Well drained yet moist soil

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  Acanthus mollis

  A strongly architectural herbaceous perennial with tall white and purple floxglove-like flowers above large glossy green leaves

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  Acer griseum

  A handsome domed medium sized tree with attractive flaking bark and 3 lobed leaves.

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  Acer palmatum

  - A slow growing medium sized tree of rounded habit grown for its attractive foliage.

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  Allium ursinum

  - A heavily fragrant, broad leaved wild Spring bulb which will quickly colonise damp woodland and river banks.

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  Amelanchier laevis

  - Small shrubby tree grown for its simple white spring flowers and excellent autumn colours

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  Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'

  A late summer herbaceous perennial with delicate papery white flowers.

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  Aucuba japonica

  - A moderately large, tough evergreen shrub with glossy, usually spotted, leaves. The flowers are insignificant.

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  Berberis thunbergii

  - Useful low growing deciduous shrub usually grown as the red leaved varieties and for excellent autumn colour.

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  Berberis thunbergii 'Roseglow'

  A tough compact deciduous shrub grown for its fabulous red-purple mottled pink and white foliage

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  Bergenia cordifolia

  Useful grown cover perennial grown for its large leaves and winter flowers

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  Betula pendula

  - Bristish native tree capable of growing almost anywhere. Silvery-white bark and small leaves turning yellow in autumn.

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  Betula utilis

  - Medium sized ornamental tree usually grown for its white bark.

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  Buxus sempervirens

  - Popular shade loving evergreen used to clipped into topiary shapes.

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  Camassia

  - A favourite early summer flowering bulb in shades of blue and white.

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  Cercidiphyllum japonicum

  - Large ornamental tree providing strong autumn colours and a unique scent

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  Cornus alba

  - Useful hardy shrub grown predominantly for it's bright winter stem colour and grow anywhere attitude.

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  Cotoneaster horizontalis

  - Extremely versatile ground cover, wall or rockery shrub. Very good for wildlife especially loved by bees.

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  Crinodendron hookerianum

  - The Chilian lantern bush. A large evergreen shrub that prefers the shelter of a warm wall.

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  Dicentra formosa

  - Small spring flowering herbaceous ground cover with attractive frond like foliage

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  Embothrium coccineum

  - A large tender evergreen shrub or small tree which produces clusters of bright red tubular flowers. Best suited to a coastal or city climates.