Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Juniperus pfitzeriana Plant – ‘Gold Coast’
This elegant Juniper will certainly bring a splash of colour to the garden. Juniperus x pfitzeriana ‘Gold Coast’ has stunning golden foliage that retains its colour nicely throughout winter. With a neat mounding habit it is easily accommodated in borders and rockeries and makes a fine specimen shrub too. Height 91-100cm; spread 91-100cm.
Juniperus communis Plant – Hibernica
Juniperus communis ‘Hibernica’ is a dense, drought tolerant, evergreen conifer forming a large, columnar shrub with erect branches bearing needle-like foliage. Its dull, blue-green young foliage turns dark green with a dot of white near the apex. It is a tall, thin growing variety that will grow 3-4m high and 40-50cm wide. Height 50-60cm. Supplied
Ilex crenata Plant – Stokes
Ilex crenata ‘Stokes’ is an elegant shrub that will add good structure to a formal planting scheme with its small-growing habit and evergreen, dark to mid-green, glossy foliage. Its white flowers are followed by black fruits in winter. Its compact growing habit and small leaves makes it ideal for topiary shaping and also for hedging.
Hydrangea paniculata Plant – Kyushu
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ is a large deciduous shrub with dark green toothed foliage and large loose flowerheads with a few large sterile florets and many tiny fertile florets, giving it the classic ‘lacecap’ appearance. It flowers early, starting in mid-July, and is attractive to bees and butterflies. Height 150-200cm.
Hydrangea macrophylla Plant – Nikko Blue
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Nikko Blue’ is a bushy, deciduous shrub which from July to August bears masses of coral blue flowers. These extremely showy flowers are also attractive to wildlife including bees, butterflies and birds. Height 150-200cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.
Hydrangea macropylla Plant – Madame Emile Mouillère
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mme Emile Moulliere’ is a deciduous shrub with dark green oval leaves and large round mophead-style white flowerheads in mid and late summer. The flowerheads sometimes take on a pink tinge if grown in full sun. It needs an acidic or neutral soil. A lovely plant for a mixed border. Height 150-200cm. Supplied
Hydrangea serrata Plant – Preziosa
Hydrangea ‘Preziosa’ is a deciduous shrub with large, purple-flushed green leaves and quantities of round mophead-style flowerheads in late summer and early autumn. Flowers start out deep pink and gradually mature to reddish-purple. Hydrangeas need a soil that does not dry out in summer, and do best in partial shade. RHS Award of Garden Merit
Forsythia koreana Plant – Kumsum
Forsythia koreana ‘Kumsum’ is a hardy deciduous shrub with one very special attribute. Its foliage: the two-toned leaves with silver veins threading their way on each leaf in perfect symmetry. This is in addition to the beautiful display of bright yellow flowers in spring. Height 200-250cm.
Escallonia rubra macrantha Plant
A neat evergreen shrub with a long flowering period, Escallonia rubra var. macrantha makes an ideal informal hedging plant. Rose-red, tubular flowers appear from early summer to early autumn against a backdrop of dark green glossy leaves. Plant in a moist, well drained soil, in sun or partial shade. Height 200-250cm.
Leucothoe fontanesiana Plant – ‘Makijaz’
Leucothoe are known for their colourful foliage, but this one really stands out from the crowd! In spring the new shoots of Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Makijaz’ emerge in shades of bronze and pink, before maturing to green with fabulous white marbling. The autumn foliage is just as dazzling, turning to burgundy red throughout winter. Flowers April-May.
Escallonia Plant – Dart’s Rosyred
Escallonia ‘Dart’s Rosy Red’ is a fast growing, hardy, low maintenance, hardy, evergreen shrub with beautiful bell-shaped blooms of deep pink. Its striking glossy, green foliage just adds to the display. Flowers June-August. Height 200-250cm.
Juniperus procumbens Plant – Nana
Needing very little maintenance; Juniperus Procumbens Nana will flourish in a wide range of conditions. If given ample space, this Decumbent Juniper will spread prostrate, and provide fantastic ground cover. If space is more limited, this Bonin Island Juniper will take a mounded form, but either way is a win-win! The thin, evergreen foliage emerges
Deutzia purp. Plant – Kalmiiflora
Deutzia purpurea Kalmiiflora is a deciduous, hardy shrub with spectacular, scented, starry blooms that starts out as dark pink flower buds in the spring. Height 150-200cm.
Decaisnea fargesii Plant
Decaisnea fargesii is a very large, relatively slow growing, upright, multi-stemmed, open, deciduous shrub with bold, divided leaves up to 90cm long which are tinged with blue in spring, and turn clear yellow in autumn. Long sprays of insignificant, green or yellow-green flowers in early summer are followed in autumn by metallic-looking, deep blue fruit
Cytisus Plant – Boskoop Ruby
Cytisus × boskoopii ‘Boskoop Ruby’, a small deciduous shrub with upright shoots of deep ruby-red blooms in abundance in late spring and early summer. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Height 100-150cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.
Cryptomeria japonica Plant – Vilmorin Gold
A dwarf conifer with a dense rounded growth habit, Vilmorin Gold is equally happy growing in rockeries, containers and borders requiring little attention to keep its neat compact shape. The evergreen foliage changes to vibrant shades of red throughout winter to provide year round interest. Height 50-60cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.
Cotoneaster franchetii Plant
Cotoneaster franchetii is a semi-evergreen woody shrub, with oval to oblong grey-green leaves about 4cm in length, and small, white flowers blushed with pink in the summer months, followed by round, orange-red berries. A versatile garden and municipal plant that can be used for hedging – its arching stems, flowers and fruit making an all
Strawberry Sweet Colossus
Colossus as the name suggests they are massive! Each fruit weighs 42g on average compared with a standard tomato but no loss of flavour or sweetness! For those who love to pick fresh strawberries, little hands may struggle due to the size of them ! Height: 20cm (8). Spread 30cm (12).
Cornus sericea Plant – Budds Yellow
Yellow or chartreuse stems characterise Cornus sericae ‘Budd’s Yellow’. Known for its multi-stems, and rapid growth, ‘Budd’s Yellow’ looks stunning in a winter border, where its stems glow if there is winter sunshine. As with most shrubby, coloured stemmed cornus, ‘Budd’s Yellow’ needs to be cut to 30cm above soil level in spring to promote
Strawberry – Florence
A superb variety bred by HRI East Malling, firm, flavoured fruits, Florence is a perfect late-season crop, producing luscious, sweet strawberries from the end of June to the end of July, an abundant harvest with excellent pest and disease resistance. Well suited for growing in containers or a space-saving crop to grow on the patio.
