Plant Calendar - October to December
October: National Conifer Week is this month. Conifers are a wonderful way of adding colour and shape to your garden. The majority are evergreen, so the effect lasts all year round. There is an amazing selection of different shapes, colours and sizes from which to choose, from the tiniest dwarfs suitable for sinks and troughs to magnificent parkland trees.
Other plants to look out for this month - Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’ (violet-coloured berries) and Parrotia persica (Persian Ironwood - brilliant autumn leaf colours).
November: Fruit Trees ( bare root ) & Soft Fruit bushes are available from the Tree Shop from early this month. A wide range of varieties is stocked and special orders can also be taken.
Other plants to look out for this month include: Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ and Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnanlis’ (Autumn Cherry). .
December: Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’ and Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana are small, compact, evergreen shrubs. ‘Rubella’ bears panicles of red buds throughout the winter which open to white flowers in spring while reevesiana is covered with crimson-red fruits which usually last until the white flowers appear in May.
Other plants to look out for this month include Sarcococca (Christmas Box) and Viburnum tinus.
Please note: we will be taking orders for hedging up until the end of January. You can refer to the shop area to buy or for further information.
