An excellent seedling selection. Forms a compact mounding shaped bush with very attractive bright green spear-shaped leaves. A nicely structured shrub, ideal for use as a specimen or container plant. Plant in well drained soil,sun or partial shade. 2x1.5 metres.
Polemonium Brise d'Anjou
Polemonium caeruleum 'Brise d'Anjou'
Superb cream-yellow edged finely divided evergreen foliage topped by erect stems of violet blue flowers from mid summer. Prefers full to part shade & cool, well-drained soil, which does not dry out. Trim back hard after flowering to encourage colourful new foliage. Grows 45x45cm.
Highly decorative native shrub with distinctive lobed leaves in a glossy rich green. Excellent landscape feature, avenue or background plant. Perfect in a group or mingled among other foliage plants, bringing something of a sub-tropical look. Makes a good tub plant for a year or two when it's readily transplanted to the garden.
Excellent selected form with three or five lobed leaves, at first bronzy green, turning rich black-red as Winter cold approaches, retaining this colour until early Summer. Hardy, easily grown, attractive garden or container plant. Grows 2 x 1m.
An unusual and distinct cultivar with compact neat and bushy growth habit. Particularly hardy except for new growth, will grow freely in sun or shade. This subject makes an ideal tub specimen. 2.5 x 2m.
Pseudopanax Gold Splash
Pseudopanax lessonii 'Gold Splash'
Showy multi-branched and bushy shrub with richly coloured variegated foliage; whorls of glossy leaves in splashes of forest green, lime and yellow. An impressive picture and indispensable in a modern landscape. Makes a good tub plant for a year or two when it's readily transplanted to the garden.
Showy multi-branched and bushy shrub with dark shiny purple to bronze leaves in whorls of five. Really looks a picture. Indispensible in a modern landscape as a feature plant or background. Makes a good tub plant for a year or two when it's readily transplanted to the garden.
An impressive selection of ground cover rosemary; this time with lush green foliage and covered in very rich blue flowers. A good choice for among paving or driveway cobbles where the scent is immediate when crushed or walked upon. Equally effective for under-planting established shrubs or roses.
An extremely dense, dark-green ground hugging form of rosemary. It has very fine leaves, bright blue flowers and a wonderful pendulous habit making it ideal for use on banks and in walls. Try it in a mixed container with other culinary shrubs, or perhaps with Mediterranean-style flowering plants - marguerite daisies for example.
Spring brings masses of cool, deep-blue flowers on this upright form. Great for a rich splash of colour. En masse it's a striking display and regular trimming can produce an attractive, informal hedge. Can also be kept clipped into topiary shapes in containers which can then be placed on paved areas and by doorways.
