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Rare & Unusual Plants 

 We stock a varied selection of rare and unusual plants in the nursery. Stock changes throughout the year, with more available in spring and summer. The majority of these plants are hardy in the UK climate and make an exciting change from the usual garden favourites. Below are all the plants we have had before but may not be in stock at the moment. You can click the link above or below to see what we currently have in stock.

 

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  • Fargesia rufa 'Green Panda'
    Clump-forming, evergreen bamboo  with bright green culms tinged pink and orange, bearing narrow, linear, blue-tinged, bright green leaves. Average height 6-10ft Full sun partial shade. 
    Price: £38.00
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  • Wisteria 'Grande Diva Nathalie' 4ltr
    A beautiful deciduous climber bearing strongly fragranced xxx flowers that hang down from the branches in graceful pendants from May to June. Prefers full sun but can also be grown in light shade. Average height/spread: 10ft. Hardy.
    Price: £42.00
  • Cornus sanguinea 'Annie's Winter Orange' - 3ltr pot
    1 plant in a 3 litre pot Dogwood. One of the most strikng coloured stemmed varieties. A vigorous shrub with branches that are flushed with fiery orange-red tones throughout winter. Soft green leaves appear in spring, followed by small white flowers, the...
    Price: £15.00
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  • Cornus kousa 'Coppacabana' 15L
    A deciduous small tree or large shrub with a conical habit and oval-shaped foliage with wavy edges, emerging maroon-red in the spring, green in the summer and red in autumn. Creamy white-pink flowers appear in June, followed by pink berries in autumn...
    Price: £120.00
  • Campanula pyramidalis 'Alba'-1L
    A clump-forming, vigorous,herbaceous perennial sending up tall upright stems with green, lance-shaped foliage and large, white bell-shaped flowers in summer.  Full sun partial shade.  Average height 5-7ft
    Price: £4.50
  • Acacia pravissima 2L
    Common name: Oven's wattle An evergreen shrub with triangular shaped leaves. Small flowers bloom in late winter early spring.  Average Height: 4m - 13ft Average Spread: 5m - 16ft Full Sun  Flowering period late winter - early spring   
    Price: £18.00
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  • Wisteria venusta 'Okayama' - 4ltr
    A beautiful deciduous climber bearing long sprays of large deep violet-blue flowers from April to May followed by velvety seedpods. The flowers are strongly fragranced. Ideal for training against a sturdy garden structure such as a pergoal or along a...
    Price: £45.00
  • Wisteria flor. 'Black Dragon' 5ft (7L)
    Common name: Japanese wisteria A very unusual and strking Wisteris that proiduced long racemes of striking deep purple double flowers from May to June. This variety of twining climber is particularly vigorous. Average height 15ft+. Full sun/partial shade...
    Price: £45.00
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  • Thalictrum 'Nimbus Pink' 2Ltr
    1 plant in a 2 litre pot Common name: Meadow Rue A graceful perennial with blue-green fern-like foliage and airy spires of fluffy pink flowers held above the leaves on upright black stems from July to September. Pale purple-pink seedheads follow the...
    Price: £12.00
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  • Stipa gigantea 3L
    A robust, tufted evergreen grass with arching linear green leaves. Large panicles of oat-like, airy purplish flowers, maturing to gold, appear in summer and autumn.  Full sun Average height 4-8ft 
    Price: £9.50
  • Polygonatum bilflorum
    Common name : Smooth Solomans seal This woodlander has a slight appearance but actually is a reliably hardy plant that will do well in shade for many years.  Average height 1ft Shade.
    Price: £12.00
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  • Hydrangea Annabelle - 15ltr pot
    A small, bushy deciduous shrub with broadly oval leaves and very large, spherical heads of white sterile flowers in summer.  Average height 5-6ft  Full sun partial shde. 
    Price: £45.00
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  • Hakonachloa macra 'Sunflare' 2L
    Deciduous perennial grass, producing mounds of bright chartreuse-yellow leaves in spring, tipped crimson, the colour becoming golden-yellow as the season progresses to autumn, with dark orange and rich burgundy-red tints persisting into winter.  Average...
    Price: £12.00
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  • Jasmine mesnyii 3L
    Primrose jasmine.  A singularly beautiful evergreen species with bright yellow, semi-double flowers from March till mid May. Best grown against a wall in favoured locations or ina conservatory.  Full sun partial shade.   
    Price: £18.00
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  • Ophiopogon planiscapus 3L
    A useful evergreen for partial shade with arching deep green leaves, giving depth and shine to your garden. Bears pale blue flowers in late spring, followed by dark blue berries.  Average height 0.5-1ft   
    Price: £12.00
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  • Nepeta 'Magical Mr Blue Sky' 2L
    A catmint with a difference. Cats don't go mad over it. This variety flowers all summer and has big, bold foliage. The flowers are plae blue and held in the large flower spikes.  Average height 4ft.  Full sun, partial shade. 
    Price: £12.00
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  • Thalictrum Ghent Ebony  2L
    Meadow Rue.  Herbaceous perennial with clumps of green to dark purple foliage. Tall stems topped with white flowers.  Full sun partial shade.  Average height 2.5ft. 
    Price: £12.00
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  • Wisteria brachybotrys 'Okayama' 3L
    An anticlockwise twining cultivar, the leaves are up to 35cm long with about 11 downy leaflets. Flowers in hanging sprays are highly scented and open to pale lilac from rich violet buds.  Full sun partial shade.  Average height 28-39ft 
    Price: £28.00
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  • Hosta 'Carnival' 2L
    The green and golden leaves of this strong growing perennial are fairly slug resistant and produces and good clump in just a few seasons. Also does well in a pot and saucer. Lavender coloured flowers are held in spikes.  Average height 2ft   
    Price: £12.00
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  • Hosta Shadowland 'Autumn Frost' 2L
    The colourful leaves have excellent variegation with bright green and dark green. Forms a very lived clump that can be split to make more plants.  Partial shade, full shade.   
    Price: £12.00
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  • Gallardia aristata (wild form)
    Blanket flower.  Free flowering North American perennial with relatively large, daisy-like yellow flowers. Flowers throughout the summer months.  Full sun.   
    Price: £12.00
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  • Liriope spicata 2L
    Low growing evergreen perennial. Grass-like dark green foliage. Spreading spiked of voilet-pink flowers late summer.  Full shade.   
    Price: £12.00
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  • Hosta 'Touch of Class' 2L
    Plantain Lily.  Herbaceous perennial. Blue, green and yellow foliage. Stems of lavender flowers in summer.  Partial shade.  Average height 1.5ft. 
    Price: £12.00
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  • Hakonechloa 'Mulled Wine' 2L
    Japanese forest grass.  Herbaceous perennial with variegated cream and green foliage, purple in autumn. Mound-forming and architectural.  Partial/full shade.  Average height 1.5ft. 
    Price: £14.00
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  • Acacia retinoides 3L
    Evergreen shrub/small tree.  Unlike many of the mimosa's, this form has strappy willow like leaves. It bears clusters of fluffy yellow flowers during the summer.  Average height 8-9ft  Partial shade
    Price: £18.00
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  • Cercis canadensis 'Eternal Flame' (80-100cm)
    Common name: Redbud A deciduous shrub or small tree with small pink flowers on bare stems in spring but its main feature is the amazing heart shaped leaves in a multitude of reds, oranges of yellows all appearing simultaneously. The new leaves are a...
    Price: £120.00
  • Acacia mimosa cone 70cm
    Common name: Mimosa An open evergreen tree with fern-like, silvery-green soft leaves. Long striking racemes of round, fragrant yellow flowerheads are produced from January to April. Average height 30ft, spread 15ft. Full sun. Hardy in a sheltered...
    Price: £38.00
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  • Wasabi/Eutrema jap. 'Mi Dori Utogi' 3L
    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...
    Price: £25.00
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  • Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Red Dragon' (20L)
    Common name: Paper bush A stunning deciduous specimen shrub, with deep green leaves. Produces beautifully scented, rounded coral-red flowerheads on the tips of the bare branches from Feb-April. Full sun or partial shade. Eventual height approx 150cm tall...
    Price: £140.00
  • Wollemi pine (3ft) 12L RARE
    This specimen is approximately 3ft (90cm) from top of pot. An amazing and rare tree that was only recently discovered. It has been around since the dinasours were walking the earth and is considered a living fossil! An elegant and upright conifer with...
    Price: £850.00
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  • Common name: Foxglove Tree A broadly columnar tree with hairy bright green leaves that reach up to 25cm in diameter. panicles of pretty pinkish lilac flowers marked yellow inside are borne in spring. Average height 25ft, spread 15ft. Full sun. Hardy.
    Price: £68.00
  • Common name: Dwarf Maidenhair Tree A dwarf, slow-growing variety with dense, slightly pendulous, branches of tightly packed fan-shaped verdant green leaves. The foliage turns a brilliant golden yellow in autumn.   Perfect for containers and small spaces...
    Price: £25.00
  • Common name: Maiden hair tree A beautiful and unusual conifer variety with fan-shaped leaves and brilliant autumn gold colours. An attractive large specimen tree. Full sun. Hardy
    Price: £78.00
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  • Common name: Tiger Fig tree A small deciduous tree with attractive, large, deeply lobed green foliage. In late summer, edible figs are produced in abundance with striking yellow-green striped skin. The sweet flesh is yellow and red inside. Average height...
    Price: £18.00
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  • Common name: Fig tree A small deciduous tree with attractive, large, deeply lobed foliage. In mid-to-late summer, edible figs are produced in abundance with yellow-green skin. The sweet flesh is yellow and red. This variety will sometimes crop twice a...
    Price: £45.00
  • 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 height...
    Price: £45.00
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  • Caryopteris icana 'Sunny Blue' 3L
    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...
    Price: £15.00
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  • 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 red calyxes...
    Price: £48.00
  • Helwingia chinensis (Narrow Leaf Form) 3L
    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 causing the...
    Price: £18.00
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  • Common name: English Lavender 'Valence Dark Violet' A great compact variety of English Lavender with shorter than usual stems topped with highly fragrant deep violet flowers all summer long. Ideal for pots, edging a path, filling gaps at the front of a...
    Price: £9.50
  • 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
    Price: £28.00
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  • 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 for...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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...
    Price: £38.00
  • Potentilla x Hopwoodiana 2L
    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
    Price: £12.00
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  • 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. Avereage height 1.5-2ft. Full Sun. Hardy.   
    Price: £9.50
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  • Styrax fargesii
    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.
    Price: £30.00
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  • Common name: Lady's tresses or fragrant spiranthe A spectaular clump-forming terrestrial orchid with a basal rosette of narrow folliage. In the autumn it produces spikes of fragrant white flowers that smell like vanilla.  Average height 2ft Partial shade 
    Price: £12.00
  • 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 conjested to...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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. 
    Price: £12.00
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  • 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. 
    Price: £15.00
  • Common name: Cinquefoil A clump-forming perennial with finely toothed mid-green leaves.  It produces attractive yellow flowers with blood red centres in summer. Average height 1.5ft.  Full sun.  Hardy.
    Price: £12.00
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  • 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 partial shade...
    Price: £35.00
  • 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...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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.
    Price: £12.00
  • Liriope muscari  'Okina' 2L
    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.
    Price: £12.00
  • 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...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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.
    Price: £15.00
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  • 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.
    Price: £18.00
  • Common name: Oak-leaved Hydrangea A majestic shrub with large, lobed mid green leaves which turn beatiful 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...
    Price: £20.00
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  • 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 1.5ft  Partial shade
    Price: £12.00
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  • Helwingia  himalaica 3L
    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 partial...
    Price: £18.00
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  • Harpochloa falx 2L
    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. 
    Price: £12.00
  • Common name: Veronica A spreading evergreen shrub with light to mid-green, glossy leaves.  Long panicles of light mauve flowers are produced over a long period from June to September. Average height/spread 4ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.
    Price: £12.00
  • 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...
    Price: £20.00
  • 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.     
    Price: £12.00
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  • Geranium phaeum 'Lilly Lovell' 2L
    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.
    Price: £12.00
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  • Common name: Cranesbill  An attractive perennial with lobed leaves. It produces bright white trumpet-shaped flowers throughout the summer into autumn. Great for growing in dry shady spots or used as groundcover.  Average height 1ft Partial shade.  Hardy. 
    Price: £12.00
  • Common name: Hardy fuchsia or Lady's eardrops. A robust, upright, deciduous shrub with small dark green leaves that are slightly bronzed. In the summer & autumn it produces small single flowers, with crimson tubes and sepals, and violet-purple...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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 particuarly large yellow bracts which are followed by attractive seed...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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 produces...
    Price: £20.00
  • 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 partial shade...
    Price: £20.00
  • 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.  Average height...
    Price: £25.00
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  • 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 flowers...
    Price: £15.00
  • Common name: Hattie's  pincusion A clump-forming herbaceous perennial with lobed leaves. It produces clusters of dark purple flowers held above thin stalks. Free flowering from June-September.  Average height 1.5ft  Partial shade.  Hardy.
    Price: £12.00
  • 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.   Full...
    Price: £14.00
  • Common name: False anemone A refined plant for moist, cool shade. It produces flowers that are purple on the outside and lavender within. They hang in nodding clusters in the summer.  Average height 2-3ft  (Dry summer winds will inhibit its growth...
    Price: £15.00
  • Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Wilsonii'
    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
    Price: £35.00
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  • Hosta 'Wu La La'
    A giant, clump-forming perennial with variegated blue-green foliage and yellow margins. Upright stems of lavender-purple flowers appear in summer. Average height 3-4.5ft Full shade partial shade. 
    Price: £15.00
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  • Common name: Tulip Tree An upright, pyramidal form of the Tulip Tree. The attractive, saddle-shaped, dark green leaves, turn yellow in autumn.  Really unusual looking cup-shaped pale yellow-green flowers with orange bands at the bases are produced in...
    Price: £55.00
  • Viburnum carlesii 'Aurora' 5ltr
    Common name: Arrowwood A bushy shrub with dark green leaves turning red in autumn. Very fragrant pink flowers, opening from red buds from April to May, followed by black fruit. Average height and spread 6ft.   Full Sun/Partial Shade. Hardy.
    Price: £28.00
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  • Common name: Japanese Cedar An attractive and unusual small coniferous tree with soft, creamy yellow needles which darken to green over the summer. The foliage takes on bronze and purple tints in winter. Brown cones are produced in autumn on the ends of...
    Price: £22.00
  • Rhodotypos scandens 7.5L
    A deciduous shrub with arching branches and deeply veined green leaves. White flowers are produced at the stem tips are produced from may to June, followed by glossy black fruit. Average height 4ft, spread 3ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.'
    Price: £28.00
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  • Common name: Taiwanese schefflera A hardy version of what most people would think of as a houseplant.  It has glossy, dark green leaflets that are arranged like the spokes on a wheel.  It's young foliage has silvery hairs.  It produces sprays of...
    Price: £18.00
  • Common name: Round Leaved Mint Bush A bushy shrub with rounded grey-green leaves. Pretty bell-shaped, light rose-pink flowers with mauve anthers from May to June.  Averge height 3-4ft. Full sun. Hardy down to minus 6 (protect from winter frosts)
    Price: £18.00
  • Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk island pine) (p21)
    Common name: Norfolk Island Pine An unusual conifer with light green soft, fan-like needles arranged in whorls. It is slow growing plant that would make an excellent christmas tree. Bring indoors during winter. Aveage growth rate 6" per year. Partial...
    Price: £45.00
  • Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk island pine)
    Common name: Norfolk Island Pine An unusual conifer with light green soft, fan-like needles arranged in whorls. It is slow growing plant that would make an excellent christmas tree. Bring indoors during winter. Aveage growth rate 6" per year. Partial...
    Price: £18.00
  • Common name: Foxglove Tree A broadly columnar tree with hairy bright green leaves that reach up to 25cm in diameter. panicles of pretty pinkish lilac flowers marked yellow inside are borne in spring. Average height 25ft, spread 15ft. Full sun. Hardy.
    Price: £22.00
  • A thicket-forming shrub or small tree with impressively large, lobed leaves that are soft and pale grey beneath and can be up to 2ft across. Produces panicles of small white flowers in autumn. Average height and spread 15ft. Full sun in a sheltered...
    Price: £180.00
  • A thicket-forming shrub or small tree with impressively large, lobed leaves that are soft and pale grey beneath and can be up to 2ft across. Produces panicles of small white flowers in autumn. Average height and spread 15ft. Full sun in a sheltered...
    Price: £140.00