Plants For New Homes: Part 3 Filling in the gaps: blobs, pillows and puffs. In part 1 we discussed some of the easy to care for plants that will bring instant high visual impact into your new garden. We’ve covered several trees and plants and shrubs that develop strong character and unique forms as they…
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A half hardy to tender evergreen shrub from Africa, Asia and the Americas, while in Australia it was used by the settlers to make beer. The wavy margined leaves have a distinct delicate tracery of veins and a purplish colour. The flowers are small, green and insignificant; the papery flowers have a pink tinge.
Grow this in pots so it can be overwintered indoors against a south or west facing wall or in full sun in London or coastal positions where it could reach 3 x 3 metres over 10 years. Happy in most moist but well drained soils.
Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Red
Plants For New Homes: Part 2 Forward Thinking With Forms: Topiary Trees Here in Part 2, we’ll talk about 5 of the must-have topiary trees which are perfect for new gardens. In Part 1 of our ‘Plants For New Homes’ guide we looked at a number of starter plants that could handle most of the…
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Plants For New Homes: Part 1 Instant Impact: Dramatic, Hardy & Easy To Care For Congratulations! At last, you’re into your new home. As you pause among the unpacking to look through a window into your new garden space, the odds are you’re confronted with a blank square of new turf or a muddled landscape…
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Garden Design, Planting & Plants By Us Amy’s Japanese-themed atrium design. The light well created here frames the composition and creates a bold focal point. Plants from left to right: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Globosa Nana’, Photinia glabra, Fatsia japonica. Ferns in forground: Polystichum polyblepharum and an Ilex crenata ‘Niwaki’. Bamboo background: Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Spectabilis’. Ilex crenata…
Read the articleThe Catalogue Our latest catalogue, the 22nd impression, is ready to read in the lightbox below. Edited by Guy, it contains a significant number of additions and little tweaks. Below you will also see The Library of catalogues we’ve kept since first publishing them. You will notice the collection is incomplete. If you have a…
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This is a spreading hybrid shrub or small tree. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
Garden Design, Planting & Plants By Us Mediterranean Border Design Designed by Guy, this bold and architectural fusion of Mediterranean and native plants forms a dramatic sculptural border: Cupressus sempervirens ‘Pyramidalis’ (Italian Cypress) under planted with a blobbery of our Taxus Baccata (Yew) & Viburnum tinus (Laurustinus). The stems of the Cupressus have been raised…
Read the articleWelcome To The Irrigation Station Welcome to our irrigation station. Here, we have all the essentials you need to build a complete system, extend one, or to repair and replenish your existing set up. We have been using this system of components on our nursery and installing them for our customers for over 20 years….
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Special helicopter mission Recently we air-lifted six of our mature specimens across the South East to complete a planting project in collaboration with the landscaping team at Green Oak Services. This is the story of the lift. No job is impossible, no plant too big, and no location too hard to reach for our Garden…
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