Multi-stems – Our Top Six
Ever bought a plant and then wandered around the garden looking for somewhere to plant it?…
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Ever bought a plant and then wandered around the garden looking for somewhere to plant it?…
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Huge and beautiful tree ferns from Down Under. They need space, not too shady and a reasonably mild garden sheltered from strong winds. Everyone loves tree ferns.
Hardiness level Red
A very useful and attractive spreading evergreen with grass-like strappy leaves and loads of bright white flowers from late summer into autumn.
Hardiness level Green
Small grassy and evergreen with trembly spikes of tawny grassy flowers in spring. Luzula spicata is a really useful and pretty clump-forming perennial that suits moist (and most) spots in the garden because it’s very adaptable.
Large long slightly fleshy and very shiny evergreen leaves and frothy white flowers. Rich soil and a shady place are required. A slow growing but long lived climber.
Hardiness level Green
The Acer House We’ve recently completed work building a large shade house. Designed as a place to keep our ever expanding collection of large Acers, it’s a wonderful place to go hunting or just bask in the flurry of colours, leaf shapes, stems and trunks. The Acer House was finished in 2022 spanning over 450…
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A round-headed deciduous tree to 20metres. Masses of tiny pinkish flowers on bare branches in Spring. Red flushed heart-shaped green leaves turn flaming red and orange in autumn. The fallen leaves emit a sweet caramelly, sugary, biscuity scent when disturbed. In their native China and Japan, they grow in forest edges and wooded river margins. A shallow rooted tree, happy on any soil, best in south and west facing positions. Germinated seedlings can sometimes be found on bare soil around the tree. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Green
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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‘Japanese forest grass’. Does what it says on the packet. It’s from Japan, it’s a grass (ish) and it likes shade.
Hardiness level Green
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…
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