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Deciduous Azalea Norman's Choice
(H6) Vivid red in bud, opening to reddish orange flowers with yellow flare on upper lobes, with wavy edges. Scented flowers in May. Rich bronze coloured foliage. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Requires moist acid soils.
Raised by the late George Hyde, a Dorset nurseryman in the 1970s.Named by his daughter Rosemary Legrand in 2013 for renowned New Forest nurseryman Norman Stanbrook.
Dwarf Rhododendron Purple Gem
(H7) Bright purple violet flowers in ball-shaped trusses in April. Blueish-green aromatic new foliage turns bronzey in winter. Dense rounded habit, which can be trimmed after flowering. Best in sunny position. Height 25-50cm in 10 years.
• Recommended for: small gardens and interesting foliage.• Easy to grow.• Ideal position: Some sun, away from heat.• Habit: Dense, rounded habit.•...
Evergreen Azalea Izumi-no-mai
(H5). Beautiful pinky-red funnel shaped flowers with a white centre. Flowering in May with delightful and dainty 30mm wide flowers and suitable for bonsai or in the landscape. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers and most garden situations, including rock gardens and front of borders.• Easy to grow.• Parentage: Satsuki x Kurume type.• Hybridization date: pre 2000...
Rhododendron Cunningham's White (Second's)
Please note these plants have been reduced due to leaf damage, please see above images. However please contact us if you require further images to be emailed. The smaller 7.5 litre plants are slight seconds or slightly mis-shaped.
Mauve buds open to white flowers with a pale yellow eye in early May. With delicate small flowers, it is a very tough dense plant which is good for screening and difficult...
Camellia japonica 'Saturnia'
(H5) Magnificient deep red flowers early spring, March-April. Semi double flowers with a few paler stamens and petaloids. This japonica variety is tough with deep green glossy leaves, with an open, upright habit. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Best in moist acid soils, in a sunny or lightly shaded position. Also good in containers .
Magnolia Gardens, South Carolina, USA, 1942.
Dwarf Rhododendron anthopogon 'Betty Graham'
(POGONANTHUM (H6) Deep rose pink daphne-like flowers, which have been described as having the texture of limp tisue paper. It flowers in April - May. The oval to elliptic leaves are aromatic when rubbed and have overlapping scales on the undersides. Height up to 40cm in 10 years.
A choice selected clone with an Award of Merit in 1969.
Dwarf Rhododendrons don't mind the sun but they hate too much...
Matteucia struthiopteris AGM
(H5) Matteucia struthiopteris AGM: Other common names: Shuttlecock Fern, Ostrich Fern
A deciduous, suckering fern forming colonies of erect rosettes to 1.5m in height, with lance-shaped, bright green, bipinnatifid sterile fronds surround shorter, brownish fertile fronds.
A particularly attractive fern, it is an excellent foliage plant for moist, dappled shade and works particularly well when planted...
Rhododendron fortunei discolor AGM
Wonderful large fragrant trusses of pinky white funnel shaped flowers in June-July. This is an excellent late season tall bushy growing plant with an upright habit. It performs best in partial shade to preserve the flowers from summer sunshine. A fast growing plant that flowers after 5 years. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for lovely late scented flower.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: sheltered...
Camellia japonica 'Coquetti' AGM
(H5) Formal double, pinky-red flowers in the Spring. Upright, vigorous growth with reddish stems especially on new growth. Prefers north or west facing site. 125-150cm in 10 years.
M. Tourres, France, 1839.
Evergreen Azalea Palestrina AGM
(H5) Large flowered single white flower, with yellow-green flare in the centre and soft fragrance in May. Pale green leaves on an semi-evergreen, upright growing plant, best trimmed when young. Height 50-75cm in 10 years.
• Parentage: kaempferi hybrid X 'J.C. van Tol’• Hybridization date: pre 1926• Bred by: Vuyk van Nes. Origin: Netherlands• Habit: Upright• Ideal position:...
Callicarpa bodinieri Profusion AGM
Also known as Beautyberry
(H6) Small lilac flowers in summer turning to amazing violet purple fruits in clusters in the autumn. Lovely purplish young foliage turned pink in autumn. Height 3m in 10 years. Deciduous with an upright habit. Requires moist, well drained acid soil in full sun or partial shade.
Dryopteris affnis 'Cristata The King'
(H5) Dryopteris affnis 'Cristata The King'. Other Common names: King Of Male Ferns, King Of The Ferns, King Of British Ferns
'Cristata The King' is one of the largest and most accommodating crested ferns it is possible to grow. A robust, nearly evergreen fern to 1.2m tall. The young fronds unfurl a golden green with rosettes of erect to arching bipinnate fronds, handsomely crested at the tips of...
Rhododendron fulgens BLM330
A choice plant with striking deep red to bright scarlet tubular bell shaped flowers in February - April. It has handsome dark shiny foliage with a wonderful thick fawn wooly indumentum on the underside of the leaves. With pinky-red smooth peeling bark and fantastic young growth, it really is a stunner. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.
Recommended for excellent foliage and gorgeous early flowers.
Plantsman...
Rhododendron Angelo
(H4-5) What a stunning plant with huge trusses of scented pale pink flowers in June. This is a vigorous plant with an open, treelike habit which performs best in sheltered woodland and shaded gardens. Height 180cm in 10 years.
Recommended for: Later flowering and scent.
Plantsman range.
Ideal position: Sheltered woodland, dappled shade.
Habit: Treelike.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage:...
Camellia japonica 'Black Magic'
Image owned and supplied by Jeremy Wilson, Strete Gate Camellias
(H5) Glossy deep red flowers, which vary from semi-double to a rose-form double. with wavy petals in Spring. One of the red Camellia varieties noted for the darkness of the flowers, which can be almost black in appearance. However, when grown in the UK, the flower colour is not as intense as it appears to be in warmer climates. Glossy...
Rhododendron montroseanum
Beautiful pink flowers with a crimson blotch flowering in March. This is a wonderful foliage plant for milder gardens with dark green shiny leaves up to 45cm long with whitish indumentum on the underside. Young growth is particularly attractive. Height 150cm in 10 years. Please note this is one of the more tender of the large leaved species and really does need good shelter from wind and cold.Named...
Evergreen Azalea nakaharae Mount Seven Star AGM
Wonderful funnel shaped brick red flowers around 55mm across. Flowering in June-July this is a great little plant that really extends the flowering season. Mount Seven Star is very dwarf selection of nakaharae with a dense, creeping habit. Height and spread 30-40cm in 10 years.
Originally raised from seed collected by C.S. Kuo on Mount Seven Star in Taiwan in 1969, and selected as an excellent dwarf...
Deciduous Azalea wadanum Album
(H5) Rare white form! Dainty flat faced white flowers, appearing with the leaves in April and May. Interesting rhombic leaves which are sparely hairy when young, and almost heart-shaped on a compact bushy plant. Originating from Japan, it is closely related to R. reticulatum with which it is confused. Needs protection from late spring frosts, especially when young. Height 75-100cm in 10 years, eventually...
Dryopteris wallichiana AGM
(H5) Dryopteris wallichiana AGM. Other common name: Alpine Wood Fern
A deciduous or semi-evergreen, tuft forming fern. Bright yellowish-green when young, clothed with blackish-brown scales on the stalk and midrib.
A tough, hardy fern that is native to the Himalayas.
Easy to grow in most cool, moist, shaded sites. Tolerant of dry shade but water regularly in their first season and mulch well
Rhododendron Brasilia INKARHO
(H7) Rose pink flowers, with peachy orange and yellow shading in May. A compact growing hardy plant from Germany. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Recommended for: Tough and reliable variety.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: Most garden situations.
Habit: Dense.
Group: Hybrid Rhododendron.
Parentage: (‘Omega' x wardii) x (wardii...
Rhododendron Astrid
Lovely deep pink flowers with white throat, fading to pale pink. She flowers in May - June and has good glossy dark green foliage. Height 100-120cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: Fantastica x Hachmanns' Feuerschein.
Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1976)
Bred by: Hans Hachmann. Origin: Germany.
Habit: Compact bushy.
Ideal...
Acer palmatum 'Emerald Lace' AGM
Fine lacy yellow-green leaves in spring on weeping pendulous branches. Deepens to rich emerald green foliage in summer, followed by bright burgundy red colours in autumn. Height approximately 2-4 metres in 10 years.
Rhododendron degronianum heptamerum 'Ho Emma'
Lovely pinky-white flowers that are flushed red-purple on the veins and with spots in the throats. A tough clone, flowering in April-May, degronianum heptamerum Ho Emma has attractive felted indumentum on the underside of it's leaves. It makes an attractive neat plant. Height 80-100cm in 10 years.
Recommended for great foliage.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: most garden situations.
Habit: compact.
Group:...
Camellia japonica 'Konronkoku' (Black Prince) AGM
Image owned by and supplied by Strete Gate Camellias
(H5) Dark red rose-form double, almost wax-like flowers appear in the late Spring.Vigorous and upright growth. Prefers semi shade in moist acid soil. Can be pruned to required size/shape in Spring after flowering. Approximate height and width 175-200cm in 10 years.
Deciduous Azalea Yellow Pom Pom
(H5) A stunning bright yellow ball of flowers, each truss is made up of between 18 and 24 individual flowers, in turn each individual flower is between 5 and 7.5cm across and hose in hose giving it the appearance of twice as many petals. Good foliage colour in the autumn. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Requires a sunny position in the garden to get the best out of the flowers.
• Recommended for...
Deciduous Azalea periclymenoides
An attractive sweet-smelling azalea, with small pink flowers, and a deeper tube, appearing with the leaves in May. This is a very hardy low growing, stoloniferous plant (meaning it bears stolons which are stems which creep along the surface of the ground, taking root at intervals) from Eastern America. Height 120-150cm in 10 years.
Also known as nudiflorum
Recommended for pretty scented flowers.
Easy...
Camellia japonica 'Dr Tinsley' AGM
(H5) Semi-double, pink flowers with a lighter centre in the Spring. Upright and compact medium sized shrub. Prefers a north or west facing site. Height 150-175cm in 10 years.
Kalmia latifolia ‘Carousel’
Soft pink buds opening to pink, red octagonal flowers with a cinnamon-brown band opening in late May early June. This plant has new reddish shoots which turn a glossy dark green colour, a variety with a dense habit and grows to be approximately 120cm x 120cm in 10years.
Kalmias are a medium sized evergreen shrub from south-eastern USA and Asian mountains where they typically grow under the canopy...
Deciduous Azalea Hamlet
Stunning warm salmon orange flower with a striking dark reddish orange spotted flare. A Mollis type of Azalea flowering in May with good autumn colours. Height 140-160cm at 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position.
Ideal for mixed borders.
Easy to grow.
Group:Deciduous Azalea (Mollis hybrid).
Parentage: molle subsp. japonicum X molle subsp. molle.
Hybridization date: pre 1950 (1931).
Bred...
Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance' AGM
(H5) Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’ AGM. Other common name: Japanese Shield Fern 'Brilliance'
An evergreen clump forming fern with bronze-coloured new fronds in spring, maturing to dark green and particularly bright orange-red ripe spores on the undersides of the leaves in autumn
Triangular-shaped fronds, which are coppery-red when young and slowly mature to dark green.
Easy to...
Empathy After Plant - Organic Based Biostimulant & Feed
Description taken direct from back of bottle.
Empathy liquid 'After Plant' for ericaceous plants. A liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids, fortified with sequestered iron specifically formulated to benefit ericaceous plants. Regular use will boost flowering and keep your plants healthy all year round.
Organic based biostimulants will encourage strong root and shoot...
Rhododendron Yaku Incense
Wonderful deep pink buds open to yellowish white flowers with some yellow-green spotting in the throat with a lovely spicey scent. Flowering in mid May and with leaves that have sparse orange yellow indumentum on the underside. Height 60-80 cm in 10 years.
Ideal for containers and small gardens.
Easy to grow.
Group: yakushimanum.
Parentage: yakushimanum (s) X 'Lackamas Spice'.
Hybridization...
Dryoptheris filix-mas 'Linearis Polydactylon' AGM
(H7) Dryoptheris filix-mas ‘Linearis Polydactylon’ AGM. Other common name: male fern 'Linearis Polydactyla'
A deciduous, bushy fern, forming large, shuttlecock-like clumps of erect to arching fronds. A male fern with mid-green fronds that have an airy, skeletal-like appearance as the pinnae are very narrow and widely-spaced; the tips of the pinnae and fronds are multi-forked. Although...
Rhododendron Actress
(H3) Scented white flowers, stained red on the outside about 3 flowers per truss in April. Tender, so plant in sheltered spot or cool greenhouse. Prune hard after flowering. Height 75-100cm in 10 years.
This plant was recommended to us by Jim Gardiner, former Curator at Wisley, and Vice President of the RHS, who grew this at his house and kindly gave us some cuttings.
Raised by General Eric Harrison...
Rhododendron Moonstone
(H5) Characterful lax trusses of yellow bell shaped flowers opening to creamy pink in April. Rounded mid green leaves. Raised by J C Williams, campylocarpum x williamsianum. Height 100-125cm in 10 years.
• Ideal for containers and small gardens.• Easy to grow.• Parentage: campylocarpum x williamsianum.• Hybridization date: pre 2000 (1958).• Bred by: J.C. Williams Origin: British.•...
Rhododendron Taurus AGM INKARHO
We think this is one of the best reds available. Glowing deep red flowers in April - May. Conspicuous red buds in winter on a compact plant with deep green leathery pointed leaves. Height 140-160 cm in 10 years.It would make a great birthday gift for gardeners with the Taurus star sign (20 April to 20 May)!
Plant with lots of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
Recommended for it's beautiful...
Rhododendron ambiguum 'Crosswater'
Pale greenish yellow wide funnel shaped flowers with darker yellow spots. Very floriforous in April. ambiguum Crosswater is a reliable clone from ambiguum raised at Crosswater Farm. It is a tough, close growing shrub with a bushy upright habit and attractive small glossy leaves with glaucous scaly underside. A delightful plant that can be pruned hard after flowering. Height 100-120°Cm in 10 years.
Recommended...
Vitax Epsom Salts 1.25kg
A rapid cure for magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is needed to produce chlorophyll and nice green leaves. This helps to avoid yellowing between the leaf veins. Apply as directed as a base dressing or liquid feed.
Magnolia Judy Zuk
These trees sit at approximaltey 200-220cm not including the pot. They will come via Parcel Force on a 48 hour delivery due to height or they can be collected directly from the nursery.
Tulip shaped flowers with a beautiful suffusion of orange-yellow, and pink at base in April. Fruity fragrance. Upright in stature with candelabra shaped branching. A Magnolia brooklynensis hybrid reaching 4 metres...
Deciduous Azalea Marie Hoffman
(H6) Pretty clove scented clear pink flowers with a slight yellowy centre, appearing in clusters with the leaves in May. Originally described as a choice and very hardy selection of the wild Azalea prinophyllum from Eastern U.S.A, but now beleived to be a hybrid due to its larger flowers of greater substance. Height 125-150cm in 10 years.
Recommended for fragrant flowers.
Easy to grow.
Group:...
Compact Rhodo Pallet Deal (30 x 3 litre plants)
Picture for guide only.
Here is a fantastic PALLET DEAL of 30 choice 3 litre sized Compact Rhododendrons that will grow to around 80-100cm in 10 years. We have grown these plants in 3 litre pots here on our nursery and they are about 20-30cm in size. They are first grade plants and look great now, and will soon grow to make a wonderful colourful addition to your garden and are suitable for containers,...
Rhododendron Junigold
Images supplied and owned by Baumschule Hachmann
This Bright yellow flowering rhododendron is another wonderful example of the ongoing breeding happening across Europe.(H7) Salmon pink flower buds opening to bright yellow flowers with a small hint of pink in the very outer frills. Flowering in late May/early June. Unlike so many of the yellow varieties this plant offers a full flower truss typically...
Vitax Sulphate of Iron 1kg
Can be used to reduce the alkalinity of soils. Helps to improve leaf colour and prevents yellowing.
Liquidamber Slender Silhouette AGM
A strongly fastigiate form of 'Sweet Gum' selected by nurseryman Don Shadow from a plant growing in a railroad siding in Tenessee. Forms an excellent plant for small gardens, with a rich burgundy autumn leaf colour. Height 3 metres in 10 years. Prefers moist acid soils.
Camellia sasanqua 'Plantation Pink'
(H5) Large pale pink single flowers with a prominent mass of yellow stamens in the centre. Good autumn flowering, best in a warm sunny position. Prune to shape in early spring. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. Best in moist acid soils.
Compact Rhododendron Foliage Collection (4 x 3 litre plants)
Picture for example only. Please see descriptions below.
This is a lovely collection of 4 compact growing Rhododendrons each one has been selected for its interesting foliage, giving you the customer more than one season of interest. Once the plants have flowered, they will start to produce new shoots, most have wonderful indumentum (fluff) on the lower surface of the leaves and tomentum on the upper...
Rhododendron Princess Alice FCC
(H4) Lovely scented white flowers, flushed pink on the outside. April-May flowering, on a plant with low growing habit. A tender variety best grown in a sheltered garden or cool conservatory. Height 75-100cm in 10 years. Best in moist well drained compost.
Recommended for the cool conservatory and its lovely scented flowers.
Easy to grow.
Ideal position: sheltered position in the garden or in...
Rhododendron pubicostatum
(TALIENSIA H7) Trusses of light pink flowers. April-May. Excellent foliage with sparse brown indumentum on underside. Probably natural hybrid between R. bureavii and R. sikangense. Height 40-60 cm in 10 years.