Acer rufinerve
snake-bark maple
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained
- Rate of growth: slow to average
- Flowering period: April to May
- Flower colour: greenish-yellow
- Other features: green-and-white-striped branches
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Attractive green-and-white-striped bark that looks fabulous in winter and red-winged fruit in autumn. This lovely maple is grown for its gorgeously ornamental bark though it does have beautiful autumnal colours. A small tree with an arching habit that is suitable for most gardens. - Garden care: Add a top-dressing of a multi-purpose fertiliser around the base of the plant in late spring. No routine pruning is required, just remove any dead, damaged or crossing branches in late autumn or winter when they are fully dormant.
Helleborus niger
Christmas rose
Bowl-shaped, white flowers in the depths of winter
£8.99
1.3 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
barrenwort
Profusion of large lilac flowers
£7.99
1.5 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Geranium sanguineum 'Album'
bloody cranesbill
Pure white flowers in early summer
£4.99
9cm pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Galanthus elwesii
snowdrop bulbs
Create a wonderful white winter carpet
£3.99
10 bulbs
available to order from summer 2013
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