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Evergreen Azalea Martha Hitchcock
(H6) Distinctive huge deep pink-purple flowers with a prominent paler pink centre and darker spotting on the upper lobes. Really striking 75mm wide flowers during May, sometimes only magenta, and with or without the darker spotting. This azalea has an open spreading habit, and can be a little shy in flowering when young. Given warmer summer conditions, it is an excellent performer and well worth growing....
Evergreen Azalea Mary Helen
Gorgeous large white flowers up to 50mm wide with wavy margins, yellow throat and dark anthers. Flowering in mid-May, this plant has a broad spreading habit (up to 1.4m). Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid).
Parentage: mucronatum x 'Vittatum' X 'Kagetsu'.
Hybridization date: pre 1950 (1948).
Bred by:...
Evergreen Azalea Melina
Exceptional bright pink hose-in-hose (double) flowers up to 55mm across in late May and early June. This is a very hardy variety with a dense, compact, cushion-like habit. Height 30cm and spread 70cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid).
Parentage: 'Rubinstern' x 'Rubinetta' X 'Johanna'.
Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Evergreen Azalea Merlin
Wonderful large pale mauvey purple flowers 65-75mm wide, with deeper speckles in May. This plant has dense twiggy growth and is sometimes nearly deciduous in cold climates in the winter. It is vigorous and has a broad spreading habit. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for smaller gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid).
Parentage: yedoense var. poukhanense (s) X 'Modele'
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea nakaharae AGM (orange form)
Lovely funnel-shaped orange red flowers during June-July. This is a very dwarf plant with a dense, creeping habit. An ideal plant for rockeries. Height and spread 30-40cm in 10 years.
nakaharae (or nakaharai) is a native azalea from Taiwan and is treated as a species. It has been used very successfully as parent to many of the more dwarf creeping hybrids. Seeds were first introduced in America in...
Evergreen Azalea nakaharae Mount Seven Star AGM
Wonderful funnel shaped brick red flowers around 55mm across. Flowering in June-July this is a great little plant that really extends the flowering season. Mount Seven Star is very dwarf selection of nakaharae with a dense, creeping habit. Height and spread 30-40cm in 10 years.
Originally raised from seed collected by C.S. Kuo on Mount Seven Star in Taiwan in 1969, and selected as an excellent dwarf...
Evergreen Azalea Niagara AGM
Wonderful large white wavy edged flowers with a faint yellow green eye in the centre. Flowering in mid May, we think this is one of the best white flowered varieties. Dense bushy upright habit, and attractive pale green leaves. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Glenn Dale hybrid).
Parentage: 'Lilacinum' x 'Willy' (s) X...
Evergreen Azalea Orange King AGM
Beautiful orange red flowers with faint darker markings. Flowering in May we love this plant for it's gorgeous glowing colour. Happy in some sun. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Note: there is a different hybrid with the same name bred by Mayo in America.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown
Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Evergreen Azalea Panda AGM
Pure white flowers completely smother this neat little mound of a plant in May. Bred in Scotland and very hardy, it is slow growing, but one of the best dwarf white azaleas. Sometimes semi-deciduous. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (N. European hybrid).
Parentage: 'Everest' X kiusianum white.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1973).
Bred...
Evergreen Azalea Parfait
(H6) With very pale pink to white flowers that have a deep red spotting we think this is a stunning plant. Lightly scented flowers are up to 50mm in May. One of the few scented Evergreen Azaleas! Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Ideal for fragrance.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Harris hybrid).
Parentage: 'Sherwoodii' X 'Fedora'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (before 1981).
Bred by: J. D....
Evergreen Azalea Peppina
(H5) Attractive mauve-violet flowers with prominent wine red blotch and speckles on the upper lobes. The flowers are about 55mm wide and the edges are recurved backwards which displays the markings well. Very floriferous in late May. It's from Hachmann's in Northern Germany, so it's very hardy. Height 30cm and spread 60cm in 10 years.
This variety is a semi-evergreen, so will drop some of its leaves...
Evergreen Azalea Pink Pancake AGM
This gorgeous plant has large pink wavy edged flowers in June-July. A very spreading prostrate plant matching its pancake name! Ideal for baskets, tubs, and raised beds, where it will cascade over the edge. It has stunning large flowers 45mm x 60mm and a creeping habit. 75-90cm spread in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens, including rock gardens and raised beds. Great to extend the...
Evergreen Azalea Pleasant White
A very pleasant white Azalea! Icey white flowers on a tough neat growing plant. Large flowers up to 65mm appear in mid May. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (American hybrid).
Parentage: 'Kathy Ann' X ''Clara Marie'
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1966).
Bred by: P.E. Girard. Origin: American.
Habit: Dense mound.
Ideal...
Evergreen Azalea Salmon's Leap
One of the few variegated Evergeen azaleas that we think is worth a place in any garden with excellent deep pink flowers during May. Stunning and beautiful variegated foliage, especially in Spring. It does require a more sheltered position and protection from severe frosts. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for stunning foliage.
Plantsman range.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Santa Maria AGM
Wonderful large glowing orange-red flowers in May on a strong growing plant of upright habit with good glossy dark green leaves. Height 75-90cm in 10 years.
Much admired by Roy Lancaster when he visited our Nursery, and now gracing his garden.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: unknown but...
Evergreen Azalea Schneeperle AGM
(H6) Stunning pretty double white flowers in May, with slight creamy green speckling in throat up to 45mm wide. A very hardy and beautiful plant from Germany, which is proving popular here. It has a dense, compact, mound like habit. Height 40-50cm in 10 years.
Translated from the German, this means 'Snow Pearl'.
David found this plant at the Rhododendron festival in Westerstede several years ago....
Evergreen Azalea Scout
(H5) Large light orangey red flowers in late April and early May. A Glenn Dale Azalea from America which grows broader than tall in habit. A good strong growing plant. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers, most garden situations and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Group: Evergreen Azalea.• Parentage: ‘Malvaticum’ (s) X indicum (deep salmon-flowered...
Evergreen Azalea serpyllifolium albiflorum
(H6) A rare plant with single small white flowers at the ends of wiry little branches, in May. A quaint and pretty little shrub from Southern Japan, with small leaves. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Low evergreen azalea, though mainly deciduous in winter. It grows to 75cm high, with slender stems covered with appressed, linear, dark brown bristles, that point towards the end of the shoot. Leaves narrowly...
Evergreen Azalea serpyllifolium Pink Form
(H6) A rare plant with single, small pale pink to rose coloured flowers at the ends of wiry little branches, in May. A quaint and pretty little shrub from Southern Japan, with small leaves. This plant responds well to being trimmed to keep it more compact and bushier. This plant like the warmer summers to help ripen the new shoots. Mainly deciduous in colder winters. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Evergreen Azalea Shelley
Lovely very large, bright deep pink flowers in May. Raised by the late George Hyde, a noted Dorset Azalea breeder. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Hyde hybrid).
Parentage: Unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (between 1960-1970).
Bred by: W.G.T. Hyde. Origin: British.
Habit: Compact.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Ideal...
Evergreen Azalea Shiko Lavender
(H4) Choice large lavender pink flowers in May, with tan coloured spotting in the throat, on a neat and compact growing plant. Variable flowers, with sports of white or lavender on the same plant, and occasional petaloid stamens to add greater interest! Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and most garden situations, including rock gardens and front of borders. Suitable for bonsai.
Easy...
Evergreen Azalea Snow Hill AGM
Lovely large white flowers with a pale greenish yellow eye up to 70mm across, flowering in May. A good bushy plant with a spreading habit and pale green leaves. Height 40-60cm in 10 years. One of the best white azaleas which performs well, and one of our favourites.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (Southern Indica hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Snow White
Lovely large white flowers tinged yellowish green in the throat up to 40mm across flowering in May. Height 80cm in 10 years with a spreading habit. A semi evergreen variety which drops its lower leaves in the Autumn/Winter. Also known as 'Schneewittchen'.
Ideal for small gardens and rock gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (German hybrid).
Parentage: 'Kermesina' (s) X 'John Cairns'
Hybridization...
Evergreen Azalea Squirrel AGM
Bright scarlet, long-lasting flowers (up to 30mm), which hold their colour well. A good late flowering variety for June. An excellent tough and very hardy plant from Scotland, with a dense low growing habit. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (nakaharae hybrid).
Parentage: 'Galathea'...
Evergreen Azalea stenopetalum 'Linearifolium'
Unusual long, narrow strap-like leaves and flowers, which are rose-lilac, with darker markings flowering in April-May. stenopetalum Linearifolium is very distinctive. However, the stems and branches are brittle, and require protection from wind, frost & passing animals! Height 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for stunning foliage.
Plantsman range.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (stenopetalum hybrid).
Parentage:...
Evergreen Azalea Torchlight
A good looking orangey red flower in mid May. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Strong, compact, spreading and easy growing. Best in partial shade.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea
Parentage: Unknown
Hybridization date: Unknown
Bred by: Unknown
Habit: Compact, spreading.
Ideal position: Tolerates more shade.
Ideal soil: pH 4.5 to 6.
RHS Hardiness Rating:...
Evergreen Azalea Tuffet
Red to deep pink flowers in June on a very neat and small growing plant with a tuffet like habit. This plant is perfect for small pots and rockeries. Height and spread 25-50cm in 10 years.
Bred by the late Ian Fitzroy, a specialist nurseryman in Sussex, as part of his prostrate Azalea breeding programme. He never Registered this plant, but it is far too good to loose, and it makes a fine tribute to...
Evergreen Azalea Valentine Surprise
Stunning large apricot pink flowers, almost white in the centre, giving a distinct two tone effect. Flowering in May this is a recent introduction which is becoming very popular, especially for that special day in February! Great winter foliage on a compact plant with a spreading habit. Height 60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers. Great for cascading over walls.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen...
Evergreen Azalea White Lady
(H5) Lovely large (up to 53mm wide) pure white funnel shaped flowers, with brilliant yellow-green speckling in the throat. A wonderful plant flowering in mid May, it is a compact growing variety, with light glossy foliage. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Evergreen Azalea Willy
(H6) Large clear electric pink flowers in May. This is a vigorous tough old variety, with light autumn tints. Height 60-75cm in 10 years.
Please note this is a semi-evergreen variety and will drop leaves in the colder months.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (kaempferi hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (before 1939).
Bred...
Evergreen Azalea Wombat AGM
Large bright cerise pink flowers up to 50mm, which are long lasting during June. An excellent hardy introduction from Scotland which forms a neat prostrate low mounded shape. Height and spread of 40-60cm in 10 years.
Ideal for rock gardens and cascading over walls and to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Group: Evergreen Azalea (nakaharae hybrid).
Parentage: nakaharae 'Mariko' X 'Gaiety'
Hybridization...
Hamamelis Arnold Promise
Large fragrant bright yellow spider-like flowers, which are frost hardy in winter, January to March. This Witch Hazel gives lovely autumn foliage colours of reds and yellows. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Best in an open position.
Hamamelis intermedia Barmstedt Gold AGM
(H5) A deciduous shrub with hazel-like leaves and large, fragrant golden-yellow flowers that bloom on bare branches in late winter and early spring; offers some yellow autumn colour. Easy to grow in an open but unexposed site with moist but well-drained acid or neutral soil.
Hamamelis intermedia Orange Beauty
(H5) 'Orange Beauty' is a robust shrub reaching 3m tall and 4m wide, in 10-20 years, featuring broadly elliptic leaves that shift from yellowish green with maroon-purple flushes to dark green, then yellow and orange in autumn. It produces lightly fragrant flowers with dark purplish-red calyces and twisted, crimped petals over 2cm long, yellow-orange with red-purple bases, blooming from mid- to late...
Hamamelis intermedia Pallida AGM
(H5) One of the most popular witch-hazels with large sulphur yellow flowers in dense clusters on naked stems. Strong and delicately sweet scented, January to March. Good yellow autumn colour. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Best in moist sunny position.
Hamamelis intermedia Rubin AGM
(H5) A rounded, upright deciduous shrub or small tree with wrinkled, oval green leaves that turn yellow and orange in autumn. It produces lightly scented, ruby-red flowers with narrow, crimped petals on bare branches in late winter and early spring. Easy to grow in an open but unexposed site. Requires moist but well-drained acid or neutral soil. 2.5-4m heigh in 10-20 years.
Hamamelis intermedia Ruby Glow
(H5) A fairly strong growing, upright, bushy shrub reaching 2.5m-4m heigh in 10-20 years, with rounded leaves (up to 16cm) that shift from medium green to dark green, then to yellow-orange-red in autumn. It produces slightly fragrant, purplish-red calyced flowers with curled coppery red petals (up to 2cm) from mid- to late winter. Grow in moderately fertile, neutral or preferably slightly acidic soil...
Heuchera 'Huckleberry'
(H6) A clump-forming perennial. Silver foliage, which turns pink during autumn, with dark purple undersides, topped by upright short stems of small pale pink flowers that fade to white once opened in the summer. Likes well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. 50cm x 50cm in 5 years.
Heuchera 'Obsidian' AGM
(H6) A compact, mound forming perennial. Glossy purple/black foliage topped by upright dark reddish stems with small creamy flowers in the summer. Likes well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. 50cm x 50cm in 5 years.
Heuchera 'Shanghai'
(H6) A compact perennial, with silver-purple evergreen foliage, topped by panicles of small pale pink-white flowers in the summer. Likes well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. 50cm x 50cm in 5 years.
Hybrid 'Seconds' Box Deal (4 x 7.5 litre plants)
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Here's a great offer for any bargain hunters! This pack includes 4 rhododendron hybrids supplied in 7.5L pots which should grow to about 1.50-1.75 metres tall in 10 years. These plants are slight seconds or slightly mis-shaped.
Customers return to us year after year and say how pleased they are that these bargain plants have performed so well. We need to make sure...
Hybrid PALLET DEAL - (24 x 5 litre plants)
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Here is a fantastic PALLET DEAL of 24 choice 5 litre sized Rhododendrons that will grow to 1.5 - 1.75 metres in 10 years. We have grown these plants in 5 litre pots here on our nursery and they are about 40cm in size, and nice and bushy. They are first grade plants and look great now, and will soon grow to make a wonderful colourful addition...
Hybrid Rhododendron Collection (4 x 5 litre plants)
Picture for example only. Please see descriptions below.
This is a lovely collection of 5 litre sized Rhododendrons that will grow to 1.5 - 1.75 metres in 10 years. We have grown these plants in 5 litre pots here on our nursery and they are about 40cm in size, and nice and bushy. They are first grade plants and look great now, and will soon grow to make a wonderful colourful addition to your garden....
Hydrangea paniculata Silver Dollar AGM
(H5) Elegant panicles of white flowers, turning light pink later in the season. These look good set against the dark upright stems. Fast growing, but neat compact habit. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Best in moist sunny positions.
Bred and selected by Dutch plantsman Peter Zwijnenburg at the turn of the century,
For large panicles, the laterals should be pruned back to within 5-8cm of the previous...
Jasminum nudiflorum AGM
(H5) A deciduous shrub with long, arching branches. Small green leaves from the spring and bright yellow flowers to 2.5cm in width in winter and spring. Like a sheltered position, with good well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. 200-250cm high and wide in 10 years.
Kalmia latifolia ‘Elf’
Kalmia latifolia f. myrtifolia 'Elf' is a compact, evergreen shrub that grows to about one metre high. It features glossy foliage and produces striking white flowers from pink-tinted buds in late spring. Ideal for reliably moist, well-drained acidic areas in light shade. Height and width approx. 100cm x 100cm in 10 years.
Kalmias are a medium sized evergreen shrub from south-eastern USA and Asian...
Kalmia latifolia ‘Nani’
Kalmia latifolia ‘Nani’ has stunning white octagonal flowers with a ring of burgundy spots in June on a backdrop of dark green leaves. This plant was bred in 1994 and later named after Karl Hubber’s wife’s grandmother.
Kalmias are a medium sized evergreen shrub from south-eastern USA and Asian mountains where they typically grow under the canopy of tall trees. They are an under...
Leucanthemum × superbum 'Alaska'
(H4) A clump forming herbaceous perennial with dark green, toothed, lance-shaped leaves. It produces bright white, single flowers with bright yellow centres that can bloom for an extended period in the summer if dead-headed regularly; it may require staking. Likes a moist but well-drained soil in full sun. 100cm high x 100cm wide in 5 years.