HIERACIUM MACULATUM   VARIEG 

A

17 x 25
Leaves emerge shiny pale brown, becoming grey-green with maroon blotches. Yellow ‘dandelion’ flowers.
IBERIS SEMPERVIVIUM 'AUREA'  YELLOW  A
15 x 30 Evergreen
Golden yellow foliage and white flowers.
LEPTINELLA 'PLATTS BLACK' BLACK A
3x30  Evergreen
Similar to 'Potentillina' but almost black foliage. Very striking.
LEPTINELLA POTENTILLINA    BRONZE 

A

3 x 30
Dense ground-hugging mat with very small ferny leaves of pewter-tinted green. Once established will succeed in difficult dry conditions where other ground cover may fail. Good in paving.
LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA ‘AUREA’   YELLOW 

A

3 x 40

This yellow form of the ‘Creeping Jenny’ is a useful carpeter, quite happy and certainly most colourful in sun, so long as the soil is not bone dry. Sends out long trails of quite round leaves and bright yellow flowers from midsummer onwards. Much used now trailing from hanging baskets.

PERSICARIA CAPITATA 'PINK BUBBLES   VARIEG A
3 x 40
Delightful carpeter with marbled leaves of pinky-red, cream and green. Tiny pink button flowers. May need a little protection over winter in some areasof the country.
SAXIFRAGA 'LUTEA'   SIL/GREY

A

10x 20  
Rosettes of grey green leaves forming mats. Creamy white flowers
SAXIFRAGA X URBIUM ‘AUREA VARIEGATA’   VARIEG 

B

8 x 30  
Bright yellow blotches on rich green leaves make this a very attractive variegated form of ‘London Pride’.
SEDUM HIDAKANUM  GREY

A

 8 x 25   
Subtle purple-grey rounded leaves and rosy-purple flowers on trailing stems are a nice combination. Excellent with silvers and blues such as the Festuca grasses. Full sun for all sedums.

SEDUM KAMTSCHATICUM ‘VARIEGATUM’

VARIEG 

A

  10 x 30 
Very showy – green and creamy-white leaves. Bright orange and red starry flowers.
SEDUM PACHYCLADOS BLUE

A

.12 x 20  Evergreen
Whorls of small blue green leaves. Very neat grower. Yellowish flowers
SEDUM REFLEXUM 'AUREUM' YELLOW A
.18 x 60  Evergreen
Virgorous mat forming evergreen perenial. Free flowering yellow stars in summer
SEDUM SPATHULIFOLIUM ‘CAPE BLANCO’  SILVER

A

 8 x 25   Evergreen
Brilliant silvery-white leaves make the brightest of carpets. Yellow flowers
SEDUM SPURIUM ‘FULDAGLUT’  RED 

A

8 x 30 
Excellent shiny leaves of strong deep red, and heads of rich pink flowers.
SEDUM SPURIUM ‘VARIEGATUM’ (TRICOLOR’)  VARIEG

A

 8 x 30
A most pleasing little plant with white-margined, pink-flushed green leaves, and pale pink flowers.
SEMPERVIVUM ARACHNOIDEUM  SILVER

A

5 x 10  Evergreen
Tight grey/green rosettes covered in a mass of fine hairs, giving the appearance of a spiders web.
SEMPERVIVUM 'RASPBERRY ICE'  GREY A
5 x 10  Evergreen
Rather loose rosettes of grey succulent leaves, tinged with pink.
SISYRINCHIUM 'QUAINT AND QUEER'   GREY/GREEN

A

20 x 10  Evergreen
Grey-green sword-like leaves with dainty star shaped flowers, pale yellow with purple tinges.
SISYRINCHIUM 'E.K.BALLS'  GREY/GREEN A
10 x 15   
Grey/ green sword-like foliage, deep blue flowers.  
SISYRINCHIUM ‘HEMSWELL SKY’  GREY/GREEN  

A

20 x 10  Evergreen
Similar to above but with attractive pale blue flowers.
SILENE 'DRUETT'S VARIEGATED' VARIEG   A
10 x 30  Evergreen
Grey foliage edged with cream. A striking low spreader with single white flowers.
THYMUS CITRIODORUS ‘ARCHERS GOLD’  YELLOW 

A

17 x 30  Evergreen
A compact form of Thyme with really bright yellow leaves, lovely in winter.
THYMUS 'HIGHLAND CREAM'  VARIEG A
2x10  Evergreen
A small form with variegated leaves with edges of creamy yellow hugging the ground.
THYMUS VULGARIS ‘SILVER POSIE’   VARIEG

A

25 x 30  Evergreen
Pale green leaves with white variegation make this a pretty little herb.
THYMUS ‘DOONE VALLEY’  VARIEG 

A

10 x 30  Evergreen

Particularly pleasing Thyme, low growing and dense. Foliage is dark green and is heavily splashed with yellow. Late summer sees large heads of mauve flowers.

THYMUS PSEUDOLANUGINOSUS  GR/GREEN

A

 5 x 30  Evergreen
Grey-green prostrate mats of minute woolly leaves, irresistible to touch.
TRIFOLIUM REPENS ‘PURPURASCENS QUADRIFOLIUM’   PURPLE 

A

8 x 40  Evergreen
Dark purple leaves with green margins to this ornamental spreading clover, 3, 4 or 5 leaved. White flowers.
VERONICA PEDUNCULARIS ‘GEORGIA BLUE’   GREEN/PURP 

A

6 x 40  Evergreen

A dense and quite rapid ground covering perennial which can be used equally as well in trailing over walls and paths. The dark green leaves and stems have a purple flush and supply the perfect back-drop for the blue flowers

VIOLA CORNUTA ‘TONY VENISON’   VARIEG

A

10 x 25  Evergreen
The new foliage is a cheerful bright yellow and the flowers a delightful palest blue.
VIOLA RIVINIANIA PURPUREA  PURPLE 

A

10 x 25  Evergreen
Dark purplish-black leaves are in perfect harmony with the dusky violet-blue flowers. In part shade could be planted with Milium effusum aureum or any of the yellow carpeters; in sun with silver.

Updated December 2007