Ivydene Gardens Plants:
Sub-Shrub List

The Evergreen Shrub Gallery shows colour photographs of some of the following Sub-Shrubs.

Evergreen - Of plants that retain their foliage for more than one growing season; semi-evergreen plants retain only a small proportion of their leaves for more than one season.

Parahebe catarractae
Parahebe hookeriana
Parahebe lyallii
Parahebe x bidwillii 'Kea'
Penstemon cardwellii
Penstemon davidsonii
Penstemon fruticosus
Petrophytum caespitosum
Petrophytum hendersonii
Ruscus hypoglossum
Senecio abrotanifolius
Vinca difformis
 

1 x 1
0.5 x 1.7
0.8 x 1.7
0.3 x 0.5
0.5 x 1
0.7 x 1.3
1.3 x 1.3
0.2 x 1
0.3 x 0.7
1.5 x 3
1 x 1
1 x indefinite
 

Sub-Shrub - 1) A low-growing plant that is entirely woody. 2) A plant that is woody at the base but has soft, usually herbaceous growth above.

Artemesia 'Powis Castle'
Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus hypophyllum
Senecio cineraria
 

3 x 4
2.5 x 2.5
2 x 3
2 x 2

 

Deciduous - Of plants that shed leaves at the end of the growing season and renew them at the beginning of the next: semi-deciduous plants lose only some of their leaves at the end of the growing season.

Stachys candida
 

0.5 x 1
 

Caryopteris x clandonensis
'Heavenly Blue'
Perovskia atriplicifolia
'Blue Spire'
 

3 x 3
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4 x 3