Over the years we've gathered the best of these wall shrubs. All like a good sunny spot in a sheltered spot.
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Abutilon vitifolium
Now Corynabutilon vitifolium. A fine deciduous shrub with vine-like leaves and large purple-blue flowers from late summer. Warm spot please. 2-4m
2L
£12.00
Acacia baileyana 'Purpurea'
Finely cut blue-grey foliage, with strongly purple new growth, and showy clusters of yellow flowers in spring. Hardier than many acacias.
2L
£18.00
Acer negundo 'Kelly's Gold'
A charming deciduous tree with golden foliage, perfect for brightening things up in light shade. Best pollarded once it gets bigger, or allow it to grow into a modestly sized tree.
3L
£16.00
Aesculus indica
A large tree with bold foliage similar to the common horse chestnut but more resistant to leaf miner. Very desirable. 10m
3L
£28.00
Ardisia japonica 'Houkan'
A slow evergreen groundcover revered for its warm-gold variegation. For the patient gardener with sheltered shade, but worth the effort. 45cm
2L
£18.00
Ardisia japonica 'Ito Fukurin'
Rare, low growing evergreen shrub with green and gold foliage. Small pink flowers in summer. Best in sheltered shade. Height to 45cm.
2L
£18.00
Aucuba japonica 'Fujikawa'
Aucuba japonica is much more than 'spotted laurel', as we see with this gorgeous form with its long wavy leaves. Highly desirable and currently rare. 2m.
2L
£15.00
Azara dentata
Larger in all its parts, including its flowers, than Azara microphylla. Gloriously perfumed flowers in early spring. Rare. Height to around 12m.
2L
£18.00
Azara microphylla
A woefully underappreciated evergreen shrub/small tree, bearing vanilla-scented flowers in early spring. Its airy habit makes its potential 10m height easier to accommodate.
2L
£22.00
Azara microphylla 'Variegata'
Shrub 3-5m makes good wall shrub, yellow vanilla scented flowers. Feb/Apr