Arum maculatum (Lords and ladies)
Other names: Cuckoo pint, Wild arum, Jack in the pulpit, Devils and angels, Cows and bulls
A. maculatum is a herbaceous perennial with green, glossy leaves with purple spots that appear from winter to spring with and a pale green-white hooded leaf-like spathe. In summer the leaves die down but red berries are produced.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
'Crescendo Pink and Rose Shades' Crescendo Series is a compact, semi-evergreen perennial with basal rosettes of ovate, veined, dark green leaves and erect stems bearing umbels of rose-pink flowers with yellow centres from late winter into spring.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Garrya x issaquahensis 'Glasnevin Wine' (Silk tassel 'Glasnevin Wine')
Other names: Silk tasselbush 'Glasnevin Wine'
'Glasnevin Wine' is a vigorous, upright, bushy, evergreen shrub or small tree with elliptic, leathery, glossy, wavy-margined, dark green leaves and long, pendent, dense, dark red and pale green male catkins from midwinter to early spring.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Erysimum 'Stars and Stripes' (Wallflower 'Stars and Stripes')
'Stars and Stripes' is a bushy, evergreen perennial with narrow, green and yellow variegated leaves and erect racemes of bright purple and red flowers from late winter to early 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 |
Viola x wittrockiana 'Splendid Blue and Yellow' (Pansy 'Splendid Blue and Yellow')
Other names: Viola x wittrockiana 'Splendid Blue & Yellow'
'Splendid Blue and Yellow' is a compact, clump-forming, often short-lived, evergreen perennial with ovate to heart-shaped, toothed, dark green leaves and, in summer, violet-blue flowers with veined, pale yellow lower petals.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Milky Way' (Bethlehem sage 'Milky Way')
Other names: Pulmonaria 'Milchstrasse', Pulmonaria 'Milky Way', Jerusalem sage 'Milky Way', Blue and pink ladies 'Milky Way', Joseph and Mary 'Milky Way'
'Milky Way' is a loosely clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with large, elliptic, velvety, spotted, mid-to bright green leaves and, from midwinter into spring, funnel-shaped, lilac-pink flowers that fade to blue.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Dora Bielefeld' (Bethleman sage 'Dora Bielefeld')
Other names: Jerusalem sage 'Dora Bielefeld', Lady's tears 'Dora Bielefeld', Soliders and sailors 'Dora Bielefeld'
'Dora Bielefeld' is a compact, softly-hairy, semi-evergreen perennial forming a wide clump of ovate, spotted, bright green leaves and, from late winter into spring, clusters of bell-shaped, pink flowers aging violet.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Philotheca myoporoides (Long-leaf wax flower)
Other names: Eriostemon myoporoides, Native wax flower, Gin and tonic plant, Gin & tonic plant
P. myoporoides is an erect, bushy, dense, evergreen shrub with oblong, aromatic, dark green leaves, paler underneath, and pink buds opening to white flowers from autumn to spring or summer.
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2.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Helleborus x hybridus (Hybrid Lenten rose)
Other names: Hybrid Christmas rose
H. x hybridus is a variable group of clump-forming, evergreen perennials with leathery, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and, from midwinter to mid-spring, saucer-shaped, single or double, white, purple, green, pink, or yellow flowers, sometimes spotted.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus 'Painted Bunting' (Christmas rose 'Painted Bunting')
Other names: Lenten rose 'Painted Bunting'
'Painted Bunting' is a compact, clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and, from late winter to early spring, upright stems bearing nodding to outward-facing, saucer-shaped, white flowers with reddish-purple veins, petal margins, and petal bases.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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