Shrubs
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An upright shrub with the young foliage soft grey followed by pale green leaves. Clusters of white flowers are produced in early summer followed by egg-yolk yellow berries. Grow in sunny position and shelter from cold drying winds.

The Pyracantha species are completely free of the problems some cultivars suffer from viz. no blackspot, mildew, apple scab, etc.

A vigorous bushy shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of white flowers are produced in early summer followed by orange/ red berries.
Good in shade or sun.
Christopher Lloyd in his book 'The Well Tempered Garden' discribes this as, in his opinion "the best Pyracantha" .

The Pyracantha species are completely free of the problems some cultivars suffer from viz. no blackspot, mildew, apple scab, etc.

A vigorous bushy shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of white flowers are produced in early summer followed by red berries. Fruit colour tomato red changing to cherry red as the berries mature.

The Pyracantha species are completely free of the problems some cultivars suffer from viz. no blackspot, mildew, apple scab, etc. I collected this in N.India, near Derioa Tal a (few kilometres west) in Nanda Devi  National Park at about 2500m above sea level.

A deciduous spreading shrub, best suited to be grown with support. Hansom dark green leaves. Pretty saucer-shaped white flowers cloth the arching branches in late spring and early summer. Height 3m. Spread 3m. Flowers from May to June. Hardy.                                                                                                                                                                          

A hybrid between Rubus triloba and Rubus deliciosus produced by Collingwood 'Cherry' Ingram.

Woolly Willow. A compact rounded shrub with dull, dark green leaves covered with silvery grey wool. Produces golden yellow or grey-yellow catkins in late spring, with the leaves. Height 1m. Spread 1.5m. Flowers from April to May. Deciduous. Hardy.

A shrubby perennial or evergreen shrub with pale green leaves. Spikes of magenta pink flowers from mid-summer to autumn. Height 1m. Spread 1m. Evergreen. Frost hardy. Protect from winter wet.

A dense shrub with bronze-red young leaves, turning bright yellow then mid-green. Clusters of dark pink flowers from mid to late summer. Height 75cm. Spread 75cm. Flowers from July to August. Deciduous. Hardy

A dense shrub with leaves bright yellow, turning red in autumn. Clusters of bright purplish-pink flowers from mid to late summer.

A cultivar exclusive to me, which arose here as a seedling between 'Gold Flame' and 'Golden Princess'. Somebody with a better knowledge of all the Spiraea cultivars will tell me that it is not sufficiently different from something else to warrant a name of its own; until then I shall keep propagating it because it has all the vigour of a hybrid and is an excellent doer.

A thicket-forming shrub with arching, rich brown stems in winter. Deeply lobed, wavy margined, mid-green leaves. Clusters of greenish white flowers in early summer. Height 60cm. Spread 3m. Flowers from May to June. Deciduous. Hardy.

An open, upright shrub with peeling bark on older branches. The leaves resemble a miniature ash, just 6cm long, with up to 11 dark green leaflets. Very fragrant, lilac-flushed, tubular, white flowers May/June. Hardy.