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Bulrush Professional Ericaceous Compost Deal 30 x 60L Bags
This is a BULK PALLET DEAL for 30 x 60L bags of Bulrush Professional Ericaceous compost at £5.95 each, saving over 14% (Same bags are £6.95 each when bought as singles). This compost will be delivered on non returnable wooden pallet by 18 tonne lorry with a tail lift. The full pallet will weigh just under 1/2 tonne, so be prepared for some heavy lifting! PLEASE ONLY ORDER IF YOU HAVE GOOD...
Bulrush Professional Ericaceous Compost Deal 60 x 60L Bags
This is a BULK PALLET DEAL for 60 x 60L bags of Bulrush Professional Ericaceous compost at £5.25 each, saving over 24% (Same bags are £6.95 each when bought as singles). This compost will be delivered on non returnable wooden pallet by 18 tonne lorry with a tail lift. The full pallet will weigh just under 1 tonne, so be prepared for some heavy lifting! PLEASE ONLY ORDER IF YOU HAVE GOOD...
Camellia japonica 'Adolphe Audusson' AGM
(H4) Beautiful large red semi-double flowers in March-April. Tough reliable flowering in mid-season. Good glossy foliage on a plant of open upright habit. Height 150cm in 10 years.
M. Adolphe Audusson, France, 1910
Camellia japonica 'Dr King'
(H5) Large semi double rosy red flowers with prominent yellow stamens in the centre. Long flowering in Spring. Strong growing upright habit with dark green glossy leaves. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Best in moist acid soils.
Camellia japonica 'Guilio Nuccio' AGM
Very large (up to 15cm) semi-double, rich deep coral pink flowers, April. Very floriferous; the blooms are smaller on small plants, but as the plant matures the wonderful velvety flowers become outstandingly lush and large. Vigorous upright habit, with weeping foliage. Winner of many international awards, and considered by many as one of the finest forms of Camellia japonicas raised. Height 140-150cm...
Camellia japonica 'Lady Campbell'
(H5) Double, rose-form red flowers to 10cm across in Spring. A vigorous, compact and upright, bushy shrub of medium size.
Best grown in partial or dappled shade, in a sheltered position away from morning and hot afternoon sun and damaging strong/cold winds. Height 125-150cm in 10 years
Camellia japonica 'Saturnia'
(H5) Magnificient deep red flowers early spring, March-April. Semi double flowers with a few paler stamens and petaloids. This japonica variety is tough with deep green glossy leaves, with an open, upright habit. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Best in moist acid soils, in a sunny or lightly shaded position. Also good in containers .
Magnolia Gardens, South Carolina, USA, 1942.
Camellia x williamsii 'Ruby Wedding' AGM
Image supplied and owened by J.Wilson (Strete Gate Camellias)
(H5) 'Ruby Wedding' is a dense, evergreen shrub,with glossy, dark green, elliptic leaves and in spring, bright red, anemone to peony-form, double flowers. Vigorous, upright bush. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Suitable for woodland and acidic soils. Position in a site sheltered from cold, dry winds and early morning sun as buds and flowers...
Compact Rhodo Collection (4 x 3 litre plants)
Picture for example only. Please see descriptions below.
This is a lovely collection of 4 compact growing Rhododendrons that compliment each other and are suitable for containers, smaller gardens or for the front of a border. They are all tough and hardy plants that will grow well throughout the UK.We grow these plants in 3L pots and we normally sell them for £18.95 each. They are 20-30cm tall...
Compact Rhododendron Foliage Collection (4 x 3 litre plants)
Picture for example only. Please see descriptions below.
This is a lovely collection of 4 compact growing Rhododendrons each one has been selected for its interesting foliage, giving you the customer more than one season of interest. Once the plants have flowered, they will start to produce new shoots, most have wonderful indumentum (fluff) on the lower surface of the leaves and tomentum on the upper...
Dwarf Rhododendron Bloombux INKARHO
(H6) A wonderful flowering alternative to troublesome box hedging! Lots of clusters of soft pink flowers in June. The plant responds well to trimming after flowering. Height 50-75cm in 10 years. Easy to grow in most soils.
This superb new variety was raised by the INKARHO syndicate as 'Microhirs3' with PBR Plant Breeders Rights. It is suitable for growing on most garden soils, from very acidic...
Melcourt Ornamental Bark Mulch™
A high-performance mulch suitable for a wide range of smaller-scale professional and domestic landscape applications, where a neat, decorative finish is required.
How To Use• Ensure the area to be mulched is entirely free from both annual and perennial weeds• Lay Melcourt Ornamental Bark Mulch evenly onto freshly cultivated moist soil, after planting has been completed.• The mulch should...
Rhododendron arboreum cinnamomeum 'Everest Reunion'
This plant has neat trusses of pink flowers in March-April. It has distinctive cinnamon red indumentum on the underside of the large leathery leaves. R. arboreum cinnamomeum 'Everest Reunion' makes a good show in our garden and was collected by Colonel Charles Wylie, (David's uncle) who was in charge of logistics and Nepali porters on the successful 1952 Everest expedition. This selection has attractive...
Rhododendron argyrophyllum 'Chinese Silver' AGM
Red in bud, opening to excellent clear pink bell-shaped flowers, with a darker flushing. Flowering in early May argyrophyllum Chinese Silver is an excellent clone that has attractive dark green silver-backed leaves. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for wonderful foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: sheltered woodland.
Habit: tree-like.
Group: Species Rhododendron.
Subsection: Argyrophylla.
Introduction...
Rhododendron Brigitte
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
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:...
Rhododendron bureavii AGM
Lovely white rose flushed flowers spotted crimson or purple. Flowering in May this is a superb foliage plant, with thick woolly indumentum on the underside of the leaves turning from white to rusty red with age. One of the most distinctive rhododendron species. Our selected clone is propagated from a large plant growing at Crosswater which has great flowers and grows in a neat rounded habit. It has...
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...
Rhododendron Cassata
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
Striking pinnacles of pale lavender pink flowers with a conspicuous red blotch open in early June helping to extend the main flowering season by a couple of weeks. The new leaves open pale green before going glossy dark green. This plant grows to around 150cm high and equally as wide...
Rhododendron Catawbiense Grandiflorum
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
(H7) Long lasting lilac purple flowers with yellowish red markings. Late May flowering. A vigorous, very tough variety, dating from before 1850, and hardy to -30C. Height 180+cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron Cherry Kiss
(H7) An excellent new German plant with deep red flowers and lovely dark green glossy foliage. Glowing red funnel shaped flowers with wavy edging in a neat compact truss, with contrasting almost white stamens, and cream upward pointing anthers. Late May flowering. Equally striking are the thick dark very deep glossy leaves on a handsome plant broadly upright plant. A very hardy plant, claimed to...
Rhododendron Claudine
(H7) Frilled, pink flowers, paler at the edges, and darker in the centre, with reddish speckling on the upper petal. Late May - early June. A hardy variety which grows wider than tall. Height 120cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Tough variety, Hedging and Screening, later flowers• Ideal position: Dappled shade in most garden situations.• Habit: Bushy.• Group: Hardy Hybrid.•...
Rhododendron Cunningham's White
Mauve buds open to white flowers with a pale yellow eye in early May. With delicate small flowers, it is a very tough dense plant which is good for screening and difficult positions. Cunninghams White is also tolerant of neutral/slightly alkaline soil. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.It certainly ranks as one of our favourites and is ideal for hedging and screening. If you have a difficult position this...
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.•...
Rhododendron Elizabeth Red Foliage (Second's)
Please note these plants are seconds, so not first grade, may have little to no flower buds or marked leaves and maybe slightly mis-shaped.
Similar to Elizabeth in that this plant has masses of scarlet, funnel campanulate flowers in April. It is a rounded and compact shrub which is quite vigorous with an upright habit. The leaves are burgundy red, especially on young growth through the summer. This...
Rhododendron Fastuosum Flore Pleno AGM
Trusses of semi-double pale bluish-mauve flowers, with green-brown flare that is free flowering in late May-June. This is one of our favourites because the flowers last well, especially in some shade. It is fast growing, vigorous and ideal for hedging/screening. An excellent well mannered plant which we recommend to use instead of Rhododendron ponticum (the wild variety) which is too invasive. Height...
Rhododendron Fastuosum Flore Pleno AGM (Second's)
Please note these are great plants but have been reduced as they are not first grade. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Trusses of semi-double pale bluish-mauve flowers, with green-brown flare that is free flowering in late May-June. This is one of our favourites because the flowers last well, especially in some shade....
Rhododendron Furnivall's Daughter AGM
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
This is a popular and very showy plant with bright pink flowers and a large strawberry red flare, in a full conical truss. It is free flowering in May to June. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. Furnivalls Daughter needs good soil conditions to perform well.
Recommended for: showy flowers.
Plantsman...
Rhododendron Halfdan Lem AGM (Second's)
These plants are not to our 1st grade quality, they may be a little wonky or have some gaps but are still strong and healthy. Please contact us if you are interested and would like to anymore advice on these.
Please note the 100-110cm & 110-120cm plants have been reduced due to leaf damage, please contact us if you are interested in these plants and we can email you an image.
This one is a real...
Rhododendron Horizon Monarch AGM (Second's)
Please note these are great plants but have been reduced as they are not first grade. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
This is another of our favourites - lovely red buds open to large pale yellow flowers with pink tones and a small vivid red flare. Flowering in May this is an exceptional hybrid with a strong growing...
Rhododendron Kabarett
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
Very attractive plant that has pretty frilled edge, wide open lilac flowers that are paler in the centre with a prominent wine-red blotch. It flowers in late May to early June. From Hachmann's Nursery in Northern Germany, it is very hardy to -24C. A great tough compact plant that will...
Rhododendron Kluis Sensation AGM
(H5) Strong red with crimson spotting, in wide funnel shaped slightly frilled flowers, on a compact globular truss in May. A compact plant and fairly slow growing, with concave leaves. Tolerates sun and heat, and has been a recommended variety to survive the heat in Australia! Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: Hedging/screening, tough variety.• Easy to grow.• Ideal position:...
Rhododendron Le Progres
12 litre plants have marked/discoloured leaves, this does not effect the plant in any way apart from being cosmetic.
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...
Rhododendron Madame Masson AGM
White star-like flowers with a golden yellow blotch flowering in late May early June. This is a very old hybrid that is extremely tough, reliable and striking. A dense well shaped plant with shiny dark foliage which is ideal for hedging and screening. Height 150-180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group:...
Rhododendron Mrs T.H. Lowinsky AGM (Second's)
Please note these are great plants but have been reduced as they are not first grade. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Mauve buds open to orchid pink and fade to white with a conspicuous and distinctive orange blotch in June. Mrs T H Lowinsky is a very hardy and fast growing plant. Height 180-200cm in 10 years.She is...
Rhododendron Old Port
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
Extremely attractive medium reddish purple flowers with a deep blotch flowering in late May. This is a vigorous old hybrid with good glossy leaves. Height 150-180 cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Striking flower and great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit:...
Rhododendron orbiculare (Hydon BH1786) AGM
(FORTUNEA H6) Rose or purplish-pink bell shaped flowers in a loose truss. April-May. Distinct bright green rounded leaves with heart shaped base. Height 80-120cm in 10 years. Best in a fairly sunny spot.
Recommended for distinctive foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most sunny garden situations.
Habit: compact and dense.
Group: Species Rhododendron.
Subsection: Fortunea.
Introduction date:...
Rhododendron Polarnacht
PLEASE NOTE THESE PLANTS ARE REDUCED DUE TO BEING EITHER A LITTLE ON THE SMALL SIDE OR HAVING FEW TO NO FLOWER BUDS.
Much admired dark purple wavy-edged flowers with deep red spotting. Flowering in late May to early June it has good dark green foliage with a dense, compact habit that grows wider than it does tall. It is a modern hybrid from Rhododendron Purple Splendour but has a much deeper colour....
Rhododendron Roseum Elegans (Second's)
Please note these are great plants but have been reduced as they are not first grade. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Beautiful lavender flowers fading to pink, with reddish brown spotting. Flowering in late May early June this lovely old hybrid has olive green foliage. It tolerates sun, heat and cold and is a dense...
Rhododendron tsariense
Gorgeous pinky white flowers with crimson spotting in April. A rare plant with superb foliage that has dense rufous indumentum on the lower leaf surface and sometimes on the upper surface. A lovely compact slow growing plant that needs good drainage to perform well. Avoid using fertilizer with this plant. Height 40-50cm in 10 years.
Ideal for small gardens.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: sheltered...
Rhododendron Wilgen's Ruby
Nice deep red flowers with brown spotting on the upper lobes. Flowering in late May it has a good compact habit. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.Wilgins Ruby would make the perfect gift for a Ruby Wedding Anniversary!
Recommended for: Good red with tidy habit.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: 'Britannia' X 'John Walter'.
Hybridization...
Rhododendron Wilgen's Ruby (Seconds)
Please note these are great plants but have been reduced as they are not first grade. If you are interested in any of these and wish to see photos please email or call and we can get some over to you.
Nice deep red flowers with brown spotting on the upper lobes. Flowering in late May it has a good compact habit. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.Wilgins Ruby would make the perfect gift for a Ruby Wedding...
Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Koichiro Wada' AGM
Pink in bud opening to delightful white bell shaped flowers giving the appearance of apple blossom, in the form of a compact truss in May. It features a distinctive white fluffy covering (tomentum) on the top of young foliage which washes off during the course of the summer, exposing the dark green glossy upper surface of the leaves. The lower surface of the leaves also starts off with a silvery indumentum...