High Pollinating Plants

Achillea ‘Moonshine’ has grey-green foliage and pretty light yellow flowers that are attractive to pollinators, particularly hoverflies. The plants spread slowly into sizeable clumps without becoming invasive.It’s a good choice for growing in cottage and wildlife garden schemes. Grow ..

Scabiosa 'Blue Butterfly' has a beaufiful purple/blue flower from May to October, it grows well in semi shade and full sun. It is drought tolerant and it attracts butterflies. Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’ produces huge numbers of purple-blue pincushion-like flowers from July to September. This long..

Agapanthus ‘Brilliant Blue’ is a superb agapanthus, bearing rich blue flowers with a deep purple stripe on each petal, giving blooms a bi-coloured appearance. Stems are tall and leaves are a rich mid-green. For best results grow ‘Brilliant Blue’ in a sheltered, sunny spot, in moist but well-drained ..

Agapanthus ‘Dr Brouwer’ is a wonderful dark-stemmed agapanthus, on which lilac-blue flowers appear in late-summer. It’s a particularly dramatic-looking agapanthus, ideal for making a statement in a pot in a sunny corner, or planted en masse in a large sunny border. For best results grow Ag..

Agapanthus 'Polar Ice' (African Lily) is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial producing large rounded clusters of trumpet-shaped, pure white flowers. They sit on sturdy, upright stalks above a clump of beautiful, fresh green, strap-shaped leaves...

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' is an evergreen ground cover plant with produces purple flowers in early summer...

These are a dwarf variety of Alstroemeria. They start flowering in May and go the whole way through the summer.  Beware the slugs love them so keep an eye on them. We have a liquid slug killer in stock that doesn't harm any wildlife...

This Japanese Anemone adds height and clear brilliant white flowers with dark green foliage to the late summer / autumn garden...

 Anthemis tinctoria ‘E. C. Buxton’, is a fantastic marguerite for a variety of situations. Drought-tolerant it bears pretty, lemon-yellow daisies throughout summer, above fern-like, aromatic foliage. It makes an excellent cut flower...

Discovery is a great addition to the garden as they are relatively easy to grow and best enjoyed when fresh...

Apple - Malus d. 'Bramley Seedling'..

Apple - Malus d. 'James Grieve'..

Apple - Malus d. 'Jonagold'..

Apple Malus 'Elster'..

Armeria maritima Armada Rose is an evergreen plant that produces pink flowers from late spring right through summer, it is ideal for planting by the coast, is good in containers and along the front of borders...

Aubrieta . 'Audrey Blue Shades..

Aubrieta hyb. 'Audrey Red Purple Mix'..

Berberis darwinii 'Compacta' is a neat evergreen shrub with orange flowers in late Spring early summer. It grows well in semi-shade. It is also excellent as a hedge especially if you want to keep people out of your garden as it is very thorny...

Bergenia makes a handsome solid ground cover plant and is also suitable for edging the border. It produces lovely deep pink flowers in late spring...

Hadspen Cream' one of several variegated cultivars, cream-spotted light green leaves and blue flowers...

Cerastium tomentosum, common name is Snow in Summer. This is a fast growing evergreen alpine with a lovely grey/silver foliage and produces white flowers in early summer...

Chives are a versatile herb. Even if you don't eat them they are a wonderful addition to the garden as they make a great pollinator...

This is a lovely low-maintenance, evergreen shrub, with golden yellow foliage and fragrant white flowers in summer. ..

White Dazzler is a compact evergreen shrub forming a neat mound with aromatic, very slender dark green leaves divided into finger-like leaflets. Exceptionally free-flowering, the sweetly-scented white flowers appear in clusters during spring and often in late summer and autumn..

White Dazzler is a compact evergreen shrub forming a neat mound with aromatic, very slender dark green leaves divided into finger-like leaflets. Exceptionally free-flowering, the sweetly-scented white flowers appear in clusters during spring and often in late summer and autumn..

C. ternata is a rounded, medium-sized bushy evergreen shrub, with dark, glossy green leaves divided into three broad leaflets. Flowers pure white, scented, often appearing fitfully into winter..

A spectacular small tree, Crataegus laevigata 'Paul’s Scarlet' produces masses of deep scarlet-pink, double flowers in May and attractive small red haws in the autumn. The deeply lobed foliage is dark-green with a slight gloss, turning yellow and bronze for autumn. This award-winning Double Crimson ..

A spectacular small tree, Crataegus laevigata 'Paul’s Scarlet' produces masses of deep scarlet-pink, double flowers in May and attractive small red haws in the autumn. The deeply lobed foliage is dark-green with a slight gloss, turning yellow and bronze for autumn. This award-winning Double Crimson ..

Erica carnea are a winter flowering heather which grows in any soil, they come in white and a wide range of pink. Ideal for containers and front of borders. ..

A bright and fragrant addition to borders or as edging. The grey foliage will carry plenty of fragrant, mauve flowers for months on end. Height 30 cm. Spread 40 cm..

This is a very clever variety of geranium because the flowers are sterile, which means they keep flowering all summer and autumn trying to produce seeds...

Geum ‘Mrs. Bradshaw'- Winter, this starts flowering in early summer. Plants form a low clump of coarse green leaves, with branching stems held above bearing medium-sized rounded flowers. This variety has scarlet orange, semi-double blooms. Remove faded flowers regularly to encourage more buds. A mus..

Hypericum 'Tricolor' - 3 Litre is a small spreading deciduous shrub with arching red stems and golden yellow flowers throughout the summer...

Iberis semp. 'Fischbeck'..

Iberis semp. 'Snow Cone' is an evergreen alpine which produces masses of white flowers during March & April. Ideal for front of borders or for container growing...

Ilex - German Dwarf ..

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Mahonia Soft Caress is a bushy evergreen shrub with yellow flowers in winter...

Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' is a variety of cat mint, this is a plant that your cat will love to lie and roll in.  It produces soft blue flowers all summer and is a wonderful pollinator...

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Conference PearConference is the most widely-grown pear variety. It crops heavily and reliably, and will grow in most situations.It is also one of the few pear varieties to be genuinely self-fertile, so you don't need another pollinator nearby. In turn it is a good pollinator for many other pears.Th..

Autumnalis Rosea' is a small deciduous tree of spreading habit with ovate leaves turning yellow in autumn and pale pink, semi-double flowers opening during mild weather from late autumn to early spring...

Prunus Laurocerasus Rotundifolia is a dense fast-growing evergreen hedge. Ask us for tips on growing your hedge fast...

Prunus Laurocerasus Rotundifolia is a dense fast-growing evergreen hedge. Ask us for tips on growing your hedge fast...

Prunus Laurocerasus Rotundifolia is a dense fast-growing evergreen hedge. Ask us for tips on growing your hedge fast...

This evergreen plant is ideal for wall cover, it has long thorns and are ideal for keeping out intruders. it produces white flowers in spring which are followed by orange berries in autumn. ..

This evergreen plant is ideal for wall cover, it has long thorns and are ideal for keeping out intruders. it produces white flowers in spring which are followed by red berries in autumn. ..

This evergreen plant is ideal for wall cover, it has long thorns and are ideal for keeping out intruders. it produces white flowers in spring which are followed by yellow berries in autumn. ..

This variety of currant is very easy to grow, give it a good feed with manure in spring to get it off to a good start...

Climbing Rose. Rich blood red flowers are large and lightly fragrance blooming from June to September. Very floriferous. Vigorous grower - good for training. Glossy mid green foliage. Will tolerate some shade. Height 10ft. Spread 8ft...

Rosemary..

Rudbeckia  'Goldstrum' ( Black-Eyed Susan ) is a hardy perennial plant with  flowers from August to October golden-yellow flower- heads with conical black centers. Height 75 cm. Prefers moist soil...

Rudbeckia  'Little GoldStar'( Black-Eyed Susan ) is a compact perennial plant with yellow flowers in autumn...

Salvia 'Hot Lips' is a must for any garden that wants to attract wildlife to the garden and have flowers all summer long...

A deciduous shrub with dark purple foliage giving a graceful lacy effect...

Saponaria is a superb flowering, pretty little plant that makes a low carpet for ground cover or for rock features. The plants form a mound of bright-green leaves, smothered by starry bright-pink clusters of flowers in late spring.Use as a ground cover in pockets in paving, as an edging in the sunny..

Saxifraga 'Touran Red'..

Saxifraga 'Touran White'..

Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue' ..

Skimmia japonica Pabella is an oustanding evergreen shrub that is ideal for planting in a border or woodland garden. It carries clusters of fragranced star-shaped flowers in spring,  that are followed by masses of round red fleshy berries. It will reach a height and spread of around a metr..

Skimmia japonica Pabella is an oustanding evergreen shrub that is ideal for planting in a border or woodland garden. It carries clusters of fragranced star-shaped flowers in spring,  that are followed by masses of round red fleshy berries. It will reach a height and spread of around a metr..

Abundant heads of tight red buds characterise Skimmia japonica 'Rubella' in autumn and winter, which open fully in spring, giving a delightful sweet fragrance...