| ACACIA BAILEYANA grey pinnate foliage masses of mimosa flws jan -april within 2 yrs.Grows well in a sheltered spot outside in South Lincs down to -8C and no damage in flower best descibed as Sex on a stick !! |
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ACACIA DEALBATA florists mimosa yellow flws requires grows well and flowers as far north as Lincoln scented flowers similar to baileyana but scented, Scented Sex on a stick !! |
| ACACIA LONGIFOLIA slender willow like leaves evergreen, having in spring long flower trusses of violet scented flowers, good as a pot plant, and is hardy to -10C Zone 8, Is wind resistant and will grow from the base if cut back from hard frosts |
| ACACIA MEARNSII fast growing ferny bipinnate foliage having cream fragrant flowers in spring. Hardy to Zone 8 -7C for short periods, it manages to get into the top 100 most ivasive plants but that I do not think will be a problem in the UK |
| ACACIA PRAVISSIMA the hardiest Acacia with unusual triangular lvs (phyllodes)yellow flws sweetly scented in april, perfectly happy here in South Linconlshire outside to -9C |
| ACACIA RETINOIDES BLUE LEAF FORM if like the type will flower early in its life and flowers well in autumn with scented flowers, which appear through most of the year forms a small tree which though hardy to -7C must be kept out of cold winds |
| ACACIA RETINOIDES willow like leaves, flowers freely large loose paicles of yellow throughout summer, Autumn and Winter does it ever stop flowering lime tolerant, hardy to at least -7C. Starts flowering at the age of 18 months. |
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ACACIA RUBIDA Red Stemmed wattle, shrubby acacia having red stems from the mountains of Australia hardy to Zone 8 bright yellow ball like flowers in spring |
| ACACIA SPECTABILIS as the name suggests. |
| ACACIA VERTICILLATA large shrub or small tree depending on training, prickly leaves, almost conifer like, lemon yellow lambs tail flowers in spring, of Tasmanian origin so is said to be hardy to at least -7C,but needs shelter. |
| AEONIUM ARBOREUM SCHWARZTKOPT striking succulent producing a large deep purple almost black rossette hardy to -5c |
| ALBIZZIA JULIBRIZZIN ROSEA, acacia like folige but hardy small tree, excellent in pots as a patio plant |
| ALBIZZIA LOPHANTHA evergreen tree with acacia like doubly pinnate foliage, yellow bottle brush like flws in winter, hardy outside in Penzance where there is a fine specimen in Morrab Deciduous at -7C but comes back to flower in the same year. |
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CESTRUM ELEGANS proved suprisingly hardy surviving down to -9C against a fence survives outside at West Acre Gardens on a wall, gives a fine show of bright red bunched flowers. Is deciduous in cold temps.
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Cestrum elegans
CESTRUM PARQUI CRETAN PURPLE
CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS ROSEA Classic red parrots beak or Lobster Claw flowers from january to June, needs a wall to gro up and for shelter. |
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Red Lobster claw
CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS ALBAwhite lobster claw needs protection in winter from a wall does exceptionally well in the sub tropical climes of South Lincs on a wall, reputedly hardierthan the red |
| CORDYLINE KASPAR PURPUREA |
| EQUISETUM JAPONICA giant marestail, suited to damp and wet situ. Green banded stems 3-4' high. |
| EUPHORBIA MELLIFERA sub tropical looking tall to 5' with honey scented flws in april |
| FASCICULARIA BICOLOR a hardy Bromeliad, arching toothed leaves form tight rosettes of foliage, grey silver in appearance, on floweering the central leaves go intense red with an insignificant blue black flower structure at its centre. Survives happily to -10C in good drainage |
| FEJOA SELLOWIANA, (ACCA) fruit salad bush, a Brazilian hardy evergreen shrub zone 8, slow growing to 10', suited to coastal sites, fruits taste like strawberry and pineapple, and the the petals are also fruity when eaten , flowers like a large coloured myrtle. |
| MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA Tea tree Oil Plant the oil extracted from this plant is a cure for most ailments of the skin (unfortuneatly for me not baldness) on humans and in fish. . Hardy to at least -7C must have sun and good drainage and prefers a poor soil not too rich in nitrogen. |
| MIMULUS AURANTIACUS APRICOT a shrubby plant with very pretty orange flowers throughout summer, although not completely hardy survives here on a south wall.Definately worth a growing. |
| MIMULUS AURANTIACUS RED red flowers with a yellow throat produced prolifically throughout the summer months on this sub shrub, hardy in a tunnel to -6C |
| MITRARIA COCCINEA LAKE CABURGUA a lax growing plant or climber, related to african violet with deep red flw pouches larger than the type, small glossy foliage, hardy and truly spectacular in flower.flowers throughout the year but most in early summer. Highly reccomended |
| OLEA EAROPAEA- OLIVE vegatatively propagated of proven hardiness, does fruit but a bit small |
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OPHIPOGON PLAN. NIGRICANS |
| PHYTOLACCA SILBERSTEIN Variegated form of American poke berry, having gold splashed and splotched leaves red stems and vibrant red/black berries in autumn, certainly an unusual plant |
| POLYGALA VIRGATA hardy to -7C spires of polygala flowers dark pink during summer on an open growing shrub |
| PROSTANTHERA ASPALTHOIDES small growing sub shrub probably not that hardy with small pine needle like leaves with a strange scent said to smell a bit like apple, having large lipstick red snap dragon like flowers. |
| PROSTANTHERA OVALIFOLIUM VARIEGATUM silver variegated leaves |
| PROSTANTHERA ROTUNDIFOLIUM Australian Mint upright growing plant with strongly mint/menthol scent lvs purple flws produced in spring hardy to -8C best with winter cover. Superb in april. |
| WATSONIA TRESCO HYBRIDS |
In this section plants are listed as unusual often because they are or because they do not fit easily in to the other sections.
