Magnolia Butterflies is a small to medium sized flowering shrub with yellow scented flowers in Spring.

Unusual for the yellow flowers there are also many varieties of magnolias available such as Magnolia Leonard Messel and Magnolia Heaven Scent  which have pink flowers.

Max height around 2-3m.

Cherry Laurel, Laurel. A dense bushy shrub with glossy green leaves. New shoots bright green. Fragrant white flowers on upright spikes in spring, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Flowers April to May. Full Sun/Partial Shade. Excellent hedging or screening plant.

Other hedging plants include Photinia Red Robin

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Loropetalum Chinense Fire Dance - evergreen shrub.  Rare to find in large sizes - up to 1.4m height shrubs available.  

The Loropetalum is a member of the witch hazel family .  However unlike the more common witch hazels the Loropetalum is evergreen.  This variety, Loropetalum Chinense Fire Dance, has deep plum pink leaves and unusually keeps this deep rich colour year round.

The flowers are small bursts of dark pink all over the plant.

Very attractive ornamental plant.   

Acer Palmatum Dissectum Garnet Specimen Tree - this tree has been grown on a 1m-1.4m stem with wide spreading branches.  The foliage of the Acer Palmatum Dissectum Garnet is feathered and starts red and then changes to orange and bronze over the autumn months.

Unusual and rare to find in taller sizes.  Fully frost hardy - a stunning ornamental tree.  Moist conditions and partial to full shade.

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Olive Tree with a spiral stem.  Olive trees are a best seller at our London Plant Centre.  Having proved very hardy over the coldest winters provided they are fairly established trees.  Fairly drought tolerant they are happy in pots or planted in the ground in well-draining areas. 

When the sun shines through the leaves of an olive you can easily imagine you are in the mediterranean. 

Also available larger much older olive trees with gnarled trunks.

Please read our blog on Olive Trees for a touch of Tuscany for more information.  Or our blog on plants suitable for roof terraces and balconies.

Choisya Ternata originating from Mexico this low growing shrub works well in gardens sheltered from cold winds.  Evergreen the foliage stays a dark green all year and flowers in summer.  The white flowers are fragrant.

The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Italian Cypress Trees - latin name Cupressus Sempervirens is also sometimes known as the Mediterranean Cypress or the Tuscan Cypress.
No other tree epitomises the Tuscan landscape as this tall, narrow coniferous tree - its pencil shape is often used in Italianate garden design and in formal gardens around the world.
Cupressus Sempervirens is a beautiful evergreen upright conifer that is easy to grow in our UK climate, it is hardy and tolerates all conditions, grow it as a specimen tree in its own right or if a group are grown alongside each other it makes for an extremely effective, yet very elegant evergreen screen.

Please read more about Tuscan Cypress on our blog
 

 Ilex Nellie Stevens Holly shaped in a lollipop shape.  Classic contemporary topiary.  Very hardy, elegant and easy to maintain.  

Large heads and thick girth - this topiary tree is excellent quality.  Would look good underplanted with taxus globes.

Approx size 1.1m height stem plus Head = 90cm height x 1m width excluding the pot height ie measured from top of soil. 

Please readour blog on plants suitable for roof terraces.

Viburnum Tinus Eve Price Topiary Tree.  This attractive tree has slender green foliage. Flower buds from late autumn early Spring.  Dark pink buds turn to white flowers in late Spring.

Long lasting buds and flowers. Slow-growing. Fruits - black berries in August. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy - can be slightly tender in extreme frosts.

Feed with ericaceous feed 2-3 times per annum. 

Also available as a shrub.

Ilex Aquifolium Argentea Marginata - a vibrant coloured holly tree.  This holly makes an ideal ornamental tree.  Suitable in all conditions provided fairly well-draining or suitable for pots.

Copes well in shade and partial/shade.  Exposed areas will be fine for this robust plant.

Also available as a shrub