Ampelaster carolinianus (Climbing aster)
Other names: Aster carolinianus, Lasallea caroliniana, Virgulus carolinianus
A. carolinianus is a climbing, deciduous perennial with slender stems bearing narrowly ovate, mid- to dark green leaves and aster-like, lavender to pink flowers from late summer into autumn.
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1m max. spread |
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3.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Boltonia asteroides (False chamomile)
Other names: False aster
B. asteroides is a tall, upright, herbaceous perennial with sturdy stems bearing toothed, linear to lance-shaped, blue- to grey-green leaves and loose panicles of white, lilac, or purple-pink flower heads in summer.
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1m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Olearia stelluata (Victorian snowbush)
Other names: Olearia x scilloniensis misapplied, Starry daisy bush, Aster stellulatus, Haxtonia stellulata
O. stelluata is an upright, bushy, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub with elliptic to ovate, toothed, dark green leaves and loose, leafy panicles of white flower heads from spring to early summer.
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2m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Asteranthera ovata (Estrellita)
Other names: Columnea ovata, Asteranthera chiloensis
A. ovata is a self-clinging, branching, borderline hardy, evergreen climber with rounded to ovate, bristly, toothed, dark green leaves and tubular, softly hairy, white-marked, red flowers with spreading petal lobes.
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2m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Cosmos sulphureus (Yellow cosmos)
Other names: Yellow cosmea, Golden cosmos, Mexican aster, Orange cosmos, Sulphur cosmos, Klondike cosmos, Bidens sulphurea
C. sulphureus is an erect, bushy, hairy-stemmed annual with finely divided, mid-green leaves and clusters of open bowl-shaped, orange or yellow-orange flowers throughout summer.
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0.9m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Clematis 'Ester' (Clematis 'Ester')
Other names: Early Large-flowered clematis 'Ester', Clematis 'Ester'
'Ester' is a deciduous, perennial climber with pinnate, dark green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, and again in late summer, large white flowers with dark purple anthers and green central bars on the reverse.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hydrangea aspera 'Hot Chocolate' (Rough-leaved hydrangea 'Hot Chocolate')
Other names: Hydrangea aspera 'Hpopr012'
'Hot Chocolate' is an upright, bushy, deciduous shrub with lance-shaped to narrowly ovate, velvety, purple-flushed, dark green leaves, reddish-purple beneath, and flattened clusters of violet-blue buds open to pink flowers from midsummer to early autumn.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group (Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group)
Other names: Hydrangea villosa
Villosa Group is a large deciduous shrub with velvety leaves and pale-mauve, flat flower-heads with white florets in late 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 |
Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Steroidal Giant' (Rice paper plant 'Steroidal Giant')
Other names: Aralia papyrifer 'Steroidal Giant', Fatsia papyrifer 'Steroidal Giant', Tetrapanax papyriferus 'Steroidal Giant'
'Steroidal Giant' is a tender, thicket-forming, evergreen shrub or small tree with stout shoots bearing very large, rounded, deeply-lobed, mid-green leaves, felted pale green underneath. Large clusters of white flowers in autumn are followed by spherical black fruit.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Dipsacus asper (Japanese teasel )
Other names: Japanese teasel root , Dipsacus asperoides, Himalayan teasel root
D. asper is a vigorous, upright, clump-forming biennial with a basal rosette of elliptic, toothed or lobed, softly hairy, mid-green leaves. In summer, erect stems bear stem-clasping, irregularly toothed or lobed leaves and spherical, creamy-white flower heads with prominent dark purple anthers.
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0.6m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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