Category Archives: Garden
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Roco Black Knight’
An alluring variety with dark burgundy-red mophead blooms that stand out against the bright green foliage. It?s unusual colour makes this an eye-catching variety ? little wonder that it was voted Best Novelty of the Season at a recent trade show.
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Boskoop Beauty’
The traditional domed flowerheads that you?ve come to expect of a mophead variety, but with delicately crimped petals giving each flower a ruffled effect. Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Boskoop Beauty’ is a charming new variety with plenty of appeal.
Helianthemum ‘Golden Queen’
Helianthemum ‘Golden Queen’ is smothered in flat, 5-petalled flowers of a rich golden yellow with an orange centre.
Geranium x oxonianum ‘Rose Clair’
Geranium x oxonianum ‘Rose Clair’ produces loose mounds of attractive, lobed-leaves sprinkled with pretty pink blooms from late June which continue sporadically throughout the summer.
Fig ‘Brown Turkey’
Fig ‘Brown Turkey’ is self fertile and can be grown very successfully outdoors, being fully hardy and specially selected for the UK climate. This popular fig tree produces large crops of sweet, juicy fruits with a deep red flesh under the brown skins, developing in spring and ripening from August to September. A second crop
Eucalyptus gunnii
With its slivery-blue rounded foliage, the young Eucalyptus gunnii can be pruned into an attractive shrub or left to grow into a fine tree. The young stems also make an excellent addition to a cut flower arrangement. As the tree or shrub gets more mature, the leaves become more linear and the flaking bark reveals
Cordyline australis
Arching, sword-shaped foliage tops the single, upright stem of Corydalis australis to create an architectural, small tree. Mature specimens produce panicles of fragrant, creamy-white flowers from July to August that contrast nicely with the dark green leaves.
