We have a small but increasing collection of less than hardy plants and will add them here. These plants all require protection from frost unless otherwise stated.
An excellent half-hardy Fuchsia with tiny silvered leaves and miniature reddish flowers in late summer and autumn. ?75cm. Probably best grown in a pot and taken in overwinter.
AGM A elegant species with slender bright reddish pink flowers with purple corollas and red filaments. Smallish but broad leaves try to be evergreen. Borderline hardy - drained soil in a sheltered position, light shade. 60cm?
One of the Encliandra types with tiny pink flowers and equally tiny deep green folaige on arching stems. Hardy in a sheltered spot in drained soil. 60cm.
TENDER Scented. AGM Chunky foliage and enormous bright pink flowers with darker, near black, feathered markings from early spring through summer. Impressive! 40cm.
TENDER Dwarf Stellar. AGM A compact plant with brown marked leaves and a good display of bright salmon pink flowers well above the foliage. Protect from frost. 25cm.
TENDER AGM Scented. Glowing coral pink flowers on a neat bushy plant. One of the first to flower with us. Makes a very pretty container plant. Protect from frost. 40cm.
TENDER SCENTED A vigorous upright grower with greyish leaves with unusual, fairly random lobing. Strong rose scent - no lemon to my nose! Occasional pale pink flowers. 45cm.
TENDER SCENTED AGM. An upright bushy form with oak-shaped leaves with a strong brown mark in the centre of the young leaves. Pale pink flowers with darker marks. 30cm.
TENDER Wonderful grey succulent leaves with scalloped margins and a good display of clear salmon pink, narrow petalled, flowers all summer. Protect from frost. Semi-trailing habit.
TENDER Species with upright shrubby growth and distinct grey, downy cordate leaves. Heads of large flowers are pink with darker veining. Excellent. 1m.
TENDER Unusual bright green leaves that are very finely cut almost to a skeletal appearance. Upright shrubby habit with clusters of pale pink flowers with purplish red markings. 60cm.
TENDER Big soft green, strongly scented, leaves and clusters of orchid-like pink flowers mostly in spring. Good for foliage and the flowers are pretty. 1m.
TENDER An unusual succulent species with anglular stems, few leaves (but they are well marked brown) and super, orchid-like pale pink flowers with crimson centres. Cascading habit.
TENDER AGM Delightful big soft hairy leaves with a strong peppermint scent when touched and clouds of tiny white flowers in spring and early summer. 1m.
Stunning sky blue flowers from spring to autumn on this modern S. chamelaeagnea hybrid from New Zealand. Scented foliage is a bright, fresh green. 60cm in a sunny spot with good, drained soil. Probably not fully hardy.
Bright red flowers over many months on this shrubby hybrid with distinctly more rounded, larger leaves than the typical Mexican types. Drained soil in full sun. Warm, sheltered position. ?Hardiness?
A stunning, hardy, Salvia involucrata hybrid makes an upright bushy plant with spires of brilliant deep almost purplish pink flowers to 90cm. Drained soil in full sun.
A striking large species making a bushy plant to 2.4m with soft green foliage and brilliant deep blue flowers in autumn on cobalt blue flowering stems. Sheltered sunny spot, mulch overwinter.
HALF-HARDY. Woody based herbaceous sage with big matt green leaves and spires of orange-red furry flowers to 1.8m from midsummer to autumn. Overwinter as cuttings or grow in a big pot and keep frost-free.
AGM TENDER Stunning grass with wide, pleated foliage to 60cm and tall arching flower stems to 1.2m. Best grown in a big pot and taken into frost-free for the winter.
AGM A compact hybrid with grassy foliage and masses of light lilac pink flowers with darker centres all summer. Maybe hardy in well drained soil in full sun or grow in a pot and take in overwinter. 40cm.
