ACAENA ‘BLUE HAZE’   BLUE/GREY

A

10 x 30  Evergreen

Distinctive shade of purplish blue-grey; reddish stems and ‘burrs’. Smaller leaved, and tighter habit.

ACAENA BUCHANANII   BLUE/GREEN A
5 x 60  Evergreen
Unusual sea-green foliage forming a tight mat
ACAENA INERMIS 'PURPUREA'    PURPLE A
5 x 90  Evergreen
Another excellent groundcover best colouring in full sun.
ACAENA MICROPHYLLA ‘COPPER CARPET’  BRONZE

A

 8 x 30   Evergreen
Bronze-green in shade, copper-brown in sun. Quick, dense carpeter, excellent with yellows and olives.
AJUGA REPTANS ‘BRAUNHERZ’  BLACK

A

 8 x 40  Evergreen

Lustrous dark blackish-purple leaves and strong flower spikes of deep blue in spring. Good with yellows.

AJUGA REPTANS ‘BURGUNDY GLOW’  PINK 

A

8 x 30  Evergreen

One of our favourite foliage plants. A quite indispensable carpeter for its unique, basically pinkish overall effect – actually a lovely combination of magenta, rose and cream, stronger in sun, still delightful in shade where the colours are more muted and some grey-green appears. Blue flower spikes harmonise perfectly. Use with silvers and blues.

AJUGA REPTANS ‘CATLIN’S GIANT’  DARK BROWN

A

15 x 45  Evergreen

Very dark brownish leaves, blue spring flower spikes. More robust in every way. Good ground cover.

AJUGA REPTANS ‘PINK SURPRISE’  BLACK 

A

8 x 30  Evergreen
Very dark purplish leaves and unusual in producing pinkish-purple flowers in spring.
ALLIUM SENESCENS MONTANUM 'GLAUCUM'  GREY A
15 x 10   
Grey/blue with a twist to the foliage, lilac flowers late summer.
ANTENNARIA DIOICA ‘ALBA’  SILVER 

A

3 x 30   Evergreen
Flat mats of rounded silvery leaves with fluffy white flower heads. Good in paving or for edging.

ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA

GREY/GREEN  

A

3 x 30 Evergreen
Flat mats of grey-green leaves with pink flowers on upright stems.
ARABIS FERDINANDI-COBURGI ‘OLD GOLD’  VARIEG

A

 5 x 20  Evergreen
Neat attractive carpeter with shiny green and yellow leaves.

ARABIS FERDINANDI-COBURGI ‘VARIEGATA’ 

VARIEG

A

 3 x 20 

Evergreen

Smaller and neater than Alpina with shiny green and white variegation – purplish overtones in winter.

ARMERIA MARITIMA 'NIFTY THRIFTY'   VARIEG A
 10x15  Evergreen
Inspite of its name quite appealing variegated form of Sea Thrift
ARMERIA MARITIMA 'RUBRIFOLIA'   PURPLE A
 10x20  Evergreen
Purple leaved form of Sea Thrift. Pink flower
ARTEMISIA SCHMIDTIANA ‘NANA’  SILVER 

A

10 x 30 
A spreading silvery dome of lovely filigree foliage – best in a sunny spot.
CAMPANULA POSCHARSKYANA ‘VARIEGATA’  VARIEG 

A

12 x 30   Evergreen

The species is a popular blue-flowered front-of-border carpeter. This form has pink and white flushing to the new growth.

CHIASTOPHYLLUM OPPOSITIFOLIUM ‘JIM’S PRIDE’  

VARIEG 

A

5 x 20 

Evergreen

The succulent scalloped leaves of this variety form a dense mat of creamy-yellow above which sprays of small yellow flowers appear. Shady, well drained position

COTULA HISPIDA SILVER

A

 3 x 30   Evergreen

A compact silvery-grey mat of soft foliage with single yellow button flowers held clear of the leaves.

DIANTHUS 'WARDEN HYBRID' GREY/BLUE A
 15 x 10   Evergreen
Neat hummocks of blue/grey foliage, magenta pink flowers.
EUPHORBIA MYRSINITES  BLUE 

B

15 x 40  Evergreen

Trailing system with whorls of pale blue-grey leaves. Yellow-green flowers in spring, after which cut off old stems. Most distinctive addition to any garden, on rockery or on top of a wall in sun.

GERANIUM SESSILIFLORUM
ssp. NOVAE ZELANDIAE ‘PORTER’S PASS’ 
 
BROWN 

A

8 x 30  

An unusual little plant with small round truly brown leaves, with, now and again, a bright orange one. Tight ground cover. Small white flowers. Plant with blue grasses and small silver shrubs.

GERANIUM SESSILIFLORUM (Red form)
ssp. NOVAE ZELANDIAE ‘PORTER’S PASS’ 
RED 

A

8 x 30   
Shiny reddish-brown, much brighter than above.