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Cucurbita pepo 'Sunburst'

squash 'Sunburst'

A beautiful patty pan Summer squash variety with a bright yellow, glossy skin and tender, nutty flavour flesh. When cooking, steam to retain the buttery, melt in the mouth texture

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple' (Dalmatian Series)

foxglove 'Dalmation Purple'

A compact annual/biennial producing pinky-purple trumpet-shaped flowers with spotted throats on upright stems throughout the summer

Helenium 'Rubinzwerg'

sneezeweed 'Rubinzwerg'

'Rubinzwerg' is a compact, upright perennial with dark red flowers in summer and autumn

Skimmia japonica 'Nymans' (f)

skimmia 'Nymans'

'Nymans' is an evergreen shrub of bushy, spreading habit, with blunt, narrowly elliptic dark green leaves to 12cm in length, and clusters of small white flowers, and globose bright red berries 10mm in width

Pieris japonica 'Prelude'

pieris 'Prelude'

'Prelude' is a compact evergreen shrub with pink young foliage maturing to dark green, and erect panicles of small, creamy-white, urn-shaped flowers in late spring

Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Rose Glow' (v)

Japanese barberry 'Rose Glow'

'Rose Glow' is a small, spiny deciduous shrub, with young leaves purple, irregularly marbled with pink and white, later purple all over. Flowers sparse, small, yellow, followed by red berries

Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Harlequin' (v)

Japanese barberry 'Harlequin'

'Harlequin' is a compact deciduous shrub with rounded deep purple leaves, variably splashed with cream and pink, and small pale yellow flowers followed by dark red berries

Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest'

allium 'Mount Everest'

'Mount Everest' is a hardy perennial bulb, up to 1.2m tall, with grey-green, strap-shaped leaves. Fifty or more white, star-shaped flowers form tightly-packed balls, up to 12cm across, held on tall, ribbed stems in late spring and early summer

Allium 'Gladiator'

allium 'Gladiator'

'Gladiator' is a bulbous perennial to 1.2m in height, with erect, strap-shaped leaves and rounded clusters of starry light reddish-purple flowers in early summer

Veronica vernicosa (H)

varnished hebe

A rounded shrub of compact habit, with small, very glossy dark green leaves and axillary racemes of small white or very pale blue flowers in early summer

Veronica pinguifolia 'Pagei' (H)

hebe 'Pagei'

A low-growing dwarf evergreen shrub to 30cm in height, spreading into a mat to 90cm in width, with small, oblong, silvery-grey leaves and white flowers in dense, short spikes in late spring and early summer

Veronica 'Red Edge' (H)

hebe 'Red Edge'

A small evergreen shrub with oblong, blue-grey leaves which are margined with red, especially in winter. Flowers pale mauve fading to white, in short spikes

Veronica 'Emerald Gem' (H)

hebe 'Emerald Gem'

A dwarf evergreen shrub making a compact rounded bush to 30cm tall, with upright shoots densely covered with tiny, pointed leaves, and small white flowers appearing sparsely in summer

Campanula glomerata 'Freya'^PBR

A compact, vigorous rhizomatous perennial, forming clumps of upright stems to 40cm high, with dark green, ovate to lance-shaped leaves. Produces dense clusters of violet blue, bell shaped flowers throughout the summer

Crataegus orientalis

eastern thorn

C. orientalis is a small, spreading, thorny, deciduous tree to around 6m tall. Deeply-cut, dark green downy leaves with 5-9 lobes are grey beneath and turn yellow in the autumn. White fragrant flowers in rounded sprays of twelve or more are followed by aromatic red or yellowish-red fruits

Aster amellus 'King George'

Italian aster 'King George'

'King George' is a bushy, upright herbaceous perennial to 60cm, with dark green, oval leaves and yellow-centred, violet-blue daisies 5cm wide in late summer and autumn

Lavandula angustifolia Little Lady ('Batlad')

English lavender [Little Lady]

A bushy, compact evergreen shrub with narrow linear silver-grey leaves bearing prolific spikes of fragrant, pale lilac/blue flowers in summer.

Lavandula angustifolia 'Imperial Gem'

English lavender 'Imperial Gem'

'Imperial Gem' is a compact evergreen shrub with narrow grey-green leaves and fragrant spikes of deep purple flowers in summer

Eryngium giganteum 'Silver Ghost'

tall eryngo 'Silver Ghost'

'Silver Ghost' is an erect, branching biennial with cone-like heads of blue flowers surrounded by spiny, silvery-white bracts

Veronica 'Pascal' (H)

hebe 'Pascal'

An evergreen shrub with narrowly lance-shaped leaves which turn purplish in winter, and short racemes of violet-blue flowers in early summer