Perennial Catalogue - H

I hadn’t seen this plant for 20 years or more until I dropped in on Malcolm Harris at Stoneyford near Colac several years ago. In Mr Harris’s garden this evergreen shrub was 70cm tall by 100cm across. more... about Halimiocistus wintonensis ‘Merrist Wood Cream’

As silver as the Australian Silver Cushion Bush, Leucophyta brownii, but much more frost hardy. A delicious smell of curry is given off by the leaves if you brush past them. more... about Helichrysum italicum ssp. microphyllum

Day lilies which repeat flower are always useful plants. Deep rich cranberry pink, flared flowers are produced, several to the stem, from mid spring until quite late in the autumn. I divide and replant dwarf day lilies every 3 or 4 years. more... about Hemerocallis ‘Cranberry Baby’

There are few plants as beautiful, as architecturally interesting and as tough as this. A native of northern Mexico and the Rio Grande area of Texas, it tolerates extremes of heat, cold and drought as long as the soil is well drained. more... about Hesperaloe parviflora

One of the most beautiful of the frost hardy Hibiscus which has startlingly beautiful white flowers with a magenta-red centre. Happy in any sunny spot in the garden. A good cutting back by about a third will keep it healthy and floriferous. I grow it as a small standard. more... about Hibiscus syriacus ‘Red Ensign’