Plant Name

Season of Interest

Ev

Dec

Notes

Sp

Su

A

W

Shrubs:            

Sarcococca hookeriana

Christmas Box, fragrant

Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’

Fragrant, medium height

Daphne pontica

Daphne laureola subsp. phillipi

Spurge Laurel

Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’

Suitable for heavy clay

Leycesteria formosa

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Veitchii’

Suitable for heavy clay

Euonymus fortunei

Leaves tinted pink in W.

Paeonia delavayi

Helleborus sp.

Hosta sp. (eg. ‘Honeybells’)

Fragrant flowers

Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’

Lonicera pileata

Violet berries late Spring

Rodgersia pinnata ‘Superba’

Suitable for heavy clay

Iris foetidissima ‘Variegata’

Reliable, orange berries

Skimmia japonica ‘Wakehurst’

Plant m & f for berries

Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa

Fragrant leaves

Symphytum x uplandicum

Var. Comfrey up to 3’

Fatsia japonica

Large-leaved

Aucuba japonica

Suitable for heavy clay

Ruscus aculeatus

Butcher’s Broom - prickly

Kerria japonica

‘Pleniflora’ recommended

Groundcover / Perennials:

Hosta sp.

Pachysandra terminalis

Japanese Spurge

Hypericum calycinum

Rose of Sharon - invasive

Epimedium sp. (e.g.  davidii)

Or try ‘Rubrum’

Geranium sp.

Lamium maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’

Silver variegated leaves

Tricyrtis formosana

Toad Lily

Liriope muscari

Turf Lily

Tiarella cordifolia

Symphytum ‘Goldsmith’

Variegated Comfrey

Pulmonaria sp.

semi

Anemone x hybrida sp.

semi

Japanese wood anemone

Climbers:

Lonicera nudiflorum

Winter-flowering jasmine

Chaenomeles speciosa

Suitable for heavy clay

C. x superba ‘Rowallane’

Suitable for heavy clay

Trees:

Acer palmatum var. coreanum

lvs

Ornamental tree to 5m

Ferns:

Asplenium scolopendrium

Hart’s Tongue Fern

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

Black Spleenwort