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Deciduous Azalea Knaphill Apricot
Extremely attractive large apricot yellow flowers in early to mid May. This plant is an unusual colour which always attracts interest. Height 150-180cm in years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Recommended for lovely flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Knaphill hybrid).
Parentage: unknown.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1950).
Bred by: Waterer (Bagshot). Origin: British.
Habit:...
Camellia hiemalis 'Chansonette'
(H5) Strong, brilliant pink, double flowers in Autumn/Winter. Fast growing, open and spreading evergreen shrub. Width 175-200cm in 10 years, around 100cm in height.
Deciduous Azalea Fireworks
(H6) Bright orange flowers emerge from coppery-red buds in May-June. A tough upright variety, which gives extraordinary long-distant effect from a long distance. Requires moist acid soil. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for bright orange flowers.• Easy to grow.• Group: Deciduous Azalea (Knap Hill hybrid).• Parentage: ‘Cecile’ X ‘Fireball’•...
Hydrangea quercifolia Alice
Large pointed panicles of single white flowers, turning pink as they age in summer. Vigorous form of oak leaved hydrangea with lobed deep green leaves, turning red and purple in autumn. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Best in sun or light shade.
Rhododendron Dr H.C. Dresselhuys
(H6) Conical truss of purplish crimson red, funnel shaped flowers, in late May early June. Like most reds the flowers do better in a shadier spot. This plant is very fast growing with dark green foliage easily reaching 180-200cm in 10 years given the right conditions.
• Recommended for: Tough fast-growing variety• Ideal position: Dappled shade.• Habit: Bushy.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.•...
Camellia japonica 'Brushfields Yellow'
(H5) Anemone-form flowers, around 8-10cm, with white petals surrounding a central mass of primrose-yellow petaloid stamens in Spring. Dark green glossy leaves on a variety with a upright, bushy habit of moderate vigour.
Sometimes mistakenly classified as 'yellow' camellias, but petal colour defines the flower colour.
Keith Brushfield, Australia, 1970
Rhododendron Rusty Dane
Pink buds open to pure white flowers, mid to late May. A wonderful foliage selection which looks good all year, with cream indumentum on the new leaves turning rusty reddish brown, and thickly felted on the lower surface as they mature. Height and spread is 50-75cm in 10 years with a broad habit.
Another great Danish foliage selection from Svend Hansen, using the species parents R. bureavii x R....
Calycanthus Aphrodite
12 litre plant shown in second photo
(H5) Deep red fragrant flowers tipped with cream, are borne from late spring and into summer. Glossy leaves, turn yellow with good autumn colour. A multi-stemmed shrub with upright arching branches. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Best in sheltered sun or shade.
Aphrodite' is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub with Magnolia like flowers up to 10cm in diameter.
Calycanthus...
Camellia japonica 'Margaret Davies' AGM
(H5) Creamy white, ruffled double flowers, 8-10cm, edged raspberry red in the Spring. Compact open growth. Prefers a sheltered, semi-shaded site. Height 175-200cm in 10 years.
A. M. Davies, Australia, 1963.
Rhododendron High Summer
Another later flowering beautiful yellow variety raised by our own Ted Millais. It has soft creamy yellow flowers in late June which always attract attention. It is best in light shade to preserve the blooms. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good drainage (but not dry conditions!).
Recommended for: Late flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Dappled...
Rhododendron rubiginosum Ted Millais AGM
This selection, collected by the late Ted Millais, has attractive deep pink flowers in April to May. This is an easy vigorous strong-growing shrub that will grow large in time. It has interesting small bronze green foliage and is good for windbreaks and will tolerate neutral soil. Height 150-175cm in 10 years. Ted collected this on one of his early trips to the Himalayas during the 1980's. He gave...
Rhododendron Le Progres
The 5 litre plants have been reduced due to leaf damage.
Very attractive frilly pale rose pink flowers with a prominent crimson speckled blotch that flowers in late May. A tough dense plant with good glossy foliage. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Also known as Rhododendron Progres.
Recommended for: Striking flower and great habit.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Will grow in sun or light shade.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Rabatz
(H6) Launched by us at Chelsea Flower Show 2011. Bright fiery red flowers with darker speckling, contrasting with pale anthers. Late May-June flowering. An attractive hybrid with wide funnel flowers. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.This is a third generation plant from Hans Hachmann in Germany. The lineage of this plant goes back to 'Hachmann's Feuerschein' in 1978. Since then, Hachmann kept re-crossing...
Liquidamber styraciflua Worplesdon AGM
These trees sit at approximaltey 180cm not including the pot. They will come via Parcel Force on a 48 hour delivery due to height or they can be collected directly from the nursery.
A selection of 'Sweet Gum' with long narrow lobes, turning brilliant orange and yellow which lasts well in autumn. One of the best trees for autumn colour. Looks good all year. Height 2-4 metres in 10 years. Best on acid...
Magnolia Heaven Scent AGM
The 12 litre trees sit at approximaltey 180cm not including the pot. They will come via Parcel Force on a 48 hour delivery due to height or they can be collected directly from the nursery.
A magnificent small to medium sized deciduous tree, raised by Dr D Todd Gresham of Santa Cruz, California in 1955. Richly scented and free flowering pale pink tulip shaped flowers, getting darker towards the base,...
Evergreen Azalea Hatsu-giri
Abundant small pretty funnel-shaped bright purplish-crimson flowers 25mm across flowering in late April to early May. This is a dense low evergreen plant with small, narrow, dark green leaves. It grows wider than tall. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
(Known as 'Normale' in Japan in the mid 19th century)
Ideal for small gardens and mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Evergreen Azalea (Kurume hybrid).
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Brigitte
Very pretty pale pink flowers with a darker pink edge in late May and early June. This plant has fine shiny foliage and has a compact habit, growing wider than tall. Height 100-120cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Pretty flowers and good foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations, dappled shade.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid.
Parentage: insigne (s) X 'Mrs...
Deciduous Azalea vaseyi AGM
Pretty pale pink flowers appear before the leave in April - May. It has lovely pointed leaves and fabulous autumn foliage. It is hardy, but it does need extra winter protection when young. It prefers a relatively moist soil. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Ideal for more damp conditions and great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: damp conditions with some protection.
Habit: upright.
Group:...
Rhododendron Dormouse
This delightful plant has delicate pink, two-toned bell-shaped flowers, that are deeper pink on the outside. Flowering in April. This is a great example of a williamsianum hybrid with lovely rounded leaves and attractive copper coloured young foliage in summer. Height 80-100cm in 10 years. We love this plant for it's unusual round leaves and fabulous young foliage. It's a real winner.
Ideal for...
Acer palmatum 'Orange Dream' AGM
Large slender upright shrub with bright orange yellow foliage in the spring. Similar to Katsura, but with intense long lasting spring colour. Autumn colour of bright yellow gold. Expected height is 200cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron racemosum 'Rock Rose' AGM
An excellent selection with lovely medium pink flowers opening along the branches in April. It has a dense upright habit and tolerates drier conditions. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
This plant was selected by J B Stevenson of the famous Tower Court gardens, from seed collected by Rock (R11265). It was introduced by Hydon Nurseries in 1970.
Recommended for pretty flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position:...
Rhododendron Whidbey Island
This is a superb recent American introduction with wonderful big leaf foliage. It has pale purple flowers with a deeper edging and a dark blotch. Flowering in April, it has silvery young growth, with a wonderful tan indumentum on the underside of the leaves. It does need some wind shelter but it makes a wonderful plant of upright habit. Height 150cm in 10 years, then taller.
Raised at Meerkerk Rhododendron...
Rhododendron calophytum AGM (seed raised)
This plant has wonderful loose white or pale pink flowers with a deep reddish blotch and spots. Flowering in March-April it has exceptional large bright green leaves up to 36cm long. It will develop into an umbrella shaped tree. Height 150cm in 10 years. Big leaf Rhododendron species have great architectural foliage which looks stunning in a woodland setting or city courtyard garden. However, the lovely...
Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra' AGM
Dark purple buds open to dark red purple flowers, paler inside, in late April to May. A slow growing, multi stemmed shrub. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Best in moist acid soils, but will tolerate neutral soils with good organic content.
Rhododendron Susan
Large trusses of flowers in two shades of mauve fading to near white, with darker margins and purple speckling. Flowering in April-May she has good, dark shiny foliage and makes a broad and dense plant. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Unusual flower colour.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: campanulatum...
Camellia sasanqua 'Versicolor' AGM
(H4) Lightly scented, lavender edged white flowers with soft pink in between, in Autumn/Winter. Requires a sheltered sunny site. Height 200-300cm in 10 years.
Rhododendron Blue Graziella INKARHO
(H6) Bright purple/blue flowers with a darker centre in May. This plant has striking narrow pointed foliage which looks good all year. A very dense, upright growing shrub. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Amazing foliage.• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Most garden situations.• Habit: Dense.• Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.• Parentage: Unknown currently•...
Rhododendron James Barto
(H4) Lovely fuscha pink bell shaped flowers in loose trusses in April/May. Splendid rounded foliage with a nice compact habit. Slightly scented. Height 75 to 100cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soil.
• Ideal for small gardens.• Group: williamsianum.• Parentage: williamsianum X ? orbiculare.• Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1958).• Bred by: J.A. Barto Origin: American.•...
Rhododendron Geoffroy Millais
This plant has lovely white flowers flushed pink in tall conical trusses, with red spotting. It is slightly scented and flowers early to mid May. A vigorous bush with a strong upright habit. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Named by rhododendron expert John Guille Millais, who wrote the 2 large volume books on Rhododendrons (1917 and 1924). He named this for his son, Major Geoffroy "George" Millais who...
Rhododendron campanulatum
Attractive white, pale rose or lilac flowers, in loose but fairly compact trusses. Flowering in April and May it has lovely glossy leaves up to 18cm long with a continuous fawn/rusty brown indumentum underneath. It makes a fine shrub/small tree. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for outstanding foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: needs careful site selection, good drainage and not too...
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...
Calycanthus Hartlage Wine AGM
(H5) Wine red flowers with cream in the centre, resembling a magnolia flower. Scented and long flowering through summer A multi-stemmed shrub with upright to arching branches. Height 200-400cm in 10 years. Best in sheltered sun/shade.
Calycanthus are deciduous shrubs with simple, aromatic leaves and solitary, fragrant flowers in summer
'Hartlage Wine' is a multi-stemmed shrub with upright to arching...
Rhododendron Yellow Saucer
(H5) Orange red buds open to flat faced flowers of brilliant yellow flowers, with vivid red spotting on the upper lobe and around the ovary in the centre of the flower. A choice American hybrid with a compact habit, budding up and flowering in early May from a young age. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for front of borders and small gardens.• Easy to grow.• Group: yakushimanum...
Deciduous Azalea viscosum rhodanthum
Known as the 'Swamp Honeysuckle'. Beautifully scented pink honeysuckle type flowers, with darker blotches. A superb late summer flowering shrub for July and August. Good autumn foliage. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for wonderful late fragrant flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most garden situations, with some shade.
Habit: upright.
Group: Deciduous Azalea.
Subsection: Pentanthera.
Introduction...
Camellia sasanqua 'Cleopatra'
(H4) Semi-double, scented, rose pink flowers, 6-7.5cm, in Autumn/Winter. Forming a compact, bushy shrub. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
K. Sawada, Alabama, USA, 1934. Imported from Japan c.1929.
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...
Rhododendron Jeanne Church
(H5) Pink in bud, opening to large rounded trusses of cream flowers with pink flush, and 3 red flares at the base. Early May flowering. An unusual NZ hybrid between R. macabeanum and Unique, displaying the compact habit of Unique and the big leaves of macabeanum. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
As with all yellow Rhododendrons, this plant does need good drainage (but not dry conditions!). It also needs...
Rhododendron Snowy River
(H5) Rounded trusses of light purple flowers with deeper veining in April-May. Mid green interesting foliage with a pale fawn indumentum below. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Interesting Foliage• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Bushy.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.• Parentage: ririei X niveum• Hybridisation date: pre 2000 (1974)•...
Rhododendron Hammondii
Lovely dainty rosy pink tubular funnel shaped flowers (25mm) with white filaments, in a compact truss. This is a very useful late flowering variety in June which has attractive dark green narrow small leaves. It forms a super neat tidy shrub. Height 75-100cm in 10 years. Also known as 'Tenellum'.
Recommended for small gardens and mixed borders. Useful to extend the flowering season.
Easy to grow.
Ideal...
Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg' AGM
Deep purple foliage which curls downwards at the edges. Will take full sun without burning. Foliage slowly turns deep reddish green, and then a rich crimson in the autumn. A strong, fast growing small tree with an open habit. Named after the beautiful Trompenburg arboretum in Rotterdam. Expected height is 200cm in 10 years.
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...
Rhododendron Gwillt King
(H4) Bright turkey red flowers in a semi-circular truss, with spotting on the dorsal lobe and deep basal nectaries. April-May flowering, and suitable for mild locations only. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
This is a really good bright red flower of quality, and performs well in sheltered positions. Densely hairy on the undersides of leaves. It has recently been exhibited at RHS Rhododendron competitions,...
Magnolia Galaxy AGM
Striking purple pink to red slightly scented flowers in mid to late spring make a stunning statement in the garden. This plant makes a wonderful small to medium sized deciduous tree, initially upright in habit, but maturing to a pyramidal shape. Magnolia liliiflora has been hybridized with many species and has produced fantastic results. William Kosar of the US National Arboretum raised this Magnolia...
Rhododendron Angelo
(H4-5) What a stunning plant with huge trusses of scented pale pink flowers in June. This is a vigorous plant with an open, treelike habit which performs best in sheltered woodland and shaded gardens. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Later flowering and scent.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Sheltered woodland, dappled shade.
Habit: Treelike.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
Rhododendron Hille
Showy creamy white flowers tinged pink at the edges, with prominent reddish speckling all over. This plant flowers in April so is best in a sheltered spot to protect the opening buds from frost. Height 120-150 cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking early flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
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...
Cornus kousa Milky Way
The 12 litre plants sit at approximaltey 160-175cm not including the pot. They will come via Parcel Force on a 48 hour delivery due to their height or they can be collected directly from the nursery.
(H5) Large star shaped creamy white flowers in early June, followed by raspberry like fruits which will attract birds. Dark green leaves with a blue-green underside and a purple-red autum colour. Height...