Ruscus aculeatus
A native subshrub with upright stems of spiny tipped dark green leaves. Inconspicuous greenish white flowers are followed by showy red berries from late summer to winter.
Ruta graveolens
A rounded evergreen shrub with aromatic glaucous blue-green leaves. Dull yellow cup-shaped flowers.
Ruta graveolens ‘Jackman’s Blue’
A rounded evergreen shrub with aromatic, intense glaucous blue-green leaves. Dull yellow cup-shaped flowers.
Ruta graveolens ‘Variegata’
A rounded evergreen shrub with aromatic glaucous blue-green leaves, variegated creamy white. Dull yellow cup-shaped flowers.
Salix ‘Boydii’
An upright shrub with gnarled branches and veined grey-green leaves. Rarely produces dark grey catkins in early spring.
Salix ‘Stuartii’
A good border plant with conspicuous yellow shoots with orange buds in winter. Gnarled appearance.
Salix alpina
A dwarf, prostrate shrub with rounded leaves and slender grey catkins in spring.
Salix apoda
An interesting shrub with silvery catkins becoming pinky-orange as they mature.
Salix arbuscula
This plant produces an effective close mat of green leaves which are glaucous underneath. Long slender catkins.
Salix elaeagnos
An upright shrub with narrow dark green leaves, grey when young turning yellow in autumn. Produces slender green catkins in spring, as the leaves emerge.
Salix exigua
An upright thicket-forming suckering shrub with narrow grey-green leaves covered with silky grey hairs when young. Produces grey-yellow catkins in spring, with the leaves.
Salix fargesii
An upright shrub with glossy green stems when young, that turn red-brown. Produces slender green catkins in spring, with the leaves.