Plants for Wildlife

Trachelospermum jasminoides - 4Litre Deep

This is one of the ultimate garden classics.  This classy evergreen climber has self winding woody branches with rounded shiny deep green leaves which get a reddened tone when the weather gets cold. Pure white flowers come in summer with an excellent sweet scent.

Alchemilla mollis 'Irish Silk’ - 2Litre

Great plant forming a mound of lightly felted green wavy edge leaves and interesting lime green flowers from late spring onwards.  Flower Colour: Lime Green Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay chalk or loam  Pot Size: 2Litre  

Geranium ‘Rozanne’ - 2litre - BCG25

Good ground cover perennial with vibrant blue flowers and green leaves.  Flower Colour: Blue Leaf colour: Green. Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre  

Echinacea ‘Lakota Orange’ - 2Litre

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

Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Forever Gold’ - 2 Litre

A tall, bushy herbaceous perennial with incredible yellow flowers with black centre. This has a good long flowering period and is a Mecca to many pollinating insects later in the season.  Flower Colour: Yellow Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Clay, chalk, sand or loam  Pot Size: 2Litre

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

Verbena ‘Santos Purple’ - 2litre

A particularly valuable plant for wildlife with purple flowers on long stems beloved by pollinators.  Flower Colour: Purple Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 2Litre

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

Spiraea japonica 'Double Play Doozie' - 7.5Litre

A fantastic plant which truly flowers non stop from spring until autumn. Pretty deep red flowers with colourful green and red toned leaves. Leaf colour: Green and red toned Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre  

Rudbeckia ‘SmileyZ Big Cheerleader’ - 2 Litre

A delightful compact perennial with incredible yellow petals with dusty orange bases and a black centre to the flower. This has a good long flowering period,  Flower Colour: Yellow Leaf colour: Green Type: Perennial Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Clay or loam  Pot Size: 2Litre  

Mahonia japonica - 7.5Litre - SALE PRICE!

Mahonia I are fantastically tolerant plants happily taking up almost any space in your garden giving you sprays of attractive yellow buds followed by yellow flowers throughout Autumn and Winter followed by glossy black edible fruits. Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial shade or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Sarcococca ruscifolia - 5Litre

The Fragrant Sweet Box is a fantastic plant for late winter when it has a strong floral scent from flowers shooting from all over the stem followed by reddened berries. This slow growing plant prefers a shady site and can be used successfully as ground cover and a low growing hedging replacement for box. This plant is great for pots, especially along paths you regularly walk in winter thanks to its strong scent.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full shade or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 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

Skimmia japonica 'Rubella' - P13

This size Skimmia are fab for evergreen fillers in pots. Whilst they will grow to a full size shrub, for a short time they will give your pots a delightful evergreen filler. A bushy evergreen shrub with naturally rounded form naturally preferring dappled shade. Autumn to winter red buds burst in to creamy white flowers in early spring. Looks fab in a pot! Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial Shade Soil Type: Loam or sand Pot Size: 13cm pot

Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream' - 10Litre

Heavenly Bamboo is an attractive compact evergreen with pointed leaflets along the stems. Young growth comes through bronzed, turning green with a bronze tint through the summer where pretty white flowers grow on stems above the leaves until it comes in to its element in Autumn. This Nandina's leaves turn to vibrant reds, oranges and golds holding those colours well until the new leaflets emerge in early spring.   Leaf colour: Green, Bronze, Red, Orange & Gold Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, loam, chalk or clay Pot Size: 10Litre

Mahonia japonica Bealei Group - 7.5Litre - SALE PRICE

This Mahonia is a great, extremely tolerant plant for your garden with sprays of attractive yellow buds followed by yellow flowers throughout Winter followed by glossy black edible fruits. Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial shade or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Cornus alba ‘Sibirica' - 7.5Litre

This Cornus is a lovely plant with green leaves and red stems. The leaves turn vibrant colours in Autumn before falling to expose colourful red stems in Winter.   Leaf colour: Green and red Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay,  chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Winter Gem’ - 5Litre

A fantastic plant for late winter when it has a strong floral scent from flowers starting as red buds and shooting from all over the stem. This slow growing plant prefers a shady site and can be used successfully as ground cover and a low growing hedging replacement for box. This plant is great for pots, especially along paths you regularly walk in winter thanks to its strong scent.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full shade or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 5Litre  

Enkianthus campanulatus - 7.5Litre

This is an attractive tree-like shrub with dull green leaves, turning orange, yellow then red in Autumn. Pretty clusters of bell shaped flowers in creamy yellow lightly veined in red in very Spring. Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or Partial Shade Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre  

Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic' - 7.5Litre

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: 7.5Litre

Weigela Florida variegata - 7.5Litre

This is a lovely shrub with vibrant green leaves variegated with cream edges hinted with pink in autumn. Pretty pink flowers in spring. Leaf colour: Green  Type: Deciduous  Aspect: Full sun, full shade or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre  

Elaeagnus × submacrophylla 'Maryline' - 7.5Litre

A good dense evergreen mounded shrub with scented white flowers beloved by pollinators in Autumn and 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

Pieris japonica 'Prelude' - 10Litre

Bright red foliage in winter and early spring topped with white pinnacles of flowers in early spring. Foliage turns variegated green and white as it ages. Leaf colour: Green and white Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand or loam Pot Size: 10Litre

Fatsia japonica 'Spiderweb Sense' - 7.5Litre

A classic garden plant with large deeply lobed leaves which, when young, can be almost pure cream maturing to variegated cream and green leaves and white globular clustered flowers followed by black berries. Young leaves can appear almost white Leaf colour: Green and cream Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

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

Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis' - 7.5Litre

A lovely plant with vigorous upright growth, ideal for mid to back of boarders or even in mixed naturalised hedging. Bright yellow flowers shine through on the bare stems in very early spring followed by mid-green leaves. Good for Coastal Gardens.  Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam

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

Crocus ‘Whitewell Purple’

This is a delightful flower with purple flowers and orange stamen. Flowers February/March Height 8cm/3" Early Flowering Open Form Good for pollinators

Allium 'Violet Beauty’

This is a delightful bulb with classic round purple flowers of small purple flowers. Flowers May/June Height 70cm/28" Good for cut flowers Good for pollinators

Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegata' - 7.5Litre

This is a wonderful small, mounding, evergreen subshrub which is the ultimate in shade ground cover. Variegated creamy yellow and green leaves are dotted with small white flowers in early summer. Leaf colour: Yellow and green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Cotoneaster ‘Cornubia' - 7.5Litre

A lovely arching semi-evergreen shrub with long deeply veined green leaves. large clusters of white flowers appear in summer followed buy stand out bright red berries in autumn and winter. Leaf colour: Green Type: Semi-evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn' - 7.5Litre

A large vigorous shrub with attractive dark green leaves, turning incredible bright reds in autumn. In spring attractive pink-white flowers bloom on bare wood throughout the winter. Leaf colour: Green turning red Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Hamamelis xintermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ - 5Litre

This Which Hazel is a large wide deciduous shrub which is covered in a riot of explosion like scented yellow flowers in late winter/very early spring. In autumn the leaves turn from green to an incredible variety of yellow, red and pink as they turn before dropping.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk, or loam. Pot Size: 5Litre

Passiflora ‘Riverside Snow Queen’ - 4Litre Deep

A long flowering  vigorous evergreen climber with long twisting tendrils of green leaves and pure white flowers beloved by bees. Fruit occasionally follows, but do remember that if you choose to eat them; Only eat the pulp and only once the fruit has fully ripened to a yellow orange colour. Unripe, they are toxic. 

Crocus ‘Grand Maitre’

This is a delightful flower with purple flowers and orange stamen. Flowers March/April Height 10cm/4" Larger flowers Ideal for naturalising Good for pollinators

Crocus ‘Jeanne D’arc'

This is a delightful flower with white flowers and orange stamen. Flowers March/April Height 10cm/4" Larger flowers Ideal for naturalising Good for pollinators

Crocus ‘Ard Schenk’

This is a delightful flower with white flowers. Flowers February/March Height 8cm/3" Early Flowering Good for pollinators

Crocus ‘Dorothy’

This is a delightful flower with golden yellow flowers. Flowers February/March Height 8cm/3" Early Flowering Scented Good for pollinators

Crocus ‘Ruby Giant’

This is a delightful flower with purple flowers and orange stamen. Flowers February/March Height 8cm/3" Early Flowering Open Form Good for pollinators

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

Elaeagnus x ebbingei Compacta - 7.5Litre

A good dense evergreen mounded shrub with scented white flowers beloved by pollinators in autumn and tough, wavy grey/green leaves with silver underneath. Leaf colour: Grey/green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre  

Olearia macrodonta - 7.5Litre

This is a vigerous, bushy shrub with holly-like grey-green leaves. Large domed clusters of tiny daisy-like flowers with a sweet, musky scent. This is a good coastal plant in particular. Leaf colour: Silver-green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or Partial Shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre  

Crocus ‘Flower Record’

This is a delightful flower with purple flowers and yellow stamen. Flowers March/April Height 10cm/4" Ideal for naturalising Good for pollinators

Crocus ‘Golden Yellow’

This is a delightful flower with golden yellow flowers. Flowers March/April Height 10cm/4" Ideal for naturalising Good for pollinators

Crocus ‘King Of The Striped’

This is a delightful flower with purple striped flowers and orange stamen. Flowers February/March Height 10cm/4" Early Flowering Larger flowers Ideal for naturalising Good for pollinators

Hamamelis xintermedia ‘Aphrodite 5Litre

Which Hazel is a large wide deciduous shrub which is covered in a riot of explosion like scented bronze-orange flowers in late winter/very early spring. In autumn the leaves turn from green to an incredible variety of yellow, red and pink as they turn before dropping.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Deciduous. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk, or loam. Pot Size: 5Litre

Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion' - 7.5Litre

The Beautyberry is a wonderful shrub with lightly purplish leaves in spring tuning green in summer before falling in the autumn to reveal 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