1. brown top
Agrostis capillaris
Better known as Brown Top or Common Bent grass. It is a tufted variety ideal for luxury lawns that will be mowed on a regular basis
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2. creeping fescue grass
Festuca rubra
Slowly spreading, tufted, perennial grass about 30cm tall, forming open clumps of fine, bristly, mid green, hair-like leaves often with red veins. Flower spikes to 30cm tall, are pale brown and produced in summer in clusters of spikelets. O
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3. Swiss cheese plant
Monstera deliciosa
M. deliciosa is an evergreen shrub to 5m or more, climbing by aerial roots, with heart-shaped, pinnatisect and often perforated, glossy deep green leaves to 90cm; flower spathes 30cm, white, followed by cone-like cream fruit
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4. missionary plant
Pilea peperomioides
P. peperomioides is an erect evergreen perennial to 30cm or more, with fleshy, rounded, long-stalked mid-green leaves to 10cm in length; tiny pale green flowers sometimes tinged pink
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5. hortensia
Hydrangea macrophylla
A large, rounded, deciduous shrub with rather coarse, oval, dark green leaves to 20cm long. In mid- and late summer produces large, flattened flowerheads consisting of a few sterile, pink florets with large petals and many small, fertile, b
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6. flaming Katy
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
K. blossfeldiana is a bushy evergreen succulent perennial to 40cm, with fleshy, ovate leaves, and terminal panicles of tubular red flowers spreading lobes in early spring
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7. golden pothos
Epipremnum aureum
An evergreen self-clinging climber to 4m or more, with glossy bright green ovate leaves spotted and streaked with cream or yellow; green flowering spathes appear only rarely in cultivation
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8. coleus
Coleus scutellarioides
A tender, evergreen perennial to 60cm, with semi-succulent, square stems bearing ovate, toothed leaves. The species shows some leaf variegation and numerous brightly coloured cultivars have been developed from it. Small, blue flowers are bo
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9. dart grass
Holcus lanatus
Densely tufted, native perennial grass about 1m tall, with softly-hairy, upright stems, flat grey-green leaves and purplish-red tinged single spikelets produced at the end of the stems in summer, followed by greyish-pink seed heads
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10. common stinging nettle
Urtica dioica
A herbaceous perennial with spreading roots and creeping horizontal stems able to form large, patches of upright stems, to 1.5m tall, with dark green foliage. Leaves and stems are covered in stinging and non-stinging hairs. Cream or brownis
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11. common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
A spreading stoloniferous perennial with narrow, finely pinnately dissected leaves and small, cream or pink flowerheads in flat heads in summer
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12. heather
Calluna vulgaris
An evergreen shrub with small, narrow, linear leaves and spikes of urn-shaped pink or pale purple, single or double flowers borne from mid-summer to autumn. Plants reach around 60cm in height. Many cultivars have been both selected and bred
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13. common beech
Fagus sylvatica
Large, vigorous deciduous tree reaching 30m in height, with a broad, spreading crown. Leaves broadly elliptic, yellow-green in spring, rich golden copper to russet-brown in autumn. Small, green flowers in early spring, are followed by brist
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14. common rush
Juncus effusus
J. effusus is a clump-forming, evergreen, grass-like perennial to 1.5m tall. Its bright green to yellowish rounded stems that form arching fans, From late spring to summer, rounded heads of small green to brown flowers emerge on the sides o
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15. Indian grass
Molinia caerulea
Clump-forming deciduous grass to 1.2m in height with thin, linear bright green leaves. Slender airy plumes of tiny dark purple flowers, (spikelets) on dainty yellow-tinted, arching stems, are held high above the foliage from summer to autum
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16. common reed
Phragmites australis
P. australis is a vigorous reed grass to 3m in height, spreading by rhizomes and forming an extensive colony of erect, leafy, robust stems with drooping linear leaves which turn light brown in autumn, and terminal dark purple flowering pani
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17. tufted hair grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
An evergreen grass forming a neat tussock of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves to 60cm long, with feathery panicles of silvery-purple flowers on arching stems in summer
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18. corn plant
Dracaena fragrans
An upright, evergreen, tropical shrub with cane-like stems and glossy, strap-shaped leaves to 40cm long. Its slender habit and tolerance of a range of conditions make it a popular houseplant
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19. crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
A dwarf, evergreen shrub to about 15cm, with trailing stems bearing tiny (5mm), needle-like leaves. The inconspicuous, pinkish or purplish flowers appear in late spring or early summer, followed in autumn by edible, black berries about 5mm
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20. common ash
Fraxinus excelsior
A vigorous deciduous tree to 25m, with pale brown bark, dark green, pinnate leaves that turn yellow in autumn, and small deep purple flowers, followed by conspicuous bunches of winged fruits in late summer and autumn and black buds in winte
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