No. 1 was the diminutive Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi' - it often seems to be named as 'Kelsey Dwarf' (as it was at this nursery), wrongly I believe. Anyway, it's a twiggy shrub about 60cm high and though not as colourful as its cousins in the dogwood family, it has an almost grass-like effect planted en masse and is quite lovely.
No. 5 many of you realised was a Phormium - but I needed the cultivar. It is in fact Phormium 'Sundowner' - a heady mix of purple, pink and slate-green but one of the nicer of the pinkish phormiums and not quite as garish as many of them seem to be.That's it for now, and you get a holiday this week as it's half-term! Back next week with some more fiendish foliage for you to ponder over :D
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Was your Edgworthia picture the one used for Capel's show garden at the RHS Halls? I saw it yesterday and went 'that's it!' much to my companion's surprise.
I nearly fainted when I was told how much they cost.
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