Plant Catalogue 2014/2015

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Welcome 03

Grasses and grass like plants 04

Spotlight - Evercolor 07

Patio & Foliage Plants 08

Micropropagation Production 12

Spotlight - My Plant 15

Spotlight - Irish Primroses 17

Shrubs 18

Complete listings 2014/2015 22

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WelcomeDear customer, welcome to our 2014 / 2015 catalogue. Again for the coming season we have made some new additions and dropped a few lines from our catalogue. I heard a wise man once say when you decide to do something new always be prepared to drop something else you are doing already, advice worth remembering in the plant business. Our new catalogue represents our core range of plants, our passion and focus and our energy over the coming years. In addition to this core range we can and do produce on demand some privately held varieties on behalf of customers and we are always delighted to discuss such opportunities with you. If you have such requirements and want us to produce plants on contract we can discuss terms and volumes. We are also increasingly working on development of new plant production from tissue culture and supplying our increasing customer base worldwide. We can ship to all international markets and we can provide solutions for market access to a wide customer base.

We continue to develop our relationships with plant breeders, plant breeder agents and of course our own breeding activities are ongoing in our specialised niche areas. On the new plant side of things we at FitzGerald Nurseries continuoulsy introduce successfully new plant varieties from our own breeding. At IPM Essen 2013 our Irish Primrose™ Claddagh was awarded top perennial prize and voted best Perennial for 2013. Our new addition to the EverColor® range, Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime’, was awarded a bronze medal at Plantarium in August 2013 and Astelia ‘Silver Shadow’ exclusively propagated by us was shortlisted for the Flora Holland Glass Tulip. Meanwhile in Japan our Irish Primrose™ range has been introduced and likewise in Australia the Irish Primrose™ range has begun. On West Coast USA our Carex ‘Everillo’, Astelia ‘Silver Shadow’ and Phormium ‘Black Adder’ were all received very well at Spring Trials in California and as part of the Sunset Magazine Western Garden Collection.

You can keep up to date with some production and new plant pictures and or weekly activities on my Twitter and Facebook and blog which you can access from www.fitzgerald-nurseries.com or on the back page of the online version of this catalogue.

So in closing lets look forward to 2014/15 being the perfect year for our industry and the green shoots of economic recovery are only bettered by pleaseant gardening weather for our gardening customers. I hope you find some plants of interest to your nursery in the following pages. I wish you a very successful season and hope to meet you on our nursery or at some of our Trade show stands.

Yours Sincerely

Pat FitzGerald Managing Director

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Grasses and grass like plantsHaving started many years ago with propagating some Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ the propagation of grasses and grass like plants has become one of our main activities at FitzGerald Nurseries. By selecting a range of plants suitable for the garden, but also for patio containers and mixed planters and by continously improving and developping our propagation techniques this has become an important part of our daily work.

Grasses and grass like plantsAcorus gramineus ‘Ogon’ is a dwarf cultivar of the grassy-leaved sweet flag with linear fans of evergreen, pale green and golden leaves spreading slowly by rhizomes. Foliage emits a sweet scent when crushed. ‘Ogon’ brightens up shady corners in the garden, adds texture and color, but can also be used in mixed planters as long as the soil is kept moist. Hardy to -25°C.

Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’

Carex laxiculmis ‘Bunny Blue’ is a silvery blue evergreen selection. It is an ideal plant to colour the shady corners of the garden where Festuca does not perform well. If moisture levels are adequat it performs also in full sun. Carex ‘Bunny Blue’ is very disease and insect resistant. Hardy to -20°C.

Carex laxiculmis ‘Bunny Blue’ PVR

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Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’ is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive lime yellow striped foliage. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Eversheen is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Hardy to -25°C.

Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’ PVR

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergreen’ is a superb ground cover and container plant with dark green foliage. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Evergreen is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Hardy to -25°C.

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergreen’

Carex brunnea ‘Variegata’ is an evergreen sedge with an upright form and narrow green leaves with a cream border. It is a compact yet fast growing sedge which allows it to be used in smaller gardens and mixed planter containers. The flower spikes are dark red-brown in summer. Hardy to -12°C.

Carex brunnea ‘Variegata’

Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime’ is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive green foliage with lime margins. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Everlime is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Hardy to -25°C..

Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime’ PVR

Carex oshimensis ‘Everdi’ is a compact ground cover and container plant with dark green foliage. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Everdi is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Hardy to -25°C.

Carex oshimensis ‘Everdi’

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Carex oshimensis Everest is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive white striped foliage. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Everest is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Hardy to -25°C.

Carex oshimensis Everest (‘Fiwhite’) PVR

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Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive golden striped foliage. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Evergold is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Hardy to -25°C.

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’

Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’ is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive lime yellow foliage. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Everillo is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Hardy to -25°C.

Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’ PVR

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Grasses and grass like plants

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Ophiopogon planiscapus Black Beard is a much more vigorous grower than the common Ophiopogon ‘Nigrescens’ with leaves up to 30 cm in length on mature plants. The increased vigour, length of leaf and suckering of Black Beard and the good hardiness make it a fantastic evergreen patio container plant in many regions throughout Europe. Hardy to -25°C.

Ophiopogon planiscapus Black Beard (‘Yapard’) PVR

Uncinia rubra forms tussocks of deep reddish brown foliage all year round. It produces dark brown flower spikes in summer and has a compact, clump forming habit. It can be used in garden borders in combination with other sedges, but is also well suited for mixed planters. Hardy to -5°C for short periods.

Uncinia rubra

Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’ is a very attractive ornamental grass with graceful arching dark purple leaves and burgundy red nodding plumes. In Europe it is grown as an annual plant for use in summer and autumn planters for form and foliage contrast with bedding plants. It is an upright, fast growing grass with up to 1.2 m in height. Treat as an annual plant. Hardy to only 3°C.

Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’

Ophipogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ is an easy growing plant with the deepest black foliage. It gives a spectacular contrast in the garden when planted in large groups as ground cover or as a container plant. A truly unique, versatile plant with the blackest foliage of all garden plants. Hardy to -25°C.

Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’

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Uncinia rubra Everflame is the first new variety from Uncinia rubra and makes a stunning container plant with vibrant colour and neat clump forming growth habit. It is particularly spectacular at the front of the perennial border grown in moist, but well drained conditions as part of autumn / winter balcony or patio planter arrangements. In hot summer conditions Everflame requires shade. Hardy to -5°C for short periods.

Uncinia rubra Everflame (‘Belindas Find’) PVR

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Carex trifida ‘Rekohu Sunrise’ is named after the Chatham Islands known locally as Rekohu. This plant has an elegant arching growth habit and is ideal for planting in large groups and in patio container arrangements. It is low maintenance, colourful, fast growing yet compact and ideal for the modern garden. Hardy to -8°C.

Carex trifida ‘Rekohu Sunrise’ PVR

Liriope muscari ‘PeeDee Gold Ingot’ is a plant that performs well in shady areas. With its bright chartreuse to golden, evergreen foliage and the purple lilac flowers in late summer this plant is a real stunning feature in your garden border or patio container. Hardy to -17°C.

Liriope muscari ‘Pee Dee Gold Ingot’Liriope muscari ‘Moneymaker’ is a versatile, evergreen plant with dark green, blade like leaves and vibrant, long lasting wands of violet flowers from September right through to November. ‘Moneymaker’ is a nice container plant, but can also be used as a groundcover or in mixed borders. It is easy to grow and low maintenance. Hardy to -17°C.

Liriope muscari ‘Moneymaker’

Carex phyllocephalla ‘Sparkler’ is a striking member of the sedge family with its cream striped leaves that give a sparkler shape at the tip of the stems. It is a clump forming sedge that prefers moist soil conditions in a sheltered and shady part of your garden. It is a low maintenance plant that is ideal for planting in large groups. Hardy to -8°C.

Carex phyllocephala ‘Sparkler’

Evercolor ®

Spotlight

After years of selection, testing and propagation development I am delighted and indeed proud to introduce our very special EverColor® collection. The collection comprises of 6 Carex oshimensis (Japanese sedge) selections developed through mutation, breeding and selection at FitzGerald Nurseries and one Uncinia (New Zealand sedge) selection from Lyndale Nurseries, New Zealand. This fantastic collection can be grown at low temperatures in well ventilated conditions through winter making it a low energy crop. We can share our growing tips with our young plant customers. For the grower the EverColor® collection presents a fantastic, easy to grow, uniform and programable group of plants for seasonal offer in a range of pot sizes. In 10.5cm to be used in combination with spring, summer or autumn planters with Heuchera, Viola, Primula or other container bedding plants. EverColor® varieties can also be marketed in 2L, 3L or 5L containers for use as patio plant, single planter specimens or instant landscape soloutions. For the consumer the EverColor® is a collection of easy to grow, colourful foliage plants ideal for using in containers, living walls and garden borders alone or in combination with seasonal flowering plants.

Check out EverColor® on www.evercolorplants.com

Patio & Foliage PlantsWith an increasing trend towards creating outdoor living spaces on patios and balconys I have decided to select and build a range of plants suitable for confined spaces and the growing in patio containers. It was important for me to select plants which show colour all year round, which are easy to grow and maintain, even for non-gardeners - and which are trendy and attract also the interest of the younger generation.

Patio & Foliage PlantsAstelia x nervosa ‘Silver Shadow’ is the most silver Astelia to date. This compact growing new selection shows off its metallic silver pendulous leaves throughout the year. It is ideally suited as an architectural plant feature in a raised patio container or for garden borders in milder areas. Astelia ‘Silver Shadow’ is also quite drought and wind tolerant and therefore well suited for seaside gardens. Hardy to -8°C.

Astelia x nervosa ‘Silver Shadow’ PVR

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Canna Tropicanna has flamboyant leaves showing a combination of pink, yellow, red, orange and green colour fanning out in stripes from the central veins. In summer Tropicanna produces brilliantly orange flowers and grows up to 1.8m in height. Tropicanna can be used as a summer container and garden plant or with flowering annuals in combination planters. Hardy to -3°C.

Canna Tropicanna TM

Canna Tropicanna Gold with its yellow and green striped leaves and its yellow orange flowers is a quite stunning feature in every garden. It grows up to 1.8m in height. Tropicanna Gold can be used as a summer container and garden plant or with flowering annuals in combination planters. Hardy to -3°C.

Canna Tropicanna TM Gold (‘MacTro’) PVR

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Canna Tropicanna Black is a magnificent combination of purple, nearly black foliage with scalet orange flowers in summer. It grows up to 1.8m in the garden. Tropicanna Black can be used as a summer container and garden plant or with flowering annuals in combination planters. Hardy to -3°C.

Canna Tropicanna TM Black (‘Lon01’) PVR

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Cordyline Atlantic Green is our own selection of Cordyline australis with pale green foliage and slightly more compact habit yet good vigour. Hardy to -7°C.

Cordyline australis ‘Atlantic Green’

Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’ with its palm like, red leaves makes a fantastic feature plant in the garden or on the patio. Its upright growing habit makes it an ideal plant to use alongside sedges or other high contrast foliage and flowering plants. Hardy to -7°C.

Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’

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Cordyline australis Burgundy Spire is a fast growing trunk forming Cordyline with rich burgundy, very broad leaves. The basal leaves are retained for a long period of time making it an ideal plant for your patio container. It can also be used in the background of your garden border. Burgundy Spire is a vigorous grower and easy to cultivate. Hardy to -7°C.

Cordyline australis Burgundy Spire (‘Jel01’) PVR

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Cordyline australis Charlie Boy is a striking new variety for your garden or patio container. With its richly coloured leaves in burgundy and pink it is a sensational feature plant. In addition to that Charlie Boy is a tough and resilient garden plant. It has outperformed other varieties for its robustness, especially regarding trunk stability. Hardy to -7°C.

Cordyline australis Charlie Boy (‘Ric01’) PVR

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Cordyline australis ‘Sunset’ is a green leaved Cabbage Tree with a deep red/orange flush to the base of each leaf and a pronunced orange/red mid rib. ‘Sunset’ is a good grower and performs well planted in the garden and as a patio container plant. It can also be used for mixed planter combinations throughout the year. Hardy to -7°C.

Cordyline australis ‘Sunset’Cordyline x pumilo Festival Burgundy is a most unusual multibranching Cordyline ideal for patio containers or garden borders. Plant in moisture retentive but well drained conditions. With its compact development and the glossy red foliage, Festival Burgundy adds year round interest to your garden containers. Mature plants develop sprays of white, fragrant flowers in summer. Hardy to -7°C.

Cordyline x pumilo Festival Burgundy (‘Red Fountain’) PVR

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Phormium tenax Back in Black produces very narrow, black leaves and has a dwarf growth habit. This makes Phormium Back in Black a versatile plant for use in smaller patio containers, in mixed planters or as a nice filler plant in small garden spaces. Back in Black is tolerant to exposed windy sites on coastal areas. Hardy to -7°C.

Phormium tenax Back in Black (‘Seilack’) PVR

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Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ is a very richly coloured cultivar and a magnificent summer foliage plant. Although it must be overwintered under protection it is completely wasted in a conservatory in the summer. This plant grows to its best shape and colour in a sunny, but sheltered position in fertile and moist soil. Hardy to -2°C.

Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’

Fasicularia bicolor, originating in Chile, is a highly colourful plant with an exotic appearance producing metallic blue flowers on mature plants in the autumn. It will thrive in a sheltered sunny position growing in free draining soil. Fascicularia bicolor is an ideal plant for containers and gives great value winter and summer. Hardy to -10°C.

Fascicularia bicolor

Lewisia cotyledon Millers Gold is a rosette-forming evergreen perennial with fleshy, strap-shaped leaves. Abundant, funnel-shaped gold/orange flowers in a cartwheel pattern are borne in open sprays on stems to 20cm. Hardy to -12°C.

Lewisia cotyledon ‘Millers Gold’

Libertia ixioides ‘Taupo Sunset’ is a stunning plant with narrow sword shaped leaves that present a riot of colour as temperatures change ranging from green to orange and red. The pure white star like flowers in spring followed by attractive orange/red berries in autumn ensure all year round interest. Hardy to -7°C.

Libertia ixioides ‘Taupo Sunset’ PVR

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Libertia ixioides Goldfinger has narrow, sword shaped, golden striped, cascading leaves that present elegance to your garden. The pure white star like flowers in spring followed by attractive yellow berries in autumn ensure all year round interest. Goldfinger makes also a fantastic landscape feature plant in temperate climates. Hardy to -7°C.

Libertia ixioides Goldfinger (‘Nngf2’) PVR

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Libertia peregrinans ‘Gold Leaf’ has dramatically coloured foliage in autumn and winter. This species forms a clumping spreading habit and has spiky, stiff leaves with an orange midrip. ’Gold Leaf’ is an ideal plant for using in mixed planter arrangements. It will give you an outstanding, year round impact if planted in the garden. Hardy to -7°C.

Libertia peregrinans ‘Gold Leaf‘

Lewisia cotyledon Millers Red is a rosette-forming evergreen perennial with fleshy, strap-shaped leaves. Abundant, funnel-shaped vivid cerise red flowers are borne in open sprays on stems to 20cm. Hardy to -12°C.

Lewisia cotyledon ‘Millers Red’

Musa basjoo is the cold hardiest banana in culture at the moment which makes this plant suitable for the garden use in large parts of Europe, but it can also be easily kept as a container plant and over wintered in a conservatory. Musa basjoo is a fast growing, easy to cultivate banana and can fruit in Northern Europe. Hardy to -10°C, but has been known to survive much colder with protection.

Musa basjoo

Phormium cookianum ‘Black Adder’ with its dark purple leaves and pendoulous tips is a very striking and adaptable plant in large containers or in the garden. ‘Black Adder’ will grow happily even on exposed sites in coastal areas of UK and Ireland without losing its appeal. It is also tolerant of many soil types from heavy to light sandy. Hardy to -7°C.

Phormium cookianum ‘Black Adder’ PVR

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Patio & Foliage PlantsAgapanthus ‘Brilliant Blue’ is a dwarf and very floriferous African Lily with the deepest blue flower of any variety we tested so far. It is ideal for use in patio containers or in the milder climates in perennial or mixed borders. Hardy to -7°C.

Agapanthus praecox ‘Snowstorm’ is the sister variety to Bluestorm and as floriferous once established. Snowstorm produces numerous white flowers throughout the summer. Agapanthus ‘Snowstorm’ can be used the same way as Bluestorm, but it is slightly slower to form a clump. Hardy to -7°C.

Agapanthus Brilliant Blue (‘Aga04051’) PVR

Agapanthus preacox ‘Snowstorm’ PVR

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Agapanthus praecox Bluestorm is a very floriferous selection delivering up to 50 flower stems and more in his 3rd year of growth. The flowering period is from June right through to August. Bluestorm can be planted directly in the garden in milder areas or kept as a patio container plant and over wintered in a frost free, bright location. Hardy to -7°C.

Agapanthus preacox Bluestorm (‘Atiblu’) PVR

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Dierama pulcherrimum Blue Belle is a stunning new variety of this South African native plant with long narrow strap like leaves and arching flower stems carrying hanging bell shaped blue/lilac flowers in mid to late summer. Dierama Blue Belle is best grown in free draining moist soil in full sun to light shade. Hardy to -9°C.

Dierama pulcherrimum Blue Belle (‘Rowblu’) PVR

Agapanthus campanulatus ‘Jack’s Blue is a vigourous, long blooming variety from New Zealand. It produces deep purple blue flowers from July to October. Hardy to -7°C.

Agapanthus campanulatus ‘Jacks Blue’

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Tiamru’ is also a new selection coming from New Zealand and is particulary well cold hardy. ‘Timaru’ is a very floriferous variety producing dense vivid blue flower heads in succession from July to October. It stays compact in growth. Hardy to -7°C.

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Timaru’ Agapanthus hybrid ‘Navy Blue’ is a compact growing Agapanthus with dark blue flower bells breaking from a black spathe and flowering from July to September. It is a decidous variety and very easy to grow. Hardy to -7°C.

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Navy Blue’

Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Guinevere’ is a perennial with clusters of pure white flowers along the arching flower stem in summer and graceful seed heads in the autumn. It is an elegant feature plant that prefers a sunny sheltered position in the garden, but it can also be planted in containers on the patio provided it is kept moist at all times. Hardy to -9°C.

Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Guinevere’

Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Lancelot’ is a vigourous and very prolific clone of Angel’s Fishing Rods. With clusters of pink flowers along the arching flower stem in summer it is an elegant feature plant in the garden or on the patio. Hardy to -9°C.

Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Lancelot’Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Merlin’ produces clusters of deep purple flowers along pendulous flower stems in summer. It gives dramatic effect to large patio containers both in flower and when its graceful seed heads develop. This elegant plant prefers a sunny, but shelterd position and moist soil to perform best. Hardy to -9°C.

Dierama pulcherrimum ‘Merlin’

FitzGerald Nurseries also operate its own commercial plant micro-propagation facility.This facility supplies much of our own in-vitro plants. It also gives us the opportunity to test at a semi-commercial level many plant varieties pre market and asses their opportunities both in production and market suitability. We develop our own production protocols and can upscale to suit large volume needs. Speed to market is a critical focus for this integrated approach. Plant micro-propagation is a technically challenging and expensive system. FitzGerald Nurseries has experience from the plant micro-propagation technical perspective and the hardening issues that are encountered on the nursery. All our plant varieties are optimized for nursery production in advance of wider international market distribution. The understanding between nursery and laboratory in these niche and mass production lines is a critical factor to long term success and commercial return to nursery, breeder and laboratory.

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FitzGerald Nurseries offers a comprehensive young plant production service and market development for promotional plant varieties. Our plant testing, production development has led to many successful new plant introductions over the last ten years. We are happy to discuss any projects you might have that can utilize our professional resources.

Testing for various forms of hardiness and other tolerance factors in both production and consumer usage are part of our assessment process. In 2011 the company was awarded a prestigious all Ireland Innovation award beating off a large multinational in the finals of its systems and processes category.As a small company we werequite pleased with this recognition.

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Patio & Foliage Plants

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Heuchera ‘Crimsons Curls’ has deep crimson coloured foliage with distinct curly edges. It forms a neat, compact mound and produces white flowers during summer. Very suitable for production in smaller pots and use in mixed combination planters all year round. Hardy to -30°C.

Heuchera x villosa ‘Crimson Curls’

Heuchera ‘Kassandra’ impresses with its caramel foliage in spring turning to chocolate brown in the autumn. It has white flowers in summer and a good strong growth up to 60cm in height. Hardy to -30°C.

Heuchera villosa ‘Kassandra’ PVR

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Heuchera ‘Regina’ has burgundy foliage with dark veins and a silver overlay. It produces spikes of pink flowers in summer and is very versatile. Hardy to -30°C.

Heuchera hybrid ‘Regina’

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Heuchera ‘Silver Scrolls’ has burgundy foliage when it flushes maturing to a silver colour as time passes with dark purple veins. It produces white flowers in summer. Hardy to -30°C.

Heuchera hybrid ‘Silver Scrolls’ PVR

Heuchera ‘Dark Secret’ has very dark purple, wavy leaves and strong, glossy foliage. It also flowers very profusely in summer. Heuchera ‘Dark Secret’ is a vigourous grower and ideally suited for the perennial border or large containers. Hardy to -30°C.

Heuchera villosa ‘Dark Secret’ PVR

MyPlant®

Spotlight

Our MyPlant® collection brings together a range of dramatic and colourful patio container plants and high impact foliage plants which can be used to great effect in small garden spaces. Through the MyPlant® collection we have introduced some of our most successful best sellers such as Phormium ‘Black Adder’ (award winner IPM Essen 2007), Astelia ‘Silver Shadow’ (Glass Tulip 2014 nominee Netherlands), multi award winner Libertia Goldfinger, the wonderful Canna Tropicanna™ range, the exotic looking Fascicularia bicolor and many other promotional varieties. MyPlant® is our focus for innovation in those special plants for which FitzGerald Nurseries has become known in many markets. We look forward to introducing many more wonderful trend setting plants through our MyPlant® category over the coming years. MyPlant® is more than a name. It has become a process for the business to evaluate, trial and develop these very different plants and bring them to our customers in 23 countries.Check out MyPlant® on www.myplant.eu

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Patio & Foliage Plants

Primula ‘Claddagh’ named in honour of the famous Claddagh ring has wonderful gold flowers on dark chocolate foliage making it a most unusual selection in the world of primroses. An ideal foliage and flower contrast with spring flowering bulbs. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Claddagh (‘K22’) PVR

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Primula ‘Avondale’ is a new selection with delicate pink flowers and cartwheel like stripes on a short polyanthus type stem. It is a free flowering variety and delightful addition of pink in the Spring garden. Ideal as a low growing carpet through shrubs or spring bulbs. Hardy to -25°C

Primula ‘Drumcliff’ is very floriferous and has long flower duration. Flowers vary from delicate pink to white, as they age, on dark chocolate foliage. Flower colour can vary with light and temperatures. An ideal flower and foliage contrast with spring flowering bulbs. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Avondale (‘K29’) PVR

Primula hybrid Drumcliff (‘K74’) PVR

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Primula ‘Innisfree’ is a most unusual low growing form with velvet red flowers and yellow eye. An ideal foliage and flower contrast with spring flowering bulbs or used in conrast with evergreen grasses such as Carex Everest or Carex Everillo. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Innisfree (‘K72’) PVR

Primula ‘Tara’ is a wonderful Jack-in-the-Green primrose with scented yellow flowers in prolific abundance. Ideal for mass planting under trees or other spring planting arrangments. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Tara (‘K19’)

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Primula ‘Carrigdale’ is a new selection with delicate white flowers developing a tinge of pink later in its flowering. It is a very free flowering form of old sytle Primrose. Ideal as low growing carpet through shrubs or spring flowering bulbs. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Carrigdale (‘K5’) PVR

Primula ‘Monegall’ is reminiscent of the native primrose with a mix of light yellow hose in hose and single flowers and heavy primrose scent. Ideal for natural spring planting arrangments. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Moneygall (‘K3’)

Primula ‘Glengarriff’ is a ground hugging form with small purple flowers. Ideal as low growing carpet through shrubs or spring flowering bulbs. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Glengarriff (‘K28’)

Primula ‘Dunbeg’ has apricot flowers and as plant matures develops a polyanthus type stem. Flowering is prolific and long lived. An ideal foliage and flower contrast with spring flowering bulbs. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Dunbeg (‘K20’) PVR

Primula ‘Avoca’ has intense dark chocolate foliage with a purple tone and light pink / purple flowers. An ideal foliage and flower contrast with spring flowering bulbs. Hardy to -25°C.

Primula hybrid Avoca (‘K4’)

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Irish Primrose™

Spotlight

Now in the sixth year of devleopment our Irish Primrose™ range is taking shape by gaining recognition amongst the garden media and public as a truly unique and ironically a somewhat innovative step in the development of the primrose in commercial horticulture. Despite the fact that this style of primrose dates back four hundred years (right back to Shakespearean/Elizabethan times) as a garden trend, commercial Horticulture has lost sight of the beginnings of the primrose as a garden plant of great significance. Our Irish Primrose™ collection currently is made up of two distinctive groups. The Kennedy Irish Primrose™ range is the one with distinctivly chocolate foliage turning many heads with this uniqely Irish originated dark foliage and contrasting flowers. At IPM Essen 2013 the New Plant judging committee were so impressed that the Kennedy Irish Primrose™ Claddagh was awarded best perennial for 2013. The Kennedy Irish Primrose™ Drumcliff in 2011 and the Irish Primrose™ Moneygall in 2013 have been presented to President and Mrs Obama at the White House in Washington. The stories of our Irish Primrose™ range are too many to mention here, but you can catch up on them on our nursery blog. We market the Irish Primrose™ range as 4cm plugs or retail ready in 0.5L pots. Full marketing package for retail sales including labels, posters, bench tape and other POS materials are available. Our image library is an important part of the

Irish Primrose™ information pack and pictures have been published worldwide in many important garden magazine, trade journals, perennial publications

and online media sites. We would be deligthed to discuss this truly unique plant program with you.Check out Irish Primrose™ on www.irishprimrose.com

Shrubs I am growing shrubs in my nursery for over 20 years and I am planning to do so in future, but I have changed the type of shrubs we are propagating at FitzGerald Nurseries over the years. Having started with the classical landscaping type shrubs at the beginning of our business we are now growing a selection of new, evergreen, compact and versatile shrubs with a structural feature which can be used in the garden as well as in patio containers.

ShrubsBuddleja davidii ‘Blue Heaven’ is a sterile variety that produces masses of lavender coloured flowers in the middle of summer. It is also a very compact grower with only 65 cm in height and spread and it is naturally branching very easily. It is ideal for landscaping, garden borders or patio containers. Hardy to -20°C.

Buddleja davidii Blue Heaven (‘Podaras 8’) PVR

Escallonia Red Carpet is a compact form with small coarsely toothed glossy green leaves with excellent health and good branching ability. It produces showers of red flowers with a white strip from June to late autumn. It is a low, evergreen shrub ideal for mixed borders and patio containers. Hardy to -7°C.

Escallonia Golden Carpet is a sport of Escallonia Red Carpet with small toothed, pure golden foliage turning more lime green in the winter and a compact free branching habit. It produces red flowers with a white strip from July to September. Hardy to -7°C.

Escallonia Red Carpet (‘Loncar’) PVREscallonia Golden Carpet (‘Alcaura’) PVR

Choisya x arizonica Goldfingers is the golden leaved sister variety to ‘Aztec Pearl’. It has also slender, leaves, but of a golden yellow colour and clusters of white flowers. It’s a compact growing shrub for sheltered, but sunny locations in your garden border. Hardy to -10°C.

Choisya x arizonica Goldfingers (‘Limo’) PVR

EU 5554EU 2011/3097

EU 2011/3096

Buddleja davidii ‘Petite Lavender’ is another compact and upright growing, sterile Buddleja. It has mauve flowers all summer long until the frost. It needs little to no pruning and is a low maintenance shrub ideal for many different growing conditions, provided they are in the full sun. Hardy to -20°C.

Buddleja davidii Petite Lavender (‘Podaras12’) PVR

Buddleja davidii ‘Tutti Frutti’ is a sterile variety that produces pink flowers on short stems. It is a compact growing, easy branching variety and attracts loads of butterflies during the summer. It is ideal for landscaping, garden borders or patio containers. Hardy to -20°C.

Buddelja davidii Tutti Frutti (‘Podaras13’) PVR

EU 2011/3094EU 2011/3092

Buddleja davidii ‘Dark Pink’ has, as the name suggests, pink flowers. With dimensions of 75cm in height by 75cm in width this is a compact grower. Buddleja ‘Dark Pink’ is part of a series of new, sterile and therefor non-invasive Buddlejas ideal for landscaping, garden borders or even patio containers. Hardy to -20°C.

Buddleja davidii Dark Pink (‘Podaras10’) PVR

EU 2011/3098

Buddleja davidii ‘Snow White’ is a compact growing Buddleja with white flowers which continously blooms from early summer until frost. This variety is also part of a series of non-invasive Buddlejas thanks to their sterile flowers. It grows best in full sun and is adaptable to a wide range of soil types and growing conditions. Hardy to -20°C.

Buddleja davidii Snow White (‘Podaras15’) PVR

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Choisya x dewitteana White Dazzler is a new evergreen, very floriferous Choisya selection, which produces clusters of small, white and scented flowers twice a year. White Dazzler grows to a compact, evenly branching evergreen shrub in your garden, but it also performs well in a patio container or as a small informal hedging plant. Hardy to -15°C.

Choisya x dewitteana White Dazzler (‘Londaz’) PVR

EU 25215

Corokia x virgata ‘Sunsplash’ is a pretty yellow variegated and evergreen shrub for all season interest and an excellent coastal plant. ‘Sunsplash’ can be clipped to shape, is very versatile and suitable for small hedges in mild areas or for patio containers. Hardy to -7°C.

Corokia x virgata ‘Sunsplash’

EU Appl Pending EU 25226

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EU 2011/1009

Escallonia leavis Pink Elle is a very rich flowering new variety producing pink flowers in summer. The foliage is dark green with a healthy look. It is an ideal plant for garden borders, small hedging or even as a patio plant. Hardy to -7°C.

Escallonia leavis Pink Elle (‘Lades’) PVR

EU 2012/0311

Lantana ‘Chapel Hill Gold’ is one of two relatively good cold tolerant evergreen Lantanas. Chapel Hill Gold produces masses of golden yellow flowers throughout the summer. It is a low maintenance shrub, drought tolerant, easy to grow and it forms a compact bush up to 45 cm tall and 90cm wide. Hardy to -12°C.

Lantana camara ‘Chapel Hill Gold’ PVR

EU 2012/0312

Lantana ‘Chapel Hill Yellow’ is the second variety with good cold tolerance. The difference to ‘Chapel Hill Gold’ is the slightly more sulphury yellow flower colour. Lantans are magnets for butterflies during the summer and prefer to be grown in well drained soil. Hardy to -12°C.

Lantana camara ‘Chapel Hill Yellow’ PVR

EU 2012/0314

Lantana ‘Sunny Side Up’ is a continously flowering, low growing Lantana with a spreading habit and leathery, dark green foliage. The flowers open in a yellow colour with a darker golden yellow center and as the flower matures it turns white with a yellow center. Hardy to -12°C

Lantana ‘Sunny Side Up’ PVR

Hypericum patulum ‘Mr. Bojangles’ is a sport of the well know Hypericum ‘Hidcote’ It has cream and green variegated leaves with a pink tinge and a spreading growth. It produces abundantly yellow flowers in summer. Hardy to -15°C.

Hypericum patulum ‘Mr. Bojangles’

Ligustrum ‘Lemon Clippers’ is a small, compact growing shrub named for its striking lemon coloured leaves, and its ideal use in the garden as a clipped hedge or shaped in containers. Hardy to -15°C

Ligustrum undulatum ‘Lemon Clippers’

Escallonia leavis ‘Gold Brian’ has relatively large, evergreen leaves in a bright golden yellow colour. When the plants are showing their pink flowers in summer this is a quite extraordinary look. ‘Gold Brian’ is a compact growing shrub which can be used in garden borders, informal or formal hedging and is ideally suited for costal sites. Hardy to -7°C.

Escallonia laevis ‘Gold Brian’ PVR

IR 244 / UK 4450

Griselinia littoralis Green Horizon, also known under its Maori name KAPUKA, is an ideal hedging plant. Green Horizon is especially ideal for coastal gardens and general seaside shelter hedging. This new selection has deeper green and glossy foliage compared to the commonly used Griselinia. Hardy to -9°C.

Griselinia littoralis Green Horizon (‘Whenuapai’) PVR

EU 25422

Ligustrum ‘Lemon & Lime Clippers’ is a small, compact growing shrub named for its striking lemon and lime coloured leaves, and its ideal use in the garden as a clipped hedge or shaped in containers. Hardy to -15°C

Ligustrum undulatum ‘Lemon & Lime Clippers’

Ligustrum ‘Lime Clippers’ is a small, compact growing shrub named for its striking lime coloured leaves, and its ideal use in the garden as a clipped hedge or shaped in containers. Hardy to -15°C

Ligustrum undulatum ‘Lime Clippers’

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EU Appl Pending

Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Magic Dragon’ is a striking new variety for your garden or patio container. With its richly coloured leaves in burgundy, cream and pink ‘Magic Dragon’ is an attractive all year round feature plant for containers or small gardens in milder areas. ‘Magic Dragon’ is a selection of Lophomyrtus ‘Red Dragon’ and easy to grow. Hardy to -7°C.

Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Magic Dragon’ PVR

EU 32900

Lonicera nitida Tiny Green is a closer branched selection of the well known Lonicera ‘Elegant’. This wintergreen shrub with the fine leaf structure is ideally suited for low hedges and containers. Untrimmed it grows up to 60cm in height and 20cm in spread. Hardy to -15°C.

Lonicera nitida Tiny Green (‘Slagmoer’) PVR

EU 2012/0633

Nandina domestica Obsessed is a mutation of Nandina ‘Gulf Stream’ with a more intensive foliage colour on the new growths. Its deep red new leaves are retained during the active growing period and the mature leaves show a deep green colour. Obsessed is a slow growing, compact and evergreen shrub ideal for confined garden spaces and patio containers. Hardy to -20°C.

Nandina domestica Obsessed (‘Seika’) PVR

EU 36059

Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ will provide a splash of colour in your garden or patio container. It has evergreen variegated leaves and the colder it gets the more intense the colour of the foliage becomes. Nandina ‘Twilight’ has an upright, bushy growth habit. Hardy to -20°C.

Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ PVR

EU 13679

Sambucus nigra ‘Black Tower’ is a unique columnar growing Elderberry with dark chocolate leaves. It flowers as a young plant and grows in 4 years up to 2m in height. It has pink flower buds opening to white flowers and it is very prolific. Hardy to -25°C.

Sambucus nigra Black Tower (‘Eiffel1’) PVR

EU 35864

Sambucus nigra Black Lace is a stunning foliage plant and extremely adaptable to the environment. It is easy to grow, fully winter hardy and can be pruned to fit in most garden situations and sets year round accents through its black foliage, the pink flower buds followed by creamy white flowers and the red and black, edible berries. Hardy to -25°C.

Sambucus nigra Black Lace (‘Eva’) PVR

Sambucus racemosa ‘Sutherland Gold’ is a delicate looking, but tough garden plant. With its compact bushy growth it can also be kept easily in a patio container. The finely cut leaves resemble a bit Japanese Maples, but this plant is a lot easier to grow, less maintenance and winter hardier. Hardy to -25°C.

Sambucus racemosa ‘Sutherland Gold’

Nandina domestica Flirt is a sport of the well known Nandina ‘Harbour Dwarf’. The word murasaki meaning purple in Japanese this variety name has been well chosen. This plant provides a year round interest with its intense red coloured new growth, its white flowers, the red berries in the autumn and its autumn coloration. And it is an evergreen, compact shrub ideal for patio containers and small gardens. Hardy to -20°C.

Nandina domestica Flirt (‘Murasaki’) PVR

EU 36058

Nandina domestica ‘Filamentosa’ is a very unusual Nandina. It has very fine, thread like leaves. The new growths in spring shows red leaf colour, turning green during the summer and colouring again orange - red in the autumn. It also produces pinkish white fowers in late spring and summer. With its architectural look and the slow growth this plant is ideal for modern patio containers. Hardy to -20°C.

Nandina domestica ‘Filamentosa’

Nandina domestica Blush Pink is a sport of the well known Nandina ‘Firepower’. This plant will provide a year round interest with its blush pink coloured, long lasting new growth and its red autumn/winter colour. The compact growth of Nandina Blush Pink makes this an ideal plant for mass planting as well as borders or patio containers. Hardy to -20°C.

Nandina domestica Blush Pink (‘Aka’) PVR

EU 36057

Grasses & Grass Like Plants Plant name Plugs Liners

Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’ 3.5cm P9

Carex phyllocephala ‘Sparkler’ 3.5cm P9

Carex brunnea ‘Variegata’ 3.5cm P9

Carex laxiculmis ‘Bunny Blue’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Carex morrowii ‘Fisher’s Form’ P9

Carex oshimensis ‘Everdi’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Carex oshimensis Everest PVR 3.5cm P9

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ 3.5cm P9

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergreen’ 3.5cm P9

Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Carex oshimensis ‘Everlime’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Carex oshimensis ‘Everoro’ 3.5cm P9

Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Carex trifida ‘Rekohu Sunrise’ PVR P9

Liriope muscari ‘Moneymaker’ P9

Liriope muscari ‘PeeDee Gold Ingot’ P9

Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Minor’ P9

Ophiopogon planiscapus Black Beard PVR P9

Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ P9

Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’ 3.5cm P9

Uncinia rubra Everflame PVR 3.5cm P9

Uncinia uncinata rubra 3.5cm P9

Patio & Foliage Plants

Plant name Plugs Liners

Agapanthus campanulatus ‘Jack’s Blue’ 3.5cm P9

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Brillant Blue’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Goldstrike’ PVR P9

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Kilmurry Blue’ P9

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Kilmurry White’ P9

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Navy Blue’ 3.5cm P9

Agapanthus hybrid ‘Timaru’ 3.5cm P9

Agapanthus praecox Bluestorm PVR P9

Agapanthus praecox ‘Snowstorm’ PVR P9

Plant name Plugs Liners

Agave americana 3.5cm

Astelia nervosa ‘Silver Shadow’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Canna TROPICANNA Black PVR P9

Canna TROPICANNA Gold PVR P9

Canna TROPICANNA ™ P9

Cordyline australis ‘Atlantic Green’ 3.5cm P9

Cordyline australis Burgundy Spire PVR 3.5cm P9

Cordyline australis ‘Pink Champagne’ 3.5cm P9

Cordyline australis ‘Red Comet’ 3.5cm P9

Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’ 3.5cm P9

Cordyline australis ‘Sunset’ 3.5cm P9

Cordyline x pumilo

Festival Burgundy PVR 3.5cm P9

Dierama pulcherrimum Blue Belle PVR 3.5cm P9

Dierama x pulcherrimum ‘Guinevere’ 3.5cm P9

Dierama x pulcherrimum ‘Lancelot’ 3.5cm P9

Dierama x pulcherrimum ‘Merlin’ 3.5cm P9

Ensete ventricosum ‘Maurelii’ 3.5cm P9

Fascicularia bicolor 3.5cm P9

Heuchera hybrid ‘Regina’ 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera hybrid ‘Silver Scrolls’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera villosa ‘Dark Secret’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera villosa ‘Kassandra’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera x villosa

‘Bright & Breezy’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera x villosa ‘Crimson Curls’ 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera x villosa ‘Dark Storm’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera x villosa

‘September Morn’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera x villosa ‘Sunrise’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Heuchera x villosa ‘Winter Joy’ PVR 3.5cm P10.5

Lewisia cotyledon ‘Miller’s Gold’ 3.5cm P9

Lewisia cotyledon ‘Miller’s Red’ 3.5cm P9

Libertia ixioides Goldfinger PVR 3.5cm P9

Libertia ixioides ‘Taupo Sunset’PVR P9

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Plant name Plugs Liners

Libertia peregrinans ‘Gold Leaf ‘ 3.5cm P9

Musa Basjoo 3.5cm P9

Phormium cookianum

‘Black Adder’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Phormium x tenax Back in Black PVR P9

Irish Primroses ™

Plant name Plugs Liners

Primula ‘Don Keefe’ PVR 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula ‘Elizabeth Killelay’ 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula ‘Francisca’ 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Avoca’ 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Avondale’ PVR 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Carrigdale’ PVR 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Claddagh’ PVR 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Drumcliff’ PVR 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Dunbeg’ PVR 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Glengarriff’ 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Innisfree’ PVR 3.5cm 0.5L

Primula hybrid ‘Moneygall’ 3.5cm 0.5L

Primulahybris ‘Tara’ 3.5cm 0.5L

Shrubs

Plant name Plugs Liners

Berberis darwinii ‘Nana’ P9

Buddleja x davidii Blue Heaven PVR P9

Buddleja x davidii Dark Pink PVR P9

Buddleja x davidii Petite Lavender PVR P9

Buddleja x davidii Snow White PVR P9

Buddleja x davidii Tutti Frutti Pink PVR P9

Choisya x arizonica Goldfingers PVR P9

Choisya x dewitteana White Dazzler PVR P9

Corokia ‘Sunsplash’ P9

Escallonia ‘Golden Carpet’ PVR P9

Escallonia laevis ‘Gold Brian’ PVR P9

Escallonia leavis Pink Elle PVR P9

Complete Listings

Plant name Plugs Liners

Escallonia Red Carpet PVR P9

Exochorda racemosa ‘Niagara’ PVR P9

Griselinia littoralis Green Horizon PVR P9

Hypericum patulum ‘Mr. Bo Jangles’ P9

Lantana camara ‘Chapel Hill Gold’ PVR P9

Lantana camara ‘Chapel Hill Yellow’ PVR P9

Lantana camara ‘Sunny Side Up’ PVR P9

Ligustrum undulatum ‘Lemon Clippers’ P9

Ligustrum undulatum ‘Lemon&Lime Clippers’ P9

Ligustrum undulatum ‘Lime Clippers’ P9

Lonicera ‘Tiny Green’ PVR P9

Lophomyrtus x ralphii Black Pearl PVR P9

Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Magic Dragon’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Nandina domestica Blush Pink PVR 3.5cm P9

Nandina domestica ‘Filamentosa’ 3.5cm P9

Nandina domestica Flirt PVR 3.5cm P9

Nandina domestica Obsessed PVR 3.5cm P9

Nandina domestica ‘Twilight’ PVR 3.5cm P9

Photinia fraseri Corallina PVR P9

Sambucus nigra Black Lace PVR P9

Sambucus nigra Black Tower PVR P9

Sambucus racemosa ‘Sutherland Gold’ P9

Viburnum davidii P9

Weigela ‘Elvera’ PVR P9

Weigela ‘Florida Variegata’ P9

Weigela ‘Golden Candy’ P9

Weigela ‘Kosteriana Variegata’ P9

Weigela Little Red Robin PVR P9

Weigela Minor Black PVR P9

Weigela Moulin Rouge PVR P9

Weigela Pink Poppet PVR P9

Weigela ‘Praecox Variegata’ P9

Weigela ‘Rumba’ P9

Weigela ‘Wessex Gold’ P9

Weigelia florida ‘Alexandra’ PVR P9

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