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	Acanthus Height: 80cm Spread: 60cm Tall, stately plants with flower spikes of white and purple. Rather like large lupins.		Alchemilla Mollis Lady’s Mantle. Height: 25cm Spread: 50cm Excellent ground cover with sulphur yellow flowers for long periods over the summer.
	Aquilegia William Guinness. - Columbine Height: 75cm Spread: 40cm A striking variety of this popular cottage garden plant. May need staking.		Astilbe Height: 45cm Spread: 45cm Pink or white varieties available, happy in shade and damp conditions.
	Buddleia alternifolia Butterfly bush Height: 2m Spread: 1m An unusual variety with the flowers spread along the length of the drooping branches.		Buddleia globosa Butterfly bush Height: 2.4m Spread: 1.5m An unusual variety with orange ball like flowers instead of the more usual flower spikes.
	Buddleia mauve Butterfly bush Height: 2.4m Spread: 1.5m The popular buddleia that will grow in almost any situation.		Callicarpa Beauty berry Height: 1m Spread: 50cm This shrub is grown primarily for its striking berries in the late autumn.
	Cerastium Snow in summer Height: 12cm Spread: 50cm An excellent rockery plant but it can be invasive and swamp other plants.		Cistus creticus Height: 80cm Spread: 1m This shrub produces masses of flowers that last only for one day but the bush is covered all summer and well into autumn.
	Clematis – The President Height: 4m Spread: 1m Rich purple velvet coloured flowers in early summer and usually again in November.		Coreopsis early sunrise Height: 45cm Spread: 40cm A hardy perennial with a long flowering period. Fully double flowers also last well when cut.
	Dicentra spectabilis Bleeding Heart Height: 80cm Spread: 80cm Popular hardy perennial happy in light shade.		Edelweiss Height: 12cm Spread: 15cm Popular rockery/alpine plant needing very good drainage. Fully hardy.
	Euonymus silver queen Height: 2m Spread: 1.5m Slow growing evergreen shrub with variegated foliage.		Euphorbia characias Height: 90cm Spread: 75cm An architectural plant ideal towards the back of the herbaceous border. Sap may cause skin irritation.
	Hebe Height: 70cm Spread: 80cm An early flowering variety with blue and white flowers. Prune after flowering to maintain shape.		Hebe variegata Height: 50cm Spread: 50cm This variety is evergreen but not as hardy as most hebes. Needs protection below –5 deg. Centigrade.
	Hibiscus Height: 1.5m Spread: 1m This shrub needs a sheltered spot but the extra effort is well worth it for the extraordinary flowers. Mixed colours.		Houttuynia Height: 15cm Spread: 30cm Multi coloured foliage needs sun to bring out the best colours. Can also be used as a marginal pond plant.
	Hypericum Inodorum Elstead Height: 1m Spread: 1m Yellow flowers in summer are followed by black fruits in autumn. Can suffer with rust.		Hypericum tricolour Height: 40cm Spread: 40cm This hypericum is best suited to a sunny position. Variegated foliage and yellow flowers in summer.
	Iris Height: 1m Spread: 60cm Popular plants that will grow anywhere although best in full sun. Basal rhizome needs to be showing, not buried.		Kerria japonica Height: 1.8m Spread: 1m Fully double yellow flowers appear in spring and early summer and often again in autumn.

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Last updated 9^th March 2002