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ACER x conspicuum 'Phoenix'

Snake-bark maple

white striping on the bark and bright red new shoots which hold their colour into winter

Small

£45.00

Available late spring to early summer 2024
Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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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

Gift-wrapping available

£50.00 each

ACER triflorum

Rough-barked maple, Three-flower maple

grey-brown bark and unevenly toothed palmate leaves

Large

£55.00 each

AESCULUS chinensis

Buckeye, Chinese horse chestnut

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

Gift-wrapping available

£35.00 each

AESCULUS flava

Sweet buckeye

yellow flowers and good autumn tints

£30.00 each

AESCULUS glabra

Buckeye, Ohio Buckeye

yellow-green flowers

£25.00 each

Available 2024

AESCULUS x neglecta 'Erythroblastos'

Buckeye, Sunrise horse chestnut

red leaf stalks and leaves that unfold a spectacular cream and bright pink. They then become yellow and turn green by midsummer

Gift-wrapping available

£35.00 each

AESCULUS turbinata

Buckeye, Japanese horse chestnut

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

£25.00 each

Availability yet to be determined
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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

£35.00 each

Availability yet to be determined
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ARALIA cachemirica

Himalayan spikenard

(syn. A. macrophylla). Large green pinnate leaves turning red and purple in autumn

£25.00 each

Availability yet to be determined
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ARALIA cordata

Japanese spikenard

white flowers in large umbels. Pinnate green leaves

Gift-wrapping available

£25.00 each

ARALIA racemosa

Angelica tree

rhizomatous perennial with umbels of greenish-white flowers in spike-like inforescences

£25.00 each

Available late spring to early summer 2024
Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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ARBUTUS andrachne

Grecian strawberry tree

smooth bark, peeling in summer to reveal a green layer which later becomes orange-brown

£30.00 each

Available late spring to early summer 2024
Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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ARBUTUS x andrachnoides

Hybrid strawberry tree

lime tolerant and hardy this small tree has beautiful cinnamon-red branches. It flowers in late autumn and winter

£30.00 each

Available late spring to early summer 2024
Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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BAMBOO Chusquea culeou

hardy species forming dense clumps. Olive green canes grow 3-4 metres with the leafy branches in a bottlebrush effect

Large

£60.00 each

Availability yet to be determined
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BAMBOO Indocalamus tessellatus

Large-leaved bamboo

grows to 1 to 1.5 metres in height. Spreading

£25.00 each

Availability yet to be determined
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BERBERIS valdiviana

Barberry

a wonderful species with long drooping racemes of saffron-yellow flowers and large leathery spineless leaves

£35.00 each

BETULA utilis ssp. albosinensis 'China Ruby'

Chinese red-barked birch

an original Chinese introduction by Ernest Wilson and arguably one of the very finest birches for its bark. Peeling bark is creamy-white flushed grey and pink maturing to a coppery-red. Spectacular! Limited availability

H/Std

£80.00 each

BUDDLEJA stenostachya

Buddleia, Butterfly bush

woolly leaves and lilac mauve flowers

£17.50 each

Available Early Spring 2024
Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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BUDDLEJA yunnanensis

Buddleia, Butterfly bush

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

Gift-wrapping available

£17.50 each

CALOTHAMNUS quadrifidus

Common net bush, One-sided bottlebrush

Grey-green needle-like leaves and bottlebrush flowers arranged on one side of the stem. Flowers are usually red, though some forms are yellow or white

£20.00 each

CALYCANTHUS floridus 'Athens'

Carolina allspice, Carolina sweetshrub

fragrant pale yellow long lasting flower. Slow growing

Gift-wrapping available

£40.00 each

CAMPYLOTROPIS macrocarpa

Red-stemmed racemes of purple/white flowers in late summer. Attractive trifoliate leaves

Gift-wrapping available

£20.00 each

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

£30.00 each

Available 2024