Tragopogon porrifolius (Salsify)
Other names: Jerusalem star, Oyster plant, Oyster root, Purple goat's beard, Vegetable oyster, Crocus-leaved goatsbeard, Grassleaf goatsbeard
T. porrifolius is a biennial with an edible taproot, rosettes of erect, primarily unbranched stems bearing linear, grass-like, mid- to blue-green leaves and, in summer, purple flowerheads surrounded by long, prominent green bracts.
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0.4m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Microsorum musifolium 'Crocodyllus' (Crocodile fern)
Other names: Crocodylus fern , Microsorum musifolium 'Crocodylus', Alligator fern, Polypodium musifolium 'Crocodyllus'
'Crocodyllus' is a tender, rosette-forming, epiphytic fern with long, glossy, strap-shaped, light green leaves with prominent, netted, dark green veins.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Asiatic lily 'Choco', Choco lily
'Choco' is a bulbous perennial with erect stems bearing narrowly ovate, spirally-arranged, glossy, dark green leaves and, in summer, large, outward-facing, black-flushed, dark red flowers.
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0.4m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Crocosmia x crocosmioides 'Castle Ward Late' (Montbretia 'Castle Ward Late')
Other names: Crocosmia × crocosmioides 'Castleward Late'
'Castle Ward Late' is a clump-forming, cormous perennial with upright, lance-shaped, pleated, mid-green leaves and, from late summer to mid-autumn, dark green, arching stems bearing racemes of funnel-shaped, orange-red flowers, sometimes bicoloured with yellow.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dianthus 'Golden Cross' (Border carnation 'Golden Cross')
'Golden Cross' is an upright, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with linear, grey-green leaves and stiff, erect stems bearing unscented, fully double, bright to creamy-yellow flowers in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Brassica oleracea 'Premium Crop' (Broccoli 'Premium Crop')
'Premium Crop' is a rosette-forming biennial with triangular, shallowly scalloped, blue-green basal leaves and short, sturdy stalks bearing densely packed, edible heads of blue-green florets ready for harvest approximately 58 days after sowing.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Papaver somniferum 'Victoria Cross' (Opium poppy 'Victoria Cross')
'Victoria Cross' is an erect, hardy annual with deeply-lobed, grey-green leaves and, in summer, erect, leafy stems bearing large, fringed, bright red flowers, marked white at the base of each petal, followed by large, grey-green seed pods.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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3-4 months to maturity |
Canna x ehemanii 'Crozy' (Ehemann's canna 'Crozy')
Other names: Indian shot plant 'Eden Project' Range, Canna x ehemannii 'Crozy'
'Crozy', the 'Eden Project' Range, has striking foliage and bears clusters of flowers in oranges and yellows in summer and autumn.
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0.8m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Cucurbita pepo 'Tiger Cross' (Marrow 'Tiger Cross')
'Tiger Cross' F1 is a bushy, trailing perennial often cultivated as an annual. It has green leaves and yellow flowers that develop into elongated green, striped fruits of good length. It is an early maturing type, resistant to Cucumber mosaic virus.
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2m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Cucumis sativus 'Long Crop' (Cucumber 'Long Crop')
'Long Crop' is a perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual. It produces bright yellow flowers which then form heavy crops of long, thin, dark-green fruit in summer through until early autumn.
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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 |
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