This Week's Favourites

Common name: Cider Gum A more compact and particularly hardy variety that only grows to less than half the size of guniii. The lovely blue-green leaves are round when young followed by longer, slimmer adult leaves. Umbels of white to cream flowers are...

Common name: Seven Son Flower Tree A large shrub or multi-stemmed tree with peeling bark and dark green leaves with deeply marked veins.  From August to September clusters of scented white flowers are produced  that fade to expose striking...

Common name: Lady's Mantle A useful and easy-to-grow 'filler' perennial with attractive lobed, downy green leaves and frothy clouds of abundant yellow-green flower panicles from June to September. Drought tolerant and easy to grow. Average...

Common name: Corkscrew Hazel A shrub with heart-shaped leaves that are bright red when young, turning green-tinged then a dark red in autumn. Strongly twisted stems, that are particularly effective in winter. Bears yellow catkins late winter early spring...

Common name: Foxglove Tree or Bluebell 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 to June Average height 20ft,...

Common name: Balkan Clary Aromatic, greyish green leaves and a profusion of deep violet-blue flowers are produced on strong, upright spires from July to September. The stems are almost black, creating a striking contrast with the flowers and leaves...