Shrubs

Lavandula stoechas (commonly known as French Lavender ) is a stunning, highly aromatic lavender variety known for its distinctive "rabbit ear" petals on top of its flower spikes. It’s a fantastic choice for containers, borders, and pollinator gardens, thriving in warm, dry conditions. Loved by bees and butterflies

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial in warmer climates (zones 8–10), often grown as an annual in cooler regions

• Growth Habit: Compact, bushy, and mounded

• Height & Spread: 12–24 inches (30–60 cm) tall and wide

• Flowers: Deep purple, pink, or white blooms with signature tufted petals on top

• Foliage: Silvery-green, narrow leaves, highly aromatic

• Bloom Time: Spring to early summer, with repeat flowering in warm climates

• Supplied in a 3 litre pot

• Growing Tips:

• Sunlight: Needs full sun (6+ hours per day) for best flowering and fragrance

• Soil: Prefers well-drained, sandy, or loamy soil with a slightly alkaline pH

• Watering: Drought-tolerant once established; water lightly but regularly in the first season

• Pruning: Trim after flowering to encourage reblooming and bushy growth

• Fertilizing: Minimal feeding needed—too much fertilizer can reduce fragrance

• Container Growing: Perfect for pots with good drainage—use a gritty soil mix - John Innes no3 is ideal

A lovely evergreen shrub that's perfect for a sunny border or a large patio pot. It bears slender, shiny dark green foliage throughout the year and from late spring to autumn becomes smothered with deep pink lantern blooms.

Easy to care for, the Chilean Lantern tree thrives in UK gardens and is a proven performer leading to the RHS Award of garden Merit.

Evergreen shrub for year-round interest.
Perfect for a sunny border or large patio pot.
Slender shiny dark green foliage and from late spring to autumn has deep pink blooms.
Proven performer - awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Supplied in a 3ltr pot

Lavandula stoechas (also known as French Lavender ) is a beautiful, fragrant, and compact lavender variety with distinctive "butterfly-like" petals on top of its flower spikes. It’s a great choice for containers, borders, and pollinator gardens, attracting bees and butterflies while being drought-tolerant.

Characteristics:

• Type: Perennial in the UK

• Height & Spread: 12–24 inches (30–60 cm) tall and wide

• Flowers: Purple blooms with unique tufted "ears" on top

• Foliage: Silvery-green, highly aromatic leaves

• Bloom Time: Spring to early summer, with repeat blooming in warm climates

Growing Tips:

• Sunlight: Needs full sun (6+ hours per day)

• Soil: Prefers well-drained, sandy, or loamy soil with a slightly alkaline pH

• Watering: Drought-tolerant once established; water lightly but regularly in the first season

• Pruning: Trim after flowering to encourage reblooming and bushy growth

• Fertilizing: Minimal feeding needed—too much fertilizer reduces fragrance

• Container Growing: Ideal for pots with good drainage—use a gritty soil mix

Supplied in a 1 litre pot

Pieris 'Forest Flame'

Pieris 'Forest Flame' is a stunning evergreen shrub prized for its vibrant red new foliage, which matures to pink, creamy white, and finally glossy green. It also produces clusters of small, bell-shaped white flowers in early spring, making it a fantastic choice for year-round interest in gardens, borders, and containers.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen shrub

• Growth Habit: Bushy, upright, and slow-growing

• Height & Spread:

  • Grows 3–4 feet  tall

  • Spreads 2–3 feet 

• Foliage:

  • New leaves emerge fiery red in spring

  • Gradually turn pink, cream, and then dark green

• Flowers:

  • Pendulous white flowers (similar to Lily of the Valley) appear in early to mid-spring

• Bloom Time: March to May

• Attracts: Bees and pollinators

• Supplied in a 2 litre pot

• Growing Tips:

• Sunlight: Prefers partial shade, though it can tolerate full sun if the soil remains moist

• Soil: Needs acidic, moist but well-drained soil (ericaceous compost if growing in a container)

• Watering: Keep evenly moist but avoid waterlogging

• Fertilizing: Use an ericaceous (acidic) fertilizer in spring and summer

• Pruning:

  • Light pruning after flowering to maintain shape

  • Remove spent flower heads to encourage new growth

• Container Growing: Ideal for pots using ericaceous compost and ensuring good drainage

Rosemary

Officinal Prostrate

Why buy me ?

• Loved by bees
• Comes back year after year
• Scented flowers

Rosemary Prostrate is a great addition to your garden and can be used to fill up gaps or drape over walls.

 Grow it in well-drained soil either in full sun or partial shade and enjoy fragrant foliage all year long. This creeper has a maximum height of around 15cm and is perfect for planting in rock gardens, pots, and borders.

Supplied in a 5 ltr pot

Lavender

Angustifolia ( English Lavender)

Why buy me ?

• Loved by bees
• Comes back year after year
• Scented flowers

Lavender is one of the most popular small garden shrubs. It has narrow, oily and aromatic evergreen leaves and bears dense spikes of small tubular flowers in summer.

Lavandula angustifolia is commonly known as English lavender. 

Supplied in a deep 3ltr pot

Euryops pectinatus, commonly known as the Golden Daisy Bush or Yellow Bush Daisy, is a hardy, evergreen shrub native to South Africa. It's especially popular in warm, sunny climates for its vibrant, daisy-like yellow flowers and fine, silvery-green foliage and grows very well on the Island, once established it can flower everyday if the year !

• Botanical name: Euryops pectinatus

• Common names: Golden Daisy Bush, Yellow Bush Daisy

• Type: Evergreen shrub

• Height/Spread: Typically 3–5 feet tall and wide

• Flowers: Bright yellow, daisy-like blooms, most prolific in spring and summer but can flower almost year-round in mild climates

• Foliage: Ferny, grey-green to silvery foliage, deeply divided (pectinate = comb-like, hence the name)

• Light: Full sun

• Soil: Well-draining soil, tolerant of poor soils

• Water: Drought-tolerant once established

• Maintenance: Low; benefits from occasional pruning to shape and encourage blooming

Uses:

• Great for borders or coastal plantings

• Excellent pollinator plant – attracts bees and butterflies

• Pairs well with lavender, rosemary, and other drought-tolerant plants

Supplied in a 1ltr pot

Diosma

Sunset Gold

Why buy me ?

• Heather like evergreen foliage
• Masses of small white flowers in Summer
• UK grown

An unusual gold leaved form of this New Zealand native with bright, heather-like evergreen foliage. Makes a dense,spreading shrub and has masses of small white spring flowers. Hardy in milder, well drained locations. Can be grown in larger pots. Likes full sun

Eventual size - 30cm x 70cm

Supplied in a 3ltr pot

Vinca Minor

Ralph Shugert - Lesser Periwinkle

Why buy me ?

• Evergreen
• Frost Hardy shrub
• Full sun / part shade
• Create spreader for ground cover
• UK grown
• RHS Award Merit

An evergreen, trailing shrub which roots as it spreads. The foliage is dark green with a narrow variegated white border and the large flowers are vivid, deep violet.

The long,trailing stems of this prostrate,evergreen shrub are excellent for suppressing weeds naturally

Supplied in a 3ltr pot

Ultimate height
10cm - 0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height
5 - 10 years

Ultimate spread
15cm - 1.5 metres

Vinca Minor

Alb - Lesser Periwinkle

Why buy me ?

• Evergreen
• Frost Hardy shrub
• Full sun 
• Create spreader for ground cover
• UK grown

Masses of white flowers from April to September every year just above the carpet of evergreen foliage. One of the best ground cover plants available. Likes fertile, well drained soil and good chalky soils

The long,trailing stems of this prostrate,evergreen shrub are excellent for suppressing weeds naturally

Supplied in a 3ltr pot

Ultimate height
10cm - 0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height
5 - 10 years

Ultimate spread
15cm - 1.5 metres

Vinca Minor

Atropurpurea - Lesser Periwinkle

Why buy me ?

• Evergreen
• Frost Hardy shrub
• Full sun to part shade
• Create spreader for ground cover
• UK grown

A wide-spreading evergreen perennial with dark green leaves and deep reddish purple flowers from April - September

The long,trailing stems of this prostrate,evergreen shrub are excellent for suppressing weeds naturally

Supplied in a 3ltr pot

Ultimate height
10cm - 0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height
5 - 10 years

Ultimate spread
1 - 1.5 metres

Vinca Minor

Bowles Variety - Lesser Periwinkle

Why buy me ?

• Evergreen
• Hardy shrub
• Full sun to part shade
• Create spreader for ground cover

Lavender-blue flowers which are produced over a long period from April to September and dark green leaves.

The long,trailing stems of this prostrate,evergreen shrub are excellent for suppressing weeds naturally

Supplied in a 3ltr pot

Ultimate height
0.1 - 0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height
5 - 10 years

Ultimate spread
1 - 1.5 metres