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Acer pycnanthum: complete guide
Acer pycnanthum
Acer pycnanthum, the Japanese swamp maple, is a fast-growing tree with early red flowers and brilliant autumn color, ideal for damp garden settings.
Freeman maple: complete guide
Acer × freemanii
Everything about the Freeman maple (Acer x freemanii): a fast-growing shade tree with spectacular autumn colour for large gardens.
Silver vine: complete guide
Actinidia polygama
Discover silver vine (Actinidia polygama): a hardy climbing plant with silvery foliage, loved by gardeners and cats alike.
AmaryllidaceaeDouglas' Onion: complete guide
Allium douglasii
Douglas' onion is a compact ornamental allium with purple flowers, perfect for rock gardens and sunny borders. Learn care, siting and hardiness.
AmaryllidaceaeOblique onion: complete guide
Allium obliquum
The oblique onion is a hardy ornamental allium with chartreuse flower heads and blue-green foliage. Location, soil and care explained.
AmaryllidaceaeFalse hooded garlic: complete guide
Allium pseudocalyptratum
Discover false hooded garlic (Allium pseudocalyptratum): a rare ornamental onion from Lebanon for rock gardens and alpine troughs.
RanunculaceaeDrummond's anemone: complete guide
Anemone drummondii
Discover Drummond's anemone (Anemone drummondii): a silvery-grey mountain plant for cool rock gardens and alpine troughs.
SaxifragaceaeKorean astilbe: complete guide
Astilbe grandis
Discover Korean astilbe (Astilbe grandis): a tall shade plant with elegant flower plumes for pond edges and borders.
Brassica cretica: complete guide
Brassica cretica
Brassica cretica, the Cretan cabbage, grows wild on Aegean cliffs. Discover how to grow this drought-tolerant, yellow-flowered Mediterranean perennial.
Corsican cabbage: complete guide
Brassica insularis
Corsican cabbage is a rare Mediterranean rock cabbage with white flowers and blue-green leaves. Location, soil and winter protection.
Prostrate cabbage: complete guide
Brassica procumbens
Prostrate cabbage is a creeping North African cliff plant with yellow flowers. Discover location, soil type and winter protection.
Calendula stellata: complete guide
Calendula stellata
Complete guide to Calendula stellata, the star-flowered marigold from Sicily: location, soil, watering and companion planting tips.
Canna iridiflora: complete guide
Canna iridiflora
Complete guide to Canna iridiflora, the Peruvian canna with pendant pink flowers: location, soil, watering and winter storage.
RhamnaceaePoint Reyes ceanothus: complete guide
Ceanothus gloriosus
The Point Reyes ceanothus is an evergreen Californian groundcover with blue flowers. Location, soil and pruning explained in detail.
Santa Barbara ceanothus: complete guide
Ceanothus impressus
Ceanothus impressus rewards a sunny wall with deep blue flowers in March-May. Location, soil, pruning and winter protection explained.
Redstem ceanothus: complete guide
Ceanothus sanguineus
Ceanothus sanguineus is a hardy, deciduous shrub with reddish stems and creamy white flower clusters in June. Care and companions.
Korean chrysanthemum: complete guide
Chrysanthemum x rubellum
Chrysanthemum x rubellum is a hardy autumn perennial with single pink to copper flowers from August to November. Care and combinations.
RanunculaceaeKorean clematis: complete guide
Clematis serratifolia
Clematis serratifolia is a hardy climber with fragrant yellow bell flowers in August-September. Pruning group 3, location and care tips.
CornaceaeToughleaf Dogwood: complete guide
Cornus asperifolia
Toughleaf dogwood is a suckering, thicket-forming shrub native to the southeastern US, ideal for wildlife hedges on damp, low-lying ground.
Whorled carrot: complete guide
Daucus involucratus
Daucus involucratus is a Mediterranean umbellifer with white flower heads framed by lacy bracts. Growing this gravel garden gem.
Daucus muricatus: complete guide
Daucus muricatus
Daucus muricatus, the spiny wild carrot, grows wild on Mediterranean coasts. Discover sowing, June-July bloom, and wildflower meadow use.
ApiaceaeDaucus pumilus: complete guide
Daucus pumilus
Daucus pumilus is a dwarf wild carrot relative with white lacy umbels, thriving on dunes and coastal rock in poor, fast-draining soil.
CaryophyllaceaeDianthus karami: complete guide
Dianthus karami
Dianthus karami is a rare Lebanese mountain pink with fringed pink blooms on limestone cliffs, ideal for rock gardens and troughs.
Escallonia laevis: complete guide
Escallonia laevis
Escallonia laevis is a glossy evergreen shrub from Brazil with pink summer flowers, excellent as a windproof hedge or specimen plant.
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