Phillyrea angustifolia - Mock Privet

Ruscus aculeatus - Jews Myrtle, Spiny Butcher's Broom

Albizia julibrissin XXL - Silk Tree

The Silk-Tree (Albizia julibrissin) with its delicately scented flowers is an attractive exotic...

Jasminum x stephanense - Rosa Jasmine

Just by thinking of its name ‘Jasmine’ one can almost smell the finest flower perfumes. With a...

Cupressus sempervirens 'Pyramidalis'/'Stricta' - Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress

The slender colums of the Mediterranean Cypress stick out into the sky like a rocket. In Tuscany,...

Abelia x grandiflora - Glossy Abelia

In summer, countless subtly pink to white funnel-like flowers cover Glossy Abelia (Abelia x...

Trachelospermum jasminoides - Star Jasmine, Confederate Jasmine

It climbs like jasmine, its flowers look and smell like jasmine- but still it is not a jasmine!...

Arbutus unedo XXL - Strawberry Tree

Strawberries growing on a tree - impossible? Not only do the strawberry- like fruits of the...

Myrtus communis - Common Myrtle

The Common Myrtle is the mediterranean classic par excellence and it’s not possible to imagine an...

Echium candicans - Pride of Madeira

Acca sellowiana - Feijoa, Pinapple Guava, Guavasteen

The Pineapple Guava (Acca sellowiana), also known as Feijoa, blooms richly in May or June with...