Exotics & Ornamentals

The elegant Betula pendula is a slender deciduous tree admired for its graceful, lightly weeping form and distinctive papery bark. Its striking silvery-white trunk peels naturally over time, revealing attractive dark fissures that add texture and visual interest. Delicate branches carry small, fresh green leaves through spring and summer before turning a soft golden yellow in autumn, creating a beautiful seasonal display. Silver Birch makes a stunning feature when planted as a single specimen or grouped together for a natural woodland effect. Its airy canopy allows light to filter through, making it ideal for underplanting with spring bulbs or shade-tolerant perennials. Elegant, low-maintenance, and visually striking, it brings year-round character and movement to the garden.

Soil: Deep, well-drained soil
Conditions: Full sun to partial shade. Cold temperate, warm temperate
Size: Height 10m x width 4m

Hydrangea Sundae Fraise is a new variety of hydrangea showcasing a triple treat of colours. It is set to be very popular due to its tolerance of sunny locations in the garden and its amazing displays of flowers! Sundae Fraise blooms prolifically through summer. The mop heads emerge a bright green, fade to white whilst maturing, before blushing a range of pinks as they age over summer and autumn. It is a compact fast growing variety best suited to a sunnier location than traditional mop-top hydrangeas.
Conditions: It is a compact fast growing variety best suited to a sunnier location than traditional mop top hydrangeas. Sun hardy and frost hardy.

Size: H: 1.2m - 1.5m W: 0.9m - 1.2m
Soil: Humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil.
Conditions: It is a compact fast growing variety best suited to a sunnier location than traditional mop-top hydrangeas. Sun hardy and frost hardy.

Hydrangea Blushing Bride®  is a timeless shrub that produces pure white mophead-type flowers that gradually take on a subtle blush of the palest pink as the flower matures. A varietal from the Endless Summer® range of hydrangeas from Fleming’s Nurseries - Blushing Bride will produce its gorgeous blooms from much earlier in the season, and picking the flowers will actually bring on another flush meaning an endless summer of these magnificent blooms, (and often well into autumn too!). These beautiful varieties will flower on old wood and new wood, and the regular flushes will provide an absolute delight in both the garden and vase.

Soil: Rich, moist well-drained soil.
Conditions: Part shade to full shade. Frost tolerant once established.
Size: Height 1m x width 1m

Acer palmatum, or the Japanese Maple, is a superb deciduous tree designed to bring a vibrant colour burst to the garden. The maple is famous for its brilliant autumn colours of red, yellow and orange, whilst the fresh green leaves arriving in spring complement the change of season. The Japanese Maple is a great feature tree for the garden, as well as providing excellent shade. This small tree does well as a bonsai, in containers and will benefit from twice-year feeding with liquid fertilizer and complete plant food.

Soil: Well-mulched, well-drained moist soil.
Conditions: The leaves can be easily spoilt by sun and wind so a part shade or afternoon shade position is ideal. Susceptible to salt and excessive heat. Frost tolerant.
Size: Height 5m x width 5m

A low-growing spreading rose, Flower Carpet Rose Appleblossom produces a multitude of semi-double blooms in the softest shades of pastel pink. A genuinely easy-care rose, the disease-resistant glossy green foliage creates the perfect backdrop for the low- maintenance plant that is rarely without flowers, at any time of the year. Exceptional choice for lining the edge of a walk or driveway and filling the narrow strip that divides front yards. A beautiful choice for banks and slopes as coverage and erosion control. Flower Carpet Rose Appleblossom makes particularly elegant potted patio tree on porch or terrace.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Frost, drought, salt, urban and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.70m x width 1m

Vaccinium corymbosum Pink Icing™ Blueberry has breathtaking foliage colors and large, robust flavoured berries. Spring foliage has many shades of pink mixed with blue and deep greens, and turns a stunning iridescent turquoise blue in winter. Small, white, pendant, urn-shaped flowers bloom in loose clusters in late spring. The flowers are followed by plump, round blueberries which ripen in mid-summer. Plant this variety in decorative patio pots or in the landscape for year-round color and beauty. This plant sets fruit on the previous year’s canes and will produce new canes each year. Each year, prune only the canes that produced fruit for that year.

Soil: Rich, well-drained acidic soil.
Conditions: Full to partial sun. Frost and coastal tolerant
Size: Height 0.30-1m x width 0.30-1m

Rubus fruticosus Thornless Blackberry is a gardener’s delight — vigorous, productive, and easy to harvest without the worry of sharp spines. These hardy berry shrubs produce masses of sweet, dark purple to black fruits through mid to late summer, following a charming display of white or pink blossoms in late spring. The glossy, dark green foliage forms a dense, bushy plant that makes an attractive addition to the edible garden or a soft feature along a fence or trellis. The berries are perfect for eating fresh, adding to desserts, or turning into homemade jams and preserves. For best results, prune during winter or early spring to remove old, weak, or damaged canes and maintain a tidy, open shape. Thornless Blackberries thrive with strong support and regular care, rewarding you with an abundant harvest year after year.


Soil: Well-drained fertile soil. If your soil is heavy or prone to poor drainage, consider planting in raised beds or mounds to ensure good water flow around the roots
Conditions: Full sun. While they are hardy in most climates, you may need to protect them from harsh winter winds in colder areas by mulching heavily or using row covers during the coldest months.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m ( with pruning)

Acer Shaina is a vibrantly-coloured, japanese maple with upright branches covered in bright red leaves in spring, and dark maroon-red foliage in summer. This is a dense and compact cultivar, reaching around 3m in height with a nice globe shape. When grafted as a standard, it makes a colourful and elegant showpiece in the garden, courtyard or patio pot. It is necessary to lightly prune to keep the topiary form. For best leaf colour, it is advised to plant in partial shade.

Soil: Thrives in moist, well-drained soil. 
Conditions: Full sun or part shade. Frost tolerant
Size: Height 3m x width 2m