Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin'
A lovely, evergreen shrub with bright red, young foliage turning dark green later.
Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin'
A lovely, evergreen shrub with bright red, young foliage turning dark green later.
Phygelius 'Candy Drops Red' (Candy Drops Series)
An evergreen shrub with dark green leaves, producing upright panicles of deep red, tubular flowers in summer.
Pieris 'Forest Flame'
Glossy, red young leaves turning pink then cream before green and in spring bearing creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers in large panicles.
Pieris japonica 'Carnaval'
A compact, evergreen shrub with small, green leaves, edged white, turning pink in winter and spawning bright red new growth in spring followed by ivory white flowers. Pieris require acidic soil, but can also be grown in containers in ericaceous compost.
Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'
A medium-sized, evergreen shrub with shiny leaves, red when young, turning coppery green then dark green and bearing white bell-like flowers in clusters in spring. Pieris require acidic soil though they can be grown very successfully in containers with ericaceous compost.
Pittosporum 'Garnettii'
A dense, bushy shrub of erect habit with rounded, grey-green leaves edged with cream and occasionally tinged pink in winter.
Pittosporum tenuifolium
A large, evergreen shrub with wavily-margined, bright green foliage and bearing maroon, honey-scented flowers in spring and summer. Can attain a height of 7m in time, but is easily pruned to keep it in check.
Pittosporum tenuifolium
A large, evergreen shrub with wavily-margined, bright green foliage and bearing maroon, honey-scented flowers in spring and summer. Can attain a height of 7m in time, but is easily pruned to keep it in check.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Bannow Bay'
A compact and mound-forming evergreen shrub with oval, glossy, grey-green foliage with creamy-white margins with the entire leaf turning maroon in winter. Produces small, fragrant, purple flowers in late spring and early summer followed by dark grey seed capsules.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Cratus'
A conical, evergreen shrub with slender, dark brown stems clothed in silvery, light green foliage, producing small, fragrant purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Cratus'
A conical, evergreen shrub with slender, dark brown stems clothed in silvery, light green foliage, producing small, fragrant purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Elizabeth'
A lovely, evergreen shrub with pale green foliage edged in cream and pink and in early summer it often bears small, purple flowers which are slightly fragrant.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball'
A small, rounded, mound-forming, evergreen shrub with mint-green foliage and has small, honey-scented, brownish-purple flowers in late spring which compliment the leaves well.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irene Paterson'
An evergreen shrub with rounded leaves opening white becoming green, speckled with white, often tinged pink in winter. Sparsely produced, fragrant dark purple flowers in late spring.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Irish Luck'
An upright, evergreen shrub with dark stems bearing small, glossy, dark green leaves, finely hairy at the margins. In late spring and early summer, small, fragrant, purple-brown flowers followed by dark grey seed capsules.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'
A great evergreen shrub with purple, wavy leaves and dark stems. Certainly a striking plant for the border or grown as a specimen owing to its dense, rounded habit. Pittosporums generally are best planted in a slightly sheltered aspect to prevent damage from cold, drying winds.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'
A great evergreen shrub with purple, wavy leaves and dark stems. Certainly a striking plant for the border or grown as a specimen owing to its dense, rounded habit. Pittosporums generally are best planted in a slightly sheltered aspect to prevent damage from cold, drying winds.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Variegatum'
An evergreen shrub with attractive foliage set against dark stems and bearing fragrant maroon flowers in spring and summer.
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Variegatum'
An evergreen shrub with attractive foliage set against dark stems and bearing fragrant maroon flowers in spring and summer.
Pittosporum tobira
A dense shrub with eliptic, glossy, dark green foliage and bearing small, sweetly-scented flowers in lae spring, opening white then turning creamy yellow. The toughest and hardiest of all Pittosporums.
Pittosporum tobira 'Nanum'
A wonderful evergreen shrub of dense and spreading habit with glossy, bright foliage and masses of highly scented creamy white flowers in spring and early summer.
Pittosporum tobira 'Nanum'
A wonderful evergreen shrub of dense and spreading habit with glossy, bright foliage and masses of highly scented creamy white flowers in spring and early summer.
Podocarpus lawrencei
A slow-growing, dwarf conifer with densly-packed, narrow, blue-green foliage.
Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai'
A pretty, deciduous shrub with wiry twigs bursting into profuse pale pink flowers in late winter and early spring from crimson buds. The foliage is pale green and grows darker with age, taking on wonderful hues of red and orange in autumn.
Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia'
A strong-growing, bushy shrub of upright habit with twisted, oblong, glossy, green leaves producing racemes of fragrant white flowers in spring, followed by cherry-like, red fruits, ripening to black.
Prunus lusitanica 'Brenelia'
Ideal as a hedging plant but equally good as a stand-alone specimen and can even be used for topiary. Evergreen with dark green foliage and dark red stems producing clusters of white flowers in summer.
Prunus lusitanica 'Brenelia'
Ideal as a hedging plant but equally good as a stand-alone specimen and can even be used for topiary. Evergreen with dark green foliage and dark red stems producing clusters of white flowers in summer.
Pseudopanax 'Moa's Toes'
An upright, evergreen shrub with glossy, leathery, dark purple to dark green leaves deeply divided into three, narrowly-toothed leaflets.
Rhododendron 'Blue Peter'
An upright, bushy, evergreen shrub with large green leaves, producing clusters of funnel-shaped violet-blue, frilled flowers with a paler throat in early summer.
Rhododendron 'Gomer Waterer'
An evergreen shrub with leathery dark green leaves producing fragrant funnel-shaped white flowers tinged mauve-pink in late spring and early summer.
Rhododendron 'Madame Masson'
A compact, evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves producing plentiful white flowers with yellow markings in spring.
Rhus typhina 'Tiger Eyes'
A compact, suckering, deciduous tree with finely-divided foliage opening green and turning golden yellow then orange and red into autumn. Produces greenish flowers in summer followed by dense clusters of red fruit in autumn.
Rosa sericea subsp. omeiensis f. pteracantha
This rose is grown primarily for its unusual and beautiful prickles which are large, flat and broad and a brilliant blood red in colour when young. This variety is best planted where the early morning or late afternoon sun can shine through the prickles, illuminating them. In cooler climates, this is oftenn the first of all roses to flower.
Rosa spinosissima
A small, suckering shrub with prickly stems and fern-like leaves producing creamy-white single flowers in early summer followed by black hips in autumn.
Rosmarinus officinalis
An evergreen shrub with upright spikes, of dark green, aromatic leaves and topped with lilac-blue flowers in late spring and early summer.
Rosmarinus officinalis
An evergreen shrub with upright spikes, of dark green, aromatic leaves and topped with lilac-blue flowers in late spring and early summer.
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Miss Jessopp's Upright'
A compact, erect, evergreen shrub with aromatic foliage and bearing small blue flowers from spring into summer.
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Pointe du Raz'
A strong-growing, prostrate and wide-spreading, evergreen shrub with aromatic, dark grey-green leaves producing whirls of blue flowers in late spring and early summer.
Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus Group
A compact evergreen shrub of prostrate habit, with linear, aromatic leaves and blue flowers in small axillary clusters in spring and summer, occasionally in autumn.
Salix gracilistyla 'Mount Aso'
A stunning shrub producing beautiful pink catkins with a silvery sheen in winter and early spring on bare stems before producing its blue-green leaves with white felting on their undersides.
Salix gracilistyla 'Mount Aso'
A stunning shrub producing beautiful pink catkins with a silvery sheen in winter and early spring on bare stems before producing its blue-green leaves with white felting on their undersides.
Sarcococca confusa
One of the larger growing varieties, this can attain a height of up to 2.5m. With wavy, dark green, glossy leaves, it produces creamy white, strongly scented flowers in winter followed by black fruits.
Schefflera taiwaniana
An interesting small tree of shrub with dark green, glossy, evergreen leaves made of a circular arrangement of long, pointed, leaflets on long, dark red stalks. Branched sprays of greenish-brown flowers in late summer followed by purple-black berries in winter.
Spiraea 'Arguta'
An always popular, deciduous shrub with toothed, bright green leaves and bearing huge arching sprays of white flowers in late spring. To ensure a good floral display, prune back every year after flowering.
Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'
A slow-growing, bushy, deciduous shrub with dark green leaves and upright panicles of fragrant, lavender-pink flowers in spring and summer.
Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'
A large and fast-growing shrub producing a thicket of upright stems topped with extremely large, deeply-lobed, green leaves upto 1m across with sprays of creamy pompom flowers in autumn followed by black fruits.