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 Plant list: Evergreen plants
Evergreens are those more modest plants that don’t shed all their leaves at once, rather they keep a show of leaves all year. And remember, evergreens don’t have to be conifers.
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| Latin name: | | Buxus sempervirens |
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| Common name: | | Common box |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark, glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 4.5m x 4.5m (15ft x 15ft) |
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A dense, bushy shrub with masses of small, oval green leaves. Perfect for clipping into hedging, edging and topiary. Just a warning, the leaves do smell a bit. Some like it, others hate it.
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| Latin name: | | Rhododendron yakushimanum |
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| Common name: | | Rhododendron |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Pink-white |
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| Leaf colour: | | Silvery maturing to deep green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1m x 1.5m (3ft x 5ft) |
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A neat, compact, dome-shaped shrub with attractively shaped leaves that will tolerate slightly limey soils. Parent of many hybrids that have flowers ranging from white to pink, to yellow. Perfect for a small garden or a container.
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| Latin name: | | Taxus baccata |
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| Common name: | | Yew |
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| Type of plant: | | Tree |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | N/A |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 22m x 9m (72ft x 30ft) |
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An evergreen conifer with dark green, flattened needles. In winter, the female plants bear fleshy bright red fruits. Note: fruits are poisonous. Yew clips well to form an elegant hedge and topiary.
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| Latin name: | | Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold' |
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| Common name: | | Bamboo |
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| Type of plant: | | Bamboo |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | N/A |
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| Leaf colour: | | Golden variegation |
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| Height and spread: | | 6m to 8m x indefinite (20ft to 26ft x indefinite) |
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A clump-forming bamboo with rich yellow canes sometimes striped with green. Bright green leaves up to 15cm (6in) long. Perfect to make a narrow hedge with, but do not allow it to spread.
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| Latin name: | | Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' |
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| Common name: | | Elaeagnus |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green with yellow central patch |
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| Height and spread: | | 4.5m x 4.5m (15ft x 15ft) |
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Bushy, slightly spiny shrub grown for its striking leaves, and its fragrant urn-shaped flowers. Grows well in sun and shade, and makes a great hedge in coastal locations.
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