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)
Cortaderia selloana 'Rendatleri'
Sellow's pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Silver Fountain'
Pampas grass, Sellow's Pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana 'Sunningdale Silver'
Sellow's pampas grass
Cotoneaster harrovianus
Harrow's cotoneaster
Elaeagnus pungens 'Forest Gold'
Oleaster
Elaeagnus pungens 'Hosoba-fukurin'
Oleaster
Fargesia murielae 'Simba'
Umbrella bamboo, Muriel bamboo
Fatsia japonica 'Variegata'
False castor oil plant, Glossy leaved paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Japanese aralia
Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata Pendula'
Perry's silver weeping holly, Silver-margined holly, Broad leaved silver holly
Ilex crenata 'Mariesii'
Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Juniperus 'Grey Owl'
Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Plumosa Aurea'
Chinese juniper
Juniperus sabina 'Tamariscifolia'
Common savin
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Blue and Gold'
Pfitzer juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Gold Coast'
Pfitzer juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Old Gold'
Pfitzer juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Aurea'
Golden pfitzer juniper, Pfitzer juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Glauca'
Pfitzer juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Saybrook Gold'
Pfitzer juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Wilhelm Pfitzer'
Pfitzer juniper
Juniperus x pfitzeriana Gold Sovereign = 'Blound'
Pfitzer juniper
Ligustrum ibota Musli = 'Muster'
Japanese ibota privet
Molinia caerulea 'Poul Petersen'
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea
Tall Purple moor grass
Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'
Blue switch grass
Panicum virgatum 'Rehbraun'
Red switch grass
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
Red switch grass
Panicum virgatum 'Strictum'
Upright switch grass
Phormium tenax Purpureum Group
New Zealand hemp
Picea abies 'Inversa'
Drooping Norway spruce, Norway spruce, Common spruce, Christmas tree
Picea abies 'Nidiformis'
Nest spruce, Norway spruce, Common spruce, Christmas tree
Picea abies 'Reflexa'
Norway spruce, Common spruce, Christmas tree
Picea glauca 'Echiniformis'
White spruce
Picea omorika 'Nana'
Dwarf Serbian spruce
Picea omorika 'Treblitsch'
Serbian spruce
Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'
Blue spruce
Picea pungens 'Globosa'
Colorado spruce, Blue spruce
Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'
Colorado spruce, Blue spruce
Picea pungens Glauca Group
Blue spruce
Picea x mariorika 'Machala'
Mariorika spruce
Pieris japonica Ralto Rose = 'Opstal10'
Lily of the Valley Bush, Japanese pieris
Pinus mugo 'Golden Glow'
Mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine
Pinus mugo 'Laarheide'
Mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine
Pinus nigra 'Hornibrookiana'
Austrian pine, Black pine
Pinus pumila
Japanese stone pine, Dwarf siberian pine
Pinus pumila 'Glauca'
Japanese stone pine, Dwarf Siberian pine
Pinus strobus 'Sea Urchin'
Weymouth pine, Eastern white pine, Deal pine
Pinus sylvestris 'Beuvronensis'
Scots pine