Illustrated Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs

Illustrated List of Plants: Trees and Shrubs

Abies Koreana

An elegant and rewarding conifer with glossy green needles. Even young trees carry the striking bluish-violet cones. Extremely attractive pyramidal growing habit. Grows to 270cm (9 feet).

Three different colours appearing from one pot. These beautiful bell-shaped flowers hang from young branches from May to October. The dark green palmate foliage is the perfect foil for these jewel-like colours. Ideal for pots or tubs on the patio.

Needs frost protection and lasts years.

Container grown. 3 plants per container.

Abutilon megapotamicum

A real eye-catcher. A slender-stemmed shrub, flowering from May to October. Magnificent when grown in large tubs.

Height supplied: 30-40cm (12-16 inches).
Grows to 90-120cm (36-48 inches).

Bamboo (Yellow) - Phyllostachys aureocaulis

Fast growing, providing eye-catching shapes makes it ideal for containers or screens in the garden. Aureocaulis forms the heaviest, sulphur yellow canes up to 8-10cm (3-4 inches) diameter after 4 to 5 years. Fully hardy. Supplied pot grown with 2-5 canes.

Bay Tree

Grown in a pyramidal shape, plant them in pots by a doorway or patio. The aromatic verdant foliage is a valuable asset to your culinary delights.

Plant in full sun or partial shade in any well drained soil. Flowers appear in clusters from March to May.

Supplied pot grown 40-50cm (16-20 inches).

Buddleia - Standard

Splendidly displayed in a border, or as a specimen tree in a lawn, this standard Buddleia will be the focus of attention. Butterflies are known to appear as soon as the Buddleia is in flower, from July to September. Ideal for the patio, also suitable for the border.
Height 60cm (24 inches) when supplied.
Pot not included.

Chimonanthus - Wintersweet

Commonly known as Wintersweet this shrub gets its name from the most wonderfully fragrant, waxy, bowl-like flowers produced in winter before the leaves appear. Grown as a specimen you will love this beauty.

Grows to 3m (10 feet).

Supplied 30-40cm (12-16 inches).

Corkscrew Hazel

Corylus contorta. Hazels are prized for their foliage and yellow catkins. Corylus contorta is slow-growing and particularly attractive in the spring when it bears a mass of catkins on the most amazing twisted branches, forming a focal point in any garden or patio. Pot not supplied.

Forsythia White

Abeliophyllum distichum.Early spring sees the arrival of the unusual blooms of this striking almond scented shrub. The creamy white of the flowers borne on willowy branches are a picturesque addition to your shrub border.

Grow in sun or part shade. Flowering in early spring.

Heather Garden

Calluna. Summer flowering from June till September, heathers make excellent ground cover and are very attractive to bees. Over the years they form a dense carpet which needs no further care.

Best grown in full sun but tolerant to partial shade.

Supplied 2 each of 3 colours.

Hibiscus - Giant

Blooms as big as giant saucers, you will delighted as the large buds open to reveal blooms up to 30cm (12 inches) wide from mid summer to autumn. A lovely shrub grown in a large pot or the garden border.

Height: 100-150cm (40-60 inches).

Hibiscus Bi-colour

Hibiscus are a gardener's favourite for autumn blooms, leaves appear in summer followed by large open cupped flowers for weeks from late summer through to autumn.

We have grafted two stunning varieties onto one stem to bring you unequalled colour.

Supplied with a stem height of 60-70cm (24-28 inches).

Hibiscus Tricolour - Standard

3 Colours on One Shrub!
Plant in an attractive pot on your patio or balcony. The stems of the three different varieties and colours are interwoven as a spiral and will bloom at the same time to give you a truly stunning display in autumn. 3-year-old tree supplied.
Height: 60cm (24 inches).
Pot not supplied.

Holly - Standard Tree - Alaska

A standard miniature Holly tree. This evergreen shrub will provide glossy, verdant foliage all year round while, in late spring, it will blossom with clusters of white flowers which produce the familiar, vibrant red berries by the time autumn arrives.
Height supplied: 60cm (24 inches).

Holly - Standard Tree - Golden King

Ideal for borders and patio planters. This evergreen shrub provides glossy, foliage all year round, in late spring, it will blossom with clusters of white flowers which produce the familiar, vibrant red berries by autumn. Striking variegated foliage of soft green, edged golden-yellow.
Self-pollinating.
The standard stems are around 50cm (20 inches) high and are topped with a trained head of foliage.

Hydrangea Bavaria

The superbly extravagant giant mop-heads up to 20cm (8 inches) in diameter of white edged, lilac blooms produced from May to August are extremely rewarding. This reliable variety will flower year after year in ever increasing numbers. Plant in your beds or borders or pots.

Height: 120-150cm (4-5 feet).

Hydrangea Camelia

Height: 120-150cm (4-5 feet).

Hydrangea Collection (Giants)

Height: 120-150cm (4-5 feet).

Collection comprises 1 plant each of:
Tivoli Blue (main picture), Camelia (left) and Bavaria (right).

Hydrangea Love You Kiss

A superb specimen ideal for containers. Exquisite pink buds open to reveal large flushed pink blooms with hot-pink kissed margins. Grows to 90cm (36 inches).

Hydrangea Tivoli Blue

Height: 120-150cm (4-5 feet).

Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum Atropurpureum

Deeply-lobed red purple leaves turning brilliant red in the autumn. Grow as a specimen in the garden or in a large pot.
Supplied as a 3 year old root-wrapped plant - 18 inches high.
Height: 3m (10 feet) in 10 years.

Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum Dissectum Atropurpureum

Finely cut five-fingered leaves, a superb shade of red that turn more vibrant with autumn. Grow them as a specimen in the garden or a large pot. Grows to 90cm (36 inches).

Lavatera - Barnsley Baby

Finally a Tree Mallow that is compact and free flowering and grows to only 90cm (36 inches). Perfect for a pot on the patio or a prime spot in the garden.

Flowers are produced in profusion from summer right through till autumn. The large 7.5cm (3 inch) open daisy-like cups of bloom have pink-tinged white petals surrounding a showy rosy pink eye.

These are hard to beat for endurance, drought resistance (once established), ease of growing and sheer flower power.

Lavender - NEW COLLECTION

Excellent for borders, fragrant hedging, planting amongst roses to keep aphids at bay or cut they make a wonderful scented posy or dry them for pot pourri.

Collection comprises (clockwise from left):: Lavender Little Lady - Smaller than her cousins but no less fragrant. Flowers all Summer. Height: 30cm (12 inches).; Lavender Blue Rider - A wonderful new variety with the most intense blue flowers yet. Height: 40cm (16 inches).; Lavender Papillon - Butterfly lavender. Topped with eye-catching purple bracts. Height: 60-80cm (24-32 inches).

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Lavender Blue Rider

Deep royal blue, upright and weather resistant this lavender is a pleasure to grow. Fragrant.

Lavender Collection

The flowers can be dried and used in sachets and pot pourri. The hardy evergreen shrubs are mostly used for hedges or in beds amongst your roses, where they are especially useful for keeping aphids at bay.

Collection comprises 5 each of:: Lavender Little Lady - Smaller than her cousins but no less fragrant. Flowers all Summer. Height: 30cm (12 inches).; Lavender Fathead - Larger than usual lavender flowers this variety has stunning broad purple flowers topped with bracts resembling butterflies.

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Lavender Fathead

Larger than usual lavender flowers this variety has stunning broad purple flowers topped with bracts resembling butterflies. The flowers can be dried and used in sachets and pot pourri. The hardy evergreen shrubs are mostly used for hedges or in beds amongst your roses, where they are especially useful for keeping aphids at bay.
Flowers May to September.

Lavender Kew Red

A superb variety of lavender with bold cherry flowers topped with pink ears. The flowers can be dried and used in sachets and pot pourri. The hardy evergreen shrubs are mostly used for hedges or in beds amongst your roses, where they are especially useful for keeping aphids at bay.
Flowers May to September.

Lavender Little Lady

Smaller than her cousins but no less fragrant. Ideal for pots and borders. The flowers can be dried and used in sachets and pot pourri. The hardy evergreen shrubs are mostly used for hedges or in beds amongst your roses, where they are especially useful for keeping aphids at bay.
Flowers May to September.

Lilac - Dwarf Scented Shrubs

Sweetly Scented Dwarf Lilacs. Lilacs have the most incredible scent and these are no exception but with the added benefit that they will fit in the average size garden. Chosen for their dwarf habit these two varieties are no less fragrant than their larger cousins, but make perfect specimens for pots as well as the garden border. They grow to a maximum height of 1.82m (6 feet). We have two superb varieties -
Syringa microphylla Superba - a delightful shade of pastel pink and
Syringa palibiniana - with flowers of the traditional purple/blue.
Both varieties are free-flowering and give off the most exquisite scent. Perfect for borders and patio pots. Supplied 15-30cm (6-12 inches) high. Pot Grown.

Lilac - Dwarf Syringa palibiniana

Enjoy the sweet fragrance of our lilac year after year. Growing to a maximum height of 180cm (6 feet).

It has all the charm and scent of the larger types with the added benefit they will fit beautifully into a small and average sized garden.

Average height: 90-120cm (3-4 feet).

Magnolia - Standard

Large goblet shaped flowers which unfold like magic in spring just as the new leaves start to appear. We have selected this standard variety to ensure that your specimen will be the envy of all. Ideal for a pot on the patio or as a focal point in the garden.
Height supplied 50cm (20 inches).

Magnolia Susan

Produces goblet-shaped fragrant flowers 15cm (6 inches) across with unusual slightly twisted petals purple/ red on the outside with a paler contrasting inside. This tree can grow up to 4m (13 feet) tall with a spread of 3m (10 feet). Supplied 15-25cm (6-10 inches).

Mimosa

Delicate pea-like flowers are clustered in spherical heads from this vibrant flowering shrub.

Excellent pot and border plant for summer colour. Flowering late winter/early spring.

Philadelphus - Mock Orange

Deliciously fragrant flowers earn this wonderful shrub its name and a place in any garden. Double blooms are produced in masses from June to July. This vigourous variety will enjoy a prime spot in full sun or partial shade.

Easy to grow and fully hardy. Height: 300cm (10 feet) : Spread 250cm (8 feet).

Phormium Tenax Sun

Valued for their attractive architectural shapes and superb variety of colour, the New Zealand Flax as this plant is known produces panicles of red flowers 5cm (2 inches) long in summer with superb foliage this plant provides a wonderful focal point at the edge of your border, in pots or in a gravel bed.

Height: 4m (13 feet)

Spread 2m (6.5 feet).

Supplied pot grown in 9cm pot.

Rosemary Capri - Trailing

This perpetual flowering Rosemary blooms from April until late autumn with hundreds of fragrant blue flowers. Ideal for window boxes, pots and hanging baskets. Pot not supplied.

Russian Sage - Perovskia Blue Spire

This wonderful companion plant with a host of upright spikes bearing vivid, violet-blue flowers on white stems with soft grey-green aromatic foliage looks amazing planted with grasses and perennials.

Place in a prominent position where you can fully appreciate the wonderful sage-like aroma. Grows in any soil in full sun.

Flowering August and September. Height: 1m (40 inches).

Sarcococca humilis - Christmas Box

Aptly named this beautiful evergreen with its pink-flushed white flowers is much prized for its heady scented blooms, which appear in the depth of Winter followed by black berries. Cut a few stems and enjoy their fragrance in your home.
A wonderfully compact shrub.
Grows to 60cm (24 inches).

Shrub Collection

1 each of five shrubs or 2 of each if ordering the double collection.

Collection comprises:: Lonicera (Shrubby Honeysuckle) - deep pink flowers, May-June, red berries July-August. Height 180-200cm (6-7 feet).; Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) - purple plumes, July-October. Height 250-300cm (8-10 feet).; Forsythia - mass of yellow blossom, March-April. Height 180cm (6 feet).; Ribes (Flowering Currant) - deep pink flowers, March-May, blue berries from August.; Philadelphus (Mock Orange) - double white flowers, June-July.

Solanum rantonnetii - Standard

A beautiful flowering shrub with striking blue trumpet-shaped flowers which last well into the autumn. A marvellous idea for your patio or balcony.

Over-winter in a frost-free place.

Supplied with a stem height of 50-60cm (20-24 inches).

Swiss Willow - Standard

Salix helvetica. Suitable for the border of your garden or can be grown in a pot. 5cm (2 inch) long silvery catkins show themselves in early spring. Stem height 60cm (24 inches).

Tree Paeony

The glamorous blooms of this National Chinese flower are highly prized. In late spring and early summer the plant erupts with bold, cup-shaped flowers, with handsome, deeply cut glossy foliage.

Plant in a prime spot in full sun or partial shade in any well drained soil.

Height: 1.2-2.4m (4-8 feet).

Tree Paeony Dao Jin

The national Chinese flower. They are much prized for their gloriously oversized blooms. A mass of handsome, deeply serrated, glossy foliage forms the perfect foil for the eruption of bold flowers from late spring to early summer.

A stunning focal point in any garden. Plant with early flowering spring bulbs and enjoy months of pleasure.