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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.

STACHYURUS sigeyosii

a semi-evergreen, tall-growing shrub with arching branches and thick leaves. Flowers in profusion in early spring consist of long pendulous racemes of yellow on bare stems

£25.00 each

Available 2024

STAPHYLEA trifolia

American bladdernut

creamy-white flowers followed by three celled fruits

£25.00 each

Available 2024

STAPHYLEA trifolia var pauciflora

American bladdernut

Gift-wrapping available

£30.00 each

STYRAX faberi

Snowbell tree

a rare low growing shrub between 1-2m tall with attractive white flowers

£30.00 each

Available 2024

STYRAX formosanus var. formosanus

Formosan snowbell, Snowbell tree

the most beautiful of all the Styrax with large white pendulous star-shaped flowers and distinctive smooth bark

Gift-wrapping available

£30.00 each

STYRAX japonicus 'Sohuksan'

Japanese snowbell

a vigorous form with large leaves and the largest flowers of any Styrax we have seen growing at Burncoose

Gift-wrapping available

£30.00 each

STYRAX officinalis

Mediterranean storax, Storax

short drooping clusters of large fragrant flowers. Needs a warm sheltered site

£45.00 each

TETRACENTRON sinense

Spur leaf

a graceful tree with drooping branches. Leaves are ovate or heart-shaped and turn a brilliant yellow in autumn

Gift-wrapping available

£35.00 each

TILIA kiusiana

Lime

a large shrub or small tree which scarcely looks like a lime when first seeing its leaves. Highly scented flowers in August or September

Grafted

£30.00 each

TRISTANIOPSIS laurina

Kanooka, Water gum

(syn Tristania laurina). Evergreen tree with glossy leaves and yellow flowers

£20.00 each

VIBURNUM cylindricum

Tubeflower viburnum

(syn. V. coriaeceum) - Evergreen with small white flowers

£20.00 each

Available from December to January

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VIBURNUM hoanglienense

cylindrical greenish-white flowers followed by bright red fruits in winter

£16.00 each

Available from December to January

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VIBURNUM taitoense

tubular white, scented flowers in winter. A rare species not widely known

Gift-wrapping available

£20.00 each

XANTHOCYPARIS vietnamensis

Vietnamese golden cypress

reddish-brown trunk with exfoliating bark. Spreading branches

£25.00 each

Available 2024

XERONEMA callistemon

Poor knight's lily

a perennial herb with bright green sword-like leaves similar to an iris. A long stem emerges from the centre of the clump of leaves bearing a Callistemon-like flower with masses of coral-red stamens tipped with yellow anthers

£25.00 each

Availability yet to be determined
We don't yet know when or if this plant is coming back into stock

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