ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA   GRN/BRONZE F
 120 x 120  Evergreen
A semi-evergreen shrub with glossy dark bronzy green leaves. Quite a vigorous grower but can be easily controlled. Delicate scented flower in late summer, white tinged pink.
ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA ‘FRANCIS MASON’  VARIEG F
 120 x 120  Evergreen
Few shrubs can claim to possess orange foliage, but this is the impression of the variegated leaves in a dryish, sunny spot in summer – otherwise yellow and green. Pale pink flowers mid to late summer.
ATRIPLEX HALIMUS SILVER

G

 150 x 120  Evergreen
Valuable with its silver-grey stems and diamond-shaped leaves. Erect habit. Quick grower. Good on coasts.
AUCUBA JAPONICA VARIEGATA VARIEG 

F

180 x 150  Evergreen
Good old ‘Spotted Laurel’ – still a fine plant for brightening a dull corner. Glossy yellow-blotched leaves. Female variety requiring nearby male for berries
AZARA MICROPHYLLA ‘VARIEGATA’  VARIEG

G

 150 x 90  Evergreen
An evergreen shrub with large sprays of dainty foliage margined with cream. Slow growing.
BALLOTA PSEUDODICTAMNUS  GREY 

E

60 x 90  Evergreen
Soft thick woolly leaves, grey white with a slight yellowish cast of round shape. Yellow-green woolly flowers and bracts, after which prune hard.
BERBERIS X OTTAWENSIS ‘SILVER MILES’  PURPLE   F
180 x 120
A very showy purple shrub whose new growth bears leaves mottled and streaked with silver and grey. A splendid candidate for silver and purple schemes. Strong arching growth.
BERBERIS X OTTAWENSIS ‘SUPERBA’  PURPLE   F
210 x 150
Again a vigorous variety. Strong shoots are clothed with larger, rich purple leaves.
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘ATROPURPUREA NANA’  PURPLE   F
60 x 45
Quite invaluable as one of the few small purple shrubs – younger growth a brighter reddish colour. Fine contrasts achieved when surrounded by gold or silver carpets, or when used as a carpet itself around shrubs of these colours.
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘AUREA’  YELLOW 

F

60 x 60 
A small compact shrub with bright yellow leaves turning pale green as the summer progresses. Best in partial shade as the leaves tend to scorch in full sun.
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘DARTS RED LADY’  PURPLE   F
120 x 100
A small shrub with rich purple leaves that turn brilliant red in autumn.
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘GOLDEN RING’  PURPLE   F
180 x 120
A most attractive and unusual form with a neat golden rim to the purple heaves. Bright red in autumn.
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘HELMOND PILLAR’  PURPLE   F
180 x 45
An invaluable plant because there is scarcely another purple-leaved shrub of such tight columnar habit in existence. It therefore makes a fine dark vertical accent. Leaves are in fact deep purplish black.
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘RED CHIEF’  RED  F
150 x 100 
A small upright shrub with arching branches as it gets older. Bright red stems, narrow deep red leaves. 
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘ROSE GLOW’  PURPLE  F
150 x 120 (click here to see picture)
Similar markings to ‘Silver Miles’ but less vigorous, and with the addition of pink mottling.
BERBERIS THUNBERGII ‘RED PILLAR’  PURPLE 

F

150 x 60 
A columnar variety similar to B.t. ‘Hellmond pillar’, but not quite as tight and a more reddish purple.
BRACHYGLOTTIS ‘SUNSHINE’ (SENECIO)  SILVER  

E

75 x 120  Evergreen
Well known and useful shrub. Silvery-grey velvety leaves, white beneath. Yellow daisies. Good on coasts.
BRACHYGLOTTIS MONROI  GREY 

E

60 x 60  Evergreen
Compact shrub with olive grey leaves wavy edged showing white undersides.
BUDDLEJA DAVIDII ‘HARLEQUIN’  VARIEG 

F
Reddish purple flowers beloved of butterflies, and leaves strikingly variegated with creamy-white enhanced by hard spring pruning as is normal for Buddlejas.
BUDDLEJA DAVIDII ‘SANTANA’ VARIEG 

F

150 x 150
Yellow and green variegated leaves. Bushy habit.
BUDDLEJA DAVIDII ‘LOCHINCH’  GREY 

F

150 x 150 
A medium sized shrub with a bushy habit. The soft down on the grey leaves and stems give this plant a silvery appearance. Scented violet-blue flowers.
BUXUS LATIFOLIA ‘VARIEGATA’  VARIEG 

F

150 x 150  Evergreen
Medium shrub, slow growing, useful for hedging or shaping with large (for Box) leaves irregularly blotched dull yellow, especially attractive in spring and in a sunny spot.
BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS ‘ARGENTEOVARIEGATA’   VARIEG

F

150 x 150   Evergreen
An attractive specimen shrub whose leaves have an irregular creamy-white margin. Slow growing.
CARYOPTERIS X CLANDONENSIS ‘HEAVENLY BLUE’  GREY/GREEN 

F

90 x 90 
Grey-green leaves and deep blue late summer flowers are a fine combination. Sun, Can cut back in spring.
CARYOPTERIS X CLANDONENSIS ‘KEW BLUE’  GREY 

F

90 x 90 
Very similar to ‘Heavenly Blue’ but a more open habit. Deep blue flowers.
CARYOPTERIS X CLANDONENSIS ‘SUMMER SORBET’  VARIEG  G
90 x 90 
Yellow and green variegated leaf, a striking contrast to the rich blue flower in late summer.
CARYOPTERIS X CLANDONENSIS ‘WORCESTER GOLD’  YELLOW 

F

90 x 90 
Small showy late summer flowering shrub – yellow leaved contrasting well with its blue flowers – best in full sun.
CASSINIA RETORTA ‘WARD SILVER’   SILVER

F

120 x 60  Evergreen
Similar in habit and form to Fulvida but with excellent silvery-grey foliage. Sunny, well drained spot.
CEANOTHUS ‘ZANZIBAR’  VARIEG

F

 240 x 120   Evergreen
Dusky yellow foliage with a central splash of dark green. Mid-blue flowers. Can be grown as a border plant or against a wall.
CERATOSTIGMA WILLMOTTIANUM   GREEN

E

60 x 90 
A deciduous shrub of open habit included for its attractive autumn foliage. The green leaves on darkish stems turn red and combined with the blue flowers are a real splash of colour.
CERATOSTIGMA GRIFFITHII GREEN

E

90 x 120 

Mid green leaves with purple margins and red bristly stems. Bright blue flowers late summer.

CHOISYA TERNATA ‘SUNDANCE’  YELLOW

G

 90 x 120  Evergreen
A shiny yellow leaved Mexican Orange Blossom as bright in winter as in summer. White scented flowers. Sunny spot with some shelter from cold winds preferred.
CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM SILVER   G
45 x 45  Evergreen
A true beauty among silvers with silky leaves and pink-tinged white trumpet flowers. Give it full sun and good drainage and, in cold areas, perhaps the added warmth of a south-facing wall or rock.
CORNUS ALBA ‘AUREA’  YELLOW 

G

180 x 150 
Lovely variety of a deservedly popular family – red winter stems, tolerant of most soils and positions, easily pruned to size. Leaves a pleasing yellow. White heads of flowers. Reddish autumn tints.
CORNUS ALBA ‘ELEGANTISSIMA’   VARIEG  G
180 x 150
Best known of this group. Showy white variegation on grey-green leaves. Maroon winter stems.
CORNUS ALBA ‘KESSELRINGII’  PURPLE 

G

180 x 150 
Stems of this Dogwood are dark purplish-black and would stand out well in winter against, say, one of the silvers. This purplish pigmentation spreads to the leaves which also have a really dark flush.
CORNUS ALBA ‘SPAETHII’  VARIEG  G
 180 x 150
A rich golden-yellow variegated counterpart to ‘Elegantissima’. Assumes reddish autumn tints.
CORNUS SANGUINEA ‘MIDWINTER FIRE’ GREEN 

G

150 x 200 

Not strictly within the nursery boundaries but perhaps stem colour should be as important as the foliage. No need for further description other than to repeat its name.

CORNUS STOLONIFERA ‘WHITE GOLD’  VARIEG 

G

150 x 120 
A yellow, olive green stemmed dogwood with a strongly variegated leaf with a white margin similar to Elegantissima.
COTINUS COGGYGRIA ‘GOLDEN SPIRIT’ YELLOW   H
150 x 150
Bright yellow foliage and apparently not succumbing to scorch in full sun.
COTINUS COGGYGRIA ‘GRACE’ PURPLE   H
180 x 180

A larger leaved variety more dusky in colour than ‘Royal Purple’ Leaves turning translucent red in autumn.  

COTINUS COGGYGRIA ‘ROYAL PURPLE’  PURPLE   G
180 x 150
A superb, if not the best shrub of deep wine purple, eventually growing large unless pruned hard in spring thus improving foliage quality. Sunlight through the leaves is marvellous.
COTONEASTER ATROPURPUREUS ‘VARIEGATUS’  VARIEG  F
 90 x 120
A most attractive variety of the Herringbone Cotoneaster, with white margins to the leaves which become pinkish in autumn. Red berries follow the white flowers.
COTONEASTERX SUECICUS ‘JULIETTE’  VARIEG  F
 90 x 120
Prostrate cotoneaster with cream and green variegation, contrasting well with the orange/red berries. Larger leaves than the above.
DIERVILLA X SPLENDENS BRONZE   F
75 x 90
The value of this small shrub lies in its unusual coppery-green leaves, deepening to fine reddish-bronze autumn colours. Pale yellow tubular flowers in midsummer harmonise well.