Key plants in The Mediterraneo Garden

P. granatum is a rounded shrub with glossy, narrowly oblong leaves, bronze in spring, and funnel-shaped bright scarlet flowers 3-4cm across in summer, sometimes followed by spherical, reddish-brown fruits up to 12cm across.

A small shrub, with crinkled grey-green foliage, and striking magenta-pink flowers. It’s evergreen and fully hardy, while producing stunning bright flowers.

(Pictured: Cistus × pulverulentus ‘Sunset’)

 

Synonymous with a Mediterranean garden scheme, they’re great value plants. Low maintenance and both heat and drought-tolerant, providing flowers all summer. They produce brightly coloured flower clusters on long stalks which brightens up any garden. Some have aromatic foliage, such as rose or lemon scented. They look stunning in terracotta pots, which also helps when you need to overwinter them indoors or in a light, frost free place. 

An herbaceous perennial to 60cm in height, with feathery, silvery grey-green foliage. Upright, branching, leafy stems bear flat heads of small, bright yellow flowers which appear over a long period from May through to September.
 

A creeping evergreen subshrub, forming a wide mat to 5cm tall, with very small, aromatic dark green leaves. Two-lipped, dark pink to magenta tubular-shaped flowers appear in the summer. Great for ground cover, with edible flowers