Shrubs

Viburnum tinus ‘Gwenllian’ - 7.5 Litre

A lovely medium sized evergreen shrub with clusters of bold pink-red buds opening to delicate pink flowers from winter to spring.  Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun, partial shade or full shade Soil Type: Sand, chalk, clay or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

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

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

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

Azalea Knaphill Luteum - 10Litre - IMP25

This delightful deciduous Azalea has luminous, highly fragrant yellow flowers in spring and bold autumn leaves turning a vibrant red.  Leaf colour: Green - Red in autumn Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full or partial shade Soil Type: Sand loam Pot Size: 10Litre

Azalea ‘Encore Autumn Fire’ - 2litre

Cute little variety of repeat-flowering azalea which flowers well in late spring/early summer with bold red flowers. Then it continues to flower intermittently from mid-summer and on in to autumn.As temperatures fall in winter the leaves take on an attractive bronze tone Leaf colour: Green. Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial shade or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam Pot Size: 2Litre

Azalea ‘Encore Autumn Starburst’ - 2litre - BCG25

Cute little variety of repeat-flowering azalea with green leaves. This plant flowers well in late spring/early summer with coral pink centred flowers, flushed with cream on the edges of their petals. It continues to flower intermittently from mid-summer, on in to autumn. Leaf colour: Green and cream Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial shade or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam Pot Size: 2Litre

Azalea ‘Encore Moonstruck’ - 2litre

Cute little variety of repeat-flowering azalea with variegated green leaves which flowers well in late spring/early summer with white flowers. Then it continues to flower intermittently from mid-summer and on in to autumn. Leaf colour: Green and cream Type: Evergreen Aspect: Partial shade or full shade Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam Pot Size: 2Litre

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 ‘Florence' - 7.5Litre

This is a Japanese Barberry has fantastic coral-orange foliage in spring, moving on to bold 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

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 ‘Venice’ - 7.5Litre

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 ‘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

Brachyglottis ‘Drysdale' (Senecio) - 7.5Litre

an attractive spreading shrub with oval shaped silver leaves and bright yellow daisy-like flowers in summer 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, clay, chalk, or loam. Pot Size: 7.5Litre  

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

Cedrus libani - 7.5Litre

The Cedar of Lebanon is a very special tree thanks to its broad crown and tiered branching, architectural shape. This small plant grows in to a large, arching tree growing up to 35m high.  Leaf colour: Silver-green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade.  Soil Type: Sand, clay or loam.  Pot Size: 7.5Litre

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

Chimonanthus praecox - 7.5Litre

Wintersweet is a delightful plant with a vigorous growth habit. Glossy mid green leaves appear in spring and hold well through summer. Winter is when this plant truly shines. December to March this Wintersweet is covered with small groups of highly fragrant yellow flowers with a dark centre. Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous  Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay, chalk or loam Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ - 7.5 Litre

This is a fantastically scented evergreen plant with a sweet spicy smell similar to bayleaves. The vibrant yellow glossy leaves cluster together where pearly white open flowers appear among the leaves in late spring and often again in the autumn. This evergreen works really well in pots and is very successful in sunny locations. Leaf colour: Yellow Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, loam, chalk or clay Pot Size: 7.5Litre

Choisya ‘White Dazzler’ - 7.5litre

This is a fantastically scented evergreen plant has a sweet spicy smell similar to bayleaves. The yellow pirate green leaves cluster together where white open flowers appear among the leaves in late spring.  This evergreen works really well in pots and is very successful in sunny locations. Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, loam, chalk or clay 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

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 alba ‘Miracle’ - 7.5 Litre

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

Cornus alba ‘Nightfall’ - 7.5 Litre

This Cornus is a lovely plant with dark green, almost black leaves in summer. The leaves turn vibrant colours in Autumn before falling to expose colourful red stems in Winter.   Leaf colour: Black, green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial 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

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 '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 ‘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

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

Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus' - NWP24 - 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 yellow 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

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  

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

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  

Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Petticoat’ - 7.5Litre

The Enkianthus is a delightful plant with bold red stems and fresh green leaves. Pretty clusters of slightly green, white bell shaped flowers very early in the year beloved by pollinators.  Leaf colour: Green Type: Deciduous Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand 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

Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ - 7.5 Litre

This Eucalyptus is a good hardy variety with naturally bushy growth, rounded silver green leaves and attractive silver bark which peels when mature.  Leaf colour: Silver-green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun Soil Type: Sand, clay 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’ - 7.5Litre

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: 7.5Litre

Euonymus japonicus ‘Green Spire’ - 2Litre

This Euonymus is a good low growing evergreen which is well tried as a Box replacement. If your garden which is regularly visited by rabbits or deer, this is not the pant for you. (Or rather, it is a favourite snack for them!) Leaf colour: Green Type: Evergreen Aspect: Full sun or partial shade Soil Type: Sand, clay chalk or loam Pot Size: 2Litre