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Common name: Japanese horseradish or wasabi A slow-growing perennial herb that is known for it's use in Japanese cooking. It forms a clump of rounded, heart-shaped leaves on long-stalk.  It is the knobbly, rhizome under the ground that you harvest and...

Common name: Climbing Hydrangea A self-clinging, evergreen climber with glossy dark green leaves. It produces panicles of tiny, creamy white starry flowers with conspicuous stamens from August to November. Average height 12ft+. Full sun/partial shade...

Common name: Jasmine A climber with beautiful green feathery leaves.  It produces starry pink flowers in the summer.  Full sun or partial shade. Hardy

Common name: Jasmine A climber with beautiful golden green leaves.  It produces starry pink flowers with faded white edges giving it a pretty bicolour appearance.  Full sun or partial shade. Hardy

Common name: Climbing hydrangea A large climbing shrub with dark green leaves turning yellow in Autumn.  Large domed clusters of white flowers are borne from July to August. Excellent cover for a shady wall. Hardy     1 plant in a 3ltr pot Partial shade...

Common name: Flowering Quince, Japanese Quince A spreading deciduous thorny shrub with rounded dark-green glossy leaves. Cream flowers in small clusters are borne from April to May, followed by green yellow edible fruits in August. Average...

Common name: Chocolate Vine A vigorous, semi evergreen climber that producing fragrant purple flowers, which are occasionaly followed by purple fruits. Average height 15ft. Full sun or partial shade  Season of interest: Flowers in spring followed by...

Common name: Lilac A lovely, compact, repeat-flowering variety of lilac with glossy dark green leaves and clusters of sweetly scented pink flowers that appear initially in late spring and will then continue to bloom intermittently right through into...

An unusual and beautiful shrub with an open spreading habit and strong arching stems. It puts on a pretty display of bell-shaped, pendent racemes of pale yellow flowers from late February to April, followed by plump yellow seed heads. Average...

Common name: Red dogwood Dark green leaves that take on bright red autumn colours. Small white flowers are borne in spring followed by white berries which are good for birds. The stems are a vivid red, creating an excellent winter display. The best...

Common name: Flowering Quince, Japanese Quince A spreading deciduous thorny shrub with rounded dark-green glossy leaves. Cream flowers in small clusters are borne from April to May, followed by green yellow edible fruits in August. Average...

Common name: Cider Gum A more compact and particularly hardy variety that only grows to less than half the size of guniii. The lovely blue-green leaves are round when young followed by longer, slimmer adult leaves. Umbels of white to cream flowers are...

Common name: Shirasawanum maple A reasonably compact deciduous shrub or small tree giving many seasons of interest with its ever-changing foliage. The lobed leaves appearing bright red initially before turning a zingy yellow-green as they age,...

Common name: Star Magnolia A compact bushy tree with mid-green leaves and masses of large, star-shaped, light pink flowers are produced from March to April. The flowers slowly turn to white as they age. Average height and spread 9ft   Full...

Common name: Kilmarnock Willow A small standard weeping tree with yellow-brown branches and dark green leaves, grey-green beneath. Produces soft, grey catkins with yellow anthers in spring, before the leaves. Full sun. Hardy.

A woody evergreen climber that clings by ariel roots. It has mid green leaves and unusual delicate clusters of greenish crem flowers from June - August.  Partial shade Average height & spread 12 x 4m

A variegated, evergreen shrub with attractive grey-green leaves with a neat creamy white margin. Chocolatey tinted, purple flowers are borne in summer. Average height 5-6ft.  Full sun/partial shade Hardy but prefers a sheltered spot.

Common name Paperbush An unusual bushy shrub that produces highly scented, round heads of small white-yellow flowers in early spring.  Average height 4ft Full sun or partial shade Hardy

Strong annabelle is a deciduous shrub with extra strong stems, producing incredble panicles of white flowers each with three petals.   Average height & spread 4-5ft.  Partial shade  Hardy  

A rounded shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Very large (up to 30cm) round clusters of striking pink flowers that fade to light pink, are produced from July to August. The stems are strong enough to hold up the huge flowerheads. Blooms on new wood...

A rounded shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Large domed clusters of flowers emerge a lime green and lighten to creamy white over time. The flowers make a stunning show and a produced over a long period from July to September. More compact than...