Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Thuja occidentalis ‘Anniek’
Thuja occidentalis ‘Anniek’ is a hardy, evergreen conifer with a compact, spherical habit. The green foliage has yellow tips turning a bronzed-orange colour in late autumn and throughout the winter. This tactile conifer is fluffy and soft to the touch, bringing texture and colour to the garden all year round.
Thuja occidentalis ‘Degroot’s Spire’
As the name suggests, Thuja occidentalis ‘Degroot’s Spire’ has an elegant, columnar habit which will rise to great heights with maturity, and yet remains beautifully slender. The dense, evergreen foliage takes on a slightly purple tint in atumn and sometimes has a layered twisting effect which only adds to its charm.
Lilac ‘Michel Buchner’
With particularly large flowers and a powerful perfume, Lilac ‘Michael Buchner’ is an excellent choice for sensory gardens. Conical flower heads are densely packed with rose pink buds that open to reveal star-shaped, lilac blooms with pretty white centres.
Taxodium distichum
This hardy, deciduous conifer which is ideal for planting in a wet, boggy area or alongside a stream or riverbank. Swamp Cypress will produce aerial roots at water level, so waterlogged soils will not be a problem. Taxodium distichum is a shade loving tree, which is capable of attaining great heights, with growth of up
Taxodium distichum ‘Pévé Minaret’
If you don?t have the space for its colossal cousin then Taxodium distichum ‘Pévé Minaret’ is a far more manageable option. This dwarf Swamp Cyprus reaches just 2m (78) tall, making it perfectly proportioned for rockeries, borders and even large containers.
Taxus baccata ‘David’
With its narrow, green leaves and attractive gold edging, Taxus baccata ‘David’ is a more compact version of golden Irish Yew and perfect for the smaller garden. This compact, hardy evergreen is slow growing, with a dense, stiffly upright habit that makes a handsome feature in the garden.
Taxus baccata ‘Dovastoniana’
With maturity, Taxus baccata ‘Dovastoniana’ forms a broadly conical tree with tiered, horizontal branches that droop at the tips. Flaking, reddish-brown bark and dark green needles provide year round colour and structure in the garden.
Lilac ‘Prince Wolkonsky’
Rounded pink buds unfurl in May and June to produce dense heads of star shaped purple-pink flowers. The sweetly scented blooms of Lilac ‘Prince Wolkonsky’ make superb cut flowers, and are well loved by butterflies and bees. Syringa is a cottage garden essential and makes a reliable and undemanding shrub that will thrive in most
Taxus baccata Fastigiata Aurea Group
A striking Irish Yew with bright, golden edged foliage which is at its best when grown in full sun. Taxus baccata Fastigiata Aurea Group has a dense, upright, columnar habit that forms a superb vertical statement plant. This slow growing Yew tree is neat and compact, making it suitable for even the smallest gardens.
Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Robusta’
A stately columnar tree forming a slender pillar of evergreen foliage. As a young plant it is pencil thin, remaining very narrow even at maturity. Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Robusta’ is a slow growing Yew tgree that makes a superb statement plant, bringing structure and formal punctuation to planting schemes.
Taxus baccata ‘Semperaurea’
A dense, bushy evergreen Yew with bright gold new growth in spring, which slowly mellows to rich yellow as summer progresses. The foliage retains its colour well throughout the year, taking on rusty orange tints in autumn. Foliage colour is at its best when planted in full sun, where it will light up your planting
Lilac ‘Sensation’
Magnificent purple-red blooms with distinctive white edges, makes this unusual modern variety stand out from the crowd. Syringa ?Sensation? is a striking, trouble-free variety with nectar rich, fragrant flowers that are loved by butterflies.
Lilac ‘Esther Staley’
Lilac ‘Esther Staley’ is an early flowering variety with flowers resembling those of a hyacinth. Purple-red buds open to a mass of lilac-pink, highly scented blooms in late spring. The heart shaped foliage emerges bronze, quickly maturing to mid-green throughout the summer.
Lilac ‘Josée’
Lilac ‘Josee’ has reddish-pink buds which open to an explosion of pale lavender-pink blooms in early summer. The flowers are richly perfumed, filling the garden with scent and colour. If deadheaded regularly a second flush of bloom may appear later in the summer.
Lilac ‘Belle de Nancy’
A syringa with real staying power – French bred Lilac ‘Belle de Nancy’ was first introduced in 1891 and remains as popular as ever today! The double mauve pink flowers are borne at the stem tips in dense clusters, emitting a fabulous sweet perfume.
Lilac Dwarf ‘Tinkerbelle’
Developed from a cross between S. meyeri ?Palibin? x S. microphylla ?Superba? – the result being a dense, dwarf, upright, non-suckering shrub. Wine-red buds open in late spring to reveal panicles of starry pink flowers with the most exquisite fragrance.
Lilac ‘Charles Joly’
Awarded an RHS AGM, Lilac ‘Charles Joly’ will bring colour and a rich heady fragrance to your garden. Densely packed clusters of deep purple, double flowers are borne at the stem tips from May to June. Height and spread: 7m (22?).
Lilac ‘Beauty of Moscow’
Lilacs are a popular addition to English gardens, much sought after for their spring colour and fragrance, but the singleflowered varieties can sometimes lack impact. For a true celebration of spring you need a double-flowered variety, with panicles of jewel-like florets, for more of that gorgeous colour and fragrance! We’ve put this double flowering collection
Lilac Dwarf ‘Flowerfest White’
Lilac Dwarf ‘Flowerfest White’ lets you enjoy the flowers and fragrance of this lovely lilac for months! Most lilacs only bloom for a few weeks in spring, but this variety flowers from spring to summer and then again in late summer until the first frosts.
Styrax japonicus ‘Fragrant Fountain’
Clusters of sweet scented white flowers with gold stamens hang in their masses from this hardy shrub throughout spring. With a compact, weeping habit, Styrax ‘Fragrant Fountain’ is a wonderful new specimen plant for the border, or as a centrepiece in a lawn. In autumn the leaves of Japanese Snowbell blend to gold before they
