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  • Erysimum

    (Wallflower)
    Brassicaceae

    • scoparium   CAG01640

      (Teide wallflower)
      Height45cmWidth1mFlowering SeasonAllWaterLLightSun - L. Sh.
      Erysimum scoparium
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A charming Wallflower from the Canary Islands, which once grown will convince you that all others are inferior.

      Ever-blooming spikes of small lilac flowers on slender stems hover above fine, grey-green foliage, forming a low dense shrub considerably wider than it is tall. Ideal at the foot of bare legged Roses or other shrubs, breaking up the edge of paths, driveways, car parks or anywhere a high tolerance of reflected heat is required. Looks good when planted with absolutely anything, though other Mediterranean type plants like Euphorbia characias, Cistus or Ballota may be more ideologically appropriate.

      At home with summer drought and poor, very sunny, well drained, alkaline soil, it will none the less grow quite happily in all but the wettest, shadiest sites.

      Undemanding in terms of maintenance, spent flower heads virtually disappear, an occasional light trim will sharpen it's outline, otherwise prune as required.

  • Eschscholzia
  • Euphorbia
    • atropurpurea var. atropurpurea   CAG02543
      Height3mWidth2mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A summer deciduous shrub of outstanding form, happiest in dry, exposed sites where it forms a dense crown of branches clothed in blue-green, linear leaves and bears in spring clusters of dark red flower-like bracts that enclose the true but tiny flowers.

      Naturally found on the lean, limestone soil of the Canary Islands, though it's quite content in all but poorly drained soil, it is well suited to garden life in the south west. Tolerant of at least light frost but inland gardeners may need to be cautious.

    • characias ‘Portuguese Velvet’   CAG02300
      Height60cmWidth1mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun - L. Sh.
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An evergreen shrub forming a low mound of dark blue-green, velvety in appearance and feel, lance shaped leaves in whorls around succulent red stems. Acid green bracts containing tiny red flowers form compact heads which nod above the foliage in spring. Each branch flowers only once, so when spent remove them just above the point of new growth to keep the plant looking fresh and prime, or wait till after the seed has dropped for a healthy crop of seedlings.

      Needs little if any additional water over summer and is quite happy in some shade, great for hiding the feet of a gawky rose.

      A friendlier feeling plant than typical E. characias being lower, softer and considerably smaller in all it's parts.

    • myrsinites   CAG01916
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

  • Fallugia

    Rosaceae

    • paradoxa   CAG02239

      (Apache plume)
      Height1.2mWidth1.2mFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterLLightSun
      Fallugia paradoxa
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      This intriguing member of the Rose family bears pure white five petalled rose flowers on very slender, twiggy, silvery-white branches, sparsely adorned with small, evergreen, clasping, leathery, filigree leaves and followed by long lasting, feathery, silvery pink plumes.

      Quite quickly forming an airy shrub at it's very best backlit by late afternoon sun when the feathery seed heads take on an ethereal glow.

      Found in desert regions of the south west United States and northern Mexico it should prove to be extremely heat, drought and cold tolerant as well as enjoy being baked by hot walls, paving, car parks and road edges. Unlikely to perform well on the east coast though it may prove more successful inland.

      All but poorly drained soils should be ideal.

      Evergreen in Perth, it could be deciduous with cold enough weather that few places in Australia are likely to provide.

  • Ferula
    • communis subsp. glauca   CAG02099

      (Giant fennel)
      Height3mWidth1mFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterLLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A spectacle.
      From a stiff brooding mound of feathery, dark green, waxy leaves, radiating on stout stalks, thrusts a towering asparagus like stem, 3m or more, bearing large globular clusters of tiny, acid yellow flowers followed by clustered whorls of flattened seeds. This startling display requires three or four years of growth, accumulating energy in its fleshy taproot, before it is produced after which the plant, having exhausted itself, typically dies. Adventitious seedlings usually appear the following winter and you once again get to admire the fabulous foliage while anticipating the next hurrah.

      From limestone soils in the Mediterranean, summer dormant and utterly drought loving it tolerates richer and moister garden conditions but is perhaps most enjoyable and spectacular in barren, well drained, exposed sites where other less impressive plants have failed.

      Quite toxic, unlike its less bold but more commonly encountered cousin Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).

  • Freesia
    • laxa ‘Joan Evans’   CAG02305
      Height25cmWidth20cmFlowering SeasonSpringWaterL - MLightSun
      Freesia laxa ‘Joan Evans’
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A charming, small, winter growing South African bulb that makes tight clumps of pale green grass-like leaves and bears a profusion of small orchid like flowers on branching scapes.
      This form has white flowers with scarlet markings.

      Dormant over Summer and then in no need of water all that is demanded is good drainage and it should self seed happily, slowly forming colonies among low ground covers, between rocks, in a pot or used as an edging in no water Mediterranean gardens.

  • Gaura
    • lindheimeri   CAG00250
      Height1.2mWidth90cmFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterL - MLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A tough, hardy, clumping perennial, for full sun. One of the easiest plants to grow. Mounds of narrow, dark green, red spotted leaves produce, throughout the warmer months, tall wands of delicate white butterfly shaped flowers that sway in the slightest breeze.
      After flowering, or any time it's in need of a clean up, cut back to ground level. It will quickly regrow.

      An etremely tough plant tolerating all sorts of physical abuse (eg. being driven over, mowed, poisoned etc.) as well as complete summer dryness.
      Generally self seeds where happy, so cut back before seed fall if you find this undesirable.

    • lindheimeri Pink   CAG00251
      Height80cmWidth80cmFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterL - MLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A tough, hardy, clumping perennial, for full sun. One of the easiest plants to grow. Mounds of narrow, spotted, red to green leaves produce, throughout the warmer months, tall wands of lipstick pink, butterfly shaped flowers that sway in the slightest breeze.
      After flowering, or any time it's in need of a clean up, cut back to ground level. It will quickly regrow.

      An etremely tough plant tolerating all sorts of physical abuse (eg. being driven over, mowed, poisoned etc.) as well as complete summer dryness.
      Generally self seeds where happy, so cut back before seed fall if you find this undesirable.

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