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Clerodendrum bungei
Clerodendrum bungei
€18.00
Glory flower A deciduous suckering shrub native to China. It is best grown in full sun or partial shade. Large heart-shaped dark green leaves which are often tinged red-purple are quite fragrant when crushed. Beautiful pink pom-pom like flowers appear in late Summer and are very showy and sweet-scented, and particularly attractive to butterflies...
Clerodendrum trichotomum
Clerodendrum trichotomum
€18.00
Glory Tree A small spreading tree or large shrub with scented foliage. Pink or greenish buds open into clusters of fragrant white flowers in summer. Striking blue berries with red calyces follow in autumn. Reasonably frost hardy but will need a sheltered position in areas with cold winters. Site: Requires shelterSoil: Moist well drained, prefera...
Clerodendrum trichotomum Purple Blaze
€15.00
Glory bush A stunning fast-growing deciduous shrub that boasts deep purple-flushed new growth and masses of heavenly scented white flowers in early summer. In Autumn, the flowers turn into pearlescent, jewel-like glossy-blue fruit backed by equally attractive red bracts. Clerodendrum trichotomum Purple Blaze grows best in full sun or part shade,...
Clethra alnifolia Hummingbird
€6.00
Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird Quite a rare plant in Ireland, with a gorgeous scent in midsummer, Clethra alnifolia Hummingbird is a compact, small to medium-sized, deciduous shrub with an upright, suckering habit, good in the smaller garden. The glossy, deep green leaves are rather like those of the alder, and turn brilliant yellow in autumn. Fr...
Clethra alnifolia Ruby Spice
€6.00
Clethra alnifolia Ruby Spice A lovely plant for dappled shade in woodland or a shrub border, Clethra alnifolia Ruby Spice is a vigorous, medium-sized, deciduous shrub with a suckering habit. Glossy, dark blue-green leaves colour yellow in autumn. In late summer and autumn, Short spikes of clove-scented, rich pink, bell-shaped flowers appear; unl...
Clethra fargesii
Clethra fargesii
€18.00
Clethra fargesii A deciduous flowering shrub, native to Central China and relatively uncommon in cultivation. Clethra fargesii has stunning panicles of alluringly fragrant white flowers which are produced in late summer. Clethra fargesii also has attractive yellow-red Autumn colour. Site: Requires some shelterSoil: Any well-drained soilPosition:...
Clethra pringlei
Clethra pringlei
€25.00
Mexican Clethra A quite rare and rather tender shrub from NE Mexico, Clethra pringlei is a large, slow-growing, broad-leaved evergreen shrub or small tree. The broad, fleshy leaves emerge bronze, gradually turning deep green. Long, showy racemes of white, sometimes pink, blossom, strongly scented of cinnamon and attractive to butterflies, appear...
Cordyline australis Pink Passion
€15.00
Cordyline Pink Passion Grown for its brilliant colouring, Cordyline australis Pink Passion has long, linear leaves of purplish-grey streaked with shocking pink, magenta and cream. Unlike most cordylines, after developing its trunk to about a metre, it sprouts more stems from the base, maintaining a shrub-like appearance. Perhaps too bright to si...
Cordyline australis Red Comet
€12.00
Cordyline Red Comet A wonderful feature plant, Cordyline australis Red Comet brings an exotic palm-like note to the garden. A medium-sized, evergreen shrub, it’s like an explosion of long, narrow, arching leaves of brilliant crimson, eventually forming a trunk as the lower leaves drop away. Upright spikes of white, lightly scented flowers appear...
Cordyline australis Torbay Dazzler
€15.00
Cordyline Torbay Dazzler A lovely palm-like shrub or small tree, Cordyline australis Torbay Dazzler lends an exotic note to a garden in a mild, coastal area, and can also be grown in a container. Long, linear leaves striped green and white and up to 2’/60cm long, gradually die away at the base as the trunk slowly extends, giving the plant its p...
Cornus alba Aurea
Cornus alba Aurea
€3.00
Golden Dogwood A medium-sized deciduous shrub that produces a thicket of red coloured stems. Cornus alba ‘Aurea’ has soft golden-yellow foliage with small creamy-white flowers in the early Summer followed by clusters of small white Winter berries. The red-barked dogwoods are primarily grown for the stunning coloured Winter stems. ‘Aurea’ has the...
Cornus alba Elegantissima
€3.00
Red Barked Dogwood Elegantissima A medium sized, deciduous shrub or thicket, Cornus alba Elegantissima has rich, red coloured stems and pale-green foliage with striking, silver-white variegation. Small white flowers in early Summer develop into clusters of small white berries in the Winter. Flowers are good for bees and other insects. The red-ba...
Cornus controversa - Wedding Cake Tree (Green Foliage)
€18.00
Cornus controversa - Wedding Cake Tree (Green Foliage) A medium-sized, deciduous tree from China, Cornus controversa gets its name of wedding cake tree from its unusual tiered branches, which make it a stunning specimen in a lawn in the larger garden. Elliptical, glossy, green leaves turn red and purple in autumn. In early summer, flat corymbs...
Cornus kousa Satomi - Japanese Dogwood
€45.00
Japanese Dogwood Miss Satomi A tall, rather slow-growing, deciduous cultivar of the Japanese dogwood, Cornus kousa Miss Satomi is lovely at all seasons of the year. In late spring, four showy, strawberry-pink bracts surround the inconspicuous, green flowers; these are followed by strawberry-like, inedible fruits. The oval, deep green leaves tur...
Corylus avellana Anny's Purple Dream
€25.00
Anny's Purple Dream Hazel A beautiful purple leaved hazel with a compact columnar growth habit. Corylus avellana Anny's Purple Dream has stunning deep purple glossy leaves in spring and early summer. The foliage holds its gorgeous dark colours well into Autumn. The compact growth habit makes this a perfect plant for gardens of all sizes. Requi...
Corylus avellana Purple Umbrella
€28.00
Purple Umbrella Hazel Quite new to cultivation, bred in Hungary and quickly becoming a popular ornamental plant, Purple umbrella Hazel has lightly contorted weeping branches. In summer, young leaves are purple-red, while older leaves turn redish-green. In Autumn it has a quirky multi stemmed structure. Site: Requires some shelterSoil: Any well-...
Corylus avellana Red Majestic
€12.00
Twisted Hazel Red Majestic A large, deciduous shrub or small tree, Corylus avellana Red Majestic is a form of the Corkscrew Hazel, with the same twisted branches, but with amazing rich, purple-red foliage. Long, purple-tinged catkins and later on, nut cases with the same purple tinge, these nuts are edible. A superb slow-growing shrub to enjoy i...
Cotinus coggygria Dusky Maiden
€15.00
Cotinus Dusky Maiden Unfortunately named, but a brilliant foliage plant, Cotinus coggygria Dusky Maiden is a medium-sized, rather slow-growing, deciduous shrub, with a rounded, bushy habit and deep pink young stems. The almost circular leaves are deep blue-green, strongly flushed with purple, and turn brilliant shades of red and orange in autumn...
Cotinus coggygria Flamissimo
Cotinus coggygria Flamissimo
€15.00
Smoke Bush Flamissimo A smoke bush cultivar more compact, and with more vivid autumn colour, than Cotinus Flame, Cotinus coggygria Flamissimo is a large, fast-growing, deciduous shrub with a well-branched, rounded habit. The rounded leaves are deep green flushed with purple, then in autumn turn brilliant red and orange. In June and July, profuse...
Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit
€22.00
Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit - Smoke Bush The first golden-leaved smoke bush, Cotinus coggygria Golden Spirit is a large, deciduous shrub with a shapely, rounded, bushy habit. The leaves are almost circular; they open bronze, turning golden yellow, and in autumn develop tints of red, orange and coral. The green flowers are individually insign...