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- Award of Garden Merit (RHS Award) indicating a plant that is rated excellent for garden use, of good constitution, and not requiring specialist conditions to grow well.
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- Hardy to -5°C
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- Unlikely to withstand a frost
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- New addition to this year's catalogue.
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1-1.5m. Deciduous wiry shrub, often dying back to the ground in cold areas, but re-sprouting from the base. Clear cobalt blue flowers over many weeks in late summer to autumn, leaves showing re tints in autumn. Conditions similar to above.
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3 x 3m. Evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub, with arching branches bearing white flowers suffused red in summer, with bright orange-red berries through the winter. Can be trained as a wall shrub. Fertile, well-drained soil, sun or part-shade.
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2m. Deciduous shrub, bearing sprays of white flowers in early summer. Fertile soil, not too dry, in sun or part-shade. Prune after flowering.
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30cm. Semi-evergreen aromatic shrub, bearing spikes of blue flowers, mid-summer to autumn. Attracts bees, etc. Well-drained soil in sun. Cut back in spring to maintain compact habit.
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2.5 x 3m. Evergreen or semi-evergreen arching shrub producing bright yellow flowers from summer to autumn. Ideally grow against a sunny wall in well-drained soil.
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2 x 2m. A lax evergreen shrub, bearing large semi-double yellow flowers in spring and early summer. Best grown against a sunny wall or fence. Has survived many frosts against a south-facing fence here in Hampshire!!
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60 x 100cm. Upright, semi-evergreen, suckering shrub. Pretty pale violet flowers with yellow throats and purple spots in summer. Fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. Protect with a mulch in frost-prone areas.
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120cm. Deciduous shrub, with aromatic, grey-green leaves, and spikes of violet-blue flowers in late summer-autumn. Well-drained soil in full sun. Cut back in spring.
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75cm. Compact, deciduous shrub, with fragrant, creamy-white flowers in early to mid-summer. Moderately fertile, well-drained soil in sun or part shade.
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2m x 2m. Deciduous shrub, bearing fragrant yellow flowers in spring. Fertile, well-drained soil in full sun.
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Up to 6m x 6m. Climbing species rose, bears masses of small double pale yellow flowers in late spring. Needs a sheltered position against a sunny fence or wall.
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75cm. Variegated foliage, with cherry red flowers, very long-flowering, from mid-summer through to autumn. Makes a bushy shrub, hardy in warmer areas(-5˚C) in a sheltered sunny spot in fertile, well-drained soil. Good container plant.
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70cm. Pure yellow flowers. Habit and conditions similar to above.
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50 x 90cm. Evergreen shrub, with finely cut, aromatic foliage, bearing pale yellow 'button' flowers in mid-summer. Poor to moderately fertile, well-drained soil in sun.
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1.5-2m. Golden foliage, with dark reddish-pink flowers in late spring and early summer (occasionally again in late summer). Best in part shade to prevent scorch, although this one does cope with some sun. Sorry, none available this year. |
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