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Plant of the Week: Iris germanica ‘Florentina’

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Position: Full sun to light shade Flowering period: Late spring to early summer Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 90m Eventual Spread: 30cm (each leaf cluster) Hardiness: 3a – 9a Family: Iridaceae Iris germanica ‘Florentina’ is a semi- evergreen, clump forming, erect, herbaceous perennial. Its  gray/ green leaves are lanceolate with entire margins and gradually narrowing to a point, [...]

Plant of the Week: Lunaria rediviva

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Position: Full sun to partial shade Flowering period: Late spring to early summer Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 90cm Eventual Spread: 50cm Hardiness: 5a – 9b Family: Brassicaceae Lunaria rediviva is a fast growing herbaceous perennial with an erect, clump forming habit. Its mid green leaves are heart shaped with a serrate margin and pointed tip, [...]

Plant of the Week: Euphorbia mellifera

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Position: Full Sun to light shade Flowering period: Late spring to early summer Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 2m Eventual Spread: 2.5m Hardiness: 9a – 10a Family: Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia mellifera is a fast growing dome shaped evergreen sub-shrub. Its bright green leaves are lanceolate with entire margins and have a white stripe down their centres. Its leaves [...]

Plant of the Week: Prunus ‘Amanogawa’

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Position: Full sun Flowering period: Winter to spring Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 8m Eventual Spread: 3m Hardiness: 6a – 9b Family: Rosaceae Prunus serrulata ’Amanogawa’ is a small, narrowly fastigiate, spring flowering deciduous tree. Its mid green leaves are simple, alternate,  usually ovate to lanceolate with a serrate margin and up to 13cm long and 6.5cm [...]

Plant of the Week: Gunnera manicata

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Position: Full sun to shade Flowering period: Early summer Soil: Moist, poorly drained Eventual Height: 2.5m Eventual Spread: 4m Hardiness: 7a – 10a Family: Gunneraceae Gunnera manicata is a large herbaceous perennial which forms a spreading clump. Its dark green leaves are palmate, roughly textured and have prickly undersides, deeply ribbed, up to 2m across and are [...]

Plant of the Week: Aquilegia vulgaris

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Position: Full sun to partial shade Flowering period: Late spring to early summer Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 1m Eventual Spread: 0.5m Hardiness: 3a – 9b Family: Ranunculaceae Aquilegia vulgarisis a deciduous. herbaceous perennial. Its mid green leaves are pinnate, with the basal leaflets being trifoliate. Its blue/ purple hermaphrodite flowers are bell shaped, composed of five petals [...]

Plant of the Week: Euonymus alatus

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Position: Full sun to partial shade Flowering period: Late spring to early summer Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 2.5m Eventual Spread: 3m Hardiness: 4a – 9b Family: Celastraceae Euonymus alatus is a slow growing deciduous shrub. Its glossy dark green leaves are ovate to elliptic with finely serrated, margin, opposite , up to 7cm long and 4cm broad. In [...]

Plant of the Week: Silybum marianum

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Position: Full sun Flowering period: Late Spring to summer Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 2m Eventual Spread: 1.6m Hardiness: 5a – 9b Family: Asteraceae Silybum marianum is a fast growing biennial plant. Its shiny green leaves are either lobate or pinnate, with spiny edges, with white veins and up to 1m long. The flower stem is grooved, [...]

Plant of the Week: Calendula officinalis

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Position: Full sun Flowering period: Spring to autumn Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 80cm Eventual Spread: 80cm Hardiness: 6a – 11 Family: Asteraceae Calendula officinalis is a short lived perennial/ annual plant. Its mid green leaves simple, opposite, cuneate with entire margins, up to 17cm long, aromatic and are hairy on both sides. Its yellow/ orange flowers are compositae, [...]

Plant of the Week: Nothofagus obliqua

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Position: Full sun Flowering period: Early summer Soil: Moist, well drained Eventual Height: 40m Eventual Spread: 20m Hardiness: 8a – 10a Family: Northofagaceae Nothofagus obliqua is a large, fast growing, upright deciduous tree. Its dark green leaves are alternate, ovate to oblong with a serrate margin, unequally sided, up to 8cm and 4cm wide and are glaucous beneath. [...]