| Description | Acer platanoides
The Norweigan Maple or Norway Maples are a classic maple tree that produces shoots that are green at first, soon becoming pale brown. In Winter they bear buds that are glossy red-brown. Norway Maples also produces beautiful small, greenish flowers that appear in early spring.
This tree can grow in a wide range of conditions making it quite popular in gardens and as a street tree. Will reach between 12 and 20 metres in 10 years. | Coprosma kirkii
A strong, vigorous ground cover with dark green foliage, and a mounding shape that is perfect for embankments, weed detering and rock gardens. It can be easily trimmed occasionally to keep as low. A stand-out plant for difficult locations. | Rosa hybrid tea
Provides knockout blooms of intense burnt orange flowers on long stems. The leaves are dark green and glossy and the fragrance is light and sweet.
- Withstands hot summers
- Subtle, sweet fragrance
- Bright blooms
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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. Renowned for their flowers and beauty, they are also loved for other reasons such as their fruit. The rose hip can be made into an old fashioned jam. Roses range in size and variety from your standard and bush roses to climbers and weeping varieties. Amongst all their beautiful colours, varieties and fragrances there is bound to be the perfect rose out there for your garden. For more information on selecting and growing roses, visit our Rose Factsheet. |
