Plants Flowering in November

Rarer variegated form with white or gold edging to the leaves

Longer stalked, less glossy leaves than F. japonica. A recently introduced Taiwanese species which is frost hardy to -10° and has made a very attractive free standing shrub here

Wavy, round, evergreen leaves. Clusters of pendant flowers in a mixture of hues, orange, yellow and pink

('Compacta') - prostrate, dwarf form with an attractive bushy habit and pinkish red and cream flowers.

Dark green needle-like leaves and flowers pink and cream

Very hardy species which forms a bushy shrub with silvery leaves. Long red hanging racemes of flowers

This species which is South African grows to around 2 feet and has green flower spikes from August

Tree heather. Tubular flowers, usually red-orange.

Pink flowers, cream tips in spring

Golden leaves and magenta pink flowers

Purple-pink flowers, bright green foliage and cream tips in spring

Magenta flowers, bronze-green foliage

Salmon flowers

White flowers, erect habit

Rose-pink, greyish foliage

Lilac-pink flowers and orange tips in spring

(Schizostylis)

red spikes

Large red flowers

Soft pink flowers

Glowing salmon-red flowers

Light pink flowers. Fully hardy

White flowers tinged slightly pink in bud

Large salmon-pink flowers

Yellow flowers, leaves variegated green cream and pink

(syn. Libonia floribunda) - soft downy stems and a rounded habit. This frost tender shrub has tubular yellow and scarlet flowers from autumn to late spring

Fleshy pink flowers 3-4in long. Limited availability

The most spectacular of all Chinese evergreen magnolias. Fragrant white flowers which fade to cream persistantly from JUN-NOV. In windier spots it is best grown against a wall

Bluish green leaves spotted yellow and white at the base. Very fragrant light yellow flowers

Large pinnate foliage and yellow flowers NOV onwards