Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'
Clusters of fragrant purple-red flowers, followed by red
fruit. Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour Purple, Red.
Flowers from February to March. Fruit colour Red. Fruits
from April Evergreen. Foliage colour Green, Yellow. Frost
hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting. CAUTION toxic if eaten.
Desfontainia spinosa
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
A dense, bushy shrub with spiny, holly-like dark green leaves.
Attractive pendent, tubular red flowers, with yellow tipped
petals. Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour Red, Yellow.
Flowers from July to September. Evergreen. Foliage colour
Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Deutzia scabra 'Plena'
A pretty, upright shrub with dark-green leaves. Masses of
star-shaped, double white flowers suffused rose purple outside.
Height 3m. Spread 2m. Flower colour White, Purple. Flowers
from May to July. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Deutzia 'Strawberry Fields'
A very pretty upright, bushy shrub with mid-green leaves.
Masses of cup-shaped flowers. Flowers from May to June.
Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Deutzia ningpoensis (chunii)
A very pretty bushy shrub with mid-green leaves, densely
hairy beneath. Masses of star- shaped
white or pink-tinged flowers, produced in summer. Height
2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour Pink, White. Flowers from May
to July. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting
instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable
fertiliser.
Drimys lanceolata
(MALE AND FEMALE AVAILABLE)
Mountain Pepper. Dense, upright
shrub with deep red stems and leathery, glossy, dark green
leaves. Clusters of white flowers. Height 4m. Spread 2.5m.
Flower colour White. Flowers from March to April. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting
instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable
fertiliser.
Eleagnus pungens 'Maculata'
A dense evergreen shrub with dark green leaves boldly marked
dark yellow in the centres, silvery white flowers followed
by brown ripening to red fruit. Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower
colour Silver, White. Flowers from September to April, October.
Fruit colour Brown, Red. Fruits from October Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green, Yellow. Hardy. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Enkianthus campanulatus
An attractive tree-like shrub with dull green toothed leaves,
turning orange-yellow to red in autumn. Clusters of delicate,
pendent bell-shaped creamy yellow flowers, veined red-pink.
Height 4-5m. Spread 4-5m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers
from March to May. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Erica arborea 'Estrella
Gold'
Tree Heath. An upright shrub
with needle-like, lime-green foliage tipped bright yellow.
White flowers. Height 1.2m. Spread 75cm. Flower colour White.
Flowers from February to March. Evergreen. Foliage colour
Yellow. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Escallonia 'Apple Blossom'
A bushy evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves.
Pretty apple-blossom- pink flowers with white centres. Height
2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Pink. Flowers from May
to July. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered
Site. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with
peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Escallonia 'Donard Radiance'
A compact evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves.
Pretty, rich pink flowers. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower
colour Pink. Flowers from May to July. Evergreen. Foliage
colour Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Escallonia 'Pride of Donard'
An erect compact evergreen shrub with ovate glossy, dark
green leaves. Pretty, chalice- shaped, rich, light red flowers
on short racemes. Height 1.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour
Pink. Flowers from May to July. Evergreen. Foliage colour
Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Escallonia rubra 'Crimson
Spire'
An evergreen shrub with peeling brown bark and glossy, dark
green leaves. Pretty, tubular, deep crimson flowers in abundance.
Height 5m. Spread 5m. Flower colour Crimson. Flowers from
June to September. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Hardy.
Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil
mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Eucryphia milliganii
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
A slender upright shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Pretty
cup-shaped white flowers with conspicuous stamens. Height
8m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour White. Flowers from June
to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy.
Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Euonymus europaeus 'Red
Cascade'
Spindle. A shrub with green
leaves turning red in autumn producing an abundance of red
capsules opening to orange seeds in the autumn. Height 3m.
Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Green, White. Flowers from April
to June. Fruit colour Red. Fruits from September Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Back-fill
with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser. Harmful
if eaten.
Euonymus fortunei 'Harlequin'
A dwarf prostrate shrub, the new growth unfolds as pure
white, gradually developing to a green and white speckling
on the leaves, slight pink tints in winter. Height 10-35cm.
Spread Indefinite. Fruit colour Red. Fruits from September
Evergreen. Foliage colour Green, White. Hardy. Planting
instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable
fertiliser. Harmful if eaten.
Euonymus fortunei 'Sheridan
Gold'
Forms an upright spreading shrub with soft golden green
leaves. Height 60-90cm. Spread 1.2m. Fruit colour White.
Fruits from September Evergreen. Foliage colour Gold, Green.
Hardy. Planting instructions Back- fill with soil mixed
with peat and a suitable fertiliser. Harmful if eaten.
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald
and Gold'
An outstanding shrub, bright green leaves with a broad golden
margin, tinted pink in winter. Height 60cm. Spread 90cm.
Fruit colour White. Fruits from September Evergreen. Foliage
colour Green, Gold. Hardy. Planting instructions Back-fill
with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser. Harmful
if eaten.
Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus
Albovariegatus'
Japanese spindle. A small evergreen
shrub with dark green leaves, each with a narrow white margin.
Height 1 m. Spread 1 m. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green,
White. Frost hardy. Planting instructions Back-fill with
soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser. Harmful
if eaten.
Fabiana imbricata
A dense mound-forming shrub with plume-like branches clothed
with needle-like deep green leaves, tubular, white to pale
mauve flowers,. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour
White, Mauve. Flowers from April to June. Evergreen. Foliage
colour Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Fatsia japonica
Japanese Aralia. A spreading
evergreen shrub with deeply lobed, dark green leaves. Round
creamy white flowers on long stalks, followed by black fruit.
Can be grown as a house plant. Height 1.5-4m. Spread 1.5-4m.
Flower colour White. Flowers from September to October.
Fruit colour Black. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost
hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Back-fill with
soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Forsythia 'Beatrix Farrand'
A vigorous, bushy shrub with arching stems, deep yellow
flowers are borne before the sharply toothed green leaves.
Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from
March to April. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Fremontodendron 'California
Glory'
An upright evergreen shrub with rounded, lobed dark green
leaves, bears attractive saucer- shaped deep yellow flowers.
Height 6m. Spread 4m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from
May to October. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy.
Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil
mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser. Skin and eye
irritant.
Fuchsia 'Riccartonii'
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
An upright bush with bronze-tinted green foliage. Masses
of single flowers with red tubes and sepals, dark purple
petals. Height 3m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Red, Purple.
Flowers from June to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green, Bronze. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb'
An upright bush with green foliage. Single flowers with
carmine-pink tubes and sepals, mauve petals. Height 3m.
Spread 3m Flower colour Pink, Mauve. Flowers from June to
September. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Sheltered
Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Fuchsia magellanica 'Versicolor'
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
An erect bush with grey-green leaves flushed pink and white.
Slender drooping flowers of red and purple. Height 90-120cm.
Spread 1.2m. Flower colour Red, Purple. Flowers from May
to October. Fruit colour Purple, Red. Deciduous. Foliage
colour Grey, Green, White,. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site.
Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Garrya elliptica 'James
Roof'
Silk-tassel Bush. An upright
male shrub with dark, sea-green evergreen leaves. Attractive
long dense clusters of silver-grey catkins in mid-winter.
Height 4m. Spread 4m. Flower colour Silver, Grey. Flowers
from February to April. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green.
Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Gaultheria mucronata
A compact bushy shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Urn-shaped
white, sometimes pink- flushed flowers, followed by white
to purple-red fruit. Height 1.2m. Spread 1.2m. Flower colour
White. Flowers from May to June. Fruit colour White, Purple,
Blue. Fruits from September Evergreen. Foliage colour Green.
Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
CAUTION toxic if eaten.
Griselinia littoralis
'Variegata'
Broadleaf. A dense upright,
evergreen shrub with glossy, leathery leaves irregularly
margined creamy white and streaked grey-green. Very good
in coastal areas. Height 3m. Spread 2m. Flower colour Yellow,
Green. Flowers from April to May. Evergreen. Foliage colour
Green, White, Grey. Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Halimiocistus X wintonensis
'Merrist Wood Cream' AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
A spreading shrub with narrow white-woolly, grey-green leaves.
Clusters of pretty saucer- shaped creamy yellow flowers
with a red band and yellow centre in early spring and summer.
Height 60cm. Spread 90cm. Flower colour Cream, Yellow, Red.
Flowers from May to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour Grey,
Green. Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Back-fill
with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Halimium lasianthum (formosum)
A spreading bushy shrub with grey-green leaves. Clusters
of pretty golden yellow flowers sometimes with a dark mark
at the base of each petal in late spring and summer. Height
1 m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from May
to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour Grey, Green. Frost
hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Back-fill with
soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Halimium lasianthum
A spreading bushy shrub with grey-green leaves. Clusters
of pretty golden yellow flowers sometimes with a dark mark
at the base of each petal in late spring and summer. Height
1 m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from May
to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour Grey, Green. Frost
hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Back-fill with
soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hamamelis x intermedia
'Arnold Promise'
Chinese Witch Hazel. A vase-shaped
shrub with bright green leaves and large fragrant spider-like
yellow flowers before the leaves in early to mid winter.
Height 4m. Spread 4m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from
December to January. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy.
Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Back- fill with soil
mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Autumn Glory'
An erect then spreading evergreen shrub with dark green,
red margined leaves and small spikes of dark purple-blue
flowers from mid-summer to early winter. Height 60cm. Spread
90cm. Flower colour Purple, Blue. Flowers from July to December.
Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Shelter from
cold drying winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with
soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Bowles' Hybrid
A rounded evergreen shrub with glossy pale green leaves
and spikes of lavender-purple flowers from midsummer to
autumn. Height 50cm. Spread 60cm. Flower colour Lavender,
Purple. Flowers from July to September. Evergreen. Foliage
colour Green. Not hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Carnea Variegata'
An attractive evergreen shrub with grey-green leaves margined
with creamy white. Spikes of rose-pink flowers that fade
to white from late spring to late summer. Height 1.2m. Spread
1 m. Flower colour Red, Pink. Flowers from May to August.
Evergreen. Foliage colour Grey, Green. Hardy. Shelter from
cold drying winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with
soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Cranleighensis'
An evergreen shrub. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost
hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Great Orme'
An open rounded evergreen shrub with dark purple stems and
glossy mid-green leaves. Large bright pink flowers fading
to white from midsummer to mid-autumn. Height 1.2m. Spread
1.2m. Flower colour Pink. Flowers from July to October.
Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Shelter from
cold drying winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with
soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Marjorie'
A compact rounded evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves.
Spikes of blue-mauve flowers fading to white in midsummer
to early autumn. Height 1.2m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour
Blue, Mauve, White. Flowers from July to September. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Shelter from cold drying
winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with
peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Mrs Winder'
A compact rounded evergreen dark stemmed shrub with dark
green leaves, dark purple-red when young. Spikes of violet-blue
flowers in late summer. Height 1 m. Spread 1.2m. Flower
colour Violet, Blue. Flowers from July to August. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Shelter from cold drying
winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with
peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe armstrongii
A rounded evergreen shrub with yellow-green leaves turning
light green in winter and short spikes of white flowers
in late spring to early summer. Height 90cm. Spread 90cm.
Flower colour White. Flowers from May to June. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Yellow, Green. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying
winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with
peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Oratio Beauty'
An evergreen shrub. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost
hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Wiri Charm'
An evergreen shrub. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost
hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Wiri Mist'
An evergreen shrub. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost
hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe 'Youngii' (Carl Teschner)
A mat-forming evergreen shrub with dark stems and dark green
leaves. Large spikes of violet flowers with white throats
in summer. Height 20cm. Spread 60cm. Flower colour Violet.
Flowers from June to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green.
Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe pimeleoides
A rounded shrub with purple tinted stems and leathery grey-green
leaves with narrow red margins and small spikes of purple-blue
flowers in summer. Height 45cm. Spread 60cm. Flower colour
Purple, Blue. Flowers from June to August. Evergreen. Foliage
colour Grey, Green. Frost hardy. Shelter from cold drying
winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with
peat and a suitable fertiliser. ,
Hebe rakaiensis
A rounded shrub with glossy bright green leaves and small
clusters of white flowers in early to mid summer. Height
1 m. Spread 1.2m. Flower colour White. Flowers from June
to July. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Shelter
from cold drying winds. Planting instructions Back- fill
with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe pimeleoides 'Quicksilver'
A spreading shrub with purple tinted stems and leathery
silver-grey leaves and small spikes of pale lilac-blue flowers
in summer. Height 30cm. Spread 60cm. Flower colour Lilac,
Blue. Flowers from June to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour
Silver, Grey. Frost hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Hebe pinguifolia 'Pagei'
A spreading shrub with leathery blue-green leaves on purple
stems and small clusters of white flowers in late spring
and early summer. Height 30cm. Spread 90cm. Flower colour
White. Flowers from May to June. Evergreen. Foliage colour
Blue, Green. Frost hardy.Shelter from cold drying winds.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and asuitable fertiliser.
Hebe x andersonii 'Variegata'
A bushy shrub with dark green leaves streaked with grey-green
in the centres and margined creamy white. Flowers pale violet
from mid summer to autumn. Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower
colour Violet. Flowers from July to September. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Not hardy. Shelter from cold drying
winds. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with
peatand a suitable fertiliser.
Hydrangea anomala Ssp.
Petiolaris
Climbing Hydrangea. A climbing
shrub with dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn and
domed clusters of white flowers in summer. Height 15m. Spread
3m. Flower colour White.Flowers from July to August. Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Hydrangea macrophylla
'Blue Wave'
A rounded shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and large
lacecap flower heads of pink, blue or lilac from mid to
late summer. Height 2m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Pink,
Blue. Flowers from July to August. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Hydrangea macrophylla
'Veitchii'
A rounded shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and large
lacecap flowerheads of white turning pink to red with age
from mid to late summer. Height 2m. Spread 2.5m. Flower
colour White, Pink, Red. Flowers from July to August. Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Hydrangea macrophylla
'White Wave'
A rounded shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and large
lacecap flowerheads of white turning pink to blue with age
from mid to late summer. Height 2m. Spread 2.5m. Flower
colour White, Pink, Blue. Flowers from July to August. Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Hydrangea quercifolia
Oak-leaved Hydrangea. An upright
to spreading shrub with lobed mid green leaves. Conical
white flowerheads becoming pink-tinged with age from midsummer
to early autumn. Heigh 2m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour White.
Flowers from July to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Shelter from cold drying winds. Planting instructions
Back-fil with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox'
(m)
Hedgehog Holly. A distinctive
shrub with glossy prickly foliage, the upper surfacesare
puckered and furnished with short sharp spines. Height 4m.
Spread 2m. Flower colour Cream. Flowers May, June. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Back-fill
with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Ilex aquifolium 'Madame
Briot'
Holly. An evergreen shrub with
purplish stems dark green leaves with spiny, bright goldmargins
and scarlet berries. Height 6m. Spread 4m. Flower colour
Cream. Flowers from May to June. Fruit colour Scarlet. Fruits
from September Evergreen. Foliage colour Green,Gold. Hardy.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Ilex crenata 'Golden Gem'
Box-leaved Holly. A compact
low growing evergreen shrub with golden yellow leaves turningyellow-green
in summer, produces black fruit. Height 1 m. Spread 1.4m.
Flower colour Cream. Flowers from May to June. Fruit colour
Black. Fruits from September Evergreen. Foliage colour Yellow.
Hardy. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with
peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Indigofera heterantha
An elegant shrub with arching branches of grey-green leaves
and pea-like purple-pink flowers from early summer to early
autumn. Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour Purple, Pink.
Flowers from June to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Back-fill with soil
mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.