Enjoy the sweet flavour of freshly picked fruit from this popular pear. Specially bred dwarf variety, producing large dessert pears on stems reaching only 1m (3' 3) tall - just perfect for the patio! Supplied pot grown, 30-40cm (12-16) in height.
Most commonly known as the favourite fir tree to use as a Christmas tree, Abies nordmanniana, or the Nordmann Fir, is and evergreen conifer which can grown in excess of 30m if left. New growth starts out an attractive light green before it matures to match the rest of the rich dark green needles. The young cones start of green and fade through a reddish brown to become the traditional colour.
Tree Peony 'Luoyang Hong' is a gorgeous spring flowering shrub with large showy flowerheads up to up to 25cm (10) in diameter. The petals are magenta pink, with yellow stamens in the centre. Deciduous, but hardy and disease resistant it prefers a sunny or partial shade position and looks great, alongside other varieties of Paeonia suffruticosa, in garden borders. As a native of China, it is a perfect plant for oriental style gardens, but equally at home in a traditional British cottage garden. Height and spread: 150cm (60).
Tree Peony 'Feng Dan Bai' is covered in big, pure white flowers with stunning yellow and burgundy centres in late spring. The simple, crepe-paper blooms are certainly eye-catching in their position above appealing divided foliage. This deciduous shrub is hardy and known for its longevity, adding an exotic feel to borders or your busy cottage garden. Tree peonies are also ideally suited to making cut flowers for the home. Height and spread: 1.5m (5').
Native to China, Tree Peonies are much loved for their bold, late spring flowers, with up to 100 blooms on mature specimens. Tree Peony 'Xue Ta' is a white flowered variety, and looks impressive planted alongside other Tree Peonies, with different coloured flowers, in wide garden borders in various types of garden from oriental to cottage. Deciduous, it is hardy and likes a sunny or partial shade position. Height and spread: 150cm (60).
If you are looking for a flowering hardy shrub with pink flowers, then Tree Peony'Tao Hong Fei Cui' is a perfect choice. It has beautiful soft pink flowers that are about the size of dinner plates! Native to China it is ideal for oriental style gardens, but is also suitable for other types of garden, such as cottage gardens. It is deciduous and disease resistant, with up to 100 flowers on mature specimens. Very easy to maintain and will give years of pleasure, each spring. Height and spread: 150cm (60).
Tree Peony 'Jing Yu' is a flowering deciduous shrub that has scented, large white flowers, in April and May. It will grow in time to 1.5 metres, making it a good sized shrub for medium sized gardens. Planted near to a Rhododendron with purple or pink flowers, it makes a great contrast. Paeonia suffruticosa are best planted in a sunny or partial shade position. Height and spread: 1.5m (5').
Full of flavour and nutrition but small enough to grow on your balcony or patio. This collection of Dwarf Fruit Trees includes delicious eating apples, pears, cherries or plums that you can pick fresh from the tree as nature intended. These trees produce large fruits on a dwarf stem making them easy to look after and absolutely perfect for smaller gardens! Collection includes one each of Apple 'Gala', Apple 'Golden Delicious', Pear 'Conference', Plum 'Amber' and Cherry 'Sylvia'. Height: 100cm (39). Spread: 45cm (18). Supplied 30-40cm tall in 9cm pots.
Such an impressive tree with a unique appearance, the Araucaria araucana is ideally suited to the UK climate, tolerating plentiful rainfall, and is hardy to -20°C. Mature trees will bear cones. Given a spacious position, eventual height may reach 15-20m. Supplied in 6cm pot.
Few plants can compare with the spectacular beauty of a tree peony in full bloom. A mature plant can boast in excess of a hundred wonderfully exotic blooms, each one measuring 25cm (10in) or more across. Breathtaking in borders, tree peonies also make exquisite cut flowers. When grown from seed, tree peonies will reward patient gardeners by blooming in 5-7 years from sowing.
There are few plants that can compete with the beauty of a tree peony in full bloom. A mature plant can boast in excess of a hundred exotic blooms, each measuring up to 25cm (10) or more in diameter! These exceptional shrubs are hardy and disease resistant, and will continue to bloom for a lifetime.