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Red Alder Seed
Alnus rubra£5.00 – £25.00 inc. VATRed Alder is an extremely fast growing medium sized, large leaved tree which carries male catkins up to 15cm long in the spring. It is a good choice for waterside and pioneer plantings, since it fixes nitrogen from the air into the soil. The bark was used as a source of red dye and of salicylic acid(aspirin)
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Red Barked Dogwood Seed
Cornus alba£5.00 inc. VATRed Barked Dogwood is a well known deciduous shrub growing a thicket of stems up to 3m high. In winter the rich red stems are impressive. The fruits are white or light blue after heads of tiny cream star flowers. Use as an informal hedge or barrier and in the wilder parts of the garden. Tolerant of most soils and very hardy.
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Red Berried Elder Seed
Sambucus racemosa£5.00 inc. VATRed Berried Elder is a large shrub with leaves made up of 5 to 7, toothed leaflets. It bears yellowish white flowers in flat heads in spring which give rise to dense heads of ripening scarlet red berries in summer. This species is often used as a cover plant for game. The flowers attract butterflies and although the fruit is poisonous when raw, it can be eaten when cooked. It can be used as a large informal barrier or hedge.
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Red Leafed Rose Seed
Rosa rubrifolia / glauca£7.00 inc. VATA medium sized deciduous shrub with reddish almost thornless stems. The attractive leaves have a greyish burgundy tinge. The single flowers are pink and give rise to the ovoid dark red hips. Remove some older stems down to soil level in the late autumn or spring to rejuvenate. This shrub makes a good backdrop to any border, especially herbaceous. It arches gracefully, if allowed to making an elegant shape. Carefree and easy
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Red Oak Seed
Quercus rubra (borealis)£6.00 inc. VATRed Oak is a large fast growing deciduous tree with large matt, oval, lobed leaves that turn red and then russet brown before leaf fall in the autumn. It requires a lime free rich soil and doesn’t do very well in shade. Makes a superb specimen tree. Pollution tolerant, but unsuitable for town planting because it needs sunshine.
Not for forestry purposes.
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Red Stemmed Dogwood (Sibirica) Seed
Cornus alba siberica£5.00 inc. VATRed Stemmed Dogwood(Sibirica) is not as robust as some forms but it is an outstanding medium sized deciduous shrub with coral crimson winter shoots and fresh green clean cut leaves appearing in spring. Heads of starry white flowers appear in May and June followed by insignificant fruit. It is often advised on established shrubs to chop about a third of branches down to ground level each year, since the younger stems thus encouraged have a better red colour.
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Redvein Maple Seed
Acer rufinerve£6.00 inc. VATA Snakebark Maple with attractive olive green trunk, marked and lined with grey, three lobed leaves and good autumn colour. The lime-green flowers appear early in the spring with the leaves.
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Rosa Laxa Seed
Rosa laxa£5.00 inc. VATA deciduous shrub growing to 2.5m which produces flowers in July with seed produced from August onwards. It is found in woodland and hedgerows. Commercially it is used as a rootstock onto which other roses are grafted.
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Rosa moyesii Seed
Rosa moyesii£7.00 inc. VATRosa moyesii is a medium sized shrub with an open growth habit and single blood red flowers, followed by large hips that are crimson and flagon shaped. It will grow at the back of borders or in a wild garden happily, in sun or semi-shade and is unfussy as to soil. No pruning apart from occasional thinning out of branches from the bottom.
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Rose of Sharon Seed
Hypericum calycinum£6.50 inc. VATRose of Sharon is a dwarf evergreen shrub with large leathery leaves and golden flowers with long stamens all summer. It is an excellent ground-cover plant, suckering generously if kept shaded but can get a little out of control in full sun! Bits can be pulled up occasionally, and old stems chopped down, but otherwise doesn’t need much attention.
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Rugosa / Ramanas Rose
Rosa rugosa£5.00 inc. VATRugosa rose is a strong growing deciduous shrub which flowers throughout the season, the leaflets are veined and puckered (rugose). The purplish single flowers are up to 10 cm wide and these give rise to tomato shaped hips up to 3cm across. Makes a prickly but decorative barrier and will take pruning or trimming regularly. Rose-hip syrup is an excellent source of vitamin C and used to be given to babies during the war.
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Rugosa / Ramanas Rose (red) Seed
Rosa rugosa rubra£5.00 inc. VATRugosa roses are strong growing deciduous shrubs which flower throughout the season, the leaflets are veined and puckered (rugose). The scented, wine crimson single flowers are up to 10 cm wide and these give rise to tomato shaped hips over 3cm across. Makes a prickly but decorative barrier that can be pruned or trimmed to the required height. Rose-hip syrup was given to babies during the war as a source of vitamin C.
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Rugosa Rose(white) Seed
Rosa rugosa alba£5.00 inc. VATThe Rugosa rose(white) is a strong growing deciduous shrub which flowers throughout the season, the leaflets are veined and puckered (rugose). The white single scented flowers are up to 10 cm wide and these give rise to tomato shaped hips up to 3cm across. This form is exceptionally free fruiting.
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Scarlet Oak Seed
Quercus coccinea£5.00 – £25.00 inc. VATScarlet Oak is a large deciduous tree with dark green deeply lobed leaves which in autumn turn a glowing scarlet. A fantastic tree for autumn colour especially if challenged by cold weather during autumn. It requires a lime free soil.
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Scottish Laburnum Seed
Laburnum alpinum£7.00 inc. VATScotch Laburnum is a small, deciduous, broad headed tree that produces a profusion of drooping yellow flowers in summer. They are scented and attract insects for the pollen and nectar. The leaves have 3 leaflets and are a lighter green on the underside. It produces pods of poisonous seed in autumn.
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Sea Buckthorn Seed
Hippophae rhamnoides£5.00 inc. VATSea Buckthorn is a first rate deciduous shrub or small tree for coastal, salt laden areas. It has narrow silvery leaves and in winter has a show of orange berries which birds find inedible. The berries can be made into jams and jellies and oil from the leaves and berries may offer numerous health benefits. High in vitamin C. For berries to develop both male and female plants need to cultivated. Grow a few seedlings to guarantee this. Not planted enough in gardens!
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Sessile Oak Seed
Quercus petraea£5.00 inc. VATThe Sessile Oak is one of two UK native oak species. It replaces Q.robur in damper and upland areas, but the two are very similar. A good tree in coastal areas. The large long stalked leaves of Q petraea are not auricled at the base and the stalkless fruits differentiate it from Q.robur. A good tree in coastal areas. Acorns tend to sprout earlier than Q robur too.
Not for forestry purposes.
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Shadbush or Snowy Mespilus Seed
Amelanchier lamarckii£5.00 – £17.00 inc. VATShadbush or Snowy Mespilus makes a large suckering shrub or small tree. It has an impressive white blossom which creates purple fruits, favoured by blackbirds at the end of the season. Golden autumn colour. The tree can be compact and makes an excellent choice for a small garden, but also good in a mixed hedgerow.
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Shagbark Hickory Seed
Carya ovata£20.00 inc. VATShagbark Hickory when mature, forms a stately, open headed tree with plates of bark peeling away from the trunk. Leaves are made up of 5 leaflets similar to Walnut, to which it is related. Long yellow catkins in spring are followed in autumn by large walnut-like fruit. A thick husk hides an edible, sweet, 4 ribbed nut. First grown in UK in mid 17th century.
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Shining Gum Seed
Eucalyptus nitens£6.00 – £48.00 inc. VATShining Gum, Eucalyptus nitens makes a small tree in cooler climates with good young vigour. It has a jungly exotic appearance and the young growth stems are almost square. This tree makes a striking container plant and has some hardiness but requires a very sheltered position. Can be trimmed, but generally carefree. Doesn’t like being coppiced. Useful for floristry.
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Siberian Pea Tree Seed
Caragana arborescens£5.00 inc. VATSiberian Pea tree/Caragana arborescens can grow into a small tree but is more often a shrub. It thrives in any conditions especially in exposed dry situations. The small, pea-like, scented yellow flowers develop into long narrow seed pods. It is a legume and so fixes nitrogen into the soil and can be used to enrich poor soils. The small seeds can be eaten, when cooked, and were used by immigrants to the US whilst they travelled. It is now thought of as an invasive species in America!
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Sichuan Pepper Seed
Zanthoxylum simulans£5.00 inc. VATSichuan Pepper or Chinese Prickly Ash grows into a wide-spreading, deciduous shrub with pinnate leaves similar to Ash. Its branches are slightly hanging and are covered in large, flat spines. Bunches of tiny yellow green flowers appear in May and June, followed by warty reddish fruit. Autumn colour is red and yellow All parts are aromatic and the ground up fruit is a more pungent pepper than Black pepper and a constituent of Chinese ‘Five Spice’. Used against various maladies in oriental medicine.
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Silver Birch Seed
Betula pendula£5.00 inc. VATSilver Birch is a pretty tree, often known as the “Lady of the Woods” It is planted in gardens for its graceful pendulous form. It has an attractive white bark with sharply cut diamond shaped leaves. If unavoidable, trimming has to be done when the tree is dormant; in the spring, the sap rises so fast that they can really suffer if cut. The sap can be tapped, in a similar way to Acer saccharum, to produce the precursor to Birch/Maple syrup. Beautiful winter tracery. A pioneer of difficult areas. Tough and hardy.
Not for forestry purposes.
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Silver dollar tree Seed
Eucalyptus cinerea£15.00 inc. VATEucalyptus cinerea
A small to moderately sized tree with a compact, dense crown of silvery foliage. one of the most popular eucalypts in cultivation, especially in temperate regions and cooler areas. Good choice for screening.The leaves are aromatic, egg shaped, stalkless and glaucous giving it a silvery grey colour.it can be pollarded to produce sprays of young shoots.
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