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Common name: Dwarf Variegated Reed A robust and attractive plant that is easy to grow and forms a mound of arching stems with green and white-striped bamboo-like foliage. Produces feathery panicles of green to purple flowers in late summer/early autumn...

SPECIAL OFFER £48 £38 Common name: Bay Tree An excellent foliage plant that lends itself to topiary. Looks impressive when planted in a container at the entrance to the house. Produces small white flowers in April to May. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy in...

Common name: Smoke Bush A bushy tree or shrub with striking, oval, deep purple leaves, turning red in autumn. Pink coloured, plume-like inflorescences, give a smoke like effect. Average height 6-8ft (Can be pruned back hard to keep it compact) Full...

A very unusual magnolia hybrid, producing an abundance of large, cup-shaped flowers with a rich pink-red colour.  Average height 10ft  Full sun/Partial shade Hardy    

A large evergreen shrub with striking double flowers that are pale pink with darker streaks. The blooms appear from January to March and contrast wondefully with the glossy dark green foliage. Average eventual height/spread 12-13ft. Partial shade...

Common name: Japanese Umbrella Pine An unsual and slow growing, conical pine with red-brown peeling bark. The narrow glossy dark green needles grow in whorls and take on a bronze tint in winter. Produces cones. Average growth per year is 6" Full...