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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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  • Hedychium (ginger lily)
    Common name: Ginger lily Cream flowers in late summer with large green leaves.  Average height 5-6ft Grow in rich moist soil in sun/part shade * not winter hardy - overwinter in a greenhouse or conservatory 
    Price: £7.50
  • 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 shade...
    Price: £28.00
  • Cornus capitata (Variegated Selection)
    Dogwood. A semi-evergreen tree or large shrub with marbled foliage and a profusion of pale yellow bracts in July which develop a pink flush as they mature. Large red fruits follow in autumn. Average height/spread 40ft (if left un-pruned). Full...
    Price: £90.00
  • Morus kagayme 'Fruitless'
    'A rare variety of Mulberry tree that has a spreading habit but stays quite compact. The luscious glossy green leaves are lobed and create a lovely dense shade beneath, and stay on the tree very late into autumn, sometimes even towards Christmas. Does...
    Price: £72.00
  • Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood)
    A neat narrow deciduous conical tree with bright green, feathery leaves turning gold in autumn. It hgas attractive deep cinnamon coloured bark. Produces brown round cones. Average height 40ft in 20 years (will grow taller eventually). Full sun. Hardy.  
    Price: £30.00
  • 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 00 years.  Full sun, partial shade. 
    Price: £22.00
  • Gordlinia grandiflora (Mountain Gordlinia) 3L
    0 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
  • Asimina tribola (Pawpaw) 4L
    0 plant in a 4 litr pot Pawpaw, False Banana. A native US species of Pawpaw that is fully hardy and can be grown in the UK as a shrub or small tree. Unusual and striking deep purple-brown flowers appear in spring and if you are lucky may be followed by...
    Price: £36.00
  • Amorpha fruticosa (false indigo bush) 7.5L
    0 plant in a 7.5 litre pot 'False indigo. A large deciduous shrub with attractive leaves made up of many small leaflets. Dense upright spikes of tiny, pea-like, purple flowers with orange anthers are produced from August to October. Likes damp soil...
    Price: £25.00
  • Abutilon x milleri
    A semi-evergreen climbing shrub with arching stems of green leaves. Pendant exotic-looking bell-shaped flowers of red and yellow are produced from June to September. * Height:  2m / 6ft * Spread:  2m / 6ft * Full sun* Season of interest: Summer through...
    Price: £7.50
  • Abutilon x milleri
    A semi-evergreen climbing shrub with arching stems of green leaves. Pendant exotic-looking bell-shaped flowers of red and yellow are produced from June to September. * Height:  2m / 6ft * Spread:  2m / 6ft * Full sun* Season of interest: Summer through...
    Price: £12.00
  • Rhus typhina 'Stag Horn Sumach' Suckering deciduous shrub,  young branches are densely covered is hairs. autumn colour is magnificent.  Decorative crimson fruits. Full sun Average Heigh & Spread 4 x4m 
    Price: £38.00
  • Lonicera 'Red World' (3L)
    A semi evergreen climber which  has red buds opening up to cream petals. Highly scented flowers. Average height: 6m Average spread: 1.5m   
    Price: £12.00
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  • Akebia 'Silver Bells' (3L)
    Unusual variety of Chocolate Vine. A semi-evergreen twining climber. Fragrant clusters of sweetly-scented violet-purple flowers are borne from March to April. These contrast against bright green foliage. Average height 15ft. Average spread 10ft. Full sun...
    Price: £9.50
  • 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: £12.00
  • Calycanthus 'Hartlage Wine' (00L)
    Common name  Sweetshrub A multi stem shrub with aromatic foliage and deep red - burgundy flowers bloom from mid summer. Average height: 2m - 6.5ft Average spread: 2m - 6.5ft Hardy  Full sun
    Price: £45.00
  • 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: £12.00
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Schisandra (Magnolia vine)
    A deciduous twining climber with slender red stems and lush green leaves. Attractive bright dark crimson flowers with yellow centres are produced on pendulus stalks from late spring to summer, followed by fleshy red fruit if pollinated. Average height...
    Price: £32.00
  • 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 05ft+. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy
    Price: £8.00
  • Decaisnea fargesii (Blue sausage fruit)
    An unusual shrub with impressively large blue-tinged dark green leaves. Panicles of petalless, bell-shaped, trailing green or yellow-green flowers from May to June are followed by long, metallic deep blue seed pods. Average height and spread 12ft. Full...
    Price: £28.00
  • Decaisnea fargesii (Blue sausage fruit)
    An unusual shrub with impressively large blue-tinged dark green leaves. Panicles of petalless, bell-shaped, trailing green or yellow-green flowers from May to June are followed by long, metallic deep blue seed pods. Average height and spread 02ft. Full...
    Price: £28.00
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree) Multistem 50cm
    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. Average...
    Price: £85.00
  • Sempervivum 'Purple Queen' (Houseleek )
    Houseleek. A rosette-forming alpine with succulent rosettes of deep purple leaves. One of the best purple leaved varieties. Produces lots of offsets that can be potted on to make new plants. Full sun in well-drained soil (protect from winter wet) Average...
    Price: £6.50
  • Polygonatum humile
    Dwarf Solomon's Seal. A rhizomous perennial with arching stems that are hung with lines of bell-shaped greenish white flowers in May to July, followed by black fruit. This variety spreads to create a low clump. Average height 8", spread 0.5ft. Partial...
    Price: £5.00
  • Angelica pachycarpa
    An unusual dwarf variety of Angelica. A short-lived perennial with deeply divided, glossy green green leaves. Above the leaves, in May to July, rise dense, umbels of vibrant green/yellow flowers that are loved by pollinators. Self seeds. Average height...
    Price: £6.50
  • Aethionema Grandiflorum
    Stone Cress. A low growing, semi-evergreen apline subshrub with blue-green leaves. Profuse racemes of pink to lilac flowers are produced from April to June. Thrives in full sun and well-drained soil. Average height 00", spread 0ft. Full sun. Hardy.
    Price: £6.50
  • Allium sensescens var. glaucum
    An unusual bulbous perennial with grey-green twisted leaves. Bears dense umbels of lilac pink flowers on individual stems from May to August The flowers are loved by bees and other pollinators. A low growing plant perfect for a well-drained sunny sit...
    Price: £5.00
  • Achillea aleppica zederbaueri
    An unusual dwarf yarrow with attractive, very finely cut silvery foliage. The flattened heads of yellow tinted white flowers are produced from June to August. A drought tolerant plant, suitable for a well-drained sunny site. Attracts pollinators. Average...
    Price: £5.00
  • Caprinus bet. Lucas - 02ltr
    Common Hornbeam. This variety hasa pyramid structure. Dark green leaves turn into golden-yellow during the autum months. Average height: 02m -40ft Average spread: 8m - 26ft Hardy
    Price: £38.00
  • Chimonanthus praecox 80-100cm
    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: £35.00
  • Sassafras albida - 26ltr
    An attractive and aromatic medium sized tree.greenish yellow flowers are borne in late may. Average Height:05m - 50ft Average Spread: 02m - 40ft Full Sun - partial shade Hardy 
    Price: £95.00
  • Cercis canadensis 'Merlot'
    Cinco Classic 10 Real Christmas Tree StandThe Cinco range of water holding stands, combine a high water capacity with strength and durability. The low, wide reservoir allows easy access for topping-up and can accommodate a wide range of trunk sizes with...
    Price: £25.00
  • Cercis canadensis 'Cascading Hearts'
    Star-Max Start Series Christmas Tree StandsEasy to use foot pedal to tighten clamps around the tree trunk, holding the tree firm, secure and straight, whatever the size. Ingeniously simple, very easy to use and of the highest quality. Also features a...
    Price: £95.00
  • Cercis 'Ace of Spades'
    Cinco Classic 7 Real Christmas Tree StandThe Cinco range of water holding stands, combine a high water capacity with strength and durability. The low, wide reservoir allows easy access for topping-up and can accommodate a wide range of trunk sizes with...
    Price: £95.00
  • Cercis 'Lavender Twist'
    Cinco Advantage 8 Real Christmas Tree StandThe Cinco range of water holding stands, combine a high water capacity with strength and durability. The low, wide reservoir allows easy access for topping-up and can accommodate a wide range of trunk sizes with...
    Price: £65.00
  • Holboelia latifolia 7.5L
    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: £28.00
  • Paulownia fortunei 'Fast Blue' (175-200cm)
    Common name: Foxglove Tree A fast-growing columnar tree with large, soft bright green leaves, up to 30cm in diameter. Panicles of unusual tubular-shaped flowers that are a light lilac blue are borne in May. Flowers May to June. Average height 20ft,...
    Price: £95.00
  • 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: 00ft.  Full sun Hardy   A...
    Price: £5.00
  • Spiranthes odorata 'Chadd's Ford'
    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: £2.00
  • Ribes speciosum
    The fuchsia-flowered gooseberry is a semi-evergreen shrub which has bristly red stems, red fruit and shining green leaves. Grown for its amazing display of fuchsia like bright red flowers which are produced in spring. Received the RHS award of garden...
    Price: £22.00
  • Schisandra propinqua var sinensis
    This charming twining shrub with glossy leaves, bears clusters of yellow flowers during the late summer followed by red berries. Originating from China it is hardier than its Himalayan counterpart and is very rarely found in the mainstream gardening...
    Price: £20.00
  • 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
  • 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 06.5ft (if left un-pruned). Partial shade. Moist, acidic soil...
    Price: £24.00
  • Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Pendulum' - 3ltr pot
    Weeping Giant Redwood. An unusual and handsome tree with a unique appearance, the long branches hang down parallel with the trunk often creating fantastic shapes. Grows to form a conical shape over time with a weeping habit. Average height 12-13ft,...
    Price: £22.00
  • Tetrapanax 'Rex' 2L
    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 05ft. Full sun in a sheltered...
    Price: £22.00
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  • 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: £2.00
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  • Hovenia dulcis
    Common name Chinese Raisin tree.  An upright spreading tree with glossy heart shaped green leaves. Sprays of tiny fragrant cream flowers are borne in summer. These then develop into small purple fruits which are sweet and edible. Average height:...
    Price: £8.00
  • 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
  • Eriophorum angustifolium - 3ltr potper
    Common name: Common Cotton grass. An evergreen spreading perennial with linear leaves, producing delicate white silky flower heads in summer that look like small feathers. Grows best in moist soil, such as pond margins, in water up to 2ins deep...
    Price: £5.00
  • Buddleja glomerata - 3ltr pot
    1 plant in a 3 litre pot An attractive and unusual evergreen shrub, native to South Africa, with silvery, crinkled leaves and mustard yellow acacia-like flowers borne on upright panicles throughout summer. Average height 5ft. Full sun. Hardy in a...
    Price: £11.00
  • Angelica sylvestris 'Purpurea' - 3ltr pot
    1 plant in a 3 litre pot A native biennial (or short-lived perennial) with richly coloured dark purple, almost black leaves turning green in late summer. In summer, attractive dense umbels of dusky, lavender pink flowers are held aloft on upright purple...
    Price: £8.50
  • Amelanchier 'Smoky' - 7.5ltr pot
    1 plant in a 7.5 litre pot June Berry. An unusual and useful small tree or large shrub producing an abundance of pretty white flowers in May, followed by large juicy, smokey blue-black berries that are good for baking. The rounded leaves turn a stunning...
    Price: £26.00
  • Acer palmatum 'Bi hoo' - 32ltr pot
    1 plant in a 32 litre pot Common name: Japanese Maple A beautiful acer with striking stems and leaves. The foliage emerges in shades of salmon pink before developing lemon-green tones in summer before turning rich ochre and coppery oranges in the autumn...
    Price: £95.00
  • Acer davidii 'Viper' 7L
    Common name: Snake-bark Maple A deciduous, upright variety with stunning 'snakeskin' patterened bark in white and green shades. The green foliage develops lovely autumnal shades of mustard yellow and coppery orange. Average height (after 10 years)...
    Price: £48.00
  • Magnolia 'Fairy Blush' OFFER
    A new variety of semi-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. Average eventual height 7-8ft,...
    Price: £25.00
  • 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: £5.00
  • 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
  • Acer palmatum 'Bi hoo' - 32ltr pot
    0 plant in a 32 litre pot Common name: Japanese Maple A beautiful acer with striking stems and leaves. The foliage emerges in shades of salmon pink before developing lemon-green tones in summer before turning rich ochre and coppery oranges in the autumn...
    Price: £95.00
  • 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
  • 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 shade Hardy
    Price: £90.00
  • Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex' 7.5L
    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 05ft. Full sun in a sheltered...
    Price: £38.00
  • Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' 7.5L
    Common name: Abyssinian banana or red banana A great plant for adding a tropical feel to your garden.  It is extremely fast growing plant with giant jungle-like rich red & green leaves. Best grown in a sheltered sunny spot away from strong winds.  In...
    Price: £25.00
  • Mandevilla (rock trumpet) pink
    Common name: Rock trumpet A very attractive free flowering climber with glossy green leaves and funnel shaped flowers from June to August. Average height 9ft. Average spread 4ft. Best grown in a conservatory or outdoors in the summer.
    Price: £8.50
  • Meconopsis cambrica (Welsh Poppy)
    Welsh Poppy, A British Native perennial with pale green leaves. Pretty cup shaped lemon-yellow to orange flowers. Flowers April - October    Partial Shade  Hardy  Max height 45cm  Max spread 25cm   Water thoroughly...
    Price: £7.50
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    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 a...
    Was: £30.00
    Now: £20.00
  • 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
  • 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    Current approx height 75cm 
    Price: £46.00
  • Zanthoxylam simulans
    Zanthoxylam simulans - Szeuchan Pepper Average height 2ft Full sun/partial shade  Current height 4-5ft and a little bit misshaped       
    Price: £5.00
  • Campsis tag. ‘Madame Galen’ (150-175cm) 7.5ltr
    Common name: Common Trumpet Creeper Vigorous climber with dark green leaves and attractive clusters of tropical-looking trumpet-shaped, orange-red flowers that are borne from August to September. Average height 15ft+. Full sun. Hardy on a sheltered sunny...
    Price: £75.00