Ilex aquifolium
Common holly is a useful evergreen shrub that can be grown as a specimen tree, clipped bushes or as a hedge. There are dozens of varieties, many with variegated leaves. Plants are either male or female. Both sexes are required for the female ... [... more]
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Buddleja davidii 'Royal Red'
One of Nigel Colborn's favourite plants for chalky soil, 'Royal Red' is also an Award of Garden Merit (AGM) holder. As tough and easy to grow as any of the butterfly bushes, it bears large panicles of dark red-purple flowers, up to 40cm (16in) ... [... more]
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Clematis tubulosa 'Wyevale'
Previously known as C. heracleifolia var. davidiana 'Wyevale', this species is unusual in that it does not climb but instead makes 90cm to 1.2m (3ft to 4ft) woody-stemmed bushes, ideal for growing in a flower border or between shrubs. The variety ... [... more]
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Hardy fuchsias
Fuchsias add colour to borders, pots and hanging baskets. With a long flowering season, they range from upright bushes to trailers and large standards. The flowers include singles, semi-doubles and doubles, and can be upward or outward ... [... more]
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Tagetes tenuifolia 'Lemon Gem'
Although books often call this annual signet marigold or T. signata, most gardeners refer to its simply as tagetes. It is daintier than French and African marigolds, the plants forming spreading bushes with countless branching stems, so the ... [... more]
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Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
Find out how to grow Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' Cultivar: 'Royal Purple' All the smoke bushes are shapely rounded shrubs or small trees, and are popular plants for their summer interest and autumn colour. This variety has deep maroon, ... [... more]
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Syringa meyeri var. spontanea 'Palibin'
Find out how to grow Syringa meyeri var. spontanea 'Palibin' Many of the lilac species are very desirable shrubs, with an elegance and charm missing from more glamorous varieties of common lilac. They often make compact, shapely bushes suitable ... [... more]
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Rosa 'Polar Star'
An award-winning variety from Germany, this was named Rose of the Year in 1985. The vigorous, upright bushes are slightly larger than normal for hybrid teas, with sturdy, spiny stems, very healthy matt foliage. The large, creamy white, very ... [... more]
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Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lemon Queen'
Find out how to grow Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lemon Queen' Santolina or lavender cotton is a Mediterranean group of small or medium-sized shrubs that make neat, rounded bushes, with finely divided foliage. They enjoy warm sunny positions, and ... [... more]
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Allison Wallace
I was hooked. Call it adrenaline surge, call it honeybee venom in my veins-whatever the explanation, henceforth I would need these funky little critters in my life. Givers of sweet, thick honey, bringers forth of the fruits from trees and bushes ... [... more]
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Corinda/Natal Plum/Karonda Pickle
Karonda or Corinda or Carissa carandas, a small, very sharp, acid fruit that grows in India on small, thorny bushes, during the summer months. It is the size of an olive, with small pips/seeds and it is ivory white in colour, tinged heavily with ... [... more]
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Cotinus 'Grace'
Find out how to grow Cotinus 'Grace' Cultivar: 'Grace' All the smoke bushes are shapely rounded shrubs or small trees, once grouped with the sumachs (Rhus) and popular as specimen plants for their summer interest and autumn colour. There are ... [... more]
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