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Architectural Plants

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Architectural plants have a strong and distinctive shape both in their leaf form and in their overall growth pattern. Many of the best architectural plants are evergreen or have a distinctive presence if grown indoors in containers. Others can properly fit into the category of architectural plants because of their bark coloration or branch shape or because they provide interest and colour during the dull winter months. By definition architectural plants tend to be fairly large.

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ACACIA pravissima >

Oven's acacia, Wedged leaf wattle

Slender architectural branchlets with globular yellow flowers

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AGAVE americana >

Century plant, Pulque

Large architechural grey leaves with spines, suitable for sheltered hot dry sunny locations

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ARALIA elata 'Aureovariegata' >

Japanese angelica tree

Very rare form with yellow variegated leaves

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ASTELIA chathamica 'Silver Spear' >

Striking silver, sword-like foliage, an excellent architectural plant for a patio tub or to lighten a dull corner

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys aurea >

Fishpole bamboo, Golden bamboo

Tall graceful species, canes bright green at first becoming deep yellow-green and finally brown at maturity. Young shoots edible in spring

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis >

Crookstem bamboo, Yellow-groove bamboo.

Sulphur yellow canes with occasional green stripes near the bases

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'

BAMBOO Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' >

Crookstem bamboo

Colourful and robust with golden canes, green grooved and sometimes burnished red in young growth. Fully hardy and best grown in the open so the full spectacle of these brilliantly coloured stems can be properly seen

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castellonis'

BAMBOO Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castellonis' >

Giant timber bamboo

Canes shining green at first becoming deep yellow-green and finally brown

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys bissettii >

David Bisset bamboo

Fully hardy species. Splits from canes used for weaving in China. White striping on the culm

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys flexuosa >

Zigzag bamboo

Tall growing bamboo with edible young shoots in spring and green canes. A good screening bamboo which, although it is fairly slow to form large clumps is not very invasive

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys nigra >

Black bamboo

Graceful arching habit, canes green at first becoming mottled dark brown or black. Prefers a sunny position

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BAMBOO Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis'

BAMBOO Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' >

Fully hardy and perhaps the most spectacular of all bamboos. Magnificent golden canes randomly striped green

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CARDIOCRINUM giganteum >

Giant Himalayan lily, Giant lily

An unusual lily which will take 5-7 years to produce an enormous 6-10ft high flowering spike of scented white flowers with a deep throat. After flowering the plant will die but large quantities of offsets and seedlings will appear nearby to develop again

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CHAMAEROPS humilis >

Dwarf fan palm, Mediterranean fan palm

bushy architectural palm suckering into many dense stems when mature with yellow flowers in dense panicles. Will survive happily outdoors in milder climates. 2-3ft fronds

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CORDYLINE australis >

New Zealand cabbage palm

Green

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CORDYLINE australis 'Cardinal' >

Dracaena palm, New Zealand cabbage palm

Bright red coloured leaves in this exciting fast growing new variety which is ideal for pot growing. Will tolerate down to -5^oC

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CORDYLINE australis 'Claret' >

Dracaena palm, New Zealand cabbage palm

A new New Zealand introduction with the darkest purple leaves. Will tolerate down to -5^oC

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CORDYLINE australis 'Purple Sensation' >

Dracaena palm, New Zealand cabbage palm

A new introduction with leaves which are red-purple coloured with a distinctive brighter mid-red rib. Multi-branching from the base of the plant. Will tolerate down to -5^oC

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