Evergreen Shrubs

Red in bud, opening to bright orange flowers with yellow centres and stamen. Flowering in mid May with a glowing flame-like appearance this is a tough and floriferous plant with a compact habit.

Characteristics:

• Type: Tall Shrub
• Colour: Red/Orange
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1.5m x S-1.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy to -20°C
• Flowers: May
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 5 Litre

Covered in a glorious powdery blue flower in May and June, this evergreen shrub is a perfect selection for mixed borders. Can be trained to climb walls or fences if desired. Also known as the creeping blue blossom, it will add a wave of blue in your garden.

Characteristics

• Common Name: Creeping Californian Lilac
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: Powder-Blue
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-2.5m
• Hardiness: Borderline Hardy - may need protection from severe frosts
• Flowers: May and June
• Position:Full sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Felicia amelloides 'Felicitara Blue' is a tender, compact, rounded subshrub, often grown as an annual, with ovate, deep green leaves and small, daisy-like, blue flowers in summer. Attractive to butterflies.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Blue Daisy
• Type: Evergreen Patio Plant, Subshrub
• Colour: Blue
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.25m x S-0.25m
• Hardiness:Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 10.5cm

Iberis sempervirens 'Alexander's White' is a compact, mound-forming, evergreen subshrub with short, linear to oblong, dark green leaves and upright stems bearing dense, rounded clusters of fragrant, white flowers in mid- to late spring.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Candytuft
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.2m x S-0.4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Spring
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Rhubarb and Custard' is a compact, bushy, evergreen shrub with small, glossy, oval, pink-flushed, dark green leaves with irregular cream to pale yellow margins. Leaf tips and margins turn deep reddish-pink in cold weather.

Compact, dense, racemes of violet flowers bloom in late spring and early summer. A beautiful low maintenance shrub perfect for small gardens or grown in pots on a patio or balcony. Hebe 'Rhubarb & Custard' is also great for attracting butterflies and bees.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Soil: Neutral, Alkaline soil
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Euryops pechtinatus is an evergreen shrub with pinnately cut, grey-hairy leaves and long-stalked daisies from early summer, and into winter when grown under glass.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Shrub, Patio Plant
• Colour: Yellow
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Flowers: Summer, Autumn and Winter
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 3 Litre

Sarcococca hookeriana humilis is a compact shrub that forms a neat clump of glossy, elliptic leaves with small clusters of fragrant, cream-white flowers with crimson anthers. Black berries appear in winter.

Characteristics:

• Type: Compact Shrub
• Colour: White & Crimson
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Winter
• Position: Full Shade or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Sarcococca hookeriana 'Fragrant Mountain' is a tough evergreen shrub that tolerates dry and shady conditions. It forms a dense cluster of rich green foliage with small creamy white flowers appearing in late winter.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.6m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Winter
• Position: Full or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 1.5 Litre

Euonymus japonicus 'Goldmine' is a wondewrfully eye-catching shrub with its bright yellow and variegated colour. This shrub is suitable as a hedge plant.

Characteristics:

• Type: Compact Shrub
• Colour: Yellow
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: May & June
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 1.5 Litre

Lavandula stoechas lusitanica is a sturdy variety. Masses of mauve flowers with pink bracts appear during the summer months. French Lavenders have a very long flowering season. The flowers are also especially attractive to bees and other pollinators.

This particular Lavender is shaped as a lollipop topiary ball, making it a perfect ornamental shrub.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Lavender
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: Blue/Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.6m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 18cm

'Alan Fradd' is a small, dense, rounded, evergreen shrub with mid-green leaves. It bears white flowers with a dark purple blotch at the base of each petal and a golden boss of stamen in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: Green,White & Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H 1m x S 1m
• Hardiness: Frost-Hardy (Needs Winter Protection in Cold Areas)
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Lavandula stoechas 'Javelin Forte Deep Pink' is a compact, upright, bushy, evergreen shrub with linear, aromatic, grey-green leaves, and, from late spring to early autumn, unbranched stems bearing dense spikes of tiny, fragrant, dark reddish-purple flowers topped with conspicuous, lilac-pink bracts.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: French Lavender
• Type: Evergreen Perennial, Lavender
• Colour: Pink
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.5m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Late Spring to Early Autumn
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Sarcococca hookeriana 'Fragrant Valley' is a dense evergeen shrub with lustrous green leaves. Small but fragrant white flowers are borne in late winter. Perfect for dry or shaded areas.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: White
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-0.5m
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Flowers: Winter
• Position: Full or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Buddleja davidii 'Flower Power' is a tall bicoloured shrub with a blend of purple and orange flowers. It is very hardy, easy to grow and lasts all summer long.

Characteristics:

• Type: Tall Shrub
• Colour: Purple & Orange
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2m x S-2m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 3.4 Litre

Cistus x Purpureus is a small, bushy evergreen shrub with narrow, dull green leaves. It produces flowers with purplish-pink petals with a large deep red botch at the base.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Rock Rose
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: Pink, Purple, Red
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Prunus laurocerasus 'Marbled White' is an upright, evergreen shrub with large glossy, marble-like variegated dark green and white leaves, and white, fragrant flowers in spring. It sometimes has cherry red berries in autumn.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen
• Colour: White, Variegated
• Max. Height & Spread: H-5m x S-5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Spring
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Lavandula stoechas lusitanica is a sturdy variety. Masses of mauve flowers with pink bracts appear during the summer months. French Lavenders have a very long flowering season. The flowers are also especially attractive to bees and other pollinators.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Lavender
• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: Blue/Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H 0.6m x S 0.6m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 25cm

Hebes are a great addition to all gardens. They have a compact mounding habit making them ideal for small spaces. They are low maintenance and grow well in all locations, especially coastal areas. Hebe 'Little Red Rum' has dark green foliage, beetroot red in Spring when young and lilac flowers.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: Lilac
• Max. Height & Spread: H-0.4m x S-0.4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer & Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre