our plants:
Conservatory, Pot Plants & Tender Plants
Pdf Catalogue
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Paper version of our catalogue
If you would like us to send you, or another person, a copy of our catalogue, please send 5 First Class stamps to:
- Shrubland Park Nurseries
- Coddenham
- IPSWICH
- IP6 9QJ
award of garden merit
Denotes plants with a RHS Award of Garden Merit. This is awarded to a plant which:
- must be of outstanding excellence for ordinary garden decoration or use
- must be available
- must be of good constitution
- must not require highly specialist growing conditions or care
- must not be particularly susceptible to any pest or disease
- must not be subject to an unreasonable degree of reversion in vegetative or floral characteristics
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PLANT CATALOGUE
Our catalogue is sub-divided into the categories listed on the right, the links taking you to general information about each category.
Each category is sub-divided alphabetically. Where there is a thumbnail picture, clicking this will take you to a larger picture:
Some plants have undergone name changes, and you may therefore be more familiar with their alternative/previous name. The list of synonyms may help you find a particular plant in our catalogue.
Plants are listed alphabetically by their Latin, or Botanical name, with the common name underneath. The list of common names may help you find a plant - but not all plants have a common name, some have several, and one common name can related to several different plants!
We have added classified plant lists if you need help in selecting plants of different types or for specific uses or locations.
Whilst we sell mainly to the public, we also provide plants to Garden Designers and Landscapers, and are willing to discuss wholesale provision including growing to order on a small scale to other nurseries.
Within the catalogue you may find expressions you are not familiar with. Refer to our glossary of terms and hopefully all will become clear.
Prices
Prices of tender plants apply to 1 litre pots. These may also be available in smaller, 9 cm, pots, typically at between £4.50 and £6.50.
Hardy perennials are normally sold in 6” . 1.5 litre, square pots. Small hardy perennials may be available in 3½" pots typically between £2 to £3. Visitors to the nurseries may find plants on sale at different prices, in which case the price paid is as printed on the label.
Labelling
All plants are individually labelled & priced, and each species/variety has a bed label, making it easy for customers to read the description. The plant descritions are entered by us into our own 'home grown' database, from which we produce all the labels, lists and catalogue.
Poisonous Plants
We have indicated on our labelling those plants which we know to be particularly poisonous. Where there is no such indication this does not imply the plant is not poisonous! We encourage you to regard any plant to be suspicious in this regard and to take sensible precautions, i.e. not eating them, being careful where children are concerned, washing your hands after handling them and being watchful for any allergies. If in doubt, wear gloves when handling any plant your not sure of.
Don't presume that if one species is safe to eat then so will others within that genus. For example while the fruit of some species of Passion flower are safe to eat, some species have fruit which will cause severe stomach upset if eaten when unripe. Whilst the vast majority of plants are safe, some are not, but this should not put you off your enjoyment of them.
Invasive Plants
The problem of invasive plants is becoming more of a problem, due in part to climate change, and the continued introduction of non-native plants. Whilst the vast majority of these are law-abiding and pose no threat to our native fauna and flora, this is an issue in which nurseries and gardeners alike should try and play a responsible part. We give an indication where we think a particular plant may be a problem, but suggest that gardeners be alert for any plant which seeds or spreads aggressively.
Vine Weevil
We treat all our non-edible plants with ViNil, (a trade name for fipronil, as used in flea spray for your cat or dog) a control which we find more effective, yet less unpleasant to use, than SuSCon Green, which we have stopped using. ViNil may be visible in the compost as very small pale blue pellets. Vine weevil grubs can attack a wide range of plants, especially those with fleshy roots, grown in containers in peat based compost. Vigilance is the key word—any ailing plant should be checked; if the top growth is loose, or comes away in your hand, this pest could well be the cause. The grubs which do the damage are about ¼” long fat white comma-shaped things with brown heads:
They will be found in amongst the roots which they feed on.
Adults chew characteristic more or less semi-circular holes on leaf edges and are active mostly at night. If disturbed, they 'play dead' and can be difficult to see:
(If found, they do make a most satisfying crunching noise when trodden on.) As ViNil is not available to the amateur gardener, we recommend using Provado Vine Weevil Killer (imidacloprid) to prevent and treat any subsequent infestations. This is readily available in garden centres, and has the added benefit of controlling whitefly and other sap-sucking insects. Compost with this chemical already incorporated is becoming more widely available.
If you do not wish to use chemicals, there are biological controls in the form of nematodes, which will control the grubs—suppliers of these can readily be found in gardening magazine adverts, or on the internet.