We grow a range of interesting shrubby plants including many from the Caprifoliaceae. A lot of the shrubs we grow will work very well when grown mixed into the herbaceous perennials and grasses that we grow in a naturalistic style and some can be pruned hard in spring to give fresh, whippy growth each year to keep their size down. Feel free to ask for pruning advice on any of them as most have several options.
Long narrow leaves with white felted undersides and racemes of creamy white strongly scented WINTER flowers. Somewhat tender so best protected in winter unless you have a warm sheltered wall. 2m.
New to us. A more or less hardy species perhaps best against a sunny wall with large hairy green leaves and pink flowers rather than the normal dark reddish shade. To 3m if happy and not pruned!
AGM Grey leaves with nearly white undersides and long tapering spikes of white flowers from midsummer into autumn. Deciduous, best in a sheltered position in full sun in drained soil. 2m.
A dense bushy shrub with smallish, narrow dark green leaves with felted undersides. Clusters of creamy, scented flowers in autumn and early winter. Should be hardy in the UK. Drained soil in sun, 1.8m.
AGM TENDER winter flowering species for a cold greenhouse or conservatory, or possible a very warm, sheltered garden. A bushy shrub with grey-green downy leaves and big spikes of strongly scented mauve flowers. 2.4m.
Very pretty cream margined selection of Box. Grow it as a free standing shrub and don't clip it for the best effect - this also seems to reduce problems increasingly seen with box. 1.2m in 10 years if you're lucky.
AGM A low growing shrubby plant making a patch in time, studded with brilliant blue flowers from midsummer into autumn. Excellent for autumn foliage colour. 30cm. Drained soil in sun.
Glowing greenish yellow winter stems are the main reason for growing this dogwood. Small clusters of white summer flowers followed by white berries. 2.4m if you don't cut back to a stump every year..
Delicate looking palest pink flowers, fading to white, with very light lavender blue corollas on a bright green bushy plant. Hardy once established. Potentially to 1.2m, best in drained but good soil in part shade.
TENDER AGM Rarely seen now this vigorous species from Mexico has large pale green leaves and big bunches of incredibly long tubed orange-red flowers with distinct creamy-green sepals. Potentially 2m!
AGM A elegant species with slender bright reddish pink flowers with purple corollas and red filaments. Smallish but broad leaves try to be evergreen. Borderline hardy - drained soil in a sheltered position, light shade. 60cm?
BSWJ10478 Collected in Costa Rica at 2800m. Neat twiggy bushes with small silvery leaves and small tubular pink flowers from midsummer into early winter. Round black berries in autumn. Probably hardy but take cuttings! 1m?
A splendid recent introduction this small shrub has bright silver lanceolate foliage and cup shaped white flowers from mid-summer. Prune in spring. Good soil in sun. 1m.
Outstanding glossy crinkled leaves in a deep green on this ivy that is ideal for groundcover in shady places. Can also make a good container plant. Ordinary soil in shade or part shade.
A delightful bright silver foliage shrublet from Beth Chatto. Narrow leaves on upright stems topped with yellow flowers if you let it. Full sun and well drained soil. 60cm.
A lovely shrubby honeysuckle with warm orange-yellow flowers from glowing reddish calyces in spring and early summer followed by shiny black berries. Deciduous, ordinary soil in sun or shade. 3m in 10 years or can be pruned.
Evergreen shrub with tiny green leaves on a dense twiggy bush. Takes pruning/clipping very well so ideal for topiary or hedging. Almost any soil or position.
A medium sized deciduous shrub with arching stems well clothed with small leaves and tipped with very scented pink flowers in early summer. 2.4m but can be pruned to size. Sun, ordinary soil.
A delightful little subshrub with bright creamy yellow new growth that turns to silver as it matures. Umbels of white pea-flowers flushed pinkish in summer to 50cm. Drained soil in a sheltered sunny spot.
Upright growing New Zealand evergreen shrub with golden orange stems and olive leaves. Masses of tiny white daisy flowers in summer. Can be pruned to size, otherwise 2m+. Hardy in sunny drained position.
Strongly scented white flowers in good racemes, May and June, on a vigorous shrub to 3-4m. The calyx is tinted purplish bronze. An attractive and very hardy deciduous shrub from China and Myanmar.
AGM A vigorous rambler with clouds of strongly scented white flowers with golden stamens in late spring and early summer. Needs a large support, for sun or shade, best in good soil. 6m. Cutting raised.
A giant, soft, bramble from Sichuan in China with thornless stems bearing big rounded lobed leaves and small pink flowers from midsummer. Probably best in shade, even quite dry, perfectly hardy here. 3m.
