4. Feature plants (windy rural)
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. Bamboo, grasses and ferns are also eye-catching.
Plants (275)
x Phyllosasa tranquillans
Inyouchikuzoku, Mount hiba bamboo
x Phyllosasa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'
Inyouchikuzoku, Mount hiba bamboo
Xanthocyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
Weeping nootka false cypress
Yucca aloifolia f. marginata
Aloe yucca
Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'
Adam's needle yucca, Spoonleaf yucca, Silkgrass, Adam's thread
Yucca flaccida 'Ivory'
Weak leaf yucca
Yucca gloriosa
Spanish dagger, Roman candle, Palm lily, Moundlily yucca, Soft tipped yucca
Yucca recurvifolia
Pendulous yucca, Curveleaf yucca
Yucca recurvifolia Banana Split = 'Monvil'
Pendulous yucca, Curveleaf yucca
Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea'
Sellow's pampas grass
Ilex aquifolium 'Madame Briot'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
Red switch grass
Abies koreana 'Luminetta'
Korean fir
Aucuba japonica 'Pepperspot'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Gimbornii'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Lutea Nana'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa Aurea'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Ilex aquifolium 'Hascombensis'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'
Slender box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Alps'
Chinese juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Robusta Green'
Chinese juniper
Juniperus communis 'Schneverdingen Goldmachandel'
Common juniper
Juniperus communis 'Sentinel'
Common juniper
Juniperus sabina 'Variegata'
Variegated common savin
Juniperus scopulorum 'Gray Gleam'
Rocky Mountain juniper, Western red cedar
Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
Rocky Mountain juniper, Western red cedar
Juniperus x pfitzeriana
Juniper, Pfitzer juniper
Nandina domestica Plum Passion = 'Monum'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Picea abies 'Pygmaea'
Norway spruce
Picea omorika 'Pendula'
Weeping Serbian spruce
Pinus nigra 'Globosa'
Austrian pine, Black pine
Platycladus orientalis 'Elegantissima'
Chinese arbor-vitae, Oriental thuja
Rhododendron argyrophyllum subsp. nankingense 'Chinese Silver'
Silver leaved rhododendron
Taxus baccata 'Elegantissima'
English yew, Common yew, Golden English yew
Tsuga canadensis 'Bennett'
Eastern hemlock, Canadian hemlock, Canada pitch