19TH IMPRESSION with photos - Architectural Plants

WE USE 3 DIFFERENT COLOURED LABELS TO GIVE AN
INSTANT INDICATION OF A PLANTS' FROST HARDINESS
(Think of Traffic Lights)
IF IT HAS A GREEN LABEL
Hardy anywhere in Britain below approximately 1,000 ft (300 m)
IF IT HAS AN AMBER LABEL
Hardy in the Home Counties if sensibly sited
(avoiding severe frost pockets, for example).
Many Amber Labelled Plants are from cuttings from well established
plants that have survived many harsh winters in the South-East.
IF IT HAS A RED LABEL
Hardy in Atlantic Seaboard gardens, The Channel Islands, gardens
in Central London and other large cities.
In this Catalogue we have listed:
118 plants with GREEN labels
83 plants with AMBER labels
34 plants with RED labels
We're always on hand to give advice about plants and their frost hardiness,
Please remember that these coloured labels are only a rough guide.
(General point about plant hardiness : The commonly held belief that
it's better to 'plant small', is true with herbaceous plants, but not necessarily
true with woody plants. They need some wood on them to survive
severe cold - so plants of marginal hardiness, in very cold areas, should
really be planted LARGER, rather than SMALLER, whenever possible)
Acacia dealbata red
Mimosa. Ferny leaves and masses of yellow flowers in spring. Red label but
grows fast and survives most winters anywhere. Hardy in London. To 25 ft.
Acacia pravissima amber
Oven's Wattle. Very distinctive small, weeping, evergreen tree (to 20 ft) with
curious little triangular leaves. Masses of fragrant yellow flowers in spring.
Acanthus mollis green
Bear's Breeches or Big Spinach. With the famous architectural leaf. An
herbaceous plant with large very shiny dark green leaves. Up to 4 ft.
Acorus gramineus 'variegata' green
Variegated low growing evergreen grassy thing for growing right at the edge
of (or even in) the pond. Dense, pretty and very hardy.
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