Shrubs – Wykeham Mature Plants

Escallonia Gold Ellen

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:16:23 +0000

An excellent evergreen shrub with very attractive, vibrant gold young growth in spring and a dark green central splash. Flowers are pink-red and are borne throughout July and August.

Red/Golden Twisted Willow

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:09:15 +0000

An unusual plant which has bright orange-yellow twisted branches which give the appearance of flames are twisted. In the summer the leaves are typical willow lance-shaped green leaves which turn yellow in the autumn to reveal the contorted skeleton. A great architectural plant which will bring burst of life to your winter garden.

A small tree or large shrub, to 5m tall best grown as an annual pollard.

Sambucus ‘Golden Tower’

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:05:26 +0000

Upright golden cut leaf elder (Sambucus ‘Golden Tower’) is a striking, columnar shrub prized for its bright golden-yellow, deeply cut foliage, white summer flowers, and edible berries, offering architectural height and colour for gardens, containers, borders, or as a focal point, thriving in full sun in most well-drained soils, and known for its low maintenance and tolerance to urban conditions.

Camellia in variety

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:12:53 +0000

An attractive shrub with dark green, glossy leaves and flowers in shades of pink, white and red. Compact, upright growth which will make a small tree in 50 years. Avoid a planting position exposed to early morning sun as this can damage the flower buds.

Acer davidii

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:44:00 +0000

A multistem tree with arching branches and attractive green and white-streaked bark. The mid-green leaves turn orange and yellow in autumn with green and red fruits.

Snowball

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:35:15 +0000

A rounded shrub with dark green leaves, purple tinted in autumn. Globular heads of creamy white flowers from late spring to early summer.

Shrubby Mallow

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:48:19 +0000

A useful shrub for the back of the border with dark green, lobed leaves that come into leaf late. Lovely, bright blue, double, mallow like flowers with a red eye, in late summer.

Mountain Pine

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:26:56 +0000

A rounded conifer making a bushy shrub or small tree with short, dark green, needle-like leaves. Produces dark brown, ovoid cones.

Beauty Bush Pink Cloud

admin — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:44:59 +0000

A superb, suckering shrub with arching branches of dark green leaves and masses of bell-shaped bright, deep pink flowers with yellow throats from late spring to early summer.

Chinese Dogwood

admin — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:35:11 +0000

Chinese dogwood (Cornus kousa Chinensis) produces a profusion of large white flower bracts in May and June that slowly change to a pinkish hue as they mature.

The foliage turns vivid orange and red in autumn, when small edible pink fruits are also produced.

Cornus kousa var. chinensis prefers to be planted in a sunny position avoiding poor or shallow soils, but will still do well in partial shade and has an estimated height and spread of just 3 x 3 metres.