Amophila arenaria – Marram Grass

Habitat

• native to Europe
• Coastal Grass
• Sand Dunes

Habit and Form

• Grows using the movement of sand
• Strong wire like grass
• Able to withstand a coastal situation

Summer Foliage

• Very thin shiney Green Foliage

Autumn Foliage

• Duller grey green foliage
• Older stems yellow

Flowers

• None

Fruit

• Seed held in thick heads
• Ripens in mid august before being blown away

Bark

• None

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Berberis darwinii – Darwins Barberry

Habitat

• Commonly planted as an ornamental Barberry throughout the world
• Makes a good evergreen hedge

Habit and Form

• Large rounded evergreen shrub
• Reaching height and spread of 6-8ft

Summer Foliage

• Shiney glossy holly like leaves

Autumn Foliage

• Shiney glossy holly like leaves
• Older foliage may yellow before dropping

Flowers

• Bright Orange tinged Red
• Held in large drooping clusters

Fruit

• Small black fruits held in clusters

Bark

• No ornamental value

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Berberis thunbergii – Barberry

Habitat

• Commonly planted as an ornamental Barberry throughout the world
• Makes a good upright hedge

Habit and Form

• Upright deciduas shrub
• reaching a height of approx 4ft
• Spread 2-3ft

Summer Foliage

• Mat bright green leaves

Autumn Foliage

• Absolutely brilliant unsurpassed
• Firery Red and Orange foliage before dropping

Flowers

• Small yellow

Fruit

• Bright red fruit in small clusters

Bark

• No ornamental value

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Berberis thunbergii Atropurpurea - Purple leaved Barberry

Habitat

• Commonly planted as an ornamental Barberry throughout the world
• Makes a good upright hedge

Habit and Form

• Upright deciduas shrub
• reaching a height of approx 4ft
• Spread 2-3ft

Summer Foliage

• Mat bright purple leaves

Autumn Foliage

• Absolutely brilliant unsurpassed
• Firery Red foliage before dropping

Flowers

• Small yellow

Fruit

• Bright red fruit in small clusters

Bark

• No ornamental value

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Buddleia davidii – Butterfly Bush

Habitat

• native to Europe
• naturalized in most areas of the world

Habit and Form

• large upright shrub
• reaching a height of 8ft
• spread of approx 6ft
• for best results prune hard back in March

Summer Foliage

• large long green foliage
• heavily ribbed

Autumn Foliage

• No ornamental value

Flowers

• Fragrant flowers
• Blueish/purple and variants
• Held in long racems
• Very attractive to Butterflies hence its common name The Butterfly Bush

Fruit

• No ornamental value

Bark

• No ornamental value

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Buxus sempervirens – Box

Habitat

• native to most  of the world