Hoecroft Plants

OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS ‘GOSHIKI’   VARIEG
G

150 x 90 Evergreen

An outstanding variety with shiny leaves variegated cream, yellow and green. Dense and slow-growing.

OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS ‘PURPUREUS’    BL/GREEN
G

150 x 90 Evergreen

On this variety which makes a good dark background shrub, the young leaves are deep purple, becoming dark green with a purplish infusion.

OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS ‘VARIEGATUS’ VARIEG
G

150 x 90 Evergreen

Marbled grey-green leaves with creamy-white margins. White scented flowers in autumn.

OZOTHAMNUS ROSMARINIFOLIUS ‘SILVER JUBILEE’   SILVER
F

180 x 120 Evergreen

An upright bush with quite wiry silver foliage (similar in texture to Rosemary). Clusters of crimson buds open to white flower heads.

PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA ‘BLUE SPIRE’ GREY F

100 x 45 Evergreen

The grey foliage with a marked serrated edge is an excellent foil for the long-lasting blue flowers appearing in late summer. Best cut back in spring.

PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS ‘AUREUS’   YELLOW
F

180 x 120

Beautiful splash of bright yellow in spring, becoming yellow-green. White scented flowers. Light shade.

PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS ‘VARIEGATUS’ VARIEG
F

150 x 120

A most effective variegated shrub, with white leaf margins. White scented flowers. Part shade.

PHILADELPHUS ‘INNOCENCE’ VARIEG
G

180 x 120

Foliage variably splashed and streaked creamy white. Large single scented white flowers in abundance.

PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA GREY
F

75 x 120 Evergreen

‘Jerusalem Sage’ has grey woolly leaves of an elongated heart shape and whorls of yellow flowers. As there is a slight greenish cast to the leaves, these and the flowers fit a green and yellow scheme well. A good plant for a sunny bank.

PHOTINIA DAVIDIANA ‘PALETTE’ VARIEG
G

180 x 150 Evergreen

New foliage bright orange-red, becoming a striking mixture of green, pink and white. White flowers, red berries.

PHOTINIA X FRASERI ‘RED ROBIN’ RED G

180 x 420 (click here to see picture) Evergreen

It is the new growths which are so eye-catching – brilliant red in fact, and which can be encouraged by judicious pruning. Lime tolerant.

PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS ‘DART’S GOLD’   YELLOW
G

150 x 120

Good bright yellow right through summer with heads of pink-tinged white flowers. Three-lobed leaves.

PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS ‘DIABOLO’ PURPLE G

180 x 120 (click here to see picture)

A superb variety with deep purple leaves, and as with most purple leaved plants it is best planted in an open sunny position.

PIERIS JAPONICA ‘LITTLE HEATH’ VARIEG
G

45 x 75 Evergreen

A really dwarf pieris for border front or sheltered rock garden. Cream margins, pink-flushed new leaves.

PIERIS ‘FLAMING SILVER’ VARIEG
G

150 x 120 Evergreen

Bright red new growth becomes green with a white margin. White spring flowers. Lime-free soil or compost.

PITTOSPORUM TENUFOLIUM ‘GARNETTII’ VARIEG
G

180 x 120 Evergreen

An excellent hardier variety with grey-green leaves, margined white and with a pinkish tinge in winter.

PITTOSPORUM TENUIFOLIUM ‘SILVER QUEEN’ SILV/GREY
G

180 x 120 (click here to see picture) Evergreen

A fine specimen shrub. Leaves are suffused silvery-grey and have a narrow white margin.

PITTISPORUM TENUFOLIUM ‘WENDLE SHANNON' VARIEG
H
180 x 150 Evergreen

Small light green leaves with cream coloured margins.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA ‘ABBOTSWOOD SILVER’ VARIEG
E

90 x 90

A small spreading shrub with white streaks in the grey green foliage. White flowers in the summer. Sunny position prefered.

PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS ‘GREEN JADE’   VARIEG
F

180 x 120 Evergreen

A striking form of laurel with a creamy-white marbling on the leaves.

PRUNUS LUSITANICAS VARIEGATAS VARIEG
F

180 x 150 Evergreen

The Portugal Laurel in its variegated form has good creamy margins to shiny rich green leaves, sometimes pink flushed in winter, and on deep red stems. Fairly slow and dense growing in sun or shade. Very attractive.

RHAMNUS ALATERNUS ‘ARGENTEOVARIEGATUS’   VARIEG
G

180 x 120 Evergreen

Highly decorative with green and grey marbled leaves margined white. Not for coldest areas. Grows quite quickly.

RIBES AMERICANUM ‘VARIEGATUM’ VARIEG
F

90 x 120

A good creamy white variegated ornamental currant, with strongly scented foliage. Needs sun for best colour.

ROSA GLAUCA PURPLE
G

210 x 120

A marvellous plant for several reasons. The foliage is a unique shade of greyish purple, unless grown in the shade when it becomes dusky grey-green. The flowers harmonise nicely being single, pink with white centres and the many bright red hips in late summer provide the finishing touches.

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS ‘MISS JESSOPP’S UPRIGHT’   GREY/GREEN F

180 x 150 Evergreen

An compact upright shrub with narrow aromatic grey-green leaves and blue flowers.

RUBUS COCKBURNIANUS ‘GOLDEN VALE’ YELLOW
G

150 x 100

A deciduous plant with a quite ghostly appearance in winter created by silvery white stems. The yellow foliage is in sharp contrast and although it is a prickly shrub to handle, it is certainly worthy of a place in a deep border. Insignificant pale pink flowers in summer.

RUBUS PARVIFLORUS ‘SUNSHINE SPREADER’ YELLOW
G

100 x 30

Aptly named variety with more rounded leaves than the common blackberry.

RUTA GRAVEOLENS ‘JACKMAN’S BLUE’ BLUE
E

60 x 75 Evergreen

Indispensable blue evergreen, tidy, compact with beautifully formed rounded, ferny foliage. Spring trim.

SALIX INTEGRA ‘HAKURO NISHIKI’ VARIEG F

180 x 180

A highly attractive willow with pink and white new leaves becoming conspicuously white variegated. Best in good soil in part shade and can be cut back hard each spring to maintain desired size.

SALIX PURPUREA ‘NANCY SAUNDERS’ BLUE/GREEN
F

350 x 200

A very elegant member of the willow family with slim bluish green leaves. An attractive addition to a moist, sunny shrubbery. Best cut back hard in the Spring.

SALVIA OFFICINALIS ‘ICTERINA’ VARIEG
D

60 x 75 Evergreen

Delightful soft yellow and green variegation with matt felted leaves, unlike anything else.

SALVIA OFFICINALIS ‘PURPURASCENS’ PURPLE
D

60 x 75 Evergreen

Valuable colouring – a distinctive shade of greyish-purple with stronger colouring on the new growths.

SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘AUREA’ YELLOW
G

240 x 180

An excellent large shrub with bright golden foliage. Happy in chalky soils.

SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘BLACK BEAUTY’ BLACK G

180 x 150

Shiny red-black leaves with deep red flower buds opening to pale pink. A first class addition to the elder family.

SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘BLACK LACE’ DARK PURPLE H
150 x 120

Recent introduction with deep burgundy leaves heavily dissected giving the appearance of Acer dissectum purpureum. Creamy pink flowers in spring.

SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘MARGINATA’   VARIEG
G

240 x 150

Creamy white leaf margins nicely match the flower heads of this elder which is a useful brightener of shady areas, or a pleasant back of the border shrub.

SAMBUCUS RACEMOSA ‘SUTHERLAND GOLD’ YELLOW
G

180 x 150 (click here to see picture)

This is by far the best of the golden elders with finely cut leaves. It is more tolerant in sunny positions.

SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS SILVER E

45 x 60 Evergreen

‘Cotton Lavender’ – woolly, silvery filigree foliage. Lemon-yellow dainty button-like flower heads on tall stalks in July. Needs well drained soil. Trim in spring to make a neat hedge or mound.

SPIRAEA JAPONICA ‘GOLD MOUND’ YELLOW
E

60 x 60

This variety starts with reddish new growth, becoming and remaining bright yellow. Pink flowers in mid-summer. Another valuable foliage plant.

SPIRAEA ‘PINK ICE’ VARIEG   G

90 x 90 Semi Evergreen

New shoots emerge delicate pink, becoming cream and later cream-variegated, with white flower heads in early summer. Compact. Light shade on dry soils.

SPIRAEA THUNBERGII ‘MOUNT FUJI VARIEG F

’ 120 x 120 Semi Evergreen

A dense twiggy bush with narrow foliage of creamy-white variegation. Clusters of white flowers in spring.

SYMPHORICARPOS ORBICULATUS ‘FOLIS VARIEGATIS’ VARIEG F

150 x 120

Rounded leaves ringed with an irregular circle of bright yellow. Any soils. Sun or part shade.

VIBURNUM LANATA ‘AUREUM’   YELLOW
G

150 x 120

This is an interesting yellow leaved form of the native ‘Wayfaring Tree’ with thick, handsomely textured leaves, creamy-white flower heads in early summer and red turning-black oblong berries.

VIBURNUM OPULUS ‘AUREUM’ YELLOW G

180 x 120

The native Guelder Rose has given rise to this pleasing form with yellow foliage, white flowers and red berries.

VIBURNUM SARGENTII ‘ONONDAGA’ PURP/D. GRN G

150 x 120

A splendid upright shrub the young foliage purple becoming dark green. White lace cap flowers in late spring are very showy.

VIBURNUM TINUS ‘PURPUREUM’ PURP/D. GRN
F

180 x 120 Evergreen

The well known evergreen with pink buds opening to white flowers right through winter. In this form, the purple flushed young leaves are a bonus.

VIBURNUM TINUS ‘VARIEGATUM’ VARIEG G

120 x 120 Evergreen

Bright variegation of pale green and creamy-yellow on pinkish stems. White winter flower heads, pink buds.

WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘ALEXANDRA’ DARK PURPLE
G
120 x 120

Truly rich chocolate coloured leaves with deep pink flowers. One of the best dark leaved shrubs on the nursery.

WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘FOLIIS PURPUREIS’   PURP/BRN
F

90 x 90

A most unusual dark brown colouring to the leaves becoming only slightly green suffused as they mature, beautifully setting off the subtle dusky pink flowers.

WEIGELA 'BRIANT RUBIDOR' YELLOW
F

150 x 120

Top rate recent shrub with rich gold or gold-splashed-green leaves and ruby, creamy stamened flowers.

WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘VARIEGATA’   VARIEG
F

120 x 120

A compact medium-sized shrub – ovate and oblong leaves are edged creamy-white. Flowers pink in May and June. One of the best variegated shrubs for general planting.

WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘GOLDRUSH’ VARIEG F

150 x 100

A selected form of ‘Variegata’ with more golden rather than creamy margins to the leaves. Pink flowers in the Spring.

WEIGELA SUBSESSILIS ‘VICTORIA’ PURPLE F

100 x 100

A compact shrub similar to Foliis Purpureis’ but with better leaf colour. Deep pink flowers in Spring.

New additions for 2008

Aralia Elata G

Elaeagnus Frederici G

Hydrangea Petiolaris F

Hydrangea Quercifolia H

Ligustrum Ovalofolium Aureum F

Lonicera Pileata E

Leycestra Formosa F

Pyracantha Harlequin G

Prunus Otto Luyken E

Ribes Alpinum Aureum F

Rosemarinus Prostrate Form E

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OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS ‘GOSHIKI’	VARIEG	G
150 x 90	Evergreen
An outstanding variety with shiny leaves variegated cream, yellow and green. Dense and slow-growing.
OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS ‘PURPUREUS’	BL/GREEN	G
150 x 90	Evergreen
On this variety which makes a good dark background shrub, the young leaves are deep purple, becoming dark green with a purplish infusion.
OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS ‘VARIEGATUS’	VARIEG	G
150 x 90	Evergreen
Marbled grey-green leaves with creamy-white margins. White scented flowers in autumn.
OZOTHAMNUS ROSMARINIFOLIUS ‘SILVER JUBILEE’	SILVER	F
180 x 120	Evergreen
An upright bush with quite wiry silver foliage (similar in texture to Rosemary). Clusters of crimson buds open to white flower heads.
PEROVSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA ‘BLUE SPIRE’	GREY	F
100 x 45	Evergreen
The grey foliage with a marked serrated edge is an excellent foil for the long-lasting blue flowers appearing in late summer. Best cut back in spring.
PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS ‘AUREUS’	YELLOW	F
180 x 120
Beautiful splash of bright yellow in spring, becoming yellow-green. White scented flowers. Light shade.
PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS ‘VARIEGATUS’	VARIEG	F
150 x 120
A most effective variegated shrub, with white leaf margins. White scented flowers. Part shade.
PHILADELPHUS ‘INNOCENCE’	VARIEG	G
180 x 120
Foliage variably splashed and streaked creamy white. Large single scented white flowers in abundance.
PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA	GREY	F
75 x 120	Evergreen
‘Jerusalem Sage’ has grey woolly leaves of an elongated heart shape and whorls of yellow flowers. As there is a slight greenish cast to the leaves, these and the flowers fit a green and yellow scheme well. A good plant for a sunny bank.
PHOTINIA DAVIDIANA ‘PALETTE’	VARIEG	G
180 x 150	Evergreen
New foliage bright orange-red, becoming a striking mixture of green, pink and white. White flowers, red berries.
PHOTINIA X FRASERI ‘RED ROBIN’	RED	G
180 x 420 (click here to see picture)	Evergreen
It is the new growths which are so eye-catching – brilliant red in fact, and which can be encouraged by judicious pruning. Lime tolerant.
PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS ‘DART’S GOLD’	YELLOW	G
150 x 120
Good bright yellow right through summer with heads of pink-tinged white flowers. Three-lobed leaves.
PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS ‘DIABOLO’	PURPLE	G
180 x 120 (click here to see picture)
A superb variety with deep purple leaves, and as with most purple leaved plants it is best planted in an open sunny position.
PIERIS JAPONICA ‘LITTLE HEATH’	VARIEG	G
45 x 75	Evergreen
A really dwarf pieris for border front or sheltered rock garden. Cream margins, pink-flushed new leaves.
PIERIS ‘FLAMING SILVER’	VARIEG	G
150 x 120	Evergreen
Bright red new growth becomes green with a white margin. White spring flowers. Lime-free soil or compost.
PITTOSPORUM TENUFOLIUM ‘GARNETTII’	VARIEG	G
180 x 120	Evergreen
An excellent hardier variety with grey-green leaves, margined white and with a pinkish tinge in winter.
PITTOSPORUM TENUIFOLIUM ‘SILVER QUEEN’	SILV/GREY	G
180 x 120 (click here to see picture)	Evergreen
A fine specimen shrub. Leaves are suffused silvery-grey and have a narrow white margin.
PITTISPORUM TENUFOLIUM ‘WENDLE SHANNON'	VARIEG	H
180 x 150	Evergreen
Small light green leaves with cream coloured margins.
POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA ‘ABBOTSWOOD SILVER’	VARIEG	E
90 x 90
A small spreading shrub with white streaks in the grey green foliage. White flowers in the summer. Sunny position prefered.
PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS ‘GREEN JADE’	VARIEG	F
180 x 120	Evergreen
A striking form of laurel with a creamy-white marbling on the leaves.
PRUNUS LUSITANICAS VARIEGATAS	VARIEG	F
180 x 150	Evergreen
The Portugal Laurel in its variegated form has good creamy margins to shiny rich green leaves, sometimes pink flushed in winter, and on deep red stems. Fairly slow and dense growing in sun or shade. Very attractive.
RHAMNUS ALATERNUS ‘ARGENTEOVARIEGATUS’	VARIEG	G
180 x 120	Evergreen
Highly decorative with green and grey marbled leaves margined white. Not for coldest areas. Grows quite quickly.
RIBES AMERICANUM ‘VARIEGATUM’	VARIEG	F
90 x 120
A good creamy white variegated ornamental currant, with strongly scented foliage. Needs sun for best colour.
ROSA GLAUCA	PURPLE	G
210 x 120
A marvellous plant for several reasons. The foliage is a unique shade of greyish purple, unless grown in the shade when it becomes dusky grey-green. The flowers harmonise nicely being single, pink with white centres and the many bright red hips in late summer provide the finishing touches.
ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS ‘MISS JESSOPP’S UPRIGHT’	GREY/GREEN	F
180 x 150	Evergreen
An compact upright shrub with narrow aromatic grey-green leaves and blue flowers.
RUBUS COCKBURNIANUS ‘GOLDEN VALE’	YELLOW	G
150 x 100
A deciduous plant with a quite ghostly appearance in winter created by silvery white stems. The yellow foliage is in sharp contrast and although it is a prickly shrub to handle, it is certainly worthy of a place in a deep border. Insignificant pale pink flowers in summer.
RUBUS PARVIFLORUS ‘SUNSHINE SPREADER’	YELLOW	G
100 x 30
Aptly named variety with more rounded leaves than the common blackberry.
RUTA GRAVEOLENS ‘JACKMAN’S BLUE’	BLUE	E
60 x 75	Evergreen
Indispensable blue evergreen, tidy, compact with beautifully formed rounded, ferny foliage. Spring trim.
SALIX INTEGRA ‘HAKURO NISHIKI’	VARIEG	F
180 x 180
A highly attractive willow with pink and white new leaves becoming conspicuously white variegated. Best in good soil in part shade and can be cut back hard each spring to maintain desired size.
SALIX PURPUREA ‘NANCY SAUNDERS’	BLUE/GREEN	F
350 x 200
A very elegant member of the willow family with slim bluish green leaves. An attractive addition to a moist, sunny shrubbery. Best cut back hard in the Spring.
SALVIA OFFICINALIS ‘ICTERINA’	VARIEG	D
60 x 75	Evergreen
Delightful soft yellow and green variegation with matt felted leaves, unlike anything else.
SALVIA OFFICINALIS ‘PURPURASCENS’	PURPLE	D
60 x 75	Evergreen
Valuable colouring – a distinctive shade of greyish-purple with stronger colouring on the new growths.
SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘AUREA’	YELLOW	G
240 x 180
An excellent large shrub with bright golden foliage. Happy in chalky soils.
SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘BLACK BEAUTY’	BLACK	G
180 x 150
Shiny red-black leaves with deep red flower buds opening to pale pink. A first class addition to the elder family.
SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘BLACK LACE’	DARK PURPLE	H
150 x 120
Recent introduction with deep burgundy leaves heavily dissected giving the appearance of Acer dissectum purpureum. Creamy pink flowers in spring.
SAMBUCUS NIGRA ‘MARGINATA’	VARIEG	G
240 x 150
Creamy white leaf margins nicely match the flower heads of this elder which is a useful brightener of shady areas, or a pleasant back of the border shrub.
SAMBUCUS RACEMOSA ‘SUTHERLAND GOLD’	YELLOW	G
180 x 150 (click here to see picture)
This is by far the best of the golden elders with finely cut leaves. It is more tolerant in sunny positions.
SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS	SILVER	E
45 x 60	Evergreen
‘Cotton Lavender’ – woolly, silvery filigree foliage. Lemon-yellow dainty button-like flower heads on tall stalks in July. Needs well drained soil. Trim in spring to make a neat hedge or mound.
SPIRAEA JAPONICA ‘GOLD MOUND’	YELLOW	E
60 x 60
This variety starts with reddish new growth, becoming and remaining bright yellow. Pink flowers in mid-summer. Another valuable foliage plant.
SPIRAEA ‘PINK ICE’	VARIEG	G
90 x 90	Semi Evergreen
New shoots emerge delicate pink, becoming cream and later cream-variegated, with white flower heads in early summer. Compact. Light shade on dry soils.
SPIRAEA THUNBERGII ‘MOUNT FUJI	VARIEG	F
’ 120 x 120	Semi Evergreen
A dense twiggy bush with narrow foliage of creamy-white variegation. Clusters of white flowers in spring.
SYMPHORICARPOS ORBICULATUS ‘FOLIS VARIEGATIS’	VARIEG	F
150 x 120
Rounded leaves ringed with an irregular circle of bright yellow. Any soils. Sun or part shade.
VIBURNUM LANATA ‘AUREUM’	YELLOW	G
150 x 120
This is an interesting yellow leaved form of the native ‘Wayfaring Tree’ with thick, handsomely textured leaves, creamy-white flower heads in early summer and red turning-black oblong berries.
VIBURNUM OPULUS ‘AUREUM’	YELLOW	G
180 x 120
The native Guelder Rose has given rise to this pleasing form with yellow foliage, white flowers and red berries.
VIBURNUM SARGENTII ‘ONONDAGA’	PURP/D. GRN	G
150 x 120
A splendid upright shrub the young foliage purple becoming dark green. White lace cap flowers in late spring are very showy.
VIBURNUM TINUS ‘PURPUREUM’	PURP/D. GRN	F
180 x 120	Evergreen
The well known evergreen with pink buds opening to white flowers right through winter. In this form, the purple flushed young leaves are a bonus.
VIBURNUM TINUS ‘VARIEGATUM’	VARIEG	G
120 x 120	Evergreen
Bright variegation of pale green and creamy-yellow on pinkish stems. White winter flower heads, pink buds.
WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘ALEXANDRA’	DARK PURPLE	G
120 x 120
Truly rich chocolate coloured leaves with deep pink flowers. One of the best dark leaved shrubs on the nursery.
WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘FOLIIS PURPUREIS’	PURP/BRN	F
90 x 90
A most unusual dark brown colouring to the leaves becoming only slightly green suffused as they mature, beautifully setting off the subtle dusky pink flowers.
WEIGELA 'BRIANT RUBIDOR'	YELLOW	F
150 x 120
Top rate recent shrub with rich gold or gold-splashed-green leaves and ruby, creamy stamened flowers.
WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘VARIEGATA’	VARIEG	F
120 x 120
A compact medium-sized shrub – ovate and oblong leaves are edged creamy-white. Flowers pink in May and June. One of the best variegated shrubs for general planting.
WEIGELA FLORIDA ‘GOLDRUSH’	VARIEG	F
150 x 100
A selected form of ‘Variegata’ with more golden rather than creamy margins to the leaves. Pink flowers in the Spring.
WEIGELA SUBSESSILIS ‘VICTORIA’	PURPLE	F
100 x 100
A compact shrub similar to Foliis Purpureis’ but with better leaf colour. Deep pink flowers in Spring.