Cottagekaren22's Garden

Almost evergreen, beautiful big deep red flowers and big tropical-looking leaves.

Slow growing paper-bark maple

Coral Bark maple. Fresh green in summer, golden in autumn, red stems in winter.

Acer palmatum 'Winter Flame' is a superb Coral Bark Maple for small gardens or planted in a container. I...

Beautiful semi evergreen foliage. Large climber. Scented panicles of unusual maroon flowers in late spring follo...

A striking flower of deep red purple in compressed spherical shaped umbels.

Beautiful and beneficial, June Berry (Latin name Amelanchier Alnifolia Obelisk) is a small, elegant tree with in...

I’ve had a thing about this plant’s name for years! I love it! Anyway, I spotted this beautiful variegated form ...

A splendid 'all-year-round' performer with plenty of large, pink flowers through most of the year includ...

Beautiful evergreen fern with variegated foliage. Beloved of florists for winter arrangements.

Evergreen, winter-flowering and fruiting shrub with interesting cinnamon-like bark.

Pineapple broom.

Found this lovely little plant at the NT Garden Centre at Stourhead. I always loved ‘Monch’. Let’s see if this i...

Another one I had to leave behind.

Azalea 'Cannon's Double' is a small deciduous shrub, flowerin...

A new form of this very hardy Chinese species from the USA with silver spots on the saturated deep-red backed le...

A tuberous perennial, about 45cm in height, with asymmetric, small green crinkled leaves, rich red with prominen...

One of the loveliest Birches with large, drooping, dark green leaves which contrast well with its Bark. The bark...

Himalayan Birch) A handsome birch, Betula utilis var jacquemontii 'Dark Ness' develops glossy dark brown...

A Dwarf trailing blackberry for pot culture. Three in a tall pot. Max ht 50cm. Thornless.

Bottle-Brush plant with red flowers and evergreen foliage. Requires full sun.

The hardiest of the Bottle Brushes, with pale yellow flowers.

Small white flowers in profusion over small glossy leaves which are red when young. Hardy to -12C and a great li...

Couldn’t get this to rebloom in Scotland, so will give it a chance here.

Planted by the builder in the side border under our garden wall. About a dozen of them.

The tiniest clematis ever. Only about a foot in any direction. Perfect for front of border or even a hanging bas...

Another short growing ‘patio clematis’ from Raymond Edison in Guernsey. Not one I have grown before, but the col...

One of Raymond Edison’s shorter growing, more floriferous and reliable clematis. Lovely rich, deep purple with c...

One of the reddest Clematis. Great for pots.

Violet with red bar. Like a smaller Mrs NThompson.

This is a beautiful clematis for a semi shaded spot. Pale blue flowers in profusion, all summer.

I picked up a couple of these, along with the grey fern, at the plant shop at Stourhead NT on Saturday. We had f...

Named after the grand daughter of a Japanese nurseryman, Cornus kousa 'Miss Satomi' is an exceptionally ...

Red flowered and heavily veined with silver foliage.

Highly scented pale pink flowers over many weeks through late inter into early spring. Larger flowers than other...

Short-lived perennial.

Hardy Japanese Sharon fruit.

The Isu Tree is more of a spreading shrub with narrow, ovate, leathery, glossy, dark green 5-8cm long leaves. Di...

White flowered Heather. Blooming in January.

Dwarf form of Eucalyptus. Pretty blue foliage. Evergreen, aromatic. Keeps midges at bay. Full sun. Great for flo...

The narrow blue-grey, peppermint scented foliage and showy rich red stems make this new eucalyptus outstanding. ...

five-horned spindle

A deciduous, spreading shrub, to 2m tall and 3m wide, with narrow, lance-shaped, dark-gre...

Beautiful evergreen with spring flowers. Very colourful all year-round performer.

Orange and yellow Flowers with honey scent. April-June. Evergreen foliage. A large, architectural spurge for a s...

Fast-growing evergreen with tropical characteristics. Huge palmate leaves. Flowers in autumn. Loves shade.

This fig has stripes stems and fruit.