Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Spiraea ‘Sparkling Champagne’
Spiraea japonica ‘Sparkling Champagne’ is guaranteed to bring a dazzling splash of colour to your garden. Colourful foliage emerges a lovely rose-red shade in spring, which matures to lime-green during summer. From early to late summer, this hardy, deciduous shrub will be covered with dainty flower clusters.
Stachyurus chinensis ‘Celina’
Stachyurus chinensis ‘Celina’ is a hardy, deciduous shrub with arching branches and a spreading habit. From February to April, the long, dangling racemes of pale yellow flowers appear upon its bare branches. Each raceme reaches up to 23cm (9) in length making a showy display at a time when there is little else in flower.
Stachyurus chinensis ‘Joy Forever’
This hardy spreading shrub is a recent introduction with gently variegated foliage that sets it apart from other varieties. The dark green leaves are edged in pale gold throughout summer, being joined by a bronze tint towards the edge of each leaf in autumn when they take on an intriguing tri-coloured effect.
Styrax obassia
A striking deciduous tree that makes an unusual but most attractive addition to the garden. Styrax obassia is grown for its long racemes of fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers that dangle among the foliage in June. Each raceme can reach up to 20cm (8) on mature specimens.
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
Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Glaucum’
A rarely seen blue selection of this spectacular Redwood, with steely coloured foliage and deeply furrowed, spongy, chestnut-red bark. Sequoiadendron giganteum ?Glaucum? has an upright, columnar habit that is slightly narrower than the species but equally majestic.
Sorbus aria ‘Magnifica’
An upright, hardy, deciduous, densely branched tree, becoming more rounded in shape as it matures. Sorbus aria ‘Magnifica’ is widely used in street planting and parkland, and makes a lovely statement tree in a larger garden.
Tayberry
A cross between a raspberry and a blackberry, this fully hardy, self fertile, deciduous shrub makes a great addition to the kitchen garden or allotment. The distinctive flavoured fruits have the appearance on a red Blackberry and can be harvested from July to August.
Rubus thibetanus
Rubus thibetanus is a dense, prickly branched, clump- forming shrub that makes a superb security shrub. Fern-like, green leaves with sivery undersides cover the stems in spring, before the small, purple flowers appear in summer, borne singly from the leaf axils. Black, inedible fruits rep[lace the flowers by autumn and last into winter unless eaten
Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’
Salix udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ is a natural yellow-leaved mutation of the species, found in Japan in 2005. This attractive, vigorous willow forms an erect, deciduous, hardy shrub. In early spring, small, pale, silver-yellow catkins show before leaves emerge.
Salvia microphylla ‘Blue Monrovia’
Salvia microphylla ‘Blue Monrovia’ is a bushy, shrubby perennial. In mild areas it may remain evergreen, although generally considered a semi-evergreen where winters are harsh and the plants are given no protection. This pretty Sage forms an upright clump of small, grey-green leaves contrasting nicely with the mauve blue flowers from July to September.
Sambucus nigra ‘Marginata’
A fully hardy, deciduous, large shrub or small tree which will need plenty of space. Sambucus nigra ‘Marginata’ is popular for its attractive, dark green foliage edged with creamy-yellow margins. From June to August, huge flattened umbels of white flowers, up to 20cm (8) in width, produce a tantalising musk scent which attracts pollinating insects
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna ‘Purple Stem’
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna ‘Purple Stem’ is a handsome evergreen shrub with a suckering, spreading habit. Over time it will form a dense thicket of stems which are deep purple when young, gradually fading with maturity. The glossy green foliage forms an ideal backdrop for the spidery pink-tinged flowers which appear in late winter.
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
A hardy, deciduous, climbing shrub, for a sunny or part shaded position. Schizophragma hydrangeoides is commonly known as the Climbing Hydrangea for its Hydrangea-like, creamy-white, lace cap flowers which are borne in flat topped clusters during June and July.
Schizophragma hydrangeoides var. concolor ‘Moonlight’
Schizophragma hydrangeoides var. concolor ‘Moonlight’ is a handsome RHS AGM variety. Commonly known as the Climbing Hydrangea for its Hydrangea-like, creamy-white, lace cap flowers which are borne in flat topped clusters during June and July.
Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Rose Sensation’
Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Rose Sensation’ is a stunning variety with elegant pink, lace cap flowers which are borne in flat topped clusters during June and July. The ovate, toothed leaves are dark green creating a dense covering upon the sturdy, woody stems.
Schizophragma integrifolium ‘Windmills’
Schizophragma integrifolium ‘Windmills’ is a hardy, deciduous, climbing shrub, for a sunny or part shaded position. This Chinese Climbing Hydrangea boasts a profusion of Hydrangea-like, creamy-white, lace cap flowers which are borne in loose clusters during June and July.
Rose ‘Marieken’ (Shrub Rose)
Rose ‘Marieken’ is a hardy, red-stemmed shrub rose with healthy, deep green, glossy leaves. The unscented blooms are a fabulous brick-red colour, blooming continuously from June through to October. This neat, bushy rose makes an ideal container variety, or adds a bright splash of summer colour to rose beds and mixed borders.
Rose ‘Mellgold’ (Shrub Rose)
The lightly fragranced, golden yellow flowers of Rose ‘Mellgold’ boast a central boss of yellow stamens. The semi-double blooms appear continuously from early summer through to autumn. This bushy shrub rose makes an ideal container variety, and looks equally good planted in the mixed herbaceous border, or a rose bed.
Rose banksiae var. banksiae (Climbing Rose)
This vigorous climbing species rose needs plenty of space to be appreciated at its finest. Rose banksiae var. banksiae produces long, virtually thornless stems that will happily scale walls and look wonderful trained through the branches of large trees. In late spring, clusters of small, fully double, creamy white flowers with a heavenly violet perfume
