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Common name: Christmas box A low-growing shrub with glossy dark green leaves that will gradually spread to form evergreen groundcover. Clusters of fragrant white flowers are borne from January to February followed by dark blue-black fruit.  Average...

Common name: Hazel 'Rote Zellernus' A spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with rounded leaves that are an attractive red colour instead of the usual green. In early spring pink catkins appear followed by edible hazel nuts in autumn. Average...

Common name: Bluebeard A useful, compact shrub to add a late pop of colour to the garden with clusters of pale blue flowers that are attractive to pollinators. This variety has golden-tinted leaves for extra interest throughout the growing season...

Common name: Seven Son Flower Tree A large shrub or multi-stemmed tree with peeling bark and dark green leaves with deeply marked veins.  From August to September clusters of scented white flowers are produced  that fade to expose striking...

An unusual evergreen shrub with narrow dark green leaves that are flushed with burgundy when young.  A smattering of small greenish cream flowers are produced in April and May. The leaf stalk and the flower stalk are unusually fused together...

Common name: Common Bladdernut A large, upright shrub with pinnate foliage and descending panicles of scented white flowers from May to June. Unusual papery seed capsules follow the flowers. Average height 16-17ft Full sun/Partial shade Hardy

Common name: False Spiraea An upright shrub with long leaves made up off many small leaflets. The foliage is tinted orange in spring, later turning green and eventually a stunning red in autumn. White flowers are borne in panicles in mid-summer. Good...

Common name: Jasmine Box A compact evergreen rounded small to medium sized shrub. Leaves are narrow dark green, happy in all types of soil. Creamy yellow small fragrant flowers bloom mid to late June. Due to its hardiness this variety is often used...

Common name: Hopwood's Cinquefoil Attractive soft peach-pink flowers with a creamy splash and deep red centres. Long-flowering from late spring to late summer and loved by bees. Average height 1-2ft Full sun/Partial Shade Hardy

Common name: Wall Germander A bushy aromatic subshrub with glossy light green leaves. It produces clusters of mauve-pink flowers from mid-summer to early autumn that are loved by bees. Average height 1.5-2ft. Full Sun. Hardy.   

Common name: Japanese snowbell A beautiful small tree that origniates from Japan and Korea.  It's graceful branches are adorned with masses of white, bell shaped flowers in the spring. Average height 25-30ft. Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Lady's tresses or fragrant spiranthe A spectacular clump-forming terrestrial orchid with a basal rosette of narrow foliage. In the autumn it produces spikes of fragrant white flowers that smell like vanilla.  Average height...

Common name: Trumpet-flowered sinningia or hardy gloxinia A tuberous perennial from South America. It produces unusual drooping tubular, highly scented flowers from spring to autumn. Best grown in a container as the tubers like to be congested to...

Common name: Coneflower A clump-forming perennial with mid-green leaves. Curious flowers of black cones with small green sepals and no petals from late summer to mid-autumn. Average height 3-4ft. Full sun or partial shade. Hardy. 

Hybrid tea rose A beautiful free flowering variety with two-toned effect blooms that are produced from May to September.  Excellent for cutting. Average height 3-4ft. Full sun.  Hardy. 

Common name: Pink trumpet vine A rambling climber with compound, glossy, deep green leaves. In late summer and through into the autumn pink-purple, tropical looking trumpet shaped flowers. Acid neutral soil.  Average height 13ft  Full sun...

A great new variety of Pittosporum with a neat, rounded habit and evergreen, variegated gold-green leaves that have attractive wavy margins.  Bell-shaped, honey-scented, brown-red flowers are produced from May to June. Ideal for adding year-round...

Common name: Lemonwood An evergreen shrub with mottled green foliage which has purple-red tips. Small scented brown-purple flowers spring.  Average height 6ft  Full sun or partial shade.  Hardy.

Common name: Lily tuft A low growing evergreen perennial with grass-like dark green folliage. It has striking white young growth & produces spikes of blue flowers late summer.  Average height 1ft. Partial or full shade. Hardy.

Common name: Manuka bush A small shrub native to New Zealand. It is a dense, branching, evergreen with small leaves. In late spring it produces an abundance of white, flushed pink flowers covering the whole shrub. Average height 5-6ft. Full sun/partial...

Common name: Red hot poker A clump-forming perennial  with long narrow green foliage. It produces spikes of ivory flowers, tipped brown in summer.  Average height 3ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Red hot poker Narrow sword-like folliage topped with spikes of apricot-yellow flowers. Flowers form June to September.  Average height 3ft Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Oak-leaved Hydrangea A majestic shrub with large, lobed mid green leaves which turn beautiful shades of red and purple in autumn. Tall, conical white flowerheads becoming pink and then ruby-tinged with age, are borne from July to September...

Common name: Glossy False Sinningia A rare woodland herbaceous perennial with fleshy dark green foliage & a spreading habit. It produces tubular mauve, pink throated flowers in autumn.  Sheltered position.  Average height 1...

Common name: Himalayan helwingia An unusual evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves that are flushed with burgundy when young. The small white flowers form, unusually, in the centre of each leaf in April and May. Average height 4ft. Likes...

Common name: Caterpillar grass An evergreen, tuft-forming grass with narrow dark green foliage.  It produces unusual caterpillar-like flowers June-September. Average height 2ft  Full sun partial shade  Averagely hardy. 

Common name: Spider flower A tropical looking evergreen shrub originating from Australia that is surprisingly hardy and easy to grow. Aromatic needle-like foliage and and dense clusters of spidery red & white flowers appear over a long period from...

Common name: Gentian An unusual clump-forming perennial that produces clusters of creamy-yellow flowers that are blue at the base.  Average height 1.5ft  Partial shade.   Hardy.     

Common name: Dusky cranesbill An unusual type of geranium with stunning deep purple flowers borne in late spring or early summer.  Average height 1ft  Full sun, partial shade or full shade.  Hardy.

Common name: Schilling spurge An attractive perennial with veined, deep green leaves that have a central stripe. It produces flowers in early summer and into the autumn which have particularly large yellow bracts which are followed by attractive seed...

Common name: Mount Wellington peppermint or Tasmanian snow gum A medium sized tree with highly attractive silvery-blue leaves and stems that have a delicious scent. The young plants have different shaped leaves and change with maturity.  It...

Common name: Swamp gum An amazing evergreen tree with silvery-blue aromatic foliage.  Grow in a moist spot eg. clay soil. Average height up to 32ft - prune regulary to keep in shape & foliage can be used in floristry.  Full sun or...

Common name: Umbrella plant or Indian rhubarb A rhizomatous perennial with architectural large parasol-shaped leaves.  In the autumn these turn an attractive red colour. It produces rounded heads of pink flowers spring upon tall stems...

Common name: Rochford's holly fern An elegant evergreen fern with exotic-looking leathery fronds.  The tooth fronds can grow up to 2ft tall.  Partial shade.  Hardy.  

Common name: Glory flower An unusual deciduous shrub that has large leaves that are flushed purple when young that some people say smell like peanut butter (others disagree and suggust the smell is unpleasant).  It produces clusters of small pink...

Common name: African Blue Lily A really striking new variety with deep purple (almost black) pendulous bell-shaped flowers and strap-shaped deep green leaves. Flowers are produced from July to August on strong upright stems. Average height 2-3ft...

Robust bushy deciduous perennial with single pale pink, yellow centered flowers. Late summer to autumn.    Average height 1.5ft  Full sun or partial shade  

Clump forming deciduous perennial with semi double, soft pink , yellow centered flowers late summer to autumn.  Average height 2-3ft Full sun or partial shade.  

Clump forming deciduous perennial with single soft pink and white, yellow-centered flowers. Late summer to Autumn.  Average height 2-3ft  Full sun or partial shade.

A beautiful stained glass sculpture for the garden with a planter incorporated at the base. Handmade in Oxfordshire, using traditional lead and tiffany style techniques.

A beautiful stained glass sculpture for the garden. Handmade in Oxfordshire, using traditional lead and tiffany style techniques.

Common name: Star Jasmine A twining climber with glossy dark green leaves often turning crimson in winter. Yellow star-shaped flowers with a strong sweet scent are borne from mid to late summer. Average height 20ft+, spread 8-10ft.  Full sun/Partial...

Common name: Star Jasmine Evergreen climber with narrow glossy green foliage. Highly fragrant white flowers that are larger than the species type bloom all summer. Average height 12ft+ but slow growing Full sun/Partial shade Hardy in a sheltered spot

Common name: Lady's Mantle A useful and easy-to-grow 'filler' perennial with attractive lobed, downy green leaves and frothy clouds of abundant yellow-green flower panicles from June to September. Drought tolerant and easy to grow. Average...

A new variety of Hydrangea that produces amazingly long panicles of flowers that emerge white then turn pink and eventually a deep raspberry red. Cut back at the end of winter. Average height 5ft, spread 4ft. Hardy. Full sun/partial shade.

Common name: African lily A striking perennial with long deep green leaves. Strong upright stems are  topped with elegant heads of funnel-shaped white flowers with a touch of soft grey-blue from July to August Average height 3ft, spread 1.5ft Full...

Common name: African lily A herbaceous, clump-forming perennial with strap-like leaves.  It produces larger than average blue and white bi-colour flowers from July to October. Average height 3ft.  Full sun Hardy - mulch in winter

Common name: Burnet A robust, clump-forming perennial with blue grey leaves and spires of dark red flowers that bloom late summer to autumn. Grows well in any moist or well draining soil Average height 60cm, average spread 40cm  Full sun or...

Compact deciduous perennial with spikes of plum pink flowers during summer. They grow in moist or well draining soil Average height 30cm, average spread 25cm.  Full sun or partial shade Hardy

Common Name: Angel's fishing rod A clump forming evergreen perennial with bell shaped pink flowers during summer Grows well in moist or well draining soil  Average height/spread 1 - 1.5m, spread 60cm Full sun/partial shade.

Common name: Purple Loosest strife An upright perennial with tall spikes of purple-red flowers from mid-summer to early autumn.  Average height 2-3ft, spread 1ft. Flowers July to September. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Lady's Mantle A useful and easy-to-grow 'filler' perennial with attractive lobed, downy green leaves and frothy clouds of abundant yellow-green flower panicles from June to September. Drought tolerant and easy to grow.  Average height/spread...

Common name: Mock Orange An unusual variety of arching shrub that produces masses of cup shaped, sweetly scented white flowers, with pink centres in early summer from June to July. Average height 6-7ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

A large deciduous shrub or small tree that is related to the Camellia and bears lovely camelia-like single white flowers for several weeks in late spring. Autumn colour. Good for bees.  Prefers a cool, sheltered spot with neutral to acidic soil...

A rounded shrub with mid-green leaves. It produces very large round clusters of creamy flowers from July - August Average height and spread 6ft  Full sun / partial shade Hardy   "It produces stunning round flowerheads that can be up to...

Common name: Blue Fescue, Grey Fescue A densely tufted evergreen grass with narrow inrolled blue-green, arching leaves and panicles of delicate, violet-flushed, blue-green flowers. Average height/spread 1ft. Full sun. Hardy

Common name: Whirling Butterflies A bushy clump-forming perennial with slender stems. Produces delicate, star-shaped light pink and white flowers on tall airy stems, over a long season from June to September. Average height 4ft, spread 3ft. Full sun...

Common name: Wood Spurge A spreading evergreen perennial with shiny dark green leaves and large flowers with light green bracts from April to June. Perfect for an awkward shady spot. Average height 2ft. Partial shade. Hardy.

A large deciduous shrub or small tree that is related to the Camellia and bears lovely camelia-like single white flowers for several weeks in late spring. Autumn colour. Good for bees.  Prefers a cool, sheltered spot with neutral to acidic soil...

Common name: Balkan Clary A bushy, upright perennial with aromatic, greyish green leaves and a profusion of deep blue flowers on strong, upright spires from July to September. Excellent plant for attracting bees and other pollinators into the garden...

Common name: Red Valerian An old cottage garden plant often seen growing on walls and dry, stony banks. Attractive fragrant scarlet-red flowers throughout summer above bright green leaves. Self-seeds freely. Average height/spread 2.5-3ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Stiff Bottlebrush Bushy stiff-stemmed shrub with narrow, dark green leaves. Bears deep red bottlebrush-like flowers from April to August. Average height 5ft.  Full sun. Not hardy. 

A compact perennial with aromatic foliage and spires of pink flowers produced over a long period from early summer to autumn.  Great for attracting bees and other pollinators into the garden. Average height 1.5ft, spread 2ft. Full sun/partial...

Common name: Sweet Gum A conical tree with large, deeply divided, glossy leaves that turn a beautiful orange-yellow in autumn. More compact and slow grwoing than the species. Makes a excellent specimen or avenue tree. Average height 30ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Masterwort Clump forming deciduous perennial with compact umbels of dark pink flowers during summer. Average height/spread 3 x 1.5ft Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Japanese Maple Vibrant lobed foliage emerges pink in spring, turning lime-green in summer before taking on a mix of pink and red tones in autumn before the leaves fall. Slow growing Average height/spread 7ft.  Partial Shade. Hardy.

Common name: Fleabane A spreading perennial with grey-green leaves. Pretty yellow centred flowers with white petals, fading through pink to purple with age, are produced prolifically throughout the whole of spring and summer. Average height 15-20cm,...

This variety of hydrangea produces extra strong stems to support the incredible flower heads.  Each flower head is made up of panicles of white flowers each with three petals. Average height & spread 5ft. Full sun or partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Foam Flower A spreading perennial with attractive pale green leaves, bronze-tinted in autumn. Pink, star-shaped flowers are produced in late spring or early summer on upright panicles above the leaves.  Average height 1ft. Partial...

Common name: London Pride An evergreen, rosetted, spreading perennial with spoon-shaped, toothed, leathery, green leaves. A mass of tiny, star-shaped, white flowers, at times pink-flushed are borne on upright stems in late spring and early summer...

Common name: Sneezeweed An upright late-flowering perennial that bears strking deep red daisy-like flowers with yellow edges and orange-brown centres, from mid-summer to autumn. The blooms are held on strong stems from July to September. A relaible...

Common name: Fleabane A spreading perennial with grey-green leaves. Pretty yellow centred flowers with white petals, fading through pink to purple with age, are produced prolifically throughout the whole of spring and summer. Average height 15-20cm,...

Common name: Box-leaved Holly A versatile evergreen shrub with tiny dark green leaves that are very similar in appearance to Box. Small white spring flowers are followed by glossy black berries in September. Average height 10ft, but can be kept at any...

Common name: Lenten rose An elegant evergreen perennial with silvery green leaves and saucer-shaped soft pink flowers in from December to March. Avergae height 1.5ft. Average spread 1-1.5ft.  Partial shade.  Hardy.

Common name: Lilyturf An evergreen perennial with narrow dark green leaves and tall, dense spikes of bright violet-mauve flowers that are produced from September to November. Good for shady aread. Average height 1.5ft, spread 1-2ft. Partial shade. Hardy...

Common name: Christmas Box, Sweet Box A dwarf suckering shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Clusters of highly fragrant pink-tinged, white flowers are borne from January to February followed by dark blue-black fruit. A good winter plant for pollinators...

Common name: Christmas rose A compact evergreen perennial producing shiny dark green, divided leaves. The saucer-shaped white flowers with golden stamens are produced from December to April. The flowers turn a pinkish colour as they age. Average...

A female evergreen shrub with shiny dark green leaves. Fragrant white flowers open from red buds in April and May and are followed by eye-catching red fruit. Average height/spread 5ft. Shaded site. Hardy.

Common name: Michaelmas Daisy A useful, late-flowering perennial with green leaves and masses of daisy-like flowerheads from late summer into autumn. Available in lavender, blue or white.  Average height 1ft, spread 1.5ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Heather Compact bushy evergreen shrub with green foliage, and attractive white flowers from July through into winter. Average height/spread 1ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Cranesbill A robust and easy to grow  perennial with deeply divided green leaves. Numerous deep purplish blue bowl-shaped flowers are produced from May to August. Average height 2.5ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Coral Bells A gorgeous foliage plant with lobed yellow foliage that has coppery markings along the veins and develops rich orange tones throughout the season.  Delicate sprays of rose pink flowers appear from June to August...

Common name: Cranesbill A pretty hardy geranium with divided green leaves and an abundance of pink flowers with purple veins from May to September. Average height 1-1.5ft, Average spread 3ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

A small fern with handsome, arching, particularly narrow fronds that make it well-suited to a smaller space. The fronds have a slighgtly fuffled appearance. Can thrive in dry shade once established. Average height 2-3ft. Partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Soft Shield Fern An attractive fern with shuttlecock-like, arching soft, dark green fronds. The fronds have a particulary finely cut feathery appearance that contrasts well with other foliage. Average height 4ft, spread 3ft. Excellent...

Common name: Windflower A clump forming upright perennial, producing dark rose-pink flowers throughout out the summer.  Average height 1-2ft Full sun/partial shade Hardy   "Perfect for lightening up shady spots with its pink flowers"

Common name: Windflower A clump forming upright perennial, producing deep rose-pink flowers throughout out the summer.  Average height 1ft Full sun/partial shade Hardy   "Perfect for lightening up shady spots with its pink flowers"

Common name: Windflower Erect perennial with suckering shoots, dark green leaves. It produces single, purple-pink flowers from August to September. Average height 2.5ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy   "Happy in a shady border to add some...

Common name: Japanese Shield Fern A beautiful, semi-evergreen fern with finely divided, compact fronds that emerge in rusty orange shades before turning dark green. Prefers damp conditions but will tolerate dry shade as long as it is well-watered until...

Common name: Marguerite A lovely perennial with glossy, dark green leaves and freely producing creamy yellow flowers with a yellow centre from June to September. Great as a cut flower. Average height/spread 1.5ft Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

A compact perennial with dark red leaves.  It produces clusters of star shaped pink flowers during autumn.  Average height 1-2ft.  Full sun/Partial shade.  Hardy.

Common name: Masterwort A beautiful perennial that produces umbels of elegant pink flowers throughout the summer from June until August. Great for brightening up shady areas and generally avoided by slugs and snails! Astrantias make beautiful cut...

Common name: Windflower Erect perennial with suckering shoots, dark green leaves. It produces single, purple-pink flowers from August to September. Average height 2.5ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy   "Happy in a shady border to add some...

Common name: Rosemary An aromatic evergreen shrub with leathery,  narrow grey-green leaves. Very upright habit. Pretty purple-blue flowers from mid-spring to early summer and may flower again in autumn. Average height/spread 3ft. Full sun...

Common name: French Lavender A compact shrub with grey-green, aromatic leaves. Spikes of lavender-purple, white or pink flowers, topped with long, flag-like tufts from June to July. Average height 2ft. Full Sun. Hardy.

Common name: Compact English Lavender This variety has long, thin silver-gray aromatic leaves and spires of pale purple-blue blooms that are borne from June to September. Average height/spread 1ft. Full Sun. Hardy.