Category Archives: Garden
Prunus glandulosa ‘Alba Plena’
Prunus glandulosa ‘Alba Plena’ is an Ornamental Cherry that is compact, making it ideal for smaller gardens. It is also a lovely addition to wide borders in larger gardens, that are planted with a variety of shrubs, or alongside Cherry Blossom trees. The cotton wool white blooms fill the upright branches in spring, and in
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Kobold’
Forming a dense, bushy ball of grey green foliage, this small but well formed Shrubby Cinquefoil an ideal candidate for container growing
Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’
A striking dwarf evergreen shrub whose light green leaves have fine white margins. Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’ is perfect for adding winter interest to the garden, where it forms a colourful tidy mound. The new spring foliage is flushed purple and is followed by lovely racemes of creamy, bell-shaped flowers emerging from pink buds. Thanks
Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ (Hedging)
Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit, and is rightly popular for its brilliant red young foliage. This hardy, evergreen shrub produces clusters of dainty white flowers in spring, followed by small red berries. Regular pruning allows ?Red Robin? to be maintained as an attractive feature, adding interest to borders
Nandina domestica ‘Blush Pink’
Nandina domestica ‘Blush Pink’, also known as Heavenly Bamboo, is an interesting plant, that is suitable for a range of garden styles, from modern to Japanese.
Osmanthus x burkwoodii (Hedging)
Osmanthus plants are extremely versatile, able to establish on tricky garden slopes and dry banks, and to grow in either sun or shade. Osmanthus x burkwoodii is a slow-growing evergreen shrub with a nice rounded habit that makes it an ideal choice for small gardens. Its shiny, dark-green foliage contrasts well with its spring clusters
Golden Privet (Hedging)
Easy to grow, the Golden Privet is a very pretty evergreen with bright gold oval leaves with a green centre. Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Aureum’ makes a lovely plant in the border and if left untrimmed, it has clusters of white flowers in summer, followed by black berries in autumn, attracting birds, bees and butterflies. It’s a
Ligustrum ovalifolium (Hedging)
Grow it as a hedge or as a single plant in the border: Privet is a tidy evergreen, and very easy to grow. It has small oval leaves, and as a hedge it is easy to trim so that it always looks neat. Left untrimmed, it will stand alone as a feature in the border:
Hypericum ‘Gemo’
A profusion of small, bright flowers with central domes of golden stamens add a splash of sunshine to summer borders
Blueberry ‘Bluecrop’
This excellent mid season variety, produces rich flavoured fruit in abundance in August. Fully hardy, this compact shrub provides interest all year round with elegant white flowers in spring, and colourful foliage set against red stems in the winter.
Hibiscus syriacus ‘Red Heart’
A beautiful flowering shrub for a medium or larger sized garden. This Rose Mallow is filled with large flowers in late summer. Hibiscus syriacus ‘Red Heart’ has trumpet-shaped white flowers, that have crimson red centres.
