Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Beauty'
Japanese snowball bush
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: May
- Flower colour: white, maturing to pink
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Wonderful, white, lacecap-like flowers in late-spring, maturing to pink, and toothed, deeply veined, dark green leaves, turning red-purple in autumn. The horizontally tiered branches of this deciduous shrub make an excellent feature for a sunny shrub or mixed border. Best on fertile, moist, well-drained soil, it's particularly suitable for a Japanese-style garden. - Garden care: Keep the pruning of young plants to a minimum. Any vertical shoots that threaten to spoil the distinctive tiered shape of established plants should be cut back to their point of origin in summer after flowering.
Geranium sanguineum
bloody cranesbill
Magenta flowers. Good in acid soil
£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Ceanothus 'Concha'
Californian lilac
Masses of deep blue flowers in spring
£12.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Clematis 'Purple Spider'
clematis (group 1)
Often has a second flush of flowers
£17.99
2lt pot (60cm cane)
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
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta'
purple mullein
Spires of papery purple blooms
£8.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
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