Bear's Breeches
Species with deeply-cut spiny leaves and tall spikes of white flowers with purple bracts in early summer. Good cut flower. Drought tolerant. Any soil in sun/ part shade. 1.5 metres (5 feet). AGM
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Century Plant, Maguey
Succulent with blue-green leaves and VERY SHARP SPINES! Good specimen for a conservatory or frost free gardens if kept dry. Needs sharp drainage. If grown in a pot use cactus compost with added grit.
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Century Plant, Maguey
Variegated cultivar with yellow margined leaves for frost free sites. Will grow outside in well-drained soil in mild gardens protected from winter wet and excessive cold. Suckers freely. VERY
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Florists Asparagus
Hardy ornamental asparagus with very fine, soft, lush green foliage and small pink tinged white flowers for a short while in summer. Ideal for coastal gardens. For well drained soil in full sun. 1.2
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Box
Variegated cultivar of the common box used for hedging and topiary. Trim to shape during summer if needed. For fertile, well drained soil in sun/ part shade. For hedging, plant 9-15 inches apart.
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Pretty variegated grass with a pinkish tinge with age. Graceful purple-pink flowers spikes in summer. Clump forming. Prefers, moist fertile soil in sun/ part shade but will tolerate poor soils once
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Bellflower
Large pendant purple-violet bell-shaped flowers from June-Aug. For sun/part shade in moist but well drained, neutral-alkaline soil. 1.2 metres (4 feet). AGM.
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Semi-herbaceous clematis with open, rosy-purple flowers, to 8cm (3 ¼ in) across, from May-Sept. Ideal for a pot. Not self-clinging so needs to be tied in or allowed to scramble through shrubs/ other
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Green Sotol
A species from Central Mexico which eventually forms a trunk up to 5 ft tall, topped by a mass of narrow leaves armed with hooked spines, terminating in a tuft of fibres. 1.5 metres (5 feet). Minimum
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Goldie's Wood Fern
A dramatic fern with large, pale green bi-pinnate fronds to 4 ft in length. Ideal for a woodland garden. Grow in moist, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil in shade. It will tolerate dryish conditions
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Night Blooming Cereus
Cactus with large fleshy leaves and scented white flowers in summer. They need an open compost (peat based with added bark) and shade from hot sun. Minimum 3 - 7° C.
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A tall perennial with variegated leaves and umbels of purple-pink flowers in late summer. Very good for Bees and Butterlfies. Also makes a nice cut flower and is good for coastal gardens. Grow in
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Evergreen shrub with large heads, to 20cm/ 8 ins across, of fragrant small white daisies in late summer (often produces a flush of flowers in spring as well if mild.) For well drained soil in full
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Milkweed, Spurge
Tender succulent with an upright habit and branching fleshy leafless stems. Grow in full sun in loam based compost with plenty of added grit. Min. 10°C. CAUTION, SAP CAN BE AN IRRITANT. 2 metres (6
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Purple Fennel
(Foeniculum vulgare 'Rubrum'.) Bold perennial with aniseed-flavoured, purple leaves, which turn glaucous with age. Flat umbels of yellow flowers appear from July-August. Very ornamental. Grow in
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