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A selected clone of arboreum with lovely rose pink flowers in April. It has distinctive dark green pointed leaves with silvery indumentum on the underside. A wonderful large shrub or tree. Height 150cm in 10 years. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum var. roseum 'Tony Schilling' is named after the retired Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Wakehurst Place, in Sussex. Characteristically, as...

Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! Stunning red flowers with a paler centre fading to an attractive pink in May. We think this is one of Hachmann's best hybrids and very striking. It has dark foliage which really sets off the flowers nicely. Height 100-120cm in 10 years.Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment. Ideal for containers and small gardens. Easy to grow. Group:...

Star-like white flowers on bare branches in April. A good hybrid between M. denudata x M. stellata 'Waterlily', and the flowers show more white tepals. Frost protect when young. It forms a small tree up to 3 metres in 10 years. Best in moist acid soils, but will tolerate neutral soils with good organic content.

A lovely plant with pure white, large, star-shaped scented flowers in March and April. A native of Japan where it is found in mountain woodland, it is a slow growing small tree or large shrub which rarely exceeds 3m in height. Best in acid or neutral soil, in sun or part shade. Protect from late spring frosts when young, as these can kill every bud, and hence the plant.

Attractive vivid reddish-orange flowers fading to yellow in full sun. Flowering in May - June, this deciduous azalea has good autumn leaf colour and a bushy habit. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. Ideal for mixed borders. Easy to grow. Group:Deciduous Azalea (Exbury hybrid). Parentage: unknown. Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1958). Bred by: Exbury. Origin: British. Habit: upright. Ideal position:...

Pretty white flowers flushed pink with crimson blotch in a tight truss. Flowering in April-May it is very free flowering with age and quite easy to grow provided it is not given too much fertilizer. Young growth of creamy 'candles' contrast with older deep green foliage and cinnamon indumentum on the underside of the leaves. Height 50cm in 10 years. Named after Sir Colville E. Wilton of the Chinese...

Wonderful large reddish purple flowers (50 x 75mm) with a white blotch and purple spots, and darker at the edges, 12-16 flowers on a ball shaped truss. Flowering in late May this is a good hardy plant with pest and disease resistant foliage. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Recommended for: reliable hardy plant. Easy to grow. Ideal position: Most garden situations. Habit: Dense. vase shaped. Group:...

One of the darkest pink soulangeana magnolias, with flowers that grade beautifully from darkest rich purple to pale pink. Upright habit, and flowering quite early for its type. Height 2-4 metres in 10 years. Best on sheltered acid soils. Magnolia expert Maurice Foster raised this plant and named it after his granddaughter. It is a hybrid of M. ‘Dark Shadow’ x M. campbellii mollicomata...

(H6) Yellow pink flowers opening greenish white, with yellow flush at the base, in an open topped truss during mid May. R. campylocarpum x decorum hybrid raised at Ramster Gardens with an open habit. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Raised in 1937 by Lady Norman, daughter of the first Lord Aberconway, and Registered in 2007 by her granddaughter Miranda Gunn who has always admired it growing in the gardens...

A rare plant with white to rose pink flowers, sometimes with purple markings, in a loose funnel shape. It is slow growing and takes a few years to start flowering freely. Flowering in April or May this is a very hardy species with attractive mustard coloured indumentum underneat the leaves. Height 40-60cm in 10 years.Typically the Taliensia subsection are prostrate or rounded and have a compact habit....

A high quality carbon steel 'Neverbend' 5' trowel with a comfortable and strong hardwood ash handle. This will be a pleasure to use in your garden. 15 year guarantee.

Now available on the Inkarho rootstock! Beautiful pinky purple in bud opening to frilled ice-white flowers, spotted yellow green in the throat. This is a stunning plant flowering in late May. It is compact with deep green thick foliage. Height 80-100cm in 10 years. Silberwolke means Silver Cloud and this is another of our favourites.Perhaps a nice Silver Wedding present? Plant with plenty of good...

Superb large scented blooms, deep pink on the outside, paler on the inside, flowering profusely in April and May. Strong growing columnar habit. Give shelter from cold winds. Height 2-4metres in 10 years. Best in moist acid soils. Raised by August Kehr at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, and rated as one of his best magnolias. The original plant, registered in 1991, is 12 metres tall and only 2.5 metres...

Distinctive pink to purplish lavender flowers with crimson spots and a large basal blotch appear in April. This plant has interesting deeply veined leaves, with yellow to grey woolly indumentum on the undersides. Height 150cm in 10 years. Recommended for striking foliage and nice early flowers. Easy to grow. Ideal position: sheltered woodland. Habit: upright tree-like. Group: Species Rhododendron. Subsection:...

Attractive deep mauve pink flowers in May - June, a very hardy species, from North East Turkey and Georgia. This tough plant has long convex leaves and wonderful woolly white young growth on a dense compact plant. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.It is named after M. Smirnow, a friend of it's discoverer, Baron Ungern-Sternberg. Recommended for exceptional foliage. Easy to grow. Ideal position: most...