Specimen

Abelia Confetti

Abelia

Common Name: Abelia ConfettiLatin Name: Abelia x grandiflora 'Confetti'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: June to October/pale pinkHardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread: 1m x 1.2mSpecial features: A small shrub with narrow, white-margined leaves.This is a handsome abelia, with long lance-shaped leaves with creamy edges and stalks that are red when young. It is very picturesque and pretty close-up, however, viewed from a distance, as in a border, the colour breaks up into a textured pattern. In autumn, there are little pale pink, tubular flowers but these tend to get lost in all the foliage detail.

Berberis darwinii Compacta

Barberry

Common Name: BarberryLatin Name: Berberis darwinii 'Compacta'Soil: Well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Spring/ Golden yellow Hardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.9m/0.9mSpecial features: An evergreen variety which features glossy deep green leaves.The 'Compacta' is the more compact form of the ever-popular darwinii. This shrub features golden yellow flowers that appear in spring, and these later turn to blue-black fruits in autumn. The holly-like leaves of the ‘Compacta’ start out with a red tinge and develop into a deep green colour. This low-maintenance shrub is the ideal choice for adding year-round colour to a bed or border. Trustpilot

Berberis Helmond Pillar

Barberry

Common Name: BarberryLatin Name: Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar'Soil: well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May/ pale yellow flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 0.6mSpecial features: A narrow upright barberry with rich purple foliage.This deciduous barberry is grown for its dark red-purple leaves and its narrow upright habit. It has small, red-tinted, pale-yellow flowers in mid-spring and in autumn, the leaves turn a brilliant shade of red. It is low maintenance, and useful for giving vertical interest in shrub borders. Trustpilot

Buddleja Adonis Blue Adokeep

Butterfly Bush

Common Name: Butterfly Bush  Latin Name: Buddleja davidii ‘Adonis Blue Adokeep’ Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil Position: Full sun Flowering period/colour: July- October Hardiness: Fully hardy Eventual height/spread: 1.5m / 1.5m Special features: Fragrant purple-blue flowers in summer This butterfly busy is great for adding a long-lasting burst of colour and fragrance to your garden over summer and autumn. The flowers are purple-blue in colour and are densely packed onto flower spikes that cover the bush. The leaves are lance-shaped and grey-green in colour and these make the perfect foil for the flowers. This semi-evergreen shrub has arching branches and it looks great when planted in a bed or border.

Buddleja Ivory

Butterfly Bush

Common Name: Butterfly BushLatin Name: Buddleja buzz 'Ivory'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: June - SeptemberHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1m x 0.75mSpecial features: A compact buddlija that can be grown in a pot. Creamy white flowers from June - September. With this variety being in the 'Buzz' series, you can get all of the benefits of having a beautiful buddleja in your garden without having to compromise planting space. The 'Buzz' buddleja can be planted in a pot on a sunny patio and this 'Ivory' buddleja features creamy-white flowers with glowing orange centres. The flowers are extremely popular with butterflies and bees, and they have the same honey-like sweet scent as the standard buddlijas. The finely pointed leaves are silvery green and these make the perfect foil for the flowers.

Buddleja Magenta

Butterfly Bush

Common Name: Butterfly Bush  Latin Name: Buddleja buzz ‘Magenta’ Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil Position: Full sun Flowering period/colour: July- October Hardiness: Fully hardy Eventual height/spread: 0.6m / 0.6m Special features: A delightfully compact buddleja that can be kept in a pot. The ‘Magenta’ is one of the highly-prized ‘buzz’ varieties of buddleja and it therefore remains compact so that it can be kept in a pot on a sunny patio. This shrub features delightful magenta-purple flowers with tiny red eyes in the centres; the flowers are scented and are popular with bees and butterflies. The leaves are dark green with finely serrated edges and they set off the flowers beautifully. Not only is this butterfly bush great for containers, it is also great for raised beds and borders and will bring fragrance and colour to your garden.

Callistemon Captain Cook

Bottlebrush

Common Name: BottlebrushLatin Name: Callistemon viminalis 'Captain Cook'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Summer / Large red flower spikes.Hardiness: Hardy (May need frost protection in harsh winters)Eventual height/spread: 1.8m x 1.6mSpecial features: Small compact shrub with a slightly weeping habit. (Evergreen)Callistemon 'Captain Cook' is one of the most popular bottlebrush cultivars. A low-growing shrub with spreading to weeping branches. Large red flower spikes are produced abundantly from spring to summer

Callistemon Hannah Ray

Weeping Bottlebrush

Common Name: Weeping BottlebrushLatin Name: Callistemon viminalis 'Hannah Ray'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Late Spring /Large bright red flower spikes.Hardiness: Hardy (May need frost protection in harsh winters)Eventual height/spread: 4m x 3mSpecial features: Attractive weeping habit (Evergreen)Hannah Ray is a tall shrub with pendulous branches. The leaves are narrow-lanceolate saped and new growth is bright pink. The large, bright red flower spikes appear in late spring.

Callistemon Red Clusters

Australian Bottlebrush

Common Name: Australian BottlebrushLatin Name: Callistemon 'Red Clusters'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Summer/Crimson red flower spikes.Hardiness: Hardy (May need frost protection in harsh winters)Eventual height/spread: 2.5m x 2mSpecial features: Densely crowded spikes of red bottle-brush flowers in summer. (Evergreen)The 'Australian Bottlebrush' has a vigorous, rounded habit. The 6cm long lanceolate leaves are evergreen and new shoots emerge pink. Masses of crimson red flower spikes with gold anthers appear in summer.

Callistemon rigidus

Stiff Bottlebrush

Common Name: Stiff BottlebrushLatin Name: Callistemon rigidusSoil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: July-September / Bright red bottlebrush-like flowersHardiness: Hardy (May need frost protection in harsh winters)Eventual height/spread: 2m x 1.5mSpecial features: Dark red cylindrical flowers from July-September. (Evergreen)This Bottlebrush has a bushy growth habit with stiff stems and stiff linear shaped leaves. This variety will do well when planted in well-drained soil. In the summer this Callistemon will bloom sporting spectacular bright red bottlebrush-like flowers that are great for attracting butterflies and other insects. After bloom the Bottlebrush will have button-like seed capsules. A great choice for adding colour to your garden.

Callistemon salignus

Willow Bottlebrush

Common Name: Willow BottlebrushLatin Name: Callistemon salignusSoil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: June to July/Yellowish-white flower spikes.Hardiness: Hardy (May need frost protection in harsh winters)Eventual height/spread: 3m x 2mSpecial features: Dense medium sized evergreen with long narrow grey leaves.Willow Bottlebrush is perhaps the largest of the Callistemon family. This Bottlebrush is unique in others ways, the bark is pale in colour and has the look of paper. The flower spikes may be anything from white through yellow, chartreuse or the pink and red tones, paired to small, light green leaves. This evergreen shrub or small tree gets its species name citrinus from the lemony smelling oil glands present in the olive green, lance-shaped leaves.

Callistemon Splendens

Crimson Bottlebrush

Common Name: Crimson BottlebrushLatin Name: Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: June to July/Splendid crimson-red, brush-like flower spikes.Hardiness: Hardy (May need frost protection in harsh winters)Eventual height/spread: 2m x 1.5mSpecial features: leaves release a delicious lemon scentThis crimson bottlebrush plant makes an eye-catching specimen for a sunny shrub border with its silky, pinkish-red young shoots, which turn dark green with age. The leaves release a delicious lemon scent when crushed which adds a further interest. The bright red flower spikes are bottlebrush-like and appear in summer. A great shrub which will add colour and aroma to your garden.

Carex buchananii

Leather Leaf Sedge

Common Name: Leather Leaf SedgeLatin Name: Carex buchananiiSoil: Moisture retentive soil. Dislikes extremely wet or dry soil.Position: Full sun or partial ShadeHardiness: Full hardyEventual height/spread: 0.75m/0.60mSpecial features: Arching clumps of pinky copper brown leaves, often curling at the ends.Carex buchananii forms clumps of pinky copper brown leaves, often curling at the ends with brown flower spikes in late summer. This is one of a group of bronze-brown narrow leaved sedges from New Zealand that will contrast well with other coloured leaved grasses. Carex buchananii can be grown in containers or planted as a specimen plant.

Ceanothus Madasgascar

Californian Lilac

Common Name: Californian LilacLatin Name: Ceanothus 'Madagascar'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: May-June/BlueHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m/1mSpecial features: Attractive variegated evergreen foliage.The 'Madagascar' is a fantastic shrub which has colourful variegated foliage that holds all year round. The leaves have dark green centres with glowing golden green margins and they make the perfect setting for the pretty late spring flowers. The flowers appear in dense clusters all over the shrub and they are a bold blue colour which really stands out. You can plant this shrub in a sunny position and you can even train it to grow on a trellis.

Ceanothus Perle Rose

Californian Lilac

Common Name: Californian LilacLatin Name: Ceanothus 'Perle Rose'Soil: well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Early Summer/rose carmine flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 1.5mSpecial features: Large plumes of rose-carmine flowers (Deciduous)Ceanothus 'Perle Rose' has pretty rose carmine flowers during the summer in big rather frothy looking panicles of loosely held flowers. In shape and texture they are very lilac- like. The colour of the flowers may vary and they can even come out strawberry pink. The foliage is a pale bluish grey colour and very soft looking.

Cordyline 'Can Can'

Cabbage Tree

Common Name: Cabbage TreeLatin Name: Cordyline australis 'Can Can’ Soil: fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: summer/ tiny white flowers in hot summersHardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread: 1m/ 1m Special features: Leaves that change from pink to green. The ‘Can Can’ is a colourful plant that is perfect for adding a bold, dramatic splash of colour. The slender, arching leaves emerge red and pink; as they mature they turn to shades of cream and green, giving you an array of colours at the same time. The fountain of strappy leaves makes this a great choice for adding structure and we love it in a container display on a sunny patio. In hot summers you may get an added show of small, scented white flowers and these are popular with the bees. This is a low-maintenance plant, but it does require some frost protection in particularly cold areas. Trustpilot

Cordyline australis 'Charlie Boy'

Cabbage Tree

Common Name: Cabbage TreeLatin Name: Cordyline australis 'Charlie Boy’Soil: fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: summer/ tiny white flowers in hot summersHardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m/ 1.5m Special features: Bright pink and deep purple leaves The ‘Charlie Boy’ is a boldly colourful shrub that makes a real statement. It is renowned for its vivid foliage which is wine red and bright pink in colour, adding a real touch of drama to any garden. In particularly warm summers you may get a show of tiny, white flowers; these are popular with bees and insects. This Cordyline stands out from the others as it is hardier (down to around -9) and is also brighter than most. If you want to add some structure to a border then this is an excellent architectural plant; we also think it looks great in a pot on a sunny patio. Trustpilot

Cordyline australis

Cabbage Tree

Common Name: Cabbage TreeLatin Name: Cordyline australisSoil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Summer/ dramatic white flower spikes (once mature)Hardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread: 8m x 1.5mSpecial features: An evergreen exotic, structural plant with wide green leaves. Grows into a small palm-like tree in time.This popular cordlyine has a palm-like appearance, with arching, lance shaped, light green leaves, retained throughout the year. Mature trees produce dramatic white flower spikes that smell exquisite. It makes an ideal specimen for a sunny, protected border, patio or for the exotic garden.

Cordyline Red Star

Cabbage Tree

Common Name: Cabbage TreeLatin Name: Cordyline australis 'Red Star'Soil: fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: July to August/flowering spike is long and slender with small fragrant flowersHardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread: 6m x 2mSpecial features: Elegant spiky plant with reddish purple, vertical leaves which curve out slightly.This popular, palm-like tree has arching, sword-like, deep red leaves, retained throughout the year. Mature trees produce dramatic white flower spikes that smell exquisite. It's an ideal focal point plant for a sunny, protected border, patio or for the exotic garden. In frost-prone areas it's best grown inside a warm greenhouse or conservatory during the winter.

Cordyline Southern Splendour

Cabbage Tree

Common Name: Cabbage TreeLatin Name: Cordyline 'Southern Splendour'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread: 1m/1.5mSpecial features: Provides year-round interest with its colourful foliage.The 'Southern Splendour' is a fantastic choice for planting in a pot on a sunny patio area. This plant will make a welcome addition to your garden due to its colourful foliage which gives year-round interest. The long and gracious leaves are striped with an array of colours including purple, pink and mauve. The 'Southern Splendour' has an upright growing habit but the leaves arch over as the plant matures. This plant is half hardy as it requires some shelter from cold winds during the winter months.

Cordyline Sundance

Cabbage Tree

Common Name: Cabbage TreeLatin Name: Cordyline australis 'Sundance'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Summer/White to tan flowers appear high above the foliage in long drooping panicles (once mature)Hardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 1mSpecial features: An evergreen exotic, structural plant with wide green leaves and a deep red flush to the base of each leaf. Grows into a small palm-like tree in timeThis cordyline has an upright, palm like appearance. It has very green sword-like strap leaves with a thin stripe of pink-red down the midrib and along the leaf base. 'Sundance' flourishes in full sun to light shade and prefers good drainage. Fragrant white flowers bloom on clusters on mature plants in the summer. It is drought tolerant, which makes it perfect in patio planters and tubs.

Cordyline Torbay Dazzler

Cabbage Tree

Common Name: Cabbage TreeLatin Name: Cordyline australis 'Torbay Dazzler'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sunFlowering period/colour: Summer/Creamy white panicles will form on older treesEventual height/spread: 5m x 1.5mSpecial features: An excellent dwarf evergreen shrub with unusual attractive green leaves with white speckles, tinged pink when young.Cordyline 'Torbay Dazzler' is a showy focal plant with an upright habit. It is a palm-like, sub-tropical tree that has an erect growth habit which gently arches at its tips. With age, this shrub will fork out to produce more heads. The green strap leaves have a strong cream variegation along the leaf margin, which adds an unusual colour combination to your garden. It makes an excellent container plant for patios and this plant is best protected before the winter frosts.

Cupressus Goldcrest Wilma

Montery Cypress Wilma

Common Name: Montery CypressLatin Name: Cupressus macrocarpa 'Goldcrest Wilma'Soil: Moist but well-drained (will tolerate most soil types)Position: Full sun Hardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 3m x 1mSpecial features: Glowing golden green lemon scented foliage and an attractive columnar shape (Evergreen) ‘Wilma’ is an easy to grow small evergreen conifer which has a neat and columnar habit. The evergreen foliage is a vibrant bright yellow-green in colour and has the most delightful lemon scent which is particularly fragrant when the leaves are cut or crushed. This conifer is ideal for adding year-round colour to your garden and is well-suited to being planted in a shrubbery or a sunny border. Plant ‘Wilma’ alongside a darker conifer like the Thuja Smaragd for contrasting foliage colours.A must for any garden needing a burst of beautiful and bright year-round colour.

Escallonia Apple Blossom

Common Name: Escallonia Apple BlossomLatin Name: Escallonia 'Apple Blossom'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to part shadeFlowering period/colour: June to September/ apple-blossom pinkHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2m x 2mSpecial features: Masses of apple-blossom pink, tubular flowers (Evergreen)Escallonia 'Apple Blossom' is a glossy leaved evergreen shrub with pretty, apple blossom pink blooms. The flowers are chalice-shaped, since the petals open outwards at their ends and then curve round the open mouth of the flower. Like most Escallonia, this makes a good hedging plant, especially in coastal areas, and can be close clipped to maintain a dense habit of growth.

Escallonia Crimson Spire

Chilean Gum Box

Common Name: Chilean Gum BoxLatin Name: Escallonia rubra 'Crimson Spire'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to partial shadeFlowering period/colour: June/ ScarletHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2m x 2mSpecial features: Deep green leaves followed by crimson blossoms. (Evergreen) The 'Crimson Spire' is a strong growing evergreen shrub which makes the perfect informal hedge. If left alone, the small, rounded green leaves will form a healthy shrub which glistens when it catches the light. The leaves are slightly sticky to touch and hold a sweet, resinous scent. The luscious leaves are accompanied by scarlet tubular flowers in June which are held in compact racemes. This evergreen is a great choice for bringing year round colour to your garden.

Escallonia Gold Ellen

Golden Escallonia

Common Name: Escallonia Gold EllenLatin Name: Escallonia laevis 'Gold Ellen'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun/ light shadeFlowering period/colour: Summer/ pinkHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 2.5mThe 'Gold Ellen' is a wonderful evergreen shrub which features glossy yellow leaves that are splashed with green. This shrub also features pretty pink flowers which appear in summer and contrast beautifully with the golden leaves. A great choice for adding year round colour to your garden. Although 'Gold Ellen' will thrive in full sun or partial shade, the best leaf colour will be produced when this shrub is planted in full sun.

Escallonia Red Dream

Escallonia

Common Name: Escallonia Red Dream Latin Name: Escallonia ‘Red Dream’ Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil Position: Full sun Flowering period/colour: June-August/ Scarlet Hardiness: Fully hardy Eventual height/spread: 1m/ 1m Special features: A compact evergreen shrub with colourful flowers. The 'Red Dream' is a delightful evergreen that will add colour to your garden all year round. The glossy green leaves are ovate in shape and finely serrated at their edges; the leaves are held on deep purple stems and the stems and leaves contrast beautifully. Over summer tubular flowers appear and these are scarlet red-pink in colour, so they really catch your eye. This bushy, spreading plant is suitable for low hedging and it also works well in a mixed border. It can tolerate costal sites as its glossy foliage is salt tolerant. Plant it alongside another glossy evergreen for year-round interest: we particularly love how it looks alongside the golden tones of the Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n' Gold'.

Escallonia Red Elf

Escallonia

Common Name: Escallonia Red ElfLatin Name: Escallonia 'Red Elf'Soil: Fertile, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun to partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May to August/ pink tinted whiteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.3m x 1mSpecial features: Clusters of small red, tubular flowers. (Evergreen)A pleasing form that is dense and bushy and which only reaches around 1.3m in height. The small leaves are rich, shiny and dark green. The flowers are coloured bright red and look beautiful in combination with the foliage. This shrub is supplied in a 3 litre container for year round planting. This is a good choice for the shrub garden and is a handsome plant for use as a low internal hedge, perhaps to divide areas of the garden. It is best grown in mild districts or coastal areas. The leaves are pleasantly resinous if touched.

Euonymus alatus Compactus

Winged Spindle Tree

Common Name: Winged Spindle TreeLatin Name: Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'Soil: Any well-drained soil, including chalkPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Insignificant green flowers in summerHardiness: Full hardyEventual height/spread: 1m x 1mSpecial features: Fiery red mid-autumn colour and striking fruits. The Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' is one of the best shrubs for autumn colour. The ovate leaves produce a breathtaking autumnal display of vivid scarlet and deep purple; a truly magnificent sight. This shrub also offers interest in early winter when its reddish purple fruits burst open to reveal bright orange seeds. For the rest of the year this shrub has glossy green leaves which gently arch and curl at their tips. Another feature of this compact shrub is its bark; the bark develops prominent corky ridges which are revealed in winter after the leaves fall.

Euonymus japonicus Green Spire

Green Rocket Spindle

Common Name: Green Rocket Spindle Latin Name: Euonymus japonicus 'Green Spire' Soil: Any well-drained soil Position: Full sun or partial shade Hardiness: Fully hardy Eventual height/spread: 2.5m/1m Special features: A narrow and vibrant evergreen. This Euonymus goes by both names of 'Green Spire' and 'Green Rocket', but both names allude to the structure of this evergreen spindle; this plant is upright in habit and, when planted in rows, makes a fantastic hedge. The ovate leaves are bright green when they first emerge and later mature to a darker green colour, so the upright stalks hold darker leaves at the bottom and brighter ones at the top, which adds interest. This is a great choice for adding structure to the back of a border and it works really well with another colourful evergreen, like the Choisya ternata 'Sundance'.

Euonymus Mickaela

Evergreen Bittersweet

Common Name: Evergreen BittersweetLatin Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Mickaela'Soil: AnyPosition: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: HardyEventual height/spread: 0.6m x 0.6mSpecial features: A cheerful, compact groundcover plantA pleasing plant for the winter garden. Deep green leaves with substantial creamy-yellow centres, the two colours contrast beautifully with one another. This shrub trails elegantly and is therefore ideal for planting in containers. Not prone to reversion.

Euonymus Silver Queen

Evergreen Bittersweet

Common Name: Evergreen BittersweetLatin Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Silver Queen'Soil: AnyPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Insignificant green flowers in summerHardiness: HardyEventual height/spread: 1m x 1mSpecial features: A cheerful, hardy shrubThe 'Silver Queen' features lustrous green leaves which have attractive silver margins, a further interest is added in winter whent the variegated margins hold a pink tint. If you plant this shrub against a wall it will climb and could even reach up to 2.5m. A lovely evergreen shrub which will bring interest and colour to your garden all year round.

Exochorda macrantha The Bride

Pearl Bush

Common Name: Pearl BushLatin Name: Exochorda macrantha 'The Bride'Soil: Fertile and well drained, not extreme chalkPosition: Open and sunnyFlowering period/colour: White flowers in May, then sporadically through the summerHardiness: Hardy10 year height/spread: 2m x 2.5mSpecial features: Sprays of beautiful white, pear-like blossomA lovely compact mound of weeping branches covered in single white flowers mainly in May but with a few surprises later on. Aside from the outstanding floral display, the foliage also offers a strong interest, particularly in autumn when the delicate green leaves fade to yellow and orange. A real gem for an open sunny site.

Fatsia japonica

Japanese Aralia

Common Name: Japanese AraliaLatin Name: Fatsia japonicaSoil: any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: September to October/ white flowersHardiness: Frost hardy ( May need winter protection in cold areas)Eventual height/spread: 2.5m x 2.5mSpecial features: A handsome, tropical-looking shrub (Evergreen)Fatsia japonica is a handsome, tropical-looking, evergreen shrub that is deservedly popular. It has huge green and glossy leaves. The small, ivy-like flowers are carried in big rounded greenish white balls, equally exotic and rather fun. Try it in a tropical-style garden, where the large leaves team well with bamboos, palms, phormiums, and yuccas.

Hamamelis Diane

Witch Hazel

Common Name: Witch HazelLatin Name: Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'Soil: Moist, well drained, Neutral to acid (Lime free)Position: Full sun/partial shadeHardiness: HardyFlowering period: Late winterFlowering colour: Dark red petalsEventual height/spread: 4m/4mSpecial features: Clusters of fragrant striking flowers throughout winter.Hamamelis 'Diane' is an elegant shrub that is grown for its clusters of fragrant dark red flowers. The sweetly scented flowers have slender petals that resemble ribbon, the unusual flowers appear late in winter on bare branches. The leaves are rounded and bright green until autumn when they turn red and yellow. A unique shrub which makes a fantastic specimen plant.

Hamamelis Pallida

Witch Hazel

Common Name: Witch HazelLatin Name: Hamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida'Soil: Moist, well drained, neutral to acid (Lime free)Position: Full sun/partial shadeHardiness: HardyFlowering period: December-FebruaryFlowering colour: Sulphur yellowEventual height/spread: 3m/3mSpecial features: Clusters of yellow, sweetly flowers in winter winter.Hamamelis 'Pallida' is an elegant, broadly vase shaped deciduous shrub or small tree. Highly fragranced sulphur yellow flowers are freely produced on bare branches in late winter. In the autumn the bright green leaves turn a yellow before falling. This Witch Hazel is ideal in a winter border.

Hebe albicans

Shrubby Veronica

Common Name: Shrubby VeronicaLatin Name: Hebe albicansSoil: poor or moderately fertile, moist, well drained neutral to slightly alkaline soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: June to July/white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 0.6m x 0.6mSpecial features: Attractive grey blue foliage.A very neat shrub that forms a rounded dome of attractive grey blue foliage, providing steady colour. Small clusters of white flowers appear at the ends of the brachlets in midsummer. The dead flowers turn brown, and are best removed since they mar the clean appearance of the shrub.

Hebe Baby Boo

Common Name: Hebe Baby boo Soil: Moist, well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: July - August / Mauve Hardiness: Tender in frost Eventual height/spread 10 years: 0.5m x 0.6m Special features: Spikes of purple flower in summer. Hebe Baby boo is a neat compact evergreen shrub that produces spikes of purple flowers in summer, and it also produces very interesting foliage that emerges green with a cream margin but then matures to have a deep pink centre with a red margin. Baby boo is suitable for growth in containers and will also need to be protected from frost.

Hebe Baby Marie

Common Name: Shrubby VeronicaLatin Name: Hebe Baby marieSoil: Moist but well-drainedPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: Pale lilac flowers in early summerHardiness: Half hardyEventual height/spread 10 years: 0.5m x 0.5m Special features: Tubular-shaped flowers in summer and autumn

Hebe Beverly Hills

A neat compact evergreen shrub. Spikes of violet/blue flowers early summer. 1m x 1m height & spread.

Hebe Blue Gem

Forms a rounded evergreen shrub with oval glossy green foliage. Rich blue flowers throughout the summer. 100cm x 100cm height & spread 

Hebe Blue Surprise

A neat compact evergreen shrub  Spikes of blue/pink flowers in summer  90cm x 90cm height & spread 

Hebe Boughton Dome

A neat compact evergreen shrub with pale green leaves. 30cm x 60cm height & spread.

Hebe Caledonia

A neat compact evergreen shrub. Spikes of light violet flowers in summer. 45cm x 90cm height & spread 

Hebe Celebration

Compact evergreen shrub. Spikes of bright pinky-purple flowers spring to summer. 1m x 1m height & spread.

Hebe Chathamica

A low growing evergreen shrub. Lilac/white flowers in summer. 10cm x 90cm height & spread 

Hebe Clear Skies

An attractive, neat evergreen shrub with lanced shaped silvery blue/green foliage. Blue/mauve flowers produced late spring to early summer. 60cm x 60cm height & spread 

Hebe Dark Angel

A striking small shrub with slender pointed leaves with dark purple/red edges becoming dark purple /red in winter. Clusters of lilac/mauve flowers in spring & early summer. 45cm x 50cm height & spread.