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Berberis vulgaris
Berberis vulgaris
€4.00
European Barberry A deciduous prickly shrub with green foliage and pendulous racemes of small yellow flowers in Spring and red berries in Autumn. Berberis vulgaris makes a good barrier hedge. For those interested in fruiting and wildlife hedges. Its edible but rather tart berries are abundant in Autumn, are high in Vitamin C and can be eaten raw...
Black Mulberry
Black Mulberry
€18.00
Black Mulberry - Morus nigra Medium-sized, spreading tree which makes a beautiful specimen, year-round, with its gnarled branches in winter, and handsome leaves in summer. The Mulberry produces berries when the tree is seven years old and they look rather like a loganberry. Purplish to black, sweet, tangy and juicy, they are a great treat, very ...
Blackberry Polar Berry®
Blackberry Polar Berry®
€5.00
White Blackberry Polar Berry® The fruit of Blackberry 'Polarberry'® is most unusually white, making it ideal for children to pick for themselves with no risk of stained clothing (although the canes are very thorny). It is also a very compact form with an upright habit, making it ideal for containers or a small garden; it can be trained onto wir...
Blueberry Pink Lemonade
Blueberry Pink Lemonade
€8.00
Blueberry Pink Lemonade A new, mid- to late season variety of highbush blueberry with unusual pink berries. These are medium-sized, with a firm texture and sweet and tangy taste, ripening from mid-August and holding well on the bush. For the best flavour, pick after the berries have turned a deep rose-pink; keep picking as the berries ripen. Lar...
Blueberry Pink Popcorn®
Blueberry Pink Popcorn®
€12.00
Blueberry Pink Popcorn This delightful highbush blueberry has creamy-pink berries flushed deeper pink, but with the true blueberry flavour and aroma. Vaccinium corymbosum Pink Popcorn® is a medium-sized fruiting shrub with a compact growth-habit (to 5’/1.5m high and wide) and ornamental interest from spring to autumn. It produces delicious earl...
Caragana arborescens
Caragana arborescens
€6.00
Siberian Pea Tree A large deciduous shrub or small tree native to Northern and eastern Asia. A popular plant for regenerative landscaping due to it's nitrogen-fixing abilities. In Spring it has beautiful bright yellow flowers, followed by pea-like fruits which are used a staple food in its native range. Young pods can be cooked and used as a veg...
Chaenomeles japonica
Chaenomeles japonica
€3.00
Flowering Quince A small deciduous thorny shrub, best known for its beautiful Spring flowers. It will fit in in most gardens, where it is guaranteed to brighten any corner on an otherwise dull Spring day. Another feature is its golden yellow crabapple-like fruit in the Autumn. The fruit of Chaenomeles japonica is edible, but hard and astringent-...
Cornus mas
Cornus mas
€3.00
Cornelian cherry A large deciduous shrub that produces lots of shiny red berries, this fruit has long been used as a food crop as well as been loved by birds. Cornus mas has soft foliage with small, bright yellow flowers in early Spring that are followed by fleshy, bright red, cherry-like fruits in late Summer. Attractive bark on older plants. ...
Cynara scolymus
Cynara scolymus
€4.00
Globe Artichoke A perennial vegetable which is also a wonderfully architectural plant for a sunny border, Cynara scolymus is a statuesque, herbaceous perennial with an upright habit. The huge, jagged leaves are grey-green, at their best in spring and early summer. From May, the big, spiny buds can be cut, cooked and eaten. If left on the plant, ...
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 ...
Filbert - Corylus maxima Red Filbert
€14.00
Corylus maxima Red Filbert A very ornamental variety of cultivated hazel, Corylus maxima ‘Red Filbert’, often referred to as Rode Zellernoot offers a modest display of wine-coloured catkins in late winter, burgundy-purple foliage in spring, turning dark green later, and shiny, red-purple nuts. Light crops of long, slender nuts of excellent flavo...
Goji Berry
Goji Berry
€6.00
Goji Berry (Lycium Barbarum) Rich in Vitamin C and other nutrients, the Goji Berry, also known as wolfberry, is now quite widely grown for its health benefits. Not a plant for small gardens or colder areas, it is a vigorous, spiny shrub best grown against a warm wall, so that the lax stems can be tied in for maximum fruiting. The berry is long...
Hippophae rhamnoides Askola - Sea Buckthorn (female)
€12.00
Sea Buckthorn Askola (Female) A compact, German-developed female cultivar of the sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides ‘Askola’ is a fast-growing, deciduous shrub with silvery, willow-like leaves, particularly suitable for coastal sites or stabilising dunes. Vigorous, tolerates drought. The berries, profusely borne in late Summer, are medium to ...
Hippophae rhamnoides Friesdorfer Orange - Sea Buckthorn (self fertile)
€6.00
Sea Buckthorn Friesdorfer Orange A self-fertile, fairly compact sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides Friesdorfer Orange is a medium-sized, fast-growing, semi-evergreen shrub with an irregular, bushy and very thorny habit, ideally suited as a burglar- or stock-proof hedge in coastal gardens; it can also be used as a specimen. The long, lance-shape...
Hippophae rhamnoides Hergo - Sea Buckthorn (female)
€6.00
Sea Buckthorn Hergo (female) A German-bred, female cultivar of sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides Hergo is a large, slow-growing, deciduous shrub with an upright, suckering habit, making an excellent fruiting hedge if grown with a compatible male cultivar. Not as thorny as some sea buckthorns, it has narrow, grey green leaves, turning yellow-or...
Hippophae rhamnoides Pollmix - Sea Buckthorn (male)
€12.00
Sea Buckthorn Pollmix (Male) A German-developed male cultivar of the sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides ‘Pollmix’ does not bear fruit, but is offered as a suitable pollinator for up to 10 female sea buckthorns, including ‘Askola’. A medium - to fast-growing, deciduous shrub with dark green leaves, silver below, particularly suitable for coastal...
Hippophae rhamnoides Romeo - Sea Buckthorn (male)
€6.00
Sea Buckthorn Romeo (male) A male sea buckthorn, selected to be a pollinating partner to sea buckthorn Juliet, Hippophae rhamnoides Romeo is a large, semi-evergreen shrub of average vigour, with an upright, rounded, bushy and very thorny habit, ideally suited as a burglar- or stock-proof hedge in coastal gardens. The long, lance-shaped leaves ar...
Honeyberry - Lonicera caerulea Amur
€6.00
Lonicera caerulea Amur Also known as blue honeysuckle, Honeyberry originates from Siberia and is able to cope with the coldest areas. The berries are elongated and unevenly shaped, about 1 ½ inches long, deep blue with a white bloom; the flesh is wine-red when ripe and sweet, very rich in antioxidants, and tastes rather like honeyed blueberries....
Honeyberry - Lonicera caerulea Atut
€6.00
Honeyberry Atut With berries very high in Vitamin C and antioxidants, Lonicera caerulea Atut is a cultivar of a fruiting shrub from Siberia and Kamschatka quite recently introduced to the west. The berries are long, cylindrical and purplish-black, with a white, waxy bloom, and have a good, sweet-sour flavour. Honeyberry Atut is an early to mid-s...
Honeyberry - Lonicera caerulea Duet
€6.00
Honeyberry Duet A new superfruit with berries very high in Vitamin C and antioxidants, Lonicera caerulea Duet is a cultivar of a fruiting shrub from Siberia and Kamschatka only recently introduced to the west. The berries are long, cylindrical and blue-black, with a white, waxy bloom, and have a pleasant, sweet, tangy flavour. Honeyberry Duet is...