Tulipa 'Sweet Lady' (Tulip 'Sweet Lady')
Other names: Greigii tulip 'Sweet Lady'
'Sweet Lady' is an upright, bulbous perennial with broad, lance-shaped, dark purple-marked, grey-green leaves and, in mid-spring, single, bowl-shaped, peach-pink flowers with bronze-green bases and yellow anthers.
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0.15m max. spread |
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0.2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet gum)
Other names: American red gum, American sweet gum, Bilsted, Copalm balsam, Red gum, Satin walnut
L. styraciflua is a mid-sized tree with palmate leaves that change to shades of reds, oranges and purples in autumn. This tree could be mistaken for an Acer however it has alternate leaves, whereas an Acer's leaves are opposite.
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12m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'
'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' is a vigorous, tender, trailing, tuberous evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, purple-black leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers are rarely produced.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette' (Sweet gum 'Slender Silhouette')
Other names: Columnar sweet gum, Fastigiate sweet gum
'Slender Silhouette' is an upright, narrowly columnar, deciduous tree with palmately lobed, glossy, dark green leaves, turning yellow to 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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3m max. spread |
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16m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie' (Ornamental sweet potato 'Blackie')
Other names: Sweet potato vine 'Blackie', Ornamental sweet potato 'Blacky'
'Blackie' is a fast-growing, tender, trailing, tuberous perennial, often grown as an annual, with heart-shaped, deeply lobed, maroon to dark purple leaves. Funnel-shaped, pale lilac flowers with dark purple centres are rarely produced.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon' (Sweet gum 'Worplesdon')
'Worplesdon' has a pyramidal shape and purple leaves turning orange-yellow in autumn.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Festival' (Sweet gum 'Festival')
'Festival' is an upright, conical, deciduous tree with palmately-lobed, glossy, mid- to bright green leaves turning bright red, yellow, orange, or purple in autumn. Insignificant greenish-white flowers in spring and are followed by clusters of woody, burr-like fruit capsules.
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3m max. spread |
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18m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Lane Roberts' (Sweet gum 'Lane Roberts')
'Lane Roberts' is a medium broad-crowned deciduous tree with maple-like, glossy green leaves, turning dark-crimson in autumn. The flowers are insignificant and are sometimes followed by clusters of burr-like fruit.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' (Sweet spurge 'Chameleon')
'Chameleon' is a mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with erect stems bearing oblong to lance-shaped, maroon to dark purple leaves and small clusters of tiny flowers surrounded by prominent, purple-flushed, yellow-green bracts in late spring and early summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Dianthus barbatus 'Monksilver Black' (Sweet william 'Monksilver Black')
'Monksilver Black' is a compact, bushy, short-lived, evergreen perennial, often grown as a biennial, with linear, dark purple, nearly black leaves and upright stems bearing dense, flat clusters of fragrant, dark maroon flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.35m max. spread |
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0.35m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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