Bronze Fennel
'Giant Bronze' is a bronze-leaved form of the garden fennel. This is not to be confused with sweet or Florence fennel, an annual vegetable grown for its swollen bulbs. 'Giant Bronze' forms a handsome clump of feathery foliage that is the perfect ... [... more]
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Sickle-Cell Anaemia
Because of their shape, sickled cells clump together, especially in the smallest blood vessels, the blood becomes more viscous (sticky). The result is slowing of the flow, even greater loss of oxygen from the ... [... more]
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Male Fern
This deciduous fern forms a large clump of narrow, lance-shaped, green leaves, with slightly darker green midribs. Leaves have a delicate appearance and look stunning planted among contrasting bold foliage plants. This fern requires shade and ... [... more]
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Montbretia
A long-flowering crocosmia which gets going in July and keeps on to mid-August, giving a flashy mix of deep red flowers and bright green, arching up, sword-like leaves. The corms quickly multiply and produce a very effective clump which can be ... [... more]
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Globe Artichoke
This dramatic perennial plant may be grown for its decorative qualities at the back of the border, where its leaves make a fine spreading clump of blue-green foliage, but it is mostly grown for the edible immature flowerheads which are produced ... [... more]
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Cinquefoil
Its serrated edged strawberry-like leaves and 2.5cm (1in) strawberry flowers in bright red, make this a favourite for informal planting. It forms a low-spreading clump that looks good in a sunny cottage garden border or raised bed where drainage ... [... more]
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Giant Feather Grass
This is a very striking evergreen grass that forms a spiky clump of arching deep green foliage from which a huge sheaf of very long-stemmed, oat-like flower-heads erupts in mid-summer, up to 1.8m (6ft) high. When mature, these splay apart to make ... [... more]
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New Zealand Flax
This striking perennial from New Zealand holds the Royal Horticultural Society's prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM), which is for plants of outstanding excellence. It makes a tall clump of spiky, upright, dark green leaves which are ... [... more]
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Golden Woodrush
Luzula is a tough perennial grass that is at home on most soils, but is particularly tolerant of damp sites, making it ideal for use in bog gardens. The variety 'Aurea' produces a handsome clump of bright golden foliage that is the perfect ... [... more]
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