Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)
Other names: Sardian nut, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, Common chestnut, Eurasian chestnut
C. sativa is a large fast-growing tree with grooved bark and glossy, serrated, oblong leaves. Yellow catkins in autumn followed by spiny fruits containing edible nuts.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20 years to maturity |
Ocimum basilicum (Sweet basil)
Other names: Lemon basil, Common basil, Greek royal, Kiss-me-Nicholas, Greek basil, Sweet green basil
O. basilicum is an aromatic herb with bright green, delicate leaves and spikes of small, tubular white or pink-tinged flowers in late summer.
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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 |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gum Ball' (Sweet gum 'Gum Ball')
Other names: American red gum 'Gum Ball', Copalm balsam 'Gum Ball', Satin walnut 'Gum Ball', Liquidambar styraciflua 'Gumball'
'Gum Ball' is a compact, deciduous tree with a dense, rounded crown of deeply-lobed, glossy, mid-green leaves turning bright orange-red in autumn. Insignificant greenish-white flowers in spring and are followed by clusters of woody, burr-like fruit capsules.
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2m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Stared' (Sweet gum 'Stared')
Other names: Liquidambar styraciflua 'Stella', American red gum 'Stared', Bilsted 'Stared', Satin walnut 'Stared', Copalm balsam 'Stared', Liquidambar styraciflua 'Star Red'
'Stared' is an upright, broadly conical, deciduous tree with deeply-lobed, glossy, mid-green leaves turning bright red in autumn. Insignificant greenish-white flowers in spring and are followed by clusters of woody, burr-like fruit capsules.
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12m max. spread |
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18m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus' (Variegated slender sweet flag)
'Variegatus' is a moisture loving grass with a compact, tufted habit and semi-evergreen strap-like leaves with a creamy yellow edge.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna 'Purple Stem' (Sweet box 'Purple Stem')
Other names: Himalayan sweet box 'Purple Stem'
'Purple Stem' has dark green slender pointed leaves and off-white flower tufts which sometimes set as black berries. The scent from the fairly insignificant flowers is sweet and strong.
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2.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Acorus calamus 'Argenteostriatus' (Silver-striped sweet flag)
Other names: Variegated sweet flag, Acorus calamus 'Variegatus', Sweet flag 'Argenteostriatus', Sweet flag 'Variegatus', Acorus gramineus 'Argenteostriatus'
'Variegatus' is a clump-forming, spreading, moisture-loving, deciduous perennial with aromatic, sword-shaped, green- and cream-striped leaves and insignificant, spike-like flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Acorus gramineus 'Licorice' (Japanese rush 'Licorice')
Other names: Japanese sweet flag 'Licorice', Dwarf sweet flag 'Licorice', Grassy-leaved sweet flag 'Licorice'
'Licorice' is a mounded, clump-forming, semi-evergreen, aquatic plant with fans of linear, glossy, anise-scented, mid-green leaves.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Oreopteris limbosperma (Lemon-scented fern)
Other names: Sweet mountain fern, Mountain wood food, Mountain buckler fern, European mountain fern, Mountain fern, Queen's veil maiden fern, Dryopteris oreopteris, Dryopteris montana, Thelypteris limbosperma
O. limbosperma is a tufted, deciduous fern with erect to slightly arching, ovate, pinnate, pale green fronds, the pinnae short, rounded, and widely-spaced.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Other names: Green olive, King-of-trees, Manzanillo, Mission, Pickling olive, Queen, Ripe olive, Sevillano, Oleaceae, Olea europeae, Sweet oil plant, Black olive, Lady's oil
O. europaea is a neatly shaped evergreen tree with a dense spreading crown of glossy grey-green to dark-green foliage and sprays of tiny, lightly scented white to greenish flowers followed by small, fleshy fruits which ripen purple-black.
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12m max. spread |
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9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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