Rabbit Resistant Plants

21 February 2020

• O Euphorbia
• O Eremurus (Foxtail Lily)
• O Digitalis (Foxgloves)
• O Eryngium (Sea Holly)
• O Daffodil
• O Ulex (Gorse)
• O Aquilegia
• O Hellebore
• O Nepeta
• O Pulmonaria
• O Sedum
• O Alchemilla mollis
• O Alliums

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Great Groundcover Plants!

20 February 2019

Rock Garden

• M Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ (E)
• M Ajuga reptans (E)
• M Helianthemum ‘Rhodanthe Carneum’ (E) + others
• M Sedum ‘Casablanca’ (E)
• M Sedum spurium ‘Greenmantle’ (E)
• M Epimedium (E)
• M Dianthus deltoides (E)
• M Iberis sempervirens (E)
• M Veronica prostrata (E)
• M Campanula – various
• M Arabis blepharophylla ‘Fruhlingszauber’ (E)
• M Geranium - various
• M Ivy (E)
• M Artemisia (E)

Shrubs

• L Sarcococca confusa (E)
• L Cotoneaster horizontalis (D)
• L Cotoneaster dammeri (E)
• L Viburnum davidii (E)
• L Euonymus ‘Emerald n Gold’/’Silver Queen’ (E)
• L Berberis thunbergii ‘Nana’ (E)
• L Helleborus hybridus (E)

Herbaceous Perennials

• Z Lamium maculatum
• Z Bergenia cordifolia

(E) Evergreen (D) Deciduous

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Slug Resistant Plants

07 February 2019

• K All geraniums
• K Winter aconite
• K Hellebore
• K Aquilegia
• K Roses
• K Agastache (Hyssop)
• K Sedum
• K Penstemon
• K Sidalcea
• K Knautia (Scabious)
• K Astilbe

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Top Crab Apple Varieties

09 February 2018

• Malus hupehensis is one of the largest crab apples, making a spreading tree up to 12m (40ft) tall. It has profuse clusters of pink-budded white flowers in spring, followed by cherry-shaped, deep-red fruits, and red and yellow autumn tints to the leaves. This variety offers good scab resistance.

• Malus ‘Pink Glow’ is a small tree with white flowers. The fruits, which are excellent for jelly, are pinkish-red, hence the cultivar’s name.

• Malus x atrosanguinea ‘Gorgeous’ lives up to its name, with pink-budded white flowers and glossy orange-red fruits that last well into winter. It remains a small tree.

• Malus ‘Harry Baker’ is a newish variety, with big pink flowers and large, ruby-red, pink-fleshed fruit that is widely deemed to be the best for making crab-apple jelly. It has good scab resistance.

• Malus x zumi ‘Golden Hornet’, which makes a rounded tree, is a popular choice because its slightly oval fruits are golden-yellow and persist, if you are lucky, right thorough winter. The single flowers are pink in bud, then white. Not very scab-resistant.

• Malus x robusta ‘Red Sentinel’ is a well-known cultivar with an upright habit. It has masses of white flowers in spring followed by deep-red fruits that last well on the tree. Another variety that shows good scab resistance.

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