Aromafolia - Pictures

Achillea huteri
Low -growing semi-evergreen with ferny silver foliage forming a carpet of pretty white
flowers.10cm
Acinos alpinus
Sometimes called Alpine Basil Thyme. As its name suggests it is a cushion forming small
perennial, covered in summer with spikes of white-lipped red-violet flowers. 10-20cm
Aeonium 'Zwartkop'
A branching shrub that produces magnificent, black-purple, succulent, leaf rosettes at the
ends of its branches. Needs protection in the UK during winter.
Agastache aurantiaca
Native to Mexico, but grows on mountains, so enjoys a well drained site. Sometines called
orange hummingbird mint. Sweetly aromatic foliage.
Agastache 'Firebird'
Fragrant dusky green folaige with rich carmine pink flowers all through summer. like all
these agastaches, very attractive to bees, moths and butterflies. 30-40 cm
Agastache rugosa 'Golden Jubilee'
In spring the leaves appear as crinkled and tinged with dark purple, but open out to form
rosettes of bright golden scented foliage with purple blue fluffy flower spikes. Very striking.
60cm
Agastache mexicana
Fragrant foliage with purple blue flower spikes - terrific planted in drifts. 60-80cm
Agastache rugosa 'Liquorice Blue'
Tall variety. Fragrant liquorice/aniseed foliage with purple blue flower spikes - another
variety for planting in drifts. 90-100cm
Agastache ‘Serpentine ‘
Bright deep violet flowers and very pale lilac rose calyces. Licorice scented foliage. 100cm
Allium ‘Beau Regard’
Excellent new hybrid with silver-mauve flowers atop sturdy stems. Very large flower globes
of up to 30cm in diameter. 100cm
Allium christophii
Globes of small, star-shaped, pinkish-purple flowers in early summer. Flower globes up
to 20cm in diameter with a striking metallic appearance. 40-50 cm
Allium schubertii
Spectacular starburst flower sphere reaches over 30 cm across. Like an exploding firework! 50cm
Allium ‘Forelock’
Round maroon purple flower heads with a unique forelock on top of the flower. 60-70cm
Aloysia triphylla
Lemon verbena. One of the most deliciously fragrant shrubs. Excellent in large pots when it
can be placed near garden seats to make it easy to enjoy the heady lemon sherbet scent. Can
be late coming into leaf in the spring. Do not be tempted to throw it out! 100cm
Anthemis sancti-johannis
Grey green ferny foliage with intense orange flowers which are good for cutting. 50-70cm
Anthemis tinctoria
Spectacular single yellow daisies. Ferny foliage. 60-90cm
Anthemis tinctoria ‘Sauce Hollandaise’
Finely cut foliage. Pale yellow buds opening white. 50-75cm
Artemisia lactifloria Guizhou group
Mahogany brown stems, back/green foliage and creamy white flowers. Up to 1m.
Artemisia herba alba
Woody perennial, native to North Africa. Tiny aromatic grey leaves. Drought tolerant. 30-40cm
Artemisia 'Porquerolles'
Very silky silver foliage. Forms a neat mound. Loves sun and dry. 30-50cm
Artemisia 'Valerie Finnis'
Boldly cut, aromatic, silvery-white leaves, becoming green with age. This semi-evergreen
perennial is an ideal groundcover plant for a sunny, well-drained rockery or gravel garden.
Drought tolerant once established, it's an excellent companion for white or brightly coloured
flowers. Up to 100cm
Arum dracunculus
Impressive deep purple-black spadex swith a shimmering purple-black lance which can reach 30cm or more. The leaves are pointed, heavily veined and very pretty in their own right. Sometimes called the "Voodoo Lily" it has a dramatic if slightly sinister appearance. When the flower is mature the smell is reminiscent of rotting meat, designed to attract flies for pollination. The smell only usually lasts for a day but you still may not want to plant it right next door to the house!
Asarum Europaeum
Robust and reliable groundcover plant with glossy attractive foliage even in dry shade.
These low, spreading plants have sweetly pungent roots which give rise to their common
name of 'wild ginger'. Exotic hooded purple-red flowers on 12cm stems appear in the spring
nestled under glossy rounded leaves.
Bellevalia pycnantha
Unique flower spikes of almost blueblack palest lemon yellow inside. Attractive deep green
foliage strappy foliage. Much stockier and more impressive than other grape hyacinths.
Highly recommended. 25cm
Bellevalia romana
Purple stems, bluish green buds opening white. 25cm
Calamintha grandiflora 'Variegata'
Spearmint scent, yellow variegated foliage and exquisite pink bells which appear in early
summer. 30-40cm
Calamintha nepeta ssp. Glandulosa
Numerous whorls of tiny white flowers billowing up like clouds from the fragrant foliage.
30-50cm
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta ex 'Blue Cloud'
Strongly scented leaves with spiked whorls of small pale blue flowers. 30-50cm
Carex flagellifera
Dense clumps of olive-bronze foliage,orange tinted. Easy and tidy. 75cm
Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’
Attractive ornamental sedge with striking dark green leaves with a central strip of yellow-cream, making a graceful, arching clump that does not spread.In mid to late spring the plant bears brown flowerspikes. Tolerant of light shade. 30cm
Crassula perfoliata var. falcata
Wonderful succulent which resembles a set of protracting sabre teeth or a set of aeroplane
propellers. Glaucus-green in colour. Red flowers. Needs winter prtoection.
Dahlia 'Dark Desire'
A bronzed leaved variety with dark blood red, single flowers on a tall habit. Very floriferous
and much more subtle than most dahlias so sits well inthe border with other plants. Lift the
tubers to overwinter - although it has survived in the garden here in well drained soil for half
a dozen winters with no problem. 80cm
Dahlia 'Ragged Robin'
Curled and quilled scarlet red flowers over dark green foliage. Like 'Dark Desire', works
well in a mixed border. 100cm
Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Northen Lights’
A most desirable and eye-catching ornamental grass. Narrowleaves striped pink and green
with a strikingly beautiful cream edge. 75-90cm
Dianella tasmanica ‘Tas Red’
This 'Flax Lily' has shiny green, strappy leaves which have varying hues of yellow and red
- mostly during the colder months. Short deep red flower stems emerge in spring later
followed by brilliant metallic blue berries in late summer. 40cm
Echeverria peacockii
Forms large rosettes of succulent foliage with bluish white leaves. Spikes of pink-orange
flowers. 20Cm
Echeveria rundellii
Small succulent with little grey hairy leaves with striking yellow-red flowers. Needs winter
protection. 10cm
Elymus magellanicus
A tufted cump-forming grass with the most intense blue foliage of all grasses with neat spikes of fawn flowers in June to October. Does well on sandy or poor stony soil. 70cm
Eremurus 'Cleopatra'
Soaring, slender spikes of burnt-orange flowers in early and midsummer. Strap shaped,
bluish-green leave. Happiest in fertile, sandy, well-drained soil in full sun, where the roots
can be baked in summer to encourage better flowering. 1.5 m
Eremurus himalaicus
A handsome perennial with a tuft of strap-shaped leaves at the base, and a spike of pure
white florets on a tall single stem. These magnificent plants are very tall and striking
producing bushy, bottlebrush type flower spikes of over one and a half metres. Excellent
for exotic planting schemes and make very long lasting cut flowers.
Eremurus ‘Romance’
Soaring, slender spikes of unusual salmon-coloured flowers in early and mid-summer above
strap-shaped, bluish-green leaves.
Eryngium variifolium
Small, grey-blue to pale blue, teasel-like flowers in July and August above rosettes of spiny,
white-marbled, dark green leaves. 40cm
Erysimum linifolium ‘Variegatum’
Hardy perennial, evergreen wall flower with wonderful variegated cream and green foliage
with light mauve flowers. A good splash of colour for a long period.
Eupatorium cannabinum
Like all eupatoriums, this is a late flowering shrub. This one has dense sprays of deep pink
flowers over narrow pointed leaves. 40-100cm
Eupatorium purpureum
Handsome hardy plant which can reach over 2m. Numerous frosty pink flower heads
grouped together to form a large pyramidal head.
Euphorbia amygdaloides ‘Amy Purpurea’
Dark bronze-green leaves with new shoots of deep purple and flowers of lime-green which last through spring.
Foeniculum vulgare ‘Rubrum’
Bronze fennel. Ferny foliage with a deep bronze hue. Fennel scented. Umbels of pale yellow
flowers.Great planted where it catches the morning sun - the evaporating dew in late summer will scent the whole garden. 1 -1.5m
Fritillaria acmopetala
Bell-like flowers with each petal flaring slightly at the base. Mid green flowers with the inner
petals quite heavily stained reddish-brown.30-40cm.
Fritillaria elwesii
A slender species with wiry but rigid stems carrying glaucous grey/green leaves. Tubular
flower purple-black & olive green flaring at the petal tips. 30cm
Fritillaria pallidiflora
Large and showy species with glaucous grey foliage and delightful, quite large pale yellow or creamy-white, broadly bell-shaped flowers. 30-40cm
Fritillaria persica
Handsome plant that sends up a sturdy column bearing thick strappy grey-green leaves and bears several pendulous, deep purple-black bells at the top. Very striking and exotic looking but perfectly hardy. One of the taller fritillaries. 75cm
Fritillaria Pontica
This fritillary has bell-shaped flowers of pale green, tinged maroon at the tips.