Abelia chinensis
A deciduous spreading shrub with funnel-shaped white flowers.
Height 1.4m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour White. Flowers from
June to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy.
Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Abelia x grandiflora
A semi-evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves and fragrant
white flowers tinged with pink. Height 3m. Spread 4m. Flower
colour White, Pink. Flowers from July to September. Semi-Evgn.
Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Abelia x grandiflora Sunrise
A semi-evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves and fragrant
white flowers tinged with pink. Height 3m. Spread 4m. Flower
colour White, Pink. Flowers from July to September. Semi-Evgn.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Abutilon megpotamicum
A semi-evergreen shrub with arching stems of bright green
leaves. Pendent bell- shaped flowers of red and yellow.
Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour Red, Yellow. Flowers
from June to September. Semi-Evgn. Foliage colour Green.
Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Abutilon megapotamicum
'Variegatum'
A semi-evergreen shrub with arching stems of mottled yellow
leaves. Pendent bell- shaped flowers of red and yellow.
Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour Red,Yellow. Flowers
from June to September. Semi-Evgn. Foliage colour Green,
Yellow. Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'
Spotted Laurel. A rounded shrub
with glossy leaves, splashed and speckled yellow. Small
purple-red flowers followed by bright red berries. Height
3m. Spread 3m. Flower colour Purple, Red. Flowers from April
to May. Fruit colour Red. Fruits from June Evergreen. Foliage
colour Green, Yellow. Hardy. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Aucuba japonica Gold Dust
Leaves brightly speckled and blotched with gold. Medium
sized shrub. Female. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green, Yellow.
Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Aucuba japonica Sulphurea
Marginata
Distinct form with sea-green stems and green leaves with
a pale yellow margin. Medium sized shrub. Inclined to revert
in shade. Female. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green, Yellow.
Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Azara serrata
Rounded evergreen shrub or small tree with toothed, glossy,
dark green leaves. Clusters of fragrant dark yellow flowers.
Height 4m. Spread 3m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from
June to July. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Sheltered
Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Berberis thunbergii 'Fernspray'
Barberry. Very attractive shrub.
Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Berberis thunbergii 'Red
Chief'
Barberry. Spreading shrub with
purple leaves and crimson-red young, arching, stems with
thorns. Pale yellow flowers are followed by glossy red fruit.
Excellent autumn colour. Height 1.4m. Spread 1.2m. Flower
colour Yellow. Flowers from April to May. Fruit colour Red.
Fruits from June Deciduous. Foliage colour Purple. Hardy.
Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Brugmansia suavoelens
Angels trumpets. Open shrub
or tree, leaves green with wavy edges. Tubular flowers are
yellow or pink. Height 3-1 m. Spread 2-3m. Flower colour
yellow or pink. Flowers from April to September. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Not hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting
instructions Water thoroughly before planting. ALL PARTS
ARE HIGHLY TOXIC IF EATEN.
'Buddleja 'Pink Delight'
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching stems of green leaves. Large conical
panicles of bright pink flowers with orange eyes. Height
3m. Spread Sm. Flower colour Pink. Flowers from May to August.
Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting
Buddleja 'Lochinch'
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching, grey-hairy stems of green leaves. Conical
panicles of violet-blue flowers with orange eyes. Height
3m. Spread 5m. Flower colour Violet, Blue. Flowers from
May to August. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting
instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Buddleja davidii 'White
Bouquet' AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching stems of green leaves Panicles white
flowers with yellow eyes. Height 3m. Spread 5m. Flower colour
White. Flowers from May to August. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Buddleja alternifolia
Fast-growing shrub with arching stems of narrow green leaves
alternately arranged up the stems. Intensely fragrant clusters
of lilac flowers wreathe the branches. Height 4m. Spread
4m. Flower colour Lilac. Flowers from May to August. Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Buddleja davidii 'Black
Knight'
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching stems of green leaves. Long conical panicles
of dark purple-blue flowers. Height 3m. Spread 5m. Flower
colour Purple, Blue. Flowers from May to August. Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Buddleja davidii 'Harlequin'
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching stems of yellow-margined when young,cream
when mature, green leaves Panicles of dark purple-red flowers.
Height 3m. Spread 5m. Flower colour Purple, Red. Flowers
from May to August. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green, Yellow.
Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Buddleja davidii 'Ile
de France'
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching stems of slender green leaves Narrow
panicles of rich violet flowers. Height 3m. Spread 5m. Flower
colour Violet. Flowers from May to August. Deciduous. Foliage
colour Green.
Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Buddleja davidii 'Nanho
Purple'
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching stems of slender green leaves Narrow
panicles of pale purple-blue flowers. Height 3m. Spread
5m. Flower colour Purple, Blue. Flowers from May to August.
Deciduous. Foliage
colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Buddleja davidii 'White
Harlequin'
Butterfly Bush. Fast-growing
shrub with arching stems of creamy white margined, green
leaves Panicles of white flowers. Height 3m. Spread 5m.
Flower colour White. Flowers from May to August. Deciduous.
Foliage colour
Green, White. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Buddleja x weyeriana
Spreading shrub with arching stems of mid-green leaves Rounded
clusters fragrant, yellow to violet flowers. Height 4m.
Spread 3m. Flower colour yellow, Violet. Flowers from July
to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Buddleja x weyeriana 'Sungold'
Spreading shrub with arching stems of mid-green leaves Rounded
dense clusters of fragrant, dark orange-yellow flowers.
Height 4m. Spread 3m. Flower colour Orange, Yellow. Flowers
from July to September. Deciduous. Foliage
colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Buxus sempervirens 'Aureovariegata'
Common Box, Boxwood. Bushy,
rounded shrub with glossy, yellow margined, dark green leaves,
which are notched at the tips. Height 2.5m. Spread 3m. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green, Yellow. Hardy. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Buxus sempervirens 'Latifolia
Maculata'
Common Box, Boxwood. Compact,
rounded shrub with bright yellow young leaves, ageing to
dark green marked yellow. Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green, Yellow. Hardy. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
Common Box, Boxwood. Compact,
rounded very slow-growing shrub with glossy, dark green
leaves. Height 1 m. Spread 1.5m. Evergreen.Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Callistemon citrinus
Crimson Bottlebrush. Attractive
shrub with arching stems of dark green leaves, lemon-scented
when crushed. Brilliant crimson-red bottiebrush-like flowers.
Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour Red. Flowers from
April to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour green Not hardy.
Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Callistemon rigidus
Stiff Bottlebrush. Bushy stiff-stemmed
shrub with narrow, dark green leaves. - Bears deep red bottiebrush-like
flowers. Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour red, Flowers
from April to August. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Not
hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Callistemon sieberi
Alpine Bottlebrush. Small spreading
shrub, narrow willow-like, dark green leaves. Bears creamy
yellow bottiebrush-like flowers. Height 1.2m. Spread 1.2m.
Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from April to August. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Nothardy. Sheltered Site. Planting
instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Dense mound-forming shrub with aromatic grey-green leaves.
Bright blue orpurple-blue flowers produced in clusters.
Height 1 m. Spread 1.5m. Flower color blue, Purple. Flowers
from August to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour green,
Grey. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Caryopteris x clandonensis
'Heavenly Blue' AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
Dense mound-forming shrub with aromatic dull dark-green
leaves silvery beneath. Intense dark blue flowers produced
in clusters. Height 1 m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour Blue.
Flowers from August to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Ceanothus 'concha'
California Lilac. Dense, evergreen
shrub with arching branches and finely toothed, dark green
leaves. In late spring, reddish purple buds open to dark
blue flowers. Height 2.5m. Spread 3m. Flower colour Blue.
Flowers from March to April. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green.
Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Ceanothus dentatus
California Lilac. A densely
branched spreading, evergreen shrub with toothed, dark green
leaves. Masses of dark blue flowers. Height 1.5m. Spread
2m. Flower colour Blue. Flowers from April to June. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Ceanothus x delileanus
'Gloire de Versailles'
California Lilac. Bushy shrub
with finely toothed, dark green leaves. Abundant pale blue
flowers. Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour Blue. Flowers
from June to September. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green.
Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
'Skylark'
California Lilac. Bushy evergreen
shrub with finely toothed, glossy, mid-green leaves. Abundant
dark blue flowers. Height 6m. Spread 6m. Flower colour blue.
Flowers from March to May. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green.
Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Ceratostigma griffithii
Rounded shrub with attractive red stems and bristly, purple-margined,
green leaves turning a red in autumn. Bright blue flowers.
Height 1 m. Spread 1.5m. Flower color blue. Flowers from
August to September. Semi-Evgn. Foliage colour Green. Frost
hardy Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Ceratostigma willmottianum
Spreading, open branched shrub with bristly green stems
and dark green, purple-margined leaves, red in autumn. Pale
to mid-blue flowers. Height 1 m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour
Blue. Flowers from August to September. Deciduous. Foliage
colour green. Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis'
Flowering quince,Japanese quince, japonica.
A spreading deciduous thorny shrub with rounded dark green
glossy leaves. Clusters of pure white flowers are borne
in spring, followed by green yellow edible fruits. Height
2.5m. Spread 5m. Flower colour White flowers from April
to May. Fruit colour Green, Yellow. Fruits from August Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Choisya 'Aztec Pearl'
Compact shrub with narrow dark green leaves and masses of
pink-tinged white flowers borne in spring and again in late
summer. Height 2m. Spread 2m. Flower colour White, Pink.
Flowers from April to August. Evergreen. Foliage
colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Choisya ternata 'Sundance'
Mexican Orange Blossom. Compact
shrub with bright golden yellow foliage and fragrant white
flowers in late spring and summer. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m.
Flower colour White. Flowers from April to August. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Cistus corbariensis
(see salvifolius)
Cistus salviifolius
(corbariensis) Rock Rose,Sun Rose.
A bushy shrub with grey-green leaves bearing white flowers
with a yellow centre. Height 75cm. Spread 80cm. Flower colour
White. Flowers from June to September. Evergreen. Foliage
colour Grey, Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting
instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Cistus x skanbergii
Rock Rose,Sun Rose. A compact
shrub with, wavy-margined, grey-green leaves, and pale pink
flowers. Height 75cm. Spread 90cm. Flower colour Pink. Flowers
from June to September. Evergreen. Foliage colour Green,
Grey. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Convolvulus cneorum
A low narrow, silvery green, silky leaves. Wide funnel-shaped,
white flowers with yellow centres. Height 60cm. Spread 90cm.
Flower colour white. Flowers from April to June. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Silver, Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site.
Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Coprosma 'Beatson's Gold'
A rounded, female shrub with spreading branches and handsome,
bright, green leaves, slashed yellow in the centre. Bright
red berries in autumn. Needs a male plant to form berries.
Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m. Fruit colour Red. Fruits from
September Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy.
Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Cornus alba 'Spaethii'
Red-barked Dogwood. A vigorous
shrub with red winter shoots. Green leaves, broadly margined
yellow, turn red in autumn. White flowers are followed by
white berries, often tinged blue. Height 3m. Spread 3m.
Flower colour White. Flowers from April to June. Fruit colour
White. Fruits from July Deciduous. Foliage colour Green,
Yellow. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Cornus stolonifera 'Flaviramea'
Common Dogwood. A vigorous suckering
shrub with bright yellow-green winter shoots. Dark green
leaves turn red or orange in autumn. White flowers followed
by white fruit often tinged blue. Height 2m. Spread 4m.
Flower colour White. Flowers from April to June. Fruit colour
White, Blue. Fruits from July Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Cornus stolonifera 'Kelseyi'
Common Dogwood. A dwarf suckering
shrub with red tipped, yellow-green winter shoots. Dark
green leaves turn red or orange in autumn. White flowers
followed by white fruit often tinged blue. Height 75cm.
Spread 1.5m. Flower colour White. Flowers from April to
June . Fruit colour White, Blue. Fruits from July Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Corokia cotoneaster
Wire-netting Bush. A rounded
bush of interlacing branches with dark green leaves and
clusters of fragrant yellow flowers followed by red or yellow
fruit. Height 2.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers
from March to April. Fruit colour Red, Yellow. Fruits from
August Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered
Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Corokia x virgata Yellow
Wonder
A vigorous bush with leaves dark green and white beneath.
Clusters of fragrant yellow, star- shaped flowers followed
by orange or yellow fruit. Height 3m. Spread 3m. Flower
colour Yellow. Flowers from March to April. Fruit colour
Yellow, Orange. Fruits from August Evergreen. Foliage colour
Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Coronilla emerus
A bushy rounded deciduous shrub with mid-green leaves and
umbels of pale yellow flowers from late spring to autumn
followed by slender pods Height 2m. Spread 2m. (6ft.) Fully
hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly
before planting.
Correa backhouseana
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
Australian Fuchia. A spreading
evergreen shrub with hairy rust-red stems, heart-shaped
dark green leaves and small clusters of tubular, pale reddish
green or cream flowers. Height 1-2m. Spread 1.5-2.5m. Flower
colour Cream, Red, Green. Flowers from September to March.
Evergreen. Foliage colour Green. Not hardy. Sheltered Site.
Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Corylopsis pauciflora
A bushy, spreading shrub with bright green leaves, bronze
when young. Pendent bell-shaped, fragrant, pale yellow flowers.
Height 1.5m. Spread 2.5m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers
from March to April. Deciduous. Foliage colour Green. Hardy.
Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Corylopsis spicata
An open spreading shrub with dark green leaves above and
blue-green beneath. Pendent racemes of bell-shaped, bright
yellow flowers, with red to purple anthers. Height 2m. Spread
3m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from March to April. Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water
thoroughly before planting.
Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
Corkscrew Hazel. A shrub with
heart-shaped green leaves and strongly twisted stems, that
are particularly effective in winter. Bears yellow catkins
late winter early spring. Height 5m. Spread 5m. Deciduous.
Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Back-fill
with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Corylus maxima 'Purpurea'
Filbert. An upright tree-like
shrub with heart-shaped dark purple leaves. Bears yellow
purple tinged catkins late winter early spring. Produces
edible hazelnuts in tubular husks ripening in autumn. Height
6m. Spread Sm. Deciduous. Foliage colour Purple. Hardy.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Cotinus coggygria 'Royal
Purple'
Smoke Bush. A bushy tree or
shrub with oval, deep purple leaves, turning red in autumn.
Pink coloured, plume-like inflorescences, give a smoke like
effect. Height Sm. Spread Sm. Flower colour Pink. Flowers
from June to July. Deciduous. Foliage colour Purple. Hardy.
Planting instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat
and a suitable fertiliser.
Cotoneaster salicifolius
'Rothschildianus'
A vigorous shrub with arching branches and deeply veined,
mid-green leaves. White flowers are followed by cream yellow,
round fruit, becoming pink tinged in winter. Height 5m.
Spread 5m. Flower colour White. Flowers from May to June.
Fruit colour Yellow. Fruits from August Evergreen. Foliage
colour Green. Hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting instructions
Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable fertiliser.
Crinodendron hookerianum
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
Lantern Tree. A stiffly branched
evergreen shrub with toothed narrow dark green leaves. Attractive
lantern-shaped scarlet to deep carmine-pink flowers. Grow
against a sheltered wall. Height 8m. Spread 5m. Flower colour
Pink, Scarlet. Flowers from April to August. Evergreen.
Foliage colour Green. Frost hardy. Sheltered Site. Planting
instructions Back-fill with soil mixed with peat and a suitable
fertiliser.
Cytisus battandieri
Pineapple Broom. An upright
tree-like shrub with silvery grey leaves. Attractive upright,
dense racemes of yellow. pineapple-scented flowers. Height
5m. Spread 5m. Flower colour Yellow. Flowers from July to
August. Deciduous. Foliage colour Silver, Grey. Hardy. Sheltered
Site. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before planting.
Cytisus 'Red Wings'
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2004
Broom. A rounded, bushy shrub
with slender stems and small green leaves. Attractive red
flowers produced between autumn and spring in mild weather.
Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m. Flowers from September to April.
Semi-Evgn. Foliage colour Green. Hardy. Planting instructions
Water thoroughly before planting.
Cytisus x praecox 'Albus'
AVAILABLE SUMMER 204
Broom. A compact shrub with
arching stems and small green leaves. Abundant white flowers
borne in clusters. Height 1.2m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour
White. Flowers from March to April. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting.
Cytisus 'Hollandia'
Broom. A rounded, bushy shrub
with slender stems and small green leaves. Attractive purplish
red flowers. Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m. Flower colour Purple,
Red. Flowers from April to May. Deciduous. Foliage colour
Green. Hardy. Planting instructions Water thoroughly before
planting. A rounded evergreen shrub with leathery deep green
leaves, with narrow yellow margins.
Cytisus STANDARDS.
Varieties; 'Vanesse'-Yellow. 'Firefly'-Yellow and red. 'Windleshamruby'-Red. They all flower Aril-May. Heught 120cm. Sun or partial shade.
Cytisus 'Mrs Norman Henry'
Broom. Sun or partial shade. Height 100cm. Flower colour pink splash white.
Cytisus 'Lena'
Broom. Sun or partial shade. Height 100cm. Flower colour orange/red.