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Magnolia Merrill
Magnolia Tree
Common Name: Magnolia TreeLatin Name: Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill'Soil: Chalky, alkaline, clay, heavy, dry, sandy,Position: Enjoys a sheltered spot in full or partial shade.Hardiness: Full hardy, frost hardy down to -12°CFlowering period: SpringFlowering colour: WhiteEventual height/spread: 10m/8mSpecial features: Goblet-shaped, fragranced white flowers open up to a beautiful star shape on this deciduous small tree.Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' is a vigorous small tree with large, white and sweetly scented blooms in spring. These flowers, which are goblet-shaped at first, become star-shaped as they open up. The flowers open on to bare branches in spring, contrasting with the delicate brown branches, which creates a lovely effect. This deciduous tree features oblong leaves which retain a green colour throughout spring, summer and autumn. This Magnolia is best placed in an area close to where people can fully appreciate the scented flowers.
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Metasequoia Gold Rush
Golden Dawn Redwood Tree
Common Name: Golden Dawn RedwoodLatin Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush'Soil: Deep rich moist soil, can tolerate water-logged sitesPosition: Sunny sheltered siteHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/ spread: 20m+/ 8mSpecial features: Feathery yellow leaves that fade to bronze in autumn The 'Gold Rush' is a yellow-leaved cultivar of the popular Dawn Redwood. This majestic tree maintains an upright habit and its mahogany-brown branches form a pyramidal tree with age. The feathery leaves fade to bronze in the autumn, before falling. An ideal choice for a very large garden and for woodland planting. This tree will become quite large so ensure you give it the room that it needs to grow and thrive.
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Platanus orientalis Digitata
Oriental Plane Tree
Common Name: Oriental Plane Tree Latin Name: Platanus orientalis 'Digitata'Soil: Well-draining reasonably good soil.Position: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 20/15mSpecial features: Large, deeply cut finger-like leaves that are densely packed onto the branches.The 'Digitata' grows to be a large tree that will become a true garden focal point. The large leaves are deeply cut and dark green in colour with serrated edges and these are accompanied by the fluffy spherical flowers in spring. Another interesting feature of this tree comes with the clusters of spherical burr-like fruits that appear in autumn. Like the popular London plane tree, the Oriental plane also has the distinctive flaking bark when mature. This tree is great for parkland planting or as an architectural tree in a large garden.
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Platanus orientalis Minaret
Eastern Plane Tree
Common Name: Eastern Plane TreeLatin Name: Platanus orientalis 'Minaret'Soil: Well-draining reasonably good soil.Position: Full sun or partial shadeHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 20/15mSpecial features: Large, deeply cut finger-like leaves that are densely packed onto the braches.The 'Minaret' makes a great feature tree for a large garden or parkland site. This tree grows to have a spreading and broadly columnar habit and when it is established the bark will flake to reveal different shades of cream, brown and grey on the trunk. The large leaves are palmately lobed and dark green in summer, later turning to golden brown come autumn. The small and rather inconspicuous summer flowers turn to brown burr-like fruits in autumn which adds further interest. This is a great choice for planting as a feature tree and also works well when planted near to other plane trees for differing interest.
Platanus x acerifolia
London Plane Tree
Common Name: London Plane TreeLatin Name: Platanus x acerifoliaSoil: Well draining reasonably good soil.Position: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April/ Monoecious, with separate male and female flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 25/15mSpecial features: Beautiful shiny mid green, leathery, maple-like leaves.A fast growing handsome deciduous tree that has majestic open branches which hold large shiny leaves. Very tolerant of atmospheric pollution. Attractive in winter, when prickly ball-shaped fruits hang like baubles, and the flaking mottled cream and brown bark is particularly noticeable. Trustpilot
Ribes Ben Connan
Ben Connan Blackcurrant Plant
Common Name: Blackcurrant Ben ConnanLatin Name: Ribes nigram 'Ben Connan'Soil: Well drained, light soilPosition: Full sunFruit picking time: Mid JulyFruit size/colour: Large dark berriesThis is a very early fruiting blackcurrant with large yields. It produces tidy bushes with the berries being born onto very short twigs making them easy to pick. The fruits have a wonderfully rich flavour and make a great healthy summer snack. This variety is known for having excellent pest, disease and frost resistance making it an excellent choice for any garden.
Ribes Ben Lomond
Ben Lomond Blackcurrant Plant
Common Name: Blackcurrant Ben LomondLatin Name: Ribes nigrum 'Ben Lomond'Soil: Any well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFruit picking time: Late JulyBush size/fruit size: Medium/LargeThis is the first of the 'Ben' varieties which have bought late flowering, good mildew resistance and very heavy yields to blackcurrants. Growth is upright and reasonably compact- the strigs (flower stalks) are short and plump berries have an acid flavour.
Ribes Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis Blackcurrant Plant
Common Name: Blackcurrant Ben NevisLatin Name: Ribes nigrum 'Ben Nevis'Soil: Any well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFruit picking time: Late JulyBush size/fruit size: Medium/Medium-largeThis blackcurrant is similar to 'Ben Lomond', it flowers and fruits at the same time. The well flavoured berries are borne on short strigs and have pretty good mildew and frost resistance. The growth habit is where the main difference occurs; it is taller, and more vigorous than 'Ben Lomond'.
Ribes Ben Sarek
Ben Sarek Blackcurrant Plant
Common Name: Blackcurrant Ben SarekLatin Name: Ribes nigrum 'Ben Sarek'Soil: Any well drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFruit picking time: Late JulyBush size/fruit size: Small/LargeThe 'Ben Sarek' is a wonderful variety of blackcurrant; it features a heavy crop of large fruits which are bursting with flavour. Another great feature of this blackcurrant bush is it's dwarf nature, growing little over 1m tall. There are in-bred frost resistance properties and this bush also boasts fairly good mildew resistance. Prompt picking before the fruit falls is advised on this variety, this can be done by shaking the bush and catching the falling fruits.
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Ribes Captivator
Gooseberry Captivata
Common Name: Gooseberry CaptivataLatin Name: Ribes uva-crispa 'Captivator'Soil: Slightly acidic, moist soilPosition: Open sunny or slightly shaded spotFruit picking time: Late May onwardsFruit size/colour: Medium to large purple berriesThis plant produces very heavy crops of medium to large purplish pink berries. This is a thornless variety which produces an almost spineless bush. The plants have excellent resistant to mildew and leaf spot
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Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust Tree
Common Name: Black Locust Tree or False acaciaLatin Name: Robinia pseudoacaciaSoil: Fertile moist, well drained soilsPosition: Full sun, tolerant of drought and pollutionFlowering period/colour: May and June/Pea-like, fragrant white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyHeight/spread in 20 years: 9m/5mSpecial features: Large, majestic tree with fragrant flowers.Robinia pseudoacacia, a native only to North America, is an adaptable and tough tree which is tolerant of both drought and atmospheric pollution. Spiny shoots are covered by lush, pale green foliage which turns to a good yellow colour in autumn. Once mature, the bark becomes very rugged and deeply fissured. Fragrant, white pea-like flowers are produced in late spring. This tree is the perfect choice for large gardens.
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Vaccinium Early Black
Early Black Cranberry Plant
Common Name: Cranberry Early BlackLatin Name: Vaccinium macrocarpon 'Early Black'Soil: Moist peaty soilsPosition: Open sunny or slightly shaded spotFruit picking time: Mid-Late AugustFruit size/colour: Medium sized dark red fruitsThis is a plant that requires plenty of care as it needs an acidic soil which is consistently moist. It is a low spreading bush which can look attractive in any garden. It will produce a very high quality dark red fruit which is perfect for jams, preserves, syrups whilst also being very high in vitamin C.
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