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Plant Name

Season of Interest

Ev

Dec

Notes (H x W)

Sp

Su

A

W

Trees / Hedging:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carpinus betulus

Wh.

 

 

 

 

 

Hornbeam

Prunus var.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese flowering Cherry

Acer var.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inc. Sycamore

Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.g. ‘Paul’s Scarlet’

Whitebeam (Sorbus aria ‘Lutescens’)

Wh

 

 

 

 

 

Leaves start silver-white in Spr

Taxus baccata 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yew, reliable hedge

Viburnum sp.

Wh

 

 

 

 

 

e.g. Burkwoodii, fragrant Spr

Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant, winter flowering

Shrubs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Osmanthus delavayi

Wh

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant, early flowering

Lilac

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant

Philadelphus

 

Wh

 

 

 

 

Fragrant, ‘Belle Etoile’ 8x8m

Weigela florida ‘Variegata’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Needs light shade, reliable

Deutzia x elegantissima ‘Rosealind’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Likes light shade

Buddleia davidii

 

Wh

Wh

 

 

 

Fragrant, butterflies attracted

Pyracantha

 

 

 

Brry

 

 

Thorny, dry conditions

Buxus sempervirens

 

 

 

 

 

 

Box - reliable

Aucuba japonica

 

 

 

Brry

 

 

Spotted laurel – prefers shade

Ribes (Flowering currant) sanguineum

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.g. King Edward IV

Berberis

Flwr

 

Brry

 

 

 

Thorny, Darwinii good

Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Cornubia’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semi-E, 7x7m

Hypericum

 

 

 

 

semi

 

‘Rowallane’ recommended

Ceanothus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try ‘Gloire de Versailles’

Cistus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Rose – dry conditions

Escallonia ‘Apple Blossom’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reliable hedge

Euonymus x fortunei

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reliable, variegated vareieties

Forsythia x intermedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

3x2m

Potentilla fruticosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good ground cover plant

Mahonia aquifolium

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant, likes deep shade

Kerria (flore plena)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double-flowered variety good

Rosa sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rugosa – long-flowering

Hebe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuchsia

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.g. ‘Margaret’ long flowered

Sambucus (e.g. nigra)

 

Wh.

 

 

 

 

Black-leaved elder

Brachyglottis (Senecio)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver-leaved plant, dry soil

Rosemary – and most grey leaved Mediterranean plants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herbaceous Perennials / Annuals:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Euphorbia sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geum sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paeonia sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climbers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halliana - evergreen

Chaenomeles sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flowering quince

This is a personal selection of suitable plants and is not a complete list.