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Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple
€5.00
Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple - Purple Smokebush A popular shrub or Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple can also grow into an attractive small tree. It provides beautiful foliage colour through the Summer - with its soft dark purple leaves. In late Spring-early Summer it produces delicate, small yellow flowers on light purple stems. From a distance ...
Cotinus coggygria Young Lady

Cotinus coggygria Young Lady
€18.00
Smoke Bush Young Lady A dwarf form of smoke bush, Cotinus coggygria Young Lady is a medium-sized, very slow-growing, deciduous shrub with a rounded, bushy habit. The rounded leaves are deep green, turning lovely shades of purple, red and orange in autumn. The flowers are borne in huge, pink, smoke-like plumes in summer. Because it’s slow-growing...
Cotinus Grace

Cotinus Grace
€5.00
Smokebush Grace A hybrid between the American and European smoke bush, Cotinus Grace grows into an attractive shrubby small tree. It provides a beautiful contrast of colour in any garden with its soft purple/pink/grey leaves, and in late Spring to early Summer it has amazing, delicate yellow flowers on pink stems which from a distance these flow...
Crinodendron Alf Robbins

Crinodendron Alf Robbins
€18.00
White flowering Chilean lantern tree Alf Robbins is a new Crinodendron variety bred by Ravensberg Nurseries here in Ireland, it is a special selection from seedlings of C. hookerianum 'Ada Hoffmann' with pure white flowers, chosen for the stunning combination of deeply incised leaves and bright white flowers. This variety is slow growing and wi...
Crinodendron hookerianum

Crinodendron hookerianum
€10.00
Chilean lantern tree This was a very popular shrub planted in the 70's and 80's, and many of those are still around now, its crimson-red, lantern shaped flowers are produced in early summer and remain on the plant until winter. These flowers contrast very effectively against the dark green leaves. A good option for a larger border or as a speci...
Daphne gemmata

Daphne gemmata
€18.00
Jewelled Daphne A compact daphne from SW China, Daphne gemmata is a small, slow-growing, borderline hardy, deciduous shrub, with a rounded, bushy habit, so is good in the smaller garden in mild areas. The long, ovoid, slightly pointed leaves are bright green. In April and May, into June, this plant carries tubular flowers, splaying out to five l...

Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance
€18.00
Daphne Eternal Fragrance Very long-flowering and uniquely unfussy for a daphne, hybrid Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance is a small, rounded, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub with small, elliptical, glossy, deep green leaves. It produces clusters of beautifully scented flowers, pink in bud and pure white within, in flushes from April to...

Daphne x transatlantica Pink Fragrance
€18.00
Daphne Pink Fragrance A compact, wonderfully scented, hybrid daphne cultivar, Daphne x transatlantica Pink Fragrance is a small, semi-evergreen shrub with a rounded habit, ideal for the small garden or for growing in a container. The small, lance-shaped leaves are a good mid-green. From April to September and sometimes into October, richly and d...
Desfontainia spinosa

Desfontainia spinosa
€20.00
Spiny Desfontainia From the Andes, Desfontainia spinosa is a handsome, medium-sized to large, slow-growing, evergreen shrub with an upright habit and glossy, deep green, holly-like leaves. Bright scarlet tubular flowers with a yellow tip 4cm long are produced from July, and white or yellow green berries may follow. Not reliably hardy in the cold...
Deutzia x rosea

Deutzia x rosea
€5.00
Deutzia x rosea A compact bushy shrub with arching branches. Abundant open bell-shaped, pale pink flowers, reddish tinged on the outside appear in June & July. Plants benefit from regular thinning out of old shoots after flowering. Site: Fairly shelteredPosition: Full sunSoil: Moist, well-drained soilSeasons of interest: Flowers in SummerHar...
Dichroa febrifuga

Dichroa febrifuga
€15.00
Chinese Quinine A striking Hydrangea-like evergreen shrub, usually with vivid blue flower heads in late Summer and Autumn, followed by iridescent indigo-blue berries. Like Hydrangeas the flower colour varies with soil pH, blue on acid soils, becoming pinkish-white on alkaline ones. Not very hardy and needs shelter and winter protection in cold a...
Elaeagnus umbellata

Elaeagnus umbellata
€3.00
Autumn Olive A vigorous growing, deciduous shrub native to the Himalays, China and Japan. Elaeagnus umbellata has green to grey-green foliage with silvery undersides. Branches have sharp, woody, thorn-like spurs. Early Summer brings very fragrant, yellowish-white flowers and pale red, juicy fruits appear in Autumn. The fruit is edible and high ...

Enkianthus campanulatus Palibinii
€8.00
Red flowering Enkianthus Enkianthus are deciduous shrubs or small trees that boast lovely clusters of bell-shaped spring flowers as well as having excellent autumn colour. They are not widely grown although they probably should be because they are so unfussy. However, they do need soil that is on the acid side. Native to Asia and grows especiall...
Escallonia Iveyi

Escallonia Iveyi
€3.00
Escallonia Iveyi A lovely, natural hybrid discovered at Caerhays Castle in Cornwall, Escallonia Iveyi is a large evergreen shrub with an upright habit, making an excellent hedge or wall shrub. Small, deep green, glossy leaves often turn bronze in cold weather. Richly scented, pure white flowers, attractive to pollinators, appear from June to Sep...
Fuchsia hatschbachii

Fuchsia hatschbachii
€4.00
Fuchsia hatschbachii An elegant and unusual Fuchsia from Brazil with long willow-like leaves that arch gently with the typical red and purple flowers beneath. Fuchsia hatschbachii makes an excellent and beautiful plant providing a long season of interest in mixed flower and shrub borders. Also useful in bee-friendly gardens.Site: Fairly sheltere...

Fuchsia magellanica Alba - Pink / White Fuchsia
€3.00
Pink/White Fuchsia This pale pink fuchsia is a less familiar sight than the red fuchsia that covers the south & west coast of Ireland each summer but well worth growing for the attractive, very pale pink flowers that almost appear white from a distance. It and can be pruned hard if required, sprouting again from where it is cut. Fuchsia mage...

Fuchsia Riccartonii - Red Fuchsia
€3.00
Red Fuchsia A familiar sight on the highways and byways of West Cork, Fuchsia riccartonii originated in Chile and Argentina but is now naturalised here. It makes a great deciduous hedge, covered with an abundance of its famous, pink & red flowers, which persist long through the Summer. It will take what the Atlantic ocean throws at it and c...
Gaultheria shallon

Gaultheria shallon
€3.00
Checkerberry A low growing, evergreen, suckering shrub. Gaultheria shallon produces new foliage with flushed, pinky-orange tones that matures to green. The foliage on Checkerberry is leathery and tough, with bell-shaped, pendulous, pink flowers appearing in May and June that develop into purple berries. This excellent groundcover shrub is ideal ...
Genista hispanica

Genista hispanica
€8.00
Spanish gorse A Mediterranean plant which does surprisingly well in our climate, Genista hispanica is related to our native gorse, but is smaller and deciduous. A small, low-growing shrub, with a neat, dense, spreading habit and green, spiny stems, it does particularly well on poor, free-draining soil. Leafy green flowering shoots bear masses of...

Grevillea rosmarinifolia Canberra Gem
€15.00
Spider Flower Canberra Gem A hardier cultivar of the Australian species, Grevillea rosmarinifolia Canberra Gem is a vigorous, medium-sized, evergreen shrub with a rounded habit, grown for its striking flowers and exotic appearance. The leaves are rosemary-like, but longer, deep green above, pale below, and with a sharp tip. Clusters of large, de...