Plant Search by Attributes

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Acid / ericaceous loving

Alkaline / Chalk loving

Alpine or rock plant

These plants prefer well drained soil and are generally dwarf in habit.

Anemone

Several rows large outer petals with centre intermingled and stamens

Architectural interest

Australian / New Zealand

Autumn Seasonal Interest

Azaleas

Bamboo

Banana

Bee friendly

Bell/Lantern

Berries

These plants have berries.

Bicolor

Bird friendly

Black

Blue

Blue

Bog garden

Border

Bowl-shaped

Broadly columnar

Broadly conical

Brown

Brown or black

Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial

Butterfly friendly

Caerhays bred plants

Camellia

Camellias

Clay or heavy soil

Climber

Some of these climbing plants will need trellis or wire supports if grown on walls or fences. Other grow aerial roots and are self-clinging

Coastal / windswept

Conical

Conifer

Cottage garden

Cream

Cup-and-saucer-shaped

Cup-shaped

Deciduous

Double

Multi rows of petals, no stamen showing

Dwarf shrub

Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.

Endangered in the wild

These plants are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of 'Red Plants'. This is a list of threatened species in the wild, they are either critically, endangered or vulnerable to extinction.

Evergreen

Exotic plants

Fern

Fertile moist well-drained soil

Fertile well drained soil

Formal double

Multi rows of petals in a symmetrical shape, no stamen showing

Free draining sandy soil

Frost hardy (down to -5)

Frost hardy to frost tender

Plant can withstand temperatures to -5°C (23°F) but might only tolerate as low 5°C (41°F)

Frost tender

This plant may be damaged by temperatures below 5°C (41 °F).

Fruit

Plants which produce an edible or ornamental fruit

Full shade

Full sun

Fully hardy

Goblet-shaped

Gold

Gold variegated

Gold/yellow

Green

Greenhouse / conservatory

Not the sort of plants to be grown outside where there are likely to be frosts. These plants need to be grown in a conservatory or cool greenhouse or at least brought inside for the winter

Ground cover

These plants are typically low growing and spread quickly to inhibit weed growth on areas of bare soil

Half hardy - unheated greenhouse / mild winter

Hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK except in severe winters and a risk from sudden (early) frosts. May be hardy elsewhere with wall shelter or good micro-climate. Likely to be damaged or killed in cold winters. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -5°C (23°F)

Half hardy (down to 0)

Half hardy to frost tender

Plant can withstand down to 0°C (32°F) but may well only tolerate as low as 5°C (41°F)

Half hardy to fully hardy

Hardy - average winter

Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F)

Hardy - cold winter

Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)

Hardy - very cold winter

Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F)

Heated greenhouse - subtropical

Can be grown outside in summer. Plant can withstand temperatures down to 10°C (50°F).

Heated greenhouse - tropical

Under glass all year. Plant requires temparatures above 15°C (59°F)

Heated greenhouse - warm temperate

Can be grown outside in summer. Plant can withstand temperatures down to 5°C (41°F)

Hedge

Ideal for hedging

Herb

Herbaceous

Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.

Hydrangeas

japonica

The best known of all the camellias, Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica)

japonica x reticulata

Lacecap

Magnolia

Magnolias - larger gardens

Magnolias - smaller gardens

Medicinal properties

Medium shrub

Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height

Medium to light, fertile, well drained soil

Mophead

Narrowly columnar

Neutral soil preferred

Neutral to acid soil

Neutral to alkaline soil

Orange

Ornamental bark

Ornamental grasses

Paeony

Mass mixed irregular petals, with or without stamens

Palm

Panicles

Partial shade

Patio / pot plants

Purple

Purple

Shades of purple/mauve/lilac/violet

Rabbit Resistant

Racemes

Red

Red

Resistant to honey fungus

These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.

reticulata

Camellia reticulata (syn. C. heterophylla) is a species of Camellia

reticulata x sasanqua

reticulata x williamsii

Rhododendron

Rhododendrons

Rockery (inc alpine)

Rosa

Rounded to broadly columnar

Rounded to broadly spreading

sasanqua

Camellia sasanqua (Christmas Camellia) is a species of Camellia

sasanqua x williamsii

These Camellias are sasanqua x williamsii

Saucer-shaped

Scented flowers

Scented foliage

Scented Rhododendrons

Semi-double

Two rows of petals with conspicuous stamens

Semi-evergreen

Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.

Shades of pink

All shades of pink through to Carmine (red)

Silver

Silver variegated

Single

Row of petals round conspicuous stamens - no more than 8 petals

species

Spikes

Spring Seasonal Interest

Star-shaped

Striped, Veined or Multicoloured

Sub-tropical / mediterranean

Succulent

Suitable for small gardens

Summer Seasonal Interest

Tall Shrub

Tender - cool or frost free greenhouse

Tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen. Except in frost-free inner-city areas or coastal extremities requires glasshouse conditions. Plant can withstand temperatures down to 1°C (34°F)

Tender (greenhouse & conservatory)

Tolerates all

Town garden

Tree

Trumpet

Tuberous

Tubular

Tulip

Very hardy

Hardy in the severest continental climates including exposed upland locations in the UK. Plant can withstand temperatures < -20 (-4°F)

Weeping / pendulous

Well drained, dry, poor to moderately fertile soil

Wet or boggy soil

White

Will grow outside in milder locations

This could include plants which would survive happily in a greenhouse or conservatory if not in a mild location. If you have a sheltered spot in your garden then it may do well here.

Winter Seasonal Interest

Woodland garden

x williamsii

Yellow


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