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  • Aeonium
    • arboreum ‘Atropurpureum’   CAG02828
      Height1mWidth50cmFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun - L. Sh.
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An old garden relic (no trendy cultivar name here) with large, green centred, burgundy rosettes of succulent, spoon shaped leaves, developing into a thick stemmed shrub in just a few years. Fat, fluffy cones of tiny sulphur flowers are borne in spring when mature, often exhausting the plant but any non-flowering rosettes are easily broken off and replanted so sit back and enjoy the show.

      Winter growing and summer drought loving, as expected from a Canary Island plant, and as with most of the genus too much moisture and shade leads to rapid and unsustainable growth, though some protection from midday summer sun may be needed. Give it a well drained limestone cliff, or even some well drained soil, sans irrigation, and you will have a gorgeous and long lived garden plant.

      Barely frost tolerant.

  • Aethionema
    • grandiflorum   CAG01867

      (Persian stonecress)
      Height30cmWidth30cmFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      Small mounds of elliptical, waxy blue leaves smother in clusters of palest pink flowers followed by attractive papery seed pods.
      Essentially a small, shrubby, ridiculously drought hardy, self seeding, perennial Alyssum. What more could you want.
      For any baking well drained position.
      Trim hard when desired to remove spent stems.

  • Agave
  • Amaryllis
    • belladonna   CAG01045

      (Easter lily, Naked lady)
      Height1mWidth60cmFlowering SeasonAutumnWaterLLightSun - Shade
      Amaryllis belladonna
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A super tough South African that should need little introduction, though, where once its autumn spectacle was taken for granted through the South West it is now being increasingly displaced by fleeting makeover starlets.

      Clusters of large. flaring, funnel shaped flowers, pale pink and deepening with age, are carried atop sturdy, fleshy stems. The strappy, dark green leaves emerge after flowering from the necks of large, papery, brown bulbs that are typically somewhat exposed, adjusting to their preferred depth with the aid of contractile roots. Becoming deciduous with rising temperatures in spring and then requiring zero water over summer.

      Infallible in any soil, in any position except the densest shade. Usually takes several years to settle in and commence flowering for perpetuity.

      For me, nothing heralds more the imminent return of cooler weather and rain than the sight of fat buds thrusting naked from parched ground. I imagine it is the same joy that gardeners in cold regions feel on seeing the first hint of spring in a shoot emerging from snow.

    • belladonna Deep pink   CAG02331
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

  • Arctostaphylos

    (Manzanita, Bearberry)
    Ericaceae

    • densiflora ‘Howard McMinn’   CAG01153

      (Vine Hill manzanita)
      Height2mWidth3mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun - L. Sh.
      Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Howard McMinn’
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A Californian shrub of outstanding merit. Leathery, dark green, elliptical leaves fail to hide the beautiful, peeling and glossy, cherry brown barked, sinuous branches. In spring, pendant clusters of small, pale pink, urn-like flowers are gracefully adorned in an abundance to compliment and complete a most unique and harmonious picture.

      Perhaps best as a specimen surrounded only by low growing plants to not detract visually and allow closer admiration, Californian annuals or ground covering Ceanothus would seem most appropriate, otherwise an ideal companion for larger Ceanothus, Dendromecon, Fremontodendron or other shrubs that enjoy similar conditions.

      Likely to be killed only by kindness, poor soil is preferred and an occasional deep drink in summer may be enjoyed. Light shade is also agreeable though certainly not necessary.

      No pruning is required unless density in place of grace is desirable, reputedly it responds well and would make for an exceptional informal hedge.


      Rarely are Manzanita to be encountered outside of gardens lucky enough to be in a mediterranean climate. Summers of sufficiently low humidity, such as we experience, are essential.

  • Arctotis
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