We are pleased to be offering  the very striking  RED Hummingbird Bush, Abutilon Wisley Red. This rarely offered 'climbing' Abutilon is HARDY in the UK, and will astound you in the spring and summer months with its unqiue and enchanting pure red hanging bell flowers which cover the plant from head to toe.
Abutilon Wisley Red can be grown either as a bush or as a climber and will grow up to 6ft high. It needs a nice warm spot in a sheltered garden to show its full potential and remains evergreen throughout the year in this position. It can be grown in the garden (beautiful if planted within the stems of a delicate bamboo such as Fargesia) or as a patio pot plant. Protect from hard frosts and these plants will flower from March right through until late October - and if you bring them into a cold greenhouse then they will carry on flowering through the winter too!

3L pot, 4-5ft specimens 

The chocolate vine is a magnificent climber, that will always flower in the UK, and large specimens can be smothered in bloom & fragrance in the Spring. It is a semi-evergreen vine that is fully hardy in the UK bearing masses of beautiful maroon-chocolate flowers in early spring which cover the whole vine and which are heavily scented with vanilla. Exotic, dark green, unusual three lobed foliage dress the vine from Spring to Autumn. The flowers are followed by 5inch fruit pods which are edible.

3L pot , 2-3ft specimens £9.99 (A) 

10L pot , 4-6ft specimens £24.99 (B) 

The wonderful Lemon vine is grown for the amazing LEMON SCENT of its foliage, and is a large deciduous shrubby climber. Flowers of white hang down in early summer. Probably the strongest Lemon scented plant, the leaves are EDIBLE and can be used in salads and for tea. Hardy in a sheltered spot in the garden.

3litre, 2ft specimens  £9.99 (A)

12litre, 6ft specimens  £24.99 (B)

Callistmon 'Crimson Tail' is a lovely upright growing bottle brush, which has distinctive leaves and red brush flowers in late summer. You can grow this bottle brush as a climber or a shrub, or small tree. Very hardy, and reliably evergreen in the winter months.

3L pot, 1ft specimens £9.99 (A)

Clematis cirrhosa is a unique winter flowering clematis which is semi-evergreen, and has small green leaves covering the whole of the vine. In January and February, when little else is flowering, this beauty will burst into colour, and produce hundreds of small, bell shaped white flowers hanging like lanterns all over the plant.
You are buying one of our large specimens which stands 6ft tall (inc. pot) on a tower frame (it will be shipped to you as you see it in the photos to the right, on it's frame) in a 10Litre sized pot. It can be kept in its pot all year round, or planted in the ground now. Unlike those poorly, small, straggly specimens you find in garden centres, which always struggle so hard to get anywhere when you bring them home, our Clematis are huge, strong, vigorous vines that will run riot as soon as they touch your garden soil!

10L pot, 6ft specimens  £24.99 (B)   

Clematis montana 'Sunrise' is a DOUBLE pink flowering clematis, which is SCENTED and is covered with rich pink flowers in Spring. This is a 'Montana' hybrid - what this means is that it is a small flowered Clematis, but very very vigorous, and if you are looking for a climber to cover a complete trellis, wall, or tree in a very short time, then this may be the one for you. Montana clematis are showered in flowers from head to toe and have that early Spring wow factor. We are offering lovely 6ft, 10litre pot specimens.

10L pot, 6ft specimens £29.99 (B) 

A unique and dramatic foliage plant, this is actually a cross between ivy (hedera) and the castor oil plant (fatsia), so it has a climbing habit, but with very large Fatsia japonica like leaves. Very hardy, and suitable for any climbing position - an ideal addition to the exotic and jungle garden. Available early February 2008.

3L pot, 2-3ft specimens £14.99 (A) 

The climbing Lacecap, Hydrangea petiolaris, is making a recent comeback due to its toughness clinging to the most unhospitable walls & trellis. This beautiful SELF CLINGING climber is covered with lace like, small white flowers in May to July and thick, dark green foliage. It is deciduous (losing all its leaves in autumn) but retains winter interest through its woody, peeling stems.
The Climbing Lacecap will survive just about anywhere, and will thrive even on a NORTH facing wall or fence. It is a strong grower, but will not take over like ivy. It is also self clinging, so no supports should be necesarry.

7.5L pot, 4-5ft specimens £19.99 (B) 

A subtle blend of white and green give this ivy the english country garden look, and it can be used effectively against a wall, trellis, or fence, and also as ground cover if you let it trail rather than climb. We have 6ft specimens available in late February 2008.

7-10L pot, 6ft specimens £24.99  (B)

An elegant and eye catching variety of ivy, Gold Heart has variegated yellow and green edged leaves with black spherical fruit in the autumn. We have 6ft specimens now for instant planting, which are multi-stemmed and can be trained quickly over wall or fence. .

7-10L pot, 6ft specimens £24.99 (B)

Jasminum beesianum is an unusual, and much sought after uncommon Jasmine that is favoured for its delicious pink-red, fragrant flowers in summer. This lovely Jasmine is less vigorous than some Jasmines, so is an ideal container specimen, or a garden planted Jasmine for a small pagoda or trellis.
Jasminum beesianum would make an ideal partner to one of our Jasmine x stephanese or our rarer Ampelopsis vines.

10L pot, 4-6ft pyramid specimens £29.99 

Jasminum polyanthum, a Chinese native Jasmine, is known as the Christmas Jasmine, because it bears its beautiful white flowers over the christmas period and late winter indoors in the UK. This is a fabulous plant for the conservatory over winter, which you can take outside in Spring, Summer, and Autumn. It can also be planted in the garden in the south of England in a sheltered garden. We have successfully taken these Jasmines down to -6C with no problems at all. You won't quite believe the FRAGRANCE of this Jasmine - even a small plant can fill a room of sweet  scent.

10L pot, 5- 6ft specimens £24.99 (B)  

10L pot, 4-5ft on 6ft pyramid canes £29.99 (B)

Lonicera halliana  - Japanese Evergreen Honeysuckle

Lonicera halliana is the Japanese honeysuckle which is evergreen throughout the winter, and has very strongly scented flowers all over the plant which are white, turning to pale yellow with age. A stunning variety of honeysuckle, which is fully hardy.

7-10L pot, 6ft tower specimens £29.99 (B) 

Lonicera similis var. delavayi HARDY EVERGREEN HONEYSUCKLE

Large Leaf Evergreen - HIGHLY SCENTED

Lonicera delavayi is an unusual Honeysuckle, EVERGREEN and fully hardy, with lush, large leaves and stunning large flowers which are fragrant. This honeysuckle can be used to great effect with deciduous trees - when the trees have no leaves in the winter months, this honeysuckle will provide evergreen winter interest.  This is the largest flowering hardy Honeysuckle, with beatiful white to blue-tinted white flowers, fading to yellow, and they are highly fragrant - blooming from early to late summer.

3L pot, 3ft  specimens (A) £9.99

The rarely available New Zealand Cloud Vine, Muehlenbekia complexa, is one of my favourite vines, and have been causing quite a stir at the nursery this year. These beautiful and unusual vines, have wire-like branches which are covered in thousands of tiny green leaves giving the 'cloud' effect of the vine. They will flower in Spring and early summer, and the flowers are also tiny, but highly fragrant.This vine will be a talking point in any garden, and you can use it in many, many different ways. At our nursery, we grow them vertically for a patio display in steel square pots - but you can use them to cover a pagoda or fence, they can make a hedge or child friendly barrier, and they are very easy to make into topiary.

 3L pot, 3ft specimens £12.99 (A)

Pandorea is a rarely available, exotic, glossy leaved EVERGREEN climber. This wonderfully showy vine produces large, funnel-shaped yellow  flowers throughout spring and summer. Climbing only to between 3 and 5 metres, it is an ideal vine for the small garden up against a protected fence or wall. It is HARDY down to -5C and is easily grown outside in a sheltered garden. It also makes a lovely house or conservatory vine.

3L pot, 3ft specimens

Grown for its spectacular autumn foliage, this lovely form of Virginia Creeper has large distinct leaves and a self clinging habit, and will climb a wall or a pagoda with ease. Bright red foliage in the autumn months. We have some 6ft specimens available now.

 6ft  specimens £24.99(B)

Passiflora cerulea, the hardy Passion Flower, can be grown anywhere in the UK OUTDOORS. This beautiful evergreen vine will produce one of the most spectacular flowers of the botanical world. Exotic, large flowers cover the vine in July and August and are white and blue and between 2-3inches in diameter. Following the flowers, green Passion Fruits begin to swell, and these will then turn yellow and then orange and can be EATEN when they are ripe - usually in September. They are deliciously sweet and nutritious.  

3L pot, 3ft  specimens £9.99(A)

10L pot, 6ft  specimens

Passiflora 'Constance Elliot' is a most maginificent Passion Flower vine for UK GARDENS and is a pure white form of passion flower. Beautiful 3-4inch pure white flowers will cover the vine from head to toe throughout summer and autumn. What our pictures do not show is the simply astonishing fragrance of this vine - one of the strongest of any passion flower. Passiflora 'Constance Elliot' is a Passiflora cerulea (the hardy passion flower you often see) hybrid, which means it will survive OUTDOORS in a sheltered postion. You can also grow it anywhere INDOORS if you wish to.  

3L pot, 3ft  specimens £9.99(A)

Passiflora 'Purple Haze' is a must-have Passion flower for the exotic, and jungle garden style, and is often also used in cottage garden designs. 'Purple Haze' is one of our four hardy Passion Flowers, and this variety has mouth watering exotic flowers up to 3-4inches in diameter covering the vine from summer to late autumn. Very highly fragrant, and very unusual. Passiflora 'Purple Haze' is a Passiflora cerulea (the hardy passion flower you often see) hybrid, which means it will survive OUTDOORS in a sheltered postion.  

3L pot, 2-3ft  specimens £9.99(A)

Passiflora racemosa is a stunning purple RED variety of passiflora, which has large star  flowers in summer and slightly larger foliage than cerulea. . In our opinion, this is a semi-hardy variety and would recommend you plant it in a sheltered position in the garden, or in a pot and bring in over winter. Prune back in early spring for the best flowers in summer.

10L pot, 6ft  specimens  

A stunning hybrid with vivid large pink exotic flowers.

3L pot, 2-3ft  specimens £9.99(A)

This beautiful climber is extremely rare in cultivation and we have just six plants available this year.  Delicate, lobed evergreen leaves on a mound forming column of foliage. To our knowledge quite hardy, but plant in a protected spot.  A wonderful talking point in any garden.

3L pot, 3ft  specimens £14.99(A)