• Planting Ideas

With over 30years of Garden Centre experience we are here to help you create your outdoor living space. Whether its the cottage garden or the modern contemporary look.

Plants for a Purpose

Dry Sunny Sites:

• Abelia Varieties (Flower July/October)
• Berberis Varieties (evergreen and deciduous) (Flower May/June)
• Buxus (Box hedging)
• Ceanothus (Flower July/October)
• Geranium (perenial) (free flowering)
• Phormium Varieties (New Zealand Flax)
• More plants for dry sunny sites avaliable in our outdoor plant area

Dry Shady Sites:

• Ajuga Varieties (flower May/June)
• Euonymus Varieties
• Ilex (holly) Varieties
• Pittosporum(evergreen)
• Skimmia varieties 
• More plants for dry shady sites avaliable in our outdoor plant area

Climbers and Wall Shrubs for North and East Walls

• Camellia in variety
• Clematis varieties (large flowered)
• Hedera (ivy) Helix varieties
• Jasminum Nudiflorum (flower November/March) Avoid east walls
• Pyracantha varieties (evergreen with berries)
• More plants for north and east walls avaliable in our outdoor plant area

Climbers and wall Shrubs for South and East walls

• Abutilons
• Akebia
• Ceanothus varieties
• Jasminium Officinale
• Lonicera varieties (honeysuckle)
• Solanum varieties
• Trachelospermum Jasminoides ( Fragrant white flowers July/August)
• Wisteria
• More plants for South and East Walls avaliable in our outdoor plant area

Ground Cover Plants

• Choose from our huge selection of alpines and perenials.

Small Trees

• Acer Negundo Flamingo
• Amelanchier Lamarckii 
• Gleditsia Ruby Lace or Sunburst
• Salix Caprea Pendula (kilmarnock Willow)
• More trees avaliable in our outdoor plant area

Fruit Trees for the garden

Apple, Pear, Plum,Cherry trees varieties are grown on different root stocks to give everybody the chance of growing there own fruit.

Apple Rootstocks and approximate sizes after 10 years.

• M27  (Very Dwarf 2Metres)
• M9    (Dwarf  2.5Metres)
• M26  (Semi Dwarf  3metres)
• Apples avaliable in our outdoor plant area in either bush, cordon, espalier, the varieties include, Cox ,Bramley, James Grieve and many more......

Pear Rootstocks and approximate sizes after 10 years

• Quince C (Dwarf 2.5Metres)
• Quince A (Semi Vigorous 4Metres)
• Pears avaliable in our outdoor plant area in either bush, cordon, espalier, the varieties include, Conference,Beth,Doyenne du Comice and many more.............

Plums Rootstocks and approximate sizes after 10 years

• Pixy (Semi Dwarf 2.5 Metres)
• St Julien A (Semi vigorous 4Metres)
• Plums avaliable in our outdoor plant area in either bush, espalier, fan, the varieties include, Victoria Czar and varieties of Damson and Gage

Cherries Rootstocks and approximate sizes after 10 years

• Colt (Semi vigorous 4Metres)
• Seedling (Vigorous  4Metres+)
• Cherries avaliable in our outdoor plant area in either bush, half standard, fan, the varieties include, Stella, Morello Celeste.