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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: £30.00
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  • 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...
    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...
    Price: £18.00
  • 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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  • 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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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
  • Tulbaghia violacea alba 2L
    Common name: Society Garlic A clump-forming perennial with narrow, arching greyish green leaves. It produces fragrant white flowers in summer.  Average height 1.5-2ft  Full Sun.  Hardy.
    Price: £12.00
  • 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...
    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: £15.00
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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: £25.00
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  • 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...
    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...
    Price: £25.00
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  • 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...
    Price: £25.00
  • 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...
    Price: £18.00
  • 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...
    Price: £15.00
  • Helwingia chinensis (Narrow Leaf Form)
    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...
    Price: £18.00 - £28.00
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  • 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...
    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...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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...
    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...
    Price: £9.50
  • 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...
    Price: £30.00
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  • 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...
    Price: £12.00
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  • 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...
    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...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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...
    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...
    Price: £35.00
  • Pittosporum eugniodes 'Red'
    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 - £30.00
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  • 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...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers'
    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...
    Price: £22.00
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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...
    Price: £12.00
  • Helwingia  himalaica
    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...
    Price: £18.00 - £28.00
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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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
    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,...
    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...
    Price: £12.00
  • Eucalyptus coccifera
    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...
    Price: £20.00
  • Eucalyptus camphora
    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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
    Price: £12.00
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  • 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...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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...
    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...
    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
  • 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...
    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...
    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,...
    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. 
    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...
    Price: £18.00
  • 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.
    Price: £38.00
  • Common name: Conehead An evergreen shrubby perennial with striking foliage in shades of dark green and deep purple-bronze.  Tubular lilac flowers in late spring/early summer. Average height 4-5ft...
    Price: £18.00
  • 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...
    Price: £25.00
  • 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...
    Price: £8.50
  • 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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
    Price: £15.00
  • 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...
    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...
    Price: £25.00
  • 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...
    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...
    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...
    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...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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...
    Price: £12.00
  • 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.
    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...
    Price: £38.00
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  • Ginkgo biloba 'Blagon'
    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 - £58.00
  • Thalictrum Delavayi
    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...
    Price: £12.00 - £15.00
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  • 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...
    Price: £20.00
  • 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
  • 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...
    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. 
    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...
    Price: £8.50