Syringa x laciniata (Feathered Persian lilac)
Other names: Syringa x persica var. laciniata, Cutleaf lilac, Cut-leaf lilac
S. x laciniata is a bushy, spreading to mound-forming, deciduous shrub with lance-shaped or pinnate leaves divided into narrowly elliptic, dark green leaflets. loose panicles of fragrant, lilac flowers bloom in late spring.
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3m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Campanula 'Spring Bell Blue' (Fairy thimbles 'Spring Bell Blue')
Other names: Dwarf bellflower 'Spring Bell Blue', Diminutive bellflower 'Spring Bell Blue', Campanula cochlearifolia 'Spring Bell Blue'
'Spring Bell Blue' is a compact, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with oval to rounded, dark green leaves and bell-shaped, blue to violet-blue flowers from early summer to early autumn.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Erica x darleyensis 'Spring Surprise' (Heath 'Spring Surprise')
Other names: Darley Dale heath 'Spring Surprise', Heather 'Spring Surprise'
'Spring Surprise' is a compact, mound-forming, evergreen shrub with upright stems bearing small, linear, stiff, dark green leavesand erect racemes of urn-shaped, deep rose-pink flowers throughtout spring.
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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 |
Campanula cochlearifolia 'Swinging Bells White' (Fairy thimbles 'Swinging Bells White')
Other names: Dwarf bellflower 'Swinging Bells White', Fairies' thimbles 'Swinging Bells White', Campanula cochleariifolia 'Swinging Bells White', Earleaf bellflower 'Swinging Bells White'
'Swinging Bells White' is a compact, upright, mound-forming, herbaceous perennial with oval to rounded, mid-green leaves and pendent, bell-shaped, white flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Sideritis syriaca (Mountain tea)
Other names: Greek mountain tea, Ironwort, Navicularia syriaca
S. syriaca is a mat- or mound-forming, evergreen perennial with lance-shaped, woolly, grey-green leaves and upright stems bearing tiered whorls of small, tubular, pale yellow flowers in summer.
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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 |
Saxifraga (Swing Group) 'Mary Golds' (Saxifrage 'Mary Golds' )
'Mary Golds' is a compact, cushion-forming, evergreen perennial with dense rosettes of tiny, dark green leaves and, in spring, short, upright stems bearing solitary, white flowers, flushed pink when first open.
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0.15m max. spread |
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0.05m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Gentiana verna (Spring gentian )
Other names: Star gentian
G. verna is a short-lived, mat-forming evergreen perennial with rosettes of dark green leaves and solitary, star-shaped, white-throated, blue flowers in spring and early summer.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.04m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Cladanthus arabicus (Gold of Araby)
Other names: Criss cross, Golden crown, Palm Springs daisy
C. arabicus is a vigorous, mat- or mound-forming, tender annual with ovate, finely divided, light green leaves and single, deep yellow to yellow-orange flower heads in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1 year to maturity |
Sempervivum x barbulatum 'Hookeri' (Houseleek 'Hookeri')
Other names: Live forever 'Hookeri', Hens-and-Chicks 'Hookeri', Sempervivum 'Hookeri', Sempervivum 'Boulder Wall', Sempervivum 'Plush Carpet', Sempervivum 'Bolder Wall', Sempervivum arachnoideum subsp. tomentosum misapplied, Fringed houseleek 'Hookeri'
'Hookeri' is a compact, cushion- or mat-forming, evergreen, succulent perennial forming tiny, webbed rosettes of fleshy, linear, red-flushed, light green leaves and leafy stems bearing clusters of pink flowers in summer.
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0.35m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Centaurea carniolica (Knapweed)
Other names: Centaurea nigrescens, Centaurea nigrescens var. ramosa, Tyrop knapweed, Short-fringed knapweed
C. carniolica is an upright, branched, herbaceous perennial with ovate to lance-shaped, sometimes lobed and toothed, grey-green leaves and thistle-like, purple-pink to purple flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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