Spiraea 'Arguta'
bridal wreath
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of Growth: average to fast
- Flowering period: April and May
- Flowers: white
- Other features: toothed, bright green leaves
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Garden care: Immediately after flowering prune flowered shoots to strong buds. On mature specimens cut back between a quarter to a fifth of the old shoots to the base.
Gorgeous arching sprays of white flowers in mid and late spring and toothed, bright green leaves. This popular, deciduous shrub is ideal for a sunny, well-drained shrub or mixed border. Relatively vigorous and easy to grow, to guarantee an abundant, foam-like display it must be pruned annually immediately after flowering.
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark'
Californian lilac
A haze of bright blue flowers in early summer
£12.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Deutzia pulchra
deutzia
A staple for the shrub border
£17.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Exochorda × macrantha 'The Bride'
pearl bush
Beautiful and extraordinarily abundant flowers
£12.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Magnolia × soulangeana
magnolia
A popular choice, with pink, goblet-shaped flowers
£49.99
12lt pot (1.25-1.5m)
available to order from summer 2013
June pruning of trees, shrubs and climbers
June is a time to relax and enjoy your garden, but there are still some early flowering shrubs that will need pruning if they are to produce the best possible displays year after year. A few shrubs can also be...
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