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Trees and Shrubs
| | Abutilon Flamenco
|  | A great flowering plant with deep red flowers that is best grown against a wall and pruned to shape. Hardy but do watch out for snail damage early in the year. A few pellets around the plant should do the trick now and then. For best flowering results pinch out shoots when they have 6 leaves. This will promote flowering all through the summer. Can reach to 8 feet or so and will do best in full sun in a free draining soil. Grown as a container plant and pinched back as above these will make a stunning plant. |
| | Price each - £7.50 | | |
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| | Abutilon Tango
|  | A great flowering plant with flame orange flowers that is best grown against a wall and pruned to shape. Hardy but do watch out for snail damage early in the year. A few pellets around the plant should do the trick now and then. For best flowering results pinch out shoots when they have 6 leaves. This will promote flowering all through the summer. Can reach to 8 feet or so and will do best in full sun in a free draining soil. Grown as a container plant and pinched back as above these will make a stunning plant. |
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| | Abutilon Waltz
|  | A great flowering plant with yellow flowers that is best grown against a wall and pruned to shape. Hardy but do watch out for snail damage early in the year. A few pellets around the plant should do the trick now and then. For best flowering results pinch out shoots when they have 6 leaves. This will promote flowering all through the summer. Can reach to 8 feet or so and will do best in full sun in a free draining soil. Grown as a container plant and pinched back as above these will make a stunning plant. |
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| | Acacia baileyana purpurea
|  | Small evergreen tree with dense pinnate, purple –grey foliage and yellow flowers in late winter or early spring. Height and spread 3-5m. Plant in a sheltered site in full sun and well-drained soil. Hardy to minus 7 C.
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| | Acacia cultriformis
(Knife Leaved Wattle)
|  | A medium to tall shrub from Australia with very distinctive angular leaves which give rise to the common name. The leaves are blue grey in colour. The plant has a very graceful drooping habit and needs to be planted in full sun in a free draining soil. A very useful plant for spring colour from the bright yellow flowers. Believed to be able to stand hard frosts. |
| | Price each - £9.50 | | |
| | Acacia dealbata
(Mimosa)
|  | Evergreen tree with fern-like silvery-green foliage and fragrant yellow flowers in late winter and spring. Height eventually to 8m with a spread of 6m. Plant in full sun, in neutral to acid, well drained soil. Hardy in all but the most severe winters. |
| | Price each - £19.50 | | |
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| | Acacia pravissima
(Oven's Wattle)
|  | Small evergreen weeping tree with triangular grey-green foliage and masses of small fragrant yellow ball flowers in early spring, Height and spread 3-6m. Plant in full sun, sheltered from winds. Hardy to minus 10 degrees C. Also makes a very useful container plant using a well drained sandy slightly acidic soil. Performs best when stood outside for the summer. |
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| | Acacia riceana
|  | Evergreen small tree or tall shrub from Australia with pungent pendant foliage and lemon-yellow flowers in spring. Widely cultivated in Europe. Height 3-6m with a spread 2-4m. Plant in full sun. Frost tolerant and able to stand moist conditions. Adaptable to most soil types this is a useful plant for screening and windbreaks. |
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| | Acacia vericillata riverine form
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|  | A stunning evergreen large shrub to small tree from Australia that has yellow catkin like flowers in spring that completely cover the bush. Height 3-4m with a spread in the region of 3m. Plant in well drained soil in full sun. Should be hardy to about minus 8°C. |
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| | Acca sellowiana Syn. Feijoa
|  | An evergreen South American shrub grown for its attractive shallow cup shaped red flowers, which are produced singly in mid summer. These are complimented by the grey green foliage. Height and spread in the region of 2.5m. Plant in a well drained soil in full sun or grow as a conservatory plant in a large tub where if the temperature does not go below 5 degrees C. you might get the pineapple and strawberry flavoured oblong fruit in the autumn. Outside hardy to minus 7 degrees. |
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| | Agapanthus rosewarne
|  | African Blue Lily. A clump-forming perennial with strap-shaped deep green leaves. Clusters of open bell-shaped, rich blue flowers. Height 1.2m. Spread 60cm. Flower colour Blue. Flowers from July to August. Herbaceous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy in most conditions but protect in very cold weather. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting. |
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| | Albizia julibrissin
(Silk Tree)
|  | Grow in a sunny situation in a well-drained soil. Fully hardy very exotic looking deciduous shrub with mimosa like foliage and fluffy yellow green flowers in summer. Dome shaped crown when mature. Height 6m spread 4m. Can be grown as a container plant. |
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| | Albizia julibrissin rosea
(silk tree)
|  | Fully hardy very exotic looking deciduous shrub with mimosa like foliage, fluffy pink flowers in summer. Dome shaped crown when mature. Height 6m spread 4m. Can be grown as a container plant. Grow in a sunny situation in a well-drained soil. |
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| | Aralia spinosa
(The Devils Walking Stick)
|  | A hardy deciduous tree that gets its common name from the stout spiny stems that form an upright tree up to 10m tall and 5m wide after many years. The two pinnate leaves can be up to 1.5m long with the umbels of white flowers in 60cm long panicles turning to black fruit in the autumn. Plant in fertile humus rich moist soil in sun or partial shade. |
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| | Araucaria bidwilli
|  | A rare evergreen coniferous tree from Australia that forms a conical shape when young becoming rounded with age. A slightly tender plant that is probably best grown as a large patio plant that can be protected from hard frost or grown in very mild areas. Grow in moist but well drained soil in full sun. Withstands mild frosts. |
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| | Arbutus unedo
(Strawberry Tree)
|  | Evergreen fully hardy shrubby tree with pink-white lily of the valley type flowers in the autumn, followed by red strawberry like fruits. Bark is red- brown, rough and shredding. Height and spread up to 8m. Plant in well-drained fertile soil in full sun. An excellent plant for extreme coastal situations. |
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| | Aristea ecklonii
|  | A South African evergreen clump forming perennial with tufts of linear basal leaves. In summer bears loose spike like panicles of saucer shaped blue flowers. Height to 1m with a spread of 45cms. Grow in full sun in well-drained moderately fertile humus rich soil. Protect from hard frost. |
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| | Astelia banksii
|  | A hardy evergreen, architectural plant from New Zealand with silver – green, Phormium like foliage and panicles of white flowers in the spring, followed by pink fruits in the summer. A wonderful plant for creating an exotic feel either in the garden or in pots. Plant in fertile well-drained soil in a partially shaded spot. |
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| | Astelia chathamica
(Silver Spear)
|  | A New Zealand plant with beautiful silver foliage. Forms a clump of evergreen sword like leaves, which will reach about 1m high and with a similar spread. Grows very well in damp and mild conditions such as found here in the South West, but is hardy and can be grown in most parts of the UK. Orange berries appear in late summer. Eventually making a very exotic looking plant. |
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| | Astelia nervosa Westland
|  | A stunning foliage plant from New Zealand with silvery bronze, sword like leaves, that turn red in colder conditions. Forms a clump up to 0.8m tall and 0.5m wide. Best grown in cool fertile well-drained soil that retains moisture. Add peat or compost when planting. Hardy to about minus 6 c. so far, but the larger the plant the greater the frost resistance. Protect young plants from severe frost. Panicles of flowers appear in summer, but it is mainly grown for its sub-tropical look. |
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