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Medicinal Plants

Medicinal Plants
Plants with medicinal or healing properties originate from many different continents. Some medicinal plants have been known about for centuries while others have only been discovered as having medicinal properties by modern medicine or herbal treatments and may be better known as herbs or fruiting trees. Other medicinal plants play an important role in the search for cures for serious diseases.

Our full plant list can be found by using the a-z on the right hand menu or using the keyword search top right, if you need something specific.

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ACHILLEA 'Cerise Queen'
Cerise pink everlasting flowers
AESCULUS hippocastanum

AESCULUS hippocastanum  >

Common horse chestnut, Conker tree, Horse chestnut
white flowers, spiky 'horse chestnuts' (conkers)
AILANTHUS altissima

AILANTHUS altissima  >

Copal tree, Tree of heaven
Spreading tree with fern-like foliage
AKEBIA trifoliata

AKEBIA trifoliata  >

Chocolate vine
3 rounded leaflets which open bronze and then turn dark glossy green. Purple flowers in long pendent racemes
ALBIZIA julibrissin 'Rosea'

ALBIZIA julibrissin 'Rosea'  >

Persian acacia, Pink siris
Ferny foliage, pink flowers
ALOYSIA citriodora
 AWARD

ALOYSIA citriodora  >

Lemon plant, Lemon verbena, Lemon-scented verbena
(syn. triphylla) - (formerly LIPPIA) - lemon-scented foliage and pale lilac flowers
BAMBOO Phyllostachys nigra
Graceful arching habit, canes green at first becoming mottled dark brown or black. Prefers a sunny position
BETULA pendula

BETULA pendula  >

Common silver birch, Lady of the woods

BUXUS sempervirens

BUXUS sempervirens  >

Common box, Dudgeon
Please ask for quotes and exact sizes on quantity orders
CASTANEA sativa

CASTANEA sativa  >

Spanish chestnut, Sweet chestnut

CHAENOMELES speciosa 'Nivalis'

CHAENOMELES speciosa 'Nivalis'  >

Flowering quince, Japanese quince
This variety has medicinal properties and pure white flowers. Upright habit
CHIONANTHUS retusus

CHIONANTHUS retusus  >

Chinese fringe tree
handsome tall medicinal shrub with snow white flowers in midsummer and damson-like fruits
CINNAMOMUM camphora
hugely aromatic leaves and medicinal properties, attractive reddish shoots. Suitable only for milder climates, very rare
CRATAEGUS

CRATAEGUS  >

Hawthorn
All Flower MAY
CYNARA cardunculus
silvery leaved perennial with purple thistle heads and medicinal properties
DIGITALIS

DIGITALIS  >

Foxglove
All JUN-JUL
DIOSPYROS kaki

DIOSPYROS kaki  >

Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon.
oval glossy green leaves which turn yellow orange and purple in autumn. Female plants bear conical yellow fruits
ECHINACEA purpurea

ECHINACEA purpurea  >

Purple coneflower
Purplish-pink flowers growing up to 5 feet
ERIOBOTRYA japonica
 AWARD

ERIOBOTRYA japonica  >

Japanese loquat, Loquat
Large handsome corrugated leaves with clusters of white hawthorn flowers followed, in a hot summer, by yellow pear-shaped edible fruits. Hardy outside in milder areas
FICUS carica 'Brown Turkey'
Free-fruiting fig with a good yellow autumn colour. The fruits have purple-brown skins when ripe and are rich and sugary which makes this an excellent dessert variety
GAULTHERIA procumbens

GAULTHERIA procumbens  >

Box berry, Checker berry, Mountain tea, Partridge berry, Wintergreen
creeping evergreen border or rock plant with dark green leaves and red fruits in autumn
GINKGO biloba

GINKGO biloba  >

Duck's foot tree, Maidenhair tree
Fan-shaped leaves which turn a delightful clear yellow before falling. This tree is perfectly hardy but slow growing and dioecious
HEDERA helix

HEDERA helix  >

Common ivy, English ivy

HUMULUS lupulus
Yellowish green cone-like clusters of flowers, vigorous climber
HYPERICUM calycinum

HYPERICUM calycinum  >

Aaron's beard, Rose of Sharon, St. John's wort
Ground covering St John's Wort
ILEX aquifolium
 AWARD

ILEX aquifolium  >

Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush

JUGLANS regia

JUGLANS regia  >

Common walnut, English walnut, Jupiter's nuts, Nux regia
slow growing tree which has long been grown for its timber quality
KALMIA latifolia

KALMIA latifolia  >

Calico bush, Mountain laurel
Calico bush with waxy pink flowers
LAURUS nobilis
 AWARD

LAURUS nobilis  >

Poet's laurel, Sweet bay, True laurel
Culinary bayleaf
LINDERA benzoin

LINDERA benzoin  >

Benjamin bush, Feverbush, Spice bush
outstanding yellow autumn colour. Tiny star-shaped yellow flowers in APR

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