Shrubs

Shrubs give form and structure to a garden and can provide the foil for other more colourful planting. They can be use to great effect to provide shelter in the garden from prevailing winds. They are also invaluable for providing shelter and nesting sites for birds, habitat for insects and cover for mammals such as hedgehogs. If you want to attract wildlife to your garden shrubs are essential.

Planting shrubs requires a bit of thought, bear in mind the eventual height and spread (some of the are small trees!) and try to choose plants which can be allowed to grow to maturity without the need to cut them back with the resulting loss of wildlife habitat.

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Buddleja 'Lochinch'

£6.50

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Lindley's Butterfly Bush

Long arching panicles of dark violet flowers from September to October. For fertile, well drained soil in full sun. Deadhead after flowering then cut hard back in spring. Adored by butterflies.

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Dombeya burgessiae

£7.50

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Pink Wild Pear, Wedding Flower

A small deciduous shrub from Africa, with clusters of pretty pink flowers in summer. Will grow and flower well in a large tub. Tolerates light frost.

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Melianthus major

£8.00

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Honey flower

A fantastic foliage plant bearing large deeply cut grey-green leaves. In cold areas mulch well with leaf litter for the winter. Full sun and well-drained soil. Evergreen

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Nerium oleander 'Madame Allen'

£8.50

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CAUTION - THIS PLANT HAS POISONOUS SAP AND IS TOXIC IF INGESTED. CONTACT WITH FOLIAGE MAY IRRIATE SKIN. WEAR GLOVES WHEN PRUNING AND DO NOT BURN PRUNINGS

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Nerium oleander 'Variegatum'

£8.50

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CAUTION - THIS PLANT HAS POISONOUS SAP AND IS TOXIC IF INGESTED. CONTACT WITH FOLIAGE MAY IRRIATE SKIN. WEAR GLOVES WHEN PRUNING AND DO NOT BURN PRUNINGS

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Nerium oleander seedlings

£8.50

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My seedlings from a variety of cultivars. Probably mostly pink but thet will be unique!

CAUTION - THIS PLANT HAS POISONOUS SAP AND IS TOXIC IF INGESTED.

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Phillyrea angustifolia - narrow leaved form

£5.00

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Green Olive

An evergreen tree related to, and similar in growth habit to, the Olive, on this selection longer and more narrow than the norm.

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Salvia 'African Sky'

£6.50

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Hardy shrubby Salvia with masses of sky blue flowers in summer, from July until first frost. For a sunny well-drained border. Prune lightly in the spring, and take cuttings to replace old plants.

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Salvia 'Waverly'

£6.50

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Sage

Flowering from summer to autumn, this makes an large sub-shrub with long spikes with whorls of pale lavender turning to white flowers. Needs a warm spot, protected from hard frost.

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