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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

 

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  • Paulownia tomentosa (Foxglove tree) 7L deep

    Paulownia tomentosa (Foxglove tree) 7L deep
    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
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  • Halesia carolina (Snowbell tree) 30L

    Halesia carolina (Snowbell tree) 30L
    Common name: Silver Bell, Snowdrop Tree. A spreading tree with mid-green leaves turning yellow in autumn. Clusters of pendent bell-shaped white flowers are produced just before the leaves from April to May, followed by four -winged green fruit in June...
    Price: £75.00
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  • Indigofera howellii 'Reginald Cory'

    Indigofera howellii 'Reginald Cory'
    Common name: The king of dyes An elegant shrub with small grey green leaves.  It produces tapering racemes of small bright pink flowers from June to autumn.  Average height 6-12ft.  Full sun.  Hardy - grow in a sheltered position
    Price: £18.00
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  • Acacia melanoxylon

    Acacia melanoxylon
    Common name: Australian blackwood An acacia species native to south-eastern Australia.  It has dark grey to black bark and has phyllodes as opposed to leaves for foliage. The phyllodes (modified petioles) are grayish green and about 1.5 to 6 inches (4 to...
    Price: £22.00
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  • Disporum megalanthum 2L

    Disporum megalanthum 2L
    An unusual semi-evergreen perennial with drooping creamy-white flowers from April to May followed by red berries. Average height 2ft. Full sun/Partial shade. Hardy. "A striking addition to the spring garden"
    Price: £14.00
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  • Nyssa sylvatica (4L)

    Nyssa sylvatica (4L)
    Common name: Black Gum, Sour Gum, Tupelo A medium-sized, deciduous tree with a conical shape. The glossy dark green leaves  turn vivid shades of orange, red and yellow in autumn. Colour is best in acid soil. Average height 12ft+. Full sun/partial shade...
    Price: £38.00
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  • Ginkgo biloba 'Blagon' 4L

    Ginkgo biloba 'Blagon' 4L
    Common name: Maidenhair tree A large but narrow tree with upright growing branches, superb yellow autumn colour and is suitable for growing in containers.  Average height 18ft+ Full sun Hardy.  
    Price: £35.00
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  • Paulownia tomentosa (Foxglove tree) - 35ltr

    Paulownia tomentosa (Foxglove tree) - 35ltr
    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: £38.00
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  • Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiata' - 35ltr

    Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiata' - 35ltr
    Common name: Fastigiate Tulip tree   An upright, narrow form of Tulip Tree.   The attractive, saddle-shaped, dark green leaves, turn yellow in autumn.   Really unusual looking cup-shaped pale green flowers with orange bands at the...
    Price: £58.00
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  • Hydrangea 'Ruby Annabelle' - 15ltr

    Hydrangea 'Ruby Annabelle' - 15ltr
    A compact, rounded shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Large round clusters of striking reddish-pink flowers are produced from July to September.  Average height 4ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.
    Price: £55.00
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  • Amelanchier laevis 'Ballerina' - 35ltr

    Amelanchier laevis 'Ballerina' - 35ltr
    Common name: Juneberry A vase-shaped small tree or shrub with narrow deep green leaves, bronze when young and developing amazing red and purple tones in autumn. It produces pendant clusters of white flowers in April to May, followed by blue-black fruit...
    Price: £58.00
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  • Sophora microphylla 'Sun King' 4L

    Sophora microphylla 'Sun King' 4L
    Spreading, evergreen, bushy shrub with pinnate leaves, each made up of pairs of tiny ovate, dark green leaflets, borne on silky shoots. In late winter and early Spring, bears long-lasting pendent racemes of pea-like, dark-yellow flowers. Eventual height...
    Price: £16.50
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  • Styrax japonicus - 32L

    Styrax japonicus - 32L
    Common name: Japanese Snowbell A graceful spreading tree with glossy green leaves, turning yellow or red in autumn. A profusion of scented, retty bell-shaped white flowers are produced along the undersides of the branches from June to July. Average...
    Price: £165.00
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  • Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree) - 15L

    Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree) - 15L
    Common name: Maidenhair TreeA beautiful tree with fan-shaped green to yellow-green leaves that turn a bright, clear yellow in autumn. The Ginkgo is a 'living fossil' and has been around since Jurassic times. Makes a striking specimen. Average height...
    Price: £98.00
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  • Edgeworthia chrysantha grandiflora (26L)

    Edgeworthia chrysantha grandiflora (26L)
    Common name: Paperbush A stunning deciduous specimen shrub, with deep green leaves. Produces beautifully scented, rounded yellow flowerheads on the tips of the bare branches from Feb-April. Full sun or partial shade. Average height/spread 5ft. Hardy down...
    Price: £115.00
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  • Edgeworthia chrysantha (p19)

    Edgeworthia chrysantha (p19)
    Common name Paperbush A bushy shrub producing round head of small white -yellow flowers in early spring.  Average height 1.5m Average spread 1.5m Full sun / partial shade Hardy
    Price: £28.00
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  • Magnolia gran. 'Goliath' bush

    Magnolia gran. 'Goliath' bush
    Common name: Bull Bay A broadly conical evergreen tree with glossy green leaves. Huge, cup-shaped creamy white flowers up to 30cm wide are produced from late summer to early autumn. Average height 25ft, spread 15ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.
    Price: £125.00
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  • Indigofera pendula - 4L

    Indigofera pendula - 4L
    Common name: Himalayan Indigo A highly unusual and beautiful shrub that produces pendulous racemes of voilet pink flowers, up to 1ft long, throughout summer. It has an arching habit and small, deicate leaves. Sometimes dies right back in the winter but...
    Price: £22.00
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  • Hoheria Sexstylosa 'Stardust' -3L

    Hoheria Sexstylosa 'Stardust' -3L
    Common name: Ribbonwood A pretty evergreen shrub with glossy, toothed green leaves and numerous clusters of fragrant stary white flowers that are produced from mid to late summer.  Average height & spread 16-20ft Full sun /partial shade Hardy      
    Price: £14.50
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  • Calycanthus 'Venus' (3L)

    Calycanthus 'Venus' (3L)
    Common name: Carolina Allspice A large branching shrub with dark green aromatic leaves that turn yellow in autumn. Exotic looking fragrant flowers which are white with burgundy centres, which are produced June - July. Average height 6ft  Partial...
    Price: £28.00
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  • Chamaecyparis laws. 'Dik's Weeping'

    Chamaecyparis laws. 'Dik's Weeping'
    'Lawson Cypress. A very unusual variety of conifer with a exceptionally narrow habit. The top section of the tree hangs down in an elegant pendulous shape. The silvery blue/green needles create a year-round feature. Good for a small space. Average height...
    Price: £72.00
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  • Paeonia cambessedesii

    Paeonia cambessedesii
    Common name: Marjorcan Peony Red-pink flowers in spring with green leaves Young plants should flower in a couple of years. Average height: 1.5ft Full sun, partial shade Free-draining soil  
    Price: £10.00
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  • Cercis chinensis 'Avondale' (4L)

    Cercis chinensis 'Avondale' (4L)
    Common name: Chinese redbud A larges-spreading shrub or small tree with heart-shaped vibrant leaves that turn bright yellow in autumn.  A profusion of long-lasting vivid fuchsia-pink flowers clothe the bare branches in spring.  Average height: 9ft Full...
    Price: £30.00
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  • Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Glaucum' - 3ltr pot

    Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Glaucum' - 3ltr pot
    Common name: Blue sequoia A tree of unique appearance, this unusual form of the Califonian evergeen tree has a narrow conical shape & beautiful blue-green, glaucous foliage.  Height: 25ft in 10 years.  Full sun, partial shade. 
    Price: £22.00
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  • Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold' 15ltr

    Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold' 15ltr
    Common name: Eastern redbud Dome-shaped, deciduous small tree with striking yellow heart-shaped leaves and masses of lavender-pink flowers in bare stems in the spring.  Average height: 12ft+ Full sun  
    Price: £78.00
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  • Gordlinia grandiflora (Mountain Gordlinia) 3L

    Gordlinia grandiflora (Mountain Gordlinia) 3L
    1 plant in a 3 litre pot 'Mountain Gordlinia. A semi evergreen multi-stem shrub. In July to September camellia like flowers are borne with 5 petals and a yellow centre. Needs to be planted in ericaceous soil. Average height 20ft, spread 8ft. Full...
    Price: £36.00
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  • Akebia alba (3L)

    Akebia alba (3L)
    An unusual semi-evergreen climber. Fragrant racemes of white-cream flowers are borne from March to May which stand out aginst attractive dark green leaves. Average height 20ft. Average spread 6ft. Full sun. Hardy.
    Price: £9.50
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  • Lonicera 'Serotina' (3L)

    Lonicera 'Serotina' (3L)
    Late Dutch Honeysuckle. A twining climber with mid-green leaves and very fragrant creamy white flowers produced from May to June, streaked dark purple-red. Average height 20ft . Fruits July. Full Sun/Partial Shade. Hardy.
    Price: £9.50
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  • Magnolia 'Little Gem' (7.5L)

    Magnolia 'Little Gem' (7.5L)
    An evergreen tree or shrub with large, glossy green leaves that are brown and felted beneath. The creamy white flowers are beautifullly scented and produced throughout summer and autumn. This variety is much more compact than other Grandifloras and has a...
    Price: £38.00
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  • Koelruteria 'Coral Sun'

    Koelruteria 'Coral Sun'
    Golden-rain Tree, Star of India. A spreading tree with leaves emerging a strong red-pink then turning mid-green. Small yellow flowers are followed by bladder-like pink or red flushed fruit. The stems are dark red. Average height and spread 25ft. Full sun...
    Price: £28.00
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  • Pterostyrax hispada (Epaulette tree)

    Pterostyrax hispada (Epaulette tree)
    Epaulette Tree. An unusual spreading tree with peeling aromatic grey bark and pale green leaves. Bell-shaped, fragrant white flowers in impressively long, pendent clusters are produced from June to July,  followed by unusual ribbed fruit. Average height...
    Price: £28.00
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  • Lonicera 'Gold Flame' (4L)

    Lonicera 'Gold Flame' (4L)
    Honeysuckle. A twining climber with dark green leaves, blue-green beneath. Bright clusters of tubular, pink, orange and yellow flowers from June to August. Average height 15ft+. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy
    Price: £18.00
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  • Humulus lupulus (Hop)

    Humulus lupulus (Hop)
    Common name: Hop  A herbaceous perennial climber with light green, deeply lobed leaves. Green then straw-coloured flower spikes in summer. Flowers July to August. Average height 20ft.  Full sun. Hardy.
    Price: £15.00
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  • Prunus lusitanica 'Brenelia' (4L)

    Prunus lusitanica 'Brenelia' (4L)
    A dense evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves that are red-tinted when young. Fragrant white flowers are borne on racemes in early summer, followed by red fruit ripening to black in July. It is more compact than its larger cousin Average height...
    Price: £24.00
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  • Magnolia 'Exmouth' (30L)

    Magnolia 'Exmouth' (30L)
    Common name: Bull Bay/ Evergreen magnolia A broadly conical evergreen tree with glossy light green leaves. Beautiful, strongly fragranced, large cup-shaped creamy white flowers, up to 25cm wide are produced from late summer to early autumn. Average...
    Price: £55.00
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  • Ginkgo biloba - 3ltr

    Ginkgo biloba - 3ltr
    Common name: Maidenhair Tree   A beautiful tree with fan-shaped green to yellow-green leaves that turn a bright, clear yellow in autumn. The Ginkgo is a 'living fossil' and has been around since Jurassic times. Makes a striking specimen...
    Price: £28.00
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  • Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree) - 125/150cm

    Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree) - 125/150cm
    Maidenhair Tree. A beautiful tree with fan-shaped green to yellow-green leaves that turn a bright, clear yellow in autumn. The Ginkgo is a 'living fossil' and has been around since Jurassic times. Makes a striking specimen. Average height 50-80ft (if...
    Price: £50.00
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  • Caprinus bet. Lucas - 12ltr

    Caprinus bet. Lucas - 12ltr
    Common Hornbeam. This variety hasa pyramid structure. Dark green leaves turn into golden-yellow during the autum months. Average height: 12m -40ft Average spread: 8m - 26ft Hardy
    Price: £38.00
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  • Chimonanthus praecox 80-100cm (27ltr)

    Chimonanthus praecox 80-100cm (27ltr)
    Common name: Wintersweet A large shrub with pendant, very fragrant flowers produced in Januray and February on the bare branches, followed by glossy mid-green leaves.  Average height 12ft Full sun  Hardy
    Price: £51.50
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  • Liquidambar styraacifula 'Stella' 7ltr

    Liquidambar styraacifula 'Stella' 7ltr
    Sweet Gum. A broadly conical tree with deeply divided, glossy leaves, turning brilliant orange, red and purple in autumn. The leaves stay on the tree well into late autumn and winter, providing a stunning display. Average height: 15m -50ft Average...
    Price: £38.00
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  • Sassafras albida - 26ltr

    Sassafras albida - 26ltr
    An attractive and aromatic medium sized tree.greenish yellow flowers are borne in late may. Average Height:15m - 50ft Average Spread: 12m - 40ft Full Sun - partial shade Hardy 
    Price: £95.00
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  • Halesia monticola var. vestita (Snowdrop tree)

    Halesia monticola var. vestita (Snowdrop tree)
    Mountain snowdrop tree, beautiful small deciduous tree. In May, masses of white snowdrop-like flowers, sometimes flushed with pink, dangle down from the underside of the branches and the flowers stand out fantastically against the dark green...
    Price: £55.00
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  • Holboellia latifolia 4L

    Holboellia latifolia 4L
    Common name: Broad-leaf sausage vine A vigorous climber with twining stems and bright green, ovate leaves. Clusters of small white, often purple-tinged, flowers are produced from May to June. These are often followed by sausage-shaped fruits.  Average...
    Price: £18.00
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  • Paulowina 'Fast Blue' - 4ltr pot

    Paulowina 'Fast Blue' - 4ltr pot
    1 plant in 4ltr pot. A deciduous tree with large  heart shaped leaves. Erect panicles of fox glove like flowers bloom in spring which are lilac on the outside and cream in the centre.  Has a pyramidal habit.  Average height: 8m /...
    Price: £18.00
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  • Phillyrea angustifoloia ' Rosmarinifolia' 3ltr pot

    Phillyrea angustifoloia ' Rosmarinifolia' 3ltr pot
    Common name: Jasmine box An evergreen shrub with narrow, leathery dark green leaves. It produces fragrant, creamy flowers from May to June followed by dark purple/black berries.  Good alternative to olive trees. Average height: 10ft.  Full sun Hardy   A...
    Price: £11.00
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  • Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'

    Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'
    Common name: Moonlight hydrangea vine A self-clinging climber with heart-shaped, shimmering leaves. Fragrant, creamy white, lacecap flowerheads with pretty creamy bracts are produced in mid-summer. Average height 8ft+. Partial shade. Moist acid soil...
    Price: £20.00
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  • Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Snow sensation'

    Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Snow sensation'
    Common name: Japanese Hydrangea Vine A fast growing, self-clinging climber. Splendid selection of free-flowing brilliant white blooms are borne from June to August. Average height 8ft+, spread 16.5ft (if left un-pruned). Partial shade. Moist, acidic soil...
    Price: £24.00
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  • Thalictrum 'Hewitts Double' - 2L

    Thalictrum 'Hewitts Double' - 2L
    Common name: Meadow Rue A very attractive summer flowering perennial that has dainty leaves and bears tall stems with panicles of long-lasting, double mauve-pink cupped flowers from July to September. Suits borders with moderate moisture. ilac-mauve...
    Price: £12.00
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  • Hosta 'Praying Hands' - 3ltr pot

    Hosta 'Praying Hands' - 3ltr pot
    Common name: Plantain lily A variety with very distinctive, upright, narrow leaves that give it its name 'Praying Hands'. Average height 1-2ft. Average spread 2ft.  Moist soil in partial shade Hardy
    Price: £12.00
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  • Ficus 'Osborne Prolific' (Fig)- 4L

    Ficus 'Osborne Prolific' (Fig)- 4L
    Unusual Fig tree. A small tree with attractive, large, deeply lobed leaves. In late summer, edible figs are produced with a deep purple/brown flush to the skin. The sweet flesh is an amber colour.   This variety had good cold tolerance. Average height...
    Price: £38.00
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  • Magnolia 'Fairy Blush' - 4ltr pot

    Magnolia 'Fairy Blush' - 4ltr pot
    A new variety of evergreen magnolia with dark, glossy leaves and a bushy habit. Beautiful cup-shaped white blooms, blushed with pink, are borne along the stems in late spring. Flowers are produced even on young plants...
    Price: £15.00
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  • Disporum contoniense 'Moonlight' - 2L

    Disporum contoniense 'Moonlight' - 2L
    Common name: Chinese Fairy Bells A woodland perennial species from China with attractive, oval shaped green and silvery white variegated leaves that develop pinky-purple sahdes in autumn. Small lemon yellow flowers are borne in clusters from late spring...
    Price: £15.00
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  • Akebia quinata' Cream Form' - 4ltr

    Akebia quinata' Cream Form' - 4ltr
    Common name: White flowered Chocolate Vine A semi-evergreen climber. Attractive dark green leaves above, blue-green beneath, purple tinged in winter. Fragrant racemes of cream flowers with purple stamens are borne from March to April followed by fruit...
    Price: £22.00
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  • Hoheria Sexstylosa 'Stardust'

    Hoheria Sexstylosa 'Stardust'
    Ribbonwood - A pretty evergreen shrub with glossy, toothed green leaves and numerous clusters of fragrant stary white flowers that are produced from mid to late summer.  Average height & spread 24 x 18ft Currently 5.5-6ft tall Full sun /partial shade...
    Price: £85.00
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  • Calycanthus 'Venus

    Calycanthus 'Venus
    Carolina Allspice. A large branching shrub with dark green aromatic leaves that turn yellow in autumn. Exotic looking fragrant flowers which are white with burgundy centres, which are produced June - July. Average height 6ft  Partial...
    Price: £90.00
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  • Cercis canadensis 'Texas White'- 4ltr pot

    Cercis canadensis 'Texas White'- 4ltr pot
    A beautiful, multi-stemmed variety bearing white flowers April-May. It has large, thick and glossy bright green leaves which turn yellow in autumn. Full Sun/partial shade. Eventual height 16-20ft, after 20 years.  
    Price: £47.50
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  • Cercis canadensis 'Merlot'

    Cercis canadensis 'Merlot'
    Cercis canadensis 'Merlot', dark red heart shaped leaves producing bright pink flowers in early spring. 1 plant in 4ltr pot    Average height & spread 4x4m  
    Price: £47.50
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    Disporopsis pernyi 3ltr

    Disporopsis pernyi 3ltr
    An unusual evergreen perennial similar to Solomon's Seal. The arching stems have deep green glossy leaves. From May, pendant, bell-shaped cream flowers, tinted green, are borne on the undersides of the stems.  Average height/spread 45cm.  Partial shade...
    Price: £7.50
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    Albizia jubil. Summer Chocolate - 3L

    Albizia jubil. Summer Chocolate - 3L
    Common name: Silk tree A striking small tree with finely cut, fern-like deep purple to bronze foliage. Feathery purple and white flowers are produced in summer. The leaves form a domed canopy when mature. Can be planted outside (hardy to -5 C) or in...
    Was: £30.00
    Now: £20.00
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  • Cercidiphyllum jap. ‘Rotfuchs’ (Red Fox)

    Cercidiphyllum jap. ‘Rotfuchs’ (Red Fox)
    Katsura Tree. An unusual and striking variety of small tree with deep purple heart shaped leaves. The foliage turn an orange red in autumn. it also gives out a delicious caramel smell during the autumn months. The shape is fairly narrow and...
    Price: £45.00
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  • Aesculus parvovirus ‘Koenhei’

    Aesculus parvovirus ‘Koenhei’
    Aesculus parvovirus ‘Koenhei’    An extremely unusual dwarf variety of horse chestnut tree. The leaves are deeply divided and produces candle like flowers during the spring. Loved be bees   Average height 3m   ...
    Price: £46.00
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  • Pileostegia viburnoides (Climbing Hydrangea) 4L

    Pileostegia viburnoides (Climbing Hydrangea) 4L
    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...
    Price: £28.00
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  • Mathiasella bupleuroides ‘Green Dream’

    Mathiasella bupleuroides ‘Green Dream’
    A lovely and unusual perennial that produces clusters of light green, very long lasting bracts that contain clusters of tiny white flowers. The flowerheads are produced in spring and gradually dry and turn pink. They persist on the plant until autumn,...
    Price: £15.00
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  • Catalpa purpurea 27L bag

    Catalpa purpurea 27L bag
    Common name: Indian Bean Tree Spreading tree with large broad leaves blackish purple when young, maturing green. The summer flowers are white, marked yellow and purple on upright panicles followed by slender seed pods. Average height and spread 30ft...
    Price: £45.00
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