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Plants

 

We can Design and plant formal and informal planting schemes

Sempervirens is a good local nursery conveniently located in Twickenham with quality plants at low prices.

As well as plants they stock good quality turf, topsoil, mushroom compost and bark mulch.

See there link on our link page.

Plants below where used on our projects over the Years.

Shrubs

 

Abutilon meggapotamicum

Abutilon meggapotamicum

Attractive, pendullous, bell-shaped flowers with red calyces, yellow petals and purple anthers, summer-autumn.

 

Abelia x grandiflora

Abelia x grandiflora

Pink and white flowers, continuously July-September.

 

Acer

Acer palmatum 'Dissectum'

Soft green leaves, turning red in the autumn, occasionally yellow.

 

Cistus

Front garden low planting to keep river view.

 

Cistus x purpureus

 

Ilex

Ilex aquilfolium Silver Queen

 

Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Leather, glossy leaves, often rust coloured beneath. Huge fragrant creamy-white flowers up to25cm across, summer-autumn. Excellent wall shrubs.

 

Pittosporum

Euphorbia mellifera next to Pittosporum 'Garnettii

 

Hibiscus

Hibiscus sinosyriacus 'Ruby Glow'

 

Phormium

Phormium tenax 'Varigata'

 

Photina

Photina Red Robin

Dark, gloss-green leaves. Attractively coloured when young. New leaves are red, then turning green.

 

 

Perennials

 

ophiopogon

Ophiopogon pluniscapus 'Nigrescen'

Black leaves

 

 

Bulbous Plannts

 

Agapanthus

Agapanthus Snowy Owl

 

 

Grasses & Bamboos

 

phyllostachys

Phyllostachys aureosulcata

Colourful and robust with golden culms, green grooved and sometimes burnished with red on young growth. Like the rest of the species it has occasional zig zagged culms. Very hardy and forms a good sized stand quickly. Grows up to 4m50cm when mature. Good in any aspect especially in pots as it givings results quickly .

 

Palm

 

Trachycapus

 

Flowers

flowers.

You can buy any size plants the large one on right was planted 9 years ago from a large pot.

 

Trachcarpus

Trachcarpus fortunei

Chussan Palm. The most popular and one of the most hardiest Palms.

 

 

Trees

 

Robina

Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia'

Rich golden-yellow foliage throughout spring to autumn.

 

olea

Olive Tree

 

 

Climbers

 

Trachelospermum

Trachelospermum asiaticum

Dark, glossy green leaves, flowers 2cm across creamy-white, buff yellowin the centre,becomeing yellow, fragrant

 

 

Conifers

 

Picea

Picea pungens 'Koster'

Leaves an intense silver-blue

 

Pinus

Pinus

 

Cedrus altantica glauca

Cedrus atlantica glauca

Spectacular form with silvery-blue leaves. A very effective specimen tree for a large lawn.

 

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