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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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  • 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: £12.00
  • A rare evergreen shrub with glossy purple tinged foliage. Named after an extinct bird named Moa -  asthe leaves are the same shape as their feet. Average height: 7ft  - 2m Average spread: 6ft -1.8m Full sun - Partial shade Best moved inside when the...
    Price: £35.00
  • 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
  • Common name: Pink Silk Tree A graceful spreading tree or large shrub with fern-like mid-green leaves and clusters of pink spidery flowers from June to July. Brings a tropical touch to the garden. Average height up to 20ft, spread 8-12ft. Full sun. Hardy...
    Price: £15.00
  • Tiarella 'Spring Symphony' - 2L
    Common name: Foam Flower A spreading perennial with attractive pale green leaves, bronze-tinted in autumn. Pink, star-shaped flowers are produced in late spring or early summer on upright panicles above the leaves.  Average height 6-12in. Shaded site...
    Price: £9.50
  • Common name: Hound's toungue An unusual perennial that is great for a wildlife garden. It produces small clusters of red flowers that turn blue with age in the summer.  Average height 1.5ft. Full sun. Hardy.
    Price: £8.50
  • Musella lasiocarpa 5L
    Common name: Chinese dwarf banana A fantastic architectural shrub with attractive paddle-shaped, glaucous green leaves. It produces tropical-looking large, yellow flowers.  Full sun.  Sheltered position out of the wind.  Needs winter protection.  Average...
    Price: £25.00
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  • 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
  • Hydrangea anomala  'Winter Surprise' 3L
    A very exciting form of the climbing hydrangea from a Nepalese seed collection which keeps its leaves to -5c and turns a vivid crimson colour.  The white lacecap flowers are occassionally produced in the spring.  Can also be used as grouncover.  Partial...
    Price: £18.00
  • Common name: Maidenhair Tree A beautiful tree with narrownan-shaped green to yellow-green leaves. Clusters of male catkin-like flowers and round female flowers produce plum-like yellow-green fruit. Average height 50-80ft (if left un-pruned). Full sun...
    Price: £35.00
  • Hosta 'Night Before Christmas' 2L
    Common name: Plaintain Lily A striking variety with large green leaves bearing a central cream white stripe that turns white as the leaves mature. Lavender flowers appear from July to August. Average height 1.5ft, spread 2-3ft. Full sun/Partial shade...
    Price: £12.00
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  • Hosta 'Color Festival' 2L
    Common name: Plantain Lily A lovely variety with multi-coloured heart-shaped eaves that are a combination of white, dark green and yellow. Lavender flowers appear on upright stalks in summer. Average height 1.5ft.  Full sun/Partial shade.  Hardy.
    Price: £12.00
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  • 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • Thalictrum Delavayi 4L
    Common name: Meadow Rue An upright perennial with dainty leaves and graceful, airy sprays of pretty lilac flowers with yellowish white stamens from July to September. Average height 4ft, spread 2ft. Partial shade. Hardy.   "Lovely for adding to flower...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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: £95.00
  • 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 bases are produced in...
    Price: £58.00
  • 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
  • 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
  • Common name: Banana A variety of banana with a similar hardiness to Musa Basjoo.  It produces enormous tropical leaves that have red stripes running through them which appear as they mature.  Average height 4-6ft - grows quickly! Full sun or partial...
    Price: £20.00
  • 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
  • Sanguisorba 'Lilac Squirrel' 2L
    A herbaceous perennial which is distinct from many of its kind its drooping pink/mauve fuzzy flower spikes.  Very attractive from late June onwards. Average height 2ft.  Partial shade.  Hardy.
    Price: £12.00
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  • An unusual evergreen shrub with striking deep red leaves. Clusters of Witch hazel-like bright pink flowers with a sweet scent are produced in late winter to early spring. Average height and spread 6ft. Partial shade. Hardy in a sheltered spot
    Price: £14.00
  • A semi-evergreen climbing shrub with arching stems of deep green leaves. Pendant exotic-looking bell-shaped flowers of red and yellow are produced from June to September. Average height 6ft Full sunHardy
    Price: £22.00
  • Common name: New Zealand Tea Tree A compact shrub with arching stems of dark green leaves and pretty double red flowers that clothe the branched from May to June. Average height and spread 6ft.   Full sun/partial shade. Needs winter protection.
    Price: £8.50
  • Thalictrum 'Nimbus White' 2L
    Common name: Meadow Rue A graceful perennial with blue-green fern-like foliage and airy spires of fluffy white flowers held above the leaves on upright black stems from July to September. Pale purple-pink seedheads follow the flowers to continue the...
    Price: £12.00
  • Hydrangea arb. 'Annabelle' 7.5L
    A rounded shrub with mid-green leaves. It produces very large round clusters of creamy flowers from July to August Average height and spread 6ft  Full sun / partial shade Hardy   "It produces stunning round flowerheads that can be up to 1ft wide"
    Price: £30.00
  • Trachelospermum 'Star of Toscane' (Star Jasmine) -  4L
    Common name: Star Jasmine A twining climber with glossy dark green leaves,  often turning crimson in winter. It producesd yellow star-shaped flowers with a strong sweet scent are borne from mid to late summer. Average height 12ft.  Partial shade. Hardy...
    Price: £28.00
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  • Columnar, evergreen tree with simple, narrowly oblong, glossy, dark green leaves. Bears saucer-shaped pale pink flowers with crimson centres in early and mid-summer.  Average height 12-25ft Average spread 6-12ft.  Full sun/part shade. Hardy
    Price: £18.00
  • An unusual evergreen shrub with striking deep red leaves. Clusters of Witch hazel-like bright pink flowers with a sweet scent are produced in late winter to early spring. Average height and spread 6ft. Partial shade. Hardy in a sheltered spot
    Price: £18.00
  • Cercis 'Alleycat'
    Common name: Forest pansy Done-shaped, deciduous small tree with striking marbled green and white heart-shaped leaves.  Masses of small pale pink flowers on bare stems in the spring. Average height 6-12ft. Full sun or partial shade Hardy
    Price: £15.00
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  • Magnolia gran. 'Goliath' bush 100-125cm (18L)
    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: £130.00
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  • Chionanthus virginicus
    Common name: Fringe Tree A spreading shrub with glossy, dark green leaves, grown for its fragrant pendant flowers with attractive long petals which are produced from June to July It produces small blue-black fruits in August Average height 6-8ft. Full...
    Price: £38.00
  • Sciadopitys veticillata (Umbrella pine) 5L
    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...
    Price: £38.00
  • 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
  • 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...
    Price: £22.00
  • Peltoboykinia watanabei
    An unusual, herbaceous perennial from Japan grown for both its flowers & foliage.  It has reddish young growth in spring that continues into glossy palmate leave up to 1ft wide! It produces numerous bell-shaped creamy-yellow flower on tall flower...
    Price: £12.00
  • Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
    Common name: Japanese forest grass A low spreading deciduous grass with cascading hummocks of golden foliage.  Light green spikelets appear in late summer, Average height & spread 1ft.  "At its best in lightly shaded areas. Great for containers or...
    Price: £12.00
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  • Abeliophyllum distichum
    Common name: White forsythia A deciduous shrub with dark green leaves turning purple in Autumn. Racemes of small fragrant white pink tinged flowers are produced from February to April. Average height 4-5ft. Full Sun. Hardy.
    Price: £32.00
  • Hosta 'Guacamole' 3L
    Common name: Plantain lily An attractive hosta that has apple green foliage with a dark green margin. The variegation gets stromger as the leaves get older. It produces scented flowers in the summer.  Average height 2.5ft Moist, well-drained...
    Price: £12.00
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  • Bulbinella frutescens 'Sunset Orange'
    Common name: Stalked bulbine  Succulent-like long linear green leaves with orange flowers in the summer.  Grow in well-drained sandy compost in sun to partial shade. *Not hardy in the UK, over winter in a frost-free environment. 
    Price: £8.50
  • 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
  • Hydrangea arb. 'Annabelle' 10L
    A rounded shrub with bright green leaves and very large round clusters of creamy flowers that are produced from July - August. Average height and spread 6ft  Full sun / partial shade Hardy
    Price: £40.00
  • 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
  • Brugmansia (Angel's Trumpet)
    Common name: Angel's Trumpets An unusual and striking plant with beautiful large scented trumpet shaped yellow blooms from June to August. Fast-growing and reaching a large height it is best grown in a pot as ite needs protecting from winter frosts...
    Price: £12.00
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  • 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 10 years.  Full sun, partial shade. 
    Price: £22.00
  • Deutzia x 'Yuki Cherry Blossom' -5L
    Common name: Yuki cherry blossom  A compact, deciduous shrub with foliage that turns an attractive shade of purple and bronze in the autumn. It produces panicles of small white flowers that have a soft pink tint on the inside.  Average height: 2ft Full...
    Price: £28.00
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  • 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
  • Eurybia schreberi (2L)
    Common name: Schreber's aster A graceful perennial that can be grown in most situations, including dry shade. It will gradually spread to create useful ground cover and the white daisy-like flowers that appear in late summer are particularly effective in...
    Price: £9.50
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  • Asimina tribola (Pawpaw) 4L
    1 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
    1 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
  • Wisteria 'Grande Diva Barbara' 4L
    A beautiful deciduous climber bearing strongly fragranced lavender and white 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
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  • Wisteria 'Grande Diva Cecilia' 4ltr
    A beautiful deciduous climber bearing strongly fragranced double lavender blue and white 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...
    Price: £45.00
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  • 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
  • Photography prints by local photographer
    Photography prints by local photographer Stephanie at Perspective Images   She has captured images from the local area including Blenheim Palace, Old Woodstock, Cotswold Wildlife Park as well as further afield from a recent trip to Kent.   Size: Photo...
    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' (10L)
    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
  • 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
  • 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 15ft+. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy
    Price: £18.00
  • 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
  • Humulus lupulus (Hop) 1.5ltr
    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: £22.00
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  • 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
  • Salvia 'Black & Bloom' 5L
    Common name: Anise-scented Sage A subshrubby perennial with aromatic leaved and striking dark, near-black stems. Spikes of lovely blue flowers appear from late summer to late autumn. Easy to grow and loved by butterflies. Average height 3-4ft, spread...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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 1.5ft. 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 10", spread 1ft. 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 - 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
  • 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