Heptacodium miconoides is a hardy vigorous large shrub which can also be grown as a small tree. It has fragrant panicles of white flowers, similar to Clethra, in late summer which are followed by persistent reddish sepals. As a tree it will reach 6m, but it can be contained by pruning.
Rhamnus alaternus 'Argenteovariegata' is also a hardy shrub, although it gives the impression of being tender. Strikingly white variegated it makes a dense shrub to about 3m, doing better when it has some shelter from the wind - by a hedge or wall or simply other plants. Flowers are insignificant but occasionally small red berries are carried, supposedly turning to black. Tolerant of clipping, but not hard pruning. It has very little in common with Rhamnus frangula 'Asplenifolia' which has among the most cut leaves of any garden plants, giving a lovely textural contrast. It has reliable golden autumn colour and as a form of a native plant it a food plant for Brimstone butterflies. To 3m.
It won't be long before Ribes speciosum is in flower, when its small pendulous red flowers often cause it to be thought to be a Fuchsia. It is a auckering, semi-evergreen that needs support and thrives against a wall reaching up to 5m. On the nursery it needs some winter protection but once planted is hardy enough to survive for many years. It is very prickly and has dense growth so could be used as a form of intruder discouragement by growing it around windows. Tolerant of clipping and hard pruning.
In similar vein Rosa banksiae 'Lutea' is a plant that can be killed by temperatures below about -10C when in pots but seems hardier in the ground. Much sought after, it is a deciduous, thornless climber with clusters of small, double, primrose yellow flowers in late spring/summer. How big does it grow? The RHS sys 8-12 metres but I know of a specimen that is considerably taller than that covering four storeys of a stately home which also demonstrates that is hardy. We have propagated from this specimen and are testing it for hardiness in case it is a different clone. The unfortunately named Rosa banksiae var. banksiae is the white form.
We planted Ostespermum Lady Leitrim in the autumn of 2011 and it has survived the cold of one winter and the wet of the next so it does seem to be tough. It has large, white (sometimes pink-tinged) daisy flowers that open and close with the sun. Pink Osteospermum jacundum has not survived, but it is a lovely, and popular, plant.
Rhamnus alaternus 'Argenteovariegata' is also a hardy shrub, although it gives the impression of being tender. Strikingly white variegated it makes a dense shrub to about 3m, doing better when it has some shelter from the wind - by a hedge or wall or simply other plants. Flowers are insignificant but occasionally small red berries are carried, supposedly turning to black. Tolerant of clipping, but not hard pruning. It has very little in common with Rhamnus frangula 'Asplenifolia' which has among the most cut leaves of any garden plants, giving a lovely textural contrast. It has reliable golden autumn colour and as a form of a native plant it a food plant for Brimstone butterflies. To 3m.
It won't be long before Ribes speciosum is in flower, when its small pendulous red flowers often cause it to be thought to be a Fuchsia. It is a auckering, semi-evergreen that needs support and thrives against a wall reaching up to 5m. On the nursery it needs some winter protection but once planted is hardy enough to survive for many years. It is very prickly and has dense growth so could be used as a form of intruder discouragement by growing it around windows. Tolerant of clipping and hard pruning.
In similar vein Rosa banksiae 'Lutea' is a plant that can be killed by temperatures below about -10C when in pots but seems hardier in the ground. Much sought after, it is a deciduous, thornless climber with clusters of small, double, primrose yellow flowers in late spring/summer. How big does it grow? The RHS sys 8-12 metres but I know of a specimen that is considerably taller than that covering four storeys of a stately home which also demonstrates that is hardy. We have propagated from this specimen and are testing it for hardiness in case it is a different clone. The unfortunately named Rosa banksiae var. banksiae is the white form.
We planted Ostespermum Lady Leitrim in the autumn of 2011 and it has survived the cold of one winter and the wet of the next so it does seem to be tough. It has large, white (sometimes pink-tinged) daisy flowers that open and close with the sun. Pink Osteospermum jacundum has not survived, but it is a lovely, and popular, plant.
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