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Please order online, all plant orders are currently being despatched as normal. UK orders only no exports.
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Last updated 26/3/20 10:28.

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Rare Plants List

At Burncoose we are known for having an interesting rarity list. These rare plants are either in very short supply or still too small to be despatched at least until early summer. If you order one of these plants you may have to go on our waiting list.

ACER macrophyllum

ACER macrophyllum

Big leaf maple, Oregon maple

Large dark green deeply lobed leaves which turn a bright orange in autumn. Fragrant yellow flowers in clusters followed by bristly fruit

£40.00 each

ACER maximowiczianum

ACER maximowiczianum

(A. nikoense) - hairy trifoliate leaves which turn a striking orange in the autumn

£30.00 each

ACER tegmentosum 'White Tigress'

ACER tegmentosum 'White Tigress'

Manchurian striped maple

One of the most striking snake bark maples with bark on the trunk and branches streaked with blue-green and white

Medium £60.00

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ACER tegmentosum 'Joe Witt'

ACER tegmentosum 'Joe Witt'

Snake-bark maple

Striated green and white bark. Good autumn colour, leaves turning golden-yellow

£60.00 each

AWARD

ACER triflorum

Rough-barked maple, Three-flower maple

Grey-brown bark and unevenly toothed palmate leaves

Small £25.00 each

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AESCULUS chinensis

AESCULUS chinensis

Buckeye, Chinese horse chestnut

Small white flowers in long racemes on this slow growing and rare species

£30.00 each

AESCULUS turbinata

AESCULUS turbinata

Buckeye, Japanese horse chestnut

a large quick growing tree with yellowish-white flowers with a red spot

£25.00 each

AESCULUS wilsonii

AESCULUS wilsonii

Buckeye, Horse Chestnut

A very rare tree with tall white flowers with a yellow centre which turns red. The original record tree at Caerhays is on its last legs after 100 years

£55.00 each

ALANGIUM platanifolium var macrophyllum

ALANGIUM platanifolium var macrophyllum

An attractive foliage plant with large 3 or 5 lobed leaves and unusual flowers shaped like a minature lily

£20.00 each

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BERBERIDOPSIS beckleri

BERBERIDOPSIS beckleri

Small pinkish-red flowers. Evergreen climber

£20.00 each

BERBERIS temolaica

AWARD

BERBERIS temolaica

White-glaucous arching stems, later purple. Grey-green leaves

£30.00 each

BOQUILA trifoliolata

BOQUILA trifoliolata

A small growing vine with usually, dark green leaves divided into three. However, it has the ability to 'mimic' other plants growing close to it or those it scrambles through ie mimetic polymorphism. Bears small edible fruits

£20.00 each

BRACHYCHITON populneus

BRACHYCHITON populneus

Small to medium sized Australian tree grown for shade. Bell-shaped flowers, variable in colour from light pink to red. Edible seeds, best roasted. Frost tender

£30.00 each

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BUDDLEJA stenostachya

Buddleia, Butterfly bush

Woolly leaves and lilac mauve flowers

£17.50 each

BUDDLEJA yunnanensis

BUDDLEJA yunnanensis

Buddleia, Butterfly bush

Large tapering leaves and violet flowers on this rare Chinese species first discovered in 1915

£16.50 each

CANTUA buxifolia 'Alba'

CANTUA buxifolia 'Alba'

White flowered form

£17.50 each

CARPINUS fangiana

CARPINUS fangiana

Fang's hornbeam

Perhaps the most striking and unusual of all hornbeams which is a serious 'must have' for any collector. Bronze young leaves and long clusters of fruits with toothed bracts

Grafted £27.50 each

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CARPINUS kawakamii

CARPINUS kawakamii

Small tree in cultivation. Serrated leaves and long catkins

£25.00 each

CATALPA szechuanica

CATALPA szechuanica

Small growing tree with fresh green leaves. White flowers with a purple eye

£45.00 each

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CINNAMOMUM camphora

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

£20.00 each

CLETHRA pringlei

CLETHRA pringlei

Summer sweet, Summer sweet, Sweet pepper bush, White alder

Semi-evergreen and preferring a warm site this USA species has long racemes of cinnamon scented flowers

£16.00 each

CLETHRA tomentosa 'Cottondale'

CLETHRA tomentosa 'Cottondale'

Summer sweet, Sweet pepper bush, White alder

A US species with long tapering racemes of flowers. Suckers are produced from the base of the plant to create a spreading clump

£22.50 each

x CRATAEMESPILUS grandiflora

x CRATAEMESPILUS grandiflora

Small broad headed tree with pairs of white flowers and brownish-orange fruits. A natural hybrid betwen hawthorn and medlar

£25.00 each

DACRYCARPUS dacrydioides

DACRYCARPUS dacrydioides

Kahikatea, New Zealand white pine

Small tree with extraordinary long slender drooping branchlets with tiny bronze-green leaves. The tree often appears dead when viewed from a distance

£22.50 each

DAPHNE bholua 'Garden House Ghost'

DAPHNE bholua 'Garden House Ghost'

Heavily scented white flowers in winter

£40.00 each

DAPHNE bholua 'Mary Rose'

DAPHNE bholua 'Mary Rose'

Deep purple-pink, darker in bud. Comparatively large flowers and highly scented

£50.00 each

DAVIDIA involucrata 'Sonoma'

DAVIDIA involucrata 'Sonoma'

Dove tree, Ghost tree, Handkerchief tree

Huge white bracts which appear on young plants (even in pots) without the wait for decades for the plant to flower

£45.00 each

DENDROMECON rigida

DENDROMECON rigida

Fragrant poppy-like bright yellow flowers and grey pointed foliage. Best grown against a warm sunny wall or in a greenhouse in colder areas. Does not travel well, so sent at buyers risk only

£27.50 each

DIPTERONIA sinensis

DIPTERONIA sinensis

Tiny flowers and pinnate acer-like leaves. It is however the clusters of pale green becoming red winged seeds in autumn which make this plant stand out

£40.00 each

EMMENOPTERYS henryi

EMMENOPTERYS henryi

Rare tree with bronze coloured young growth and large ovate leaves. It has very seldom flowered in the UK so the sight of its large flattish white pyramidical flowers remains a great challenge

£55.00 each

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