Plants Flowering in April

Large double white flowers which are delicately fragrant

Clusters of double primrose yellow flowers. Although reasonably hardy this thornless species does make an excellent conservatory plant

Common rosemary, flowers blue

White-flowered form. Upright to rounded habit

Ginger-scented leaves and light blue flowers

Vigorous prostrate variety with mid-blue flowers

Pale blue, semi-prostrate

Single pure white 'dog-rose' flowers, fragrant

A striking form with double bright purple-pink flowers

Small, tubular, pendent scarlet flowers. Arching stems with very fine leaves

Yellow tubular flowers

contorted stems and light-green leaves

female form is known as 'Pussy Willow'

Top grafted weeping Kilmarnock willow

Stout branches with glossy-green new growth which turns reddish-brown. Buds are bright red. Long catkins are green in spring. A good ornamental shrub right through the year with dark green toothed leaves silky underneath

Semi-dwarf willow with grey foliage. Catkins start white and turn yellow

Magnolia-like leaves. Upright catkins are reddish at first fading to yellow. A most impressive species as a freestanding plant

Similar to S.fargesii but with smaller leaves. An attractive ornamental shrub all year round

Vigorous contorted orangey yellow stems and green leaves

A bicoloured variety with white tinged pink flowers before a pinkish-red calyx

The best golden form with fine cut foliage

Scented green-white flowers

White flowers, dark stems

An attactive form with young stems and midribs of the leaves flushed purple

Stiff but arching stems with fragrant white blossoms

Very upright tree spreading by suckers with aromatic leaves and good autumn colour. A rare tree in the UK

Solitary dark crimson flowers from late spring to summer

Large heads of blue flowers

('Wakehurst White') - dense clusters of white fruit and dwarf habit