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 Plant list: Frost-hardy plants
Frost hardy plants will survive a few degrees of frost, to about -5°C, but it’s best to protect them or bring them indoors for winter.
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| Latin name: | | Cortaderia Selloan 'Sunningdale Silver' |
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| Common name: | | Pampas grass |
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| Type of plant: | | Grass |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m x 1.8m (10ft x 5.9ft) |
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| Description: | |
Pampas grass is traditionally grown as a specimen in the middle of a lawn, but also looks good grown in a shrub border as a giant ornamental grass. Tidy annually to remove debris which otherwise builds up and chokes out new growth. The plumes can be cut and dried for flower arranging. 'Sunningdale Silver' has strong stems and dense plumes which stand up to the worst of the weather.
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| Latin name: | | Kniphofia caulescens |
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| Common name: | | Red hot poker |
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| Type of plant: | | Perennial |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Coral red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Blue-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1.2m x 60cm (3.9ft x 2ft) |
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This evergreen perennial is native to South Africa. From late summer to mid-autumn it brings the garden to life with its coral red flowers.
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| Latin name: | | Fuchsia magellanica |
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| Common name: | | Hardy fuchsia |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Red and purple |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m x 2m (9.8ft x 6.6ft) |
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In a sheltered spot this deciduous shrub makes a spectacular hedge. It is the parent of many cultivars whose flowers range from white to pink and red.
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| Latin name: | | Eremurus |
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| Common name: | | Foxtail lily |
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| Type of plant: | | Perennial |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White and yellow to pink |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1.5m to 2.2m x 60cm to 1m (4.9ft to 7.2ft x 2ft to 3.3ft) |
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A spectacular upright firework of a plant that bears a tall flowering spike that is covered with lots of tiny flowers. Does best in a hot sunny spot on well-drained soil
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| Latin name: | | Schizostylis |
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| Common name: | | Kaffir lily |
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| Type of plant: | | Rhizome |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White to red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 60cm x 20cm (2ft x 8in) |
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This South African perennial blooms from late summer. Will do best in a sunny spot and thrives in a fertile soil. If it likes the conditions, it will rapidly spread.
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