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Plant Name

Season of Interest

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Notes

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Shrubs:            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sarcococca hookeriana

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Box, fragrant

Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant, medium height

Daphne pontica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daphne laureola subsp. phillipi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spurge Laurel

Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suitable for heavy clay

Leycesteria formosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Veitchii’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suitable for heavy clay

Euonymus fortunei

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaves tinted pink in W.

Paeonia delavayi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helleborus sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hosta sp. (eg. ‘Honeybells’)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant flowers

Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lonicera pileata

 

 

 

 

 

 

Violet berries late Spring

Rodgersia pinnata ‘Superba’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suitable for heavy clay

Iris foetidissima ‘Variegata’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reliable, orange berries

Skimmia japonica ‘Wakehurst’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plant m & f for berries

Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant leaves

Symphytum x uplandicum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Var. Comfrey up to 3’

Fatsia japonica

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large-leaved

Aucuba japonica

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suitable for heavy clay

Ruscus aculeatus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butcher’s Broom - prickly

Kerria japonica

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Pleniflora’ recommended

Groundcover / Perennials:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hosta sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pachysandra terminalis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese Spurge

Hypericum calycinum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rose of Sharon - invasive

Epimedium sp. (e.g.  davidii)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or try ‘Rubrum’

Geranium sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lamium maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver variegated leaves

Tricyrtis formosana

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toad Lily

Liriope muscari

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turf Lily

Tiarella cordifolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symphytum ‘Goldsmith’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variegated Comfrey

Pulmonaria sp.

 

 

 

 

semi

 

 

Anemone x hybrida sp.

 

 

 

 

semi

 

Japanese wood anemone

Climbers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lonicera nudiflorum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter-flowering jasmine

Chaenomeles speciosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suitable for heavy clay

C. x superba ‘Rowallane’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suitable for heavy clay

Trees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acer palmatum var. coreanum

 

 

lvs

 

 

 

Ornamental tree to 5m

Ferns:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asplenium scolopendrium

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hart’s Tongue Fern

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Spleenwort

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