Archive for the ‘Garden Plants > Shrubs’ Category
Grevillea – Grevillea Olympic Flame – Grevillea Olympic Flame
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An evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and compact habit, Red spidery flowers are borne over a long period making this a delightful shrub to have in the garden.
Japanese Aralia – Fatsia japonica
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A gorgeous tropical-looking plant has large glossy green palmate leaves that add an exotic touch to any garden.
Leucothoe – Leucothoe fontanesiana Rainbow – Leucothoe fontanesiana Rainbow
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'Rainbow' is an arching evergreen shrub. Handsome dark green foliage with golden variegation. The foliage takes on a coppery tinge in winter. White bells hang under the foliage. This handsome shrub forms a good groundcover under trees.
Australian Fuchsia – Correa Mannii – Correa Mannii
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'Mannii' is a lovely conservatory plant with its interesting evergreen foliage and unusual red bells that are pink inside. The flowers appear intermittently between the main flowering periods to give long periods of enjoyment.
Abelia – Abelia grandiflora Aurea – Abelia grandiflora Aurea
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This golden Abelia is a striking golden foliaged evergreen shrub. It forms a mound of foliage that will brighten a dull corner, An added advantage is that it flowers late in the season adding colour and interest in autumn when the bush is covered with tubular white flowers with a pinkish flush.
Hollyleaf Sweetspire – Itea ilicifolia – Itea ilicifolia
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Itea is a delightful evergreen shrub that is best grown against a wall where it will cope with shade. The holly-like foliage that looks great throughout the year. In late summer it becomes bedecked with long, thin racemes of greenish-white, fragrant flowers that are very striking. A great plant to add interest to a boring wall.
Abelia plants available online at Eden Project shop – Abelia floribunda
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Abelia floribunda is an evergreen shrub with eye-catching, pendent, purple-pink tubular flowers. An half-hardy shrub that requires a warm wall to thrive but when in flower it is well worth the extra care needed to grow this lovely plant.
Lantern Tree available online at Eden Project Shop – Crinodendron hookerianum Ada Hoffman
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Lantern Tree - 'Ada Hoffman' is an unusual pink form of the lantern tree. A lovely evergreen tree which is really striking when bedecked with pink lanterns in late spring. Plant in a a sheltered site. Very much a connoisseur's plant.
Skylark Californian Lilac – Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Skylark – Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Skylark
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A delightful Ceanothus with dark green evergreen foliage. The deep blue flowers smother the foliage in May and June often slightly later than other Ceanothus so the season is extented. Beautiful against a wall or fence in a mixed border.
Eucalyptus tree available online at Eden Project Shop – Eucalyptus gunnii
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Eucalyptus gunnii is a very imposing tree with wonderfully coloured bark. The evergreen juvenile foliage is rounded and used in floristry but as the foliage matures it turns sickle shaped. Richly aromatic foliage that scents the air.