| Description | Agonis flexuosa 'After Dark'
Agonis After Dark makes a vibrant feature in any garden. It’s dark purple foliage has a beautiful, soft weeping habit making it able to withstand high winds. It’s a fantastic low maintenance feature that is great for attracting bird life to your garden. Agonis After Dark trimmed and it will grow dense and bushy and provide you with a pruple hedge or screen.
Going dark burgundy in Winter and purple through the Summer, Agonis After Dark has white scented flowers in the Spring. It prefers well-drained soil but can tolerate most soil types. A hardy plant when it comes to high winds and frost. | Mentha requienii
Corsican Mint, This is the smallest of all the mint species, native to Corsica, Sardinia, France and mainland Italy. It is a very low growing, spreading herb, only getting to a max of 10cm tall. Due to its low growing habit, it is perfect as a ground cover and when in a favourable position it can withstand some light foot traffic! People often plant it around pavers & stepping stones, or use it to edge walkways. Also a great choice for a rock or alpine garden.
Unlike other mint species, this plant prefers and thrives in shaded areas, and prefers well drained soil with moderate watering. When choosing a spot in your garden for this plant, keep in mind that he is drought sensitive. This mint is one of the best mints to grow as a companion for things like broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. It is said to keep pests insects away by obscuring the smell of the crop being protected by its "creme de menthe" aroma. Mice and rats are also said to dislike the aroma of this plant. This mint can be used in the kitchen the same as other mint varieties, and is the main flavour in the liqueur "creme de menthe". It's perfect to use in jellies, sauces, stir fries, salads, and a wide range of desserts.
6"/14cm pot | Rosa Hybrid Tea
Gold Medal Rose has light yellow blooms with a flush of pink on it's edges that are beautifully fragrant.
8''/20cm pot - approx 2ft tall (60cm)
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| Content | | | Roses are easily one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants. Numerous different cultivars have been produced over the last two centuries although roses have been grown for millennia before their popularity bloomed. Renown for their flowers and beauty they are also loved for other reasons such as their fruit, the rose hip which can be made into an old fashioned jam or for garden uses such as ground covers and hedging.
Roses range in size and variety from your standard and bush roses right up there with your climbers and weeping varieties, amongst all their beautiful colour, variety and hardy nature there is bound to be the perfect rose out there for your garden. |
