4. Feature plants (windy urban)
A single shrub or tree providing a focal point and year round interest. Plants have architectural qualities when they have a distinctive growth habit. Conifers with their clean narrow shape cope very well in windy conditions. Grasses and ferns are also eye-catching.
Plants (133)
Aucuba japonica 'Golden King'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold'
Golden fernspray cypress, Hinoki cypress
Cortaderia selloana
Sellow's pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila'
Sellow's pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Splendid Star'
Pampas grass, Sellow's Pampas grass
Cotoneaster 'Hybridus Pendulus'
Weeping cotoneaster
Cryptomeria japonica 'Vilmoriniana'
Japanese red cedar, Japanese cedar, Sugi
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Gilt Edge'
Oleaster, Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg'
Hybrid oleaster
Euonymus japonicus 'Green Rocket'
Japanese spindle
Euonymus Pierrolino = 'Heespierrolino'
Spindle
Fatsia japonica
False castor oil plant, Glossy leaved paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Japanese aralia
Fatsia japonica 'Spiders Web'
False castor oil plant, Glossy leaved paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Japanese aralia
Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Nandina domestica 'Obsessed'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Nandina domestica 'Twilight'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Pinus mugo Pumilio Group
Dwarf mountain pine, European scrub pine, Mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine
Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
Common laurel, Cherry laurel
Prunus laurocerasus 'Zabeliana'
Common laurel, Cherry laurel
Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd'
American arbor vitae, White cedar, Yellow cedar
Yucca glauca
Great plains yucca, Soapweed yucca, Plains soapweed, Bear grass, Small soapweed
Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata'
Spanish dagger, Roman candle, Palm lily, Moundlily yucca, Soft tipped yucca
Abies amabilis 'Spreading Star'
Pacific silver fir, Red silver fir, Christmas tree
Abies cephalonica 'Meyer's Dwarf'
Greek fir, Grecian fir, Kukunaria
Abies concolor 'Compacta'
Colorado fir, White fir, Colorado white fir, Rocky Mountain white fir
Abies lasiocarpa 'Compacta'
Subalpine fir, Alpine fir, White fir, Balsam fir, Rocky mountain fir
Abies nordmanniana 'Golden Spreader'
Caucasian fir, Nordmann's fir, Christmas tree
Aucuba japonica 'Sulphurea Marginata'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba japonica Pepper Pot = 'Shilpot'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Carex pendula
Weeping sedge, Great drooping sedge, Pendulous sedge
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'
Blue weeping atlas cedar
Cedrus deodara 'Feelin' Blue'
Deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar, Indian cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwood's Gold'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii'
Ellwood's lawson cypress, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Green Globe'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Minima Aurea'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pygmy'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Silver Threads'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Snow White'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Ellwood's Pillar = 'Flolar'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aureovariegata'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa Juniperoides'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis'
White cypress, Coast white cedar, White cedar
Cortaderia fulvida (Buchanan) Zotov
Pampas grass, Tussock grass, Kakaho
Cortaderia richardii
Plumed tussock, Toe toe grass, Richard's pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Aureolineata'
Sellow's pampas grass