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 Plant list: Plants for sandy soil
Sandy soil is very sharp draining so plants that grow in it must have a tolerance to drought.
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| Latin name: | | Cytisus |
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| Common name: | | Broom |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Fully to half-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White to yellow to red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Grey to deep green |
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| Height and spread: | | 30cm to 3m x 1m to 2m (1ft to 9.8ft x 3.3ft to 6.6ft) |
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| Description: | |
These deciduous and evergreen shrubs are grown for their pea-like flowers which appear all along the branches. They prefer a sunny spot.
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| Latin name: | | Tulipa |
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| Common name: | | Tulip |
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| Type of plant: | | Bulb |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White to yellow to red to purple |
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| Leaf colour: | | Green |
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| Height and spread: | | 15cm x 10cm (6in x 4in) |
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This spring-flowering bulb has many varieties which produce wineglass-shaped flowers in many different colours.
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| Latin name: | | Lavatera ‘Barnsley’ |
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| Common name: | | Tree mallow |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White and pink |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2m x 2m (6.6ft x 6.6ft) |
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Easy to grow, this free-flowering shrub will bloom for months on end. The white blooms deepen in colour to pink with age
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| Latin name: | | Cistus |
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| Common name: | | Sun rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White to pink to red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1.8m x 1.5m (5.9ft x 4.9ft) |
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This evergreen shrub has aromatic leaves which are often sticky. The silk-like flowers appear en masse during summer.
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| Latin name: | | Hibiscus syriacus |
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| Common name: | | Hibiscus |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White to pink to blue |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2.5m to 3m x 2.5m to 3m (8.2ft to 9.8ft x 8.2ft to 9.8ft) |
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| Description: | |
The colourful blooms of the hibiscus bring a touch of the exotic to the garden. They appear from late summer to autumn.
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