Spring Interest

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 ...

Also known as 'Bihou', or 'Golden Bark Japanese Maple', a rare form with stunning gold bark that lights up all year round. The leaves emerge salmon pink in spring then turn yellow green before turning a gold butter yellow in the autumn before giving ...

Acer palmatum 'Sango kaku' or coral barked maple is well known for it's bright orange-red coloured bark on young branches which creates a pleasing winter feature. During summer it has pale green leaves with a pinkish tinge to the margins which in aut...

Discovered by Ed "Skeeter" Rod in Pennsylvania this is a witches broom with the usual twiggy growth but a very vigorous upright habit. The small attractive leaves emerge bright red in spring before turning dark red in summer. This plant holds it's co...

Acer palmatum 'Summer Gold'  Position: Semi- shade sheltered site preferred out of strong winds Soil: All soils, but avoid waterlogged areas very dry soils will need extra watering Eventual Size:  Habit:  Foliage: Deciduous Common Names: Japanese ...

Japanese maple. A small, deciduous tree with feathery red leaves in spring turning bronze in summer and bright scarlet in autumn. Grows to form an elegant mushroom-shaped tree no much more than 2 metres tall, but can often be wider.  Will need some...

Acer palmatum dissectum 'Orangeola' is a breathtaking autumn colour is a mix of reds and oranges and lasts longer than most maples. This is one of the best dissectums for a sunny position and makes a large shrub eventually raching 1.5-2metre with wo...

Acer shirasawanum 'Jordan' Vivid yellow/lime green leaves turning a richer green then orange red shades in the autumn. Really stunning, great for lightening up an area in semi shade. Plant in a sheltered spot away from cold winds....

A wonderful exotic climber originally from South America but now widely planted in the Mediterranean. It is best as a conservatory plant or on a patio during the summer months. Keep well fed and watered and it will flower for weeks. Protect from fros...

Wonderfully scented, star-shaped, white flowers appear from pink tinted buds in late spring among glossy, aromatic 'fruit gum' scented, dark green leaves, often having a second flush of flowers in the autumn.  This handsome, compact and easy to grow...

Colocasias are widely grown throughout the tropics and are commonly known as ‘Taro’.  They make an important addition of carbohydrate staple to many diets.  Colocasia antiquorum ‘Black Leaf Illustris’, often just known as Colocasia Illustri...

Colocasia esculenta 'Hawaiian Punch' is another spectacular ornamental taro with large heart shaped nodding leaves which are richly veined in deep red and are held on glossy dark red stems up to 1.20cm high. The leaves on this colocasia are themselve...

Colocasia esculenta 'Kona Coffee' is a beautiful new introduction from the plantsman Dr. John Cho in Hawaii with amazing heart shaped metallic looking purply-black brown leaves up to 40cm or more long. Said to be more compact than the species our sto...

Colocasia esculenta ‘Mojito’, well – what can we say, this is really exciting.  Colocasia mojito has outrageously beautiful leaves.  They are randomly splashed in varying shades of green, purple and black.  Each leave being different from th...

Colocasia esculenta ‘White Lava’ is another stunning newly introduced, hardy Taro with large, up to 50cm, heat-shaped glossy green leaves in which the centre veining is a pure creamy-white.  This absolutely stunning colocasia is just as happy ou...

Daphne bholua 'Big Plant Selection’ This beautiful daphne is from a selected seedling from a mature Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill’  growing in our nursery garden. It shows strong upright growth with deep green lanceolate evergreen leaves whi...

A semi-evergreen shrub of erect habit. Produces fragrant purplish-pink and white flowers in terminal clusters in late winter, followed by black berries. Requires moist but well-drained soil in either full sun or partial shade and a location sheltered...

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...

A beautiful hardy medium sized shrub with unusual ‘winged’ corkey stems. Euonymous alatus makes a perfect architectural specimen in the garden with year round interest. During winter the bare branches are a bold feature followed in spring with lu...

Forsythia intermedia 'Lynwood Variety' will pack a punch during early spring with a spectacular show of rich yellow flowers which adorn the naked stems.  As with most Forsythia, this is a busy medium-large shrub and after the bold display of flowers...

Ginkgo biloba is a deciduous tree to 25m, conical when young, becoming more irregular with age. Fan-shaped and often bilobed leaves turn clear yellow in autumn As with all ginkgos, grows in most good fertile soil, not waterlogged, tolerant of poluta...

Anny's Dwarf Ginkgo biloba 'Anny's Dwarf' is as it's name suggest a dwarf variety of ginkgo with a compact branching habit almost naturally forming a bonsai like small tree. The deep lobed green fan-shaped leaves are also smaller than other ginkgos c...

Ginkgo biloba 'Barabits Nana' is a striking compact dwarf ginkgo cultivar, selected by Dr. Elemer Barabits in Hungary. Ginkgo biloba 'Barabits Nana' naturally grows in a compact bush like habit with larger than typical ginkgos deep green leaves. The...

Ginkgo biloba 'Beijing Gold' is a unique rare dwarf form of Ginkgo biloba with unusual pale golden spring leaves changing as they age to almost white variegation. They are smaller than the mother Ginkgo biloba and in sunlight are liable to wither alo...