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.
An unusual shrubby member of the pea family with attractive ferny foliage and spires of dark purplish flowers with contrasting orange stamens. Drained soil in sun. Potentially 2.4m+ but usually less.
Cream and pinkish red flowers in generous clusters on a spiny shrub with elegant long leaves. New growth coppery and all reddish in winter. 2.4m, sheltered spot.
Rarely seen species from China produces long panicles of pale lilac, sweetly scented, flowers in summer. Deciduous and perfectly hardy to 3m. Best in sun or part shade.
Large sprays of tiny white flowers with a delightful scent in late summer and autumn on this unusual species. Divided deep green leaves. 3m. Sheltered site.
An excellent half-hardy Fuchsia with tiny silvered leaves and miniature reddish flowers in late summer and autumn. ?75cm. Probably best grown in a pot and taken in overwinter.
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?
AGM Unusual lanceolate leaves on a willowy upright plant producing masses of elegant red and purple flowers from midsummer. Distinctive reddish stems. Should be hardy in drained soil, best in some shade.
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?
One of the Encliandra types with tiny pink flowers and equally tiny deep green folaige on arching stems. Hardy in a sheltered spot in drained soil. 60cm.
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.
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.
Attractive large yellow flowers with conspicuous masses of filaments on this small shrub. Olive green, oval leaves on reddish stems. Semi-evergreen. 1.2m.
Beautiful pale/light yellow flowered species from western China, Myanmar and eastern India. Relatively small leaves, tinted red on airy plants to c. 1m.
A compact, shrubby honeysuckle with pale yellowish cream flowers over it's greyish foliage in spring and red berries later in the summer. Ordinary soil in sun or light shade. 1.5m.
A shrubby honeysuckle which makes a dense rounded bush to 1.8m with a good display of creamy flowers in late spring and summer. Red berries. Deciduous, sun or light shade.
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.
Western Mock Orange. Relatively large white flowers held in small clusters on gracefully arching stems. Potentially 3m but likely less. Good soil in sun.
Lovely, almost felted, palmate leaves on arching stems and clusters of white summer flowers. Not rampant but not small either! Hardy but best out of cold wind. Evergreen.
Finally you can get the best brambles before the birds do! This form has fruits that stay bright green when fully ripe and taste as good as any black ones.
Bright coral reddish-pink flowers over a long season on this fairly hardy shrubby Mexican hybrid sage. Full sun and well drained soil out of cold winds. 75cm.
AGM Brilliant glowing magenta pink flowers on a bushy plant to 60cm. Leafier than some types. For a well drained soil in full sun and a sheltered position.
A distinct golden yellow edge on the leaves makes this elderberry stand out from the usual forms. Lots of big heads of creamy flowers followed by black berries. 2.7m.
