Rosa 'Summer Beauty'
This is an award-winning floribunda, with a long show of apricot flowers all summer, which are nicely set off by the healthy green foliage. It requires little attention beyond a February prune, when from one-half to three-quarters of the stem ... [... more]
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Acer truncatum
This is a handsome, small tree from north China, where it is popularly used as a street tree. It has dense, glossy green foliage, with five tapered lobes, turning yellow in autumn. Find out how to grow Acer truncatum Common Name: Shantung ... [... more]
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Aquilegia vulgaris 'White Bonnets'
One of the best old-fashioned, cottage garden flowers, aquilegias produce bonnet- shaped flowers that will add an informal note to any planting scheme.'White bonnets' is a lovely variety with pale green foliage and creamy-white flowers. It blooms ... [... more]
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Rosa 'Remember'
Find out how to grow Rosa 'Remember' Cultivar: 'Remember' 'Remember' is a hybrid tea rose with clear white flowers with a pale pink base. These are complemented by the dark green foliage which has a reddish tinge as it matures. It forms a ... [... more]
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Cupressus sempervirens
The Mediterranean cypress forms a very thin, elegant-looking tree that is perfect for adding an italianate feel to any planting scheme. It forms a thin column of growth with dark silvery green foliage. In the UK it can be damaged by very cold ... [... more]
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Erodium trichomanifolium
Delightful cushion-forming alpine that forms a low mound of feathery, green foliage. This is the perfect complement to the masses of tiny pinkish-purple flowers produced throughout early summer. It makes good plant for the edge of a raised bed, ... [... more]
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Pittosporum tobira 'Nanum'
An attractive tender evergreen shrub that is grown for its attractive green foliage and sweetly scented, creamy white flowers which appear from late spring to early summer. The variety 'Nanum' is a lower growing compact plant that is perfect for ... [... more]
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Ceanothus impressus 'Victoria'
A dense bush of a California lilac, it has masses of blue flowers in spring and early summer above the dark green foliage. Like its species parent, it's extremely reliable. A good alternative is 'Puget Blue', which is a magnificent dark blue. The ... [... more]
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Rosa 'Golden Wedding'
This attractive rose makes the ideal gift. It produces golden yellow blooms which are set off beautifully by the dark green foliage. Growth is upright. As a floribunda rose, it should be pruned from late winter to early spring. Cut back the main ... [... more]
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Hottonia palustris
An aquatic perennial with a spreading habit that is a good oxygenator. Its feathery green foliage is carried above the water level, with erect stems carrying the pretty, pinkish white primrose-like flowers with yellow throats in May and June. ... [... more]
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Dryas octopetala
This ground-hugging shrub looks good in rock or gravel gardens. Small, glossy dark green foliage offsets the creamy white flowers, which arrive May-June. These are followed by feathery seeds. Propagate by fresh seed or by semi-ripe cuttings in ... [... more]
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Eucomis 'Zeal Bronze'
As its common name suggests, this bulb from South Africa, has a flower that resembles a pineapple fruit on the end of a thick stem. 'Zeal Bronze' has green foliage with a purplish-bronze tinge, making it an attractive plant to grow, even before ... [... more]
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