Nursery Catalogue
Plant mail order will be extended until further notice
We are currently dispatching confirmed order enquiries within 1 week of payment details being received, weather permitting.
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How to check for availability
Use our Nursery Catalogue to check for availability of plants, select plants and add them to the enquiry list. View your selection and send it to the Nursery. (Plant photos taken at Great Dixter – majority by Carol Casselden).
What happens next
We reply to your list within 3 working days with availability of plants. Then, if you would like to proceed with an order, please contact us by telephone with credit or debit card details. If you do not receive an email from us within a week of making contact, please check your junk email folder before getting in touch.
Mail order delivery
**MAIL ORDER is continuing until further notice**
Postage and Packing Charges
Postage and packing charges for orders up to £100 is £10. For orders over £100 we charge £15. Please see our terms of business for more details concerning plant mail orders.
Collecting Plants
Plants may also be collected direct from the nursery all year round. We are happy to reserve plants for collection if you would email us your list prior to your visit. Bringing your own box will be appreciated.
Pot sizes and prices
In general our £3.50 plants are in 9cm pots. £4.50 plants are in 10x10x11cm pots, £6.50 plants are in 1.5 – 2 litre pots and £8.50 plants are in 2 litre deep pots. But there are always exceptions and as the season progresses and plants grow, they may be potted on and thus incur a price increase.
Name Changes (most notably Asters)
https://www.greatdixter.co.uk/nursery-catalogue/products/asters/
Where plant names have newly changed they are listed under their new name, with their previous name or synonym listed in parenthesis. Most notably, many plants, but not all, in the Aster family have now been re-classified as Symphyotrichum, Eurybia and Galatella amongst others. Please check the list under these new names to find the plants that you are searching for.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM)
Sun
Part shade
Shade
Plant Breeder's Rights
PollinatorClematis Key
S - denotes species and small flowered hybrids
L - denotes large flowered hybrids
Pruning:
a - no regular pruning needed.When space is limited, immediately after flowering cut out all shoots that have flowered.
b - cut out dead growth and weak shoots to a strong pair of buds, February to early March. Separate and train remaining growths.
c - cut all shoots hard back in February to early March to a strong pair of buds 1m or less above ground level.
Most clematis flower continuously or at intervals over a period of several months.The beginning of the flowering period is indicated by a number as follows:
1 - Spring to mid-June
2 - mid-June to August
Download our Nursery Catalogue for further information on the clematis.
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Ballota pseudodictamnus
A 60cm evergreen shrub with most pleasing woolly white foliage. The inflorescence forms a chaplet of pale green whorls, excellent for picking. H6. 
Baptisia australis
Indigo blue flowers on a well-spaced, lupin-like spike. Very distinctive and never shabby. May-June. Perennial. 1m. H7. 
Begonia foliosa var. miniata (syn. B. fuchsioides)
A tender, tallish, graceful species, with tiny, glossy leaves and cascades of small pink blossom for much of the year. Can be grown outside in summer. 75cm. H1b. 
Begonia grandis subsp. evansiana
A hardy perennial begonia with flesh pink flowers in autumn above delightful foliage. Likes moisture and shade (e.g. in front of hydrangeas). 50cm. H2. 
Begonia grandis subsp. evansiana var. alba
White version of the above. A smart looking perennial with handsome leaves. Especially useful for a shady spot. Sept. 40cm. H2. 
Begonia luxurians
The Palm-leaf Begonia. A wonderful foliage plant on a par with Melianthus and Setaria for effect. Large palmate leaves have long thin... More Info » 
Begonia scharfii
Large furry leaves with reddish reverse; abundant sheaves of pale pink blossom. A shrubby species and one of the best for planting out... More Info » 
Begonia Silver Jewell
Heart-shaped, finely puckered metallic silver leaves with radiating dark green markings. Velvety texture from a covering of fine hairs. Performed well over a long season in the Exotic Garden at Dixter. Tender. Creamy white flowers. 25cm. H1b. 
Begonia sutherlandii
A cascading, tuberous perennial begonia, almost hardy. Masses of little flowers over a long summer period, soft orange and good in a display pot with Helichrysum petiolare Limelight. 15cm. H2. Bergenia Eden’s Magic Giant
.Large, rounded, rich green leaves, glossy, rippled and muscular make an impressive site when grown well. Takes on shades of metallic grey, green, and burgundy in winter... More Info »