Looking good in February

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We have plants of all shapes and sizes, here are our top choices for February:

For fragrance

  • Sarcococca
  • Viburnum × bodnantense
  • Hamamelis (witch hazel)
Viburnum × bodnantense

Climbers

  • Callicarpa bodinieri (provides winter berries for native wildlife)
  • Camellia
  • Chimonanthus
  • Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’
  • Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine)    
Callicarpa bodinieri

Shrubs

  • Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’
  • Camellia x williamsii ‘Saint Ewe’
  • Camellia x williamsii ‘Debbie’
  • Chaenomeles (Japanese quince)
  • Cornus (for coloured stems)
  • Edgeworthia chrysantha
  • Erica x darleyensis Mixed
  • Euphorbia
  • Daphne ‘Spring Beauty’
  • Daphne ‘Royal d’Or’
  • Daphne odora Aureomarginata’
  • Edgeworthia Chrysantha
  • Hamamelis
  • Mahonia
  • Photinia serratifolia ‘Pink Crispy’
  • Photinia x fraseri ‘Pink Marble’
  • Sarcococca
Sarcococca confusa

Herbaceous perennials

  • Hellebores

For winter blooms…

  • Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’
  • Camellia x williamsii ‘Saint Ewe’
  • Camellia x williamsii ‘Debbie’
  • Helleborus ‘Ice n’ Roses Red’
  • Chaenomeles (Japanese quince)
  • Erica x darleyensis Mixed
  • Daphne ‘Spring Beauty’
  • Daphne ‘Royal d’Or’
  • Daphne odora Aureomarginata’
Camellia

For evergreen colour and interest…

  • Myrtus communis ssp. tarentina 
  • Stipa arundinacea (Pheasant’s Tail Grass)
  • Pinus sylvestris ‘Watereri’
  • Pinus ‘Bambino’
  • Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle)
Pinus sylvestris ‘Watereri’

Root-ball Hedging

  • Prunus laurocerasus ‘Novita’
  • Prunus lusitanica ‘Angustifolia’
  • Taxus baccata
  • Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’
Portuguese Laurel (Prunus lusitanica)