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Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' is a medium-sized, evergreen tree of pyramidal habit, with lovely, variegated, spiny, thorny, shiny, dark green leaves with creamy white margins, purplish-pink when young. Small, inconspicuous, white flowers bloom in spring and are followed by masses of attractive, glossy, bright red berries in autumn and winter. Beneficial for bees, butterflies, and birds, but toxic to pets. Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' can grow in almost any kind of soil, even nutrient-poor, except very wet. It prefers fertile, slightly acidic, moist, well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. It is tolerant of frost, wind, and salt, therefore, suitable for coastal areas. Tough, low maintenance plant. 'Argentea Marginata' Holly is a lovely, variegated variety of Common Holly, perfect as a specimen plant or for attractive, dense hedges and screens. Great to brighten dark areas in the garden and winter landscapes. Its wonderful foliage is used for Christmas arrangements.

Elaeagnus ebbingei, or Ebbing's Silverberry, is a cross between Elaeagnus macrophylla × Elaeagnus pungens. It’s a large, bushy, dense, rounded shrub, evergreen in warm winter climates, semi-evergreen in colder. Leathery, oval leaves are green with silver scales. As the plant matures, leaves turn dark green with silvery undersides. The clusters of creamy white, intensely fragrant, flowers bloom in late autumn, and are followed by edible, reddish-brown fruits in winter and early spring. Elaeagnus ebbingei can grow in wide varieties of soils, as long as they are well-drained. It prefers average, medium moisture, well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. Once established, it can withstand drought, wind, and salt spray. Coastal winds may cause chlorosis when planted on shallow chalky soils. Generally, pest-free and disease-free. Elaeagnus ebbingei has a beautiful silvery-green foliage that creates nice shimmering effect. It is perfect as a background plant, for hedges and screens, in shrub borders, or along highways.

Spindle Euonymus is an evergreen shrub with a dense, compact, rounded habit, making it a reliable choice for structured planting. The foliage is the standout feature of this cultivar, with glossy, leathery leaves edged in creamy-yellow variegation that brightens throughout the year, lending a consistently fresh appearance to borders and containers. New growth often carries a brighter gold tone before settling into its mature variegated pattern, providing subtle seasonal interest without being dependent on flowers for impact. Small greenish-white flowers may appear in early summer, though these are inconspicuous and not a significant feature of the plant. This shrub tolerates a wide range of conditions and is particularly well suited to coastal gardens, as it withstands salt-laden winds and exposed positions with ease. It also performs well in urban settings, coping with pollution and poor soils, and adapts to most well-drained soil types including chalky, sandy and loamy ground. Its dense branching habit makes it useful for low hedging, topiary or as a structural specimen shrub, holding its shape well with minimal maintenance. Being evergreen, it provides year-round colour and screening, making it a dependable choice for gardeners seeking consistent foliage interest and resilience in varied planting situations.

Heavenly Bamboo is a semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub, though in colder conditions it may take on deciduous tendencies, shedding some leaves. Its foliage is a standout feature, with delicate, compound leaves that emerge a reddish-purple in spring, mature to a rich green during summer, and then transform into vibrant shades of red and purple in autumn, providing year-round interest. The structure of Heavenly Bamboo is upright and slightly arching, creating an elegant, airy appearance in the garden. Its moderate density makes it suitable for borders or as a feature plant without overwhelming a space. This shrub is particularly attractive in spring with the emergence of its colourful young foliage, and then again in autumn when the leaves turn to striking reds and purples, offering a dramatic contrast to the summer green growth. In early summer, Heavenly Bamboo produces clusters of small, star-shaped white flowers which add a delicate touch to its early summer appeal. Following the blooms, it often bears bright red berries in autumn, adding further seasonal interest and additional texture to the display. Heavenly Bamboo adapts well to a range of soil types, making it a versatile choice for different garden settings.

Smoke Bush Grace is a deciduous shrub with a vigorous, upright habit that develops into a rounded form as it matures. The large, rounded leaves emerge a soft reddish-purple in spring, maturing to a deeper wine-red through summer before turning brilliant shades of orange, scarlet and red in autumn. In mid to late summer, plumes of tiny, insignificant flowers appear, followed by wispy, smoke-like seed heads that create a hazy pink-grey cloud effect over the foliage, giving the plant its common name. This shrub provides strong seasonal interest, with the autumn colour display being particularly striking against its billowing smoky plumes. It works well as a specimen plant or within a mixed border, where its structure and colour can be appreciated against other foliage. The plant tolerates a range of soil types, including poor or dry soils, and performs well in full sun, which helps to intensify the depth of the leaf colour and enhances the autumn display.

Japanese Wisteria 'Longissima Alba' is a deciduous climber grown for its elegant, cane-like growth habit, ideal for training against walls, pergolas and sturdy supports. The foliage consists of mid-green, pinnate leaves made up of numerous leaflets, providing a soft, textured backdrop throughout the growing season. This cultivar is particularly valued for its long, trailing racemes of pure white, pea-like flowers, which can extend up to 60cm in length. Flowering occurs in late spring to early summer, with the blooms cascading elegantly from the twining stems, creating a striking display and a light, pleasant fragrance that carries well in garden settings. The flowers are attractive to bees and other pollinating insects, making this plant a useful addition for gardeners wishing to support local pollinator populations. As the flowers fade, the plant may produce long seed pods, adding further interest into late summer. Wisteria floribunda 'Longissima Alba' performs best in a sheltered, sunny position with support for its twining stems, and benefits from well-drained, fertile soil. Once established, it requires sturdy structural support due to its vigorous climbing habit, and regular pruning helps maintain shape and encourage strong flowering.

Pittosporum 'Bannow Bay' is an evergreen shrub with small, wavy-edged leaves that are grey-green in colour, often with a pale cream margin, giving the foliage a soft, variegated appearance. It forms a compact, dense, rounded shrub, making it particularly useful for small gardens, borders or low hedging where a neat habit is required. Throughout the year the foliage provides consistent interest, with the variegation becoming more pronounced in strong light. During the warmer months, small, honey-scented flowers may appear, though they are generally inconspicuous and borne amongst the foliage rather than providing a significant floral display. This shrub is well suited to coastal gardens, as it tolerates exposure to salt-laden winds and maintains its compact shape even in challenging seaside conditions. It also performs well in sheltered sunny or lightly shaded positions and adapts to a range of soil types, including loamy and well-drained soils, though it does not tolerate waterlogged ground. Its dense, bushy growth can offer shelter for small garden birds, while the evergreen foliage contributes to year-round structure and greenery in the garden, making it a reliable choice for hedging, screening or as a specimen shrub in mixed borders.

Chaenomeles 'Madame Butterfly', commonly known as flowering quince, is a deciduous shrub with a dense, twiggy, spreading habit. The glossy dark green leaves provide a good backdrop throughout the growing season, emerging with a bronze tint in spring before maturing to green. The shrub is particularly attractive in spring when it produces an abundance of pure white, semi-double flowers with a delicate ruffled appearance, borne along bare branches before the foliage fully develops. This creates a striking display at a time when few other shrubs are in flower. Following the blossom, small yellow-green quince fruits may form in autumn, adding a secondary point of interest later in the year. The early flowers provide a valuable source of nectar and pollen for bees and other pollinating insects emerging in spring when forage is otherwise scarce, making it a useful addition to a wildlife-friendly garden. The dense branching structure also offers shelter for small birds and nesting opportunities within a mixed border or hedge. This shrub is tolerant of a range of soil types, including clay, and performs well when trained against a wall, grown as a freestanding specimen, or incorporated into a mixed or informal hedge.

Photinia × fraseri ‘Magical Volcano’ is a new, improved photinia, a cross between Fraser’s hedging photinia and Chinese photinia serratifolia. It’s a large, evergreen shrub with stunning, colourful leaves with pronounced serrated edges. The leaves are fiery red when young, dark green when mature, and coppery-red in autumn and winter. Panicles of creamy-white flowers bloom in late spring and are sometimes followed by red berries. Photinia × fraseri Magical Volcano can adapt to a wide range of soils, but prefers fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soils. It thrives in full sun and the best leaf colour is achieved in full sun. It can withstand frost, but needs to be sheltered from drying, winter winds. Generally, disease-free. May require some pruning. Christmas berry ‘Magical Volcano’ is a gorgeous evergreen shrub with strong and long-lasting colour, ideal for dense, compact, and attractive hedges and screens. It is also great as a standalone shrub.

Blue Maid Holly is an evergreen shrub with a dense, compact, rounded habit, making it a popular choice for structured planting schemes and hedging. The glossy, dark blue-green leaves are spiny and hold their colour throughout the year, providing consistent interest across all seasons. Small white flowers appear in late spring, typically May, though they are relatively inconspicuous against the foliage. As this is a female cultivar, it requires a male pollinator such as Ilex x meserveae "Blue Prince" growing nearby to produce fruit. When successfully pollinated, bright red berries develop in autumn and persist through winter, offering strong seasonal colour during the colder months when little else is in bloom. The berries provide a valuable food source for birds during autumn and winter, while the dense evergreen structure offers shelter and nesting opportunities for garden wildlife throughout the year. The spiny foliage also creates a degree of protection for smaller birds from predators. This shrub tolerates a range of soil types, including clay, and performs well in both sun and partial shade. It is hardy and adaptable, suiting exposed or coastal positions as well as more sheltered garden settings, making it a versatile option for year-round structure and winter colour.

Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg' is a vigorous, dense, vase-shaped, upright, evergreen shrub with oval, leathery, variegated foliage - grayish dark-green leaves with silvery undersides and irregular golden-yellow margins. Small, fragrant, tubular, creamy-white flowers bloom in autumn and are followed by cherry-like, edible fruits.

Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg' can grow in almost any type of soil, but it prefers average, moist, and well-drained soils, in full sun to partial shade. It can withstand frost, but its shallow roots need to be protected with mulch. It doesn’t like wet conditions. It is tolerant of dry conditions and coastal winds. Fast growing and vigorous. Almost maintenance-free. May become chlorotic on shallow chalky soils.

Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg' is a nice, variegated variety of Silverberry. It is perfect as a background plant, for hedges and screens, in shrub borders, or for banks and slopes. Great for informal, cottage, coastal, and wildlife gardens.

Mexican Grass Tree is an evergreen architectural plant valued for its striking rosette of narrow, rigid, blue-green leaves that radiate outward from a thick, trunk-like base. The foliage has a fine, grass-like texture with slightly serrated edges, creating a dramatic fountain effect that provides year-round structural interest in the garden. As the plant matures, it develops a stout, woody caudex that gives it a sculptural, almost architectural presence, making it a distinctive focal point in any planting scheme. Its symmetrical, spiky form remains visually appealing throughout all seasons, with little seasonal variation in appearance, maintaining its striking silhouette from spring through winter. Mature specimens may produce a tall, slender flower spike bearing small, creamy-white flowers, typically emerging in summer, adding further height and interest to the plant's already dramatic profile. This plant is particularly well-suited to Mediterranean-style and drought-tolerant garden designs, thriving in free-draining soils and sunny, sheltered positions. It is an excellent choice for coastal gardens, as it tolerates salt-laden winds and poor, sandy soils with ease. Once established, it demonstrates excellent drought resistance, making it ideal for low-maintenance, water-wise planting schemes and gravel gardens.

Skimmia japonica is a compact, evergreen shrub valued for its rounded, dense habit and glossy, aromatic foliage. The dark green, leathery leaves provide a solid backdrop throughout the year, maintaining structure and interest in the garden even during winter months. This shrub is dioecious, meaning separate male and female plants are required for pollination and fruit production. Fragrant, creamy-white flower clusters appear in spring, with male plants producing more prominent, showier blooms. Female plants, once pollinated, develop bright red berries in autumn that persist into winter, offering a striking contrast against the dark foliage. The flowers are attractive to bees and other pollinating insects, making this shrub beneficial for garden wildlife. The autumn and winter berries provide a food source for birds, supporting local biodiversity throughout the colder months. Skimmia japonica performs particularly well in shaded or partially shaded positions, making it a useful choice for areas of the garden that receive limited direct sunlight. It also tolerates a range of soil types, including clay, and is well suited to coastal conditions, demonstrating good resistance to salt-laden winds. This adaptability, combined with its low-maintenance nature, makes it a versatile addition to borders, woodland gardens, or mixed shrub plantings.

A deciduous, early-flowering large shrub or small tree with a dome-shaped crown. In spring, before the leaves emerge, clusters of mildly fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers appear. They are followed by small, edible, red to dark red, berry-like fruits in summer. The leaves are oval, toothed, dark green in summer and yellow, orange and red in autumn. Elegant growth habit makes it attractive even in winter. Amelanchier Canadensis is easily grown. It prefers moist, well-drained acidic soils, but it tolerates most soil types and both wet and dry locations. For best autumn colours and berry production, it should be planted in full sun. Very resilient, usually pest-free and disease-free. This attractive tree is perfect as a specimen plant, suitable for hedges, great for banks and slopes. It is especially nice when planted around ponds, lakes, and streams. It doesn’t mind marshy ground. It can also be used for erosion control.

Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg' is a vigorous, dense, vase-shaped, upright, evergreen shrub with oval, leathery, variegated foliage - grayish dark-green leaves with silvery undersides and irregular golden-yellow margins. Small, fragrant, tubular, creamy-white flowers bloom in autumn and are followed by cherry-like, edible fruits. Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg' can grow in almost any type of soil, but it prefers average, moist, and well-drained soils, in full sun to partial shade. It can withstand frost, but its shallow roots need to be protected with mulch. It doesn’t like wet conditions. It is tolerant of dry conditions and coastal winds. Fast growing and vigorous. Almost maintenance-free. May become chlorotic on shallow chalky soils. Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Viveleg' is a nice, variegated variety of Silverberry. It is perfect as a background plant, for hedges and screens, in shrub borders, or for banks and slopes. Great for informal, cottage, coastal, and wildlife gardens.

Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' is a medium-sized, evergreen tree of pyramidal habit, with lovely, variegated, spiny, thorny, shiny, dark green leaves with creamy white margins, purplish-pink when young. Small, inconspicuous, white flowers bloom in spring and are followed by masses of attractive, glossy, bright red berries in autumn and winter. Beneficial for bees, butterflies, and birds, but toxic to pets. Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata' can grow in almost any kind of soil, even nutrient-poor, except very wet. It prefers fertile, slightly acidic, moist, well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. It is tolerant of frost, wind, and salt, therefore, suitable for coastal areas. Tough, low maintenance plant. 'Argentea Marginata' Holly is a lovely, variegated variety of Common Holly, perfect as a specimen plant or for attractive, dense hedges and screens. Great to brighten dark areas in the garden and winter landscapes. Its wonderful foliage is used for Christmas arrangements.

Kolkwitzia amabillis Pink Cloud is a beautiful, medium-sized, vigorous, suckering, deciduous shrub with a vase-shaped habit, exfoliating bark when mature, arching stems, and ovate, dark green foliage, yellow in autumn. Clusters of lovely, bell-shaped, pale pink to clear pink flowers with yellow markings on the inner throat, blooming in spring and summer. Flowers are followed by capsule-like fruits.

'Pink Cloud' prefers average, medium moisture, well-drained soils, but is adaptable to various types of soils as long as they are well-drained. Its foliage is best in partial shade but it tolerates full sun. Generally, pest-free and disease-free. It may need occasional hard pruning if it becomes too dense or overgrown.

Kolkwitzia amabillis Pink Cloud, with its outstanding pink flowers, is great as a specimen plant, perfect for foundations and shrub borders. Ideal for informal, cottage gardens. It can be used as a screen or hedge in large gardens.

Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Robin Hill', commonly known as Robin Hill Snowy Mespilus, is a deciduous tree grown here as a feathered specimen. New foliage emerges bronze-tinged before maturing to mid-green, then developing rich orange and red tones in autumn. As a feathered tree, branches are retained down to near ground level, giving it a full, well-furnished structure from an early stage. In spring the tree is covered in masses of star-shaped, pale pink buds that open to white flowers, creating a delicate, airy display before the leaves fully unfurl. This is followed later in the season by small, dark red-purple berries that ripen to almost black, adding further seasonal interest. Autumn brings a second notable display as the foliage colours develop, making this a tree of year-round appeal. The flowers provide an early source of nectar for pollinating insects, while the berries are attractive to a range of garden birds, offering a valuable food source. This makes the tree a useful addition for gardens looking to support local wildlife. This variety tolerates a range of soil types, including slightly acidic to neutral conditions, and performs well in both full sun and partial shade, making it a versatile choice for most garden settings.

Hydrangea paniculata 'Phantom' is a vigorous, spreading, upright, deciduous shrub with yellow green leaves, and spectacular, huge, dense, conical flower panicles, lime green when young, creamy white in late summer, and soft pink in autumn. Attractive to bees and butterflies. Hydrangea paniculata 'Phantom' can grow in a wide range of soils, but prefers humus-rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils. It thrives in full sun with some afternoon shade in hot summer climates. Very resistant to frost, one of the most winter hardy hydrangeas. Tolerant of urban pollution. It can withstand heat, humidity and sea salt, therefore suitable for coastal areas. Low maintenance plant, requires minimal pruning. 'Phantom' Hydrangea is a beautiful, long-lived, undemanding and easy to grow flowering shrub perfect for any garden – cottage, coastal, urban, or woodland. Excellent for shrub borders or planted in masses in front of fences and walls Great for informal hedges and screens. Suitable for growing in containers.

Thuja orientalis 'Aurea Nana' is a dwarf, compact, slow-growing, evergreen, coniferous tree of columnar to conical habit, with dense, flattened sprays of scale-like, golden-yellow foliage, and oval, female cones. The foliage may have a bronze tinge during the winter. Dwarf Golden Oriental Thuja can adapt to a wide range of soil conditions, but thrives in fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. It hot summers, it appreciates some afternoon shade. It should not be overcrowded because it likes good air circulation. It is resistant to heat, but doesn’t tolerate winter as much as the species. It doesn’t have major pest or disease problems. Low maintenance plant, doesn’t require pruning but is tolerant of hard pruning. Thuja orientalis 'Aurea Nana' is a lovely, ornamental shrub, perfect as an accent plant in small informal, cottage, and urban gardens. Great for low hedges, foundation plantings, and shrub borders. Excellent in rock and gravel gardens.