliptic leaves that are covered with white hairs when young and mature to dark green with white undersides. In spring, it bears clusters of creamy-white flowers, followed by brown berries in autumn.
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15m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Malus domestica 'John Standish' (Apple 'John Standish')
Other names: Dessert apple 'John Standish'
'John Standish' is an upright, deciduous tree with ovate, toothed, dark grey-green leaves turning yellow or orange in autumn, and white flowers in mid-spring followed by spherical, edible, glossy, red fruit with crisp, sweet, pale yellow flesh, ready for harvest in mid-autumn.
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8m max. spread |
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8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Centaurea 'John Coutts' (Knapweed 'John Coutts' )
Other names: Centaurea hypoleuca 'John Coutts' , Cornflower 'John Coutts'
'John Coutts' is vigorous, clump-forming, slowly-spreading, herbaceous perennial with broadly lance-shaped, pinnately lobed, grey-green leaves, white-hairy beneath, and upright stems bearing fragrant, purple-pink flower heads in summer.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Camassia 'John Treasure' (Camas 'John Treasure')
Other names: Quamash 'John Treasure', Camassia leichtlinii 'John Treasure'
'John Treasure' is a compact, upright, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with linear, mid-green leaves and erect stems bearing racemes of double, deep blue flowers in late spring to early summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ruscus acleatus 'John Redmond' (Butcher's broom 'John Redmond')
Other names: Box holly 'John Redmond', Jew's myrtle 'John Redmond', Shepherd's myrtle 'John Redmond', Knee holly 'John Redmond'
'John Redmond' is a compact, dense, clump-forming, evergreen sub-shrub with upright branches bearing glossy, ovate, spine-tipped, dark green leaves and, on female plants, inconspicuous, star-shaped, pale green flowers in spring followed by spherical, bright red fruit in summer and autumn.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Crocosmia 'John Boots' (Crocosmia 'John Boots')
Other names: Montbretia 'John Boots'
'John Boots' is a clump-forming, cormous perennial with upright, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves and, from midsummer into autumn, arching, wiry stems bear racemes of yellow, funnel-shaped flowers.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Chrysanthemum 'Yellow John Hughes' (Chrysanthemum 'Yellow John Hughes')
Other names: Dendranthema 'Yellow John Hughes'
'Yellow John Hughes' is a tender perennial with an erect habit. Its divided foliage is dark-green. In late autumn it bears fully-double, bright-yellow flowers with incurved florets.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' (Manzanita 'John Dourley')
Other names: Bush manzanita 'John Dourley'
'John Dourley' is a spreading, evergreen shrub with small, ovate, leathery, grey-green leaves, flushed red when young, and clusters of pendent, urn-shaped, pink-flushed, white flowers from late winter into spring.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Callistemon viminalis 'Little John' (Weeping bottlebrush 'Little John')
Other names: Callistemon citrinus 'Little John', Bottlebrush 'Little John', Dwarf bottlebrush 'Little John', Melaleuca viminalis 'Little John'
'Little John' is a dense, mound-forming, evergreen shrub with narrowly lance-shaped, blue-green leaves and, from summer into autumn, bottlebrush-like spikes of tiny flowers with prominent, bright red stamens.
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2m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Rhododendron 'John Cairns' (Rhododendron 'John Cairns')
Other names: Evergreen azalea 'John Cairns', Kaempferi azalea 'John Cairns'
'John Cairns' is a compact, upright, evergreen shrub with small, elliptic, glossy, dark green leaves and flattened trusses of funnel-shaped, orange-red flowers in spring.
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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 |
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