Pittosporum gracilis

• Commonly yellow

• Evergreen

• Quick growing

• Max height: 18 – 20 feet

• The tiny purple flowers have a strong scent

Eleagnus x ebbingei ‘Limelight’

• Grown for its foliage and the scent of its flowers

• Requires well drained soil and

sunshine

• Can often suffer from root rot

• Max height: 15 feet

Stipa gigantea

• Type of grass

• Max height: 6feet

approx. (with flower)

• Hardy

• Requires well drained soil

Buxus sempervirens

• Hedge plant

• Used for ‘box hedging’

• Pruned once a year (slow grower)

• Grows well in either full sunshine or

shady conditions

• Requires well drained soil

Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Garnettii’

• Evergreen

• Quick grower

• Pink tinge to leaf

• Max height: 20 – 30 feet

 Acer palmatum ‘Sango-Kaku’
(Formerly ‘Senkaki’)

• Deciduous

• Aka: ‘Coral Bark Maple’

• Prefers neutral to acidic soil

(PH 7)

• Requires very well drained

soil

• Max Height: 30 feet (18 –

20 feet in Ireland)
 Griselinia littoralis ‘Bantry Bay’

Litoralis = by the sea

• Evergreen

• Variegated

• Slow grower

• Grown for foliage

• Requires plenty of sun for its

colour
Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Queen’

• No pink tinge

• Leaves are of a duller

colour than the

Garnettii

• Highly scented purple

flower

• Max height: 20 – 30

feet
Betula pendula ‘Tristis’

• Deciduous

• Native to Ireland

• Vigorous grower

• Prefers to grow

where there is

water

• Ends of branches

hang

• Good Autumn

colour

• Stems have purplish hue

• Branches become white in maturity

• Max height: 40 – 50 feet

Hydrangea macrophylla

• Macrophylla = big leaves

• Hydrangea = mop head

• When PH of soil is more than 7 the flowers are pink

• When the PH is less than 7 the

flowers are blue

• Grows in shade with damp soil

• Max height 4 feet

• Deciduous
Ilex aquifolium ‘Madame briot’

• Evergreen

• Holly tree

• Variegated

• Good for hedging

• Red berried (if female)

• Prefers dry and shady conditions (ideally

dapple shade)

• Max height: 40 feet

Ligustrum ovalifolium

• Privet hedge

• Evergreen

• Hardy

• Max height: 15 feet approx.

Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Variegatum’

• Variegated version of Ligustrum ovafolium

Malus ‘Golden Hornet’

• Aka: Crabapple

• Deciduous

• Produces a white flower and golden

coloured fruit

• Vertical growth

• Prefers a soil not too rich in nitrates

• Max height: 18 – 20 feet

Fraxinus excelsior ‘Jaspidea’

• Variety of Ash tree

• Deciduous

• Leaves turn

a rich gold

in Autumn

• Golden

green leaves

with

yellowish

stems

• Will grow indiscriminately in most soil types

• Max height: 120 – 130 feet

Sorbus aucuparia ‘Joseph Rock’

• Yellow berried Mountain Ash

• The foliage is more rounded with a finer

leaf

• Leaves turn a vivid red in Autumn

• Will grow in most soil types

• Max height: 20 feet