Fragrant Flowers

Abelia 'Francis Mason' is a glossy leaved architectural small to medium sized shrub. Producing masses of pinky white flowers in early summer this evergreen or semi-evergreen bushy shrub has arching stems covering in fine multi-coloured glossy foliage...

A beautiful evergreen compact shrub, with glossy, silvery, variegated dainty foliage followed by a profusion of white tubular flowers during the summer. The profuse clusters of small, fragrant pinky white tubular flowers are very rich in nectar makin...

A beautiful evergreen compact shrub, with deep glossy-green dainty foliage followed by a profusion of deep pink tubular flowers during the summer....

Abeliophyllum distichum is related to the forsythia but in my opinion are much more elegant and refined garden plants much overlooked they are beautiful, arching deciduous shrubs with paired deep green ovate leaves. Producing wonderful racemes of fra...

Acacia pravissima is a completely whacky and remarkable member of the Mimosaceae family.  One can expect a breath-taking abundance of bright yellow flowers in the form of tiny pom-poms.  These flowers usually form during late summer and sit on the ...

An exciting new variety.  Agapanthus 'Pitchoune Blue' has a wonderfully dense habit  with beautifully bright green strap-like foliage and short thick stems which support the flowers.  You can expect a generous display of the stunning blue, tubul...

This evergreen Agapanthus produces broad, strap-like leaves which are deeply and randomly veined in cream, pale green, and dark green, predominantly giving pure-cream margins to the leaves.  In mid-late summer spikes up to 80cm high are produced...

A new improved variety of calcycanthus brings wonderful fragrance to the beautiful deep red flowers. Flowers from mid- summer onwards, makes a fabulous shrub for a sheltered site in sun/part shade. Eventual height 2.5m, hardy deciduous with green g...

A beautiful but rare and unusual shrub so named because of its wine coloured, magnolia stellata shaped flowers that are not only stunning but also fragrant.  'Hartlage Wine' grows into a multi-satemmed shrub with upright to arching branches with lar...

A beautiful but not commonly available shrub with gorgeous melon scented, magnolia stellata type creamy white flowers with purple centres in spring and intermittently through summer.  Large, ovate, shiny and bright green leaves.  Deciduous, hardy, ...

‘Fiber Optics’ is an improved version of Cephalanthus occidentalis. A truely fabulous, deciduous shrub which is easy to grow and looks absolutely amazing when the orbit-like full sun/part shadecream/white flowers open up in mid summer to late sum...

The Choisya ternata is a rounded, medium-sized bushy evergreen shrub, with dark, glossy green leaves divided into three broad leaflets. Members of the genus are commonly known as Mexican orange or mock orange due to the similarity of their flower...

Hardy evergreen shrub with new growth a bright gold colour fading to lime green on older leaves. Has fragrant white flowers during the summer.Busy habit to about 1.5m high. Tolerant of most soils....

'White Dazzler' earns its name having the most attractive, bright aromatic, palmate leaves with wonderful fragrant star shaped flowers.  it is a compact, evergreen shrub reaching 1 m in 2-5 years.  Free flowering from spring onwards,  hardy and ev...

Clematis armandii, the evergreen Clematis, originates from China and is a vigorous climber. With clusters of beautifully scented white flowers, being produced in abundance from March until May, the flowers are set off against the long, dark green lea...

A vigorous evergreen climber with saucer-shaped, almost citrus scented, very pale, pink flowers, with cream anthers in April/May.  The large ovate leaves have an attractive shiney leathery appearrance and being a relatively fast grower this is a use...

An unusual Chinese shrub which produces large nodding clusters of fragrant yellow flowers clothed in white silky hairs during late winter.Fresh oblong green leaves are produced in late spring. A choice shrub related to Daphnes.  A small to medium s...

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Compacta' is a vigorous shrub with glossy, dark green leaves with a silver sheen and underside. Tiny, very sweetly fragrant creamy white flowers are produced on the stems amongst the leaves in late summer followed by small, oran...

Eriobotrya japonica 'Rose Anne' is a brilliant new variety of the Loquat Tree. I first discovered 'Rose Anne' growing at small family run propagation nursery in Belgium where the grower told me that this Eriobotrya was discovered growing in a garden...

Escallonia 'Iveyi' is an upright, evergreen shrub with small, dark green, glossy leaves.  Pretty pure white trumpet shaped fragrant flowers contrasts well with the dark foliage.  Excellent as a heging plant and thrives in all well drained soils.  ...

Hamamelis x intermedia 'Feuerzauber'Witch hazel ‘Feuerzauber’ boasts deep red and fiery orange flowers which are more heavily scented than some other varieties. These striking flowers are followed by broad oval green leaves which turn amazing s...

Hamamelis x intermedia 'Yamina' When I first saw this amazing bronze-purple leaves Hamamelis, I had to take a double look. Unlike most Hamamelis, the large hazel-like leaves are a rich bronze-purple and what’s more unlike other Witch Hazels, the le...

Hedychium 'Pink Princess' is a fairly vigorous ginger plant quickly producing a large number of leafy stems topped with spikes of flowers having a beautiful pink-flushed white petals with a dark pink flame at the base, which also has an attractive sc...

Hedychium Telstar 4 is a recent hybrid hardy ginger producing tall fairly narrow stems with deep green slender leaves. Hedychium Telstar 4 is proving popular due it's speed of growth, up to 1.50cm high, and the abundant delicate salmon pink flowerhea...