THE HILLIER PLANT BOOK
September 2019 - August 2020
BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE QUEEN NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN About A Warm Hillier Welcome
GREAT BRITISH Welcome to the Hillier Plant Book 2019/20, NURSERY your guide to all the wonderful plants available to you from Hillier Nurseries, the quintessential British nursery. At Hillier, our mission is ‘To inspire the creation of green living spaces for now and the future.’ Our Plants Our love affair with plants and the natural world Plants are at the heart of our business. Hillier Nurseries is known for growing an unbeatably wide range of has been thriving for over 150 years. We want trees and shrubs- a reputation established by the late Sir Harold Hillier, whose private collection of plants to share that passion and knowledge with you, became the world-renowned Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Romsey. providing great products and service so you can inspire your customers. Ultimately, our aim is to We grow across 60 acres of land over two production sites in Hampshire. We also work on an exclusive help you sell more plants that your customers will basis with one contract grower in Dorset for specialist crops. cherish and enjoy. Growing Expertise In keeping with this mission, we have made some Hillier has always been a pioneer within horticulture. We were one of the first nurseries to extensively use changes to our plant list this year to make it as glasshouses instead of poly-tunnels and one of the first to use Spanish tunnels to protect certain outdoor informative, easy to navigate and inspiring as plants, like Mahonia, which benefit from the airflow provided. possible. We have worked hard to increase the range of plants we grow so we can offer an even To help us produce consistently excellent plants, we create a blueprint for each plant’s life-cycle. more comprehensive selection, showcasing the This clearly sets out the desired growing requirements, including specifications, potting and spacing. choice we are famous for. Some of these are new Since 2014, we have been running our own ‘Hillier Core Skills’ training programme to provide all nursery products and others are familiar friends we have workers with essential horticultural knowledge. All Hillier nursery members are taught and tested on brought back into the fold. CONTENTS essential skills like plant naming, irrigation and pests and disease. Our core skills programme can take individuals from beginner to management level. One thing that hasn’t changed is the great level of service and support available from our nursery, New Plants 04 - 07 Innovation production, despatch and sales teams. We are Feature Plants 08 - 20 Over the years, Hillier has been responsible for numerous plant introductions, many of which have become always here to help and are looking forward to essentials in British gardens. another fantastic year of growing together. Best Sellers 21 - 79 Our re-energised focus on Research & Development, through our dedicated team, means we continually Contact us by telephone on 01794 368733 or A-Z Shrubs 80 - 110 test new plant varieties. Our sourcing of new materials and ideas extends all over the world. email [email protected] A-Z Herbaceous 111 - 143 Environmental Awareness A-Z Grasses 144 - 145 Hillier pursues policies that are both commercially and environmentally beneficial. We aim to work innovatively, sustainably and with integrity, to secure our position as an industry leader and a leader of A-Z Ferns 146 good environmental practice. Hillier Nurseries recognises the risk posed to UK horticulture, gardens and the environment from imported plant pests and disease. We are committed to helping define the standards set out across our NEW Exciting plants added as industry to ensure all nurseries adhere to the highest standards at all times to protect our environment. TO RANGE promotions this year We acknowledge our responsibility to act in a responsible manner to minimise the risk posed by ourselves and our supply chain.
AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA As featured at Chelsea Ordering and Delivery FLOWER SHOW plant selection We have a minimum order value of one full Danish trolley. This makes it simple to place top-up orders throughout the year, allowing you to be flexible enough to respond to customer demand and seasonal changes. Please note for pricing, please refer to the seperate price sheet provided. N.b. This plant list is also available in alphabetical order with barcodes, should you require this for your EPOS system or for any other purpose.
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NEW AS FEATURED AT (WP18 ZOR10) CHELSEA Dianthus Flutterby 1.5L TO RANGE FLOWER SHOW Showcased at Chelsea Flower Show 2019 this new introduction is already becoming a firm favourite thanks to its beautiful flower and amazing scent. A compact and tidy mound-forming Dianthus with stunning singular flowerheads with rich magenta and blackcurrant petals. Its beautiful sweet scent attracts bees to the garden. Like all Dianthus its easy to grow, and suits many aspects in the garden Here at Hillier we continue to build relationships with including containers and borders. The flowers will keep coming as long breeders all over the world and the search for new and as the deadheads are removed over a long period through summer. improved introductions. This section highlights 11 of these additions that have been tried and tested by our Growers in Hampshire. Don’t forget to look out for the ‘New to Range’ icon throughout the plant book.
Agapanthus Ever Collection 2L Helenium Collection 2L Agapanthus Ever Sapphire (Andbin) Helenium ‘Lemon Sundae’ Agapanthus Ever White (WP001) Helenium ‘Okra Sundae’ Helenium ‘Peach Sundae’ Helenium ‘Strawberry Sundae’ These new Agapanthus are a joy to behold! They have so many fantastic features everyone will want them in their garden. They This delightful new Helenium collection is both bright and beautiful are evergreen, hardy perennials that flower earlier than standard but also bountiful in its prolific flowering prowess. The selection of Agapanthus and most surprisingly, re-bloom through the summer four colours are all of a complimentary palette of orange, yellow and for a long-lasting display. Their compact size means they are suitable red. What makes them really special and very different from other for growing in containers as well as mixed borders. The Sapphire is Heleniums is their compact growth and early flowering. Its continual a beautiful deep blue and the White is a clear bright flower. Finally wave after wave of daisy-like flowers produced from June until they are adored by bees and butterflies so a must to help the November are nectar rich and make an excellent cut flower. Plant in pollinators in the garden. mixed borders or containers for a fantastic flower show.
AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA Weigela ‘Picobella Rose’ 3L Pittosporum tenufolium FLOWER SHOW Showcased at Chelsea Flower Show 2019 this new form of Weigela ‘Bannow Bay’ 3L is beautifully compact and bushy, perfect for smaller gardens or in a planted container. Picobella Rosa produces masses of deep pink A stunning new introduction. A compact, mound forming evergreen flowers continually from May to October, giving it a long season of shrub with spectacular colour changing foliage. In spring new fresh interest. They are adored by bees and other pollinators. Being such green silver edged shoots emerge from the burgundy coloured a tidy plant will make them a popular bed end or display plant and mound. Gradually the colour fades through summer into a mottled your customers will love their versatility. green and returning to a rich deep burgundy throughout the winter months. A fantastic addition this will complement all of the other varieties we grow. Hardy and compact, a real winner!
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AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA Isoplexsis isabelliana ‘Bella’ 2L Phlox Bambini Collection 2L FLOWER SHOW Showcased at Chelsea Flower Show 2019 Isoplexis Bella has been bred Phlox Bambini Candy Crush (Verscan) to keep the elegance of the wild form; with its reddish stems and tall Phlox Bambini Desire (Versde) flower spikes of sunset hues. ‘Bella’ has a more manageable growth (Verpri) habit that works well in container planting as well as beds and borders. Phlox Bambini Primadonna It is well branched and therefore flowers abundantly making it excellent for pollinators. The Bambini collection is a breakthrough in Phlox breeding. This revolutionary compact series produces months of brightly coloured star-shaped blooms. Each colour compliments the next and they all flower in abundance from as early as June throughout to late autumn. They are beautifully fragrant and attract bees, butterflies and other helpful pollinators. A mildew-resistant strain, they will grow in a mixed border or in a container in full sun to partial shade.
Weigela All Summer Collection 3L Salvia x jamensis Weigela All Summer Monet Weigela All Summer Peach ‘Amethyst Lips’ 3L Weigela All Summer Red (Slingco1) Salvia Amethyst Lips is a stunning companion to the popular Hot Lips, its just as alluring and with similar traits other. The rich purple This series heralds a whole new generation of Weigela. They are all compact tones on its bicoloured flowers give it a depth of contrast against and bushy growing plants, which makes them perfect for container and the white they look almost painted on. Its not just the flowers that patio planters. They flower prolifically throughout the summer in a choice are attractive on this Salvia, its aromatic leaves have a blackcurrant of colours. All Summer Peach starts with a bright pink bloom, softening to fragrance. Plant it in full sun in mixed borders or in a container, it will white in time. All Summer Monet not only has lilac-pink flowers produced pack a punch of interest and colour. in early summer but also deliciously tri-colourful foliage with hues of green, cream and pink. All Summer Red has rich red blooms produced in abundance and hold their colour well. They are going to be very popular and with limited availability are sure to fly off the plant benches.
AS FEATURED AT (Bokratune) (Albatross) CHELSEA Nepeta ‘Neptune’ 2L Cordyline ‘Super Star’ 2L FLOWER SHOW This form of Nepeta is very different from the well know catmint. This new introduction will bring a more exotic look with its palm It is a dwarf, upright strong clumping versatile perennial. The flowers like, mahogany red coloured leaves. The leaves are wider and darker are bold blue that keep repeating if deadheaded. Attractive to than existing Cordylines and its just as hardy. It will grow happily butterflies and other pollinators but resistant to rabbits and deer. in mixed borders or containers and give a stunning architectural Both the flowers and the foliage is delightfully fragrant. This little and structural influence. Super Star will fit in with the rest of our beauty is great in a container to brighten the patio or it is just as Cordyline collection and complement the other colours brilliantly. happy in a border in full sun or partial shade.
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Abelia x grandiflora Acer palmatum ‘Beni-maiko’ 10L Acer palmatum ‘Crimson Queen’ 10L ‘Kaleidoscope’ 7.5L
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Feature plants are larger plants for making Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum’ 10L Acer palmatum ‘Jerre Schwartz’ 10L Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ 10L that instant statement in the garden. Perfect for the customer who wants an immediate
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Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’10L Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ 10L Acer palmatum ‘Phoenix’ 10L
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Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’10L Acer palmatum ‘Seiryu’ 10L Acer palmatum ‘Shaina’ 10L
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Acer shirasawanum MOONRISE 10L Albizia julibrissin ‘Evey’s Pride’ 10L Astelia banksii 7.5L Catalpa bignonioides Aurea 10L Catalpa erubescens Purpurea 10L Ceanothus ‘Autumnal Blue’ 10L (Munn 001)
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Athyrium niponicum Aucuba japonica ‘Marmorata’ 7.5L Aucuba japonica ‘Rozannie’ 7.5L Ceanothus ‘Blue Mound’ 10L Ceanothus ‘Concha’ 10L Ceanothus impressus ‘Victoria’ 10L f. metallicum 7.5L
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Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea Berberis thunbergii Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’ 7.5L Ceratostigma willmottianum 7.5L Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ 10L ‘Harlequin’ 7.5L ‘Orange Sunrise’ 7.5L var. repens 10L
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Caryopteris x clandonensis Cercis canadensis Blueberry ‘Bluecrop’ 7.5L Blueberry ‘Patriot’ 7.5L Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ 10L Cercis silquastrum ‘Bodnant’ 10L ‘Heavenly Blue’ 7.5L ‘Hearts of Gold’ 10L
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Choisya x dewitteana Choisya ternata 7.5L Choisya ternata Sundance 7.5L Cordyline ‘Pink Star’ 7.5L Cordyline ‘Red Star’ 7.5L Cornus alba ‘Aurea’ 7.5L ‘Aztec Gold’ 7.5L (Aztec Gold)
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Choisya x dewitteana Cornus sanguinea Cistus creticus 10L Cistus x obtusifolius ‘Thrive’ 10L Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ 7.5L Cornus alba ‘Sibirica Variegata’ 7.5L White Dazzler 7.5L (Londaz) ‘Anny’s Winter Orange’ 7.5L
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Cornus sanguinea Cistus x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’ 10L Cistus x purpureus ‘Alan Fradd’ 10L Clerodendron bungei 10L Cornus sericea ‘Bud’s Yellow’ 7.5L Cotinus ‘Candy Floss’ 10L ‘Midwinter Fire’ 7.5L
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Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit 10L Convolvulus cneorum 7.5L Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ 10L Cotinus ‘Ruby Glow’ 10L ‘Southern Splendour’ 7.5L ‘Torbay Dazzler’ 7.5L (Ancot)
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Cotoneaster naoujanensis Cotoneaster horizontalis 7.5L Crinodendron hookerianum 10L Euonymus fortunei ‘Silverstone’ 7.5L Euonymus fortunei ‘Variegatus’ 7.5L Euonymus japonicus ‘Bravo’ 7.5L ‘Berried Treasure’ 7.5L
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Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata The King’ Euonymus japonicus Cyrtomium fortunei 7.5L Dicksonia antarctica 7.5L Euonymus japonicus ‘Eldorado’ 7.5L Euonymus japonicus ‘Kathy’ 7.5L 7.5L ‘Green Spire’ 7.5L
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Dryopteris erythrosora Euonymus japonicus Euphorbia characias Elaeagnus pungens ‘Maculata’ 7.5L Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’ 7.5L Fatsia japonica 7.5L var. prolifica 7.5L ‘Paloma Blanca’ 7.5L (Lankveld03) subsp. wulfenii 7.5L
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Euonymus fortunei Euonymus fortunei Forsythia x intermedia Elaeagnus x ebbingei 7.5L Genista ‘Porlock’ 7.5L Griselinia littoralis ‘Variegata’ 7.5L ‘Emerald Gaiety’ 7.5L ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’ 7.5L ‘Goldrausch’ 7.5L
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Hydrangea arborescens Lavandula angustifolia Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ 7.5L Lonicera nitida ‘Maigrün’ 7.5L Magnolia stellata ‘Waterlily’ 10L Mahonia japonica 7.5L ‘Annabelle’ 10L ‘Arctic Snow’ 7.5L
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Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ 7.5L Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ 7.5L Lavandula ‘Regal Splendour’ 7.5L Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ 7.5L Nandina domestica ‘Fire Power’ 7.5L Nandina domestica ‘Gulf Stream’ 7.5L
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Lavandula stoechas TIARA 7.5L Lavandula stoechas ‘Papillon’ 7.5L Lavandula stoechas ‘Victory’ 7.5L Nandina domestica Obsessed 7.5L Nandina domestica ‘Richmond’ 7.5L Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ 7.5L (Fair 10)
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Lavandula x intermedia Leucothoe fontanesiana Phormium cookianum subsp. Hookeri Leucothoe ‘Scarletta’ 7.5L Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’ 7.5L Phormium ‘Jester’ 7.5L PHENOMENAL 7.5L (Niko) ‘Rainbow’ 7.5L ‘Tricolor’ 7.5L
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Phormium ‘Maori Queen’ 7.5L Phormium ‘Pink Stripe’ 7.5L Phormium ‘Yellow Wave’ 7.5L Pieris japonica ‘Passion’ 7.5L Pieris japonica ‘Pink Passion’ 7.5L Pieris japonica ‘Polar Passion’ 7.5L
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Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Gold Ball’ Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium Photinia x fraseri ‘Canivily’ 7.5L Photinia x fraseri ‘Louise’ 7.5L Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ 7.5L 7.5L ‘Golf Ball’ 7.5L ‘PomPom’ 7.5L
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Physocarpus opulifolius Physocarpus opulifolius Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Lady in Red’ Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium Polystichum polyblepharum 7.5L Diable D’Or 7.5L (Mindia) ‘Diabolo’ 7.5L (Diabolo) 7.5L (Tuilad) ‘Silver Ball’ 7.5L ‘Tom Thumb’ 7.5L
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Polystichum setiferum Pieris ‘Flaming Silver’ 7.5L Pieris ‘Forest Flame’ 7.5L Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’ 7.5L Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’ 7.5L Rosmarinus officinalis 7.5L ‘Herrenhausen’ 7.5L
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Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla Syringa ‘Red Pixie’ 7.5L Viburnum davidii 7.5L ‘Black Lace’ 7.5L (Eva)
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Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Viburnum x bodnantense Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ 10L KILIMANJARO ‘Sunrise’ 7.5L (Jww5) ‘Charles Lamont’ 7.5L
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Weigela Black and White 7.5L Weigela All Summer Monet 7.5L Weigela All Summer Peach 7.5L (Courtacad1)
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Autumn Garden Essentials Autumn Garden Essentials Autumn is a traditional time for planting shrubs to provide framework and structure in the garden. Varieties included: Hypericum ‘Hidcote’, Hypericum Miracle Attraction, Hypericum Miracle Blossom (Alldiablo), Hypericum Miracle The Garden Essentials range is aimed at gardeners looking for easy to grow garden plants that will give Wonder (Allblossom), Hypericum x moserianum, Hypericum x moserianum ‘Tricolor’, Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’, Leucothoe plenty of year round interest at competitive prices. Superb evergreens such as Aucuba, Viburnum and fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’, Leucothoe ‘Scarletta’, Leucothoe walteri Royal Ruby, Ligustrum ovalifolium & Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Aureum’. Ceanothus complimented by autumn colours and berries from Hypericum, Cotoneaster and Leucothoe.
Varieties included: Aucuba japonica ‘Rozannie’, Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’, Ceanothus ‘Autumnal Blue’ Ceanothus ‘Blue Mound’, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens, Cotoneaster atropurpureus ‘Variegatus’, Cotoneaster ‘Coral Beauty’, Cotoneaster dammeri, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’, Elaeagnus x ebbingei & Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Limelight’.
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Autumn Garden Essentials Nandina Collection Varieties included: Photinia x fraseri ‘Canivily’, Photinia x fraseri ‘Little Red Robin’, Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’, Nandinas are a popular evergreen for their winter display of bright coloured foliage. Pittosporum ‘Abbotsbury Gold’, Pittosporum tenufolium, Pittosporum tenufolium ‘Variegatum’ & Viburnum davidii. They go through a range of colours through the growing year with interest for every season. Varieties included: Nandina domestica ‘Gulf Stream’, Nandina domestica Obsessed, Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ and Nandina domestica ‘Fire Power’.
Nerine Collection Graceful Nerines are bulbous perennials with stunning lily-like flowers in shades of pink and white. They bring an exotic looking floral display towards the end of the summer. Varieties include: Nerine bowdenii, Nerine bowdenii ‘Alba’ and Nerine bowdenii ‘Nikita’.
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Pieris Collection Skimmia Collection Pieris are compact evergreen shrubs offering an all year round display. The new growth is brightly Skimmia are well known evergreeen staples for your autumn sales. With fantastic flower power or bright coloured when young and has panicles of urn-shaped flowers in abundance in the spring. red berries they provide much needed colour and interest in the plant area in the dull days of winter. Varieties include: Pieris ‘Flaming Silver’, Pieris ‘Forest Flame’, Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’, Pieris japonica ‘Passion’, Varieties include: Skimmia japonica ‘Finchy’, Skimmia japonica ‘Fragrant Cloud’, Skimmia japonica ‘Olympic Flame’, Skimmia japonica ‘Red Pieris japonica ‘Pink Passion’ and Pieris japonica ‘Polar Passion’ (Opstal 69). Riding Hood’ , Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’, Skimmia japonica ‘Temptation’, Skimmia japonica ‘White Globe’, Skimmia reevsiana (FM1).
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Cornus Collection Sarcococca Collection Cornus or ‘Dogwood’ are known for their showy autumn leaf colour which is Sarcoccoca is perfect for lifting winter sales in the plant area as customers are drawn then followed by vibrant stem colour, providing colour all through the winter months. to the unparalleled fragrance, with glossy green leaves and small white flowers. We have a large selection offering all colours and variations, including the interesting leaf variegations. Varieties include: Sarcococca confusa and Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ (Pmoore03). Varieties include: Cornus alba ‘Aurea’, Cornus alba Baton Rouge, Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ (Minbat), Cornus alba ‘Gouchaultii’, Cornus alba ‘Kesselringii’, Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’, Cornus alba ‘Sibirica Variegata’, Cornus sanguinea ‘Anny’s Winter Orange’, Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’, Cornus sericea ‘Bud’s Yellow’, Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’, Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’ and Cornus sericea ‘Hedgerows Gold’.
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Helleborus niger Collection The Plant Area showstopper for November and December. The leathery green leaves give way to an abundance of beautiful bright white flowers with golden stamens. A must have for winter plant sales.
Varieties include: Helleborus niger HGC JOEL (Coseh 210), Helleborus niger HGC JONAS (Coseh 220), Helleborus niger HGC WINTERGOLD (Coseh 2010).
Living Gifts The Perfect Gift
A special gift for a special occasion, these plants are A special gift for a special occasion, this plant is perfectly at home on a windowsill or perfectly at home on a windowsill or taking pride of place taking pride of place on your dining table. Once the celebrations are over, it can on a dining room table. Once the celebrations are over, they become a welcome addition to your garden, can become a welcome addition to the garden, plant outside plant outside for a gift that keeps on giving. for a gift that keeps on giving.
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Spring Garden Essentials Spring Garden Essentials A new year and a new season, Spring is a perfect time for planting shrubs to provide framework and Varieties include: Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’, Deutzia hybrida ‘Raspberry Fields’, Deutzia hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ structure in the garden. The Garden Essentials range is aimed at gardeners looking for easy to grow Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’, Elaeagnus x ebbingei, Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Limelight’, Houttuynia cordata ‘Flame’ garden plants that will give plenty of year round interest at competitive prices. Superb evergreens such as Hypericum ‘Hidcote’, Ligustrum ovalifolium & Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Aureum’. Pittosporum, Viburnum and Elaeagnus complimented by spring interest from Cytisus, Photinia and Vinca.
Varieties include: Aucuba japonica ‘Rozannie’, Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’, Cornus canadensis, Cotoneaster atropurpureus ‘Variegatus’, Cotoneaster ‘Coral Beauty’, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Cytisus ‘Lena’, Cytisus ‘Luna’, Cytisus x praecox ‘Albus’, Cytisus x praecox ‘Allgold’ & Cytisus x boskoopii ‘Boskoop Ruby’.
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Spring Garden Essentials UK Grown Camelia Varieties include: Photinia x fraseri ‘Canivily’, Photinia x fraseri ‘Little Red Robin’, Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ Our Camellia range is grown on our Hampshire nursery with the skill and expertise required to produce Viburnum davidii, Vinca major ‘Variegata’, Vinca major ‘Wojo’s Jem’, Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea’, Vinca minor ‘Azurea Flore well branched and floriferous plants. We have a selection of flower types, colour and size. Pleno’, Vinca minor f. alba ‘Gertrude Jekyll’, Vinca minor ‘Illumination’, Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ & Vinca minor ‘Ralph Shugert’. Varieties include: Camellia japonica ‘Doctor King’, Camellia japonica ‘Lady Campbell’, Camellia japonica ‘Lady Vansittart’ Camellia japonica ‘Powder Puff’, Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’, Camellia japonica ‘Bonomania’, Camellia japonica ‘Black Lace’, Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Gem’ & Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’.
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Eye Catching Euphorbia Ceanothus Collection Euphorbia Ascot Rainbow and Silver Swan. With attractive bright foliage and striking flowers these are Our Ceanothus plants are big, strong and extremely floriferous. The glossy evergreen leaves great bed end fillers, offering a vibrant glow to the plant area during gloomy February days. make a great background to the bright true-blue flowers when produced in spring. Varieties include: Euphorbia x martini ‘Ascot Rainbow’ & Euphorbia characias ‘Silver Swan’ (Wilcott). Varieties include: Ceanothus ‘Autumnal Blue’, Ceanothus ‘Blue Mound’, Ceanothus ‘Concha’, Ceanothus ‘Puget Blue’ & Ceanothus ‘Southmead’.
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Belarina Primula Choisya Aztec Gold Belarina Primulas are a collection of pompom-flowering varieties with blooms like mini pillows. Choisya Aztec Gold bred by Hillier propagation master Alan Postill in 2012. True perennials too so will give years of enjoyment. Proving itself as being sturdy in colour and shape, not one to be missed. Varieties include: Primula Belarina Amethyst Ice (Kerbelpicotee), Primula Belarina Buttercup Yellow (Kerbelbut), Includes: Choisya x dewitteana ‘Aztec Gold’. Primula Belarina Goldie (Kerbelgoldie), Primula Belarina Lively Lilac, Primula Belarina Nectarine (Kerbelnec), Primula Belarina Pink Ice (Kerbelpice) & Primula Belarina Valentine (Kerbelred).
Prunus Kojo-no-mai Prunus Kojo-no-mai the herald of spring with its flourish of white flowers covering the plant before the leaves.
Includes: Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’.
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Pittosporum Balls Coprosma Collection The Pittosporum Ball collection comprises of the popular low maintenance We have these new Coprosma varieties in glorious colour combinations, a great easy to care evergreen shrub that keeps a great shape with little or no work. for plant, evergreen and with ever-changing shades affected by the cooler temperatures. Varieties include: Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Gold Ball', Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball', Pittosporum Varieties include: Coprosma ‘Evening Glow’, Coprosma ‘Fireburst’, Coprosma ‘Inferno’, tenuifolium 'Glo Ball' & Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Silver Ball'. Coprosma repens ‘Pacific Dawn’& Coprosma repens ‘Pacific Night’ (Hutpak).
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Daphne bholu ‘Perfume Princess’ Early Pinks Daphne bholu ‘Perfume Princess’ is a very robust variety with highly fragrant Our Early Pinks collection has plenty of flower power! Starting to bloom as flowers, its so good it won the best new ornamental plant award 2018. early as March, they are hardy and the free flowering blooms are fragrant. Includes: Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ (Dapjur01). Varieties include: Dianthus Mendlesham Minx (Russmin), Dianthus Rebekah (Wp09 Mar05), Dianthus Stargazer (WP13 GIL05), Dianthus Fizzy (WP08VER03), Dianthus Supernova (Wp11 Tyr04) & Dianthus Starry Eyes.
Syringa Red Pixie Syringa Red Pixie is easily the sweetest scent for spring. Producing masses of tiny flowers over a long period they are a must for any garden. Includes: Syringa 'Red Pixie'.
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Convolvulus cneorum Hardy Fuchsias Convolvulus cneorum has a well deserved award of garden merit. The all year round show of silver Our Hardy Fuchsia Collection contains tried and tested hard working varieties that will give a wonderful evergreen foliage and masses of trupet shaped flowers are produced all summer long. show all summer long. The dancing blooms are pretty and showy with their two toned colouring. Includes: Convolvulus cneorum. Varieties include: Fuchsia ‘Army Nurse’, Fuchsia ‘Delta’s Sarah’, Fuchsia ‘Display’, Fuchsia ‘Dollar Prinzessin’, Fuchsia ‘Genii’, Fuchsia ‘Madame Cornélissen’, Fuchsia ‘Mrs Popple’ & Fuchsia ‘Tom Thumb’.
Cordyline Stars The Cordyline ‘Stars’ collection have two new varieties. Bold, bright and colourful, they bring a structural and exotic feel to the garden. Varieties include: Cordyline ‘Pink Star’, Cordyline ‘Red Star’ & Cordyline ‘Super Star’.
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Evergreen Euonymus Garden Favourite Geums Evergreen Euonymus bring colour and structure to any garden, their bright variegation makes These Classic Geum are staple hardy perennials that help supress weeds and are it a plant for great all year round interest. Useful and robust, the ultimate evergreen. not bothered by slugs. Simple, but boldly coloured flowers are produced all summer. Varieties include: Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’, Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’, Euonymus fortunei Varieties include: Geum ‘Lady Stratheden’, Geum ‘Mrs J. Bradshaw’ & Geum ‘Prinses Juliana’. ‘Harlequin’, Euonymus japonicus ‘Bravo’, Euonymus japonicus ‘Francien’, Euonymus japonicus ‘Green Rocket’, Euonymus japonicus ‘Kathy’, Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus Albovariegatus, Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphyllus Aureovariegatus’ & Euonymus japonicus ‘Ovatus Aureus’.
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Iris Collection (Bright) Iris Collection (Pastel) Our Bright Iris collection is made up of stunning bearded flowers The Bi Colour Iris collection has lovely two-toned bearded blooms in vivid and eye-catching colours. Bright, bold and beautiful. in various shades. Fearless, contrasting flowers look delightful. Varieties include: Iris ‘Cliffs of Dover’, Iris ‘Dusky Challenger’, Iris ‘Ola Kalá’, Varieties include: Iris ‘Cherished’, Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ & Iris ‘Susan Bliss’. Iris ‘Skyfire’, Iris ‘Sultan’s Palace’ & Iris ‘Superstition’.
Iris Collection (Bi Colour) Our Pastel Iris collection contains the more subtle shades for a cooler, more delicate bearded flowers. Understated, muted beauty. Varieties include: Iris ‘Edith Wolford’, Iris ‘Tulip Festival’ & Iris ‘Cimarron Strip’.
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Lavandula Phenomenal Lewisia Safira Collection Lavandula Phenomenal lives up to its name by producing larger flowers on Our Lewisia Collection are available in a selection of vibrant colours, flowering freely stronger stems and produces a second flush of blooms later in the season. from spring to autumn. A compact and evergreen perennial that thrives in a full sun. Includes: Lavandula Phenomenal. Varieties include: Lewisia Safira Coral, Lewisia Safira Yellow, Lewisia Safira Fuchsia & Lewisia Safira Pink.
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Sedum SUNSPARKLER Collection Agapanthus Ever Series Our Sedum Sunsparklers are a collection of showy Stonecrops with various The Agapanthus Ever Series are a joy to behold! A compact, evergreen, hardy perennial that flower earlier leaf colours and large bright flower heads. Low growing and low maintenance. than standard Agapanthus and most surprisingly, re-bloom through the summer for a long-lasting display. Varieties include: Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Lime Zinger’, Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Cherry Tart’, Varieties include: Agapanthus Ever Sapphire & Agapanthus Ever White. Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Dazzleberry’, Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Firecracker’, Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Jade Tuffet’, Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Lime Twister’ & Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Plum Dazzled’ (Pldaz2018).
Iberis sempervirens ‘Appen-Etz Iberis Appen-Etz is as popular as ever. Evergreen, easy to grow perennial which is covered in masses of beautiful white flowers from late spring. Includes: Iberis sempervirens ‘Appen-Etz.
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Buddleja Buzz Collection Cocktail Pinks Buddleja Buzz are as popular as ever, the mini versions of this beautiful flowering plant attract bees and The Cocktail Dianthus collection is colourful, versatile and easy to grow. butterflies to the garden. Wonderfully compact, they work in any mixed border or container. The pretty flowers are delightfully fragrant and extremely long lasting. Varieties include: Buddleja davidii BUZZ CANDY PINK, Buddleja davidii BUZZ HOT RASPBERRY (Tobudsopin), Varieties include: Dianthus Cherry Daquiri (Tobudskybl), Dianthus Cosmopolitan, Buddleja davidii BUZZ INDIGO & Buddleja davidii BUZZ SKY BLUE. Dianthus Shirley Temple & Dianthus Tequila Sunrise.
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Geranium Rozanne Rendevous Hydrangea Geranium Rozanne winner of the public voted Plant of the Centuary! Our UK grown Rendevous Hydrangeas are strong and prolific plants. They have an array of colours and Loved for its continuous flowering ability is said to stop people in their tracks. combinations, some with frilly petals, others with cupped blooms. There is something for everybody to love! Includes: Gernaium Rozanne. Varieties include: Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Amour Toujours’, Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Cocktail’, Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Elegance’, Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mademoiselle’ & Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Marina’.
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Lavandula angustifolia Hidcote Salvia ‘Wishes’ Collection Lavandula Hidcote, the English lavender that all are compared to. The Salvia Wishes Collection has three very attractive plants which flowers for a long Hardy, compact and a prolific flowering plant. Adored for its scent and loved by pollinators. time through the summer. They are fast growing and tolerant of very dry conditions. Includes: Lavandula Hidcote. Varieties include: Salvia Love and Wishes, Salvia ‘Ember’s Wish’ (Serendip6) & Salvia ‘Kisses & Wishes’ (Sal 0101).
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Chelsea Flower Show Favourites Hosta Collection These two Geums are relatively new to the market and very desireable. In hot shades of orange and red This collection of Hosta is made up of both firm favourites and newer varieties. Offering a great choice and apricot they stand out in any border. So easy to grow and will keep flowering all summer long. of foliage colours across the range they will compliment and contrast each other beautifully. Varieties include: Geum Scarlet Tempest & Geum Totally Tangerine. Varieties include: Hosta ‘First Frost’ (Thomocha), Hosta ‘June’, Hosta ‘Orange Marmalade’, Hosta ‘Patriot’, Hosta ‘Purple Heart’ & Hosta ‘Wide Brim’
Chocolate Cosmos Cosmos is a beautiful perennial that produces velvety bronze flowers on tall stems in the summer. Adored for its delightful chocolatey scent, this is a more compact variety. Includes: Cosmos atrosanguineus Chocamocha.
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Cercis canadensis Collection Cotinus Collection Our two Cercis have the most beautiful foliage colours, one is deep red-purple, the other bright gold, Cotinus, or the Smoke Bush, are beautiful hardy shrubs with wine-red, deep-purple or bright yellow fading to chartreuse. They have pretty flowers in the spring and have dramatic autumnal foliage colours. foliage. All have the wispy, fluffy flower heads produced in late summer to autumn. Cotinus ‘Candy Floss’ Varieties include: Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ & Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’. and ‘Ruby Glow’ both bred by Hillier master propagator Alan Postill. Varieties include: Cotinus ‘Candy Floss’, Cotinus ‘Ruby Glow’ & Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit.
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Weigela Picobella Rosa Alstroemeria Inticancha Collection Weigela Picobella Rosa is a new form. Beautifully compact and naturally doming, they look Our Alstroemeria Inicancha collection are strong plants that flower from spring until autumn. The flowers amazing in a container, produces masses of deep pink flowers continually from May to October, come in many different bright colours with elegant and intricate markings. Perfect for the patio pot. giving it a long season of interest. Shortlisted for Chelsea Plant of the Year 2019. Varieties include: Alstroemeria Inticancha Bryce (Tesvbryce), Alstroemeria Inticancha Cabana, Alstroemeria Inticancha Dark Purple, Includes: Weigela ‘Picobella Rose’ (Ancot). Alstroemeria Inticancha Doba (Tesdoba), Alstroemeria Inticancha Kanika (Tesikani), Alstroemeria Inticancha Maya (Tesmaya), Alstroemeria Inticancha Navayo (Tesnava), Alstroemeria Inticancha Passion & Alstroemeria Inticancha Valentino (Tesvalen).
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Mystic Dahlias Salvia Lips Collection The Mystic Dahlia collection is a vibrant, colourful and contrasting display all summer. Large blooms The Salvia Lips collection are alluring and very popular. The rich bicoloured flowers give it a depth of always with a dark centre are held above beautiful dark-bronze to black foliage. contrast against the white they look almost painted on. Plant it in full sun in mixed borders, bedding Varieties include: Dahlia Mystic ‘Dreamer’, Dahlia ‘Mystic ‘Enchantment’, Dahlia Mystic ‘Fantasy’, displays or in containers, it will pack a punch of interest and colour. Dahlia Mystic ‘Illusion’, Dahlia Mystic ‘Sparkler’ & Dahlia Mystic ‘Wonder’. Varieties include: Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’, Salvia x jamensis ‘Pink Lips’ & Salvia x jamensis ‘Amethyst Lips’.
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All Summer Weigelas Nepeta Neptune (Bokratune) The Weigela All Summer Collection heralds a whole new generation of Weigela. They are all compact and Nepeta Neptune is very different from the well know catmint. It is a dwarf, upright form with a strong clump-forming bushy growing plants, which makes them perfect for container and patio planters. They flower prolifically versatile perennial. Attractive to butterflies and other pollinators but resistant to rabbits and deer. throughout the summer in a choice of colours. Shortlisted for Chelsea Plant of the Year 2019.
Varieties include: Weigela All Summer Monet, Weigela All Summer Peach & Weigela All Summer Red. Includes: Nepeta Neptune (Bokratune).
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Helenium ‘Sundae’ Collection Astilbe Younique Collection The Helenium Sundae collection is both bright and beautiful but also bountiful in its prolific flowering Astilbe Younique Collection compromises of a fabulous new breed that flowers earlier with its prolific prowess. The selection of four colours are all of a complimentary palette of orange, yellow and red. blooms in a choice of beautiful colours. Lovely compact growth with fantastic disease resistance. They have compact growth with strong and sturdy stems that don’t require staking. Perfect for mixed borders and containers.
Varieties include: Helenium ‘Lemon Sundae’, Helenium ‘Okra Sundae’, Helenium ‘Peach Sundae’ & Helenium ‘Strawberry Sundae’. Varieties include: Astilbe Younique Carmine (Verscarmine), Astilbe Younique Cerise (Verscerise), Astilbe Younique Silvery Pink (Verssilverypink) & Astilbe Younique White (Verswhite).
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Caryopteris Collection Echinacea Collection The Caryopteris Collection covers a great range of this lovely compact, deciduous shrub with varying flower The Echinacea Collection is a fabulous mix of sturdy perennials that produce masses of joyous and colours and foliage variegation. All have the trademark fragrant leaves and are very attractive to pollinators. brightly coloured daisy-like flowers. Perfect for a long-lasting display in a mixed border. Be sure to leave Varieties include: Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Dark Knight’, Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ (Lissteph), some spent blooms on the plants in the autumn, as their seeds provide winter food for small birds. Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Sterling Silver’ & Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘White Surprise’. Varieties include: Echinacea ‘ Yellow Pearl’, Echinacea ‘Delicious Candy’ (Noortdeli), Echinacea ‘Magenta Pearl’, Echinacea ‘Red Pearl’ & Echinacea ‘White Meditation’.
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Paniculata Hydrangea Collection Leucanthemum Collection Paniculata Hydrangeas are so easy to grow and thrive in a variety of aspects. The blooms are nothing short Leucanthemum, or Shasta Daisies have had a resurgence of popularity thanks to the newer varieties of spectacular. Large, elongated, conical flower clusters top each stem starting in mid summer. The blooms being more compact and repeat flowering. The big, bright flowers are produced all summer in white, are incredibly long-lasting, often exhibiting a dramatic change of colour as they age. They dry beautifully, too. cream and lemon yellow shades. Varieties include: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Fraise Melba’, Hydrangea paniculata ‘Jane’, Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’, Varieties include: Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Real Charmer’, Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Real Dream’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Silver Dollar’, Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ & Hydrangea paniculata ‘Wim’s Red’. Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Real Glory’ & Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Real Neat’.
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Rudbeckia Smileyz Bambini Phlox Rudbeckia Smileyz are a new form that are fast growing, sturdy and compact, dependable, The Bambini Phlox collection is a breakthrough in Phlox breeding, the compact plants produces months happy flowering selections will brighten any garden. With a great choice in colour combinations, of brightly coloured star-shaped blooms repeatedly from early summer to autumn. A mildew-resistant all with the typical dark eyed centre, they will thrive in a mixed border or a container. strain, they will grow in a mixed border or in a container in full sun to partial shade. Varieties include: Rudbeckia Smileyz Happy, Rudbeckia Smileyz Kissing, Varieties include: Phlox Bambini Candy Crush, Phlox Bambini Desire & Phlox Bambini Primadonna. Rudbeckia Smileyz Laughing & Rudbeckia Smileyz Tiger.
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Pensham Penstemon Collection Patio Ready Summer Colour Collection These well known Pensham Penstemons are British bred to produce a variety fit for the British climate. Our Deco Pot Collection are grown in 4lt decorative pots for an instant display. The perfect line for later Stronger growing, more robust and resistant and the most wonderful showy flowers. Also more compact impulse buys, to brighten up the patio with no work involved! A great selection of perennials which will and longer-flowering then other varieties, you’ll get a longer-lasting display. be coming into their optimum selling time with big potfuls, ready to to pop! Varieties include: Penstemon ‘Pensham Amelia Jane’, Penstemon ‘Pensham Czar’, Varieties include: Agastache Poquito Butter Yellow, Agastache Poquito Dark Blue, Agastache Poquito Orange, Campanula ‘Samantha’, Penstemon ‘Pensham Laura’ & Penstemon Pensham ‘Plum Jerkum’. Coreopsis Solanna Golden Sphere, Cosmos atrosanguineus Chocamocha (Thomocha), Dahlia Mystic ‘Dreamer’, Dahlia ‘Mystic ‘Enchantment’, Dahlia Mystic ‘Fantasy’, Dahlia Mystic ‘Illusion’, Dahlia Mystic ‘Sparkler’, Dahlia Mystic ‘Wonder’, Digitalis ‘Lucas’, Gaillardia ‘Sunset Cutie’, Gaillardia x grandiflora ‘Sunset Flash’, Gaillardia x grandiflora ‘Sunset Snappy’, Monarda ‘Bee-Free’ (Bee-You Series), Monarda ‘Bee-Happy’ (Bee-You Series), Nepeta ‘Neptune’ (Bokratune), Nepeta X faassenii ‘Purrsian Blue’ & Phlox Bambini Candy Crush.
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ABELIA Acer palmatum ‘Crimson Queen’ AS FEATURED AT Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ Acer palmatum ‘Sumi-nagashi’ CHELSEA Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’ FLOWER SHOW (Kaleidoscope) A medium-sized deciduous shrub, arching in habit, A hardy, deciduous shrub. The new spring leaves This a large deciduous, hardy shrub has divided wine- A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub of compact with deep reddish-purple leaves divided into 7-9 emerge vibrant orange and yellow maturing to purple leaves that turn bright crimson in autumn. habit with glossy green leaves, margined gold in narrow, deeply incised lobes. Fantastic autumn colour pale green. In autumn the leaves turn bright yellow. Grow as a specimen with low under-planting or in spring, intensifying in summer and bursting into in hues of red and orange. Grow as a specimen with Grow as a specimen with low under-planting or in a patio pot. a kaleidoscope of orange, red and yellow hues in low under-planting or in a patio pot. a patio pot. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. autumn. Small pink-tinged white flowers in summer. 2m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. Great for any mixed border or in a container. 0.5m x 1m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum’ Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ Acer palmatum ‘Summer Gold’ Abelia x grandiflora ‘Magic NEW TO RANGE A low-growing, mound-forming shrub with deeply- Daydream’ (Opstal103) A deciduous shrub of rounded habit. Its leaves are An upright, rounded, deciduous shrub with toothed, cut leaves emerging pale green in the spring, and relatively large for an Acer, 7-lobed, coloured green deeply lobed leaves, light green in spring, golden- A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub of bushy, compact darkening through the summer. In autumn turns but turning to brilliant orange-scarlet in autumn. yellow in summer, and buttery yellow in autumn. habit with glossy leaves which are green edged with fantastic shades of yellow, orange and red. Grow as a Grow as a specimen with low under-planting, or in Grow as a specimen with low under-planting or in cream that flush pink when young. Small, fragrant specimen with low under-planting or in a patio pot. a patio pot. a patio pot. flowers are produced in abundance in summer, start 2m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 5m. Full sun to part shade. off white and age to pink. Great in a mixed border or in a container. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 0.6m x 0.9m. Full sun. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Acer palmatum ‘Emerald Lace’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW Acer palmatum ‘Phoenix’ Acer palmatum ‘Taylor’ Abelia x grandiflora ‘Sunshine NEW This small and compact deciduous shrub has very TO RANGE finely dissected emerald green leaves appear on An upright, rounded, deciduous shrub with bright red A hardy, deciduous shrub with deeply divided, lobed Daydream’ (Abelops) arching branches, creating a softly rounded crown. juvenile stems. Toothed, deeply lobed, green-veined, pink leaves randomly patterned with acid-green A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub of bushy, compact In autumn the leaves turn dazzling shades of red pink to reddish-pink leaves turn red, orange, and variegation. Good autumn colour before the leaves habit with glossy leaves which are green edged and orange just before the leaves drop. Grow as a buttery yellow in autumn. Grow as a specimen with fall the green intensifies in colour. Grow as a with gold and flush dark pink in cooler times. Small specimen or in a patio pot. low under-planting or in a patio pot. specimen with low under-planting or in a patio pot. flowers are produced in abundance in summer. Great 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. 2m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. in a mixed border or in a container. 1m x 1.2m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Acer palmatum ‘Jerre Schwartz’ Acer palmatum ‘Redwine’ Acer palmatum ‘Wilson’s Pink Dwarf’ A hardy, deciduous shrub with finely dissected foliage A compact, hardy, deciduous shrub with bright An upright, rounded, deciduous shrub with deeply ACER that emerges each spring with a distinct pink flush, orange leaves in spring. In the summer the leaves lobed and serrated palmate leaves that unfurl pink or Acer Orientalia (Minorient) NEW before becoming bronze-green and then green. In turn yellow-green and in autumn they are scarlet pink-red in spring, turn bright green by summer and TO RANGE autumn, the leaves change again to a vibrant red before falling. Grow as a specimen with low under- bright red or orange in autumn. Grow as a specimen before they fall. Grow as a specimen with low under- planting or in a patio pot. with low under-planting or in a patio pot. A compact, deciduous shrub bred from a cross of A. planting or in a patio pot. 1.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. campestre and A. cappadocicum. The deeply lobed 2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. leaves are golden yellow-orange colour with red tinged margins. In summer the red disappears, before 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 the leaves turn deep red in Autumn. Grow as a specimen with low under-planting or in a patio pot. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 1.5m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ AS FEATURED AT Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ AS FEATURED AT Acer ‘Red Flamingo’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA CHELSEA CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW FLOWER SHOW FLOWER SHOW
A hardy, deciduous shrub with leaves that first appear A hardy deciduous shrub with pale green, deeply cut A slow-growing, deciduous shrub. Stems are a strong in spring a bright orange colour, they quickly turn leaves that turn soft shades of yellow in autumn. It red, maturing with white stripes to create winter to an orange-flushed yellow with a pink margin. also looks gorgeous in winter, after all the leaves have interest. Leaves have a pink variegation when young, Acer palmatum ‘Beni-maiko’ Into spring the colour deepens to a rich green until fallen, when its new shoots glow coral-red in the maturing through the season to a mix of green, dark autumn, to a bright orange hue before they drop. winter sunlight. Grow as a specimen with low under- pink and white in mottling and splashes. Grow as a A compact, bushy, deciduous shrub. Its leaves emerge Grow as a specimen or in a patio pot. planting or in a patio pot. specimen or in a patio pot. a brilliant red in spring, turning a pinkish colour and 6m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 6m x 5m. Full sun to part shade. 6m x 6m. Full sun to part shade. then a green-red in summer. In autumn, the leaves colour yellow, orange and deep red before falling. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Grow as a specimen with low under-planting or in a patio pot. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Acer palmatum ‘Little Princess’ Acer palmatum ‘Seiryu’ Acer shirasawanum ‘Jordan’ 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 Very pretty dwarf form of this hardy deciduous A deciduous shrub of broadly columnar growth, A slow-growing dwarf form, the new spring leaves shrub. Small, lobed green leaves are yellow and red at with light green leaves, the lobes deeply incised. Its are bright golden-yellow, turning soft green then Acer palmatum ‘Beni-schichi-henge’ the growing tips. Breathtaking golden-yellow autumn stunning autumn colour ranges through orange, brilliant red in autumn. Grow as a specimen with colour. Grow as a specimen with low under-planting yellow and red hues. Grow as a specimen with low low under-planting or in a patio pot. or in a patio pot. under-planting or in a patio pot. 2m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. An upright, deciduous shrub with palmately lobed, 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. mid-green leaves with pink margins. The entire leaf turning brilliant red in autumn. Grow as a specimen 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 with low under-planting or in a patio pot. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Acer palmatum ‘Marlo’ Acer palmatum ‘Shaina’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA Acer shirasawanum MOONRISE AS FEATURED AT FLOWER SHOW CHELSEA (Munn 001) FLOWER SHOW A dwarf, deciduous shrub of rounded habit. Deeply This compact, deciduous shrub its bright red spring lobed dark green leaves, with serrated edges, that are This hardy deciduous shrub with a lovely, open habit. leaves deepen in colour through the summer before The rounded palmate leaves are a fabulous bright margined bright pink, fading to pale pink then cream brightening again to a crimson-red in autumn. Grow Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ AS FEATURED AT cherry red in spring, turning a wonderful chartreuse- CHELSEA as they age. In autumn the turn deep pink before FLOWER SHOW as a specimen with low under-planting or in a patio falling. Grow as a specimen with low under-planting green in summer. Grow as a specimen with low pot. under-planting or in a patio pot. This large, bushy, deciduous shrub has deep red- or in a patio pot. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. purple leaves with 5-7 slender-pointed lobes. They 1.25m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 6.5m x 5m. Full sun to part shade. turn a fabulous red in autumn. One of the best purple-leaved Japanese maples. Grow as a specimen 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 with low under-planting or in a patio pot. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
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ALBIZIA BERBERIS Berberis thunbergii Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight’ Albizia julibrissin ‘Evey’s Pride’ Berberis darwinii NEW (Orange Sunrise) TO RANGE ‘Orange Sunrise’ A hardy, deciduous shrub with upright shoots in a A hardy, deciduous shrub with arching branches and A large, deciduous shrub with dark, burgundy coloured A hardy, evergreen with dark glossy green leaves columnar shape. Leaves are bright salmon-red, as grey green lance-shaped leaves. Elongated panicles foliage that is finely dissected with fern-like leaves. It’s with spined edges. Drooping racemes of rich orange they age, the foliage turns darker and develops a fine of deep-purple highly scented flowers that are very fragrant flowers are creamy pink to purplish in colour flowers, tinged red in bud are produced in abundance yellow border but may turn greener in partial shade. nectar rich and great for all pollinators. An easy-to- and have a fuzzy, feathery texture. Adds a beautiful in spring, followed by blue-black berries. Great in Adds colour contrast and structural interest as well grow garden favourite for the border, adored by bees tropical or Mediterranean feel to the landscape. Use in mixed borders or used as hedging. to a mixed border. and butterflies. mixed borders or as a focal point. 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 4m. Full sun. 2m x 3m. Partial shade, to full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
Berberis thunbergii ‘Red Chief’ Buddleja davidii ‘Empire Blue’ Berberis diabolicum NEW ASTELIA TO RANGE A hardy, vigorous, deciduous shrub. Narrow, purple- A hardy, deciduous shrub with arching branches and grey green lance-shaped leaves. Elongated panicles of Astelia banksii AS FEATURED AT red leaves, become brighter red in autumn. Flowers CHELSEA A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with primrose FLOWER SHOW violet-blue highly scented flowers that are very nectar yellow young growth aging to pale yellow. Stunning red pale yellow produced in spring, followed by deep red berries. Adds colour contrast to mixed borders and rich and great for all pollinators. An easy-to-grow An architectural evergreen plant with slender, slightly tints in autumn before leaf drop. Pale yellow flowers garden favourite for the border, adored by bees and hairy, silver sword-shaped leaves, uniform and arching are produced in spring. Brings a splash of colour to a can be used for hedging. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. butterflies. in habit. Great for gravel gardens, mixed borders and mixed border. 4m x 4m. Full sun. containers. 0.9m x 0.9m. Full sun to part shade. 0.6m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Berberis x ottawensis ‘Superba’ NEW Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’ TO RANGE Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea Astelia nervosa ‘Silver Shadow’ NEW A hardy, vigorous, spiny deciduous shrub with lax, A hardy, deciduous shrub with arching branches and TO RANGE ‘Harlequin’ arching branches. Leaves broadly oval, deep red-purple, grey green lance-shaped leaves. Elongated panicles A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with rounded brighter red in autumn. Flowers are small and light of pink highly scented flowers that are very nectar A superb architectural plant with pointed, spear- deep purple leaves, variably splashed with cream and rich and great for all pollinators. An easy-to-grow shaped leaves that look as though they have been yellow when produced in spring, followed by bright pink. Small pale yellow flowers in spring are followed red berries. Great for a splash of colour in a mixed garden favourite for the border, adored by bees and dusted with silver. In mid- to late spring long stalks by dark red berries in autumn. Brings a splash of butterflies. of pale yellowish green flowers may be produced, border. colour to mixed borders. 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 4m. Full sun. followed by orange berries. Adds drama and definition 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. to a border or container. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1.2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Buddleja davidii ‘Royal Red’ BLUEBERRY Berberis thunbergii ‘Helmond Pillar’ NEW A hardy, deciduous shrub with arching branches and Astelia nervosa ‘Westland’ TO RANGE Blueberry ‘Bluecrop’ grey green lance-shaped leaves. Elongated panicles of rich purple-red highly scented flowers that are very A striking form of this architectural, evergreen plant. A hardy, deciduous slow-growing shrub with an A hardy, deciduous shrub with oval, dark green nectar rich and great for all pollinators. An easy-to- Leaves are an impressive metallic bronze colour held upright habit. The small, rounded leaves are brownish- leathery leaves that have fantastic colours in grow garden favourite for the border, adored by bees in a uniform arching habit. Great for gravel gardens, red. Small yellow flowers are borne in late spring, autumn. Clusters of small, waxy, creamy-white and butterflies. mixed borders and containers. followed by red berries in the autumn, often persisting flowers are followed by well-flavoured, blue-black 4m x 4m. Full sun. 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. into winter. Brings structure to a mixed border. fruits ripening in mid- to late summer. A delicious 1m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. fruit crop, can be used as an ornamental. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Buddleja davidii ‘White Profusion’
AUCUBA Berberis thunbergii ‘Lutin Rouge’ NEW Blueberry ‘Patriot’ A hardy, deciduous shrub with arching branches and TO RANGE grey green lance-shaped leaves. Elongated panicles Aucuba japonica ‘Marmorata’ AS FEATURED AT of white, highly scented flowers that are very nectar CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW A hardy, compact shrub with stunning bright red A hardy, deciduous shrub with small, oval leaves rich and great for all pollinators. An easy-to-grow turning bright red in autumn. Clusters of small, A hardy, rounded evergreen shrub with heavily leaves. New shoots are intense red, but will fade to garden favourite for the border, adored by bees and waxy, creamy-white flowers are followed by well- spotted, glossy leaves. In spring small purple green in too much shade. Brings a splash of colour to butterflies. flavoured, blue-black fruits ripening in mid- to late insignificant flowers are produced, often followed by the front of a mixed border. 4m x 4m. Full sun. summer. A delicious fruit crop, can be used as an clusters of red berries in autumn. Ideal for hedgeing, 45cm x 25cm. Full sun to part shade. ornamental. mixed borders or containers. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 2m x 2m. Partial to full shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Buddleja davidii BUZZ CANDY PINK (Tobudsopin) A compact form of this hardy deciduous shrub. Large Aucuba japonica ‘Rozannie’ Berberis thunbergii ‘Maria’ NEW panicles of brilliant pink flowers with the daintiest TO RANGE BUDDLEJA yellow eye are produced in summer. Perfect for patio Buddleja alternifolia NEW pots or borders and adored by bees and butterflies. A hardy compact, rounded, evergreen shrub with A hardy, deciduous shrub with columnar growth TO RANGE 0.45m x 0.5m. Full sun. glossy, dark green leaves. Inconspicuous, reddish- and yellow-green leaves, red in spring, orange-red in purple flowers are produced in spring followed by autumn. Racemes of yellow flowers produced in spring A hardy, vigorous, deciduous shrub with arching bright red fruit. Ideal for hedgeing, mixed borders or followed by bright red fruit in autumn. Brings a splash branches bearing narrow, grey-green leaves. Masses of containers. of colour to a mixed border. sweetly scented lilac-purple flowers, borne in clusters 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1m x 1m. Partial to full shade. 1.2m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. along the previous year’s shoots in the summer. An easy-to-grow garden favourite for the border, adored 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 by bees and butterflies. 4m x 4m. Full sun. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Buddleja davidii BUZZ HOT RASPBERRY Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’ A compact form of this hardy deciduous shrub. Panicles of deep raspberry-pink flowers with an orange eye are produced all summer long. Perfect A rounded, evergreen shrub with glossy, densely for patio pots or borders and adored by bees and spotted with gold leaves. In spring, insignificant purple butterflies. flowers are produced, and often followed by clusters 1.25m x 1.25m. Full sun. of red berries in autumn. Ideal for hedgeing, mixed borders or containers. 2.5m x 2.5m. Partial to full shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
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Buddleja davidii BUZZ INDIGO Camellia japonica ‘Lady Vansittart’ CARYOPTERIS CEANOTHUS
Caryopteris x clandonensis Ceanothus ‘Autumnal Blue’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA A compact form of this hardy deciduous shrub. An upright, evergreen shrub with elliptic, glossy, dark ‘Dark Knight’ FLOWER SHOW Smothered with highly aromatic, starry night blue green leaves. From late winter to mid-spring, semi- A vibrant, mound forming, deciduous shrub that has A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub with glossy dark blooms, attracting bees and butterflies to its nectar all double, white flowers, variably striped and splashed silvery-grey foliage which is lightly scented. Many fluffy green leaves. Compact, long trusses of bright blue summer long. Perfect for patio pots or borders and with pink or red are produced. Specimen for the clusters of stunning dark blue flowers are produced flowers produced in early spring. Great in a mixed adored by bees and butterflies. border, or in a patio pot. in summer. Loved by bees and butterflies. Suited to a beds and borders or by a sunny wall. 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun. 9m x 8m. Partial to full shade. sunny mixed border or in a container. 3m x 3m. Full sun. 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 Buddleja davidii BUZZ SKY BLUE Camellia japonica ‘Powder Puff’ Caryopteris x clandonensis (Tobudskybl) Ceanothus ‘Blue Mound’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA A compact form of this hardy deciduous shrub. An upright, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green ‘Heavenly Blue’ FLOWER SHOW Long racemes of sky-blue flowers, attracting bees leaves. From winter through to spring it produces A hardy, rounded deciduous shrub with aromatic A hardy, mound forming evergreen shrub with and butterflies to its nectar all summer long. Perfect double, white flowers with a creamy yellow centre. grey-green leaves. In late summer to autumn it forms small dark green leaves. Masses of blue flowers are for patio pots or borders and adored by bees and Specimen for the border, or in a patio pot. many clusters of striking dark blue flowers that are produced in spring. Banks and dry slopes, in mixed butterflies. 2m x 2m. Partial to full shade. loved by bees and butterflies. Perfect for a sunny beds and borders or by a sunny wall. 1m x 1m. Full sun. mixed border or in a container. 1.5m x 2.5m. Full sun. 1m x 1m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ NEW CALLICARPA TO RANGE Ceanothus ‘Concha’ Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii (Lissteph) An upright, evergreen shrub with semi-glossy, dark A hardy, rounded deciduous shrub with aromatic ‘Profusion’ green leaves. In winter it produces single bright grey-green leaves. In late summer to autumn it forms A dense, evergreen shrub with arching branches A deciduous shrub with green leaves that have a red flowers with very prominent yellow stamens. many clusters of lilac pink flowers that are loved by covered in narrow, dark green leaves. Clusters of deep purple tint before it colours in autumn from green to Specimen for the border, or in a patio pot. bees and butterflies. Perfect for a sunny mixed border blue flowers are produced in late spring and early rosy. Pale purple flowers in spring. Stunning metallic 3m x 2.5m. Partial to full shade. or in a container. summer. Banks and dry slopes, in mixed beds and purple berries produced in abundance in autumn. 0.9m x 0.9m. Full sun. borders or by a sunny wall. Focal point in the garden, or in a mixed border. 3m x 3m. Full sun. 4m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 15cm 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 Camellia japonica ‘Bonomania’ NEW Caryopteris x clandonensis NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE ‘Stirling Silver’ (Lissilv) Ceanothus ‘Victoria’ CALYCANTHUS An upright to rounded, evergreen with oval, glossy, A hardy, rounded deciduous shrub with aromatic dark green leaves. In late winter and early spring it has silver-green leaves. In late summer to autumn it forms A compact, bushy, evergreen shrub with dark green Calycanthus × raulstonii large white to pale pink flowers finely streaked with many clusters of deep violet-blue flowers that are leaves. Many clusters of brilliant bright indigo blue ‘Hartlage Wine’ dark pink. Specimen for the border, or in a patio pot. loved by bees and butterflies. Perfect for a sunny flowers are produced in spring. Banks and dry slopes, 2.5m x 2.5m. Partial to full shade. mixed border or in a container. in mixed beds and borders or by a sunny wall. An upright, spreading deciduous shrub with glossy, 0.9m x 0.9m. Full sun. 2m x 1.2m. Full sun. mid- to bright green leaves. Impressive cup-shaped, lightly fragrant, red or maroon flowers are produced in early summer. Ideal for a large shrub border, or as a 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 stand-alone showpiece. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 2m x 2m. Full sun.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Caryopteris x clandonensis NEW Camellia japonica ‘Black Lace’ NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE ‘White Surprise’ Ceanothus ‘Puget Blue’ An upright to rounded, evergreen with oval, glossy, A hardy, rounded deciduous shrub with aromatic dark green leaves. In late winter and early spring it has grey-green leaves with irregular white edges. In late A hardy, evergreen shrub with deeply veined, dark eye catching deep red double flowers. Specimen for summer to autumn it forms many clusters of bright green leaves. Clusters of dark blue flowers are CAMELLIA the border, or in a patio pot. blue flowers that are loved by bees and butterflies. produced in spring. Banks and dry slopes, in mixed 2.5m x 2.5m. Partial to full shade. Perfect for a sunny mixed border or in a container. beds and borders or by a sunny wall. Camellia japonica ‘Doctor King’ 0.9m x 0.9m. Full sun. 3m x 3m. Full sun.
An upright to bushy, evergreen shrub with glossy, 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 broadly elliptic, dark green leaves. In spring ruffled, 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 single to semi-double reddish-pink flowers with prominent yellow stamens are produced. Use as a specimen for the border, or in a patio pot. 3m x 2.5m. Partial to full shade. Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Gem’ NEW CATALPA TO RANGE Ceanothus ‘Southmead’ Catalpa bignonioides Aurea NEW 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 TO RANGE An upright to bushy, compact evergreen shrub with A compact, bushy, evergreen shrub with dark green glossy, dark green leaves. Bears formal double pure A spreading, deciduous shrub to small tree with large leaves. Many clusters of deep blue flowers are white flowers in late winter to early spring. Specimen ovate golden-yellow leaves becoming light yellow- produced in spring. Banks and dry slopes, in mixed for the border, or in a patio pot. green in summer. White flower panicles in summer are beds and borders or by a sunny wall. 1.2m x 1.5m. Partial to full shade. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Campbell’ followed by long dark brown seed pods. Looks great 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. as a lawn specimen. 6m x 4m. Full sun. An upright, hardy, evergreen shrub with oval, glossy, dark green leaves. The double, rose-form, red flowers 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 are produced in late winter and early spring. Specimen 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 for the border, or in a patio pot 2m x 2m. Partial to full shade. Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ NEW Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens TO RANGE Catalpa erubescens Purpurea NEW 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 TO RANGE An upright, hardy, evergreen shrub with oval, glossy, A low-growing, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark dark green leaves. The double, coral-pink flowers are A medium-sized deciduous shrub or small tree. Young green leaves. Compact panicles of blue flowers produced in late winter and early spring. Specimen for shoots and opening leaves blackish-purple, the leaves produced in spring. Banks and dry slopes, in mixed the border, or in a patio pot. later dark green. The flowers are white with orange beds and borders or by a sunny wall. 1.2m x 1.5m. Partial to full shade. and purple markings, produced in summer, followed 1.5m x 4m. Full sun. by long seed pods. Looks great as a architectural specimen. 6m x 4m. Full sun. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 10L Shelf Quantity: 10
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CERATOSTIGMA CHOISYA COPROSMA Cistus x obtusifolius ‘Thrive’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW NEW Ceratostigma willmotianum Choisya ternata AS FEATURED AT Coprosma ‘Evening Glow’ CHELSEA TO RANGE FOREST BLUE (Lice) FLOWER SHOW A compact, hardy, evergreen shrub with narrowly A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark green leaves A hardy, evergreen shrub with aromatic shiny green lance-shaped, dark green leaves, flushed bronze in A compact, upright, evergreen shrub with glossy, that turn red in autumn. Contrasting clusters of vivid leaves. Fragrant, white flowers appear in spring, winter. In summer, white flowers with yellow centres green leaves with yellow spots, turning into orange cobalt-blue flowers are produced from summer to often followed by a second flush in autumn. Great are produced. Drought tolerant once established, hues in cold weather. A great low-maintenance autumn. Suitable for a mixed border, bank and coastal all-rounder. Suitable for use in mixed borders, hedges works well in a border or a patio pot. container or border plant. areas. and pots. Great all-rounder. Suitable for use in mixed 0.6m x 1m. Full sun. 1.2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. borders, hedges and pots. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Cistus x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’ NEW Choisya ternata Sundance AS FEATURED AT Coprosma ‘Fireburst’ CERCIDIPHYLLUM CHELSEA TO RANGE Cercidiphyllum japonicum NEW FLOWER SHOW A compact evergreen shrub with whorled, grey-green TO RANGE A hardy, evergreen shrub with aromatic, golden leaves. Clusters of yellow-centred, rose-pink flowers A compact, upright, evergreen shrub. It has leathery, yellow to yellow-green leaves. Many small clusters of are produced in summer. Drought tolerant once ovate, glossy leaves which are variegated dark green An elegant large shrub or small deciduous tree, with fragrant, white flowers in spring and early summer, established, works well in a border or a patio pot. and orange, turning more red in autumn. A great low- paired, broadly heart-shaped leaves, bronze-tinted and again in autumn. Great all-rounder. Suitable for 1m x 1m. Full sun. maintenance container or border plant. when young, and turning yellow, orange and pink in use in mixed borders, hedges and pots. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. autumn, when they smell of burnt sugar. Flowers and 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. fruits inconspicuous. Fantastic architectural specimen 10m x 6m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
Cistus x purpureus ‘Alan Fradd’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW NEW Choisya x dewitteana ‘Aztec Gold’ AS FEATURED AT Coprosma ‘Inferno’ CHELSEA TO RANGE CERCIS (Aztec Gold) FLOWER SHOW A hardy, rounded, evergreen shrub with mid-green Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ NEW A hardy, evergreen shrub with aromatic, golden leaves. It bears white flowers with a dark purple A compact, upright, evergreen shrub with glossy TO RANGE yellow to lime-green, palmate leaves. Many small blotch at the base of each petal and a golden leaves are a vivid mix of bright red, gold, green clusters of fragrant, white flowers in spring and early boss of stamen in summer. Drought tolerant once and claret, and this colour intensifies and deepens A large, deciduous shrub. Its leaves are broadly heart- summer, and again in autumn. Great all-rounder. established, works well in a border or a patio pot. as the temperatures drop in winter. A great low- shaped, and coloured deep red-purple turning shades Suitable for use in mixed borders, hedges and pots. 0.6m x 1.5m. Full sun. maintenance container or border plant. of orange, bronze and red-purple in autumn. Small, 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. bright-pink flowers appear in clusters on bare stems before the leaves in spring. Best in a mixed border 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 or as a lawn specimen. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 CLEMATIS NEW Choisya x dewitteana White AS FEATURED AT Coprosma repens ‘Pacific Dawn’ CHELSEA TO RANGE Dazzler (Londaz) FLOWER SHOW Clematis armandi ‘Enham Star’ Cercis canadensis ‘Hearts of Gold’ NEW A hardy, rounded, evergreen shrub with shiny, dark A neat, compact, evergreen shrub with glossy green TO RANGE green leaflets. Clusters of fragrant, white flowers A hardy, evergreen climber with glossy, dark green, leaves irregularly marked with cream, bronze and in spring and again in autumn. Great all-rounder. elongated leaves. Many clusters of fragrant creamy- bright pink. The colour intensifying in cold weather, A large, deciduous shrub. Its heart shaped leaves Suitable for use in mixed borders, hedges and pots. white flowers are produced in spring. A fantastic turning almost black. A great low-maintenance turns from translucent yellow to a yellow-green in 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. vigorous climber for a sheltered spot. container or border plant. summer. In autumn, it turns shades of golden yellow. 8m x 2.5m. Full sun. 1.5m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. In spring purple-red, pea-like flowers appear on bare branches before the foliage unfurls. Best in a mixed border or as a lawn specimen. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Rose Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 Coprosma repens ‘Pacific Night’ NEW CISTUS TO RANGE CLERODENDRON (Hutpak) Cistus argenteus Silver Pink AS FEATURED AT A neat, compact, evergreen shrub with glossy deep Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ NEW CHELSEA TO RANGE FLOWER SHOW Clerodendron bungei purple-red narrow, rounded foliage. Fantastic colour An outstanding, hardy, evergreen shrub producing in the garden which contrasts many other shrubs. A great low-maintenance container or border plant. A hardy, deciduous shrub with heart shaped leaves. silver-green foliage. In summer it produces masses This deciduous shrub with large, scented ovate 0.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. The leaves are relatively large, and tinted red-purple of peach-pink flowers. Raised by Hillier in 1910. leaves, is often flushed purple when young. Rounded when they unfurl. It produces abundant, densely- Drought tolerant once established, works well in a terminal clusters of small, sweet-scented pink flowers clustered dark purple-pink flowers in late spring mixed border or a patio pot. are produced in late summer and autumn. Great in a before the leaves appear. Best in a mixed border or 0.8m x 1m. Full sun. mixed border for added height. as a lawn specimen. 1.8m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 10L Shelf Quantity: 10
Cistus creticus Cercis siliquastrum ‘Bodnant’ NEW TO RANGE CONVOLVULUS A small, bushy, evergreen shrub, with shaggily hairy A hardy, bushy and deciduous shrub with broadly stems holding slightly scented green leaves. Flowers Convolvulus cneorum heart-shaped, bright green leaves that are yellow in are from deep purple-pink to rose pink, with a autumn. Pretty clusters of crimson-pink pea-shaped yellow centre when produced in summer. Drought A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with narrowly flowers are produced on the older stems in spring. tolerant once established, works well in a border or oblong, silky silvery grey-green leaves. Masses of Best in a mixed border or as a lawn specimen. a patio pot. funnel-shaped white flowers are produced from late 6m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 1m. Full sun. spring into summer. Wonderful container plant, but equally good in the garden. Foliage is ideal for use in 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 floral arrangements. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 0.6m x 0.9m. Full sun. 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
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CORDYLINE Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ Cornus sanguinea NEW COTINUS Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ TO RANGE Cotinus ‘Candy Floss’ NEW ‘Anny’s Winter Orange’ TO RANGE A hardy shrub grown for its colourful stems in A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful This evergreen palm-like tree with a strong and autumn and winter. The grey-green leaves have stems in autumn and winter. Bright orange-red A hardy, deciduous shrub with purple flushed green upright in habit. The showy, sword-like leaves are irregular cream variegation cover the vivid dark stems are covered by the mid-green leaves until they leaves which turn from yellow to purple then scarlet striped dark grey-green with wonderful, bright pink red stems until they fall. Small cream flower heads turn red in autumn and fall. Dense clusters of white in autumn. Massive fluffy pink flowers are produced margins. Excellent for specimen planting for mixed in spring followed by white berries in autumn. flowers in summer are followed by blue-black fruit in summer. Makes a fantastic specimen shrub or use texture or in a patio pot. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and in autumn. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed in a mixed border. 1.2m x 1.3m. Full sun to part shade. borders. beds and borders. 3.5m x 3.5m. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 4m. Full sun. 1.2m x 0.9m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 10L Shelf Quantity: 10
Cordyline australis ‘Torbay Dazzler’ NEW Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit AS FEATURED AT Cornus alba ‘Gouchaultii’ TO RANGE CHELSEA (Ancot) FLOWER SHOW This evergreen, palm-like tree has green, cream A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful A hardy deciduous shrub with salmon-pink new striped, sword-like leaves held in terminal tufts. stems in autumn and winter. Yellow-orange juvenile shoots, bright golden-yellow leaves turning coral, Excellent for specimen planting for mixed texture or stems in autumn and winter. The pink, yellow and green variegated leaves are held on bright red stems. shoots and mid-green leaves turning red in autumn. orange and red in autumn. Plumes of fluffy smoke in a patio pot. Stems age to deep orange. White flowers in like green flowers are produced in summer. Makes a 10m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. Yellow flowers appear in late spring followed by blue berries in summer. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in summer followed by blue-black fruit in autumn. fantastic specimen shrub or use in a mixed border. mixed beds and borders. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 2m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. borders. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2.5m 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 Cordyline ‘Pink Star’ NEW TO RANGE NEW Cornus alba ‘Kesselringii’ Cornus sericea ‘Bud’s Yellow’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ AS FEATURED AT This evergreen, palm-like tree has deep purple TO RANGE CHELSEA sword-like leaves with a stunning bright pink margin. FLOWER SHOW Excellent for specimen planting for mixed texture or A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful A large, bushy, deciduous shrub, with deep purple in a patio pot. stems in autumn and winter. Upright purple-black stems in autumn and winter. Green leaves turning leaves that turn bright red in autumn. Large, panicles 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. winter stems have dark green leaves turning reddish- bright red in autumn. Distinctive yellow stems and of smoke-like pink flowers are produced in summer. purple in autumn. Flat heads of white flowers in bears white flowers in spring followed by white Makes a fantastic specimen shrub or use in a mixed spring are followed by white fruit in autumn. Low berries in autumn. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in border. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and mixed beds and borders. 5m x 5m. Full sun to part shade. borders. 2.5m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Cordyline ‘Red Star’ 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 10L Shelf Quantity: 10
This evergreen, palm-like tree has an exotic dark red coloured sword-like leaf which make a great contrast Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’ NEW Cotinus ‘Ruby Glow’ TO RANGE with pale leaves. Excellent for specimen planting for Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA mixed texture or in a patio pot. FLOWER SHOW 2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful A compact, upright, bushy, deciduous shrub, with stems in autumn and winter. The red stems hold stems in autumn and winter. Bright orange-yellow reddish-purple leaves. Feathery panicles of reddish- NEW stems tipped scarlet hold dark green leaves that turn pink flowers bloom in summer. Makes a fantastic dark green leaves turn dark red in autumn. Cream TO RANGE 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 flowerheads in summer are followed by bluish burgundy-red in autumn. Clusters of small white specimen shrub or use in a mixed border. berries in autumn. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in flowers in late spring. Low maintenance, easy-to- 1.8m x 1.8m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 mixed beds and borders. grow in mixed beds and borders. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2.7m x 2.4m. Full sun to part shade. Cordyline ‘Super Star’ NEW TO RANGE 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
This evergreen palm-like tree has broad, glossy, 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 strap-like foliage in a deep mahogany red colour. Brings an exotic or architectural look to the garden. NEW Excellent for specimen planting for mixed texture or Cornus alba ‘Sibirica Variegata’ Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’ AS FEATURED AT TO RANGE CHELSEA in a patio pot. FLOWER SHOW 2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful stems in autumn and winter. The red stems hold stems in autumn and winter. Lime-green leaves 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 variegated, green and cream leaves which turn red turning brilliant red in autumn are held on distinctive in autumn before falling. Cream flowerheads are greenish-yellow stems. White flowers in spring produced in summer followed by berries in autumn. are followed by white berries in autumn. Low Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and borders. borders. CORNUS 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2.5m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. Cornus alba ‘Aurea’ NEW 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 TO RANGE 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful stems in autumn and winter. Bright yellow leaves compliment the and red stems. It bears small white Cornus canadensis Cornus sericea ‘Hedgerows Gold’ flowers in spring and white fruits in autumn. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and borders. A hardy, deciduous, low growing, mat-forming A hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful 0.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. shrub with mid-green leaves. Pretty white flowers stems in autumn and winter. Dark red stems hold are produced in spring, followed by red berries in mid-green leaves that are edged with bright yellow, 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 autumn. An attractive groundcover plant for the front which turn red or pink in autumn. White flowers in of a shrub border or woodland garden. spring. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 0.1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. and borders followed by white fruit. 2m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. Cornus alba Baton Rouge (Minbat) 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful stems in autumn and winter. The scarlet winter stems hold dark green leaves that turn bright orange in autumn. Flat, cream flowerheads in spring are followed by white berries in autumn. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and borders. 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade.
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COTONEASTER CYTISUS Daphne odora ‘Marianna’ NEW EDGEWORTHIA Cotoneaster atropurpureus Cytisus ‘Lena’ TO RANGE Edgeworthia chrysantha NEW TO RANGE ‘Variegatus’ A compact, evergreen, rounded shrub with leathery, ‘Grandiflora’ A compact, deciduous shrub with arching branches, A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub. Clusters of dark sage green leaves broadly margined creamy-yellow. A hardy, deciduous shrub with very flexible shoots green and cream leaves turning red and pink in yellow and bright red flowers are produced in late Terminal clusters of very fragrant, pink flowers bearing rounded inflorescences composed of autumn. Small pink flowers are produced in summer spring on bare stems. Small palmate mid-green leaves produced in late winter. Perfect for brightening the numerous small, lightly fragrant yellow flowers followed by bright red fruit in autumn. Easy-to-grow, appear once they have flowered. An easy-to-grow winter garden or a mixed border, next to a path to opening from hairy buds in late winter and early ground cover or on a shady wall. plant, great for a mixed border. appreciate the scent. spring. After this the dark green oval leaves appear. 0.45m x 0.9m. Full sun to part shade. 1.2m x 1.5m. Full sun. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. Great in a spring garden, mixed border or container. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Daphne odora Rebecca Cotoneaster ‘Coral Beauty’ Cytisus ‘Luna’ ELAEAGNUS A rounded, evergreen shrub bearing glossy, dark A hardy, rounded evergreen shrub with small, glossy A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub. Masses of bright dark green leaves. Masses of small white flowers green leaves with a broad yellow margin. Clusters of Elaeagnus pungens ‘Maculata’ yellow pea-like flowers are produced in late spring rose-pink buds opening to fragrant, pale pink flowers are produced in summer followed by orange-red on bare stems. Small palmate mid-green leaves berries in autumn. Easy-to-grow, ground cover or on in winter. Perfect for brightening the winter garden appear once they have flowered. An easy-to-grow or a mixed border, next to a path to appreciate the A hardy, evergreen shrub with slightly spiny brown a shady wall. plant, great for a mixed border. shoots that bear elliptical bright yellow leaves 0.75m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. scent. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. narrowly margined with dark green. Small, fragrant white flowers are produced in the autumn. Use for 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 hedging or creating shelter, great in maritime areas. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5m x 5m. Full sun to part shade.
7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Cotoneaster dammeri Cytisus x praecox ‘Albus’ Daphne ‘Valerie Hillier’
A hardy, low-growing evergreen shrub with small A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub. Clusters of clean An evergreen shrub bearing glossy green leaves. rounded green leaves. Masses of white flowers line white flowers are produced in late spring on bare Clusters of purple-pink buds opening to fragrant, Elaeagnus ‘Quicksilver’ the branches in summer, followed by bright red stems. Small, silky, palmate mid-green leaves appear pale pink flowers through the summer. Perfect for berries in the autumn. Easy-to-grow, ground cover or once they have flowered. An easy-to-grow plant, brightening the winter garden or a mixed border, on a shady wall. great for a mixed border. next to a path to appreciate the scent. A hardy, deciduous shrub with silvery shoots and 0.5m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. silvery-scaly, ovate leaves. Small, fragrant creamy- yellow flowers from silvery buds are produced in summer. Great in mixed borders or in a container. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Cornubia’ Cytisus x praecox ‘Allgold’ 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 DEUTZIA 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with dark- green A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub. Clusters of bright leaves. White flowers are produced in summer Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’ NEW yellow flowers are produced in late spring on bare TO RANGE followed by bright red berries in autumn. Low stems. Small, silky, palmate mid-green leaves appear Elaeagnus x ebbingei maintenance shrub for beds and borders, good once they have flowered. An easy-to-grow plant, small tree. A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with small dark great for a mixed border. green leaves that turn brilliant purple-red in autumn. 8m x 8m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. A hardy, evergreen shrub with dark or metallic Many upright racemes of pure white flowers are sea-green leaves that are silvery beneath. Pendent produced in spring and summer. A versatile plant for clusters of small, fragrant, creamy-white flowers are 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 use in mixed borders for some bright early colour. produced in autumn. Use for hedging or creating 0.6m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. shelter, great in maritime areas. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Cotoneaster horizontalis Cytisus x boskoopii ‘Boskoop Ruby’ 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 A hardy, deciduous shrub with a herringbone A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub. Clusters of framework of stems. Glossy green leaves turning ruby-red flowers are produced in late spring on bare Deutzia hybrida ‘Raspberry Fields’ NEW red- orange in autumn. Many pink-flushed flowers stems. Small, silky, palmate mid-green leaves appear TO RANGE in the summer followed by red berries. Excellent once they have flowered. An easy-to-grow plant, Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Limelight’ against low wall or fence where branch framework is great for a mixed border. A hardy, bushy, medium-sized deciduous shrub with displayed to advantage. 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun. ovate, green leaves. Conical panicles of flowers 1m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. produced in early summer are purple-pink on A hardy, evergreen shrub with silvery young leaves outside and pale pink within. A versatile plant for use that then develop irregular markings in dark green, 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 in mixed borders for some bright early colour. lime green and gold Pendent clusters of small, 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. fragrant, creamy-white flowers are produced in 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 autumn. Use for hedging or creating shelter, great in maritime areas. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade.
Cotoneaster naoujanensis AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA ‘Berried Treasure’ FLOWER SHOW DAPHNE 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy, medium-sized evergreen shrub. Small shiny Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ leaves are white-felted beneath. White flowers in late Deutzia hybrida ‘Strawberry Fields’ NEW TO RANGE spring are followed by masses of bright red fruit in A hardy, semi-evergreen, shrub with leathery, glossy autumn. Use in a mixed border, ideal for attracting leaves. Highly fragrant purple-pink and white flowers A hardy, bushy, medium-sized deciduous shrub with birds to the garden. are produced through winter, later followed by black ERIOSTEMEN 1.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. ovate, green leaves. Conical panicles of flowers berries. Perfect for brightening the winter garden produced in early summer are crimson outside and Eriostemen my. ‘Flower Girl White’ NEW or a mixed border, next to a path to appreciate the pale pink within. A versatile plant for use in mixed TO RANGE 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 scent. borders for some bright early colour. 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, bushy shrub with thick grey-green aromatic 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 leaves. Star-like waxy white flowers emerge from 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 pink buds and cover the branches in winter and 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 spring. Great in a mixed border or container. Is happy to be clipped to shape. CRINODENDRON 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. Crinodendron hookerianum Daphne bholua ‘Perfume Princess’ (Dapjur01) 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A dense, medium-sized evergreen shrub with rigid, A hardy, evergreen shrub with lustrous and dark narrow, dark green leaves. Vibrant lantern-shaped, green leaves. Scented pink flowers form in clusters crimson flowers are produced from late spring along the length of the stems, so when in bloom to late summer. Makes a good wall shrub or they really put on a great show. Perfect for a partially architectural plant for the mixed border or country shady mixed border, or a woodland garden. garden. 1.2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 8m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 10L Shelf Quantity: 10
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ESCALLONIA Euonymus fortunei Euonymus japonicus ‘Green Rocket’ FATSIA
Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’ Fatsia japonica AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA A hardy, bushy evergreen shrub that will climb if A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub, with small, glossy, FLOWER SHOW A hardy, medium-sized evergreen shrub with fairly planted against a wall. Broad green leaves are edged dark green leathery oval leaves. Grows in a columnar A hardy, evergreen shrub with large palmately-lobed, large, glossy dark green leaves. Large panicles of with golden-yellow, tinged pink during the winter shape. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or mixed leathery green leaves. In autumn it produces showy pure white flowers are produced in mid and late months. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or border. panicles of spherical, creamy white flowers, which are summer. Use in a mixed border or as hedge, screen mixed border. 1m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. often followed by round, black fruit. Looks great in an or windbreak. 0.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. exotic-style garden, or mixed border, also as a focal 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. point for a shady corner. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4m x 4m. Partial to full shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’ Euonymus japonicus ‘Green Spire’ Escallonia laevis ‘Glowing Embers’ A hardy, low-growing evergreen shrub with narrowly A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub, with small, glossy, FORSYTHIA A hardy, evergreen shrub. New leaves are flushed oblong green leaves heavily splashed and mottled dark green oval leaves, very similar to Buxus. Easy-to- Forsythia x intermedia ‘Goldrausch’ orangey-red on red stems, they slowly turn golden with creamy-white, and tinged with pink in autumn grow, great for a container or mixed border, and also and finally to pale green when mature. In mid to late and winter. Easy-to-grow, great for a ground-cover or make a fantastic low hedge. summer, it bears clusters of large pink flowers. A mixed border. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, deciduous shrub, with mid-green, lance- versatile plant which can be used in patio containers, 0.6m x 0.9m. Full sun to part shade. shaped leaves. Bright yellow flowers are borne on border planting or as a low hedge. bare stems in spring; the flowers are larger than 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 average and appear slightly later in spring than other cultivars. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade.
Euonymus fortunei ‘Silver Queen’ Euonymus japonicus ‘Kathy’ (Kathy) 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Escallonia laevis PINK ELLE (Lades) A hardy, evergreen shrub with dark-green leaves with A hardy, bushy, evergreen shrub. It has oval, upright, white margins which become tinged with pink in glossy, green leaves that are edged with bright silvery- A hardy, compact evergreen shrub with glossy, ovate, winter. Will climb if planted next to a wall. Easy-to- white margin. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ AS FEATURED AT dark green leaves. From summer into autumn, dense, CHELSEA grow, great for a container or mixed border. mixed border. FLOWER SHOW panicles of tubular, pink flowers fading to white 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. with age are produced. A versatile plant which can A hardy, deciduous shrub, upright in growth, with be used in patio containers, border planting or as a narrowly ovate or sometimes trifoliate leaves. low hedge. Flowers relatively large, bright yellow, produced in 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 early spring are held on bare stems. Ideal in a mixed border or as a wall shrub. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade.
Euonymus fortunei ‘Silverstone’ NEW Euonymus japonicus 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 TO RANGE (Silverstone) ‘Microphyllus Albovariegatus’ Escallonia ‘Red Elf’ A hardy, dwarf trailing evergreen shrub with tiny dark A hardy, small evergreen shrub of bushy upright habit. green leaves dusted with white then turning darker Its tiny dark green leaves are perfectly margined A small, hardy, evergreen shrub with small, glossy, green. Good for ground cover, low borders and with a creamy-white shade. Easy-to-grow, great for a ovate, dark-green leaves. In summer clusters of gravel gardens. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or container or mixed border. FUCHSIA small red, tubular flowers are produced. A versatile mixed border. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. plant which can be used in patio containers, border 0.3m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. Fuchsia ‘Army Nurse’ planting or as a low hedge. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with mid-green leaves. In summer it bears semi-double flowers with 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 a crimson tube and sepals and blue-violet petals flushed pink near base. Looks great in mixed borders or in a pot on the patio. Euonymus japonicus ‘Bravo’ Euonymus japonicus 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. ‘Microphyllus Aureovariegatus’ A hardy, medium-sized, evergreen shrub. Oval A hardy, small evergreen shrub of bushy upright habit. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 EUONYMUS leaves have green in the centre with an irregular Its tiny dark green leaves are perfectly margined creamy-margin and grey-green patches where the with a yellow-gold shade. Easy-to-grow, great for a Euonymus alatus ‘Blade Runner’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW two overlap. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or container or mixed border. mixed border. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, upright deciduous shrub with winged stems 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. Fuchsia ‘Delta’s Sarah’ that bear ovate to elliptic mid- to dark-green leaves turning bright red in autumn. Tiny, yellow-green flowers produced in late spring are followed by 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark-green spherical, reddish-purple fruit in autumn. Great in a leaves. It bears masses of single flowers with white mixed border or grown as a specimen. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 sepals and and violet petals in summer and autumn. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. Looks great in mixed borders or in a pot on the patio. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Euonymus japonicus ‘El Dorado’ NEW Euonymus japonicus 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. TO RANGE (Br2012) ‘Ovatus Aureus’ A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub. It has large, oval A hardy, evergreen shrub with a rounded habit. It 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 leaves that new growth is coloured bright yellow has oval, broad yellow margined yellow-green leaves then aging to lime-yellow in time. A fabulous new which are bright golden-yellow when young. Easy-to- 5L Shelf Quantity: 15
Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA addition. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or mixed grow, great for a container or mixed border. FLOWER SHOW border. 1.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, dense and bushy deciduous shrub with dark 0.60m x 0.25m. Full sun to part shade. Fuchsia ‘Display’ green leaves turning brilliant shades of strawberry- red in autumn. Corky winged stems are revealed in 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 winter. Great in a mixed border or container. A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark-green 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. leaves. It bears single flowers, the tube and recurved sepals deep-pink, and the petals rose-pink in summer and autumn. Looks great in mixed borders or in a pot on the patio. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Euonymus japonicus ‘Francien’ Euonymus japonicus NEW 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. TO RANGE ‘Paloma Blanca’ (Lankveld03) A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with upright A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with upright 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 stems bearing ovate, leathery, dark green leaves, stems bearing ovate, leathery, dark green leaves, creamy-white when young. Easy-to-grow, great for a which from March until June have bright white new 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Euonymus fortunei container or mixed border. growth. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or mixed ‘Emerald Gaiety’ 1m x 0.8m. Full sun to part shade. border. A hardy, bushy evergreen shrub that will climb if 0.8m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. planted against a wall. The green leaves are rounded, with an irregular white margin that becomes tinged 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 pink in the winter cold. Easy-to-grow, great for a container or mixed border. 1m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
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Fuchsia ‘Genii’ GENISTA Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ HEPTACODIUM
Genista ‘Porlock’ AS FEATURED AT Heptacodium miconioides Tianshan CHELSEA A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with golden-yellow FLOWER SHOW A hardy, deciduous shrub with broad green leaves (Minhep) foliage. Contrasting light-pink and purple flowers are A semi-evergreen, medium-sized shrub with small turning red and yellow in autumn. Scented coppery- A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with dark glossy produced in summer and autumn. Looks great in bright green leaves. Wreathed with racemes of orange flowers are produced in late winter. Great leathery pointed green leaves. Produces clusters of mixed borders or in a pot on the patio. fragrant, bright yellow flowers in spring. Against a for a mixed border or as part of a woodland planting scented jasmine like white flowers from August to 0.8m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. sunny wall, ideal conservatory shrub. scheme. September with persistent red sepals. Great autumn 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. colour. Use in a mixed border or clear the stem as it grows for a small tree. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Fuchsia ‘Happy Birthday’ (Lepfuh) NEW Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Livia’ TO RANGE
A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with salmon pink GRISELINIA A hardy, deciduous shrub with broadly elliptic, dark shoots in spring, turning to beautiful vibrant pink Griselinia littoralis green leaves, reddish-purple in spring and turning red HYDRANGEA shoots. The flowers are produced in summer and in autumn. Clusters of lightly fragrant, red to reddish- have pink sepals and purple corollas. Looks great in pink flowers are produced in winter. Great for a mixed Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ mixed borders or in a pot on the patio. A hardy, fast-growing evergreen shrub with light border or as part of a woodland planting scheme. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. apple-green, broadly oval leaves. Flowers yellow- 1.5m x 1.8m. Full sun to part shade. green, very small and inconspicuous. Great for A hardy, bushy deciduous shrub with broadly oval hedging, specimen planting, or as a windbreak. fresh green leaves. In summer very large, spherical 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Tolerates coastal areas. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 heads of white sterile flowers to 25cm across are 8m x 4m. Full sun. produced. As they age they fade to lime green. Best used in a mixed border or planted in groups. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Fuchsia ‘Hawkshead’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Orange Beauty’ 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 A hardy, upright shrub with small, dark green leaves. A hardy, deciduous shrub with broad leaves that Masses of single white flowers, the broad sepals Griselinia littoralis ‘Variegata’ emerge yellowish green flushed maroon-purple, tinged with green, are produced from summer into become dark green, and turn yellow and orange in autumn. Use in a mixed border or in a container. autumn. Fragrant flowers with dark red centres and Hydrangea macrophylla 1m x 0.50m. Full sun to partial shade. A hardy evergreen shrub with leathery, light-green, petals of yellow-orange produced from midwinter to broadly oval leaves that have irregularly margins of late winter. Great for a mixed border or as part of a ‘Amour Toujours’ creamy-white. Great for hedging, specimen planting, woodland planting scheme. A hardy, deciduous shrub with broadly ovate dark or as a windbreak. Tolerates coastal areas. 3m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. green leaves. Large rounded clusters, of small red 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun. mop head flowers opening with green centres are 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 produced in summer then gradually turning to red as the season progresses. Great for a mixed border or 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 in a container. 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. Fuchsia ‘Madame Cornélissen’ 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’ 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark-green foliage. It bears single flowers in summer and autumn, with crimson tube and sepals and red-veined white HAMAMELIS A hardy, deciduous shrub with broad oval green leaves petals. Looks great in mixed borders or in a pot on Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyns Gold’ turning yellow in autumn. Flowers bright sulphur- the patio. yellow, with some scent, when produced in late winter. Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Cocktail’ 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. Great for a mixed border or as part of a woodland A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with rounded, planting scheme. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, deciduous shrub with ovate serrated edged 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 softly-hairy leaves. Clusters of sweet-scented, golden- dark green flushed reddish leaves. Produces white balls yellow flowers in winter and early spring. The leaves of flowers with pink fringed edges in summer with turn yellow in autumn. Great for a mixed border or 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 some flowers turning from white to yellow cream. as part of a woodland planting scheme. Great for a mixed border or in a container. 1.8m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. Fuchsia ‘Mrs Popple’ 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Robert’ 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 A hardy, bushy deciduous shrub with small, dark- green leaves. In summer and autumn it bears single flowers with bright red sepals and tube, and violet- A hardy deciduous shrub with oval green leaves that purple petals. Looks great in mixed borders or in a Hamamelis x intermedia turn yellow, orange and red in autumn. Produces pot on the patio. fragrant, coppery-orange blooms in clusters on bare Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Elegance’ 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. ‘Aphrodite’ stems in late winter. Great for a mixed border or as A hardy, deciduous shrub with a spreading habit. part of a woodland planting scheme. The broadly oval green leaves turn yellow in autumn. 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, deciduous shrub with ovate serrated edged 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Flowers are slightly fragrant, orange-yellow shading to pointed green leaves. Produces flat clusters of pure orange when produced in winter. Great for a mixed 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 white lace cap flowers with fringed edges in summer border or as part of a woodland planting scheme. on strong stems. Great for a mixed border or in a 3m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. container. 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. Fuchsia ‘Tom Thumb’ 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Sunburst’ A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark green 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 leaves. From summer into autumn, small flowers with reddish-pink sepals and mauve to purple, single A hardy, deciduous shrub with broadly oval green corollas are produced. Looks great in mixed borders Hamamelis x intermedia leaves that turn attractive shades of orange and yellow or in a pot on the patio. ‘Arnold Promise’ in autumn. Slightly-scented pale yellow flowers are 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. borne on the bare branches in late winter and spring. Hydrangea macrophylla A hardy, deciduous shrub of open habit with broadly Great for a mixed border or as part of a woodland ‘Mademoiselle’ ovate green leaves which turn reddish or yellow in planting scheme. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 autumn. Fragrant bright yellow flowers appear in 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, deciduous shrub with ovate serrated edged late winter. Great for a mixed border or as part of a pointed green leaves. Produces red-pink balls of woodland planting scheme. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 flowers with fringed edges in summer on strong 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. stems, the colour lasts better in light shade. Great for a mixed border or in a container. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. GARRYA Hamamelis x intermeida ‘Rubin’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 A hardy, deciduous shrub with broadly oval, wrinkled A large bushy evergreen shrub with leathery dark Hamamelis x intermedia green leaves that turn yellow and orange in autumn. green leaves. Stunning drooping grey-green catkins ‘Barmstedt Gold’ Scented, ruby-red flowers produced in late winter and are produced in winter through to spring. Suitable for early spring. Great for a mixed border or as part of a A hardy, deciduous shrub with oval, green leaves which growing against a wall, or in a border. Good in areas woodland planting scheme. have fantastic autumn colours. Large, fragrant, deep of maritime exposure or atmospheric pollution. 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. golden-yellow flowers are produced on the bare twigs in late winter and early spring. Great for a mixed border or as part of a woodland planting scheme. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 4L Rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 18 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15
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Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Marina’ HYPERICUM ILEX INDIGOFERA Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Alaska’ Indigofera himalayensis ‘Silk Road’ A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with broad mid-green leaves. In summer large, rounded clustered mopheads, A hardy, bushy, semi-evergreen shrub with dark-green Female. A hardy, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark A hardy, deciduous shrub, with mid green pinnate of intense blue flowers appear, if on more acidic soil, leaves. In summer and autumn it bears saucer-shaped, green, spiny leaves. Inconspicuous white flowers in leaves, turning bronze in autumn. Upright spikes of or pink if in more alkaline soil. Great for a mixed bright-yellow flowers with orange anthers. It bears summer are followed by bright red fruits in autumn pretty bright pink, pea-like flowers are produced border or in a container. bright-red fruits in autumn. An easy-to-grow garden and winter. Great in a mixed border, a stand alone in late spring or early summer. Best used in mixed 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. favourite that bees adore, great in a mixed border or specimen or as a hedge. borders, it can be trained to good effect as a wall as an informal hedge. 5.5m x 3m. Full sun to partial shade. shrub. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 1m. Full sun. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Fraise Melba’ Hypericum Miracle Attraction Ilex aquifolium ‘Argentea Marginata’ A hardy, deciduous shrub with dark green leaves. From (Alldiablo) LAVANDULA late summer into autumn, it produces large, dense, A hardy, rounded, deciduous to semi-evergreen Female. A hardy, evergreen shrub with spiny green Lavandula angustifolia ‘Arctic Snow’ conical flower panicles, white at first but colour during shrub with ovate, pointed, dark green leaves. From leaves boldly edged with cream and tinged pink when the flowering season to dark purple. Great for a mixed midsummer into autumn, clusters of star-shaped, young. Flowers are small, dull white when produced border or in a container. bright golden-yellow flowers followed by bright red in summer followed by bright red berries in autumn A hardy, compact evergreen shrub makes a dense fruit. Easy-to-grow, for mixed borders, in containers and winter. Great in a mixed border, a stand alone mound aromatic, grey-green leaves. A mass of and ideal for cutting. specimen or as a hedge. spikes of pure white, fragrant flowers appear in late 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 10m x 8m. Full sun to partial shade. summer. They are highly attractive to bees and other 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 beneficial insects. Beautiful in borders or in patio 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 pots, makes a fantastic informal hedge. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Hydrangea paniculata ‘Jane’ (Jane) Hypericum Miracle Blossom Ilex aquifolium ‘J.C. van Tol’ 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark green (Allblossom) leaves. From late summer into autumn, large, light A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with ovate green Self-Fertile Female. A hardy, evergreen shrub has green flowers, colour to cream before fading to pink Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ AS FEATURED AT leaves. In summer, clusters of bright yellow flowers CHELSEA with age are produced. Great for a mixed border or purple young shoots and the leaves are almost FLOWER SHOW are produced then followed by pale pink berries. spineless, glossy dark green. Small, dull white flowers in a container. Easy-to-grow, for mixed borders, in containers and 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. are produced in summer followed by large, bright A hardy, evergreen shrub that makes a dense mound ideal for cutting. red berries from autumn. Great in a mixed border, a aromatic, grey-green leaves. An abundance of spikes 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. stand alone specimen or as a hedge. of deep violet, fragrant flowers appear in late 4m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. summer. They are highly attractive to bees and other 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 beneficial insects. Beautiful in borders or in patio 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 pots, makes a fantastic informal hedge. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 0.6m x 0.8m. Full sun. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Hypericum Miracle Wonder 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark green Ilex meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 leaves. From late summer into autumn it bears slender, A hardy, rounded, deciduous shrub with ovate, pointed, conical flowerheads of creamy-white florets. Great for dark green leaves. From midsummer into autumn, Male. A hardy, evergreen shrub with glossy dark blue- a mixed border or in a container. clusters of star-shaped, golden-yellow flowers are green spiky leaves. Small white flowers are produced 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. produced followed by showy, reddish-brown fruit in late spring but does not produce berries itself. Lavandula angustifolia maturing black. Easy-to-grow, for mixed borders, in A single plant will however pollinate several nearby ‘Imperial Gem’ female hollies. Great in a mixed border, a stand alone containers and ideal for cutting. A hardy, evergreen shrub that makes a dense mound 0.8m x 0.8m. Full sun to part shade. specimen or as a hedge. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. aromatic, grey-green leaves. Spikes of rich purple, fragrant flowers appear in late summer. They are 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, makes a fantastic informal hedge. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Silver Dollar’ 0.6m x 0.45m. Full sun. Hypericum x moserianum 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark green Ilex meserveae ‘Heckenfee’ leaves. From late summer into autumn, large, creamy A hardy, dwarf deciduous shrub with arching red white flowers fading to pink with age. Great for a stems and ovate leaves. Lots of golden-yellow flowers Female. A hardy, evergreen shrub with dark elegant mixed border or in a container. with reddish anthers are produced in summer. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. green foliage that has a nice deep gloss. Small white Easy-to-grow, for mixed borders, ground cover or flowers are produced in spring followed by deep Lavandula angustifolia ‘Loddon Blue’ underplanting. red berries in Autumn and winter. Great as a single 0.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. specimen or for hedging as it is a strong and fast A hardy, evergreen shrub that makes a dense mound 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 grower. 2m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. aromatic, grey-green leaves. Many spikes of deep blue 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 purple, fragrant flowers appear in late summer. They are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 insects. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, makes a fantastic informal hedge. Hydrangea paniculata 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hypericum x moserianum ‘Tricolor’ A hardy, deciduous shrub with dark green leaves. From Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Golden King’ 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 late summer into autumn, it produces fluffy, loose, A hardy, spreading shrub with red young stems bearing pyramid-shaped flower panicles of creamy-white, leaves variegated with green, pink and cream. Many turning shades of pink as they age, before finally taking cup-shaped yellow flowers are produced in summer Female. A hardy, evergreen shrub with broad ovate, on rich pink tones. Great for a mixed border or in a and early autumn. Easy-to-grow, for mixed borders, slightly spiny leaves margined with bright yellow. container. ground cover or underplanting. Small, dull white flowers are produced in spring Lavandula angustifolia ‘Loddon Pink’ 0.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. followed by brownish-red berries in autumn and winter. Great in a mixed border, a stand alone 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 specimen or as a hedge. A hardy, evergreen shrub that makes a dense mound 8m x 5m. Full sun. aromatic, grey-green leaves. Short spikes of dusky 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 pink, fragrant flowers appear in late summer. They are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial 3L female Shelf Quantity: 21 insects. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, makes a fantastic informal hedge. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Wim’s Red’ 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. (Wims Red) Upright, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark green leaves 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 and, from late summer into autumn, large domed panicles of creamy-white flowers, turning pink then deep red with age. Great for a mixed border or in a container. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade.
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Lavandula angustifolia Lavandula stoechas ‘Leucantha’ Lavandula x chaytoriae ‘Sawyers’ Lavatera x clementii ‘Rosea’ ‘MELISSA LILAC’ (Dow4) A hardy, evergreen shrub that makes a dense mound An evergreen shrub with narrow, silver-green leaves. A hardy, mound-forming evergreen shrub with linear, A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with hairy grey- aromatic, grey-green leaves. Large lilac fragrant From late spring until late summer it bears short silvery-grey-green leaves. Masses of spikes of light green stems and grey-silver and mid-green leaves. flowers appear in late summer. They are highly spikes of white flowers, striped vertically with green, purple flowers are produced from summer. Beautiful In summer it bears light-pink, open funnel shaped attractive to bees and other beneficial insects. and topped with white bracts. Beautiful in borders or in borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. flowers are produced in abundance. Beautiful in Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, makes a in patio pots, adored by bees. 0.6m x 0.5m. Full sun. borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. fantastic informal hedge. 60cm x 60cm. Full sun. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun. 0.6m x 0.7m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ Lavandula stoechas ‘Papillon’ Lavandula x intermedia Lavatera X clementii ‘Hidcote Giant’ ‘Silver Barnsley’ An evergreen plant with aromatic, grey-green leaves. A hardy, evergreen shrub has narrow, grey-green A hardy, deciduous shrub, with lobed, pale grey-green A hardy, evergreen shrub that makes a dense mound leaves. Long-stalked spikes of violet-blue flowers leaves, white-hairy beneath. In summer masses of aromatic, grey-green leaves. Many spikes of bluish- From late spring and into early autumn, slender, upright stems bearing dense spikes of dark purple are produced in abundance in summer. Beautiful in open-funnel-shaped, white to pale pink flowers with purple, fragrant flowers appear in late summer. They borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. reddish-pink eyes are produced. Beautiful in borders are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial flowers topped with lilac bracts are produced. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. 1m x 1.2m. Full sun. or in patio pots, adored by bees. insects. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, makes a 90cm x 90cm. Full sun. fantastic informal hedge. 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun. 0.45m x 0.6m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Lavandula x intermedia AS FEATURED AT Lavandula stoechas TIARA (Fair 10) CHELSEA PHENOMENAL (Niko) FLOWER SHOW LEUCOTHOE A hardy, evergreen shrub that forms a bushy mound Leucothoe axillaris ‘Curly Red’ An evergreen shrub with aromatic, silver-green Lavandula angustifolia of silver foliage. Long spikes of purple-blue flowers (Curly Red) PLATINUM BLONDE (Momparler) leaves. Masses of fragrant, deep blue flowers topped produced in summer. Larger than average flowers, with cream bracts are produced from late spring to strong stems, which do not tend to flop, and uniform A hardy, compact, mound-forming evergreen shrub A hardy, evergreen shrub that makes a dense mound early autumn. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, habit. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, adored has glossy, twisted leaves, orange-red in spring, dark aromatic, grey-green leaves with a creamy gold edge. adored by bees. by bees. green in summer, turning scarlet in autumn and Fragrant, purple flowers appear in late summer. They 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun. 70cm x 70cm. Full sun. reddish-purple by winter. Low maintenance, ideal for are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial a shady border or patio pot. insects. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, makes a 1.5m x 2m. Partial to full shade. fantastic informal hedge. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.4m x 0.4m. Full sun. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Lavandula stoechas ‘Victory’ Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’ An evergreen shrub with linear, aromatic, grey-green LAVATERA Lavandula intermedia Vera leaves. From late spring to early autumn, dense spikes Lavatera x clementii ‘Barnsley’ of tiny, fragrant, dark purple flowers topped with A hardy evergreen, mound forming shrub, with conspicuous, purple bracts are produced. Beautiful in reddish branches holding lance-shaped leaves A hardy, evergreen shrub with grey-green foliage. In borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with lobed, grey-green mottled with cream and pink. Short racemes of small summer it bears long, slender spikes of fragrant, dark 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun. leaves. Clusters of red-eyed flowers, that open white, cream flowers below the branches are produced in blue-purple flowers. Leaves in the ‘Dutch’ group tend ageing to pale pink, when produced over a long spring. Low maintenance, ideal for a shady border to be larger than most lavenders. Beautiful in borders period in summer. Beautiful in borders or in patio or patio pot. or in patio pots, makes a fantastic informal hedge. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 pots, adored by bees. 1.2m x 3m. Partial to full shade. 90cm x 60cm. Full sun. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Lavandula stoechas ‘Spring-break Princess’ Leucothoe ‘Scarletta’ An evergreen shrub with linear, aromatic, grey-green Lavandula pedunculata subsp. leaves. From late spring to early autumn dense Lavatera x clementii ‘Barnsley Baby’ spikes of tiny, fragrant, purple-pink flowers topped A hardy, evergreen, relatively low-growing cultivar. sampaiana ‘Purple Emperor’ with conspicuous, purple-pink bracts are produced. Young leaves are green with bright red edges, An evergreen shrub with upright stems bearing linear, Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with ovate, lobed, maturing to a dark, glossy green and turning a aromatic, bright green leaves. In summer, dense spikes 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. grey-green leaves, white-hairy beneath. In summer, bronze-red in autumn and winter. Small, white of dark purple flowers tipped with large, upright, racemes of open-funnel-shaped, red-eyed, notched flowers are borne in spring. Low maintenance, ideal pink to purple-pink bracts are produced. Beautiful in white flowers ageing to pale pink are produced. for a shady border or patio pot. borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. 1.5m x 2.5m. Partial to full shade. 0.75m x 0.75m. Full sun. 1m x 1m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas LILAC WINGS (Prolil) Leucothoe walteri ‘Royal Ruby’ An evergreen shrub with intensely aromatic greyish- Lavandula pinnata green evergreen foliage. Prolific deep violet-purple Lavatera x clementii flowers topped with lilac ‘butterfly wing’ bracts are ‘Burgundy Wine’ A hardy, evergreen, relatively low-growing cultivar. produced from late spring throughout the summer. Young leaves are glossy green. They turn burgundy- A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with lobed, This is different from other lavenders it produces Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. red in autumn and winter. Low maintenance, ideal for grey-green, downy leaves. From summer until a trident shaped azure blue flower on long flower 0.4m x 0.4m. Full sun. a shady border or patio pot. autumn, it produces saucer-like, dark purple-pink stems from spring to late autumn. The foliage has an 0.3m x 0.5m. Partial to full shade. unusual silver pretty feathery appearance, the scent flowers. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, adored is different too. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 by bees. adored by bees. 3m x 3m. Full sun. 60cm x 45cm. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas ‘Provençal’ An evergreen shrub with linear, aromatic, grey-green Lavatera x clementii ‘Mary Hope’ Lavandula ‘Regal Splendour’ leaves. From late spring and into early autumn, short stalks bearing dense spikes of dark purple flowers (Regal Splendour) topped with conspicuous, light red-purple bracts A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with rounded, lobed, An evergreen shrub with upright stems bearing are produced. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, grey-green leaves. In summer masses of funnel- linear, aromatic, grey-green leaves. In spring fragrant adored by bees. shaped, white flowers with red centres are produced. spikes of dark purple-violet flowers topped with dark 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. purple bracts are produced. Beautiful in borders or in 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun. patio pots, adored by bees. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.7m x 0.9m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 98 The Hillier Plant Book 2019/2020 | | hillier.co.uk/nurseries 99 HILLIER A-Z SHRUBS HILLIER A-Z SHRUBS
LEYCESTERIA Lonicera tatarica ‘Arnold’s Red’ NEW LUMA Magnolia stellata ‘Waterlily’ Leycesteria formosa TO RANGE Luma apiculata ‘Glanleam Gold’ GOLDEN LANTERNS (Notbruce) A hardy, deciduous shrub with cool green leaves. A hardy, compact and rounded, deciduous shrub A hardy, thicket-forming deciduous shrub with bright, Striking red tubular flowers are produced in late A hardy evergreen shrub, with cinnamon-coloured with mid-green leaves. In spring before or as the golden-yellow, heart shaped leaves. From summer spring, followed by dark red berries in autumn that bark. Neat, cream-margined, pale green leaves. Small leaves emerge, silky buds opening to star-shaped, into early autumn, pendulous racemes of white are loved by birds. Useful as a background plant in white flowers are produced in late summer and white flowers with spreading petals. Great in a mixed flowers with burgundy bracts are produced, followed the border, screen or as a hedge. autumn. Great for a splash of colour in a mixed border, spring garden or as an architectural center by red-purple berries. Use in a mixed border or in a 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. border, or in a container. piece woodland setting. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. 2m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10
Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ NEW Magnolia ‘Susan’ NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE Leycesteria formosa ‘Purple Rain’ MAGNOLIA A hardy, rounded, deciduous shrub with ovate green A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with with large leaves. Sweetly-scented cream flowers are produced Magnolia Genie (Genie) NEW green leaves. Deep reddish-purple buds opening A hardy, deciduous shrub with upright sea-green TO RANGE stems bearing long-pointed, ovate leaves. Pendulous on bare branches in late winter and early spring, in mid spring to fragrant, cupped flowers with the racemes of white flowers with showy red-purple occasionally followed by red berries. In a mixed tepals, red-purple outside, pink within. Great in a border or winter garden. A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with large green mixed border, spring garden or as an architectural bracts are produced from summer, followed by leaves. Dark burgundy-red buds opening in mid spring deep purple berries. Use in a mixed border or in a 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. center piece. to dark red cupped flowers. Great in a mixed border, 1.5m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. woodland setting. spring garden or as an architectural center piece 2m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. 4m x 1.5m. Full sun to partial shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ NEW LOPHOMYRTUS TO RANGE LIGUSTRUM Lophomyrtus x ralphii A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with large green Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Magic Dragon’ Magnolia ‘Heaven Scent’ leaves. It produces clear lemon-yellow, tulip-shaped A hardy, colourful, evergreen shrub with neat flowers in mid- to late spring before the leaves show. Great in a mixed border, spring garden or as an A hardy, dense, evergreen shrub of upright habit with burgundy leaves, pink and cream margins. Lightly A hardy, deciduous shrub with dark green foliage. scented white flowers are produced in summer, architectural center piece. oval, dark green leaves. Flowers small, dull white, in Cup-shaped with flowers have rosy-pink tepals, soon 4m x 2.5m. Full sun to partial shade. small panicles, which are very attractive to insects. followed by red fruits. Great in a mixed border, or fading to pale pink with a magenta central stripe Fruit a small glossy black berry. Makes a good hedge in a container. on the outside when produced in spring. Great in a or lovely stand-alone specimen. 1.5m x 1.2m. Partial shade. mixed border, spring garden or as an architectural 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. center piece. 4m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 MAHONIA Mahonia bealei Ligustrum ovalifolium ‘Aureum’ LOROPETALUM Magnolia loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum NEW A hardy, evergreen shrub with blue-green leaves TO RANGE divided into broad leaflets. Fragrant, pale yellow A hardy, dense, evergreen shrub of upright habit. ‘Daybreak’s Flame’ A hardy, deciduous shrub with narrowly ovate leaves. flowers are produced in short upright racemes to Oval, rich yellow leaves sometimes marked green in A hardy, rounded evergreen shrub with soft red- Large flowers lilac-pink, paler within, scented, open from late autumn to early spring, followed by ovoid, the centre. Flowers small, dull white, in small panicles. flushed foliage. Its small, spidery, bright pink flowers before the leaves in spring. Great in a mixed border, blue-purple berries. Good in a mixed border for Fruit a small glossy black berry. Makes a good hedge are produced in late winter to early spring. Ideal for spring garden or as an architectural center piece winter interest. or lovely stand-alone specimen. small gardens, mixed borders or containers. 4m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. 1m x 1.5m. Partial to full shade. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 0.60m x 0.85m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Mahonia japonica Ligustrum ‘Sunshine’ NEW Magnolia Stellata NEW TO RANGE Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum NEW TO RANGE A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub with spined, pinnate TO RANGE leaves. Racemes of small, fragrant, light yellow flowers A hardy, dense, evergreen shrub with oval, slightly ‘Ming Dynasty’ A hardy, slow-growing deciduous shrub of broadly from autumn, followed by blue-black berries. Good in wavy, glossy, bright yellow leaves. A great low A hardy, rounded, evergreen shrub with mid-green rounded habit. The green leaves are narrowly a mixed border for winter interest maintenance shrub that is drought tolerant once leaves which flush an attractive reddish-bronze when obovate. The flowers are white, with spreading white 0.6m x 1.2m. Partial to full shade. established. Ideal for a mixed border or in a emerging in spring. The small, spidery, sweet-scented, tepals, produced in early spring. Great in a mixed container. pinkish-red flowers are produced in late winter border, spring garden or as an architectural center 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. to early spring. Ideal for a small garden in a mixed piece 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 border or containers. 1.5m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Mahonia x media ‘Charity’
Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub, with pinnate leaves. LONICERA Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum NEW Racemes of small, yellow flowers are held above the TO RANGE foliage in late autumn. Good in a mixed border for Lonicera nitida ‘Maigrun’ ‘Fire Dance’ A hardy, rounded deciduous shrub with green leaves. winter interest A hardy, rounded, evergreen shrub has deep reddish- Pale pink buds open in early spring to white flowers 1.8m x 1.5m. Partial to full shade. A small, bushy and dense, evergreen shrub with tiny, purple leaves, which may become green in summer. with up to 30 narrow tepals. Great in a mixed border, ovate, bright green leaves. In mid- to late spring, Bright pink, slightly fragrant flowers are produced spring garden or as an architectural center piece insignificant creamy-white flowers are produced from early spring. Great in a mixed border, or in a 1.5m x 2m. Full sun to partial shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 followed by sparsely produced, purple berries. Makes container. a great low hedge as it take clipping well. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 A evergreen shrub with long, spiny, pinnate leaves. Bright yellow, fragrant flowers, in clusters of erect racemes, followed by blue-black berries. Good in a mixed border for winter interest 1.5m x 1.2m. Partial to full shade.
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NANDINA OSMANTHUS Philadelphus maculatus Phormium ‘Pink Stripe’ Nandina domestica ‘Fire Power’ Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Goshiki’ ‘Sweet Clare’ A hardy, deciduous shrub with small, narrow silver- A hardy, clump-forming evergreen with linear, dark A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with compound A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub, with coarsely green leaves. Strongly scented, downward facing bronze-green leaves with wide, bright pink margins. leaves which are yellowish-green in summer, spined leaves, marbled with cream. Clusters of small delicate white flowers blotched with crimson, are On occasion, panicles of tubular, burgundy flowers becoming orange and red in autumn and winter. fragrant white flowers are produced in late summer. produced in mid-summer. Ideal in the mixed border borne on upright stems in summer. Adds shape or Flowers are white, in conical panicles when produced Easy to grow and low maintenance they make a or as a specimen plant. texture to the mixed border. Looks good growing in summer. Perfect for sunny spot in small garden, can useful dense hedge or can be planted in a patio pot. 1.2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. through gravel and in containers. also be grown in containers. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Philadelphus ‘Mrs E. L. Robinson’ Phormium ‘Sundowner’
Nandina domestica ‘Gulf Stream’ Osmanthus heterophyllus A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with ovate green ‘Variegatus’ A hardy, evergreen shrub with leaves coloured leaves. Masses of semi-double, beautifully scented bronzey-green with creamy-pink outer margins A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with pinnate A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with spiny, ovate white flowers are produced on arching branches strap-shaped leaves. Occasionally yellow flowers are leaves, sometimes red-flushed, olive- to blue-green leaves boldly edged with creamy-white. Small, white, from early summer. Ideal in the mixed border or as produced in summer on tall stems. Adds shape or leaflets, bronze to red when young and red in winter. fragrant flowers are produced in late summer, a specimen plant. texture to the mixed border. Looks good growing Conical panicles of small white flowers are produced sometimes followed by black fruits. Easy to grow and 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. through gravel and in containers. in summer. Perfect for sunny spot in small garden, can low maintenance they make a useful dense hedge or 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. also be grown in containers. can be planted in a patio pot. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1.2m x 1m. Full sun. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 PHORMIUM Phormium ‘Yellow Wave’ Phormium Black Velvet (Seivel) Nandina domestica Obsessed Osmanthus x burkwoodii A hardy, evergreen, clump-forming shrub with arching, strap-shaped leaves, heavily striped with A hardy, compact, semi evergreen with fiery red A hardy, dense, evergreen shrub with dark green, A hardy, clump-forming, evergreen shrub with bright yellow. Flowers seldom produced. Adds shape foliage turning orange through to rich green as the ovate leaves. Clusters of small, highly-scented white leathery, sword-shaped, upright to arching, dark or texture to the mixed border. Looks good growing leaves age. Pretty white flowers produced around in flowers, occasionally followed by a few black fruits, maroon leaves. Trumpet flowers on tall stems are through gravel and in containers. midsummer are followed by glossy red berries after are produced in spring. Easy to grow and low produced when mature. Adds shape or texture 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. a hot summer. Perfect for sunny spot in small garden, maintenance they make a useful dense hedge or can to the mixed border. Looks good growing through gravel and in containers. can also be grown in containers. be planted in a patio pot. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1m x 1m. Full sun. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 0.9m x 0.9m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 PHOTINIA Phormium cookianum subs. Photinia x fraseri ‘Canivily’ PEROVSKIA Hookeri ‘Tricolor’ Nandina domestica ‘Richmond’ Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’ A hardy, clump-forming evergreen shrub with sword- A hardy, upright evergreen shrub with elliptic to shaped leaves striped with yellow and green and red. lance-shaped, dark green leaves, often with wavy Flowers yellowish-green, in large panicles appear edges. New growth is pinky red in colour. Panicles A hardy, evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub with on mature plants in summer. Adds shape or texture A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub, with white stems of small, white flowers in spring. Great in a mixed green, lance-shaped leaves that turn red in autumn. In to the mixed border. Looks good growing through bearing aromatic greyish leaves. Small violet-blue border or as a hedge - easy to trim and keep tidy. summer, it bears panicles of white flowers followed gravel and in containers. flowers in large plumy panicles are produced in late 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. by bright-red berries in winter. Perfect for sunny spot 1.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to partial shade. in small garden, can also be grown in containers. summer. Looks good planted with grasses in borders 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun. and ideal for cutting. Loved by bees 1.5m x 1m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Phormium ‘Crimson Devil’ Photinia x fraseri ‘Little Red Robin’
Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ NEW A hardy, evergreen shrub has impressive rich red A hardy, evergreen shrub that is a dwarf cultivar TO RANGE similar in colour to the popular ‘Red Robin’. Glossy (Twilight) leaves with darker margins which arch gracefully. PHILADELPHUS Trumpet flowers on tall stems are produced when dark green leaves bright-red when young. Small A hardy, evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub. New Philadelphus ‘Belle Étoile’ mature. Adds shape or texture to the mixed border. white flowers in flattened flowerheads are produced foliage emerges flamingo pink and bronze, before Looks good growing through gravel and in containers. in mid-late spring. Use in mixed borders or in colouring to variegated green and cream. In summer, 1.5m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. containers. the starry white flowers add to the display, followed 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with ovate, green by red berries in autumn. Perfect for sunny spot in leaves. Produces highly-scented single white flowers, small garden, can also be grown in containers. tinged purple in the centre, from spring. Ideal in the 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.2m x 60cm. Full sun. mixed border or as a specimen plant. 1.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Phormium ‘Jester’ Photinia x fraseri ‘Louise’ 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 A hardy, clump-forming, evergreen with linear pink A hardy, upright evergreen shrub with bright leaves with bright green margins. On occasion, coloured leaves, red to olive-green with pink margins OLEARIA tubular, dull red flowers borne on upright stems in when young, maturing to dark grey-green with Olearia x haastii summer. Adds shape or texture to the mixed border. creamy-white margins. Panicles of small white flowers Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ Looks good growing through gravel and in containers. produced in spring. Use in a mixed border or as a 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. hedge - easy to trim and keep tidy. A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with compound 3m x 3m. Full sun to part shade. leaves which are yellowish-green in summer, A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with ovate green 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 becoming orange and red in autumn and winter. leaves. Flowers are creamy-white, with a strong, heavy 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Flowers are white, in conical panicles when produced scent, when produced in early summer. Ideal in the 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 in summer. Perfect for sunny spot in small garden, can mixed border or as a specimen plant. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 also be grown in containers. 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. Phormium ‘Maori Queen’
Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 FLOWER SHOW 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 A hardy, evergreen shrub with leathery, short, arching A hardy, evergreen shrub of upright habit, with glossy, sword shaped leaves that are olive-green with rose- elliptic, dark green leaves are bright red when young. red edges that fade to cream. Trumpet flowers on Sparse creamy-white flowers produced in spring. tall stems are produced when mature. Adding shape Use in a mixed border or as a hedge - easy to trim or texture to the mixed border. Looks good growing and keep tidy. through gravel and in containers. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
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PHYSOCARPUS Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’ Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘PomPom’ NEW Physocarpus opulifolius TO RANGE ‘Dart’s Gold’ A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub, with small, green A large, broadly columnar evergreen shrub with A hardy, compact, round evergreen shrub with wavy A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with bright yellow leaves margined with white. Flowers white, from slender, dark shoots. Leaves are rounded, glossy light light-green leaves in spring, turning dark-purple. leaves, aging to lime green. Clusters of small, cream pink buds, rather sparse. Low maintenance shrub for green, with wavy margins. Insignificant small, honey- Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal plant. Also or pink-tinged flowers are produced in summer. mixed borders, ideal for patio pots and containers. scented deep purple flowers open in clusters in late good in a pot. Great in a mixed border for a splash of alternative 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. spring and early summer. Great in a mixed border 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. colour. or container. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Silver Ball’ NEW Pieris japonica ‘Passion’ (Passion) NEW Pittosporum tenuifolium NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE TO RANGE Physocarpus opulifolius Diable ‘Bannow Bay (Breebay) D’Or (Mindia) A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with a tidy A bushy, medium-sized, evergreen shrub with dark A hardy, evergreen shrub with colour changing foliage. ball-shaped habit. Forms a dense rounded ball of A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with red-bronze green foliage, flushed red in spring. The urn-shaped From the burgundy mound new shoots emerge in shimmering silver green foliage that seldom needs young foliage, darkening with maturity. It bears flowers in white and dark pink are produced in spring with green leaves edged in silver, fading through clipping. Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal clusters of small, white flowers in summer followed dense, upright to spreading, clusters in spring. Low summer into a mottled green and burgundy effect plant. Also good in a pot. by small, bright red berries. Great in a mixed border maintenance shrub for mixed borders, ideal for patio returning to a rich deep burgundy through the winter 0.7m x 0.7m. Full sun to part shade. for a splash of alternative colour. pots and containers. months. Great in a mixed border or container. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.60m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Pittosporum tenuifolium Pieris japonica ‘Pink Passion’ NEW Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Tom Thumb’ Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ TO RANGE (Diabolo) (Opstal 69) ‘Variegatum’ A hardy, compact, rounded evergreen shrub with A bushy, medium-sized, evergreen shrub with dark A hardy, evergreen shrub with wavy-edged grey- wavy light-green leaves in spring, turning dark-purple. A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub with deep purple, Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal plant. Also three-lobed leaves. Clusters of small white, pink- green foliage, flushed red in spring. The urn-shaped green leaves that are margined cream. Scented, dark flowers lightly fragrant, pale pink flowers produced purple star-shaped flowers are borne from summer. good in a pot. tinged flowers are produced in summer. Great in a 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. mixed border for a splash of alternative colour. throughout spring in dense, upright to spreading, Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal plant. Also 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. clusters in spring. Low maintenance shrub for mixed good in a pot. borders, ideal for patio pots and containers. 4m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 1.2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 POTENTILLA NEW NEW Physocarpus opulifolous Pieris japonica ‘Polar Passion’ Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Elizabeth’ AS FEATURED AT TO RANGE TO RANGE CHELSEA Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bella Bianca’ FLOWER SHOW ‘Lady in Red’ (Tuliad) (PPOBAS) (Hachbianca) A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with fresh red A bushy, medium-sized, evergreen shrub with green A hardy, evergreen shrub with wavy-edged grey- A hardy, compact deciduous shrub with pinnate dark foliage toning to a brown-bronze as the season foliage, irregularly edged with cream. The urn-shaped green leaves that are margined creamy-pink in all green leaves. Masses of saucer-shaped, pure white progresses. Clusters of small pink flowers are large red flowers are produced throughout spring in seasons. Scented, dark purple star-shaped flowers flowers are produced from late spring into autumn. produced in summer. Great in a mixed border for a dense, upright to spreading, clusters in spring. Low are borne from summer. Great in a mixed border, Great in a mixed border or in a container. Loved splash of alternative colour. maintenance shrub for mixed borders, ideal for patio excellent coastal plant. Also good in a pot. by bees. 1.5 x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. pots and containers. 4m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 50cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 1.2m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
Physocarpus opulifolius NEW Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Gold Ball’ NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bella Sol’ ‘Little Angel’ (Hoogi016) PITTOSPORUM (Hachdon) A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with warm red Pittosporum ‘Abbotsbury Gold’ A hardy, very compact, rounded evergreen shrub. Its A hardy, compact deciduous shrub with pinnate dark foliage. A well-branching variety. It blooms in summer small leaves are golden yellow margined with green, green leaves. Masses of saucer-shaped, vivid orange- with white flowers. Great in a mixed border for a which then become clear green with age. Great in yellow flowers are produced from late spring into splash of alternative colour. A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub, with rounded a mixed border, excellent coastal plant. Also good autumn. Great in a mixed border or in a container. 0.50m x 0.30m. Full sun to part shade. leathery yellow leaves margined with dark green. Very in a pot. Loved by bees. small fragrant deep purple flowers open in late spring 0.8m x 0.8m. Full sun to part shade. 50cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. and early summer. Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal plant. Also good in a pot. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Pittosporum tenuifolium AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA Potentilla fruticosa ‘Bellisima’ PIERIS FLOWER SHOW ‘Golf Ball’ (Golf Ball) (Hachliss) Pieris ‘Flaming Silver’ Pittosporum ‘Arundel Green’ A hardy, compact, rounded evergreen shrub with A hardy, compact deciduous shrub with pinnate slender, black stems bearing glossy, bright-green dark green leaves. Masses saucer-shaped, bright pink leaves. Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal A hardy, upright evergreen shrub, the young foliage flowers are produced from late spring into autumn. A hardy, upright shrub with light green leaves with plant. Also good in a pot. Great in a mixed border or in a container. Loved bright red, becoming green, boldly margined with undulated, wavy margins. Older branches are dark 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. silvery-white. Small creamy-white bell-shaped flowers by bees. grey, while younger twigs are very dark purplish-red. 50cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. in branching clusters produced in spring. Low Small, scented, black flowers may appear from spring. maintenance shrub for mixed borders, ideal for patio Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal plant. Also pots and containers. good in a pot. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Irene Paterson’ PRUNUS Pieris ‘Forest Flame’ Pittosporum ‘Garnettii’ A hardy, evergreen shrub, the undulated leaves Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’ become dark green speckled with white and often tinged pink in winter. Fragrant deep purple flowers A hardy, evergreen shrub with green foliage that A hardy, dense, evergreen shrub of upright habit, with are produced from spring. Great in a mixed border, A hardy, deciduous shrub with zig-zag branches starts off red, changes to pink and cream and finally rounded grey-green leaves edged with cream. Small excellent coastal plant. Also good in a pot. bearing mid-green, lance-shaped leaves. Masses of becomes green. Panicles of small, cream flowers deep purple flowers produced in clusters in spring. 1.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. single white or palest pink, flowers which become are produced in spring. Low maintenance shrub for Great in a mixed border, excellent coastal plant. Also deeper pink in the centre produced in spring before mixed borders, ideal for patio pots and containers. good in a pot. the foliage. Makes an excellent addition to a mixed 4m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 border or in a container. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
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PYRACANTHA SANTOLINA Skimmia japonica ‘Olympic Flame’ SOPHORA Pyracantha coccinea ‘Red Column’ NEW Santolina chamaecyparissus Sophora SUN KING (Hilsop) TO RANGE Female. A hardy, evergreen shrub with dark green A hardy, evergreen, spiny shrub with glossy dark A hardy, dwarf evergreen shrub with silvery-woolly, leathery leaves. White flowers in spring followed by A hardy, evergreen shrub with pinnate leaves green leaves. Clusters of small white flowers in dissected leaves. Long-stalked, button-like, bright red berries in autumn. The flowers are highly fragrant. composed of up to 40 pairs of small oblong leaflets. summer are followed by long-lasting red berries from yellow flowerheads are produced in summer. Great Good in mixed borders for all year round interest or Large bright yellow claw-like flowers in short autumn. Great used as security hedging, a wall shrub used as dwarf hedging. Also for a mixed borders and in spring and woodland gardens and containers. racemes are produced in late winter and early spring. or as a specimen. makes a good container plant. 1.5m x 1.5m. Partial shade to full shade. Suitable for use in mixed borders, as a wall shrub or 3m x 2.8m. Full sun to part shade. 0.6m x 1m. Full sun. as a specimen. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun. 3L Rose Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Pyracantha ‘Golden Charmer’ NEW Santolina rosmarinifolia Skimmia japonica TO RANGE ‘Red Riding Hood’ ‘Lemon Fizz’ SORBARIA A hardy, evergreen, spiny shrub with glossy dark A hardy, dwarf evergreen shrub with aromatic, yellow- Female. A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with mid- green leaves. Clusters of small white flowers in green, dissected foliage. Lemon yellow, pinhead flowers green glossy leaves. Panicles of pink buds opening Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’ (Sem) summer are followed by bright orange from autumn. are borne in summer on long stalks above the leaves. to fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers in spring Great used as dwarf hedging. Also for a mixed borders followed by bright red fruit. Good in mixed borders Great used as security hedging, a wall shrub or as a A hardy, compact shrub with upright stems and and makes a good container plant. for all year round interest or in spring and woodland specimen. distinctive yellow-green leaves that are flushed with 0.5m x 1m. Full sun. gardens and containers. 3m x 2.8m. Full sun to part shade. pink. Upright panicles of small white flowers are 1m x 1m. Partial shade to full shade. produced in summer. Great for use in mixed borders 3L Rose Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 for it’s colour splash, very effective by water. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Pyracantha ‘Mohave’ NEW TO RANGE SARCOCOCCA Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’
A hardy, evergreen, spiny shrub with glossy dark Sarcococca confusa Male. A hardy, bushy evergreen shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of small white flowers in green, elliptic leaves. Panicles of red buds in late summer are followed by orange-red fruits which A hardy, bushy, evergreen shrub with deep green, winter, open to fragrant white flowers in early spring. SPIRAEA hang from autumn. Great used as security hedging, a glossy leaves. In winter, very sweetly scented, creamy- Good in mixed borders for all year round interest or wall shrub or as a specimen. white flowers are produced in winter, followed by in spring and woodland gardens and containers. Spiraea ‘Arguta’ 3m x 2.8m. Full sun to part shade. black berries. Perfect for growing in a woodland 1.5m x 1.5m. Partial shade to full shade. border or shady corner, where you can enjoy its A hardy, deciduous shrub with arching sprays, 3L Rose Shelf Quantity: 21 heady fragrance throughout winter. covered of white flowers in mid and late spring. 2m x 1m. Partial to full shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 These are followed by the bright green leaves. An easy to grow plant, to guarantee an abundant, foam- 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 like display it must be pruned annually immediately after flowering. Use in a mixed border. Pyracantha ‘Orange Glow’ NEW 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun. TO RANGE Skimmia japonica ‘Temptation’ A hardy, spiny, evergreen shrub of upright habit, with (in berry) (Temptation) 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 glossy dark green leaves. Clusters of small, white Sarcococca hookeriana Female. A hardy, upright evergreen shrub with glossy, flowers produced in summer are followed by bright WINTER GEM (Pmoore03) elliptic, dark green leaves. Dense panicles of yellow- orange berries in the autumn. Great used as security A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub, with dark green, green buds opening to star-shaped, fragrant, creamy- hedging, a wall shrub or as a specimen. glossy leaves held on red stems. Highly scented white white flowers in spring followed by bright red fruit. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. flowers, opening from red buds in winter. Red-black Good in mixed borders or in spring and woodland Spiraea japonica ‘Firelight’ fruit follows the flowers. Perfect for a woodland gardens and containers. 3L Rose Shelf Quantity: 21 border or shady corner, where you can enjoy its heady 50cm x 100cm. Partial shade to full shade. fragrance throughout winter. A hardy, deciduous shrub that produces elliptical 0.5m x 0.5m. Partial to full shade. bright yellow foliage which turns red and green with 1L Shelf Quantity: 30 age. In early summer clusters of tiny florets of mauve 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 flowers appear which make a lovely contrast with 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 the leaves. Easy to grow, suits a mixed border, rock or gravel garden. ROSMARINUS 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. Rosmarinus officinalis Skimmia japonica ‘White Globe’ (FM1) 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 A hardy, bushy, upright evergreen shrub with Male. A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub with glossy aromatic, narrowly oblong, dark green leaves, whitish SKIMMIA dark green leaves. Produces fragrant white flowers beneath. The flowers are violet-blue and white, borne Skimmia japonica ‘Finchy’ opening from greenish buds in spring. Good in mixed mainly in spring and summer. Great in a gravel or borders for all year round interest or in spring and rock garden, mixed borders or in a container. Male. A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub with glossy, woodland gardens and containers Spiraea japonica 2m x 2m. Full sun. elliptic, dark green leaves. Dense panicles of tiny, 1m x 1.2m. Partial shade to full shade. GOLDEN PRINCESS fragrant, star-shaped, creamy-white flowers are A hardy, bushy, deciduous shrub with ovate leaves 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 produced in spring. Good in mixed borders for opening reddish-bronze, becoming rich gold in all year round interest or in spring and woodland 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 summer, reddish in autumn. Bright rosy-pink flowers gardens and containers. in flattened heads are produced in late summer. Easy 1m x 60cm. Partial shade to full shade to grow, suits a mixed border, rock or gravel garden. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. SAMBUCUS 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Skimmia reevsiana 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA Hermaphrodite. A hardy, compact, evergreen shrub ‘Black Lace’ (Eva) FLOWER SHOW with slightly aromatic, leathery leaves. Small, fragrant, A hardy, deciduous shrub with very deeply Skimmia japonica ‘Fragrant Cloud’ creamy-white flowers are produced in dense clusters dissected purplish-black foliage, giving a distinctive in spring, followed by red berries in autumn. Good lacy effect. Flat umbels of tiny pinkish flowers are in mixed borders or in spring and woodland gardens Spiraea japonica ‘Little Princess’ borne abundantly in summer. Purple-black berries Male. A hardy, evergreen shrub forming a low dome and containers. may follow. Perfect for a mixed borders adding a with aromatic, dark green, obovate leaves. Dense 50cm x 1m. Partial shade to full shade. clusters of small, fragrant white flowers are produced A hardy, small, deciduous, mound forming shrub contrasting colour. with bronze new growth turning mid-green as they 8m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. in spring. Good in mixed borders for all year round 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 interest or in spring and woodland gardens and mature. In summer it produces tiny pink flowers that make up bigger heads. Great for mixed borders or 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 containers. 1m x 1m. Partial shade to full shade. in a container. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla ‘Blue Sheen’ A hardy, upright, deciduous shrub has pinnate leaves, dark purple-black leaflets with a silvery-blue sheen. Flattened panicles of tiny, aromatic, pink flowers are produced in summer followed by spherical, glossy, black fruit. Perfect for a mixed borders adding a contrasting colour. 8m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
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STACHYURUS TAMARIX VINCA Viburnum AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA Stachyurus chinensis ‘Celina’ Tamarix tetrandra plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Mariesii’ FLOWER SHOW Vinca major ‘Variegata’ A hardy, large, spreading, deciduous shrub with A hardy, medium-sized shrub with a spreading A hardy, medium-sized, deciduous shrub with arching, veined, dark green leaves turning purple in autumn. A hardy, evergreen, mat-forming shrub, leafy stems habit has purplish young branches and broad green almost black branches, with tiny green scale-like Flattened clusters of white flowers are produced with ovate green leaves margined with cream. leaves, narrowing to a tapering point, and show good leaves. Beautiful large plumes of light pink flowers are in late spring sometimes followed by red fruit that Violet-blue flowers opening from spring to autumn. autumn colour. It bears long , hanging racemes of pale produced in late spring. Use in mixed borders, or as a ripens black. A fantastic ornamental plant in a mixed Easy-to-grow, forms extensive carpet - excellent yellow cup-shaped flowers when produced in spring. wind-resister, or coastal planting. or shrub border. groundcover. Use in a mixed border. 4m x 4m. Full sun. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 0.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to full shade. 2m x 4m. Partial shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Viburnum tinus SPIRIT (Anvi) SYMPHORICARPOS Vinca major ‘Wojo’s Jem’ VIBURNUM A hardy, dense, evergreen shrub with ovate, glossy, Symphoricarpos Viburnum davidii dark green leaves. From late winter into spring, A hardy, evergreen, mat-forming shrub with ovate, MAGICAL CANDY (Kolmcan) flattened clusters of pink buds opening to small, bright to creamy-yellow leaves with wide, irregular, white flowers followed by blue-black fruit. A fantastic A hardy, compact, thicket-forming deciduous shrub, dark green margins. Masses of violet-blue flowers are A hardy, spreading evergreen shrub, with elliptic, ornamental plant in a mixed or shrub border. with ovate, dark to grey-green leaves. Short racemes produced from mid-spring into autumn. Easy-to-grow, deep green, leathery, veined leaves. Flattened heads of 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. of pale pink flowers in summer are followed by forms extensive carpet - excellent groundcover. small white flowers are produced in spring followed 0.4m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. dense clusters of fruit that ripen to bright pink. Use on cross-pollinated plants by long-lasting ‘metallic’ in a mixed border, or good as an informal hedge. blue-black berries. A versatile, easy-to-grow plant, 1.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. ideal for groundcover. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea’ A hardy, strong-growing, upright, deciduous shrub. Symphoricarpos Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’ Dark purple shoots bearing terminal clusters A hardy, evergreen, mat-forming shrub with ovate, MAGICAL GALAXY (Kolmgala) of scented, pink flowers are produced from late dark green leaves. Masses of deep reddish-purple autumn until spring. Oval leaves open bronze- A hardy, compact, thicket-forming deciduous shrub salver shaped flowers are produced in spring. A hardy, bushy deciduous shrub with lobed green tinted, becoming dark green by summer. A fantastic with oval green leaves tinted with yellow. A mass of Easy-to-grow, forms extensive carpet - excellent leaves turning reddish in autumn. Creamy-white ornamental plant in a mixed or shrub border. small white flowers are produced in summer which groundcover. sterile flowers in dense rounded clusters are 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.1m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. go on to produce white fleshy berries in autumn. Use produced in summer. A fantastic ornamental plant in in a mixed border, or good as an informal hedge. a mixed or shrub border. 1.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 4m x 4m. Full sun to full shade. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ 3L Sterile Shelf Quantity: 12 Vinca minor ‘Azurea Flore Pleno’ A hardy, strong-growing deciduous shrub of upright Symphoricarpos Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum growth, with dark green, ovate leaves. Clusters A hardy, evergreen mat-forming shrub with dark MAGICAL SWEET (Kolmaswet) of scented, light pink and white flowers opening green, glossy, ovate leaves. Salver shaped pretty KILIMANJARO (Jww1) from autumn to spring, from red buds. A fantastic A hardy, compact, thicket-forming deciduous shrub double, sky-blue flowers are produced from spring A hardy deciduous shrub with green leaves. Very ornamental plant in a mixed or shrub border. with ovate dark green leaves. Masses of pink flowers through to autumn. Easy-to-grow, forms extensive pretty, lacecap-like flowers appear on the tiered 3m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. are produced in summer, followed by clusters of carpet - excellent groundcover. branches of this conical, deciduous shrub in early 0.15m x 1.5m. Full sun to full shade. large pink to violet berries in autumn. Use in a mixed summer. A fantastic ornamental plant in a mixed or border, or good as an informal hedge. shrub border. 1.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 10L Shelf Quantity: 10 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Anne Russell’ Vinca minor f. alba ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with attractive, glossy SYRINGA Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum leaves. In spring it is clothed with clusters of fragrant A hardy, evergreen mat-forming shrub with small, KILIMANJARO ‘Sunrise’ (Jww5) white flowers that emerge from pink buds. A fantastic glossy, dark green ovate leaves. An abundance of Syringa bloomerang Pink Perfume ornamental plant in a mixed or shrub border. salver shaped pure white flowers are produced A hardy deciduous shrub with green leaves. Very 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. in spring. Easy-to-grow, forms extensive carpet - pretty, lacecap-like flowers appear on the tiered excellent groundcover. A hardy, relatively compact, deciduous shrub branches of this conical, deciduous shrub in early 0.1m x 1m. Full sun to full shade. with bright green broadly-ovate leaves. Panicles of summer. A fantastic ornamental plant in a mixed or sweetly-scented pink flowers are borne from spring shrub border. 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 to summer and again from summer into autumn. Best planted where the exquisite scent can be appreciated. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5m 1.5m. Full sun. 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Mohawk’ 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ A hardy, semi-evergreen shrub with glossy ovate Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum leaves. In spring, it has dense clusters of heavily- A hardy, evergreen, mat-forming shrub with bright Pink Beauty scented white flowers that open from red buds. In yellow, ovate leaves narrowly margined with dark autumn, its leaves turn orange and red and it bears green. Masses of violet-blue flowers produced over Syringa ‘Red Pixie’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA A hardy, medium-sized deciduous shrub with red berries that ripen to black. A fantastic ornamental FLOWER SHOW a long period from mid spring to early autumn. attractively veined green leaves turning purplish in plant in a mixed or shrub border. Easy-to-grow, forms extensive carpet - excellent A hardy, small, deciduous shrub with mid-green autumn. Flat, lacecap heads of creamy-white flowers 2m x 2m. Full sun to part shade. groundcover. leaves. It bears red buds that open into panicles ageing to pink appear in spring, sometimes followed 0.1m x 1m. Full sun to full shade. of highly fragrant, pale-pink flowers in spring. Best by red, later black, berries. A fantastic ornamental 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 planted where the exquisite scent can be appreciated. plant in a mixed or shrub border. 1.8m x 1.8m. Full sun. 4m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12
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Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ Weigela ‘Florida Variegata’ ACANTHUS Achillea ‘Pomegranate’ Acanthus mollis (Tutti Frutti Series) A hardy, evergreen mat-forming perennial with glossy, A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with narrowly A compact herbaceous perennial, with aromatic, dark green, ovate leaves. Masses of salver shaper ovate, mid-green leaves edged with creamy-white. Clump-forming perennial with shiny, deeply lobed, ferny foliage. Flower clusters, in non-fading magenta, violet-blue flowers are produced in spring. Easy-to- Clusters of funnel-shaped, light pink flowers are dark green leaves. Pretty upright spears made up of are produced from late spring to late summer. An grow, forms extensive carpet - excellent groundcover. produced in spring and summer. Great for a mixed many of white flowers with purple bracts on purple attractive hardy plant that makes a great cut flower, 0.2m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. border or in a container. stems are produced in summer. Perfect for use in best in a mixed border. 2.5m x 2.5m. Full sun to part shade. mixed borders, woodland or cottage gardens. 50cm x 50cm. Full sun. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Achillea ‘Wonderful Wampee’
Vinca minor ‘Ralph Shugert’ Weigela middendorffiana ‘Mango’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA Acanthus ‘Whitewater’ (Tutti Frutti Series) FLOWER SHOW A hardy perennial which is a compact and bushy A hardy, evergreen, mat forming shrub with dark A hardy, unusual, deciduous shrub with bright green Bears Breeches. A herbaceous perennial, with large, variety with ferny foliage. Clusters of flowers that green leaves that have a narrow white border. Masses foliage. It produces open trumpet-shaped pale yellow deeply cut, variegated dark-green leaves covered with begin rich pink, aging to a bicolor soft pink and blush for salver shaped flowers are vivid, deep violet when flowers, their throats speckled with mango and white splashes. In summer, upright flower stems bear are produced all summer. An attractive plant that produced in spring. Easy-to-grow, forms extensive orange, from late spring into summer. Great for a white, funnel-shaped flowers with hood-like purple makes a great cut flower, best in a mixed border. carpet - excellent groundcover. mixed border or in a container. bracts. Perfect for us in mixed borders, woodland or 50cm x 50cm. Full sun. 0.2m x 1m. Full sun to full shade. 1m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. cottage gardens 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
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Weigela ‘Picobella Rose’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA WEIGELA FLOWER SHOW Agapanthus ‘Bridal Bouquet’ AS FEATURED AT ACHILLEA CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW Weigela All Summer Monet (Verwig8) NEW A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with mid green TO RANGE Achillea ‘Apricot Delight’ Great clump-forming hardy perennial with strap like leaves. Plentiful clusters of rose-pink flower trumpets NEW (Tutti Frutti Series) with a dark eye, are produced in spring and summer. TO RANGE green leaves. Open heads of small, white trumpet-shaped A compact, hardy, deciduous shrub with green Great for a mixed border or in a container. A hardy perennial with feathery silvery leaves. flowers on tall stems produced in mid summer. A great leaves margined with creamy-white flushed with 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. Produces flattish flower heads of soft apricot to rich architectural plant that also works beautifully with pink. Funnel-shaped flowers are rich pink and they rose pink flowers that make a colourful hit in the Mediterranean-inspired garden schemes or in containers. usually start appearing in mid-spring and continues all garden all summer. An attractive hardy plant that 0.6m x 0.4m. Full sun. the way through to mid-autumn. Great for a mixed makes a great cut flower, best in a mixed border. border or in a container. 50cm x 50cm. Full sun. 0.75m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Weigela PINK POPPET (Plangen) Agapanthus ‘Charlotte’ (Desred) Weigela All Summer Peach (Slingpink) NEW A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with mid green Achillea Desert Eve Red Wonderful hardy perennial that forms clumps of TO RANGE leaves. Plentiful clusters of pink flower trumpets are strap-like mid-green leaves. Full, round vivid blue flowers produced in spring and summer. Great for a mixed A hardy perennial that forms low mounds of fragrant on strong stems are produced in summer. A great A compact, hardy, deciduous shrub with simple border or in a container. architectural plant that also works beautifully with green leaves. Funnel-shaped flowers are a bright ferny foliage. Large, brick red flower clusters are 0.6m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. produced all summer. Loved by pollinators this plant Mediterranean-inspired garden schemes or in containers. pink through to soft white and they usually start 0.6m x 0.35m. Full sun. appearing in mid-spring and continues all the way is great in a mixed sunny border. through to mid-autumn. Great for a mixed border or 0.2m x 0.3m Full sun. in a container. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.75m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Agapanthus ‘Ever Sapphire’ (Andbin) NEW 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 TO RANGE
Achillea DESERT EVE ROSE A hardy, evergreen perennial forming a clump of green Weigela All Summer Red (Slingco1) NEW TO RANGE strap like leaves. Upright stems of rounded umbels A hardy perennial that forms low mounds of fragrant of deep blue trumpet shaped flowers are produced repeatedly through summer to autumn. A great A compact, hardy, deciduous shrub with simple green ferny foliage. Fabulous deep-rose flower clusters architectural plant that also works beautifully with leaves. Funnel-shaped flowers are a lush shade of red produced all summer. Loved by pollinators this plant Mediterranean-inspired garden schemes or in containers. and they usually start appearing in mid-spring and is great in a mixed sunny border. 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun. continues all the way through to mid-autumn. Great 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun. for a mixed border or in a container. 0.75m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Agapanthus ‘Ever White’ (WP001) NEW TO RANGE Achillea Desert Eve Yellow (Desyel) A hardy, evergreen perennial with green strap like Weigela Black and White This hardy perennial forms low mounds of fragrant leaves. Upright stems of rounded umbels of pure white (Courtacad1) ferny foliage. Large, light yellow flower clusters are trumpet shaped flowers are produced repeatedly through summer to autumn. A great architectural A hardy, compact, deciduous shrub with ovate, produced all summer. Loved by pollinators this plant plant that also works beautifully with Mediterranean- purple- to bronze-flushed, dark green leaves. Clusters is great in a mixed sunny border. inspired gardens or in containers. of fragrant, funnel-shaped, white flowers appear from 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun. 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun. late spring into summer. Great for a mixed border or in a container. 0.5m x 0.8m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 Achillea ‘Pink Grapefruit’ Agapanthus Lapis Lazuli (Tutti Frutti Series) This hardy perennial has feathery silver-green leaves. A hardy perennial forming a clump of long, green Produces vibrant flattened clusters of small daisy-like strap like leaves. In the summer, sturdy, upright stems flower-heads in shades of pinky-red in summer. An of rounded umbels of brilliant blue trumpet shaped attractive hardy plant that makes a great cut flower, flowers are produced. A great architectural plant that best in a mixed border. also works beautifully with Mediterranean-inspired 1m x 50cm. Full sun. garden schemes or in containers. 60cm x 40cm. Full sun.
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Agapanthus ‘Purple Delight’ Alstroemeria Inticancha Navayo Alstroemeria Little Miss Natalie Anemone x hybrida (Tesnava) ‘Honorine Jobert’ A hardy, clump forming perennial with bright green A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous A compact perennial with lush green leaves. Masses Hardy perennial forming clumps of deep green, strap-like leaves. Abundant stems of purple flowers perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From of trumpet shaped, white flowers with pink tinges divided foliage. Pure white single flowers on tall are produced in late summer. A great architectural early summer to mid-autumn, masses of mid-pink are produced all summer. Great for the front of a stems are produced from late summer into autumn. plant that also works beautifully with Mediterranean- flowers are produced. Perfect for borders or patio border or in a container. Works best in mixed borders in cottage gardens and inspired garden schemes or in containers. pots. 20cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. modern planting designs. 0.5 x 0.5cm. Full sun. 0.3m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade.
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Agapanthus ‘Twister’ (Ambic001) Alstroemeria Inticancha Deep NEW Alstroemeria Little Miss Roselind Anemone x hybrida ‘Pamina’ TO RANGE Purple (Tesdarklin) A hardy, clump forming perennial with narrow strap A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous A compact perennial with lush green leaves. Masses This upright, clump forming perennial has divided like green leaves. Bi-colour open-trumpet flowers, perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From of trumpet shaped, rose pink blooms, with yellow dark green foliage. Tall stems carry double, deep pink blue in the centre to white on the petal edge are early summer to mid-autumn it produces dark splashes are produced all summer. Great for the flowers that form a neat rosette of many narrow produced in summer. A great architectural plant that maroon and dark purple flowers with even darker front of a border or in a container. tepals in late summer. Works best in mixed borders also works beautifully with Mediterranean-inspired purple veining and speckling across the petals Perfect 30cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. in cottage gardens and modern planting designs. garden schemes or in containers. for borders or patio pots. 1m x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 50cm x 40cm. Full sun. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15
Alstroemeria INTICANCHA NEW Alstroemeria Little Miss Sophie Anemone x hybrida ‘Serenade’ ALCHEMILLA TO RANGE Passion (Tespassion) Alchemilla mollis A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous A compact perennial with lush green leaves. Masses This hardy perennial has divided dark green leaves that perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From of trumpet shaped, white blooms flushed with pink form a clump. Large, delicate, semi-double, pale pink early summer to mid-autumn, a great show of funnel- are produced all summer. Great for the front of a blooms on strong stems appear from late summer A hardy perennial that forms a clump of softly border or in a container. through to autumn. Works best in mixed borders in hairy light green leaves with scalloped and toothed shaped white flowers marked with purple blotches and dark streaks are produced. Perfect for borders 15cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. cottage gardens and modern planting designs. edges. Small, bright acid-green flowers produced in 1m x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. abundance in summer. Ideal planted in large volumes or patio pots. for groundcover or for edges. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. 0.1m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Alstroemeria Little Miss Tara Anemone x hybrida ‘Whirlwind’ Alstroemeria Inticancha Valentino NEW TO RANGE (Tesvalen) A compact perennial with lush green leaves. Masses A hardy perennial that makes clumps of large, dark, ALSTROEMERIA A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous of trumpet shaped, red blooms, with yellow throats divided leaves. Pure white flowers with yellow stamens Alstroemeria Inticancha Bryce perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From are produced all summer. Great for the front of a are produced in abundance on stems held above (Tesvbryce) early summer to mid-autumn, clusters of funnel- border or in a container. the foliage. Works best in mixed borders in cottage shaped, flecked, dark red flowers are produced. 30cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. gardens and modern planting designs. A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous Perfect for borders or patio pots. 0.5m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From 0.3m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. early summer to mid-autumn, open clusters of funnel-shaped, orange flowers with brown-flecked, 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 yellow blotches are produced. Perfect for borders 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 or patio pots. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. Alstroemeria Little Miss Vanessa Anemone Belle (Fantasy Series) NEW 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 TO RANGE Alstroemeria Inticancha Kanika NEW (IFANB) TO RANGE (Tesikani) A compact perennial with lush green leaves. Masses A compact, woody-based perennial with oval, palmate, A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous of trumpet shaped, pinkish red blooms, with yellow toothed, dark green leaves. From midsummer into Alstroemeria Inticancha Cabana perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From splashes are produced all summer. Great for the autumn, upright branching stems bearing semi-double early summer to mid-autumn, masses of flowers in front of a border or in a container. dark pink flowers with yellow centres are produced. blends of pink with cream centres are produced. 20cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. Works best in mixed borders in cottage gardens and A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous Perfect for borders or patio pots. modern planting designs. perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From 0.3m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. 50cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. early summer to mid-autumn, a fine show of pale 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 lemon-yellow flowers are produced. Perfect for 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 borders or patio pots. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 ANEMONE Anemone ‘Cinderella’ Alstroemeria Little Miss Christina (Fantasy Series) Anemone Elfin Swan A compact, woody-based perennial with oval, palmate, A compact perennial with lush green leaves. Masses toothed, dark green leaves. From midsummer into Alstroemeria Inticancha Doba of trumpet shaped, creamy white blooms, with pink A hardy perennial with oval, toothed green leaves. autumn, upright branching stems bearing single, rose- (Tesdoba) throats are produced all summer. Great for the front Graceful stems produce icy white, nodding flowers pink flowers with yellow centres are produced. Works of a border or in a container. from late summer. Each flower has a violet-blue best in mixed borders in cottage gardens and modern A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous 15cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. underside and a striking large yellow centre. Works planting designs. perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. best in mixed borders in cottage gardens and 40cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. From early summer to mid-autumn, a fine show of modern planting designs. velvet-red flowers are produced. Perfect for borders 40cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 or patio pots. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Anemone DREAMING SWAN Alstroemeria Little Miss Miranda Anemone sylvestris An upright, clump-forming perennial with oval, dark A compact perennial with lush green leaves. Masses green leaves. From summer into autumn upright Alstroemeria Inticancha Maya of trumpet shaped, white and crimson bicolour An early flowering form of this hardy, clump-forming branching stems bearing single or semi-double, white (Tesmaya) blooms are produced all summer. Great for the front perennial, with deeply divided mid-green leaves. flowers, purple-blue on the reverse of the petals of a border or in a container. A compact, upright, clump-forming, tuberous Fragrant white cup- shaped flowers with golden appear. Works best in mixed borders in cottage 20cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. perennial with lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From yellow anthers on upright stems in spring. Best in the gardens and modern planting designs. early summer to mid-autumn, masses of bi-coloured front of mixed borders or rock gardens. 60cm x 40cm. Full sun to part shade. cherry-red and white flowers are produced. Perfect 0.5m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. for borders or patio pots. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
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Anemone Jasmine (Fantasy Series) NEW ANTHRISCUS Astrantia major ‘Abbey Road’ Bergenia ‘Harzkristall’ TO RANGE (IFANJ) Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’ A compact, woody-based perennial with oval, palmate, An upright, clump-forming, perennial with deeply A hardy, clump-forming evergreen perennial with large toothed, dark green leaves. From midsummer into An elegant form of common cow parsley with divided, dark green leaves. In summer, dark, upright glossy dark green leaves. Clusters of pink-flushed, autumn, upright branching stems bearing single dark striking dark purple foliage. In summer clusters of stems bearing umbels of deep reddish-purple to white flowers on upright, dark stems are produced pink flowers with yellow centres are produced. Works tiny, creamy white flowers are produced. An easy-to- maroon flowers surrounded by prominent bracts in spring. The foliage takes on a reddish flush during best in mixed borders in cottage gardens and modern grow garden favourite for the herbaceous border. are produced. Use in a mixed or herbaceous border. the cold winter weather. Evergreen groundcover that planting designs. 1m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. Adored by bees. tolerates many aspects. 50cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. 80cm x 50cm. Full sun. 0.3m x 0.4m. Full sun to shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Anemone ‘Pocahontas’ Astrantia major ‘Shaggy’ Bergenia ‘Overture’ (Fantasy Series) A compact, upright perennial with oval, toothed, dark ASTILBE An upright perennial with deeply divided green leaves. A hardy, clump-forming evergreen perennial with green leaves. From midsummer into autumn, upright, Astilbe Younique Carmine Branched stems bearing compact heads of greenish- rounded reddish-green leaves. Upright clusters of branching stems bearing double, rose-pink flowers white flowers surrounded by narrow, green-tipped bright cerise flowers held on supporting red stems with yellow centres. Works best in mixed borders in (Verscarmine) white or pinkish bracts are produced in summer. Use are produced in spring. The foliage takes on a reddish cottage gardens and modern planting designs. A hardy perennial that forms a low mound of lacy in a mixed or herbaceous border. Adored by bees. flush during the cold winter weather. Evergreen 50cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. green foliage. Large branching heads of fragrant, 80cm x 35cm. Full sun. groundcover that tolerates many aspects. triangular, fushia-red plumes produced in spring and 0.5m x 1m. Full sun to shade. summer. Great for mixed and herbaceous borders, 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 woodland or planted near water. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 60cm x 40cm. Full sun to partial shade.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Anemone ‘Red Riding Hood’ Astrantia major ‘Penny’s Pink’ (Fantasy Series) BRUNNERA A compact perennial, with rounded to oval leaves An upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with Brunnera macrophylla divided into three toothed, dark green lobes. Slender, Astilbe Younique Cerise (Verscerise) deeply divided green leaves. In summer it produces ‘Hadspen Cream’ wiry stems bearing umbels of saucer-shaped, magenta upright, branching stems bearing umbels of tiny, pink to deep rose-pink flowers from late summer into flowers surrounded by prominent, green-tipped, pale A hardy perennial forming a clump, with sprays autumn. Works best in mixed borders in cottage A hardy perennial that forms a low mound of lacy pink bracts with darker pink veins. Use in a mixed or of small, clear blue flowers in spring, followed by gardens and modern planting designs. green foliage. Large branching heads of fragrant, herbaceous border. Adored by bees. large, heart-shaped leaves, broadly margined with 50cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. triangular, neon pink plumes produced in spring and 75cm x 35cm. Full sun. yellowish-cream. Lights up shady areas, such as summer. Great for mixed and herbaceous borders, beneath deciduous trees. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 woodland or planted near water. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 50cm x 1m. Partial to full shade. 60cm x 40cm. Full sun to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Anemone RUFFLED SWAN Astrantia ‘Roma’
An upright perennial with oval, toothed, mid- to dark An upright hardy perennial with palmate, green leaves. Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ green leaves. From early summer to early autumn, Astilbe Younique Silvery Pink NEW Strong stems hold soft pink flowers, arranged like upright branching stems bearing semi-double, white TO RANGE spokes on a wheel are produced in summer. Use in a flowers, purple on the reverse are produced. Works (Verssilverypink) mixed or herbaceous border, looks good planted with A herbaceous perennial with heart-shaped green best in mixed borders in cottage gardens and modern A hardy perennial that forms a low mound of lacy grasses and is loved by bees. leaves frosted silver. Masses of forget-me- not blue planting designs. green foliage. Large branching heads of fragrant, 0.6m x 0.45m. Full sun. flowers on tall stems in spring. Lights up shady areas, 50cm x 40cm. Full sun to part shade. silvery-pink plumes are produced in spring and such as beneath deciduous trees. summer. Great for mixed and herbaceous borders, 0.5m x 0.5m. Partial to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 woodland or planted near water. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 60cm x 40cm. Full sun to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Anemone Snow Angel NEW TO RANGE BERGENIA An upright perennial with oval, toothed, mid- to Bergenia ‘Angel Kiss’ Brunnera macrophylla ‘Silver Spear’ NEW TO RANGE dark green leaves. From summer to autumn, upright Astilbe Younique White (Verswhite) NEW branching stems bearing semi-double, pure white TO RANGE flowers, with golden centres are produced. Works A hardy evergreen perennial with chunky leaves A hardy perennial with lovely silver leaves with the best in mixed borders in cottage gardens and modern A hardy perennial that forms a low mound of lacy form a slowly spreading cluster. Sprays of bell-shaped veins picked out in green forming a dense mound. planting designs. green foliage. Large branching heads of fragrant, white white flowers emerge in early spring and go pink Clouds of blue forget-me-not flowers in produced 50cm x 45cm. Full sun to part shade. plumes are produced in spring and summer. Great for with age. The foliage takes on a reddish flush during spring. Lights up shady areas, such as beneath mixed and herbaceous borders, woodland or planted the cold winter weather. Evergreen groundcover that deciduous trees. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 near water. tolerates many aspects. 40cm x 45cm. Partial to full shade. 60cm x 40cm. Full sun to partial shade. 25cm x 30cm. Full sun to shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Anemone WILD SWAN (Macane001)
An upright perennial with green oval, toothed leaves. Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ Brunner macrophylla NEW TO RANGE It has white flowers with a blue reverse produced ‘Sterling Silver’ on upright branching stems in late summer to early ASTRANTIA autumn. Works best in mixed borders in cottage A hardy, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with large This perennial forms a clump of large heart-shaped gardens and modern planting designs. Astrantia ‘Buckland’ dark green, leathery leaves. Upright racemes of white leaves, coloured entirely in shimmering silver. Sprays 45cm x 45cm. Full sun to part shade. flowers are produced in the spring. The foliage takes of bright blue Forget-me-not flowers appear in mid on a reddish flush during the cold winter weather. to late spring. Lights up shady areas, such as beneath An upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with Evergreen groundcover that tolerates many aspects. deciduous trees. deeply lobed, toothed, mid-green leaves. Pale pink 0.4m x 0.6m. Full sun to shade. 30cm x 50cm. Partial to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 flowers surrounded by green-tipped, white bracts produced in summer. Use in a mixed or herbaceous border, looks good planted with grasses and is loved 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 by bees. 90cm x 30cm. Full sun. ANGELICA 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Angelica gigas
A robust biennial or short-lived perennial with pinnately divided green leaves. Upright, branched, purple stems bearing large umbels of deep purple flowers produced in late summer and early autumn. Use in a mixed or herbaceous border for a spectacular architectural display. 2m x 1m. Full sun to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
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CAMPANULA CIRSIUM Coreopsis ‘Red Elf’ COSMOS Campanula portenschlagiana Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpureum’ (Li’l Bang Series) Cosmos atrosanguineus ‘Catharina’ A hardy perennial with a low mound of medium- Chocamocha (Thomocha) A low growing, hardy, evergreen perennial, with dark- A hardy perennial with spiny dark green leaves. textured leaves. Large scarlet, golden-eyed, cosmos- This hardy mound forming perennial has ferny, dark green leaves. Masses of vivid violet-blue, bell-shaped Spectacular, deep crimson thistle flowers appear on like blooms are produced in summer. Loved by green leaves. Masses of cup-shaped, velvety chocolate flowers are produced in summer. Perfect for a sunny upright stems in July and August. Loved by butterflies butterflies and bees in a mixed or herbaceous border. coloured blooms that have a strong chocolate cottage, herbaceous or mixed border. and bees. Great in a mixed or herbaceous border. 60cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. fragrance. Plants are slow to grow in spring but love 0.1m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 45cm. Full sun. summer heat. Chocolatey flowers contrast beautifully with hot-coloured plants and flowers. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.35m x 0.35m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 Coreopsis ‘Star Cluster’ Campanula Samantha NEW Cirsium rivulare ‘Trevor’s Blue (Big Bang Series) TO RANGE Wonder’ (Trevors Felly Find) An upright perennial forming a mound of green CROCOSMIA A hardy, clump-forming, perennial with spiny, elliptic leaves. The creamy-white daisies have a gold button A compact, mound-forming perennial with small, centre, appearing from mid summer to mid autumn. Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ rounded to heart-shaped leaves. In summer, upright to lance-shaped, grey-green leaves, softly hairy beneath. Upright purple-flushed stems bearing In cooler weather flowers may develop a deep purple stems bear upturned, bowl-shaped fragrant, blue paling eye. Loved by butterflies and bees in a mixed or to near white towards their centres are produced in thistle-like, magenta flower heads are produced in A hardy perennial with sword shaped pleated mid- to late summer. Loved by butterflies and bees. herbaceous border. mid-green leaves. Arching stems of bold tomato-red abundance. Perfect for a sunny cottage, herbaceous or 60cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. mixed border. Great in a mixed or herbaceous border. flowers are produced in abundance in late summer. 0.3m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5m x 60cm. Full sun. Use in a mixed or herbaceous border for a bright 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 injection of colour. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Coreopsis ‘Starlight’ COREOPSIS (Li’l Bang Series) CANNA A hardy perennial with a low mound of green Canna Tropicanna Coreopsis ‘Cosmic Eye’ leaves. The flowers are pristine white with magenta Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (Big Bang Series) highlights when produced in late summer. In colder ‘Carmin Brillant’ weather that magenta consumes the entire blossom A bushy, mound-forming, perennial with narrowly A hardy perennial with sword shaped, pleated This half-hardy perennial produces breath-taking contrasting with its sunny yellow center. Loved by lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From early summer mid-green leaves. Dark, carmine-pink flowers that leaves with broad striped orange and green colour butterflies and bees in a mixed or herbaceous border. into autumn, toothed, yellow flowers, maroon at the open from red buds on strong, arching stems in late with wavy edges. These tall plants are topped with 30cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. brilliant tangerine orange flowers from July to base of the petals are produced. Loved by butterflies summer. Use in a mixed or herbaceous border for a October. Great in the mixed border or a container. and bees in a mixed or herbaceous border. bright injection of colour. 1.5m x 70cm. Full sun. 45cm x 45cm. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.6m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Coreopsis grandiflora Solanna NEW Golden Sphere TO RANGE Coreopsis ‘Enchanted Eve’ A mound-forming, compact perennial with lance- Canna Tropicanna Black (Li’l Bang Series) shaped leaves. In summer masses of fully double Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (Lon01) golden yellow flowers are produced. Loved by ‘Emily McKenzie’ A hardy perennial with a low mound of medium- butterflies and bees in a mixed or herbaceous border. This half-hardy perennial has broad, near-black A hardy perennial with sword shaped, pleated mid- textured leaves. Produces large, single, dark yellow 0.45m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. foliage, which is suffused with traces of plum and red. flowers with a vibrant red orange center in the green leaves. Brick-red buds open to orange-red It is topped with heads of dazzling scarlet flowers in summer. Loved by butterflies and bees in a mixed or flowers with a yellow throat on strong, arching stems summer that fade to orange as they age. Great in the herbaceous border. in late summer. Use in a mixed or herbaceous border mixed border or a container. 45cm x 45cm. Full sun to part shade. for a bright injection of colour. 1.5m x 70cm. Full sun. 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 0.6m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 CORYDALIS Coreopsis ‘Full Moon’ Corydalis ‘Canary Feathers’ Canna Tropicanna Gold (Mactro) (Big Bang Series) Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora An upright, bushy, perennial with branching stems ‘George Davison’ bearing lance-shaped, dark green leaves. Produces This hardy perennial has divided, blue-green foliage. This half-hardy perennial has large paddle-shaped A hardy perennial with sword shaped, pleated mid- leaves, which has a network of prominent yellow large, pale yellow flower heads from summer to early Masses of canary-yellow flowers are produced autumn. Loved by butterflies and bees in a mixed or throughout spring and summer. Perfect for green leaves. Sprays of apricot-yellow freesia-like veins. Stunning golden-orange flowers top the upright flowers are produced on strong, arching stems in late stems throughout the summer. Great in the mixed herbaceous border. underplanting or in rock and informal gardens 60cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. 0.25m x 0.3m. Partial shade. summer. Use in a mixed or herbaceous border for a border or a container. bright injection of colour. 1.5m x 70cm. Full sun. 0.9m x 0.1m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Coreopsis ‘Mercury Rising’
Corydalis ‘Porcelain Blue’ AS FEATURED AT (Big Bang Series) CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW CATANANCHE A bushy, mound-forming, perennial with narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From early summer A rhizomatous perennial forming a mat of divided, Catananche caerulea ‘Major’ into autumn, toothed, deep crimson flowers with purple-tinged leaves that die down in summer. Light yellow centres are produced. Loved by butterflies blue flowers 2.5cm long in clusters of leafy stems are produced in late spring and early summer. Perfect for A hardy perennial with neat grey-green foliage. From and bees in a mixed or herbaceous border. underplanting or in rock and informal gardens mid-summer it produces a mass of cornflower-blue 45cm x 90cm. Full sun to part shade. 30cm x 20cm. Partial shade. flowers on wiry stems, held high above the foliage. An easy-to-grow garden favourite for the border, ideal 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 for cutting and drying. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Coreopsis ‘Orange Elf’ (Li’l Bang Series) A hardy perennial with a low mound of medium- textured green leaves. Large brilliant orange, yellow- eyed, blooms are produced in summer. Loved by butterflies and bees in a mixed or herbaceous border. 25cm x 45cm. Full sun to part shade.
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DAHLIA Dahlia x hortensis DIANTHUS Dianthus Grans Favourite NEW TO RANGE Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ ‘Lubega Power Bronze Bicolour’ Dianthus Candy Floss (Devon Flavia) This tuberous perennial is a compact and well Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green A clump-forming, tuberous perennial with beautiful branched plant with green leaves. Masses of bronzed- Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green foliage. White fragrant flowers laced with beautiful bronze-green foliage. Striking semi-double red flowers orange flowers are produced in summer. Ideal for foliage. Highly perfumed sugar-pink double flowers currant red edges are produced throughout summer. are borne from midsummer to early autumn. An easy patio containers, cut flowers and bedding displays. throughout summer. Great for planting at the front of Great for planting at the front of borders, rock or to grow garden favourite for a mixed or herbaceous 30cm x 30cm. Full sun. borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a container. gravel gardens or in a container. border, adored by bees and butterflies. 0.9m x 0.5m. Full sun. 0.35m x 0.3m. Full sun. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 Dahlia x hortensis Dianthus Haytor NEW Dahlia Mystic Dreamer NEW Dianthus CHERRY DAIQUIRI TO RANGE TO RANGE ‘Lubega Power Burgundy’ This tuberous perennial is a compact and well Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green This dark leaved variety has elegant filigreed deep branched plant with green leaves. Masses of bright Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green foliage. Fragrant, double, pure white flowers with mahogany to black foliage. In summer, masses burgundy flowers are produced in summer. Ideal for foliage. Graceful clouds of pale pink with a cherry- fringed petals produced throughout summer. Great of pale pink flushed with white flowers with a patio containers, cut flowers and bedding displays. red eye fragrant flowers throughout summer. Great for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel strong magenta striping are produced. A great low 20cm x 20cm. Full sun. for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a container. maintenance plant useful in containers or borders. gardens or in a container. 0.35m x 0.3m. Full sun. Very popular with pollinators. 0.45m x 0.35m. Full sun. 70cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 Dahlia x hortensis Dianthus Lady in Red (WP04 Xanthe) NEW ‘Lubega Power Scarlet’ Dianthus Coconut Sundae NEW TO RANGE Dahlia Mystic Enchantment NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE This tuberous perennial is a compact and well Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green branched plant with green leaves. Masses of bright Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green foliage. Semi-double vibrant vermilion red, very This dark leaved variety has dark purple to almost scarlet-red flowers are produced in summer. Ideal for foliage. Fragrant, fringed, semi-double white flowers fragrant flowers are produced throughout summer. black foliage. In summer, it produces masses of large patio containers, cut flowers and bedding displays. with red centres are produced throughout summer. Great for planting at the front of borders, rock or deep orange-red flowers. A great low maintenance 35cm x 30cm. Full sun. Great for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a container. plant useful in containers or borders. Very popular gravel gardens or in a container. 0.45m x 0.3m. Full sun. with pollinators. 75cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 Dahlia x hortensis Dianthus Mendlesham Minx NEW TO RANGE ‘Lubega Power Scarlet White’ Dianthus Cosmopolitan (Russmin) Dahlia Mystic Fantasy NEW TO RANGE This tuberous perennial is a compact and well Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green branched plant with green leaves. Masses of scarlet Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green foliage. The striking darkest maroon double flowers This dark leaved variety has elegant, dark purple to flowers tipped with white are produced in summer. foliage. Graceful clouds of vivid magenta fragrant are edged and splashed with sparkling silvery white almost black foliage. In summer, it produces masses Ideal for patio containers, cut flowers and bedding flowers throughout summer. Great for planting at with a gorgeous perfume when produced throughout of flamingo pink flowers with a soft yellow glow and displays. the front of borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a summer. Great for planting at the front of borders, a dark heart. A great low maintenance plant useful in 35cm x 30cm. Full sun. container. rock or gravel gardens or in a container. containers or borders. Very popular with pollinators. 0.35m x 0.3m. Full sun. 0.15m x 0.15m. Full sun. 75cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 Dahlia x hortensis (WP11 Gwe04) Dianthus Memories AS FEATURED AT NEW CHELSEA Dianthus Devon Cream FLOWER SHOW ‘Lubega Power Tricolour’ TO RANGE Dahlia Mystic Illusion NEW This tuberous perennial is a compact and well Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green TO RANGE branched plant with green leaves. Masses of yellow Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green foliage. Pure white, double flowers with serrated flowers tipped with scarlet and white are produced NEW foliage. Graceful primrose yellow flowers with edged petals and a spicy, fruity fragrance. Great TO RANGE This dark leaved variety has dark purple to almost in summer. Ideal for patio containers, cut flowers and delicate pink stripes are produced throughout for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel black foliage. In summer, it produces masses of large bedding displays. summer. Great for planting at the front of borders, gardens or in a container. bright yellow, ribbed blooms with prominent orange 60cm x 60cm. Full sun. rock or gravel gardens or in a container. 0.25m x 0.3m. Full sun. centres. A great low maintenance plant useful in 0.45m x 0.35m. Full sun. containers or borders. Very popular with pollinators. 60cm x 40cm. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 Dahlia x hortensis Dianthus Passion (Wp Passion) NEW Dianthus Fizzy (WP08VER03) NEW TO RANGE ‘Lubega Power Yellow’ TO RANGE This tuberous perennial is a compact and well Dahlia Mystic Sparkler NEW Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green TO RANGE branched plant with green leaves. Masses of lemon Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green yellow flowers are produced in summer. Ideal for foliage. Double lavender-pink flowers with a maroon foliage. Masses of fragrant, velvety-red double flowers patio containers, cut flowers and bedding displays. through summer. Great for planting at the front of This dark leaved variety has elegant dark purple to eye are fragrant when produced all summer. Great 30cm x 30cm. Full sun. for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a container. almost black glossy foliage. In summer, it produces 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun. masses of large two-tone flowers of magenta and gardens or in a container. yellow. A great low maintenance plant useful in 0.15m x 0.30m. Full sun. containers or borders. Very popular with pollinators. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 70cm x 40cm. Full sun to part shade. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 DIANELLA (WP18 ZOR10) NEW Dianthus Flutterby AS FEATURED AT Dianthus Pinball Wizard CHELSEA TO RANGE Dianella tasmanica Destiny FLOWER SHOW (WP15 MOW08) Dahlia Mystic Wonder NEW Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green TO RANGE A hardy, evergreen form of ‘Flax Lilly’. The short, foliage. Delicately patterned single magenta flowers foliage. Spicy fragranced white and pink flecked, with a blackcurrant eye and white fringed petals and NEW double flowers with fringed petals are produced This dark leaved variety has elegant dark purple sword shaped leaves are variegated with cream and TO RANGE rich green is compact and interesting. Ideal as a foliage a sweet fragrance are produced all summer. Great through summer. Great for planting at the front of to almost black foliage. In summer, it produces for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a container. masses of large deep velvet red flowers. A great low plant or as a feature in a large pot, easy to care for. Excellent cold weather and frost tolerance. gardens or in a container. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun. maintenance plant useful in containers or borders. 0.15m x 0.15m. Full sun. Very popular with pollinators. 35cm x 35cm. Full sun to partial shade. 70cm x 40cm. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15
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Dianthus Rebekah (Wp09 Mar05) NEW Dianthus Tequila Sunrise DIGITALIS Echinacea ‘Delicious Candy’ NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE Digitalis × valinii ‘Berry Canary’ (Noortdeli) Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green A hardy, very compact perennial with dark stems foliage. Short stems bearing fragrant, double, red foliage. Graceful clouds of fuchsia pink fragrant A compact and bushy semi-evergreen perennial with holding dark green leaves. Masses of fluorescent flowers from spring. Great for planting at the front of flowers throughout summer. Great for planting at a rosette of toothed lance-shaped leaves. Spikes fuchsia pink flowers are produced for a long period borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a container. the front of borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a clothed with slightly flattened deep rose coloured in summer. Use in mixed or herbaceous borders or 0.15m x 0.25m. Full sun. container. flowers with creamy gold speckled throats appear in a container. 0.2m x 0.2m. Full sun. from late spring. Very long flowering time. An easy-to- 0.45m x 0.30m. Full sun to partial shade. grow garden favourite for any border, adored by bees. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 60cm x 50cm. Full sun or partial shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Dianthus Romance (Wp09 Wen04) NEW Echinacea ‘Magenta Pearl’ NEW TO RANGE DICENTRA TO RANGE Digitalis ‘Lucas’ NEW Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’ TO RANGE A hardy, very compact perennial with dark stems foliage. Highly scented salmon pink flowers with a (Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Alba’) holding dark green leaves. Masses of intensely darker pink swirl produced late spring into summer. A hardy form of this familiar perennial that is quite coloured magenta flowers are produced over a Great for planting at the front of borders, rock or A hardy perennial with divided, light green foliage long period in summer. Use in mixed or herbaceous which matures to a dark grey-green. Arching sprays unique as it produces purple and pink flowers from gravel gardens or in a container. June through to October. The foliage forms a neat borders or in a container. 0.2m x 0.25m. Full sun. of pure white, heart-shaped flowers produced in 0.45m x 0.30m. Full sun to partial shade. spring. Great for a mixed or herbaceous border. clump of green. Loved by bees and butterflies, great 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. for use in a mixed or herbaceous border. 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 0.9m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 Dianthus Shirley Temple Echinacea ‘Red Pearl’ NEW TO RANGE
Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’ Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora A hardy, very compact perennial with dark stems foliage. Graceful clouds of clear pink fragrant flowers (Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Gold holding dark green leaves. Masses of bright red with a bright red eye throughout summer. Great flowers with darker centres are produced over a (Gold Heart) A rosette-forming perennial with hairy, ovate to for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel Heart’) lance-shaped, toothed, dark green leaves. Many tall, long period in summer. Use in mixed or herbaceous gardens or in a container. A clump-forming perennial with divided, golden- one-sided spires of creamy white flowers produced borders or in a container. 0.45m x 0.35m. Full sun. yellow leaves that darken with age. Arching racemes in summer. An easy-to-grow garden favourite for any 0.50m x 0.40m. Full sun to partial shade. of nodding, heart-shaped, rose-pink flowers are border, adored by bees. produced in spring. Great for a mixed or herbaceous 1.8m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 border. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 80cm x 80cm. Full sun to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Dianthus Stargazer (WP13 GIL05) NEW Echinacea ‘White Meditation’ NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE
Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green Digitalis purpurea ‘Serendipity’ A hardy, very compact perennial with strong stems foliage. Masses of fragrant single fringed blooms Dicentra spectabilis ‘Valentine’ holding dark green leaves. Masses of clear white with and a deep maroon eye are produced through (Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Valentine’) A rosette-forming perennial with ovate to oblong flowers with yellow centres are produced over a summer. Great for planting at the front of borders, long period in summer. Use in mixed or herbaceous A hardy perennial with delicate ferny foliage that green leaves. Impressive tall spires of soft, lilac-pink rock or gravel gardens or in a container. borders or in a container. matures to a glorious, dark grey-green. This is closely flowers, with a deeply spotted throat produced in 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun. 0.60m x 0.40m. Full sun to partial shade. followed by arching stems that carry elegant, scarlet- summer. An easy-to-grow garden favourite for any red, heart shaped flowers in spring. Great for a border, adored by bees. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 mixed or herbaceous border. 1.2m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 60cm x 50cm. Full sun to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Dianthus Starry Eyes NEW TO RANGE EPIMEDIUM Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green Digitalis x valinii ILLUMINATION Epimedium grandiflora NEW TO RANGE foliage. Masses of fragrant, fringed, white flowers Dicentra spectabilis ‘White Gold’ CHERRY BRANDY (TMDG1204) ‘Dark Beauty’ with maroon centres are produced through summer. (Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘White Gold’) A rosette-forming perennial with upright stems Great for planting at the front of borders, rock or A hardy, clump forming semi-evergreen perennial A hardy perennial producing tight clumps of bearing broadly lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From gravel gardens or in a container. with heart shaped green foliage, which emerges attractive bright golden foliage. Arching stems hold early summer into autumn, upright spikes of dark 0.1m x 0.3m. Full sun. chocolate-purple. Masses of large purple-and-white heart-shaped flowers when produced in late spring reddish-pink flowers are produced. An easy-to-grow bicolor flowers in spring. Prefers part to full shade, and early summer. Great for a mixed or herbaceous garden favourite for any border, adored by bees. use for the front of borders, groundcover or 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 border. 0.9m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. underplanting. 70cm x 60cm. Full sun to partial shade. 0.3m x 0.45m. Partial shade to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Dianthus Sugar Plum (WP08 LAN04) NEW TO RANGE Digitalis x valinii Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green Epimedium grandiflora ‘Pink Elf’ NEW foliage. Masses of frilled reddish pink flowers with Dicentra spectabilis ILLUMINATION PINK (Tmdgfp001) TO RANGE dappled white edging with a great fragrance produced (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) A rosette-forming perennial with upright stems through summer. Great for planting at the front of A hardy, herbaceous perennial forming a mound bearing broadly lance-shaped, toothed, dark green A hardy, clump forming evergreen perennial with heart borders, rock or gravel gardens or in a container. of divided, mid-green foliage that darkens with age. leaves. From early summer into autumn, upright shaped foliage which is flushed bronze as new leaves 0.25m x 0.2m. Full sun. Heart-shaped, rose-red and white flowers hang from spikes of pink flowers are produced. An easy-to-grow emerge. Sprays of nodding flowers appear in early arching stems when produced in spring. Great for a garden favourite for any border, adored by bees. spring with pale pink spurs surrounding a darker pink- 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 mixed or herbaceous border. 0.9m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. purple cup. Prefers part to full shade, use for the front 1m x 1m. Full sun to partial shade. of borders, groundcover or underplanting. 0.3m x 0.45m. Partial shade to full shade. 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Dianthus Supernova (Wp11 Tyr04) NEW TO RANGE
Mound-forming, evergreen-perennial with grey-green ECHINACEA Epimedium grandiflora NEW foliage. Fragrant, double, dark pink to reddish-pink TO RANGE flowers with paler, fringed petal margins and dark Echinacea ‘ Yellow Pearl’ NEW ‘Purple Pixie’ red centres are produced through summer. Great TO RANGE A hardy, clump forming semi-evergreen perennial for planting at the front of borders, rock or gravel with heart shaped green leaves, flushed rosy marble gardens or in a container. A hardy, very compact perennial with strong stems when young. Flowers are vivid purple sepals and white 0.25m x 0.2m. Full sun. holding green leaves. Masses of softest butter- yellow flowers are produced for a long period from spurs from end red when produced in early spring. summer. Use in mixed or herbaceous borders or in Prefers part to full shade, use for the front of borders, 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 a container. groundcover or underplanting. 0.3m x 0.4m. Full sun to partial shade. 0.3m x 0.45m. Partial shade to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
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Epimedium grandiflora ‘Red Beauty’ NEW ERYNGIUM Erysimum ‘Winter Passion’ Euphorbia ‘Efanthia’ TO RANGE
Eryngium ‘Blue Waves’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA A hardy, clump forming semi-evergreen perennial with FLOWER SHOW A hardy, bushy, evergreen perennial with linear to A hardy, evergreen perennial with whorls of red- toothed foliage, bronze-tinged when young, mid-green A hardy perennial with spiny edged blue-green leaves. lance-shaped, dark green leaves. Dense racemes of flushed, dark-green, lance-shaped leaves that have red when mature and red-toned in autumn. Flowers are Masses of spiky, cone-like, bright electric-blue flowers fragrant, dark red to deep magenta flowers produced undersides. From early summer to early autumn, it pink-purple, with pale-pink to white-tipped petal spurs, are produced on strong stems in summer and autumn. from late spring into summer. Works well in a mixed bears clusters of lime-green flowers on red stems. A held in sprays in spring. Prefers part to full shade, use Works well in a mixed or herbaceous border. border and copes in coastal areas. stunning architectural plant for the border. for groundcover or underplanting. 50cm x 30cm. Full sun to part shade. 40cm x 50cm. Full sun. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. 0.3m x 0.45m. Partial shade to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Epimedium grandiflora NEW Erysimum WINTER SORBET Euphorbia x martini TO RANGE (Inneryws) ‘Ascot Rainbow’ ‘White Queen’ ERYSIMUM A hardy, clump forming, deciduous perennial with A hardy, upright evergreen perennial with linear to A hardy, evergreen, perennial bearing lance-shaped, grey- divided leaves, coppery-tinted when young. Open Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ lance-shaped, dark green leaves. Flower spikes that green leaves with pale yellow margins, the entire leaf sprays of long-spurred, pure white flowers are emerge burnt-orange and mature to lilac-purple are is flushed pink, red, and orange in autumn and winter. produced in early spring. Prefers part to full shade, produced from late spring into summer. Works well in Cymes of small red flowers surrounded by prominent A hardy evergreen perennial with narrow, dark grey- use for the front of borders, groundcover or a mixed border and copes in coastal areas. yellow-green bracts bloom from early spring into green leaves. Upright racemes of rich mauve flowers underplanting. 45cm x 45cm. Full sun. summer. A stunning architectural plant for the border. are produced repeatedly through the year. Works well 0.3m x 0.45m. Partial shade to full shade. 0.5m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. in a mixed border and copes in coastal areas. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 75cm x 50cm. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Epimedium x perralchicum NEW Euphorbia x martini ‘Baby Charm’ TO RANGE EUPHORBIA ‘Frohnleiten’ Euphorbia characias ‘Black Pearl’ A hardy, clump forming evergreen perennial with Erysimum ‘Red Jep’ A hardy, compact, evergreen perennial, with narrow, leathery leaves composed of up to five ovate leaflets. lance-shaped, grey-green leaves flushed with red in Sprays of bright yellow flowers are held well above the A hardy, evergreen, compact perennial with linear spring, turning darker as they matures. Open sprays of foliage when produced in early spring. Prefers part to A hardy, evergreen perennial with bushy, deep to ovate, grey-green leaves. From early spring into yellow-green, red-eyed, saucer shaped flowers appear full shade, use for the front of borders, groundcover green foliage. Soft, red-purple flowers are produced summer it produces cylindrical cymes of tiny yellow in spring and summer. A stunning architectural plant for or underplanting. throughout summer. Works well in a mixed border flowers and black eyes surrounded by prominent, the border. 0.3m x 0.6m. Partial shade to full shade. and copes in coastal areas. green to yellow-green bracts. A stunning architectural 0.6m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 0.25m x 0.4m. Full sun. plant for the border. 0.75m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Epimedium x rubrum ‘Galadriel’ Euphorbia characias ‘Silver Swan’ NEW GAILLARDIA TO RANGE A hardy, clump forming semi-evergreen perennial Erysimum ‘Winter Joy’ (Wilcott) Gaillardia x grandiflora with heart shaped green leaves flushed bronze in autumn. Masses of showy red blooms with white A hardy, evergreen perennial with glaucous green ‘Celebration’ spurs are produced in early spring. Prefers part to full A hardy, bushy, evergreen perennial with narrow, grey- foliage with a vivid silver edge to the leaf. Dense A hardy perennial which forms a low mound of shade, use for the front of borders, groundcover or green leaves. Upright racemes of lilac-purple flowers cylindrical cymes of pale green flowers are produced grey-green leaves. Stunning large, red daisy-like flowers underplanting. are produced in late winter to midsummer. Works well in April and are margined with cream. A stunning are produced throughout summer in abundance. 0.3m x 0.45m. Partial shade to full shade. in a mixed border and copes in coastal areas. architectural plant for the border. Attractive to butterflies and drought tolerant. Great in 80cm x 40cm. Full sun. 0.45m x 0.60m. Full sun to part shade. a mixed or herbaceous border. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.4m x 0.35m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
ERIGERON Euphorbia x pasteurii NEW Erysimum ‘Winter Light’ TO RANGE Erigeron glaucus ‘Sea Breeze’ Gaillardia ‘Moxie’ NEW A hardy, evergreen perennial. It forms a pleasing TO RANGE A low-growing, hardy perennial with spreading, blue- A hardy, evergreen perennial with narrow grey-green rounded shape and has slender, dark green leaves with leaves. Bright yellow flowers are produced from April white mid ribs, which take on red hues in autumn. A hardy perennial that makes a low mound of grey- green foliage. Masses of pink, daisy-like flowers are green, hairy leaves, bearing strong, upright stems. It produced throughout summer. An ideal coastal plant, to August. Works well in a mixed border and copes in Flowers are bronze and green and sweetly scented coastal areas. when produced in spring and summer. A stunning has unique tubular flower petals of bright yellow and thrives on sea air. orange shades when produced in summer. Attractive 0.3m x 0.5m. Full sun. 30cm x 45cm. Full sun. architectural plant for the border. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. to butterflies and drought tolerant. Great in a mixed or herbaceous border. 0.45m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Erigeron karvinskianus Erysimum WINTER ORCHID Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii ‘Kew Profusion’ Gaillardia ‘Sunset Cutie’ A spreading, hardy perennial with mound forming A hardy, compact evergreen perennial with linear, dark A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub bearing linear green leaves. From spring into early summer, dense to oblong, grey-green leaves. Dense, spherical to bright green foliage. Masses of white fading to pink, A hardy perennial that makes a low mound of grey- daisy-like flowers produced in abundance in summer. racemes of orange flowers that turn purple with cylindrical cymes of yellow-green flowers from early age are produced. Works well in a mixed border and spring to early summer. A stunning architectural plant green, hairy leaves, bearing strong, upright stems. The Lovely as an edging plant in a mixed border or grown flowers are daisy-like, bright red, fringed in shades of over walls copes in coastal areas. for the border. 45cm x 45cm. Full sun. 1.2m x 1.2m. Full sun to part shade. yellow produced in summer. Attractive to butterflies 0.2m x 0.45. Full sun. and drought tolerant. Great in a mixed or herbaceous border. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 35cm x35cm. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Erysimum ‘Winter Party’ 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15
A hardy, compact evergreen perennial with linear to lance-shaped, dark green leaves. From late spring into summer, dense racemes of fragrant magenta flowers turning yellow-orange with age. Works well in a mixed border and copes in coastal areas. 30cm x 35cm. Full sun.
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Gaillardia x grandiflora GERANIUM Geranium × johnsonii GLADIOLUS ‘Sunset Flash’ Geranium Mavis Simpson ‘Johnson’s Blue’ Gladiolus murielae This hardy perennial forms a low mound of grey-green, A hardy, clump-forming perennial, with deeply lobed hairy leaves, bearing strong, upright stems. The flowers A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial, with downy, greyish- leaves. Long-stalked flowers have rounded, dark-veined, A hardy bulbus perennial with green strap-like leaves. in vibrant orange fringed with shades of yellow green leaves forming good ground cover. Rounded lavender-blue petals produced in summer. A great plant Produces tall stems each bearing several fragrant, white produced through summer into autumn. Attractive to rose-pink flowers opening from early summer to late for the mixed border or edging the front of borders. flowers, marked purple in the throat, in summer. Best butterflies and drought tolerant. Great in a mixed or autumn. A great plant for the mixed border or edging 0.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. grown in a sunny border or patio pot and given winter herbaceous border. the front of borders. protection. 30cm x 35cm. Full sun. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 0.1m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15
Gaillardia x grandiflora Geranium ROZANNE (Gerwat) GEUM ‘Sunset Snappy’ GUNNERA Geum ‘Prinses Juliana’ This hardy perennial forms a low mound of grey-green, A hardy perennial, that forms a mound of marbled, Gunnera manicata hairy leaves, bearing strong, upright stems. The daisy-like mid- to- dark green leaves. From early summer to flowers are purple-pink with creamy-yellow tips when early autumn, bowl-shaped, deep violet-blue flowers A hardy, clump-forming perennial with lobed, green, produced in summer. Attractive to butterflies and with white centres and maroon veins are produced. A basal leaves. Vivid orange, semi-double flowers are A large, handsome and architectural perennial for a drought tolerant. Great in a mixed or herbaceous great plant for the mixed border or edging the front produced on tall stems in early and mid summer. boggy site. Enormous, palmate leaves are produced on border. of borders. An easy-to-grow garden favourite for the mixed or long, prickly stems. Conical spikes of tiny, greenish-red 30cm x 35cm. Full sun. 0.6m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. herbaceous border. flowers appear in early summer. Ideal as a marginal or 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. bog garden plant. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2.5m x 4m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 15 4L Shelf Quantity: 15
Geranium ‘Salome’ GAURA Geum ‘Scarlet Tempest’ Gaura lindheimeri A hardy perennial with dissected leaves, gold-tinged HELENIUM FREEFOLK ROSY when young, then slightly marbled green. Flowers are A hardy, mound-forming perennial with pinnate, dusky violet-pink with very dark veining and central eye toothed, hairy, mid- to dark green basal leaves. Slender Helenium Lemon Sundae NEW A hardy, clump-forming perennial with slender, upright zone produced all summer. A great plant for the mixed TO RANGE stems bearing small green leaves. Bi-coloured flowers in stems bearing orange-flushed, red flowers are produced border or edging the front of borders. from late spring into autumn. An easy-to-grow garden white with a picotee edge of cerise-pink are produced A hardy perennial which is extremely compact with 1m x 50cm. Full sun to partial shade. favourite for the mixed or herbaceous border. from late spring to autumn. An easy-to-grow garden dark green leaves. Masses of bright lemon-yellow 45cm x 45cm. Full sun. favourite for any border that is adored by bees. flowers are produced much earlier than other varieties. 0.7m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Superb in a container, or in a mixed border. Loved by 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 bees and butterflies. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.30m x 0.30m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’ Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ Gaura lindheimeri GAUDI PINK A hardy, spreading perennial, open in habit, with small, (Florgaucompi) dark green leaves divided into narrow lobes, and A hardy, clump-forming perennial with deep green, fuzzy Helenium Ochre Sundae NEW A hardy, compact perennial with dark red stems and often colouring well in autumn. Pure white flowers foliage. Bright tangerine-orange flowers are produced TO RANGE dark green foliage. Blush-pink flowers opening from are produced in summer. A great plant for the mixed from early summer. An easy-to-grow garden favourite contrasting deep rose buds throughout summer. border or edging the front of borders. for the mixed or herbaceous border. A hardy perennial which is extremely compact with An easy-to-grow garden favourite for any border that 0.5m x 1m. Full sun to part shade. 0.9m x 0.6m. Full sun. dark green leaves. Masses of earthy yellow flowers is adored by bees. flushed with warm hues are produced much earlier 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. than other varieties. Superb in a container, or in a mixed 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 border. Loved by bees and butterflies. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.30m x 0.30m. Full sun.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Geranium sanguineum var. striatum Gaura lindheimeri GAUDI RED Geum ‘Lady Stratheden’ A hardy, prostrate perennial making a compact mat of narrow-lobed dark green leaves. Pale lilac-pink flowers A hardy perennial that forms compact mounds of dark A hardy, mound forming perennial with green, hairy, Helenium Peach Sundae NEW with deeper pink veining are produced in summer. A leaves. Semi-double, rich yellow flowers are produced TO RANGE green foliage. Short spikes of deep rose-red flowers are great plant for the mixed border or edging the front produced through summer. An easy-to-grow garden on branched stems throughout summer. An easy-to- of borders. grow garden favourite for the mixed or herbaceous A hardy perennial which is extremely compact with favourite for any border that is adored by bees. 0.15m x 0.5m. Full sun to full shade. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. border. dark green leaves. Masses of yellow flowers with flushed 60cm x 45cm. Full sun. peachy-red centres are produced much earlier than other varieties. Superb in a container, or in a mixed 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 border. Loved by bees and butterflies. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.30m x 0.30m. Full sun.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Geranium ‘Summer Skies’ (Gernic) Gaura lindheimeri PAPILLON Geum ‘Mrs J. Bradshaw’ (Nugaupapil) A hardy, clump forming perennial with deeply cut, grey- A hardy, compact perennial with arching stems holding green foliage. Long stems are topped with tight, pale A hardy, mound-forming perennial with hairy, dark- Helenium Strawberry Sundae NEW lance-shaped leaves. Wand-like panicles of pure white blue and white double flowers in summer. A great plant green, basal leaves. Purple stems bearing semi-double, TO RANGE flowers are produced in summer. An easy-to-grow for the mixed border or edging the front of borders. orange-red flowers are produced in summer. An easy- garden favourite for any border that is adored by bees. 60cm x 60cm. Full sun to partial shade. to-grow garden favourite for the mixed or herbaceous A hardy perennial which is extremely compact with 0.4m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. border. dark green leaves. Masses of fire-brick red flowers 60cm x 60cm. Full sun. flushed with yellow are produced much earlier than other varieties. Superb in a container, or in a mixed 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 border. Loved by bees and butterflies. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.30m x 0.30m. Full sun.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Geranium ‘Tiny Monster’ Gaura lindheimeri ROSYJANE (Harrosy) A hardy perennial that forms a mound of deeply lobed, A hardy perennial with slender, upright stems bearing dark green leaves, purple- or bronze-flushed in autumn. small green leaves. Butterfly-like white flowers, edged Small, upright, veined, bright magenta flowers are pink on whispy stems are produced throughout produced from summer into autumn. A great plant for summer. An easy-to-grow garden favourite for any the mixed border or edging the front of borders. border that is adored by bees. 0.2m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.75m x 0.4m. Full sun.
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HELIANTHEMUM HELLEBORUS Helleborus x hybridus Helleborus x hybridus ‘Pink Lady’ Helianthemum ‘Ben Fhada’ Helleborus HGC ‘Anemone Red’ MADAME LEMONNIER (Lem 100) A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with deeply lobed, A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with dark green A hardy spreading, evergreen shrub with linear, bright A hardy, clump-forming perennial with lush green dark green leaves. In late winter and early spring, leaves. In late winter and early spring, upright stems green leaves. Single, bright yellow flowers with orange foliage. Upfacing blooms of rich purple red are upright stems bearing nodding to outward-facing, deep bearing nodding to outward-facing, pink flowers with centres are produced in late spring and early summer. produced in winter. Great for darker borders, winter, burgundy flowers with a central ruffle in the centre. prominent yellow anthers appear. Great for darker Good on banks or slopes, in rock gardens and low spring and woodland gardens or in containers. Great for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens or in maintenance areas. 0.3m x 0.3m. Partial shade. gardens or in containers. containers. 20cm x 45cm. Full sun. 35cm x 25cm. Partial shade. 45cm x 45cm. Partial to full shade.
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Helianthemum ‘Ben Ledi’ Helleborus niger HGC JOEL Helleborus x hybridus Helleborus x hybridus ‘Red Lady’ (Coseh 210) ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ A hardy, spreading evergreen shrub with glossy, lance- A hardy, compact, semi-evergreen perennial with A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with deeply lobed, A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with dark green shaped, dark green leaves. In summer, rose-pink flowers, leathery, dark green leaves. From late autumn into dark green leaves. In late winter and early spring, leaves. In late winter and early spring, upright stems darker towards the centre, with a yellow eye, are winter, maroon stems bear lightly fragrant, upward- upright stems bearing nodding to outward-facing, dark bearing nodding to outward-facing, dark red flowers produced. Good on banks or slopes, in rock gardens facing, white flowers aging pale green or pale pink. Great purple-blue flowers with a silvery sheen. Great for with prominent yellow anthers are produced. Great for and low maintenance areas for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens 30cm x 60cm. Full sun. or in containers. or in containers. or in containers. 0.3m x 0.3m. Partial shade. 45cm x 60cm. Partial to full shade. 45cm x 50cm. Partial to full shade.
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Helianthemum ‘Ben More’ Helleborus niger HGC JONAS Helleborus x hybridus Helleborus x hybridus SP (Coseh 220) Double Pink Spotted Anja Oudolf A hardy, spreading, evergreen shrub with shiny green A hardy, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with dark green A hardy, evergreen perennial with glossy green leaves. leaves. In summer, it bears orange saucer shaped with glossy, dark green leaves. From mid-autumn into leaves. In late winter and early spring, upright stems Attractive cream-coloured flowers, edged and veined flowers. Good on banks or slopes, in rock gardens and winter, maroon stems bearing lightly fragrant, single, bearing nodding to outward-facing, cup-shaped, deep rose-pink are produced in late winter. Great for low maintenance areas. outward-facing, white flowers with extra petals. Great candyfloss pink, double flowers with maroon freckles. darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens 25cm x 25cm. Full sun. for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens Great for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland or in containers. or in containers. gardens or in containers. 40cm x 45cm. Partial shade. 0.3m x 0.3m. Partial shade. 40cm x 50cm. Partial to full shade. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36
Helianthemum ‘Fireball’ Helleborus x hybridus Helleborus niger HGC Helleborus x hybridus SP CONNY Double Purple (Spring Promise Series) (Hlr 160) A hardy, spreading, evergreen shrub, with small, paired, WINTERGOLD (Coseh 2010) A hardy, compact, semi-evergreen perennial with dark A hardy, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with A hardy, evergreen perennial with dark green leaves. oblong to linear, dark green leaves. Double, orange-red green leaves. From late winter into spring, upright stems In late winter and early spring, upright stems bearing flowers produced from late spring to early autumn. dark grey-green leaves. From mid-autumn into winter, bearing double, maroon flowers with lightly speckled maroon stems bearing lightly fragrant, single, outward- bowl-shaped, white flowers, heavily spotted maroon are Good on banks or slopes, in rock gardens and low outer petals and pale yellow stamens are produced. produced. Great for darker borders, winter, spring and maintenance areas facing, white flowers turning light green with age. Great Great for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens woodland gardens or in containers. 20cm x 60cm. Full sun. gardens or in containers. 0.6m x 0.6m. Partial shade. or in containers. 35cm x 35cm. Partial to full shade. 30cm x 30cm. Partial shade. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36
Helianthemum ‘The Bride’ Helleborus x hybridus Helleborus x hybridus SP LILY Helleborus x ballardiae HGC Double White Picotee (Spring Promise Series) A hardy, spreading evergreen shrub with narrow, SNOW DANCE (Coseh 800) A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with dark green A hardy, evergreen perennial with leathery, dark green silvery-grey leaves. Single, cream flowers with yellow A hardy, evergreen perennial with dark green leaves and leaves. From late winter to mid-spring, upright stems foliage. Double, white flowers detailed with raspberry- eye produced in spring and summer. Good on banks or red stems. Dusty rose buds open to cream flowers and bearing outward-facing, double, spotted, creamy-white pink and a central flare are produced in winter. Great slopes, in rock gardens and low maintenance areas. mature to rosy cinnamon when produced in winter. flowers with dark purple-pink margins are produced. for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens 25cm x 50cm. Full sun. Great for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland Great for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland or in containers. gardens or in containers. gardens or in containers. 0.3m x 0.3m. Partial shade. 0.3m x 0.6m. Partial shade. 35cm x 35cm. Partial to full shade. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 26 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36
HELICHRYSUM Helleborus x ericsmithii HGC Helleborus x hybridus Helleborus x hybridus SP MARY MONTE CRISTO (Coseh 860) Double Yellow Spotted LOU (Spring Promise Series) (Hlr 150) Helichrysum amorginum A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with dark green A hardy, evergreen perennial with dark green foliage. ‘Red Jewel’ A hardy, evergreen, well proportioned perennial with blue-grey leaves with red stems. A heavy bloomer of leaves. From late winter to mid-spring, upright stems Single, soft pink and white flowers splashed with heavy A mound forming perennial with stout covered in creamy white flowers blushed peachy pink produced bearing creamy yellow, double flowers with a string of patches of wine red spots at the base of each petal are lush silver foliage. The paper-like dark red flowers are from late autumn. Great for darker borders, winter, plum freckles on each petal are produced. Great for produced in winter. Great for darker borders, winter, produced in spring and summer. Great for edging spring and woodland gardens or in containers. darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens spring and woodland gardens or in containers. borders or in containers 0.3m x 0.3m. Partial shade. or in containers. 45cm x 60cm. Partial to full shade. 30cm x 40cm. Full sun. 35cm x 25cm. Partial to full shade. 3L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 26 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Helleborus x ericsmithii HGC NEW Helleborus x hybridus Helleborus x lemonnierae TO RANGE SHOOTING STAR (Coseh 790) ‘John Hopkins’ ‘HGC Paradenia’ (Coseh 960) A hardy, mound-forming, semi-evergreen perennial A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with dark green A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with dark green with dark grey-green leaves. Dark stems bearing leaves. In late winter and early spring, upright stems leaves. From winter into spring, upright stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, pink- to green-flushed, bearing single, outward-facing, reddish-purple flowers lightly fragrant, single, outward-facing, white flowers with creamy-white flowers from mid-winter to mid-spring. with cream to pale yellow stamens are produced. Great yellow-green stamens. Great for darker borders, winter, Great for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland for darker borders, winter, spring and woodland gardens spring and woodland gardens or in containers. gardens or in containers. or in containers. 0.5m x 0.5m. Partial shade. 0.3m x 0.3m. Partial shade. 0.35m x 0.35m. Partial shade.
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HEUCHERA Heuchera ‘Marmalade’ Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ Hosta ‘Purple Heart’ NEW Heuchera ‘Apple Crisp’ TO RANGE A hardy, evergreen perennial with ruffled leaves that A hardy, evergreen perennial forming clumps of huge A hardy perennial with a densley clumping habit. Glossy A hardy evergreen perennial that forms a low, bushy emerge copper-red or pink and turn bronze or golden- palmate leaves with central cinnamon stars, surrounded lime to green leaves spotlighted with red purple in mound of ruffled, green foliage, which develops a silvery yellow with age. Slender, upright stems bear panicles of by orange tea coloured borders. White flowers are the leaf base. The short petioles are almost black. In pattern as the season progresses. Creamy white flowers small, bell-shaped, red-brown flowers in summer. Great produced in spring and summer. Great in a mixed late summer it has lavender coloured flowers. Lovely produced in summer. Great in a mixed border, rock or in a mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. in beds and borders of informal gardens and used for gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. a patio pot. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. underplanting. 30cm x 30cm. Full sun to part shade. 0.45m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. 0.6m x 0.6m. Partial to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15
Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’ Hosta ‘Wide Brim’ Heuchera ‘Cherry Cola’ Heucherella ‘Tapestry’ A hardy, evergreen perennial with dark burgundy foliage A hardy, clump-forming perennial with broad, puckered A hardy, evergreen, clump-forming perennial with A hardy, evergreen perennial with unusually shaped randomly splattered with bright pink. The pink splashes leaves, multicoloured and veiled, in shades of blue and dark green-blue leaves broadly-margined with creamy- reddish-brown leaves. Slender, wiry, dark red stems lighten to cream as summer progresses. Creamy white yellow. Funnel-shaped pale lavender flowers produced bearing open panicles of small, red flowers are green with a dark centre. Very free flowering blooms of flowers on purple stems produced in summer. Great warm pink are produced in spring and summer. Great on stems in summer. Lovely in beds and borders of produced from late spring into summer. Great in a in a mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in informal gardens and used for underplanting. mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in a in a mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. a patio pot. 0.5m x 1m. Partial to full shade. patio pot. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.45m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15
Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ HOUTTUYNIA Heuchera ‘Electra’ HOSTA A hardy, evergreen mound forming perennial with Houttuynia cordata ‘Flame’ A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial that forms clumps striking glossy jet black-maroon leaves darkening as the Hosta ‘First Frost’ of bright yellow-green leaves with deep red veins. season progresses. Clusters of cream flowers appear in A hardy, mat-forming perennial has aromatic, yellow, June-July on wiry stems. Great in a mixed border, rock The vein colour remains strong as the leaf mellows to A hardy perennial producing a mound intensely reddish-pink, and dark green variegated leaves. In late or gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. chartreuse. White flowers produced in summer. blue-green leaves, with a glaucous bloom opening with spring, dense spikes of tiny, yellow flowers surrounded 50cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 30cm x 30cm. Full sun to part shade. yellow margins fading to creamy-white. Tubular flowers by large, white bracts are produced. Ideal planted at the on blue-green stems appear in mid to late summer. water’s edge or in a shallow pond. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Lovely in beds and borders of informal gardens and 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 used for underplanting. 0.8m x 0.8m. Partial to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Heuchera ‘Paris’ Heuchera ‘Forever Purple’ A hardy, evergreen perennial with rounded, silvery IBERIS A hardy, evergreen perennial with bright purple leaves leaves with dark green veins that create a mound. Hosta ‘June’ NEW with fluted edges,keeping amazing purple colour all Slender, wiry, stems bearing open panicles of small, rose- TO RANGE Iberis Absolutely Amethyst winter. Compact and tough. Short spikes of pink-purple pink flowers are produced in summer. Great in a mixed flowers produced in spring and summer. Great in a border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. A hardy perennial with heart shaped leaves that have A hardy, spreading, evergreen perennial with linear, dark mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in a 0.25m x 0.35m. Full sun to part shade. margins of a blue green whilst the broad central area is green leaves. Dense, rounded clusters of bright purple patio pot. a pale lemony green fading to creamy white in sunlight. to lilac-pink flowers are produced in late spring. Great 0.35m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Lavender flowers produced on stems in summer. Lovely for edging borders, rock or gravel gardens. in beds and borders of informal gardens and used for 30cm x 50cm. Full Sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 underplanting. 0.6m x 0.4m. Partial to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Heuchera ‘Plum Pudding’ 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Heuchera ‘Green Spice’ 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 A hardy, evergreen perennial with heart shaped, plum coloured leaves with darker plum veining. Panicles of A hardy, evergreen perennial, that forms a clump with Iberis ‘Pink Ice’ white, tubular-shaped flowers on purple stems are Hosta ‘Orange Marmalade’ NEW silver-green foliage with rust coloured markings around produced in summer. Great in a mixed border, rock or TO RANGE the veins. Wiry, branching stems appear bearing small gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. white flowers when produced in summer. Great in A hardy, spreading evergreen perennial with linear, dark 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy perennial that has leaves that quickly develop a mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in a green leaves. Huge, flat clusters of salmon pink flowers a yellow centre with a hint of orange and dark green patio pot. are produced in late spring. Great for edging borders, margins. Ageing to an off-white but the dark green 50cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 rock or gravel gardens. margins remain. Pale lavender flowers appear in 0.2m x 0.35m. Full Sun. summer. Lovely in beds and borders of informal gardens 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 and used for underplanting. 0.45m x 0.80m. Partial to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 HEUCHERELLA 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Heuchera LICORICE (Tnheu044) Heucherella ‘Brass Lantern’ Iberis sempervirens ‘Appen-Etz A hardy, evergreen perennial which forms a mound of A hardy, evergreen perennial with maple-like, orange- almost black-burgundy leaves. Short spikes of purple- yellow leaves with dark red centres, the entire leaf Hosta ‘Patriot’ pink flowers are produced in spring and summer. Great A hardy, spreading evergreen perennial with narrow turning olive green and brown in winter. Slender, dark green leaves. Masses of white flower heads are in a mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in red stems bearing small, white flowers. Great in a mixed A hardy, clump-forming perennial with mid-green produced from late spring with pale yellow centres. a patio pot. border, rock or gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. leaves with bold, streaky white margins. Lavender Great for edging borders, rock or gravel gardens. 0.5m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. 0.6m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. flowers appear in July when held on tall stems. Lovely 0.1m x 0.4m. Full sun. in beds and borders of informal gardens and used for 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 underplanting. 0.5m x 0.5m. Partial to full shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’ Heucherella ‘Kimono’ 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Iberis sempervirens ‘Snowflake’ A semi-evergreen, mound-forming perennial with A hardy, evergreen perennial with deeply cut mint green ruffled, bright lime green to chartreuse leaves. Small leaves with a silver metallic cast, and maroon-purple A hardy, evergreen perennial with narrow, dark green white flowers on wiry green stems are borne above central markings, turning copper-rose in cooler months. leaves. Masses of short racemes of small white flowers the leaves in summer. Great in a mixed border, rock or White flowers on are produced in spring and summer. are produced in late spring and early summer. Great for gravel gardens and ideal in a patio pot. Great in a mixed border, rock or gravel gardens and edging borders, rock or gravel gardens. 0.4m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. ideal in a patio pot. 25cm x 50cm. Full Sun. 0.45m x 0.35m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
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IRIS Iris germanica Sultans Palace NEW LEUCANTHEMUM Lewisia cotyledon ‘Safira Pink’ NEW Iris Germanica Cherished NEW TO RANGE Leucanthemum x superbum TO RANGE TO RANGE A hardy perennial with sword-like light green leaves. ‘Real Charmer’ A hardy, evergreen perennial forms a dense rosette of A hardy perennial with lance-like, light green leaves. The flowers are velvet deep-red, with a copper beard A hardy, clump-forming perennial with dark green mid-green fleshy leaves. Masses of starry pink flowers Delicately ruffled pale pink flowers bloom in early when held on tall stems when produced in early foliage. Large, fringed blooms of pale lemon-yellow to are held above the foliage from spring through to summer. Ideal for planting in mixed, herbaceous or summer. Ideal for planting in mixed, herbaceous or cream are produced in summer. Great colour for a autumn. Great for rockeries and gravel gardens, or patio cottage gardens for some early colour. cottage gardens for some early colour. mixed or herbaceous border. containers. 0.9m x 0.5m. Full sun. 0.85m x 0.4m. Full sun. 0.5m x 0.4m. Full sun. 0.20m x 0.20m. Full sun.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Iris Germanica Superstition NEW Lewisia cotyledon ‘Safira Yellow’ NEW Iris Germanica Cimarron Strip NEW TO RANGE Leucanthemum x superbum TO RANGE TO RANGE ‘Real Dream’ A hardy perennial with lance-like, grey-green leaves. A hardy perennial with sword-like light green leaves. A hardy, clump-forming perennial with toothed dark A hardy, evergreen perennial forms a dense rosette of Eye-catching rose-pink blooms with burgundy falls The flowers are dark purple-black, with a blue-purple green leaves. Semi-double pale yellow flowers fade to mid-green fleshy leaves. Masses of starry lemon-yellow flowers are produced in early summer. Ideal for beard when produced in early summer. Ideal for cream when produced in summer through to autumn. flowers are held above the foliage from spring through planting in mixed, herbaceous or cottage gardens for planting in mixed, herbaceous or cottage gardens for Great colour for a mixed or herbaceous border. to autumn. Great for rockeries and gravel gardens, or some early colour. some early colour. 40cm x 50cm. Full sun. patio containers. 1.2mx 0.5m. Full sun. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun. 0.20m x 0.20m. Full sun.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Iris Germanica Cliffs of Dover NEW Leucanthemum x superbum TO RANGE Iris Germanica Susan Bliss NEW TO RANGE ‘Real Glory’ LIATRIS A hardy perennial with sword-like, light-green leaves. A hardy perennial with sword-like light green leaves. A hardy clump-forming perennial with compact dark Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ Large intense white flowers are produced in early The flowers have light violet crown and falls with a green leaves. Huge multi-layers blooms of white petals summer. Ideal for planting in mixed, herbaceous or golden yellow beard when produced in early summer. gradually reflex to expose an ever enlarging frilly yellow cottage gardens for some early colour. Ideal for planting in mixed, herbaceous or cottage domed centre are produced in summer through to A hardy, clump-forming perennial with narrow, grass-like 0.8m x 0.5m. Full sun. gardens for some early colour. autumn. Great colour for a mixed or herbaceous foliage. Upright spikes of deep purple flowers, which 0.70m x 0.40m. Full sun. border. open from the top downwards when produced in late 70cm x 40cm. Full sun. summer and early autumn. Perfect for a mixed border 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 to attract bees and butterflies. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 50cm x 45cm. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Iris Germanica Dusky Challenger NEW TO RANGE Iris Germanica Tulip Festival NEW Leucanthemum x superbum TO RANGE A hardy perennial with sword-like, light-green leaves. ‘Real Neat’ Huge ruffled flowers are nearly black with a lovely A hardy perennial with sword-like light green leaves. A hardy, clump-forming perennial with dark green LILIUM silky sheen are produced in early summer. Ideal for The flowers have pure milky white standards and foliage. Large blooms with rows of horizontal, white, planting in mixed, herbaceous or cottage gardens for butter yellow falls when produced in early summer. fluted petals produced in summer. Great colour for a Lilium formosanum var. pricei some early colour. Ideal for planting in mixed, herbaceous or cottage mixed or herbaceous border 0.95m x 0.40m. Full sun. 0.45m x 0.45m. Full sun. gardens for some early colour. A hardy, bulbous perennial with upright stems bearing 0.90m x 0.40m. Full sun. lance-shaped glossy dark-green leaves. In summer it 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 produces long, striped buds opening to large, fragrant, 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 trumpet-shaped white flowers, flushed purple on the 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 outside. A striking plant for mixed borders, and work well in patio pots. Iris Germanica Jane Philips NEW 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade. TO RANGE 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy perennial with lance-like, grey-green leaves. ISOPLEXISIS LEWISIA Fragrant light blue scented flowers are produced in NEW early summer, the falls whitish with darker veins at the Lewisia cotyledon ‘Safira Coral’ Isoplexisis isabelliana ‘Bella’ AS FEATURED AT TO RANGE CHELSEA base and a white beard. Ideal for planting in mixed, FLOWER SHOW herbaceous or cottage gardens for some early colour. A hardy, evergreen perennial forms a dense rosette 0.95m x 0.40m. Full sun. A half-hardy perennial with large, roundly pointed green leaves. Open mouthed blooms in fiery shades of of mid-green fleshy leaves. Masses of starry coral-pink LITHODORA scorched red and orange are densely packed up strong NEW flowers are held above the foliage from spring through 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 TO RANGE Lithodora diffusa ‘Grace Ward’ stems from May to October. Stunningly architectural, it to autumn. Great for rockeries and gravel gardens, or is a real touch of the tropicals for your garden. patio containers. 1.2m x 0.75m. Full sun. 0.20m x 0.20m. Full sun. A hardy, mat-forming, evergreen shrub with oblong to elliptic, hairy, dark grey-green leaves. Terminal clusters of 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 star-shaped, dark-blue flowers are produced from late Iris ‘Ola Kalá’ NEW 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 TO RANGE spring into summer. Perfect for tumbling over rocks or walls and to edge paths or rock gardens. A hardy perennial with lance-like light green leaves. 25cm x 50cm. Full sun. Scented golden-yellow flowers are produced, in early Lewisia cotyledon ‘Safira Fuchsia’ NEW summer. Ideal for planting in mixed, herbaceous or TO RANGE 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 cottage gardens for some early colour. LEONTOPODIUM 0.9m x 0.5m. Full sun. Leontopodium nivale subsp. A hardy, evergreen perennial forms a dense rosette of mid-green fleshy leaves. Masses of fuchsia-pink flowers alpinum BLOSSOM OF SNOW are held above the foliage from spring through to 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy, evergreen perennial has an abundance autumn. Great for rockeries and gravel gardens, or patio Lithodora diffusa ‘Heavenly Blue’ of large, showy star-shaped white blooms that containers. smother silvery-green foliage all summer. Rabbit and 0.20m x 0.20m. Full sun. deer resistant. Great at the front of a mixed border A hardy, mat-forming, evergreen shrub, bearing small, or in a container, good cut flower. dark green hairy leaves. Abundant, small, bright-blue Iris Germanica Skyfire NEW 20cm x 30cm. Full sun to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 flowers are produced in spring and summer. Perfect TO RANGE for tumbling over rocks or walls and to edge paths or rock gardens. A hardy perennial with sword-like light green leaves. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 25cm x 50cm. Full sun. The flowers are made up of several shades of rich fiery orange and golden colours, highlighted with several thin red veins when produced in early 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 summer. Ideal for planting in mixed, herbaceous or cottage gardens for some early colour. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
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LOBELIA Lupinus ‘Masterpiece’ LYSIMACHIA NEMESIA Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’ Lysimachia atropurpurea Nemesia Karoo pink (Innkapink) A hardy perennial with palmate, dark green leaves. ‘Beaujolais’ A hardy perennial with wonderful vibrant red- Upright, dense, terminal racemes of bicoloured, A hardy, perennial with ornamental glaucous, silver- A mound-forming plant with mid-green leaves. From maroon leaves. Spikes of scarlet flowers held on purple and yellow flowers are produced from late green foliage. It bears throughout summer long spikes late spring into early autumn it produces masses of maroon stems are produced in summer. Good in spring to early summer. Ideal for giving height and of small wine-red flowers. A distinct and fascinatingly two-lipped flowers in shades of blushed pink with a mixed or herbaceous borders. colour to the herbaceous or mixed border. different plant splendid in the border, great for a large yellow eye. Perfect for summer displays in borders 1m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.75m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. container, the blooms are useful for cutting. and patio pots. 0.6m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36
Lupinus ‘Persian Slipper’ Lobelia × speciosa Nemesia Karoo Soft Blue (Innkarsofb) ‘Starship Deep Rose’ A hardy perennial with palmate, mid-green leaves. MELITTIS A hardy, clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped, Tall, upright, terminal racemes of deep-blue white dark green leaves. Upright black stems bearing flecked flowers are produced from late spring to Melittis melissophyllum A mound-forming plant with mid-green leaves. From reddish-pink flowers are produced from summer into early summer. Ideal for giving height and colour to ‘Royal Velvet Distinction’ late spring into early autumn, flowers of sky-blue autumn. Good in mixed or herbaceous borders. the herbaceous or mixed border. with a white eye are produced in abundance. Perfect A hardy, upright perennial with hairy stems bearing 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. 0.6m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. for summer displays in borders and patio pots. oval scalloped, honey-scented dark-green leaves. In 0.3m x 0.3m. Full sun. late spring and early summer, whorls of tubular white 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 flowers with dark-purple lower lips are produced. Use in mixed or herbaceous borders. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 0.4m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 Lupinus ‘Polar Princess’ NEW TO RANGE 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Lobelia × speciosa ‘Starship Deep Scarlet’ A hardy, upright, clump-forming perennial, with Nemesia SUNSATIA palmately-divided green leaves. In summer, plump A hardy, clump-forming perennial with bronze-green spikes tightly-packed with pure white, scented CHERRY ON ICE leaves. Upright maroon stems bearing terminal flowers are produced. Ideal for giving height and A mound-forming plant with mid-green leaves. racemes of two-lipped, scarlet flowers are produced colour to the herbaceous or mixed border. MONARDA Prolific two toned flowers of red and white, with a from summer into autumn. Good in mixed or 0.75m x 0.60m. Full sun to part shade. yellow eye are produced from late spring into early herbaceous borders. Monarda ‘Bee-Free’ autumn. Perfect for summer displays in borders and 60cm x 35cm. Full sun to partial shade. (Bee-You Series) 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 patio pots. A hardy, mound-forming, perennial with lance-shaped, 0.3m x 0.35m. Full sun. aromatic, dark green leaves. Short, upright stems 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 bearing dense, whorled clusters of tubular, bright purple-pink flowers are produced in summer. Perfect 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 Lupinus ‘Tequila Flame’ NEW for mixed borders, prairie planting and attracts bees TO RANGE and butterflies. 60cm x 50cm. Full sun. LUPINUS A hardy, upright, clump-forming perennial, with palmately-divided green leaves. In summer, bi-colour, 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Nemesia SUNSATIA PLUS LYCHEE Lupinus ‘Blacksmith’ NEW rich ruby-red and golden yellow flowers are TO RANGE produced. Ideal for giving height and colour to the 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 36 herbaceous or mixed border. A mound-forming plant with mid-green leaves. A hardy perennial with palmate, mid-green leaves. Tall, 0.80cm x 0.40cm. Full sun to part shade. From late spring into early autumn, a mass of pretty upright, terminal racemes of dark purple and white flowers are produced, lightly scented, bi-coloured bicolour from early summer. Ideal for giving height Monarda ‘Bee-Happy’ white and pink with yellow centres. Perfect for and colour to the herbaceous or mixed border. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 (Bee-You Series) summer displays in borders and patio pots. 0.7m x 0.40m. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, mound-forming, perennial with lance-shaped, 0.3m x 0.35m. Full sun. aromatic dark green leaves. Upright stems bearing dense, whorled clusters of tubular, red flowers are 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 produced in summer. Perfect for mixed borders, 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 Lupinus ‘Towering Inferno’ prairie planting and attracts bees and butterflies 60cm x 50cm. Full sun. A hardy perennial with palmate, mid-green leaves. Tall, upright, terminal racemes of orange-red flowers Lupinus ‘Desert Sun’ NEW are produced from late spring to early summer. Ideal Nemesia SUNSATIA PLUS TO RANGE 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 for giving height and colour to the herbaceous or POMELO (Innemsunpo) mixed border. 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 36 A hardy, upright, clump-forming perennial, with 0.9m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. A mound-forming plant with mid-green leaves. palmately-divided green leaves. In summer, spikes From late spring into early autumn, it produces an of creamy-white buds opening to scented, yellow abundance of vibrant, golden, honey-yellow flowers. flowers. Ideal for giving height and colour to the 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Monarda ‘Bee-Lieve’ Perfect for summer displays in borders and patio herbaceous or mixed border. (Bee-You Series) pots. 0.80cm x 0.40cm. Full sun to part shade. A hardy, mound-forming, perennial with lance-shaped, 0.3m x 0.35m. Full sun. pointed, aromatic, dark green leaves. Strong, stout 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 stems bearing dense, whorled clusters of tubular, pale pink flowers are produced in summer. Perfect 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 LYCHNIS for mixed borders, prairie planting and attracts bees Lychnis flos-cuculi Jenny (Lychjen) and butterflies 60cm x 50cm. Full sun. Lupinus ‘Magic Lantern’ NEW 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 TO RANGE A hardy perennial of upright, branching habit, with Nemesia ‘Wisley Vanilla’ slender, oblong, dark-green basal leaves. Clusters of A hardy, upright, clump-forming perennial, with soft pink, double flowers with pale centres and white palmately-divided green leaves. In summer, striking streaks on the petals are borne in late spring and A mound-forming plant with mid-green leaves. dark purple flowers with claret and yellow markings early summer. Perfect for beds and borders, loved by The flowers are white with a very pale pink flush, are produced. Ideal for giving height and colour to bees and butterflies. Monarda ‘Bee-True’ particularly on the upper petals, and a yellow eye. the herbaceous or mixed border. 0.7m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. (Bee-You Series) They are strongly vanilla-scented and are produced 0.75m x 0.60m. Full sun to part shade. A compact, mound-forming, perennial with lance- in summer. Perfect for summer displays in borders 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 shaped, pointed, aromatic, dark green leaves. Strong, and patio pots. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 stout stems bearing dense, whorled clusters of tubular, raspberry red flowers in summer. Perfect for mixed borders, prairie planting and attracts bees and 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 butterflies Lychnis flos-cuculi ‘White Robin’ 60cm x 50cm. Full sun. 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 36 Lupinus ‘Manhattan Lights’ A hardy, upright perennial with branched stems 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 A hardy perennial with palmate, dark green leaves. bearing opposite, lance-shaped leaves. In late spring Upright, dense, terminal racemes of deep purple-red and early summer, terminal clusters of star-shaped flowers with orange flecks are produced from late white flowers, each petal deeply cut into four narrow spring to early summer. Ideal for giving height and segments are produced. Perfect for beds and borders, colour to the herbaceous or mixed border. loved by bees and butterflies. 0.9m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 0.70m x 0.3m. Full sun to part shade.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
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NEPETA PAEONIA Paeonia lactiflora ‘Neon’ NEW Penstemon ‘Pensham Laura’ TO RANGE Nepeta ‘Neptune’ (Bokratune) NEW Paeonia lactiflora ‘Bowl of Beauty’ TO RANGE This hardy perennial forms a bushy mound of A hardy, clump-forming, upright, semi-evergreen A hardy, compact perennial with strong stems of that A hardy perennial with mid-green leaves held on glossy, dark-green divided foliage. It produces large, perennial with linear green leaves. Clean white tubes maintain its sturdy upright bush covered in aromatic upright stems. Large, anemone-like rose-pink double lavender-pink flowers with a luminous centre of pale are boldly edged with candy pink giving a striking green foliage. Large upright panicles of mid blue flowers with a creamy fringed centre are produced in rose-pink staminodes edged with gold from late contrast when produced from summer into autumn. flowers are produced in summer and will repeat summer. Beautiful in beds and borders, also popular spring. Beautiful in beds and borders, also popular as Perfect for mixed and herbaceous borders. Loved flower. Will give a colourful display in mixed or as a cut flower a cut flower. by bees. herbaceous borders or a patio container. 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.90m x 0.60m. Full sun to part shade. 0.7m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. 0.30m x 0.30m. Full sun. 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 36 Paeonia lactiflora ‘Miss America’ NEW Paeonia lactiflora ‘Pecher’ NEW TO RANGE Penstemon Pensham ‘Plum Jerkum’ Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’ TO RANGE A hardy, clump-forming perennial with dark-green, A hardy, clump-forming, upright, semi-evergreen This hardy perennial forms a bushy mound of glossy, glossy, divided leaves. Semi-double white flowers A hardy perennial with silvery-green, aromatic leaves dark-green divided foliage. It produces semi-double perennial with linear green leaves. Dark morello with golden stamens, open from soft pink buds when cherry tubular flowers, even darker in the throat with dark stems. Deep blue-mauve flowers are flowers of pale pink and creamy-white petals, the produced in early summer. Beautiful in beds and produced in abundance in early summer. Will give a outer petals with a hairline edge of red from late with prominent white bee lines are produced borders, also popular as a cut flower. from summer into autumn. Perfect for mixed and colourful display in mixed or herbaceous borders or spring. Beautiful in beds and borders, also popular as 0.90m x 0.60m. Full sun to part shade. a patio container. a cut flower. herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. 0.80m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 0.8m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ Paeonia lactiflora ‘Peter Brand’ NEW PENSTEMON Penstemon PHOENIX TO RANGE Penstemon ‘Andenken an APPLEBLOSSOM A hardy, clump-forming perennial with aromatic, This hardy perennial forms a bushy mound of dark- Friedrich Hahn’ A hardy, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with narrow green leaves. Upright racemes of grey-green foliage. Masses of lavender-blue flower green foliage that colours red in autumn. Double, A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial, with narrow, dark spikes are produced in summer. Will give a colourful deep red blooms are fragrant and full when produced bell-shaped, white-throated, pale pink flowers are foliage. Upright racemes of tubular bell-shaped, deep produced from summer. Perfect for mixed and display in mixed or herbaceous borders or a patio on strong stems in summer. Beautiful in beds and wine-red flowers, marked white are produced over container. borders, also popular as a cut flower. herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. a long period from summer. Formerly known as 0.7m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.9m x 0.6m. Full sun. 0.90m x 0.60m. Full sun to part shade. Garnet. Perfect for mixed and herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 0.9m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Nepeta X faassenii ‘Purrsian Blue’ Paeonia lactiflora ‘Bowl of Love’ NEW Penstemon Phoenix Magenta TO RANGE Penstemon heterophyllus A hardy, clump-forming perennial with aromatic, A hardy perennial with mid-green foliage. Bright pink ‘Heavenly Blue’ A hardy, clump-forming , semi-evergreen perennial with mid-green leaves. From summer into autumn, grey-green foliage. Masses of lavender-blue flower guard petals cup a centre of frothy pale cream to A hardy, woody-based perennial with narrow, dull, spikes are produced in summer. Will give a colourful white petaloids when produced in summer. Beautiful upright panicles of tubular, magenta flowers with bluish-green leaves. The pinkish-blue flowers, tubular white throats are produced in abundance. Perfect for display in mixed or herbaceous borders or a patio in beds and borders. In all aspects this is a Bowl of with an open mouth are produced in long spikes container. Beauty’s little brother! A smaller version of one of mixed and herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. through summer and autumn. Perfect for mixed and 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. 0.35m x 0.45m. Full sun. the best known of all peonies. herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. 0.75m x 0.70m. Full sun to part shade. 50cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Penstemon Phoenix Violet Paeonia lactiflora ‘Shirley Temple’ NEW (Peni Vio09) NERINE TO RANGE Penstemon ‘Hidcote Pink’ Nerine bowdenii A hardy, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with mid-green leaves. From summer into autumn, A hardy perennial forms a bushy mound of dark A hardy perennial, with narrow grey-green leaves. green, divided foliage. Large, fragrant, fully double, upright panicles of tubular, purple flowers with A hardy, bulbous perennial, with rich green strap-like Slender panicles of rose-pink, streaked with purple white throats are produced. Perfect for mixed and rose-pink flowers are produced in late spring. on the creamy-white throat flowers are produced leaves. Preceding the leaves are the upright stems Beautiful in beds and borders, also popular as a cut herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. bearing umbels of lily-like pink flowers in autumn. from late summer. Perfect for mixed and herbaceous 0.6m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. flower. borders. Loved by bees. Great in a mixed border where it will be baked by 2.5m x 1.5m. Full sun to part shade. the sun, good as a cut flower. 0.9m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.5m x 0.1m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 Penstemon ‘Purple Bedder’ Paeonia lactiflora ‘Buckeye Belle’ NEW TO RANGE Penstemon ‘Pensham Amelia Jane’ Nerine bowdenii ‘Alba’ A hardy, upright, semi-evergreen perennial with green A hardy perennial with dark green, deeply-cut foliage, leaves. Racemes of deep-purple flowers with maroon A hardy, clump-forming, upright, semi-evergreen throats are produced from early summer. Perfect for flushed deep red as it emerges in spring. The semi- perennial with linear green leaves. Red, bell-shaped A hardy, bulbous perennial, with rich green strap-like double flowers, produced in late spring and early mixed and herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. leaves. Preceding the leaves are upright stems bearing flowers with white throats produced from summer 0.7m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. summer, are deep ruby red with a central mass of into autumn. Perfect for mixed and herbaceous umbels of lily-like snow-white flowers in autumn. golden stamens. Beautiful in beds and borders, also Great in a mixed border where it will be baked by borders. Loved by bees. popular as a cut flower. 0.9m x 0.6m. Full sun to part shade. the sun, good as a cut flower. 0.9m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 45cm x 8cm. Full Sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Penstemon Raven Paeonia lactiflora ‘Coral Charm’ NEW Penstemon ‘Pensham Czar’ TO RANGE Nerine bowdenii ‘Nikita’ A hardy, upright, semi-evergreen perennial with green A hardy, clump-forming perennial with dark green A hardy, clump-forming, upright, semi-evergreen leaves. Upright racemes of deep-purple flowers A hardy, bulbous perennial, with rich green strap-like leaves of lance-shaped leaflets. Semi-double, opening perennial with linear green leaves. Tubular, trumpet- streaked with dark-red and with a white throat are leaves. Preceding the leaves are upright stems bearing salmon pink, changing to orange and finally yellow shaped, plum purple flowers with white interiors produced from early summer. Perfect for mixed and umbels of lily-like pale pink flowers in autumn. Great flowers are produced in summer. Beautiful in beds produced from summer into autumn. Perfect for herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. in a mixed border where it will be baked by the sun, and borders, also popular as a cut flower mixed and herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. good as a cut flower. 0.9m x 0.75m. Full sun to part shade. 0.9m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. 45cm x 8cm. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 4L rose-pot Shelf Quantity: 36
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Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes’ Phlox Bambini ‘Sweet Tart’ NEW PRIMULA Primula Belarina Valentine TO RANGE (Versweta) Primula beesiana (Kerbelred) A hardy, clump-forming, semi-evergreen with mid- A hardy, compact perennial with light green foliage. A hardy, rosette-forming, semi-evergreen perennial green leaves. From summer into autumn, upright Stunning fuchsia pink showy flowers are produced A hardy, deciduous perennial, forming a flat rosette with wrinkled, oval, dark green leaves. Upright stems panicles of tubular, lilac-blue flowers are produced. on stout stems from spring well into summer. Very of light green, crinkly leaves. Upright stems bearing bearing umbels of fragrant, double, deep red flowers Perfect for mixed and herbaceous borders. Loved resistant to mildew. Beautiful in herbaceous or mixed several whorls of yellow-eyed, purple flowers appear are produced in spring. Great for a woodland or by bees. borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. from spring. Great for a woodland or spring garden, spring garden, equally happy in a container. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.25m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. equally happy in a container. 20cm x 30cm. Full sun to part shade. 0.6m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Primula bulleyana Penstemon ‘White Bedder’ Phlox Earlibeauty ‘Rose Bouquet’ NEW TO RANGE Primula Belarina Amethyst Ice NEW TO RANGE A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with rosettes of A hardy, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial A hardy, compact perennial with light green foliage. (Kerbelpicotee) obovate green leaves. Upright stems bearing whorls with mid-green leaves. From summer into autumn, Heads of showy pink flowers are produced on stout A hardy, rosette-forming, evergreen with bright of orange-yellow flowers opening from red buds upright panicles of tubular, white flowers are stems from spring well into summer. Very resistant to green leaves. The fragrant, double flowers, produced when produced in spring. Great for a woodland or produced in abundance. Perfect for mixed and mildew. Beautiful in herbaceous or mixed borders or on sturdy, individual stems from early spring to spring garden, equally happy in a container. herbaceous borders. Loved by bees. in patio pots, adored by bees. early summer, are rich blue-purple with a fine white 0.6m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. 0.4m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. margin. Great for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a container. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 25cm x 25cm. Full sun to part shade. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 Primula Guilded Garnet NEW TO RANGE
PERSICARIA PHYSTOSTEGIA Primula Belarina Buttercup Yellow NEW A hardy, rosette forming semi-evergreen perennial TO RANGE with fresh green leaves. The flowers are dark burgundy Persicaria microcephala Phystostegia virginiana (Kerbelbut) double blooms with a beautiful golden edge produced ‘Purple Fantasy’ ‘Crystal Peak White’ A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with wrinkled, oval, from mid March to late May. Great for a woodland or A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with narrowly A hardy, compact perennial which forms an upright mid-green leaves forming a rosette. Masses of double, spring garden, equally happy in a container. heart-shaped, bright green leaves, each with a clump of fresh green leaves. Spikes of tubular white yellow flowers with a white edge are produced in 25cm x 20cm. Partial to full shade. prominent, maroon chevron marking. Loose clusters flowers are produced from midsummer through late winter until early summer. Great for a woodland of tiny white flowers are produced from late summer to autumn. The individual flowers resemble small or spring garden, equally happy in a container. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 into autumn. Forms a delightful mat for informal beds snapdragons and are attractive to butterflies. Great 12cm x 15cm. Full sun to part shade. and borders and ground cover. in mixed borders. 60cm x 60cm. Full sun to part shade. 40cmx 40cm. Full sun to partial shade. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Primula japonica ‘Apple Blossom’
A hardy, deciduous perennial with pale green, Primula Belarina Goldie NEW wrinkled leaves. From spring, it produces tiered TO RANGE whorls of flowers that are borne on stems, the pale (Kerbelgoldie) pink flowers have a darker reddish-pink centre. Great PHLOX A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial has rosettes of for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a Phlox Bambini ‘Candy Crush’ NEW POLEMONIUM green lettuce-like leaves. Masses of glorious golden, container. TO RANGE (Verscan) Polemonium ‘Northern Lights’ NEW fully double flowers are produced from late winter. 0.45m x 0.45m. Full sun to part shade. TO RANGE Great for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy A hardy, compact perennial with light green in a container. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 foliage. Two-tone pink and white showy flowers This hardy perennial forms a low, compact mound 25cm x 25cm. Full sun to part shade. are produced on stout stems from spring well of ferny green leaves. In mid to late spring it bears into summer. Very resistant to mildew. Beautiful upright stems of fragrant soft-blue flowers that 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 in herbaceous or mixed borders or in patio pots, resemble Phlox. Suitable for mixed or herbaceous adored by bees. borders. 0.25m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. 0.3m x 0.25m. Full sun to part shade. Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’ 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Primula Belarina Lively Lilac A hardy, robust, perennial with obovate green leaves. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Stout stems carrying whorls of crimson flowers are 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 36 produced from summer. Great for a woodland or A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial has rosettes of spring garden, equally happy in a container. fresh green leaves. Masses of rose-like, purple and 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. Phlox Bambini ‘Desire’ (Versde) NEW white flowers are produced in the spring. Great TO RANGE Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a container. A hardy, compact perennial with light green foliage. 25cm x 25cm. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Bright purple showy flowers are produced on stout This hardy perennial forms a low mound of ferny stems from spring well into summer. Very resistant to leaves, that are strongly edged in creamy white and is mildew. Beautiful in herbaceous or mixed borders or flushed with pink during the cooler spring weather. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 in patio pots, adored by bees. In mid to late spring this foliage is crowned with 0.25m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. clusters of light blue to white flowers. Suitable for mixed or herbaceous borders. Primula japonica ‘Postford White’ 45cm x 40xm. Full sun to part shade. Primula Belarina Nectarine 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with large green 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 (Kerbelnec) leaves. Stout stems with tiers of white flowers with A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial has rosettes of a red eye are produced in late spring and early fresh green leaves. Whorls of golden-yellow flowers summer. Great for a woodland or spring garden, that which blush to intense pinky-orange at the equally happy in a container. Phlox Bambini ‘Primadonna’ NEW petal margins are produced in spring. Great for 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. TO RANGE (Verpri) Polemonium yezoense var. a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a container. A hardy, compact perennial with light green foliage. hidakanum BRESSINGHAM PURPLE 25cm x 25cm. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Bright pink showy flowers are produced on stout A hardy, herbaceous perennial with purple-tinged, stems from spring well into summer. Very resistant to green foliage. It bears clusters of sky blue flowers mildew. Beautiful in herbaceous or mixed borders or with small white centres, cupped in shape and are 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 in patio pots, adored by bees. held in clusters from late spring. Suitable for mixed 0.25m x 0.4m. Full sun to part shade. or herbaceous borders. 0.7m x 0.5m. Full sun to part shade. Primula Oakleaf Yellow Picotee Primula Belarina Pink Ice (Kerbelpice) 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with large green, 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 oak-like leaves. Stout stems with tiers of butter- A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial forms rosettes yellow flowers with a red edge to each petal are with wrinkled, oval, dark green leaves. Double, lilac- produced in late spring and early summer. Great pink and cream flowers blooming from late winter for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a into spring. Great for a woodland or spring garden, container. equally happy in a container. 30cm x 30cm. Full sun to part shade. 25cm x 25cm. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36
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Primula ‘Sparkling Ruby’ NEW PULMONARIA Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Rosen Glocke’ RODGERSIA TO RANGE Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ Rodgersia ‘Bronze Peacock’ A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial forming a rosette A hardy, clump-forming perennial with finely cut, of fresh green leaves. Double, silver-lave ruby-red A hardy, mound-forming perennial with dark green, fern-like foliage. Pretty rose-pink flowers covered in A hardy, clump-forming perennial with large leaves flowers are borne on stout stems in spring. Great hairy leaves. In early spring, clusters of bright-blue soft down, are produced in early spring followed by divided into veined leaflets which emerge a bright for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a flowers, fading to purple with age, are produced. attractive seed heads. Great in coastal gardens and reddish-bronze in spring, maturing to a dark green container. Great for mixed and herbaceous borders, also for gravel or rock gardens. before taking on autumnal tints. In summer, tall 10cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. ground cover in more shady areas. 0.25m x 0.4m. Full sun. sprays of bright pink flowers are held on red stems. 0.3m x 0.4m. Full to partial shade. Fantastic for foliage shape and texture. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 0.6m x 0.9m. Full sun to part shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Primula vialli Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Violet Blue’ Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’ NEW TO RANGE A hardy, spectacular semi-evergreen perennial with a A hardy, clump-forming perennial with grey-green, rosette of fresh-green leaves. Unusual flower spikes - A hardy, mound-forming semi-evergreen perennial. finely dissected leaves, hairy when young. In spring, ROSMARINUS made up of a red cone, covered in tiny lilac flowers are Narrow silvery-green leaves, lightly speckled with dark upright to nodding, bell-shaped, violet to purple Rosmarinus officinalis (Prostratus produced in mid-June. Great for a woodland or mixed green near the margins. Masses of violet-blue flowers flowers appear, followed by silky seed heads. Great in border, equally happy in a container. are produced from late winter to late spring. Great for coastal gardens and gravel or rock gardens. Group) ‘Whitewater Silver’ 30cm x 30cm. Partial to full shade. mixed and herbaceous borders, also for ground cover 0.2m x 0.2m. Full sun. A hardy, trailing shrub which has aromatic, dark green in more shady areas. leaves with silvery underside. Clear blue flowers are 0.3m x 0.4m. Full to partial shade. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 produced in spring and occasionally thereafter. Great 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 in a gravel or rock garden, tumbling over walls or in 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 a container. 60cm x 90cm. Full sun.
Primula vialli ‘Alison Holland’ RHODOHYPOXIS 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Pulmonaria ‘Ice Ballet’ NEW TO RANGE Rhodohypoxis baurii ‘Alba’ A hardy, rosette-forming perennial that forms a clump of mid-green, hairy leaves. Stiff, stout, white mealy A hardy, mound-forming evergreen perennial A hardy, compact, clump-forming perennial with stems produce dense spikes of tubular white flowers, producing a clump of velvety leaves marked with small, Rosmarinus officinalis pale-green in bud, are produced during summer. Great small, grey-green lance-shaped leaves. Single, starry silver spots. Clusters of white, funnell-shaped flowers white flowers held on upright stems when produced ‘Blue Cascade’ for a woodland or mixed border, equally happy in a are produced from late winter to mid-spring. Great in early summer. Use in alpine and gravel gardens, A hardy, evergreen, trailing shrub with very aromatic container. for mixed and herbaceous borders, also for ground rockeries or in a container. green foliage with hints of citrus and pine. In late 30cm x 30cm. Partial to full shade. cover in more shady areas. 0.1m x 0.1m. Full sun. spring large bright sky blue flowers cover the plant. 0.3m x 0.4m. Full to partial shade. Great in a gravel or rock garden, tumbling over walls 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 or in a container. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 20cm x 60cm. Full sun.
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Primula vulgaris DRUMCLIFFE (K74) Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’ Rhodohypoxis baurii ‘Mars’ A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial that forms a rosette of dark chocolate coloured foliage. Flowers vary from A hardy, perennial has silver-spotted foliage, which A hardy, compact, clump-forming perennial with dark Rosmarinus officinalis Majorca Pink delicate pink to white, as they age, in spring. Great forms a neat mound. Clusters of bell-shaped flowers grey-green leaves. In summer they produce slender for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a in spring that emerge from bud in a rich shade of stems bearing solitary, lightly fragrant, vivid pink container. raspberry, and they age to a purplish and then almost flowers that fade to baby-pink with age. Use in alpine A hardy, upright, evergreen shrub with powerfully 10cm x 25cm. Full sun to part shade. blue colour. Great for mixed borders, also for ground and gravel gardens, rockeries or in a container. aromatic dark green leaves. Masses of soft pink flowers cover in more shady areas. 0.1m x 0.1m. Full sun. are produced through summer. Great in a gravel or 30cm x 45cm. Full to partial shade. rock garden, mixed borders or in a container. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 1m x 60cm. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Primula vulgaris ‘Dunbeg’ Pulmonaria ‘Sissinghurst White’ Rhodohypoxis A hardy, compact, rosette-forming, semi-evergreen ‘Hebron Farm Cerise’ A hardy, perennial which forms a clump of heavily A hardy, clump-forming perennial with grey-green Rosmarinus officinalis perennial with oblong, glossy, heavily veined, purple- to white-spotted ovate leaves, with leafy stems. Terminal bronze-flushed, dark green leaves. In spring, salverform, grass-like leaves. From late spring it produces star Miss Jessopps Upright cluster of pure white flowers opening from pink buds shaped, cerise flowers on upright stems amongst the pale apricot flowers with yellow throats are produced. in spring. Great for mixed and herbaceous borders, A hardy, compact, upright evergreen shrub with Great for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy leaves. Use in alpine and gravel gardens, rockeries or aromatic, narrowly oblong, dark green leaves, whitish also for ground cover in more shady areas. in a container. in a container. 40cm x 50cm. Full to partial shade. beneath. Small, light blue flowers are borne mainly in 10cm x 50cm. Full sun to part shade. 0.1m x 0.1m. Full sun. spring and summer. Great in a gravel or rock garden, mixed borders or in a container. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5m x 1.5m. Full sun. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Primula vulgaris ‘Glengarriff’ NEW TO RANGE PULSATILLA Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claudia’ A hardy, compact, rosette-forming, semi-evergreen Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Alba’ Rosmarinus officinalis perennial with oblong, heavily veined, red-flushed, dark A hardy, clump-forming perennial with dark grey-green Roman Beauty green leaves. Strong dark red stems bearing fragrant, A hardy, clump-forming perennial with finely divided, leaves. In summer it produces slender stems bearing A hardy, dense, bushy and compact evergreen shrub white-mottled, lilac-pink to reddish-pink flowers are fern-like foliage. Beautiful, pure white goblet shaped solitary, lightly fragrant, vivid pink flowers. Use in alpine with attractive greenish grey leaves. Masses of super produced in spring. Great for a woodland or spring flowers produced in spring are followed by attractive and gravel gardens, rockeries or in a container. blue to bluish violet flowers are produced in late garden, equally happy in a container. silky seed heads. Great in coastal gardens and gravel 0.1m x 0.1m. Full sun. spring and early summer. Great in a gravel or rock 10cm x 20cm. Full sun to part shade. or rock gardens. garden, mixed borders or in a container. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. 50cm x 40cm. Full sun. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Primula vulgaris ‘Lissadell’ NEW TO RANGE Pulsatilla vulgaris RED CLOCK Rhodohypoxis ‘Pintado’ Rosmarinus officinalis A hardy, compact, rosette-forming, semi-evergreen ‘Green Ginger’ perennial with oblong, heavily veined, fresh green A hardy, clump-forming perennial with finely dissected, A hardy, clump-forming perennial with dark grey-green A compact, upright, evergreen shrub with linear, leaves. Upright stems bearing lemon-yellow and fern-like leaves. Charming cup-shaped, red flowers leaves. In summer it produces slender stems bearing dark green leaves which are unusually scented with green tinged flowers are produced in spring. Great produced in spring are followed by silky seed heads. solitary, lightly-fragrant flowers that are white with ginger. Whorls of small, two-lipped, pale blue flowers for a woodland or spring garden, equally happy in a Great in coastal gardens and gravel or rock gardens. pink shades. Use in alpine and gravel gardens, rockeries produced from spring. Great in a gravel or rock container. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. or in a container. garden, mixed borders or in a container 10cm x 20cm. Full sun to part shade. 0.1m x 0.1m. Full sun. 1m x 1m. Full sun. 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
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RUDBECKIA SALVIA Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Little Goldstar’ Salvia Bodacious ‘Rhythm & Blues’ A hardy, perennial with wrinkled, dark grey-green A woody-based perennial with aromatic, ovate foliage A hardy, compact perennial with pinnate dark green A perennial that produces tight clumps of deep aromatic leaves. Dark, upright stems bearing racemes which may turn dark-red in autumn. Open racemes leaves. From midsummer into autumn it produces green foliage. Loose spires of deep indigo flowers are of dark violet flowers are produced from summer of crimson and white flowers are produced on spikes upright stems bearing double, golden-yellow flowers carried on jet black stems from early summer right into autumn. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots, in summer and autumn. Attractive to beneficial bees with dark brown central cones. Ideal for late colour through to autumn. Attractive to beneficial bees and adored by bees. and hoverflies. Good in a mixed, herbaceous border in mixed or herbaceous borders, and patio pots. hoverflies. Good in a mixed, herbaceous border or 0.75m x 0.6m. Full sun. or container. 0.4m x 0.4m. Full sun. container. 0.9m x 0.9m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Salvia nemorosa SCABIOSA Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii Salvia ‘Ember’s Wish’ (Sal 0101) ‘Goldsturm’ SENSATION DEEP BLUE Scabiosa incisa ‘Kudo’ A hardy, clump-forming perennial with pinnate A hardy, compact perennial with sage green leaves. A woody-based perennial with grey-green foliage. Masses of chubby spikes of rich medium blue dark green leaves. From midsummer into autumn Bright fiery orange and coral flowers on tall spikes A hardy perennial with finely-divided, dark grey-green it produces upright stems bearing, golden-yellow flowers are produced in summer. Attractive to both are produced throughout summer. Attractive to butterflies and other pollinators. Beautiful in borders leaves. Upright, wiry stems bearing blue-violet flower flowers with dark brown central cones. Ideal for late beneficial bees and hoverflies. Good in a mixed, heads are produced from early summer into autumn. colour in mixed or herbaceous borders, and prairie or in patio pots. herbaceous border or container. 0.3m x 0.4m. Full sun. Loved by bees and butterflies. Looks striking in a planting. 0.9m x 0.6m. Full sun. sunny border or a container. 1m x 0.5m. Full sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Rudbeckia Smileyz ‘Kissing’ NEW Salvia greggii ‘Icing Sugar’ Salvia nemorosa TO RANGE SENSATION ROSE Scabiosa ‘Vivid Violet’ A hardy, compact perennial with sage green leaves. A hardy, clump-forming perennial with a compact but A perennial with aromatic, mid-green leaves. Terminal A hardy perennial with finely-divided, dark grey-green vigorous habit with bright green, slightly hairy foliage. racemes of reddish-purple to pink, bicoloured Masses of short spikes of dark rose pink flowers are produced in summer. Attractive to both butterflies leaves. Upright, wiry stems bearing pink flower heads Upright stems are topped with bright sunny yellow flowers are produced from late spring into autumn. from early summer into autumn. Loved by bees and flowers with a fluorescent orange centres and dark Attractive to beneficial bees and hoverflies. Good in and other pollinators. Beautiful in borders or in patio pots. butterflies. Looks striking in a sunny border or a brown cone are produced in summer to autumn. a mixed, herbaceous border or container. container. Great for mixed borders or in containers. 0.9m x 0.9m. Full sun. 0.3m x 0.4m. Full sun. 0.5m x 0.45m. Full sun. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Salvia ‘Kiss ‘n’ Wishes’ Rudbeckia Smileyz ‘Laughing’ NEW Salvia nemorosa TO RANGE SENSATION WHITE SEDUM A woody-based perennial plant with deep green A hardy, clump-forming perennial with a compact but A hardy, compact perennial with sage green leaves. Sedum SUNSPARKLER and aromatic leaves. Reddish-purple flowers on a Masses of chubby spikes of clean white flowers are vigorous habit with bright green, slightly hairy foliage. long spike are produced from early summer right ‘Lime Zinger’ Upright stems are topped with colourful red and produced in summer. Attractive to both butterflies through to late autumn. Attractive to beneficial bees and other pollinators. Beautiful in borders or in A hardy, evergreen perennial bearing rosettes of orange bi coloured flowers with dark brown cones and hoverflies. Good in a mixed, herbaceous border broadly rounded, grey-green leaves with red margins. produced in summer to autumn. Great for mixed patio pots. or container. 0.5m x 0.5m. Full sun. Short stems bearing clusters of pink flowers are borders or in containers. 0.75m x 0.5m. Full sun. produced in late summer and early autumn. Plant 0.5m x 0.45m. Full sun. in as edging for mixed borders or rock, alpine and gravel gardens. Adored by bees. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Rudbeckia Smileyz ‘Happy’ NEW Salvia Love and Wishes (Serendip6) Salvia ‘Rockin Deep Purple’ TO RANGE
An upright perennial with aromatic, deep green Sedum SUNSPARKLER A hardy, clump-forming perennial with a compact but A compact perennial with fresh dark-green leaves. ‘Cherry Tart’ vigorous habit with bright green, slightly hairy foliage. leaves. Reddish-purple flowers with dark burgundy Masses of royal velvet blooms held by lovely black Upright stems are topped with colourful yellow and calyces are held in large racemes over a long period calyx on strong stems. Attractive to beneficial bees A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with colourful rust-red flowers with dark brown cones produced through summer. Attractive to beneficial bees and and hoverflies. Good in a mixed, herbaceous border cherry red foliage that forms a neat mound. Masses in summer to autumn. Great for mixed borders or hoverflies. Good in a mixed, herbaceous border or or container. of deep pink coloured flowers cover the plant when in containers. container. produced through summer and autumn. Plant in as 0.45m x 0.45m. Full sun. 0.8m x 0.8m. Full sun. edging for mixed borders or rock, alpine and gravel gardens. Adored by bees. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Rudbeckia Smileyz ‘Tiger’ NEW Salvia nemorosa ‘Crystal Blue’ NEW TO RANGE TO RANGE Salvia ‘Rockin Fuchsia’ Sedum SUNSPARKLER A hardy, clump-forming perennial with a compact but A hardy perennial that forms a dense, rounded clump A compact perennial with fresh dark-green leaves. ‘Dazzleberry’ vigorous habit with bright green, slightly hairy foliage. of aromatic, grey-green foliage that is not enjoyed Masses of bright fuchsia pink blooms held by lovely A hardy perennial that forms dense cushions of Upright stems are topped with bright yellow flowers by rabbits or deer. It produces unique light, sky blue black calyx on strong stems. Attractive to beneficial smokey-grey, foliage with a lovely rounded habit. with chocolate centres and dark brown cones flowers from late spring. Beautiful in borders or in bees and hoverflies. Good in a mixed, herbaceous Panicles of starry red flowers appear from as early as produced in summer to autumn. Great for mixed patio pots, adored by bees. border or container. July, virtually smothering the plant. Plant in as edging borders or in containers. 0.50m x 0.30m. Full sun. for mixed borders or rock, alpine and gravel gardens. 0.40m x 0.40m. Full sun. Adored by bees. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Bouquetta’ NEW ‘Little Henry’ TO RANGE Salvia x jamensis ‘Amethyst Lips’ A hardy, compact perennial with bright green leaves. A hardy, compact perennial with wrinkled, softly Strong branching stems bearing clusters of yellow hairy, mid-green leaves. Upright spikes of intense A hardy perennial with small, aromatic green leaves. flowers with narrow petals and dark centres are blue-purple flowers are produced from early to Beautiful and numerous purple and white flowers produced from mid to late summer. Ideal for late mid-summer. Will re-bloom if dead-headed. Beautiful emerging from scented stems appear in summer. colour in mixed or herbaceous borders, and patio in borders or in patio pots, adored by bees. Attractive to beneficial bees and hoverflies. Good in pots. 0.30m x 0.30m. Full sun. a mixed, herbaceous border or container. 1.2m x 60cm. Full Sun. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 5L Shelf Quantity: 15 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 4L Deco Shelf Quantity: 36
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Sedum SUNSPARKLER Thalictrum ‘My Little Favourite’ NEW Verbascum ‘Jackie in Spots’ Veronica longifolia FIRST GLORY TO RANGE ‘Firecracker’ (Alllord) A hardy, evergreen perennial bearing rosettes of A hardy, perennial with lacy blue-green foliage on A hardy perennial forming flat rosette of triangular A hardy, clump-forming, perennial with linear to broadly ovate to rounded, maroon to red rosettes. upright stems. A more compact variety. Produces grey-green leaves. Spikes of flowers in a beautiful lance-shaped, pointed dark green leaves. Slender, Short stems bearing terminal clusters of pink flowers sprays of fluffy, purple-pink flowers in mid- to late pastel cream and lavender combination are produced upright, terminal racemes of small, tubular, deep in late summer and early autumn. Plant in as edging summer. Loved by bees and butterflies, use in the through summer. The spikes are excellent for cutting. purple-blue flowers are produced throughout for mixed borders or rock, alpine and gravel gardens. herbaceous border, or in a woodland setting. Perfect for mixed borders, prairie planting and summer. Great for mixed or herbaceous borders. Adored by bees. attracts bees and butterflies.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Thalictrum ‘Splendide’ NEW Sedum SUNSPARKLER ‘Jade Tuffet’ TO RANGE Verbascum ‘Jackie in Yellow’ Veronica longifolia FIRST LADY (Alllady) A hardy, semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage A hardy perennial with blue-green leaves held on A hardy, compact perennial forming flat rosette of A hardy, compact, clump-forming, perennial with held on red stems that forms a neat mound. Masses impressive burgundy stalks. These strong stems bear triangular grey-green leaves. Spikes of flowers in a linear to lance-shaped, pointed, dark green leaves. of hot-pink coloured flowers cover the plant when clouds of purple-mauve flowers in summer. Ideal for soft yellow are produced through summer. The spikes Slender, upright, terminal racemes of small, tubular, produced through summer and autumn. Plant in as giving height and colour to the herbaceous border, or are excellent for cutting. Perfect for mixed borders, white flowers are produced throughout summer. edging for mixed borders or rock, alpine and gravel in a woodland setting. prairie planting and attracts bees and butterflies. Great for mixed or herbaceous borders. gardens. Adored by bees. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Thalictrum ‘Tukker Princess’ NEW Sedum SUNSPARKLER TO RANGE Verbascum ‘Pink Kisses’ Veronica longifolia FIRST LOVE ‘Plum Dazzled’ (ldaz2018) A hardy perennial with blue-green leaves held on (Alllove) A hardy, perennial with stunning dark purple foliage impressive burgundy stalks. These strong stems bear A hardy, compact perennial forming flat rosette of A hardy, compact, clump-forming perennial with that forms a neat mound. Large, cherry coloured clouds of soft-yellow flowers in summer. Ideal for triangular grey-green leaves. Spikes of flowers in a lance-shaped, pointed, dark green leaves. Slender, flowers cover the plant when produced through giving height and colour to the herbaceous border, or soft yellow are produced through summer. The spikes upright racemes of deep pink flowers are produced summer and autumn. Plant in as edging for mixed in a woodland setting. are excellent for cutting. Perfect for mixed borders, throughout summer. Great for mixed or herbaceous borders or rock, alpine and gravel gardens. Adored prairie planting and attracts bees and butterflies. borders. by bees. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
TIARELLA Veronica longifolia FIRST MEMORY SILENE Tiarella ‘Raspberry Sundae’ VERBENA Silene dioica ‘Rollie’s Favourite’ Verbena bonariensis A hardy, compact, clump-forming perennial with A hardy perennial with green star-like leaf shape with lance-shaped, pointed, wrinkled, dark green leaves. Slender, upright racemes of soft blue flowers are A hardy, mound-forming, semi-evergreen perennial a dark vein. Feathery spikes hold star-shaped flowers A hardy, clump-forming perennial with dark green that start as deep raspberry-pink buds opening to produced throughout summer. Great for mixed or with dark green leaves. In late spring and early leaves. Tall stems are topped with clusters of small, herbaceous borders. summer, clusters of pink flowers with white eyes pale white-pink star-like flowers in spring. Great for purple flowers from summer to autumn. Loved by are produced on branching stems. A perfect cottage edging mixed borders, spring or shady gardens. bees and butterflies. A perfect plant to fill gaps in garden plant for mixed or herbaceous borders. herbaceous borders and for prairie planting. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Veronica spicata Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ ‘Ulster Blue Dwarf’ Silene Jiggy ‘Pink’ Verbena bonariensis ‘Lollipop’ A hardy, clump-forming perennial with mid-green A hardy, perennial with deep-green, palmate foliage. leaves. Dense, upright racemes of star-shaped, purple- blue flowers are produced throughout summer. A hardy, low-growing and mat-forming perennial In spring it has slender stems that rise above the A hardy, dwarf perennial with rough stems and green foliage with light pink, star-shaped foamy flowers on Perfect for beds and borders of informal and cottage with fresh green leaves. Tiny pink blossoms which leaves. Dense clusters of small, purple flowers held gardens. almost completely cover the foliage are produced top. Great for edging mixed borders, spring or shady on stout stems when produced in summer and in summer. A great groundcover plant, good in beds gardens. autumn. A perfect plant to fill gaps in herbaceous and borders. borders and for prairie planting. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
ZALUZIANSKYA Silene Jiggy ‘White’ VERBASCUM Verbena Zaluzianskya ovata ‘Star Balsam’ Verbascum ‘Jackie’ officinalis var. grandiflora ‘Bampton’ A hardy, low-growing and mat-forming perennial A hardy, bushy perennial with fine, wiry branches A mound-forming perennial with aromatic, green with fresh green leaves. Tiny white blossoms which A hardy, compact perennial producing a flat rosette bearing deep purple foliage. From mid-summer to foliage. Eye dazzling whirligig flowers with a gorgeous almost completely cover the foliage are produced of triangular grey-green leaves. Flowers spikes in a mid autumn, short spikes of small purplish-pink scent are produced in summer, they are brilliant in summer. A great groundcover plant, good in beds beautiful creamy-apricot shade with an orange eye flowers are produced. A perfect plant to fill gaps in white, with red reverse. The flowers close in the day and borders. appear all summer and the spikes are excellent for herbaceous borders and for prairie planting. and open in the evening releasing the scent. Perfect cutting. Perfect for mixed borders, prairie planting for containers or edging borders. and attracts bees and butterflies. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
THALICTRUM Verbascum ‘Jackie in Pink’ VERONICA ZAUSCHNERIA Thalictrum ‘Black Stockings’ NEW Veronica ‘Bubblegum Candles’ Zauschneria californica ‘Glasnevin’ TO RANGE A hardy, compact, rosette-forming, perennial with A hardy, tall, perennial with lacy foliage and upright, ovate, hairy, wrinkled, grey-green leaves. From late A hardy, clump-forming perennial with mid-green A hardy, clump forming perennial with small matt- near-black stems. Produces generous sprays of fluffy, spring into summer, upright, branching stems bearing leaves. Dense upright racemes of star-shaped, deep green leaves. Masses of scarlet tubular flowers are bright purplish-pink flowers in mid- to late summer. pale pink flowers with darker, purple-pink centres. pink flowers are produced in early summer. Perfect produced for weeks in autumn. Great in gravel Ideal for giving height and colour to the herbaceous Perfect for mixed borders, prairie planting and for beds and borders of informal and cottage gardens or containers. border, or in a woodland setting. attracts bees and butterflies. gardens. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 1.5L Shelf Quantity: 36
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ACORUS Carex oshimensis ‘Everlite’ NEW Miscanthus sinensis ‘Red Chief’ PENNISETUM Acorus gramineus ‘Õgon’ TO RANGE Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ This tufted evergreen perennial looks great with Clump-forming perennial grass with strong green Japanese Rush. A semi-evergreen perennial with its grass-like foliage, which has a cream and green leaves and tall plumes of flowers turning to red seed Chinese Fountain Grass. A clump-forming perennial variegated, arching, grass-like leaves that are golden striped variegation. In mid- to late spring it also heads in late summer. grass with arching linear leaves and cylindrical yellow and green. produces brownish flowerspikes. panicles of bristly, purple-tinged spikelets in late summer.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
NEW Carex oshimensis ‘Everoro’ Miscanthus sinensis RED CLOUD AS FEATURED AT TO RANGE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW Acorus gramineus ‘Variegatus’ Pennisetum ‘Fairy Tails’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA An evergreen grass which forms a cascading clump Clump-forming perennial grass with strong green FLOWER SHOW Compact, semi-evergreen perennial forming tufts of of leathery dark green leaves, with a golden-yellow leaves and tall plumes of flowers turning to red seed Fountain Grass. Linear, pointed, grey-green leaves and, strap-like leaves margined with creamy-yellow. stripe down the centre. Low maintenance. heads in late summer. in summer, narrow, pendent panicles of pink-flushed, golden-brown spikelets.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’ NEW Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’ TO RANGE CAREX SPOROBOLUS This evergreen grass forms a cascading mound of A compact, clump-forming deciduous grass with NEW Carex comans bronze-leaved AS FEATURED AT bright, lime-green leaves that turn yellow-gold as they upright, rather spiky foliage cross-banded with yellow. Sporobolus airoides CHELSEA TO RANGE FLOWER SHOW mature. Outstanding colour and considered by some Crinkly silver flowering plumes to 2m tall in ‘J.S. Delicatesse’ to be one of the best. Flowers are insignificant. mid autumn. New Zealand hairy sedge. Elegant and flowing Grass with wild and open growing habit, suitable for deep bronze foliaged grass that keeps its colour prairie plantings, and finely textured flowers. all year round. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Carex testacea AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW PANICUM Orange New Zealand Sedge. Gracefully arching, Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ Carex comans ‘Frosted Curls’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA fine-textured leaves in shades of orange, maturing FLOWER SHOW STIPA to copper. A perennial grass forming clumps of upright metallic New Zealand hairy sedge. The light green, narrow blue-grey leaves. Broad, diffuse, weeping panicles of Stipa arundinacea Anemanthele leaves form curly pigtails at the tips that appear tiny purple-green spikelets in early autumn. iridescent, almost white. lessoniana Formerly Stipa arundinacea. Hardy evergreen grass, 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 arching green leaves with wispy flowers in summer. Good autumn colour. 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
FESTUCA 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
Festuca glauca INTENSE BLUE AS FEATURED AT Panicum virgatum ‘Heiliger Hain’ Carex elata ‘Aurea’ AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW FLOWER SHOW
A semi-evergreen, clump-forming perennial with Compact, dense, mound-forming, evergreen perennial An upright, clump-forming, deciduous perennial grass yellow leaves. Brown male flower spikes form above grass with linear, blue-grey leaves and, in summer, with flat, blue-green leaves, turning deep orange-red Stipa gigantea green female spikes in spring. erect stems bearing dense, narrow, blue-green flower in autumn, and panicles of tiny, pink-flushed, flowers spikelets. in autumn. Golden Oats. A tufted evergreen grass with arching linear green leaves and large panicles of oat-like, long- awned purplish flowers which ripen to gold. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21
3L Shelf Quantity: 21 Carex ‘Ice Dance’ Panicum virgatum AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA MISCANTHUS ‘J.S. Blue Darkness’ FLOWER SHOW
An attractive, moderately spreading sedge with Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’ AS FEATURED AT A sturdy, hardy grass with variegated blue-green and CHELSEA broad, dark green leaves and strong creamy-white FLOWER SHOW black leaves. Fluffy cream flowerheads are produced Stipa tenuissima margins. Originating from Japan. NEW Elegant, hardy perennial grass with fine, narrow in autumn. TO RANGE leaves, margined white. Reddish blooms open Mexican Feather Grass. Upright with gently arching, silvery-pink in summer. fine oliagef and feathery flower panicles in summer.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 3L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime’ NEW TO RANGE
A clump-forming, evergreen, grass-like sedge, bearing long, linear, dark green leaves with bright green margins. Brown flower spikelets bloom in summer.
2L Shelf Quantity: 30
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ATHYRIUM DRYOPTERIS
Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum Dryopteris affinis AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA ‘Cristata The King’ FLOWER SHOW Elegant, deciduous fern with deeply cut, grey-green King of the male ferns. Semi- evergreen fern long fronds of pinnate leaves effused silver and mauve. upright and arching fronds, often crested at the tips, forming large rosettes.
2L Shelf Quantity: 21 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 “Our Mission is to
Dryopteris erythrosora AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA BLECHNUM var. prolifica FLOWER SHOW Blechnum brasiliense ‘Volcano’ NEW TO RANGE Prolific copper shield fern. Evergreen fern with light green, bi-pinnate fronds, often tinged pink when inspire the creation of Dwarf Brazilian Tree Fern. Compact evergreen fern young. Form neat tufts. that has young fronds which unfurl in a bright bronze volcanic hue turning a shiny green as they open. Over time it will form a small trunk. green living spaces for 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 21 now and the future” POLYSTICHUM
Polystichum polyblepharum AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA CHEILANTHES FLOWER SHOW
Cheilanthes lanosa AS FEATURED AT Japanese Tassel Fern. An evergreen fern forming CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW glossy dark green, bipinnate fronds; attractive young Hairy Lip Fern. An evergreen fern with upright, fronds yellowish-green, more erect and covered with hair-like golden scales. mid-green leaves. They have a wrinkled surface, NEW silvery, hair-like scales on both sides and TO RANGE brown stems. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 2L Shelf Quantity: 30
Polystichum setiferum AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA ‘Herrenhausen’ FLOWER SHOW Soft Shield Fern. A semi-evergreen fern. CYRTOMIUM The new foliage uncurls in spring to show long, intricately-divided fronds. Cyrtomium fortunei AS FEATURED AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
Evergreen fern forming upright shuttlecocks of pinnate fronds with pale green, sickle- shaped leaves on dark stems. 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 Directions: 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 FROM THE EAST (VIA M3/M27) 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 At junction 12, take the A335
Polystichum tsussimense AS FEATURED AT 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 CHELSEA exit to Eastleigh/Chandler’s Ford FLOWER SHOW
Korean Rock Fern. A small, tufted evergreen fern, Take first exit on first roundabout, with erect, lance-shaped, bipinnate fronds, with straight over the second, slender-pointed apex and pinnae. DICKSONIA take second exit on the third Dicksonia antarctica roundabout onto Hocombe Rd, continue onto Hook Rd and turn Tree Fern. An evergreen fern with a thick 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 reddish-brown, fibrous trunk and arching, left onto A3090. dark-green fronds. Destination will be on the right.
FROM THE WEST (VIA M27) 2L Shelf Quantity: 30 At junction 3, take the M271 exit 7.5L Shelf Quantity: 12 to Southampon/Docks, at the roundabout, take the first exit onto M271 heading to Romsey. Take the second exit on the next two roundabouts and then the 1st exit onto Botley road. Turn right onto Highwood Ln then right again onto Halterworth Ln. Turn right onto A3090. Destination will be on the left.
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