This is one of the best forms of Italian Pencil Pine. It is very narrow in growth and very fast growing. Plants in our new Mediterranean garden have grown 2.5 metres tall in three years and they are already making a strong architectural statement. Read more about Cupressus sempervirens ‘Glauca’
There are few shrubs which brighten the late winter landscape better than Forsythias. F. ‘Lynwood Gold’ covers all its branches with very large deep canary yellow flowers. A tough shrub wanting a sunny position and needing very little supplementary water. Read more about Forsythia ‘Lynwood Gold’
This evergreen small shrub has intricately dissected foliage which gives it a lacy fern like appearance. The new leaves are reddish and during winter the leaves turn rich oranges and purples. Read more about Nandina domestica ‘Filamentosa’
This graceful shrub grows wild from northern California through the Pacific north west to southern parts of British Columbia. It is quite adaptable in cultivation being fairly drought tolerant although growing best with a little extra irrigation during dry periods. Read more about Philadelphus lewisii
“In autumn it bears the snowberries, of a cold glistening white, and these are certainly beautiful, both on the bush and on cut branches put in water.” Frank Kingdon-Ward
'Anne Russell' is a neater and smaller growing form than the commoner forms of V. x burkwoodii. ‘Anne Russell’ has all the virtues, exquisite pink budded flowers in 8cm wide heads with a fragrance redolent of Daphne odora. Read more about Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Anne Russell’
During spring 10cm lace cap heads of flowers are produced which turn into clusters of large translucent red berries. During spring and summer the deeply lobed leaves are glossy green. During autumn they turn to brilliant shades of red and orange. Read more about Viburnum opulus ‘Notcutt’s Variety’
