A-Z of plants

Abelia x grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope' - 7.5Litre

This semi-evergreen Abelia has heavily variegated yellow and green leaves liberally covered in pink and red splotches with the leaves showing pink as they mature, the highly scented white star shaped flowers flourish from spring to autumn with an extremely long flowering period. This is a great plant for slightly shaded areas in flowerbeds and in pots on patios thanks to its brightly coloured leaves and heavily scented flowers.   Leaf colour: Yellow green and red and pink. Type: Semi-evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Adenophora ‘Gaudi Violet’ - 2Litre

Lovely blue flowers through the summer and in to the autumn. Flower Colour: Blue Leaf colour: Green. Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

Agastache ‘Kudo Coral’ - 2litre

This long flowering Giant Hyssop is a pretty perennial with aromatic green leaves and pretty Coral pink flowers.  Flower Colour: Coral-Pink Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

Alstroemeria ‘Summer Ice’ - 2litre

This classic tall cottage garden plant has beautiful white flowers with yellow necks which flowers profusely through the summer. **These are huge! They only just fit in our boxes which are 80cm tall.** Flower Colour: White and yellow Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam Pot Size: 2Litre

Anemone hupehensis ‘Emmy Deep Rose’ - 2litre

This lovely Japanese Windflower is absolutely perfect for a shady border. Tall bushy green plants which naturalise well have beautiful rose-pink flowers with yellow centre's in late summer/early autumn Flower Colour: Pink and white Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun, partial shade or full shade. Soil Type: Sand, clay chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic' - 10Litre

The Chokeberry is a deciduous shrub with green leaves turning an outrageous riot fire reds, oranges, purples and yellow's in Autumn. This Aronia is covered in clusters of delicate white flowers in spring followed swiftly by red berries holding throughout the season. We really enjoy this plant on the nursery because not only is it really a very attractive plant but the berries are Delicious. We will regularly find our children sneaking berries off of these plants in the Autumn. A Chokeberry jam recipe to follow! Leaf colour: Green turning red and purple. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Partial Shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre

Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ - 2 Litre

Wormwood is a pretty low growing evergreen shrub (despite us all thinking of it as an evergreen perennial) with delicate silver leaves and insignificant yellow flowers in summer. Flower Colour: Yellow Leaf colour: Silver Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam Pot Size: 2Litre

Astilbe chinensis ‘Mighty Plonie’ - 2litre

Very attractive perennial with creamy white flowers heat high above green leaves.  Flower Colour: Cream/white Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full shade or partial shade Soil Type: Clay or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre  

Aucuba japonica Marmorata - 7.5Litre

This delightful Spotted Laurel is on of the more spotted of the Aucuba's with beautifully marbled yellow and green leaves. This rounded shrub is excellent for brightening the deepest shade. One bonus of this Aucuba is that it will fruit with red berries in summer providing there is a male cultivar nearby. Leaf colour: Yellow and green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun, partial shade or full shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Berberis thunbergii 'Venice' - 10Litre

A compact forming shrub with rounded leaves emerging with an aged pink tone, turning red as they age. The flowers are an unassuming yellow in spring, beloved by bees followed by red berries in Autumn.  This Berberis makes an excellent low hedge! Leaf colour: Pink to red. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre

Berberis thunbergii f. 'Atropurpurea Nana' - 7.5Litre

 This Berberis, much like most Berberis is a fantastically thorny plant which as beautiful as it is, it is one to approach wearing gauntlets and with great care. I like to plant them in places I don't particularly want people to be able to access. Blog post on traditional house 'defence' plants to follow. A vigorous shrub with arching branches holding red rounded occasionally mottled green in tone, turning more and more plumb as the season goes on. The flowers are an unassuming yellow in spring followed by red berries in Autumn.  Note from Hannah - Berberis berries are known as Barberries and are extremely popular in Moroccan cooking. Whilst this plant is a particularly spiky one the berries are relatively easy to collect hanging on the underneath of the branches, so much so my small children help me pick ours every year, (their little hands are particularly good at avoiding the thorns) and absolutely love them as they are more flavoursome than raisins.  Leaf colour: Red. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre  

Berberis thunbergii ‘Starburst' - 7.5Litre

This Japanese Barberry is a low spreading shrub with wildly variegated green leaves splattered in white and pink with small yellow, almost unnoticeable flowers in spring. Autumn the leaves turn violent shades of pink, orange and red with small red edible fruits.  Leaf colour: Green, white, pink Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Berberis thunbergii ‘Vulcano’ - 7.5 Litre

This is a Japanese Barberry has interesting colour changing leaves through out the season and a strong upright habit with a good tolerance to sunburn. Starting with bright orange foliage in the spring it becomes red with a slight yellow edge in the summer before loosing the yellow edge and moving on to bright reds for the autumn.  Leaf colour: Red Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion' - 10Litre

The Beautyberry is a wonderful shrub with lightly purplish leaves in spring tuning green in summer before falling in the autumn to reveal these intense purple berries clustered along the stems holding well through the winter. Leaf colour: Green. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Callistemon 'Honey Pot' - BCG24 - 7.5Litre

This bottlebrush is an exotic looking plant with long arching stems of green waxy leaves. In spring the Callistemon develops a fluffy tips to the ends of the branches in as the new leaves emerge in soft fluffy tufts at the tips of the branches, these are followed by long, unusually shaped yellow flowers also on the tips of the branches. These flowers are an absolute mecca for butterflies, bees and hover-flies.  This plant does really well in in the garden generally but also succeeds in pots and particularly in hot, dry areas of the garden. Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk, or loam. Pot Size: 10Litre

Calycanthus 'Aphrodite' - IMP23 - 10Litre

This Sweetshrub is a tall, delightful shrub with large fresh green leaves turning yellow in autumn. From late spring and deep in to summer large wine-red fragrant blooms open on the tips of the stems. Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, loam, chalk or clay Pot Size: 10Litre

Campanula lactiflora ‘Senior’ - 2 Litre

This tall bushy Milk-Flower has pretty blue flowers, beloved by pollinators from mid to late summer.  Flower Colour: Blue Leaf colour: Green. Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea' - 10Litre

The Indian Bean Tree is an attractive medium size tree with large yellow-green leaves showing red tones when young. White flowers with purple and pink markings are held in pinnacles in spring followed by long bean like pods in Autumn. Leaves: Green. Type: Deciduous.   Aspect: Full sun or partial shade. Suitable Soils: Chalk, clay, sand or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre.

Cercidiphyllum japonicum - 10Litre

The Katsura tree grows in to a beautiful large tree with ovate leaves. Its attractive green leaves shine in summer before turning to intense shades of pink, orange and red in Autumn before falling. Leaves: Green. Type: Deciduous.   Aspect: Full sun or partial shade. Suitable Soils: Chalk, clay, sand or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Madame Butterfly’ - 7.5Litre

This Japanese Quince is a delightful wall shrub which flowers profusely throughout late winter/early spring. The flowers range between pastel pink and Rosie red on a single plant and generally have a slight creamy pink to the petal edges as the flower ages. The flowers are regularly followed by fruit which is edible once cooked. Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Yukigoten' - 7.5Litre

This Japanese Quince is a delightful wall shrub which flowers profusely throughout late winter/early spring. The flowers are slightly double with lime-white colouring. Also, while technically deciduous can stick around in a sheltered location. The flowers are regularly followed by fruit which is edible once cooked. Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Chaenomeles × superba 'Jet Trail’ - 7.5Litre

This Japanese Quince is a delightful wall shrub which flowers profusely throughout late winter/early spring. The flowers are white in colour and while technically deciduous can stick around in a sheltered location. The flowers are regularly followed by fruit which is edible once cooked. Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Cistus corbariensis - 7.5Litre

This rock rose is an attractive shrub with a white flowers in early summer with yellow centres. - Loved by Bees! Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Cistus x purpureus - 7.5Litre

This rock rose is an attractive shrub with a pink flowers in early summer with yellow centres and black spots. - Loved by Bees! Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Clethra alnifolia 'Pink Spires’ - 10Litre

The Sweet Pepper Bush is an attractively upright shrub with slightly ribbed green leaves. The long pink pinnacles of flowers are a Mecca for insects, especially butterflies.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or Partial Shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam. Pot Size: 10Litre

Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice’ - 10Litre

The Sweet Pepper Bush is an attractively upright shrub with slightly ribbed green leaves. The long pink pinnacles of flowers are a Mecca for insects, especially butterflies.  Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or Partial Shade Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam Pot Size: 10Litre

Clethra barbinervis - 10Litre

The Japanese Clethra is a fantastic shrub with strong green, slightly ribbed leaves growing from reddened stems and long pinnacles of white flowers in summer which are extremely attractive to insects, butterflies in particular. One of the most interesting things about this plant is as it matures and develops a trunk the bark colours are much more than your regular brown trunk. There is a plethora of brown and red tones, highlighted with creamy white splotches where the bark naturally peels and breaks away from the trunk.  Leaf colour: Green, yellow, pink, red.  Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam

Convolvulus cneorum - 7.5Litre

This is truly a very attractive shrub which has a naturally rounded form with soft grey leaves shimmering slightly in the sunlight. The flowers are big blousy white trumpets with a yellow centre coming forth in summer. Leaf colour: Grey. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk, or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Ladybird' - 2 Litre

This Tickseed is a bushy perennial with fine green leaves and pretty red and yellow flowers in summer.  Flower Colour: Red and yellow Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

Coreopsis ‘Curry Up’ - 2litre

This Threadleaf Tickseed is a delightful plant with bold yellow flowers with a red eye.  Flower Colour: Yellow and Red Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam  Pot Size: 2Litre

Coreopsis ‘Uptick Gold Bronze’ - 2Litre

This Tickseed is a bushy perennial with fine green leaves and pretty red and yellow flowers in summer.  Flower Colour: Red and yellow Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

Cornus alba 'Elegantissima' (v) - 7.5Litre

This Cornus is a lovely plant with pastel green leaves with a. pure white variegation. In summer this cornus is covered n clusters of white flowers, highly prised by insects. The leaves turn vibrant colours in Autumn before falling to expose colourful red stems in Winter.   Leaf colour: Pastel green and white. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay,  chalk or loam. Pot Size: 10Litre

Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' - 7.5Litre

This Cornus is a lovely border plant with luscious green leaves and white flowers in Summer. The leaves turn vibrant colours in Autumn before falling to expose colourful Olive-yellow stems in Winter.   Leaf colour: Green. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay,  chalk or loam. Pot Size: 10Litre

Cotinus 'Candy Floss’ - 10Litre

Delicate green leaves blushed with bronze in spring often changing through interesting plumb and in to yellow tones through the season. Summer brings enormous dusty pink candy-floss-like pinnacles of flowers giving an incredible show. Autumn shows red dusty leaves. Leaf colour: Green, yellow, pink, red.  Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 10Litre

Cotinus 'Grace' - 7.5Litre

This purple leaves smoke bush thrives in a sunny location which helps the purple toned leaves have their best colour. They support purple toned wispy flowers in Summer followed by intense purple pink and red Autumn foliage.  Leaf colour: Purple, very dark green, red, pink.  Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.

Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple’ - 7.5Litre

This purple leaved Smoke Bush thrives in a sunny location which helps the dark purple toned leaves show their best colour. They support purple toned wispy flowers in summer followed by an intense purple, pink and red autumn show.  Leaf colour: Purple, red, pink.  Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Cotinus Coggygria ‘Flame' - 7.5Litre

This purple leaved Smoke Bush thrives in a sunny location which helps the burgundy-red toned leaves show their best colour. They support purple toned wispy flowers in summer followed by an intense purple, pink and red autumn show.  Leaf colour: Burgundy, purple, red, pink.  Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Cotinus ‘Grace' - 7.5Litre

This purple leaves smoke bush thrives in a sunny location which helps the purple toned leaves have their best colour. They support purple toned wispy flowers in Summer followed by intense purple pink and red Autumn foliage.  Leaf colour: Purple, very dark green, red, pink.  Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Dianthus ‘Dash Magician’ - 2litre

This Sweet William variety can flower for more than one season with pretty pink and white flowers and green leaves. Flower Colour: Pink and white Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

Dianthus ‘Scent First Passion’ - 2litre

A tough leaved evergreen perennial with masses or red flowers late spring to early autumn. They particularly like being in a hot arid position.  Flower Colour: Red Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 2Litre

Echinacea ‘Lakota Orange’ - 2Litre

Elaeagnus × submacrophylla 'Maryline' - 7.5Litre

A good dense evergreen mounded shrub with scented white flowers beloved by pollinators in Autumn which are beloved by pollinators followed by orange berries. Wavy yellow leaves are bordered with irregular dark green edges. Leaf colour: Green and Yellow Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Escallonia laevis 'Pink Elle' - 7.5Litre

This is an attractive shrub with strong slightly waxy evergreen leaves and pretty pink flowers in large groups in the summer beloved by bees and again but with far less gusto in autumn. Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Euonymus alatus Compactus - BCG23 - 7.5Litre

When it comes to Autumn colour you just don't get much better than Euonymus Alatus.  This more compact form of Euonymus has a good green colour throughout the spring and summer then turning an unbelievable variety of pinks are reds in Autumn. Innocuous yellow flowers are followed by unusually shaped pink seedpods in autumn complementing the incredible leaf colours. Leaf colour: Green turning Pink and red.  Type: Deciduous.  Aspect: Full sun.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n' Gold' (v) - 7.5Litre

A really attractive low maintenance evergreen with green and gold leaves growing in a low mounding fashion. It clips well and is particularly successful in costal locations. Leaf colour: Green and gold Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 10Litre

Euonymus japonicus 'Green Spire’ - 10Litre

This Euonymus is a fantastic low maintenance plant which will happily grow against a wall, as a hedge or as a mid border plant. It is used regularly in place of Box as it has a great texture, clips well and faces none of Box's problems.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre

Euonymus japonicus ‘Himalaya' - 7.5Litre

A versatile plant with interesting cream new growth, aging to green.  Leaf colour: Green and cream Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Euonymus japonicus ‘Jean Hugues’ - 7.5Litre

An attractive, simple plant with green, variegated leaves. Very popular hedging plant!  Leaf colour: Green and cream Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre