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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.
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ACHILLEA 'Cerise Queen'

Cerise pink everlasting flowers

£13.50

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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AESCULUS hippocastanum

Common horse chestnut

white flowers, spiky 'horse chestnuts' (conkers)

Pot grown

£11.50

AKEBIA trifoliata

3 rounded leaflets which open bronze and then turn dark glossy green. Purple flowers in long pendent racemes

£21.00

ALBIZIA julibrissin 'Rosea'

Persian acacia, Pink siris

Ferny foliage, pink flowers

~~£20.00~~ £16.00

ALOYSIA citrodora

Lemon plant, Lemon verbena, Lemon-scented verbena

(syn. triphylla) - (formerly LIPPIA) - lemon-scented foliage and pale lilac flowers

£13.50

Common silver birch, Lady of the woods

Pot grown

£11.50

CHAENOMELES speciosa 'Nivalis'

This variety has medicinal properties and pure white flowers. Upright habit

£18.50

CHIONANTHUS retusus

Chinese fringe tree

handsome tall medicinal shrub with snow white flowers in midsummer and damson-like fruits

Large

£50.00

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

CINNAMOMUM camphora

When you crush the leaves the spicy smell is overwhelming. Tender but well worth trying in a sheltered spot as this is a handsome foliage shrub

£30.00

All varieties of this plant are suitable, click here for full list

CYNARA cardunculus

silvery leaved perennial with purple thistle heads and medicinal properties

£14.50

All varieties of this plant are suitable, click here for full list

Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon.

oval glossy green leaves which turn yellow orange and purple in autumn. Female plants bear conical yellow fruits

Large

£50.00

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

ECHINACEA purpurea

Purple coneflower

Purplish-pink flowers growing up to 5 feet

£14.50

ERIOBOTRYA japonica

Japanese loquat, Loquat

Best grown against a hot wall where its hawthorn-like flowers, will after a hot summer, produce globular yellow fruits. These are edible in hotter climates

£30.00

Large

£135.00

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

Small

£18.50

Large

£50.00

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

Duck's foot tree

Fan-shaped leaves which turn a delightful clear yellow before falling. This tree is perfectly hardy but slow growing and dioecious

Small

£20.00

Large

£80.00

HUMULUS lupulus

Yellowish green cone-like clusters of flowers, vigorous climber

£18.00

ILEX aquifolium

Common holly, English holly

Pot grown

£12.00

slow growing tree which has long been grown for its timber quality

Small

£15.50

Large

£45.00

KALMIA latifolia

Calico bush with waxy pink flowers

Large

£35.00

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

Culinary bayleaf

£12.50

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

Large

£55.00

LINDERA benzoin

Outstanding yellow autumn colour. Tiny star-shaped yellow flowers

Large

£100.00

LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua

Maple foliage with excellent autumn colouring, liquid-amber describes it perfectly

Small

£20.00

Large

£75.00

MAHONIA aquifolium

A valuable suckering plant for underplanting in dense shade

£21.00

sweet, whitish fruits changing to reddish pink

£22.00

MYRTUS communis

Pure white scented flowers

£15.50

(Syn. Insignis) - the very best tall growing windbreak in an exposed position

£15.50

PINUS sylvestris

British Isles native

£15.50

PISTACIA lentiscus

Lentise, Mastic tree

aromatic tree with leathery dark green leaflets and red fruits

£18.50

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