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This north facing garden features a cubby and many deciduous trees including Silver Birch, (Betula pendula) edible cherries (Prunus avium Stella), Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstoemia indica x L.fauriei), Forest Pansy (Cercis Canadensis), Maple (Acer palmatum) and Illawarra Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius). Smaller plants include Japanese Wind flowers, (Anemone japonica x hybrid), Silver spurflower (Plectranthus argentatus), Blue Bugle (Ajuga repatans) Gardenias (Gardenia jasminoides ‘Professor Pucci), and various herbs and bulbs.
A silver theme predominates with Silver Dichondra (Dichaondra argentea ‘Silver Falls’), Society Garlic (Tulbghia violacea ‘Silver Lace’) and a variegated euphorbia (Euphorbia characias ‘Silver Swan’) underneath the Smoke Bush and South African Orchid Bush (Bauhinia galpinii).