Salvia confertiflora

A tender but VERY desirable salvia. Masses of red flower spikes in late summer and autumn. Good foliage too. 1.2m high.

2L   Exotic   £9.00

Salvia microphylla 'Wine And Roses'

A charming shrubby salvia with masses of pinkish-red leaves through summer and autumn. Sunny site, reasonable drainage. To 1m if not pruned back.

2L     £9.00

Salvia splendens

Unless someone tells us differently we're happy to offer this charming salvia under this name. It's a lovely thing, with bright red flowers from late summer. Not quite hardy. 45cm

2L   Exotic   £12.00

Sarcococca confusa

Probably the best 'Christmas Box' of them all? Dense evergreen that bears a profusion of strongly perfumed flowers in winter, followed by black fruits. 1.2m tall.

3L     £9.00

Sarcococca humilis

A charming dwarf species with fragrant white flowers from January to March. For the front of a border or even in a trough, but happiest in shade. 30cm.

2L     £9.00

Sarcococca ruscifolia 'Dragons Gate'

Celebrated form of this Chinese species. Fine foliage and an abundance of perfumed flowers in winter followed by red fruits. Around 1m tall.

2L     £12.00

Saxifraga stolonifera 'Ginkgo'

A rare and disirable form of this popular creeping plant. Leaves are fairly rounded and completely green! Orchid-like flowers in early summer. 20cm in flower.

2L   Perennial   £9.00

Saxifraga stolonifera 'Kinki Purple' BSWJ4972

Introduced by Crûg Farm Plants from Japan's Kinki peninsula. Purple-stained foliage, darker on the underside. White flowers in summer. 40cm tall

1.5 L   Perennial   £9.00

Saxifraga stolonifera 'Nezu Jinja'

An exciting new form with very large silver-veined leaves and tall spikes of white flowers to 30cm tall. Spreads happily in damp shade.

1.5   Perennial   £9.00

Schefflera

The hardy scheffleras are now botanically called Heptapleurums, but we've kept them under their old names for now while the new name becomes better known.

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Schefflera alpina

(Now Heptapleurum) Small evergreen shrub or tree up to 5m. Hardy to -15C once it's big.

2L     £35.00

Schefflera sp. nova NJM 10.086

An exciting new introduction from Nick Macer, from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. Expected to reach around 6m in time.

2L     £35.00

Schefflera taiwaniana

(Now Heptapleurum) A large hardy evergreen shrub or tree with finely cut umbrella foliage. 5m+

5L     £35.00

Speirantha convallarioides

A lovely little low evergreen for wooded conditions. Convallaria-like leaves, with cute sprays of white flowers in spring. 20cm

2L   Perennial   £9.00

Strobilanthes anisophyllus 'Assam'

A charming tender subshrub with lots of dark, narrow leaves. Pale lilac trumpet flowers from late spring to autumn. A lovely houseplant. 40cm

2L   Exotic   £12.00

Strobilanthes mastersii

An exciting new species with large, deeply veined, purple-tinted leaves. Makes a shrub to 1.5m where winters are kind, otherwise herbaceous. Hardy to -5c.

2L   Exotic   £18.00

Strobilanthes mastersii

An exciting new species with large, deeply veined, purple-tinted leaves. Makes a shrub to 1.5m where winters are kind, otherwise herbaceous. Hardy to -5c.

7.5L     £28.00

Styrax confusus

Mysteriously rare in cultivation, this hardy small tree is notable for its white flowers with reflexed petals and fine perfume. 5m

3L     £28.00

Symphytum 'Goldsmith'

An old selection from the late Eric Smith, this variegated comfrey with pale blue flowers is a bit less thuggish than others. Good soil, light shade. 20cm.

2L   Perennial   £9.00