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A compact, rounded, evergreen shrub with rigid branches and very small leaves, dark glossy green above, greyish below. Small, white flowers open from pink buds in early summer, followed by dark red, spherical fruit

Small plantsRattlesnake Master or button snake-root is native to the tall-grass prairies of central and eastern North America. Yucca like foliage which is blue/green and waxy coated. The largish, button-like flowers are on up to 1.2m when stalks The flowers are larger than E. agavifolium, yet the fl...

An evergreen, small-spreading vine with pale yellow or purplish solitary bell shaped pendant flowers appearing from spring to summer. Flowers are followed by a purple "apple" shaped berry. An erect supple stem and dark green narrowly elliptical leaves 5cm long. An ornamental plant that is native to...

ritically endangered, yet readily available to us.An annual climbing plant. From Turkey, a rare, critically endangered, bicoloured pea only found near Antalya. Interestingly according to wikipedia; their entire wild population is restricted to an area of 2 km2 outside Belin village on rocky limeston...

Striking foliage in part sun or shade. Brighten up dull and difficult times in difficult places. Another lovely addition to the range of grasses available.Bowles’s golden grass grows very successfully in shady borders under camellias or shrubs and trees. Planted in several informal drifts it looks...

Must try, striking amethyst colouring. "Like many garrigue plants adapted to heat and drought, (this) is able to tolerate abundant rain and occasional periods of severe cold"Amethyst Sea Holly, is both hardy and architectural Mediterranean plant. It's known for its striking unusually colored amethys...

Bush germander. A rare, semi-woody dwarf and compact shrub endemic to the western Balkan Peninsula (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro). In the mint family, it grows 10 to 60 cm high and produces dense, whitish-green flower heads. The highly decorative seed pods adorn the plant well int...

Exceptional grass for a brilliant effect. Feather or Golden oats grass- a dramatic, statement plant, not only because of its size, but also because of the large heads of oat-like flowers which shimmer in the soft morning and evening sunlight as if they are made of gold. Blue green leaves in a compac...

Beautiful and drought resistant plant for full sun. Rare.Tufted evening primrose. Rare. The desert evening primrose forms tight rosettes and big white flowers when it wakes up from its summer dormancy. A taproot aids survival. Each large, white flower has four, heart-shaped petals and eight yellow s...

So popular overseas. A whopper. Sow the seed too.Up to 2m in height, with spreading, glossy, pale green strap-shaped basal leaves which die down before the flowers. Dense globose umbels of lilac-pink flowers to 10cm across with prominent stamens, are borne on tall stems in summer. They even stand up...

A lovely late season addition.United States. Royal Catchfly This delightful perennial - with a taproot - bears several stems up to 1m. Designed for hummingbirds, they look great in a hot border with their bright red flowers which are very valuable in later summer. Only a few.

IPlumed Thistle. From Japan comes this stoloniferous cushion-forming and evergreen plant. It is spiky like your average thistle. But if you can cope. it will be well worth it. An improved variety from Jelitto. For gritty well draining soils or simply average ones. Sun. Best in the rock or gravel gar...

This Himalayan species has much larger leaves in summer than other species.In winter the plant is deciduous and longish stolons loop over the substrate with old brown leaves attached which I find interesting. It has upright stems with a loose umbel of a few flowers on tallish stalks in mid summer. B...

Such cute flowersCompact, evergreen shrub. red/orange/white-tipped flowers appear from spring to autumn. Grows approximately 50 x 50cm. Prefers a sunny location and is hardy once established. However if you have frost it can be dug and potted up and brought in as a houseplant. Or leave it as a potte...

A compact, small shrub with a profusion of white flowers, naturally growing on stony slopes and cliffs—slow-growing but striking even at modest height.'Panda' is ideal for small gardens and rockeries. Slow growing. it reaches just 40–60cm in height after 10 years and features neat, mounding ever...

Everyone should have a JOY Plants plant.Not sure how two so very different plants (Large vs Petite), albeit with the same coloured flowers can have such a different form. Horses for courses in terms of choice.A perennial wallflower that has been bred in New Zealand and provides masses of fragrant fl...

A rare and lovely, tough plant. Fast growing.False Mallow, South America. Hardy deciduous, (if very frosty) plant that trails and creeps beautifully in full sun. Rare found in a lovely and very old rose garden. Can be invasive evidently, so be careful. It was a nice little thing in a sunny and dry s...

A wide spread European, African and Azerbaijan woodruff. 10–60 cm, my seed source seems a tight cultivar with small pale purple flowers, on long, thin, green, stems. Early summer. Messy sort of low mass, but trim after flowering.

Incredible colour slection and as tough as old boots.Clump-forming perennial which grows to about 75-90cm tall, with dark green, toothed, lance-shaped leaves, and clusters of dark violet flowers with yellow centres, flowering on strong stems, over a long period from early to late autumn or early win...

Superb for dry gardens. Intoxicating colour.Desert penstemon. Multi-stemmed plants with clasping, oblong, toothed, saucer-leaves around its amazing flowers. Sturdy, hardy and a very early splash of colour. It is highly valued in xeric landscaping for its vibrant, hot pink-to-magenta tubular flowers...

A newly released selection only available here or to those 'in the know'. A fund raiser for the NZAGS visiting speaker fund, The Steve Newall Memorial Travelling Speaker, as a tribute to Steve.A newly released, lovely and wonderful little endemic alpine plant of the South Island of New Zealand.Disco...

A creeping rhizomatous perennial, making a compact mat of small, rounded leaves with blue, bell-shaped flowers in summer. A selected, very compact form. 10cm x 30cm wide Excellent in rock gardens or troughs. Spreads, so to confine it if you feel the need to protect more feeble growers, plant within...

'Angelina' is a golden variety. Could be, but maybe I am just mean to it. Thrives in bright, direct sunlight and prefers moderate temperatures. It is drought-tolerant and should be watered sparingly. Grows on old slate rooves, rock gaps… fire resistant! Golden yellow especially in winter and droug...

Gorgeous. For me this is a bit tender, our big frosts knock them down. Mexican Sage. From there and Central America. it tolerates occasional light frosts and temperatures down to about -8°C, but above-ground growth will die back. It thrives in full sun and requires excellent drainage to survive the...