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A nice and compact slow growing conifer, which keeps its tight conical shape for many years. Picea glauca is an easy to grow conifer requiring little maintenance, suitable for pots or as a specimen in a shrub bed. With age it will form a 3m tall sturdy looking domed tree. Site: Inland exposed Soil: Well drained, will tolerate acid to alkaline Position: Full sun Season of Interest: Evergreen, nice shape Hardiness: Fully hardy Height: Slowly up to 10ft (3m) in 20-30 years -
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Cupressus macrocarpa 'Goldrest Wilma' is one of the most attractive golden-foliage columnar conifers. Bright golden-yellow foliage. Any free-draining soil in sun or partial shade. Rate of growth up to 60cm per year. Can be used for hedging but doesn't trim quite as well as leylandii. If used for hedging, plant 60-90cm apart. Can be trimmed to keep at the required height Plant Size • Mature Height: 10m • Mature Spread: 2-3m Why We Love It • These trees work wonderfully as topiaries • Fresh lemony scent • Easy to maintain What To Know • Fruit Season: Fall • Position: Full sun • Soil: Well drained • Rate of Growth: Moderate to fast How to Care • In general, growing lemon cypress is not difficult. The trees require well-draining soil, but are not picky about whether it is loamy, sandy or chalky. They also accept acidic, neutral or alkaline soil. • Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat or containers. • Trimming/Pruning If this plant is used for hedging, it will need to be pruned regularly. It will have to be trimmed to maintain the required height. Use sharp pruning shears to remove the sucker branches and the errant branches that are growing in the wrong direction or making it difficult to fertilize the tree. Since lemon cypress has a conical habit, trim the tree as per its natural shape. Trimming should be done every week during the summer. • Fertilizer Fertilize with the standard, slow-releasing fertilizer that has an equal amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium once a month. You can also supplement the soil annually with turf fertilizers that contain other nutrients such as magnesium, boron, copper, and zinc -
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Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Benxi’ Shrubbery suitable for the rock garden rich, fresh, as preferable exposure Partial shade – Shade color White Flowering period is June – September Height 100 cm – 120 cm Density 1 potted seedlings per square meter, Diameter pot 19cm -
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Large purple-green mophead shaped flowerheads with frilly edges when grown in neutral to alkaline soils. Position: They perform best when given a shady, cool moist root run and a sheltered aspect. Maintenance: Mophead hydrangeas require little pruning, simply thin out old stems and remove the dead flowers to a pair of plump green buds in late spring.- Flower Colour: Green, Purple
- Flower Type: Mophead
- Flowering Month: June, July, August, September
- Soil Type: Alkaline, Normal
- Aspect: Partial Shade
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A medium sized deciduous shrub with deep purple/pink-red mophead blooms in summer above dark purple tinged green foliage, when grown in neutral to alkaline soils. Flowers in summer and may change to blue/mauve shades when grown on acidic soils or pink on neutral soils.- Flower Colour: Pink, Red
- Flower Type: Mophead
- Flowering Month: June, July, August, September
- Soil Type: Alkaline, Normal
- Aspect: Partial Shade
- Hardiness*: Hardy
- Foliage Type: Deciduous
- Foliage Colour: Green, Bronze/purple
- Height after 10 years*: 0.9-1.2m (3-4ft)
- Pot Size: 3 Litre
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Hydrangea Macrophylla Caipirinha is a compact deciduous shrub with dark green ovate toothed leaves. During the summer it has beautiful rounded clusters of white mop head flowers fading with age to dark green with a red border around each petal at the end of the flower. Eventual height and spread up to 1.2 metres pot size: 3L -
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- Flowering Period:June, July, August, September
- Final height:80cm to 100cm
- Final width:80cm to 100cm
- Available:February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Fragrances:lightly scented
- Use:beds/borders, for containers, as a hedge, for group plantings, as a specimen plant
- Hardiness:hardy
- Soil:moist, heavy, moderately heavy, neutral, acidic, slightly acidic
- Location:partial shade
- Flower Colour:pink, grey
- Leaf Colour:green
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Easy Wildflowers are ideal for someone who wants to attract bees, butterflies or other beneficial insects to their garden. Simply scatter the seeds where you would like them to grow, as evenly as possible, and then rake the ground to mix the seeds with the soil. Water regularly, especially in the drier seasons. -
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Plum ‘Opal’ is one of the most reliable garden varieties, and is suitable for growing throughout the country. Slightly earlier to crop than ‘Victoria’, this dessert plum produces a heavy crop of excellent quality, small, yellow skinned fruits with an attractive red flush in July and August. The golden flesh easily separates from its stone and has a delicious gage flavour. This variety is partially self-fertile. For the heaviest crops it is best grown with another or a similar variety.- Size/Root Stock: 7-10 litre pot
- Mature Height : 3m - 4m
- Mature Spread : 3m - 4m
- Flower Colour : White
- Flowering Time : Spring
- Foliage : Deciduous
- Fragrant : No
- Growth Rate : Average
- Hardiness : Fully Hardy
- Position : Full sun
- Soil Moisture : Moist Well-drained, Well-drained
- Soil PH : Neutral
- Soil Type : Loam, Sand
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Acer Katsura is a stunning maple with beautiful orange - yellow leaves tinged with a reddish hue that change colour throughout the season. This deciduous variety looks stunning all spring, summer and especially in autumn. Pot size: 3L Position: full sun (but not south-facing) Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained neutral to acid soil Rate of growth: slow-growing Flowering period: April to May Hardiness: fully hardy Garden care: Add a top-dressing of a well-balanced fertiliser around the base of a recently planted tree in late spring and keep it well watered. No routine pruning is required, just remove any dead, damaged or crossing branches in late autumn or winter when they are fully dormant. Eventual Height: 4m Eventual Spread: 4m -
- Position: partial shade
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: slow-growing
- Hardiness: fully hardy A pair of these tightly clipped box spheres look great flanking a set of steps, a doorway or a path. One of our recommended plants, they're perfect for planting in a large terracotta pot in a partially shady site, where the glossy, dark-green leaves provide all year foliage, interest and structure. Box are happy growing in a sunnier spot, but the combination of dry soil and full sun may encourage poor growth and leaf scorching. If you have sandy soil it is best to keep them in a partially shady spot in the garden.
- Garden care: Ensure that the soil or compost is never allowed to dry out. Trim plants grown as hedges or topiary in mid- or late summer. If you want to maintain a really precise outline, then you can clip it twice a year - once in June, and then again in August/September. Apply a top-dressing of a balanced slow-release fertiliser such as blood, fish and bone (organic) or Growmore (inorganic) around the base of the plant in spring, making sure that none touches the leaves or stems.
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Hydrangea macrophylla Runaway Bride is a compact, small to medium-sized, vigorous, deciduous shrub, extremely floriferous, with a rounded habit and semi-trailing stems. Unusually for a hydrangea, it flowers all the way along the stems instead of just at the tips, giving it the name of Garland Hydrangea. The ovate, serrated leaves are deep green. From May to September, the shrub is covered with a profusion of pure white lace-cap flowers, often with a pale pink flush as they age; the colour is constant whatever the pH of your soil. Hydrangea Runaway Bride is excellent in large containers along a house-frontage, as well as in a border. Soil: Any moist but well-drained soil, acid to neutral preferred Position: Partial shade Season of interest: Late spring to early autumn Hardiness: Fully hardy Height: 4’ (1.2m) Spread: 4’ (1.2m)