| Description | Digitalis purpurea
Digitalis purpurea ‘Panther Pink’ is a striking perennial foxglove known for its tall spires of deep pink, bell-shaped flowers with speckled throats. Blooming from late spring through summer, it adds height, colour, and elegance to cottage gardens, borders, and mixed plantings.
- Bold spikes of vivid pink, tubular flowers with patterned throats.
- Upright, architectural form adds drama to garden beds.
- Long flowering period, late spring to summer.
| Cornus kousa var Chinensis, Kousa Dogwood, Chinese Dogwood
This is arguably the world's most beautiful dogwood, with a fabulous show of white flowers in spring, and magnificent autumn colour. A beautiful small (up to 4m) deciduous feature tree and is extremely beautiful when in bloom. Flowering season is late spring, weeks after the tree puts on foliage again.
8" pot size | Escallonia Iveyi
Escallonia Iveyi is a quick growing, evergreen plant with fragrant white flowers in summer. Ideal for hedges, borders or screening.
It is particulary hardy and will cope with coastal conditions as well as a hot, dry location, but does not cope with humidity. Frost hardy and drought tolerant once established. Plant 70cm apart for hedges and borders.
6" pot size, approximately 15-25cm in height. | Liriope muscari 'Evergreen Giant'
An elegant clumping ornamental grass with dark green foliage and very little mess
• Clusters of little purple flowers on tall stems above the foliage
• Beautiful plant for borders and edging, in pots and containers or mass planting
• Grows best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade |
| Additional information |
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| botanical name |
Cornus kousa
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| height x width |
4m x 3m
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| features |
Dense green foliage and tiered branches, the flower heads with large pure-white bracts appear, each bract ending in an acute point followed by red fruit
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| conditions |
Sun to part shade in rich well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Specimen, group planting, general garden planting
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| botanical name |
Escallonia ?Iveyi?
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| height x width |
2m x 2m
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| planting distance |
For hedge or screen: 1m
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| features |
Very rich dark-green wavy edged leaves and long panicles up to 15cm of slightly fragrant pure white flowers in late summer
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Hedging, background planting, general garden plant
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