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Nagami Kumquat, Fortunella margarita 'Nagami'
With handsome foliage and waxy white flowers, these tender evergreen shrubs and trees, make ideal conservatory plants. This group includes all popular citrus fruits, Lime, Lemon, Orange and Grapefruit. Most need a minimum winter temperature of 5 - 10C. The scented flowers appear in summer in a cool conservatory, but in ideal conditions, flowers are produced at intervals throughout the year. Plants may only reach half their maximum height when planted in containers. Kumquats are like small, oval oranges, the peel of which is often sweeter than the flesh. 'Nagami' is a small shrub that bears oval kumquats about 1 1/4” long x 1” diameter. They flower in their first Summer, and the flowers are followed by the fruit.
Naked Lady, Lycoris squamigera
Lycoris flowers appear atop leafless stems in late Summer, before the strap-like leaves appear. The flowers last longer, and appear earlier, in shade. They fade in heat. They look better planted in groups, because of them being leafless when they bloom, and they are easy to care for. Lycoris Squamigera - Surprise Lily - has pink flowers
Naked Man Orchid, Orchis Italica
Orchis Italica are widely popular for their petals which in shape, resemble naked men. Prefering partial shade and low nutrient soil and they flower in late spring. Orchis Italica grows up to 50cm in height, with bright pink, densely clustered flowers.
Naked-stalked Crassula, Crassula nudicaulis
Crassula are succulent, herbaceous plants. Some varieties are suitable for rock gardens in mild regions as long as the soil is well drained. The thick leaves are often covered with hair or 'meal' and the flowers are generally small in size and borne on terminal panicles. Crassulas can easily be grown from leaf cuttings.
Nandina domestica, Sacred Bamboo
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous.
Nandina domestica 'Blush Pink', Sacred Bamboo 'Blush Pink'
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous. 'Blush Pink' leaves emerge pink and stay pink all through Summer. In Autumn they change to fiery shades of orange and red
Nandina domestica 'Fire Power', Heavenly bamboo 'Fire Power'
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous. 'Fire Power' is a compact cultivar that has yellowish-green foliage in Summer, that turns orange and red in Autumn and Winter.
Nandina Domestica 'Gulfstream', Heavenly Bamboo 'Gulfstream'
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous. Nandina domestica 'Gulfstream' has new growth that is purple, and turns to green as the flowers, which are white starry clusters, form. The flowers become berries and at the same time the leaves turn to Autumn colours of bronze and red, giving great colour through Winter months.
Nandina domestica 'Magical Lemon and Lime', Heavenly Bamboo 'Magical Lemon and Lime'
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous. 'Magical Lemon and Lime' is a small nandina with foliage emerges yellowy green each Spring, then as the plant matures, turns lime green. The colour remains bright in a sunny position, but in shade the foliage becomes a darker green.
Nandina domestica 'Obsessed', Sacred bamboo 'Obsessed'
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous. 'Obsessed' leaves emerge red and age to green
Nandina domestica 'Twilight', Sacred Bamboo 'Twilight'
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous. 'Twilight' has variegated bronze green and white foliage
Nandina Domestica 'Woods Dwarf', Woods Dwarf Nandina
Nandina - Sacred Bamboo - is an evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit. It has reddish purple new foliage that ages to green and then, in Winter, becomes purplish again. In mid Summer white flowers appear, and these are followed by bright red berries. It can lose it's leaves after a cold winter but they will grow back in spring. Suitable for growing in a pot and a good background plant for a a subtropical theme. All parts of the plant are poisonous. This dwarf nandina has a compact bushy habit. Leaves are pale to mid-green when mature but stained with red when young. Small white flowers in summer sometimes followed by red berries.
Nanking Cherry, Prunus tomentosa 'Nanking'
Nanking Cherry produces pink buds which open into fragrant flowers in mid spring. The fruit ripens in early summer, from beautiful dwarf trees. These plants will grow into wide, bushy trees or can be planted 1.5m apart to make an edible hedge. The berries are good for making jellies or eating fresh.
Napaea dioica, Glade mallow
N. dioica grows to about 2m in height. It produces white flowers which bloom for 4–5 weeks in early summer. The blooms open in the morning and close at sundown. Plant in moist to wet loam in full sun to part shade. Intolerant of dry soils. Best in a sheltered location protected from strong winds. Plants are dioecious and should be grown in clumps to assure cross pollination occurs.
Narcissus, Daffodil
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. They naturalise easily.
Narcissus, Daffodil (Miniature Group)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals.
Narcissus, Daffodil (Jonquilla Group)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily.Jonquils are multi-headed, strongly fragrant, and have rather reed-like leaves
Narcissus, Daffodil (Triandrus Group)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily.'Triandrus' has up to 6 pendulous, pale cream-yellow flowers with reflexed perianth segments.
Narcissus 'Accent', Daffodil 'Accent' (Large-cupped)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. 'Accent' is a large cupped group Narcissus, and has white perianth segments, and a salmon pink corona.
Narcissus 'Acropolis', Daffodil 'Acropolis' (Double)
'Acropolis' blooms are white, strikingly similar to Gardenia flowers but sport a few yellow petals at the heart. A great border Daffodil and a superb cut flower. Late blooming.
Narcissus 'Actaea', Daffodil 'Actaea' (Poeticus)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. Narcissus Actea bears clusters of scented flowers with white petals and a yellow centre tinged with orange.
Narcissus 'Altruist', Daffodil 'Altruist' (Small-cupped)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. They naturalise easily. 'Altruist' is a small-cupped group daffodil which has orange-yellow perianth segments, with a small ruffled orange-red corona.
Narcissus 'Angel's Whisper', Daffodil 'Angel's Whisper' (Triandrus)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. 'Angel's Whisper' has pale yellow scented flowers.
Narcissus 'Apotheose', Daffodil 'Apotheose' (Double)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. 'Apotheose' bears large showy double outward facing flowers that have two outer whorls of yellow "petals," surrounding a central whorl of smaller incurved orange and red segments.
Narcissus 'Apricot Whirl', Daffodil 'Apricot Whirl' (Split Corona)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. Apricot Whirl' has an apricot-coloured ruffled split corona and creamy outer petals.
Narcissus 'Arctic Bells', Daffodil 'Arctic Bells' (Bulbocodium)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. They naturalise easily. 'Arctic Bells' is a bulbocodium group daffodil and has very small creamy green-yellow perianth segments (typical of bulbocodium forms) and a large green-yellow funnel shaped corona.
Narcissus 'Argent', Daffodil 'Argent' (Double)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. 'Argent' is in the double group of daffodils, and was registered before 1902 so is a historic cultivar. It has creamy white outer perianth segments and a short yellow slightly split corona.
Narcissus 'Avalanche', Daffodil 'Avalanche' (Tazetta)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals.'Avalanche' is a tazetta daffodil which produces up to 15 flowers per stem. Vigorous, very fragrant in white with small Yellow cups.
Narcissus 'Avalon', Daffodil 'Avalon' (Large-cupped)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. 'Avalon' is a large-cupped group daffodil, and has pale yellow perianth segments and corona, the latter fading to white with age.
Narcissus 'Barenwyn', Daffodil 'Barenwyn' (Trumpet)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. 'Barenwyn' is a trumpet daffodil with butter yellow petals and large yellow trumpet.
Narcissus 'Barrett Browning', Daffodil 'Barrett Browning' (Small-cupped)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. They naturalise easily. 'Barrett Browning' is a small-cupped group daffodil with white perianth segments which are slightly yellow at the base, and a ribbed strong orange corona.
Narcissus 'Bath's Flame' syn. Narcissus 'Flame', Daffodil 'Bath's Flame' (Small-cupped)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. They naturalise easily. 'Bath's Flame' has a soft yellow, small, orange-rimmed, lightly frilled cup.
Narcissus 'Beersheba', Daffodil 'Beersheba' (Trumpet)
Beersheeba is an old refined daffodil, with its smooth long creamy yellow trumpet and gently incandescent white petals.
Narcissus 'Bell Song', Daffodil 'Bell Song' (Jonquilla)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. They naturalise easily. 'Bell Song' sports a baby pink cup encircled by ivory petals that lighten to white as they mature. This sweetly fragrant jonquilla narcissus has slender, grass like foliage and several stems per bulb that each bear three to five 1" small-cupped blooms.
Narcissus 'Bella Estrella', Daffodil 'Bella Estrella' (Split Corona)
A harbinger of spring with many different types of these bright flowers, they come in dwarf varieties as well as the standard type and are easy to grow. They come in many shades of yellow and white, they all have outside petals and a cup in the middle often having the cup a different colour or shade to the petals. You can change the colour of daffodil by planting the bulb in a beetroot, this turns it pink, it does work, I tried it on a pale bulb and it became a pale shade of pink. They naturalise easily. ‘Bella Estrella' - which translates as 'Beautiful Star' - is a very fragrant jonquil daffodil, with white petals and a split cup which is pale yellow