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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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  • Liriodendron tulipifera 'Rotundiloba'
    Common name: Tulip Tree An upright, pyramidal form of the Tulip Tree. The attractive, saddle-shaped, dark green leaves, turn yellow in autumn.  Really unusual looking cup-shaped pale yellow-green flowers with orange bands at the bases are produced in...
    Price: £55.00
  • Sorbus caloneura
    Common name: Beautifully Veined Mountain Ash A small tree with erect stems and wide-spreading branches in a flat-topped, tiered crown.  The doubly-toothed simple leaves appear in early spring, or even late winter, and are at first bronze-tinted...
    Price: £48.00
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  • Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine'
    Common name: Sweet Gum A conical tree with large, deeply divided, glossy leaves that turn a beautiful orange-yellow in autumn. More compact and slow grwoing than the species. Makes a excellent specimen or avenue tree. Average height 30ft. Full sun. Hardy.
    Price: £48.00
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  • 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 15ft. Full sun in a sheltered...
    Price: £38.00
  • Cornus alternifolia 'Golden Shadow'
    Common name: Golden Wedding Cake Tree A stunning small tree or multi-stemmed shrub with distinctive spreading, tiered branches. The bold yellow-green leaves have an emerald green centre. Small white flowers are followed by blue-black berries. Average...
    Price: £55.00
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  • 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
  • Carpinus 'Orange Retz' 10L
    1 plant in a 10 litre pot 'An exciting new variety of hornbeam that is compact and upright with coppery young toothed leaves that turn bright green in summer and then beautiful shades of orange in autumnn. Perfect for hedging. Average height 16ft...
    Price: £45.00
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 '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) - 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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