Botanica - English Grown Plants  

Botanica the nursery

All our Native Plants are English Grown from our nursery in Campsea Ashe, Suffolk.

 

Native English PlantsHedging, Hedge plantsTrees Shrubs ClimbersFruit trees / bush

Buxus sempervirens   

Price 10+ 100+

20/30

£2.40

£1.95

30/40

£2.80

£2.30

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 

Box

A large evergreen shrub or small tree with dense masses of small dark green leaves that have a distinctive aroma. It takes well to clipping and topiary. Small, petal-less flowers are produced in spring. Easy to grow in most conditions.

Buxus semp. Suffruticosa

Prices start from £2.75 for 20/30cm plants. Also available are larger sizes of hedging. Please email or phone for a quotation.

Box

The Dwarf or Edging Box is perfect for framing formal borders to achieve the classic English look.

Cotoneaster lacteus

Price 10+ 100+

60/90

£2.50

£1.85

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year

 


Makes a medium sized shrub rather lax in habit if left unpruned, with large evergreen leaves. I think the joy of this plant is its fantastic display of bright red berries which last into the New Year and help lift the spirit in mid winter.

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 


A superb evergreen shrub of easy and fast growing habit, ideal for windy or exposed positions. Lovely two-toned foliage effect in spring when striking new silvery leaves contrast with the deep green of the old; perfumed white flowers in late summer.

Escallonia iveyi

Prices start from £5.75 for 3L pots. Also available are larger sizes of hedging. Please email or phone for a quotation.


Large panicles of white flowers in the autumn make this plant shine out from the others, not to mention the handsome evergreen glossy foliage. One of my favourites.

Escallonia macrantha 

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 


This excellent semi-evergreen shrub is fast growing and makes for a superb thick hedge and is ideal in windy coastal situations. Flowers deep rose crimson.

Escallonia rubra Crimson Spire 

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 


This evergreen shrub is a strong grower, making a perfect hedge.  If left alone, it will form a beautiful shrub with large dark green leaves and bright crimson flowers and will grow up to 2 metres.

Euonymus japonicus   

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 

 

A large evergreen shrub glossy dark green leaves, very adaptable, especially useful as a shade tolerant hedge, yet quite happy in sun.

Griselinia littoralis

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 


An excellent evergreen subject, which can be used to good effect as an individual specimen or makes an excellent hedge. The foliage is a light apple green that always looks smart and effective. Excellent for maritime exposure.

Griselinia littoralis variegata 

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 

This is a lovely evergreen shrub with thick pale green leaves with a strong creamy white variegation. Very effective for coastal conditions.

Ilex aquifolium

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 

Common Holly

Beautiful and easy to grow, makes an excellent single specimen or grow as a hedge well known prickly foliage and red berries. Plant at least three to ensure berry production.

Ilex aquifolium Bacciflava

Prices start from £3.00 for 9cm pot. Also available are larger sizes of hedging. Please email or phone for a quotation.

Common Holly

A much sought after form with bright golden yellow berries. Easy to grow and suitable for a wide range of positions from industrial to seaside planting.

Ligustrum ovalifolium

Price 10+ 100+

40/60

£1.60

£1.20

60/90

£1.80

£1.30

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 


Vigorous upright semi evergreen shrub. Dense panicles of white flowers in mid summer followed by shiny black berries. A tough plant for a variety of situations.

Ligustrum ovalifolium Aureum

Price 10+ 100+

40/60

£2.25

£1.80

60/90

£2.60

£2.10

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 


Vigorous upright semi evergreen shrub. Dense panicles of white flowers in mid summer followed by shiny black berries. A tough plant for a variety of situations.

Lonicera nitida Fertilis

Price 10+ 100+

30/40

£2.25

£1.60

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 

Shrubby Honeysuckle

Dense and fast-growing shrub with box like foliage. Popular for dwarf formal hedges. Tolerant of a wide range of conditions. The plant we grow performs better as a hedge than Lonicera nitida.

Mahonia aquifolium

Price 10+ 100+

30/40

£1.65

£1.25

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 

Oregon Grape

A small shrub, which is equally happy in sun or shade. Its pinnate shiny leaves often take on a red hue in autumn. A lovely surprise in early spring when the dense racemes of yellow flowers open followed by black berries.

Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 

 

Dramatic, eye-catching brilliant-red, young foliage, at its best when in spring, but lasting for months, slowly turning a deeper bronze and eventually green. Makes a fabulous tall informal hedge for a sunny site.

Prunus laurocerasus

Price 10+ 100+

60/90

£1.85

£1.45

90/120

£4.95

£4.25

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 

Common Laurel

A well known large evergreen shrub, mid green glossy leaves, easy to grow and extensively planted as an effective screen or hedge.

Prunus lusitanica

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 

Portuguese Laurel

The makes a very large evergreen shrub or small tree; deep glossy green foliage with cherry-red leaf stalks and masses of white scented flowers in June. A first rate plant of easy cultivation.

Pyracantha Red Column

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 


A good upright form of this intruder proof hedge with glossy dark green leaves followed by red berries.

Pyracantha Orange Charmer

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 


Makes a really thick impenetrable hedge covered in autumn with deep orange berries.

Taxus baccata

Price 10+ 100+

30/40

£2.75

£2.25

40/60

£3.50

 

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 

English Yew

A familiar sight in churchyards and formal hedges across the country. Makes one of the best formal evergreen hedging subjects, and is not as slow growing as many people think.

Thuya plicata 

Price 10+ 100+

40/60

£2.25

£1.90

Prices listed are for bare root stock only, container grown plants available all year round.

 

Western Red Cedar

Tall conical tree with reddish brown bark with horizontal or hanging sprays of foliage. Makes a good alternative to the ubiquitous ‘Leylandlii’ with darker green and thicker foliage.

Ulex europaeus 

Prices start from £5.75 for 3lt pots. Also available are larger sizes of hedging. Please email or phone for a quotation.

Gorse

Dense spiny shrub known for its pea like flowers produced over long periods. A versatile plant suited in the border or hedgerow

Viburnum tinus 

Price 10+ 100+

9cm

£2.95

£2.50

3L

£5.75

£5.00

 

Lauristinus

Produces many, white, fragrant, winter to early spring flowers, followed by ornamental blue-black fruit, which attract birds. Mature plants reach up to 3m. Makes a good evergreen hedge.

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All our plants are English grown, English provenance stock

All prices quoted on this page are for bare root plants, which are only available from November to March, we have a range of potted hedging plants available all year round, please ring or email for details

Prices include VAT, All prices listed are based on orders containing a minimum of ten plants (can be mixed).

Botanica, Chantry Farm, Campsea Ashe, Wickham Market, Suffolk, IP13 OPZ
Tel: 01728 747113   Email: info@botanica.org.uk