Foliage
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Acer palmatum
- A slow growing medium sized tree of rounded habit grown for its attractive foliage. -
Araucaria araucana
- Bizarre prickly architectural conifer from Chile, grown as a specimen tree. -
Aucuba japonica
- A moderately large, tough evergreen shrub with glossy, usually spotted, leaves. The flowers are insignificant. -
Berberis thunbergii
- Useful low growing deciduous shrub usually grown as the red leaved varieties and for excellent autumn colour. -
Berberis thunbergii 'Roseglow'
A tough compact deciduous shrub grown for its fabulous red-purple mottled pink and white foliage -
Bergenia cordifolia
Useful grown cover perennial grown for its large leaves and winter flowers -
Brachyglottis greyi
- Mound forming shrub with silvery-grey foliage and bright yellow daisy-like flowers. Often mis-labelled as Scenecio greyi. -
Buxus sempervirens
- Popular shade loving evergreen used to clipped into topiary shapes. -
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
- Large ornamental tree providing strong autumn colours and a unique scent -
Clematis armandii
- Scented evergreen climber with simple creamy white flowers usually appearing in April and early may. -
Dicentra formosa
- Small spring flowering herbaceous ground cover with attractive frond like foliage -
Fatsia japonica
- Perhaps one of the best known plants for providing that jungle atmosphere in your garden. -
Gaultheria mucronata
- One of the very best low level shrubs providing long lasting colour in flower and fruit. -
Ginkgo biloba
- Ancient tree from the fossil record, extremely tough and polution tolerant. Suitable for large gardens. -
Hedera colchica
- Useful large leaved evergreen climber for shaded locations will grow on a wall, up trees or as a ground cover. -
Hedera helix
- Evergreen self clinging climber useful for dark north facing walls. -
Hydrangea anomala ssp petiolaris
- Self clinging deciduous climber suitable for growing up large trees and dark north facing walls. -
Lysichiton americanum
Attractive spring flowering bog or maginal plant that is followed by large architectural leaves. -
Lysichiton camtschatcensis
The white skunk cabbage, robust spring flowering bog plant followed by large paddle shaped leaves to 75cm -
Mahonia x media 'Charity'
- An excellent architural shrub ideal for a jungle planting scheme and for winter interest.