| Latin Name | Common Name | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| Abelia x grandiflora 'Snow Shower' | Variegated dwarf abelia | Shiny white variegated leaves on a low growing shrub which becomes smothered in bee attracting pink/white flowers over the warmer months. |
| Acer palmatum | Japanese maple | Small tree valued highly for its pretty, dissected leaves which turn vibrant red/orange in autumn. Excellent courtyard tree. |
| Achillea millefolium Alba | White yarrow | Dense, dark green ferny foliage forms a low, growing ground cover. Small white flowers appear on top of long stems in summer and autumn. |
| Achillea ptarmica The Pearl | Strongly clumping yarrow with White double flowers.Needs full sun. Adaptable to most soils | |
| Agastache Sweet Lily | Pink agastache | Dark pink tubular flowers are carried on tall stiff stems from mid-summer until late autumn. Full sun. Bird attracting |
| Ajania pacifica 'Bess' | Dense bushy shrub attractive all year. Produces thick clusters of small cream daises with a yellow centre in autumn. Thrives in well drained soil. | |
| Ajuga reptans Pink Elf | Thick ground cover matting plant, with pretty pink spire flowers in spring. Sun to semi shade | |
| Allium senescens ssp. montanum var. 'Glaucum' | Curly allium | Perennial bulbous plant, amethyst flowers summer and autumn. Blue, curling leaves. Sun, light shade. |
| Alstroemeria psittacina | Parrot Lily | The trumpet-shaped flowers demand attention, with their unusual combination of crimson and light green. This easy-to-grow plant adds a tropical touch to any garden. |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Pretty starry light blue flowers. Full sun. Good autumn tones | |
| Anemone x hybrida Single White | Japanese Windflower | Shade loving perennial with pretty star shaped single white flowers held high above the palmate leaves in autumn. |
| Anisodontea capensis African Princess | Vigorous evergreen shrub, very hardy and drought tolerant. Pink flowers throughout the season in flushes. Full sun | |
| Anthemis ‘Mrs E. C. Buxton’ | Evergreen mounds of fern-like leaves are smothered in soft lemon daisy type flowers from spring to summer. Full sun, drought hardy once established. | |
| Aquilegia | Granny's Bonnet | Clump-forming perennial, lacy grey green foliage, various coloured flowers spring and summer. Self seeds. Partial shade. |
| Araucaria bidwillii | Bunya bunya | Magnificent statement tree. Ancient and coniferous, large cones. Australia |
| Arctotis Pink | Grey leafed groundcover with pretty pink daisy flowers. Loves sun and heat. | |
| Artemisia alba 'Canescens' | A semi-evergreen, sub-shrub of bushy habit. It has beautifully dissected silver foliage. In summer it bears small yellow flowers. | |
| Artemisia arborescens 'Powis Castle' | Powis castle | Superb foliage plant with finely textured silver-grey foliage and an attractive mounding habit. Use to accentuate ornamental grasses |
| Artemisia vulgaris 'Oriental Limelight' | Golden artemisia | Attractive variegated shrub. Full sun , drought tolerant, frost hardy. Very tough and a feature in the border. |
| Arthropodium cirratum | Renga lily | A hardy NZ evergreen clumping perennial with broad lush green foliage it bears graceful sprays of starry white flowers in summer. Part shade, dry |
| Arum Pink Mist | Strong growing arum with white flowers blushed pink. Very hardy, full sun. | |
| Asplenium surrogatum | Lord Howe Island fern | Fern native to Lord Howe Island. Part to full shade |
| Aster novi-belgii | Michaelmas Daisy | Good white flowered aster, vigourous and low maintenance. Minimum water requirements. Easy care |
| Babiana stricta | Baboon flower | Stunning freesia like flowers in shades of blue/purple. The dark green foliage creates a neat fan like clump. Full sun |
| Begonia | Robust plants with eye catching varied leaf colours. Easy to grow in partial shade outside or indoors. Frost tender. | |
| Bergenia cordifolia | Heartleaf bergenia | Clump-forming perennial with large leathery leaves, some winter colour. Pink flowers winter and spring. Sun or part shade. |
| Betula pendula | Silver leaf Birch | Small, slnder deciduous tree with white bark. Leaves turn butter yellow in autumn |
| Billbergia nutans | Queen's tears | Uniquely beautiful pink flowering very hardy plants. For Pot, Patio, Garden or Hanging basket. |
| Buddleia lindleyana | Weeping butterfly bush | Arching 30cm long racemes of fragrant purple flowers Glossy, deep evergreen foliage with cinnamon trunk. Bees and butterfly magnet. |
| Buddleia salviifolia | South African Wood Sage | Open growing vigourous buddleia. Pale mauve flower panicles are a magnet to butterflies in the garden. |
| Buddleja davidii Red | Strong red terminal flowers throughout the warmer months. Very attractive to bees and butterflies. Easy care. Needs full sun. | |
| Calibrachoa Pink | A low, spreading habit and is usually covered in small, bell-like pink flowers that resemble miniature petunias. | |
| Callicarpa japonica Leucocarpa | White beauty bush | Small pink summer flowers followed by bunches of showy white berries which are held on bare branches through winter |
| Campanula porscharskyana | Serbian bellflower | Pretty blue star shaped flowers smother this trailing ground cover. Best in full sun to part shade |
| Campanula porscharskyana Alba | Wall bellflower | Low-growing, white free-flowering summer to autumn ground cover for edging, rock garden, walls. Easy to grow. |
| Carex albula Frosted Curls | Curly sedge | Densely tufted grass like plant with arching narrow silver green leaves |
| Carex comans 'Bronze Form' | Reddish brown foliage in a low mounding habit. Don't overwater. | |
| Carex testacea | Orange nz sedge | Light orange-bronze foliage that shimmers in the sun. Excellent feature plant. Low maintenance. |
| Carpobrotus Pink | Pink Pig Face | Succulent groundcover with bright pink daisy type flowers in summer. Salt spray tolerant. Withstands mild frosts. |
| Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Lisaura' | Golden lime green leaves with lavender blue flowers in late summer/autumn. Full sun | |
| Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Longwood Blue' | Longwood blue bluebeard | Sky blue flowers topping silvery foliage. Hardy, prefers well drained soils |
| Centaurea gymnocarpa 'Silver Fountain' | Silver fountain dusty miller | Silver-leafed evergreen sub-shrub. Amethyst flowers in spring, may repeat. Full sun or light shade in a dry spot. |
| Chitalpa tashkentensis x | A very showy, drought tolerant small tree. Flowers from summer to early autumn. Terminal white flushed pink/mauve trumpet flowers. | |
| Cistus purpurea | Hardy evergreen with open mauve/purple/pink flowers in spring. Do not overwater. Full sun | |
| Coreopsis 'Congo' | An easy care plant with daisy type flowers that are rosy orange with pink highlights produced in abundance during the warmer months. | |
| Cornus alba 'Sibirica' | Red stemmed dogwood | Wonderful vibrant red stems feature in winter when the shrub has lost its leaves. The colder the winter the better the red. |
| Cornus sericea Kelseyi | Compact rounded shrub with attractive red branches. White clustered flowers in summer are followed by berries that attract birds in winter | |
| Cornus stolonifera 'Flaviramea' | Yellow twig Dogwood | A medium-sized, deciduous shrub forming thickets of greenish-yellow stems in winter. The colder the winter the better the colour. |
| Corydalis Blue Line | Metallic blue flowers with character spurs above fern-like foliage. Semi-shade. protect from afternoon sun | |
| Dahlia sp. | Dahlia | Generally dark purple/bronze leaves. Flowers pink, red, yellow or marmalade. Needs full sun. |
| Dianthus superbus Primadonna | Pinkish lilac fringed flowers. A choice cut flower that will bloom all the way till frost with deadheading. | |
| Dichroa febrifuga | Rare semi-evergreen shrub with dark blue star flowers followed by iridescent blue berries | |
| Dierama pulcherrimum | Pink angels fishing rod | Strong growing strap leafed plant with tall, nodding pink flowers. Looks good over water. |
| Dietes grandiflora | Iris - Wild | Evergreen with narrow foliage and pretty upward facing pale mauve/pink iris-like flowers in spring. |
| Dodonaea viscosa | An attractive Australian native shrub with leathery foliage and small ornamental seed pods in summer. Fast growing.. | |
| Eomecon chionatha | Snow poppy | Vigorous groundcover for the shade with attractive large white flowers |
| Erigeron glaucus 'Albus' | Beach Aster | A tough, low growing mounding semi perennial with large white daisy type flowers. Loves sun and heat. |
| Erigeron karvinskianus | Seaside Daisy | Trailing groundcover that is beautiful cascading over walls or pots. It spreads 3-5 feet wide and grows in full sun. Frost hardy, drought tolerant. |
| Eryngium planum | Sea Holly | Clump-forming perennial with summer blooms of steel-blue, thistle-like flower heads on branched stems above a rosette of dark green leaves. |
| Escallonia macrantha | A tough and reliable, fast growing evergreen shrub with an abundance of fragrant pink/red flowers in summer. Excellent for hedging | |
| Forsythia | Deciduous shrub with good autumn colour. Bright yellow flowers in spring. Full sun. Prune into required shape | |
| Francoa sonchifolia | Bridal wreath - Pink | Many 70cm tall pink flower spikes rise from the centre of the attractive evergreen foliage. Dry shade, although will handle some moisture. |
| Francoa sonchifolia 'Pink Giant' | Large spikes of bicolored pink petals bloom heartily and reliably year after year, growing up to 1 metre tall. Part shade | |
| Fuchsia | Fuchsia | Pretty pendulous flowers from late spring to autumn. Best in morning sun or semi shade. |
| Fuchsia Coralle | Dusty blue green foliage with pendulous coral coloured flowers during summer. Great for pots or in the shade garden. | |
| Fuchsia procumbens | Trailing fuchsia | Creeping NZ endemic prostrate shrub, shade, moist well-drained soil flowers late summer. Deciduous in colder areas. N. Island NZ |
| Fuchsia x bacillaris | Dwarf pink fuchsia | Fountains of tiny deep green leaves and a myriad of minute light pink flowers for months and months through summer and early autumn. |
| Gardenia florida Standard | Attractive, low maintenance shrus with exquisitely perfumed large, creamy white flowers and glossy green leaves. | |
| Geranium macrorrhizum | Low ground cover with shiny green leaves and pale pink flowers | |
| Geranium phaeum 'Samobor' | Samobor cranesbill | The great charm of the leaves is in the brown purple blotches that surround the base of each lobe. Tall, airy flower spikes bear purple flowers. |
| Geranium phaeum Lividus | Soft lilac grey flowers held well above leaves. Tolerates shade and dry. Frost hardy, evergreen | |
| Grevillea lanigera 'Mt Tamboritha' | Neat spreading groundcover with tiny oval leaves, showy pink-cream flowers in winter-spring. | |
| Haloragis erecta 'Wellington Bronze' | Erect Seaberry | Hardy small shrub with attractive saw-toothed bronze and purple leaves. Frost hardy |
| Hebe | Mauve flowers on a neat evergreen bun shaped shrub. Hardy, full sun, | |
| Hebe 'Turkish Delight' | Hebe | Full sun. Dark burgundy coloured leaves 25cm high by 25cm |
| Hebe franciscana ‘Waireka' | The cream and green foliage makes this evergreen Hebe truly stand out and the deep violet blue flowers certainly add to the appeal of this exceptional plant. | |
| Helichrysum argyrophyllum | Golden guinea everlasting | Full sun. Good silver foliage, small yellow straw flowers.12cm high and spreading. |
| Helichrysum petiolare | Licorice Plant | A soft, vigorous shrub with dense, aromatic roundish leaves which are covered with silver-grey hairs. Creamy-white flowers in summer |
| Helichrysum tianshanicum Icicles | silver leafed tidy shrub with lemon yellow flowers summer/autumn.nTough sun loving. One of the best. Long lived, good shape. | |
| Helleborus orientalis | Winter rose | The very long-lasting winter/spring flowers run the gamut from white, green, pink, purple and cream. Part Shade |
| Hemerocallis | Daylily | Hardy and easily grown in a sunny or partly shaded position with fertile, moist, well-drained soil. The flowers turn to face the sun. |
| Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' | flower heads the size of dinner plates in summer open green and fade to green after flowering; big balls of flowers up to 20-25cm across | |
| Hydrangea aspera Rocklon | Tall growing with slender leaves. Very large white lacecap flowers with pink/mauve sterile florets. Rare. | |
| Hydrangea macrophylla assorted | Hydrangea | Deciduous shrub with large pink or blue summer flowers, depending on the acidity of the spoil. Best in part shade. |
| Hydrangea macrophylla 'Ayesha' | Giant mop-heads of pink to mauve which resemble lilac flower panicles arrive en masse over the shrubby frame. | |
| Hydrangea macrophylla 'Variegata' | Variegated hydrangea | Pink or blue flowers (depending on soil acidity) with white and green variegated leaves |
| Hydrangea macrophylla Nigra | Black stemmed hydrangea | Pastel coloured blooms, colour dependent on soil acidity. Features black stems |
| Hydrangea paniculata | Pee gee hydrangea | Very pretty large, robust shrub with showy white panicles of flowers throughout summer and autumn. Good autumn foliage colour. |
| Hydrangea petiolaris | Climbing hydrangea | Pretty white climbing hydrangea. The true hydrangea. |
| Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf hydrangea | Morning sun. White flowers, very good Autumn leaf colour. 1.5m high by 2m |
| Hydrangea serrata | Large sepals form a ring around the central florets. Pink or blue depending on the soil acidity | |
| Iris louisiana Pink | American Swamp Iris | Late spring/early summer flowering iris. Can be grown in the garden or submerged in water in pots as pond water plants. |
| Isotoma axillaris Blue | A low growing native perennial with sof linear leaves. Flowers profusely from spring to autumn with soft blue star shaped flowers. Bird attracting native. | |
| Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora' | Bright yellow double flowers in late winter/spring almost smother the arching stems of this deciduous shrub. Cut back after flowering. | |
| Kniphofia citrina | Poker Yellow | 15cm “clubs” of lime green flowers, that fade to yellow & back to green as they age. Long blooming from Spring through to Summer |
| Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Tuscarora' | red crepe myrtle | One of the best Crepe myrtles with vibrant red flower heads in summer. Very adaptable and hardy. Frost, drought hardy. Plant in full sun for best flowering. |
| Lamium maculatum Rosea | Forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a narrow green edge with clusters of pink flowers from spring to autumn. Needs part Shade | |
| Lavandula dentata | French Lavender | Very aromatic mauve flowers from autumn through to spring held above fern-like grey foliage. Full sun. Excellent drainage. |
| Lavandula stoechas x viridis 'Avonview' | Avonview Lavender | Attractive, spreading small shrub with soft aromatic grey-green foliage and a compact habit. |
| Ledebouria cooperi | Cooper's squill | Often overlooked, this sweet little bulbous perennial. Olive green leaves are nicely marked with purple striping and decorated with rosy pink flowers |
| Ledebouria petiolata | Attractive shade loving groundcover with maroon spotted green leaves and spires of small white flowers. | |
| Lepechinia salviae | Pitcher sage | Shrubby and aromatic perennial bears spikes of burgundy flowers in spring. Heat tolerant in average soil. |
| Leptospermum rotundifolium 'Julie Ann' | Dense foliage of tiny dark-green rounded leaves. Large purplish-pink flowers October to December and March. Excellent rockery plant. Frost hardy | |
| Leycesteria formosa | Himalayan honeysuckle | Upright deciduous shrub producing pendulous clusters of purple-red bracts. |
| Leycesteria formosa Aurea | Golden Himalayan honeysuckle | Deciduous golden leaves with pendulous red flower spikes in summer. Dark red autumn fruit. Bird attracting |
| Libertia grandiflora | New Zealand Iris | Sprays of clear pure white flowers above strappy leaves. New Zealand native. Full sun. |
| Liriope 'Gigantea' | Evergreen grasslike clump with tall spires of lavender blue flowers in summer. Takes full sun down to deep shade, but hates wet feet. | |
| Liriope Royal Purple | A tough evergreen perennial with green strappy leaves and spires of purple flowers held well above the foliage. Semi shade | |
| Lonicera nitida | Box honeysuckle | Small leafed evergreen shrub suitable for hedging or topiary. Very fast growing so a good substitute for Box. |
| Lychnis coronaria Alba | Rose Campion - White | Massed heads of pure white flowers on grey stems above clumps of grey woolly hairy leaves. Full sun. |
| Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Nana' | Finely cut, pink, star-shaped flowers Glossy, blue-green, spoon-shaped foliage Tight, dwarf, compact habit | |
| Lychnis flos-jovis 'Peggy' | Spring-flowering woodland perennial produces strong pink/purple flowers above grey hairy leaves | |
| Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker' | Purple loosestrife | Lemon yellow flowers on chocolate foliage. Sun |
| Lysimachia congestiflora 'Persian Carpet' | Perennial groundcover with dark chocolate leaves and yellow flowers in spring. Part sun/shade. Suitable hanging basket. Hardy. | |
| Mandevilla White | An evergreen climber that grows to 3-4m with a white flower in spring/autumn | |
| Maurandya barclayana | Angel's Trumpet | Fast growing semi-deciduous creeper, hardy and tough with purple trumpet flowers spring to autumn. |
| Monarda 'Schneewittchen' | One of the best white forms of bee balm in Australia, with tufts of white petals looking like a top know on the flower head. Good for sunny position. | |
| Monarda didyma | Bergamot | Ancient herb and attractive border perennial flowering in summer. This is the red flowered form of bergamot, easy in rich clay based soils. |
| Muscari armeniacum | Grape hyacinth | Dense, fragrant spikes of cobalt-blue flowers. Superb when planted en masse and allowed to self-sow freely. Simple-to-grow, durable bulbs |
| Nandina domestica | Sacred bamboo | Colourful red and green foliage which makes this a very effective accent plant. Small, white flowers are followed by red berries. |
| Nepeta x faassenii | Catmint | Grey foliage with pretty mauve flowers. Good compact grower, excellent edging plant |
| Nicotiana 'Pink Sensation' | Fragrant pink trumpet-shaped flowers cover plants from Jan until the first frost | |
| Nicotiana mutabilis | Pink night scented tobacco | Airy stems of marshmallow pink flowers fade through many subtle shades of pink as each is pollinated. Sow seeds at any time. |
| Oenothera speciosa 'Delicate Pink' | Pink Evening Primrose | pretty pink flowers all summer, vigorous sun loving ground cover, drought tolerant when established |
| Ophiopogon planiscapus | Black Mondo Grass | Neat dwarf black foliage makes this a must addition to define paths and edge of borders. Full sun, drought hardy once established |
| Orthrosanthus polystachyus | Pretty sky blue flowers in spring/summer. Strappy foliage like iris. Very hardy and withstands drought and frost. Sow seeds at any time. | |
| Parthenociccus sikkimensis | Very attractive evergreen, five-lobed leaves of dark green and can be either a mat-like groundcover or a climber, as it clings onto walls. It is best in shade or semi-shade. | |
| Pelargonium | Attractive green leaves with dark plum markings. Flowers spring, summer and autumn.Best in full sun. Frost tender. | |
| Penstemon barbatus coccineus | Hardy free flowering shrub with spires of orange/red flowers in late spring/summer. Very hardy. | |
| Penstemon hirsutus Pygmaeus | Dwarf plant with lavender and white blossoms over prostrate evergreen foliage, reddish autumn tones | |
| Penstemon x 'Alice Hindley' | Alice hindley penstemon | Pretty pale mauve flowers with white throat stand tall above the dense leaves. Dead head to promote flowering. Best in full sun. |
| Penstemon x 'Garnet' | Red penstemon | Elegant spikes of small, tubular flowers appear from November to January among lance-shaped, bright green leaves. full sun, good drainage |
| Penstemon x 'Hidcote Pink' | Pink penstemon | A fully hardy perennial semi-evergreen plant with pink flowers. It grows well in semi-shade and direct sun, and prefers medium levels of water. |
| Penstemon x 'Sour Grapes' | Sour grapes penstemon | Elegant spikes of purple tubular, foxglove-like flowers with white throat among lance-shaped, bright green leaves. Best in full sun |
| Penstemon x 'Swan Lake' | White penstemon | Perennial plant with white trumpet flowers on upright stems. Blooms summer to autumn. Deadhead regularly. Dry tolerant once established. |
| Penstemon x Willys Purple | Large upright growing penstemon with dark purple flowers | |
| Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire' | Russian sage | Forms a bushy upright clump of greyish leaves that are lacy and fragrant. Spikes of rich violet-blue flowers appear in high summer. Versatile plant |
| Persicaria microcephala Red Dragon | Red dragon fleeceflower | Semi-evergreen vigorous spreading erect perennial, burgundy leaves, tiny white flowers summer/autumn. Full sun/part shade. Moist soil required. |
| Persicaria virginiana Painter's Palette | Leaves are variegated with cream and green, with an unusual V-shaped chocolate-brown marking. Beautiful when massed as a ground cover | |
| Phalaris arundinacea picta Feesey | Very hardy beautiful white grass with deeper green edges. Wonderful contrast foliage for those harder to plant areas. Each blade bows over to form a skirt of snow. | |
| Phlomis grandiflora ‘Lloyds Variety’ | Jerusalem sage | Compact form of Jerusalem sage. Flowers of yellow whorls around stems. Repeat flowers. Hardy bush for well-drained soil. Mediterranean |
| Phlomis italica | Woolly, grey leaves with whorls of clear pink flowers in spring. Hardy. Good drainage. Full Sun | |
| Phlomis purpurea x crinita Lemon Blush | Blush edged soft lemon flowers sit in tall whorls above velvety leaves. Tough for hot dry gardens. | |
| Phlomis russeliana | Turkish sage | bold, rough-textured, grey-green leaves and soft yellow flowers on tall slender stems. Bird and bee attracting. Excellent weed smotherer. |
| Phlox stolonifera ‘Blue Ridge’ | Low, spreading groundcover with soft mauve flowers in spring | |
| Phlox subulata Daniel | Pink alpine Phlox | Showy clusters of bright pink flowers cover the foliage throughout spring. Prefers a sunny or semi-shaded site. Hardy to cold and dry. |
| Phlox subulata Mauve | Mauve alpine Phlox | A happy groundcover plant for the sun with lovely mauve flowers that can smother the plant in spring. Very hardy. |
| Phormium tenax | New Zealand Flax | A stunning, hardy,evergreen clumping plant with green strap-like leaves. In spring it produces long, dark, upright floral spikes. |
| Physocarpus opulifolius 'Darts Gold' | Golden ninebark | Compact deciduous suckering shrub, leaves bright yellow when young. Clusters small white flowers. Autumn colour. Showy bark. Sun/part shade. |
| Plantago major 'Purple Ruffle' | Fringed Purple Plantain | Vigourous ornamental groundcover with ruffled and frilled purple leaves. Seeds freely. Deciduous. Sow any time |
| Plectranthus argentatus | One of the few silver leaf plants that can grow in shade. An Australian native plant. This silver leafed sub-shrub bears upright mauve flowers over summer. | |
| Poa labillardieri | Tussock grass | Easy to grow clumping grass with dainty flower heads. Tough, great in harsh conditions. |
| Podophyllum Spotty Dotty | Attractive perennial with huge lobed umbrella-shaped leaves boldly marked with rich chocolate-brown spots. Sweetly-scented garnet-coloured flower | |
| Prunella Bella Pink | A stunning hardy perennial, flowering through summer with an abundance of pink coloured blooms above cutleaf groundcover foliage. | |
| Ratibida columnifera Red Midget | Dwarf Red Prairie Cone flower | Blooms with long narrow cones with deep scarlet petals. Full sun. |
| Rhodanthemum 'African Eyes' | Low growing, spreading evergreen perennial with creamy-white daisy type flowers with dark centres. Flowers prolifically. | |
| Rhodoxis 'Hebron Farm Pink' | Small bright pink flowers in late spring/early summer. Quite a statement in the garden or as a pot speciman. | |
| Ribes sanguineum | Pink Ornamental currant | A deciduous shrub, with shallowly lobed, slightly aromatic leaves and pendent racemes of tubular pink flowers in spring. |
| Rosmarinus officinalis 'Rubra' | Pink rosemary | |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii | Coneflower - Deam's | Perennial with golden orange flowers with large chocolate cone during summer and autumn. Full sun |
| Ruscus aculeatus | Butcher's broom | Clump-forming shrub with upright branched shoots. Very prickly. Part shade to shade |
| Salvia 'Fuchsia' | Very showy fuchsia coloured flowers cover this Salvia from mid summer to autumn. Very pretty | |
| Salvia buchananii | A compact plant with shiny foliage and quite large velvety cerise hairy flowers. | |
| Salvia chamaedryoides 'Marine Blue' | Compact grey foliage with bright blue flowers late spring to autumn. Full sun , drought tolerant, frost hardy | |
| Salvia chamelaeagnea | Aromatic shrub from South Africa. Dense, bushy habit. The flowers have a mid-blue upper lip and a pale blue lower lip | |
| Salvia dorisiana 'Hotlips' | Flowers red, white and two-tone combinations all on the same plant, often at the same time. Full sun. Hardy | |
| Salvia greggii 'Christine Yeo' | A salvia with a very tidy habit. Violet purple flowers with a white eye throughout the warmer months makes this a must in any garden. Bee and butterfly attracting. | |
| Salvia gregii Blue | Rich cobalt blue flowers from late summer to autumn. Best in full sun. | |
| Salvia guaranitica | Blue sage | Frost tolerant winter dormant variety with sky blue flowers in mid summer. Tall and self supporting. |
| Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' | Black and Blue Sage | Vigorous blue flowering salvia with black bracts cover the tall plant throughout the warmer months up to the first frost |
| Salvia involucrata 'Joan' | Pink sage | Lovely textured leaves & bright pink flowers over almost the entire growing season. Tough plant, frost and drought hardy. Recommended for beginners. |
| Salvia koyamae | Part shade. Yellow flowers. Low, sprawling habit. Summer and Autumn flowering. | |
| Salvia leucantha | Mexican sage | Drought tolerant free flowering shrub covered with mauve flowers throughout late summer/autumn. Full sun, good drainage |
| Salvia lyrata | Tall stems of blue flowers above green leaves with red veins. Sun | |
| Salvia microphylla 'Cyclamen' | Medium shrub with cerise flowering summer/autumn Full sun to sun position in a general soil conditions | |
| Salvia microphylla 'Huntington Red' | Sage | Brilliant red flowering ornamental sage. Full sun |
| Salvia microphylla 'Killer cranberry' | Small bright shiny leaves with brilliant burgundy flowers. Full sun, Bee attracting. | |
| Salvia microphylla 'Pink Blush | Clear rich pink flowers on a neat twiggy plant with good green leaves. Very tolerant of hot, dry weather and tolerant of drought | |
| Salvia nemorosa 'Caradona' | ||
| Salvia x 'African Sky' | Sun. Pretty blue flowers. Long flowering. | |
| Salvia x jamensis 'La Luna' | Sun. Soft pale lemon flowers with bright green leaves. Evergreen | |
| Sambucus nigra | Deciduous multistemmed shrub with green summer foliage turning golden in autumn and pretty white flowers in spring. | |
| Sanguisorba officianalis St Philibert | Maroon coloured pom pom bud flowers on tall stems above pinnate clumping foliage in autumn. Great in the garden or meadow planting. Full sun. | |
| Sarcococca ruscifolia | Sweet box | A dense, low-growing, sometimes suckering, broadleaf evergreen shrub with a compact habit with fragrant flowers. Excellent shade plant. |
| Sarracenia | A carnivorous plant that attracts insects and other small animals to the colours and sweet secretions of its pitchers. | |
| Saxifraga fortunei | Stunning white or pink autumn flowers smother this little shade loving plant. Great for pots or edge of garden bed | |
| Scabiosa columbaria 'Mauve' | Compact mound of grey-green leaves, bearing large, button-shaped flowers in pale mauve summer to autumn. Full sun. Hardy | |
| Scabiosa columbaria 'Misty Butterflies' | Elegant lilac to pink blooms on compact mounds of green foliage. | |
| Scabiosa farinosa | Evergreen rounded mound with dark, glossy green leaves. Lavender blue pincushion flowers are borne on 10cm tall stalks in spring and summer | |
| Senecio cineraria 'Cirrus' | Ragwort | An evergreen sub-shrub, with elliptic, toothed or lobed, silvery-grey felted leaves to 15cm in length, sometimes with clusters of yellow daisies in summer |
| Senecio serpens | Blue Chalk Sticks | A drought tolerant groundcover succulent with striking blue fleshy cylindrical foliage. Suitable for coastal gardens as it withstands salt spray. Frost tolerant. |
| Senecio vira vira | Grey foliage looks almost white in full sun. One of the best foliage plant for the garden. Well drained. | |
| Silene asterias | Cherry drumsticks | Amazing colour combination of maroon globular heads with blue anthers above smooth shiny leaves. Hardy. Sun. Rare |
| Sisyrinchium palmifolium | Yellow - Eyed Grass | Large yellow star shaped flowers on repeatedly branching stems. The more sun - the more flowers. Sow at any time. |
| Sisyrinchium striatum | Full sun. Tall strappy leaves with spikes of pale yellow blooms in Summer. | |
| Soleirolia soleirolii | Baby's tears | An evergreen, emerald-green creeping ground cover with tiny leaves. It is a soft, velvet-like carpet growing 2.5cm high. |
| Sorbaria sorbifolia | Large growing shrub with panicles of white flowers in summer and strong autumn colours | |
| Spiraea japonica Albiflora | Hardy deciduous low growing shrub with white flowers in early summer | |
| Stachys byzantina 'Silky Fleece' | Full sun. Silver grey foliage, purple flowers in Summer. Grows to 15cm high by 30cm | |
| Stachys byzantina Big Ears | Lamb's-ears | Dense ground cover grown for its foliage. Likes well drained, open sunny position. Larger than the species. |
| Stellaria holostea | A dainty ground cover almost completely covered with masses of star-shaped white flowers for most of the year. Ideal for rockeries, hanging baskets or containers. | |
| Strawberry Red Gauntlet | A very good strawberry variety because of its high yields and extended fruiting season, and the ability to withstand cooler periods . | |
| Styrax hemsleyanus | Hemsley snowball | Large growing conical tree with long, and clusters of cup-shaped flowers in early summer |
| Succulent | Interesting leaf and plant shapes of succulents make them useful asgarden and pot plants. Full sun, easy care. | |
| Symphytum grandiflorum | Ornamental comfrey | Shade loving ground cover, insect attracting |
| Symphytum tuberosum | Perennial forming neat clumps with deeply veined leaves. Pretty pendulous pale yellow/cream flowers in spring. Best in sun to part shade. | |
| Syringa wolfii | Manchurian lilac | Mauve/lilac scented spring flowers. Golden yellow autumn colour. Grows to 3-4m high. |
| Tagetes lemmonii | Tree marigold | Fragrant leaves smelling of tropical fruit salad when brushed against, has rich yellow typical French marigold like flowers autumn to mid winter. |
| Tanacetum vulgare | Green ferny-leafed sub-shrub with bright yellow button-like flowers with a flat top grow in clusters. Excellent for attracting bees and insects | |
| Taxus baccata | Yew | Forms a superb, dense, evergreen tree that can easily be hedged, with bright red berries. Tolerant of hard garden conditions. |
| Tellima grandiflora | Rosette-forming perennial with attractive kidney-shaped leaves. Greenish white airy flowers. | |
| Teucrium massiliense | Germander | A low growing evergreen shrub which makes a formal looking round mound of crinkled dark green leaves. Spikes of light pink flowers are produced in spring |
| Teucrium scorodonia 'Crispum Marginatum' | Wood sage | Frilly edged leaves with small cream flowers. Weed smothering |
| Teucrium x lucidrys 'Prostratum' | Prostrate germander | A cushion-like ground cover with pink-purple flowers appear in loose spikes, attracting bees. Leaves are evergreen, toothed and dense. Excellent edging plant |
| Thalictrum delavayi | Lavender showers | Pretty wands of purple haze float in the air in the summer months. Bee attracting. |
| Thymus longicaulis 'Chaubardii' | Vigourous mat-forming dark green leafed groundcover with pretty pink/mauve flowers. Well drained, sun | |
| Tritonia gladiolaris | Fan shaped foliage with sprays of pink flowers, that appear in late Spring to early summer. Night fragrant | |
| Veltheimia bracteata | Strap-like foliage with wavy edges, part shade, Summer dormant in cold areas, pink or yellow flowers in late autumn and summer | |
| Veronica incana | Silver speedwell | Spreading grey leafed groundcover with purple flower spikes in summer. |
| Veronica longifolia ‘Blue Giant’ | Tall growing speedwell with narrow upright spires of intense blue in summer/autumn. Best in full sin. | |
| Veronica spicata | Perennial evergreen plant with spikes of blue flowers late spring or early summer. Sun/part shade. Deadhead regularly. | |
| Veronica spicata 'Barcarolle' | Pink | Soft pink flower rise up from dark evergreen matt forming groundcover. Very showy. Sun |
| Viburnum opulus | Eastern snowball | Pure white lacecap flowers and stunning translucent orange-red berries in large clusters in autumn. |
| Viola hederacea | Native Violet | Edible flowers, perennial groundcover. Full sun to partial shade, seasonal watering |
| Viola Pink | Small pink flowers are borne in spring above large glossy rounded leaves. Excellent groundcover. Shade to semi-shade | |
| Viola Purple | Small purple flowers are borne in spring above large glossy rounded leaves. Excellent groundcover. Shade to semi-shade | |
| Weigela florida Variegata | Old fashioned weigela | A compact deciduous shrub with variegated leaves. In early summer it is covered in clusters of pale pink funnel-shaped flowers. |
| Westringia fruticosa `Smokey` | Variegated coastal rosemary | A small shrub with soft grey-green and white variegated foliage with small white flowers, which are attractive to butterflies. Needs full sun. |
| Yucca filamentosa Variegata | Hairy leaves are green with a stunning creamy white margin that remains bright all year. Tall stalks of white bell-shaped flowers in late spring | |
| Zauschneria ‘Silver Select’ | Intensely silver leaves on 60-80cm stems which carry large scarlet trumpets from early in the new year until late autumn. | |
| Zephyranthes candida | Rain lily | Funnel-shaped pearl-white summer flowers with dark green rush-like foliage. Sun or part shade. |