Useful attractive plant
5
Good service as ever from Crocus. Plant has thrived and has been a nice touch of light during winter/spring. Easy to look after as likes dry conditions.
Newarkliz
Lincs.
2 litre pot
£14.99
£11.99
in stock
- Position: full sun
- Soil: poor to moderately fertile, well-drained, gritty soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: May to July
- Hardiness: frost hardy (may need protection in winter)
A wonderful, evergreen shrub with cup-shaped, white flowers with pale yellow centres from late spring to summer. This plant is an asset to the garden for its shiny, silvery foliage, as well as its flowers. It is happiest in a hot, sunny border where it contrasts well with blues and purples, and it also looks stunning cascading over a wall. In areas with cold, wet winters it is best grown in a container. - Garden care: Prune lightly after flowering to keep in shape.
Eventual height & spread
Notes on Convolvulus cneorum
"Silver-soft leaves and tight spiral pink parasol-buds that open to silver-pink saucers, stained with lemon, on this silky shrub for a hot spot"
Goes well with
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£11.99Another lovely plant from Crocus
5
As with all the plants I've bought from Crocus over the years, this arrived beautifully packed, healthy and ready to be planted. It's just coming out of dormancy now and I'm looking forward to its flowering in early summer.
Margaret
Cambridge
Border feature
4
very pretty
nu44
kent
Good for hot, dry beds
4
Lovely silvery grey shrub which looks good most of the year. They grow well on my chalky soil in a sunny position, and I have several cascading over a wall which looks very attractive. Mine flower intermittently at random throughout the spring/summer! Leaves can get a bit tatty in winter, but all my plants have proved to be perfectly hardy. Oddly enough, the only casualties I've had have been in the summer, when a couple of the plants have just died for no apparent reason. A very worthwhile small shrub, however, if you have the right conditions and perfect for adding a splash of grey/silver into a border.
Daisymay
Dorset
I would buy this product again
5
Looking great a year on, and fairing well in the drought
CW
Sussex
A brilliant but subtle plant
5
To give some structure to the boarder and as a patio edging plant with lavender. I love silver leaves and the white flowers are a bonus. A lovely plant
Badger
Somerset
940
4.7
6
100.0
- What winter protection (if any) would this need in a small London garden?
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BR
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Hello there If it is in a sheltered south or west facing garden that doesn't get frosts it could be fine, otherwise you can protect it wil some frost fleece. I have attached a link below to this product. http://www.crocus.co.uk/product/_/fleece-cold-protection/classid.200879/ Hope this helps
- What can grow in a pot in a seaside location? We have a decent-sized front garden and we would love to have something that we can grow in a very large tub. We live very close to the beach so it is sometimes very windy. What can we put out there?
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Pat Fox
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There are some great plants that should be able to cope provided they are kept well fed and watered. Here are some of the best. Ceanothus http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.ceanothus/?s=ceanothus Cistus http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.cistus/?s=cistus Lavandula http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/mediterranean-plants/lavandula-angustifolia-elizabeth/classid.2000008323/ Convolvulus cneorum http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/mediterranean-plants/convolvulus-cneorum-/classid.940/ Rosmarinus http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.rosmarinus/?s=rosmarinus Brachyglottis (Dunedin Group) 'Sunshine' http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/mediterranean-plants/brachyglottis-dunedin-group-sunshine/classid.4376/
Corcus
- What can we grow in our dry, sunny border? I have a sunny and very dry border up against the front of the house. It is about 14 inches wide but protected by the house from receiving hardly any rain. Because of the window any plants must be less than 1m high. We have considered lavender but would really appreciate any other suggestions.
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Carl and Deirdre Leaman
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There are some lovely plants (including the lavenders) that will thrive in a dry, sunny spot, but it will be important that they are kept really well watered for the first year or so until they have had a chance to become established. Below are some of the ones we sell, just click on the link below each plant name to find out more about that particular one. Convolvulus cneorum http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?ContentType=Plant_Card&ClassID=940&CategoryID= Cistus http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=Cistus&x=5&y=8 Santolina chamaecyparissus Nana http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?ContentType=Plant_Card&ClassID=4359&CategoryID= Lavender http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=Lavandula&x=10&y=9 Achillea http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=Achillea&x=11&y=7 Echinops http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=echinops+ritro
Crocus
- What plants would you recommend for my Mediterranean style garden? Our garden is quite well established and has a Mediterranean feel. We have quite a few spaces that need filling and were hoping you could suggest a few things?
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Mrs C Taylor
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We have several plants that might interest you - here are some of the best Lavandula http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.lavandula/?s=lavandula Cistus http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.cistus/?s=cistus Kniphofia http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.kniphofia/?s=kniphofia Euphorbias http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.euphorbia/?s=euphorbia Yucca filamentosa http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/yucca-filamentosa-/classid.4537/ Eryngium http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.eryngium/?s=eryngium Sedum http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.sedum/?s=sedum Brachyglottis http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/mediterranean-plants/brachyglottis-dunedin-group-sunshine/classid.4376/ Convolvulus cneorum http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/mediterranean-plants/convolvulus-cneorum-/classid.940/
Crocus
- What can I plant in a Mediterranean style garden? I want give my garden a Mediterranean look but I do not know what to plant. Could you please help?
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There are quite a few plants that we sell on the website which will give you a mediterranean feel to your garden - here are some of the best any of the Kniphofias http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=kniphofia any of the Euphorbias http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=euphorbia Yucca filamentosa http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=yucca+fil Stipa tenuissima http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?ContentType=Plant_Card&ClassID=1000000022&CategoryID= any of the Eryngiums http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=eryngium any of the Sedum spectabile http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=sedum+spect any of the Bergenias http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=bergenia Erigeron http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=erigeron Brachyglottis compacta Sunshine http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?ContentType=Plant_Card&ClassID=4376&CategoryID= Convolvulus cneorum http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?ContentType=Plant_Card&ClassID=940&CategoryID= Phlomis italica http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=phlomis Lavandula x intermedia Dutch Group http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?ContentType=Plant_Card&ClassID=4046&CategoryID= Festuca glauca http://www.crocus.co.uk/findplant/results/?CommonName=Festuca+glauc&x=12&y=10
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