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General Patio Plants

The 2011 "General Patio Plant" List is here!

This is just one part of of our patio plants range.  Please read below and watch out for links as they appear to species specific pages with our slideshows and variety availablity lists.

 
   
   
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Patio plant family Varieties and Colours Descriptions
Alonsoa * (NEW)
Lucky Lips Bright red flowers - variegated foliage
Bidens AUREA Yellow flowers or borne on long arching branches which 'escape' the basket or pot. One of the only plants which mixes well with Surfinias. Bidtis is a more compact variety.
BIDTIS
Centredenia florabunda Bright coppery-red foliage having bright magenta flowers. Soaks up the sun and it's long branches make it a great plant for a mixed basket.
Cineraria GOLD SHOWERS Fine delicate foliage having a mass of tiny yellow flowers. A great mixing plant for that cottage garden look.
Coleus Canina Nick-named 'Scardy Cat'. Green foliage plant having strong growth. It is rumoured that cats do not like it's scent.
Convolvulus MAUR. BLUE TRUMPETER Long trailing stems having Wedgewood Blue flowers. Can trail up to 1mt !
Cuphea Tiny Mice Very interesting red/yellow/purple flowers, shaped like mice or shrimps - you choose!
Shrimpy
Diascia Flying Colours Apricot A tender perennial which does amazingly well in baskets and containers. Masses of small flowers in several colours. Flowers all summer long.
Appleblossom
Orange
Red
Antique Rose
Felicia AMELLOIDES Varigata A good foliage plant for pots or borders. Blue flowers. Tender perennial.
Hedera Ester Green & White Varigation
Golden Child Green & Yellow Varigation
Heliotrope Arborescens Scentropia Irresistable Vanilla Scent. Dark Blue Flowers
Houttuynia Cordata Chameleon Varigata Hardy aromatic multicoloured perennial. Ground cover or basket/container. Can be used as a pond marginal plant.
Cherry Sunrise Deep Pink Fading to Orange Flowers
Lantana Bandana Orange Sunrise Orange Fading to Yellow Flowers
Pink Pink Fading to White Flowers
Red Bright Red Flowers
Lysimachia LYSII Creeping Jenny'. Great mixer for baskets or tubs. Can also be used as a ground cover plant. Hardy perennial.
Nummularia Aurea
Nummularia
Nemesia Angelart Almond
White with a yellow centre
Orange Orange Flowers
Pear Golden Yellow Flowers
Raspberry Deep Pink Flowers
Strawberry

Rosy-red flowers

Nepeta Varigata Vigorous varigated foliage plant Pale green and white foliage, can trail up to 1.5mts !
Plectranthus argentatus A sun-loving Australian plant having silver-white foliage. Purple flower spikes through the summer. Does best when mixed with plants of similar needs. Nice foliage plant.
Polygonum Pink Bubbles Masses of pink ball-shaped flowers. Plum coloured foliage.
Sanvitalia speciosa Cuzcu Yellow Creeping Zinnia - Baskets, pots, ground cover, front of border? Where ever you plant this it will do you proud. Compact growth.
Scaevola aemula Whirlwind Splash Fairy-fan Flower'. An unusual five-lobed flower, native to Australia. Rumour has it, it was named after an Aboriginal warrior who cut of his arm to prove allegiance to his chief. A lovely addition to any mixed basket or tub, as the arching branches support flowers along the stem. We now boast several different shades of bue, pink and also white.
Blue
Sky-blue
Topaz pink
White
Brilliant
Crystal
White Fan
Pink Topaz
Zig Zag
Solanum crispum Glasnevin Blue A vigorous climber with Jasmin-like flowers best against a sunny wall. Hardy in the south. Trialed on my patio!
Snow White
Solenopsis Isotoma Astro Blue Numerous star-shaped blue flowers from spring to autumn. Tender perennial. Great in tubs or summer borders.
Astro White
Strawberries trailing Fragaria Franny Karen The clean and easy way of growing strawberries. Copious amounts of beautifully sweet fruit. Pink or white flowers to boot!
Streptocarpus Saxorum Light Blue throated flowers. Native to South Africa. Lovely in pots if you are looking for something a bit different as it has an unusually shaped flower. Use them as an indoor potplant through the winter months.
Thunbergia Alata Yellow/orange with dark eye Black eyed Suzy. Great basket or pot mixer.
Torenia Magenta Moon The 'Wishbone Flower'. Fabulous throated Antirrhinum-like flowers in some beautiful shades. A great mixer for tubs and baskets. Grows well in sun or shaded areas.
Purple Moon
Rose Moon
Sky Blue Moon
Yellow Moon
White Moon
Tradescantia Spiderwort' Indestructible foliage plant - great mixer (or house plant).
Vinca Major Variegata - Blue flowers Hardy herbaceous perennial. Ground cover or basket mixer.
Vinca Minor 'Illumination' Hardy herbaceous perennial. New-ish variety having bright golden-yellow varigated foliage. Great in baskets, can trail up to 1mt. Good substitute for Ivy. Ground cover also.

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