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Stachys byzantina
Stachys byzantina
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Lamb’s Ears An old cottage-garden favourite, Stachys byzantina is an evergreen perennial with a vigorous, weed-suppressing, mat-forming habit. The elliptical leaves are silvery-grey, soft and almost woolly, giving the plant its common name of lamb’s ears, and form a spreading basal clump. In June and July, soft, woolly stems, 20”/50cm tall, rise...
Symphytum grandiflorum
Symphytum grandiflorum
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Ground Cover Comfrey A creeping comfrey with creamy yellow to white flowers that appear in drooping clusters in mid-Spring to early Summer. This comfrey will spread in time, suppressing surrounding weed growth with its tightly packed cushion of hairy dark green leaves. Symphytum grandiflorum is a valuable early provider for bees and perfect for...
Symphytum grandiflorum Hidcote Blue
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Creeping Comfrey Hidcote Blue Sprays of hanging tubular bells start to open from tight pink buds in mid Spring. Symphytum grandiflorum Hidcote Blue is an excellent low growing deciduous perennial, well suited as groundcover for banks and slopes, and as an edging plant anywhere in almost any soil, as long as its fertile and partly sunny. Creepin...
Thyme, common | Thymus vulgaris
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Thymus vulgaris This common garden herb has tiny, aromatic dark green leaves on a bushy dwarf shrub with small, spikes of small, white or pink flowers in early summer.A little bit sharper in taste than Oregano and sweeter than Sage, it is often used in cooking and for medicinal purposes. Bees love it, too. Site: Tolerates exposureSoil: Well drai...
Thyme, Lemon Variegated | Thymus x cit. Variegatus
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Thymus x citriodorus Variegatus An attractive, short perennial bush with small, oval green leaves with cream-yellow edges. The crushed leaves produce a strong lemon scent when crushed which is strongest when it's just about to show its purple whorls of flowers. Used in the kitchen for just this - especially meat and fish dishes -...
Thyme, Lemon | Thymus x citriodorus
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Thymus x citriodorus An upright bushy thyme with dark green leaves and a strong lemon scent. Pink flowers appear in Summer and are very attractive to bees and other pollinators. Lemon Thyme is an excellent culinary herb with a lemon fruity flavour. Excellent in the herb garden as well as rockeries and bed edges. Prefers a light, ...
Vinca minor
Vinca minor
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Lesser Periwinkle A fast-growing evergreen groundcover plant. The trailing stems of Vinca major initially grow upright, prior to spreading out over ground. Glossy green oval leaves followed by bright blue-purple flowers which appear along the stems from April through to August. The Lesser Periwinkle is one of the best groundcover plants, growing...
Vinca minor Atropurpurea
Vinca minor Atropurpurea
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Purple Lesser Periwinkle Ideal for shady corners, banks or slopes, Vinca minor Atropurpurea is a low, mat-forming, evergreen perennial with long, spreading shoots, rooting as they go. The slightly pointed, ovate leaves are a deep, matt green. Pretty, single, deep plum-purple flowers bloom from April to September. Purple lesser periwinkle is a ve...
Vinca minor f. Alba
Vinca minor f. Alba
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White Lesser Periwinkle Particularly useful for lighting up shady corners, banks and slopes, Vinca minor f. Alba is a low, mat-forming, evergreen perennial with long, spreading shoots. The slightly pointed, ovate leaves are a deep, glossy, light-reflecting green, often marbled with lighter green in spring. Very pretty, single, pure white flowers...
Vinca minor Gertrude Jekyll
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Lesser Periwinkle Gertrude Jekyll A really charming ground-cover plant, named after a famous garden-designer and plantswoman, Vinca minor f. alba Gertrude Jekyll is a low-growing, mat-forming, evergreen perennial, rooting as it goes. Small, pointed, glossy, dark green leaves are wonderfully set off by very pretty, pure white, five-petalled flow...
Vinca minor Illumination
Vinca minor Illumination
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Lesser Periwinkle Illumination A wonderful little plant for lighting up corners, banks or slopes in partial shade, Vinca minor Illumination is a low, mat-forming, evergreen perennial with long, spreading shoots, rooting as they go to form a weed-suppressing ground-cover. The elliptical leaves are vivid yellow, irregularly edged in deep green, co...
Vinca minor Ralph Shugert
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Lesser Periwinkle Ralph Shugert A diminutive, variegated form of lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor Ralph Shugert is ideal for bringing a suggestion of light into a shady corner. It’s a small, low, evergreen shrub with a trailing, mat-forming habit, rooting as it spreads, and particularly good as ground cover beneath roses. The small, ovoid leaves ...
Viola odorata
Viola odorata
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Sweet violet, Viola odorata, is a charming perennial, bearing tiny, strongly scented flowers over semi-evergreen foliage. It’s perfect for growing in a sheltered spot in light shade and can make good, light ground cover in a dappled woodland garden or under shrubs. A carpet of sweet violets makes fragrant ground cover in a rose bed, giving it a ...