| Description | Description | Soil Type | Height Approx. | Shade/Sun | Month Flower | |
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| PHILLYREA | | |
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| Evergreen | angustifolia Narrow, dark-green leaves with small creamy-yellow, fragrant flowers. | | 5-6 | 2-3m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| Evergreen | latifolia Olive-like shrub with small dark green leaves and dull white flowers. | | 5-6 | 6-8m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| PHLOMIS | | |
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| Evergreen | anatolica | | | | | | |
| | 'Lloyd's Variety' Purple-pink flowers with woolly, grey-green, drooping leaves. | | 6 | 1-1.2m | Full Sun | 6-8 | |
| Evergreen | chrysophylla Sage-green foliage, yellow-green in summer with yellow flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 6 | 1-1.2m | Full Sun | 6-8 | |
| Evergreen | 'Edward Bowles' Hoary, heart-shaped leaves. Pale lipped sulphur-yellow flowers. | | 6 | 1.2-1.5m | Full Sun | 6-8 | |
| Evergreen | fruticosa (Jerusalem Sage) Sage-like leaves. Golden-yellow flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 6 | 1.3-1.5m | Full Sun | 6-8 | |
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| PHORMIUM | | |
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| Evergreen | cookianum Lax, sword-like leaves. Yellowish flower panicles on 1m high stems. | | | | | | |
| | 'Tricolor' Leaves edged with creamy-yellow, narrowly margined with red. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1-1.5m | Full Sun | 7-8 | |
| Evergreen | tenax (New Zealand Flax) Leathery, sword-like leaves with bronze-red flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 2-3m | Full Sun | 7-8 | |
| | 'Purpueum Group' Bronzy-purple leaves that contrast well with grey foliage. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1.8-2m | Full Sun | 7-8 | |
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| PHOTINIA | | |
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| Evergreen | x fraseri Glossy green, leathery leaves with white flower clusters and red berries. | | | | | | |
| | 'Red Robin' Glossy dark green, toothed leaves and brilliant red young foliage. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 3-4m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| Evergreen | 'Redstart' Bright red young foliage, white flower clusters and orange-red berries. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 3-4m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| Evergreen | serratifolia Coarsley-toothed bright coppery-red young leaves with large corymbs of flower, followed by red haw like berries. | | 5-6 | 5-6m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-5 | |
| | villosa | | | | | | |
| | var. zollingeri Large shrub or small broad-heade tree. Hawthorn -like flowers followed by egg-shaped, bright-red fruits. Good autumn colour. Avoid shallow chalk soils. | | 5-6 | 5-6m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-5 | |
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| PHYGELIUS | | |
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| Evergreen | aequalis Panicles of nodding, dusky pink, tubular flowers with a yellow throat. | | 6 | 60-90 | Full Sun | 7-9 | |
| Evergreen | x rectus | | | | | | |
| | 'Devils Tears' Open heads of deep reddish-pink flowers with orange-red lobes. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 6 | 60-90 | Full Sun | 7-9 | |
| Evergreen | x rectus | | | | | | |
| | 'Moonraker' Panicles of slightly downward-curved, pale creamy-yellow flowers. | | 6 | 60-90 | Full Sun | 7-9 | |
| | 'Salmon Leap' Panicles of orange-red flowers with deeper lobes. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 6 | 60-90 | Full Sun | 7-9 | |
| | 'Winchester Fanfare' Pendulous, dusky reddish-pink flowers with scarlet lobes. | | | | | | |
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| PHYSOCARPUS | | |
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| | 'Diablo' Outstanding purple leaved form | | 6 | 1.8-2m | Full Sun | 6-8 | |
| | opulifolius (Nine Bark) White tinged pink flower clusters and bladder-like red fruits. | | | | | | |
| | 'Darts Gold' Compact with three lobed, bright golden-yellow leaves. | | 5 | 1.8-2m | Full Sun | 6-7 | |
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| PIPTANTHUS | | |
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| Evergreen | napalensis (Evergreen Laburnum) Large bright yellow laburnum-like flowers. | | 5-6 | 2.4-3.5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
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| PITTOSPORUM | | |
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| | 'Garnettii' Grey-green leaves with pink spotting and wavey, creamy-white margins. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 3-4m | Full Sun | 4-7 | |
| Evergreen | tenuifolium Pale green leaves on black twigs, Purple honey-scented flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 4-8m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| | 'Irene Paterson' Creamy-white leaves, marbled green and pink-tinged with age. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 2-2.5m | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
| | 'James Stirling' Dainty, silver-green leaves on slender, purple-black twigs. | | 5-6 | 4-5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| | 'Purpureum' Deep bronze-purple foliage on black twigs. | | 5-6 | 2-3m | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
| | 'Tom Thumb' Dwarf, dense habit. Green leaves becomming deep reddish-purple. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 60-90cm | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
| | 'Warnham Gold' Young leaves greenish-yellow, maturing to golden-yellow. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 3-4m | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
| EvergreenSemi tender | tobira Slow-growing with large glossy leaves and orange-blossom scented flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 2-4m | Full Sun | 6-7 | |
| | 'Variegatum' Grey-green leaves with an irregular creamy-white margin. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 2-3m | Full Sun | 6-7 | |
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| PONCIRUS (Japanese Bitter Orange) | | |
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| | trifoliata Slow-growing with stout spines, trifoliate leaves and sweetly-scented orange-blossom flowers followed by minature orange-like fruits ripening yellow. | | 5-6 | 3-4m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
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| POTENTILLA | | |
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| | fruticosa Compact with small compound leaves and single rose-like yellow flowers. | | | | | | |
| | 'Beesii' Delighful, dwarf shrub with mounds of silvery leaves and golden flowers. | | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Daydawn' Peach-pink flowers suffused cream. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Elizabeth' Rich canary-yellow flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Glenroy Pinkie' Dusky pink flowers. | | 5-6 | 60-90cm | Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Goldstar' Upright habit with very large deep yellow flowers. | | 5-6 | 60-90cm | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Katherine Dykes' Masses of primrose-yellow flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1.5-2m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Longacre Variety' Dwarf, dense shrub with large sulphur-yellow flowers. | | 5-6 | 40-60cm | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Manchu' Low spreading plant with masses of white flowers. | | 5-6 | 30-40cm | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Milkmaid' | | | | | | |
| | 'Mount Everest' Robust, rounded shrub with snow-white flowers | | 5-6 | 1.2-1.5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Primrose Beauty' Primrose-yellow flowers over grey-green foliage. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 60-90cm | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Red Robin' An improved form of 'Red Ace' with orange-red flowers. | | 5-6 | 60-90cm | Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Sunset' Flowers deep orange to brick-red. | | 5-6 | 60-90cm | Part Shade | 6-9 | |
| | 'Vilmoriniana' Erect growth with silvery leaves and cream coloured flowers. | | 5-6 | 1.8-2m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-9 | |
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| PRINSEPIA | | |
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| | sinensis A lax shrub with arching stems and buttercup-yellow flower clusters on slender stalks followed by red fruits in August. | | 5-6 | 1.8-2m | Full Sun | 3-4 | |
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| PRUNUS | | |
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| Evergreen | laurocerasus (Common Laurel) Leathery leaves, white flowers and red/black fruits. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 7-8m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-5 | |
| | 'Otto Luyken' Compact, low, narrow leaved shrub, good leaves and flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-5 | |
| | 'Zabeliana' Free flowering with narrow leaves on horizontal branches. | | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-5 | |
| Evergreen | lusitanica (Portugal Laurel) Dark green leaves with red petioles, fragrant white flowers and red/black fruit. Happy even on shallow chalk soil. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 10-20m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| | 'Myrtifolia' Forms a dense cone with smaller, neater, polished, deep-green leaves. | | 5-6 | 4-5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
| | 'Variegata' Leaves with a conspicuous white margin, pink flushed in winter. | | 5-6 | 8-10m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-6 | |
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| PSEUDOWINTERA | | |
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| EvergreenDislikes Chalk and limeSemi tender | colorata (N.Z.Pepper Tree) Aromatic, pale-green, pink edged, oval, leathery leaves, blotched dark crimson purple. Small greenish-yellow flowers in axilary clusters. Fruits dark red to black. Best grown in sheltered conditions. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5 | 1.2-1.5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 4-5 | |
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| PUNICA (Pomegranate) | | |
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| Semi tender | granatum Coppery young leaves turn green. Funnel-shaped, orange-red flowers | | 5-6 | 5-6m | Full Sun | 6-8 | |
| | var. nana Dwarf form with narrow leaves and orange-scarlet flowers. | | 5-6 | 60-90cm | Full Sun | 6-8 | |
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| PYRACANTHA (Firethorn) | | |
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| Evergreen | atalantoides Large robust shrub with thorny branches and small dak green leaves. Masses of white hawthorn-like flowers followed by scarlet fruits. | | 5-6 | 4-5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
| Evergreen | 'Golden Dome' Dense mound of white flowers followed by small yellow fruits. | | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
| Evergreen | 'Orange Charmer' Deep orange slightly flattened fruits. | | 5-6 | 2.5-3m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
| Evergreen | 'Shawnee' Dense, bushy, upright shrub with reddish shoots and orange-yellow fruits. | | 5-6 | 2.5-3m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
| Evergreen | 'Soleil d'Or' Reddish stem, green leaves and large clusters of golden berries. | | 5-6 | 2.5-3m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
| Evergreen | 'Teton' A profusion of white flowers followed by small orange-yellow berries. | | 5-6 | 4-5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 6-7 | |
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| RHAPHIOLEPIS | | |
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| EvergreenSemi tender | x delacourii Panicles of rose-pink flowers over leathery, glossy green leaves. | | | | | | |
| | 'Coate's Crimson' Rose-crimson star-shaped flowers. | | 5-6 | 1.8-2m | Full Sun | 5-7 | |
| Evergreen | umbellata Thick, oval, leathery leaves with rose-pink tinted or white flowers. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1.2-1.5m | Full Sun | 5-7 | |
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| RHODOTYPOS | | |
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| | scandens Paper white, dog rose-like flowers followed by conspicuous black fruits. | | 5-6 | 1.2-1.5m | Full Sun, Part Shade | 5-7 | |
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| RIBES (Flowering Currant) | | |
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| | x gordonianum Drooping racemes of bronze-red flower with a yellow throat. | | 5-6 | 1.5-2m | Full Sun | 5-6 | |
| Evergreen | laurifolium Dioecious with large leathery leaves and greenish-yellow flowers. | | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Full Sun | 2-3 | |
| | odoratum (Buffalo Currant) Deliciously clove-scented golden-yellow flowers. | | 5-6 | 1.5-2m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| | sanguineum | | | | | | |
| | 'Albescens' Whitish, tinged pink flowers. | | 5-6 | 1.5-2m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| | 'Brocklebankii' Pink flowers, golden-yellow leaves. Tends to scorch in full sun. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Part Shade | 4-5 | |
| | 'Elkingtons White' A seedling dicovered by Patrcia Elkington in her Hampshire garden. The purest white flowers in light racemes. | | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Part Shade | 4-5 | |
| | 'King Edward VII' Racemes of intense crimson flower. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 1.2-1.5m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| | 'Porky's Pink' Racemes of fine pink flower with foliage occasionaly mottled yellow. | | 5-6 | 1-1.2m | Part Shade | 4-5 | |
| | 'Pulborough Scarlet Variegatus' Leaves greyish-green wth pale yellow striations. | | 5-6 | 2-3m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| | 'Pulborough Scarlet' Deep red, white centred flowers. | | 5-6 | 2-3m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
| | speciosum Fuchsia-like, red flowers with shiny green leaves on red bristly stems. | Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit | 5-6 | 2-3m | Full Sun | 4-5 | |
