Hedychium gardenerianum
This lush, glossy green tropical plant is an excellent addition to any jungle-style garden. It has large, wide sheath-like leaves and huge 30cm-long (1ft) flowers in bright shades of orange and yellow. Despite their tropical appearance, ginger ... [... more]
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Rosa Flower Carpet White
This is a remarkably easy rose to grow, and it has very good resistance to disease. It flowers prolifically from late spring and through the summer. The semi-double, white flowers have yellow centres and the leaves are a healthy, glossy green. ... [... more]
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Aucuba japonica
Flourishing in adversity, this is a hardy, evergreen shrub that is one of the best for shady positions, even in smoky town gardens. Its glossy green leaves, splashed with gold are guaranteed to brighten the dullest corner and look good all year ... [... more]
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Arum italicum subsp. italicum 'Marmoratum'
Find out how to grow Arum italicum subsp. italicum 'Marmoratum' Also known as 'Pictum', this is an attractive plant with large, arrow-shaped, glossy green leaves that are heavily marbled with cream and, in time, make a dense carpet that covers ... [... more]
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Passiflora caerulea
This popular passion flower has creamy-white flowers with purple-blue zoned coronas. The attractive foliage is 10cm (4in) across, glossy green and very deeply lobed. Plants make rapid annual growth each year as this clings with tendrils, plants ... [... 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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Aster laevis 'Calliope'
This perennial plant is a popular choice, as it's full of single, lilac-blue daisy-like flowers from late summer into autumn. Glossy green leaves on dark, almost black, stems adds even more interest to this plant. This late flowering aster grows ... [... more]
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Rosa 'Catherine Petre'
This is a lightly scented red floribunda that has attractive, glossy green leaves and good disease resistance. Like other floribundas, it needs to be hard pruned in February by anything from one-half to three-quarters, before the new growth ... [... more]
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Rosa 'Crimestoppers'
Find out how to grow Rosa 'Crimestoppers' Cultivar: 'Crimestoppers' 'Crimestoppers' is a good choice for a short red floribunda that produces a continuous show of flowers throughout summer, with a nice contrast of glossy green leaves, which won't ... [... more]
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Zantedeschia aethiopica
This is a wonderful architectural plant for pond margins in areas that do not suffer from very hard frosts. The leaves alone are an attraction. They are large, 40cm (16in) long, and arrow-shaped, and a bright, glossy green with distinct veins. ... [... more]
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