Shrubs

Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata' - 2Litre

The Golden-edcged Daphne is a small slow growing shrub with masses of scented pink flowers in very early spring.  This small shrub does really well in pots and in sheltered borders tolerating both sun and shade well.  Leaf colour: Green and gold Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk, or loam. Pot Size: 2 Litre

Pittosporum ‘Tom Thumb’ - 7.5Litre

An ever popular much more colourful replacement to box with a naturally low growing rounded shape which rarely needs clipping. Leaf colour: Red Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Pittosporum ‘Golf Ball’ - 7.5Litre

An ever popular replacement to box with a naturally low growing rounded shape which rarely needs clipping.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre  

Pittosporum ‘Dark Diva’ - 7.5Litre

Pittosporum Dark Diva is a superb plant with incredibly deep purple leaves with hints to magenta. Leaf colour: Deep purple. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight - 7.5Litre

Hydrangea p. 'Limelight' is a fantastically popular plant with large pointy green-tinged flowers in summer which fade through to muted pinks by late summer. This plant has an attractive rounded tendency with slightly serrated bright green leaves. This plant is particularly good for shade areas and is very popular for pots. Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

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

Viburnum burkwoodii ‘Anne Russel’ - 5Litre

Mahonia japonica Bealei Group - 7.5Litre

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

Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ - 5Litre

Mahonia 'Soft Caress' - 7.5Litre

This Mahonia ihas unusually shaped strap like leaves and sprays of attractive yellow buds followed by yellow flowers throughout Winter followed by glossy black fruits. Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial shade or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Mahonia japonica - 7.5Litre

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

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

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

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

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

Nandina domestica - 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

Ilex paraguariensis (Yerba maté) - P12

Yerba maté, a traditional South American drink which reportedly gives you a boost of energy is a tea made from an infusion of the Ilex paraguariensis leaves.  This Ilex has long, smooth leaves and innocuous green flowers in summer.  This plant is best given some protection in Winter. Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full shade or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: P12

Aucuba japonica varigata - 10Litre

This Spotted Laurel grows in to a fantastic large shrub with yellow spotted leaves. It is particularly good for shade and are at their absolute best in deep shade. Leaves: Green and yellow Type: Evergreen.   Aspect: Full shade. Suitable Soils: Chalk, clay sand or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre.

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

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

Olearia x haastii - 10Litre

An attractive dense bushy shrub with rounded silvery-green leaves. The pure white flowers grow up from the leaf nodes, absolutely covering this plant in white flowers in mid to late summer. Leaf colour: Silvery-green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam Pot Size: 10Litre

Myrica pensylvanica - 10Litre

The Bayberry is an attractive semi-evergreen shrub with waxy leaves and blue edible berries in winter.  This is an excellent Costal Plant. Leaf colour: Green. Type: Semi-Evergreen. Aspect: Full shade or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre

Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex' - 10Litre

This is one of the most spectacular exotic plants with huge deeply lobed leaves, emerging slightly fluffy, doing best in partial shade. In milder reasons of the UK it is almost evergreen but the further north it will start to loose its leaves in the winter. In the far north of the UK it will likely need winter protection.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 10Litre

Magnolia laevifolia 'Gails Favourite' - 10Litre

This is a delightful semi-evergreen, upright magnolia with bold green leaves which is inundated with beautiful creamy goblet shaped very scented flowers in spring. - If only I had got around to taking a photo of these in flower this year! They were stunning!  The photo of the more mature plant is of a similar(but not exact) variety in our own garden, it has been in for about 4 years and has really taken to its slightly shady location. Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam. (particularly good in a clay garden) Pot Size: 10Litre

Nandina domestica 'Obsessed' - 10Litre

A bushy, upright evergreen with red toned leaves when young, turning to green through the season. Sprays of small white flowers in Summer. Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 10Litre

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

Phormium ‘Rainbow Queen’ - 7.5Litre

The Flax Lilly is a highly ornamental plant with striking sword shaped green-brown leaves with reddened centres and attractive tubular flowers in summer. Leaf colour: Brown-green and red Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

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

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  

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

Clethra barbinervis - BCG23 - 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

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

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Party Lights' - 7.5Litre

This holly-like evergreen has green leaves starting life in brilliant pink then turning cream before finding their green mature colour. Leaf colour: Green, cream and pink Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk, or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

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

Magnolia laevifolia 'Fairy Honey Velvet' - 10Litre

This is a delightful semi-evergreen, upright magnolia with bold green leaves which is inundated with beautiful creamy goblet shaped very scented flowers in spring. - If only I had got around to taking a photo of these in flower this year! They were stunning!  The photo of the more mature plant is of a similar(but not exact) variety in our own garden, it has been in for about 4 years and has really taken to its shady location. Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam. (particularly good in a clay garden) 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

Grevillea juniperina - 7.5Litre

This Spider Flower has a lovely bushy rounded habit and deep pink flowers in tight clusters from late Winter through to late Summer.  Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand or loam Pot Size: 10Litre

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

Nandina domestica ‘Blush Pink’ - 7.5Litre

This bushy, upright evergreen plant has pink-red toned leaves through the winter, turning to green through the season. Sprays of small white flowers in Summer. Leaf colour: Green and pink-red Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Ugni molinae ‘Butterball’- 5 Litre

This Myrtle is a delightful shrub with gently variegated green and cream evergreen leaves and pearly white flowers cover this type of Myrtle in mid summer. Red berries ripen in autumn and are said to taste similar to wild strawberries, we think so anyway!  Leaf colour: Green and cream Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, loam, chalk or clay Pot Size: 10Litre

Podocarpus 'Killworth Cream' - 7.5Litre

This Podocarpus is a low growing, shade loving confer with small slightly rounded cream leaves initially emerging pink especially in spring. A great ground cover evergreen which won't take over your garden!  Leaf colour: Cream Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full shade or partial 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

Lonicera fragrantissima - 7.5Litre

This is a beautiful bushy semi evergreen shrub with o ate green leaves. Late winter/early spring this shrub has creamy white flowers watch turn ever so slightly seethrough in the frost. A fantastic source of pollen in the winter Leaf colour: Green Type: Semi-evergreen  Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Podocarpus 'County Park Fire' - 7.5Litre

This Podocarpus is a low growing, shade loving confer with small slightly rounded cream leaves initially emerging red then becoming green with age topped with red berries in winter. A great ground cover evergreen which won't take over your garden!  Leaf colour: Green, cream and red Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full shade or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Osmanthus × burkwoodii - 10Litre

An unassuming evergreen until mid winter when the branches are covered in highly scented white flowers, prized by hungry bees. An excellent hedging plant for up to 6ft.  Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun, partial shade or full shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam. Pot Size: 10Litre

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' - 7.5Litre

This holly-like evergreen has green leaves mottled with creamish spots. The new growth had bronze-pink tones before they find their mature colour. Leaf colour: Green, cream and pink. Type: Evergreen. Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk, or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre