Whitehill Farm Nursery

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Euonymus to Hypericum

Berberis

EUONYMUS FORTUNEI.
The numerous cultivars of this species are useful versatile evergreens, which will thrive in shade, and either cover the ground, reaching about 2ft, or climb walls and fences reaching 10ft or more. Z6:  
              ‘Cannadale Gold’; dark green with yellow edges;
               ‘Dart’s Blanket’; plain dark glossy green turning bronze red in
                winter;
                ‘Emerald & Gold’; green with a lot of yellow;
                ‘Silver Queen’; dark green with white margins;
                ‘Sunspot’; dark green with a central yellow splash.

GENISTA LYDIA.
A beautiful little shrub with semi-prostrate arching branches which will flow over a rock or low wall. A complete mass of yellow flowers in early summer. 2ft x 2ft. Z5. 

GENISTA PILOSA
Prostrate shrub with spreading branches and  small dark green leaves, producing small yellow flowers in 5” spikes in late spring and early summer. 1ft x 3ft. Z6.

 GENISTA SAGITALIS.
A curious little shrub with broad winged stems and few leaves, having a prostrate habit and carrying dense heads of sharp yellow flowers in early summer. 6” x 3ft. Z7. 

HEBE
The writer is keen on these useful small evergreens, but we find the larger flowered hybrids to be not reliably hardy, while the following are all considered to be so, all Z8 (Caledonia may be borderline):    
                ‘Caledonia’; pink stems,  slightly bronze leaves, violet flowers
                 summer to autumn 2ft x 2ft
                Odora;  a neat rich green ‘filler’ with tiny leaves; insignificant
                flowers about 3ft x 2ft;
                ‘James Stirling’ Unusual ochre yellow scale like leaves
                18” x 24”
                Pinquifolia ‘Pagei’; prostrate creeping, glaucous grey leaves,
                white flowers in late spring and early summer, 1ft x 3ft;
                Sutherlandii; a pale green neat dense ball. White flowers in
                summer. 2ft x 2ft;
                Wingletye low spreading, with glaucous grey leaves and lilac
                blue flowers in summer, 6” x  12”;

 HELIANTHEMUM.
Small low growing evergreens which will fill many situations such as rock gardens, terracing, raised beds, or the front of borders. All have 1” saucer shaped flowers over a long period, from late spring to mid-summer, and reach about 8” x 12”. Z7. We offer;
                 ‘Bunbury’;  deep pink;
                 ‘Golden Queen’;  yellow;
                 ‘Wisley Primrose’; pale yellow; 

HYDRANGEA MICROPHYLLA LILACINA
A tough, reliable version of the lacecap hydrangea.  A good blue in acid soil, otherwise pink, 5ft x5ft. Z7. 

HYPERICUM ‘HIDCOTE’
A  valuable, semi-evergreen shrub which will grow in almost any situation.  Three inch, cup shaped golden yellow flowers, with orange stamens,  from mid-summer to early autumn.  4ft x 4ft. Z7. 

Pachysandra
Cotoneaster Perovskia
Eleagnus Philadelphus
Eucalyptus Physocarpus
Euonymus Piptanthus
Genista Potentilla
Hebe Rubus
Helianthemum Salix
Hydrangea Sambucus
Hypericum Sarcococca
Jasmine Spiraea
Kolkwitzia Stephanandra
 Lavatera Teuchrium
Lonicera Viburnum
Magnolia Vinca
Mahonia Weigela