Trees and Shrubs

Abutilon

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

7.5L     £40.00

Buddleja colvilei

A desirable large shrub or small tree bearing long racemes of deep pink flowers in early summer. For a sheltered site. 5m

2L     £9.00

Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Dark Knight'

A charming shrub with intense blue flowers set against grey-green leaves from summer onward. A fine alternative to lavender. Good for bees. 60cm

2L     £12.00

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Millerton Point'

A fairly new white flowered ceanothus! We're reluctant to say this is absolutely hardy but it will do well in all but the coldest areas, especially in full sun. Height to 2m.

2L     £14.00

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Low growing deciduous shrub famed for its plumbago-like blue flowers from July to late autumn. Excellent scarlet autumn colour. 50cm.

2L     £12.00

Cercidiphyllum magnificum

A larger-leafed alternative to the well-know katsura. Great autumn colour and the classic smell of warm sugar when the leaves fall. 5m

2L     £28.00

Coleonema 'Sunset Gold'

A fine half-hardy shrub with bright yellow-green leaves. White flowers borne in profusion from late winter to spring. For a sheltered site but worth it. 45cm tall.

3L     £15.00

Cornus kousa 'Marwood Dawn'

A delightful pink flowering dogwood raised, and admired, at Marwood Hill in Devon. Acid to neutral soil. 5m tall, maybe 4m wide.

2L     £28.00

Cornus wilsoniana

A very rare but seemingly easy deciduous species grown for its eucalyptus-like bark which develops with age. 8m

2L     £55.00

Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Stellar Pink’

This hybrid between Cornus florida and C. kousa is causing quite a stir among 'flowering dogwood' enthusiasts. Masses of light pink 'flowers' in summer. 6m

2L     £28.00