Shrubs
How do you define a shrub? Most of the plants we grow could be defined as a shrub – a woody plant that has lower growth and is smaller than a tree. We are known for manicuring plants and redirecting their growth for sculptural effect thus deliberately forcing them into this category. This is the art of creative maintenance: where a shrub is trained and shaped into exciting different forms to become more than simply the sum of its parts (but not a tree). Our range of different Pittosporum tenuifolium or Osmanthus are good examples of this – as are our Ligustrum japonicum ‘Texanum’, dwarf pines or collection of Hebes which we like to train into pillows, blobs, and balls. It’s an extremely broad category.
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Acacia pravissima (Oven's Wattle)
View this plantTasmanian Mimosa. A small, dense, evergreen Weeping Willow with little triangular leaves and fragrant yellow flowers in spring. Beautiful little tree. 20ft after 15 years. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
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Arbutus glandulosa (Texas Medrone)
View this plantSmooth coppery bark, autumn flowering. Beautiful shape. Lime tolerance unknown. Well drained soil essential. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
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Arbutus unedo (Kilarney Strawberry Tree)
View this plantWell know shapely little evergreen tree: 20ft in 30 years. Needs well drained soil. Masses of little white flowers followed by fruits that look (a bit) like strawberries. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
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Arbutus x andrachnoides (Red Barked Strawberry Tree)
View this plantRare and desirable shapely little evergreen tree. Red stringy bark, masses of little white flowers, needs well drained soil. Quite fast growing to 25ft in 15 years. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
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Aucuba japonica crassifolia (Japanese Laurel)
View this plantOne of our easiest and successful plants. An evergreen shrub that loves shade with its big glossy green leaves that always look perfect – no matter what the weather does. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
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Aucuba japonica crotonifolia (Spotted Laurel)
View this plantDeeply unfashionable due to over use in the past, it’s actually a fine, architectural landscape plant. i.e. at its best when viewed from afar. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
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Azalea japonica – Various
View this plantJapanese evergreen Azaleas need well drained acidic soil. Slow growing, free flowering (red, white, pink and purple) to about 5ft after many years. In Japan, they clip them. Nice little blobs. Please contact us for stock availability.
Hardiness level Green
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Azara microphylla (Vanilla Tree)
View this plantA rare little evergreen weeping tree from Chile with tiny little round leaves. 20ft after 25 years. Vanilla scented yellow flowers in early spring are a big attraction. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber