Welcome to Shallowmead Nurseries

We are situated on the edge of the New Forest and have been an established family business for over 50 years.  We are a  WHOLESALE NURSERY  with an excellent reputation for good quality plants and highly competitive prices. We take pride in the standard of our plants, all of which are container grown, and our aim is to give a first class service to all of our customers.

We have an extensive range of extremely interesting plants in many heights and pot sizes, from 9cm liners up to 45 litre specimens. The more mature plants are achieved after many years of careful attention and provide instant impact.

Particularly of interest could be our wide selection of ornamental dwarf and slow growing conifers, or our many rare or unusual pines, (Pinus palustris, engelmannii or Apache Pine, patula, taeda, etc.) the seeds of which have been collected from all over the world.

For hedges we can offer a good range of deciduous and evergreen hedging plants (including many native - indigenous species)  : Buxus - Box, Fagus sylvatica - Beech & Copper Beech, Crataegus - Hawthorn, Carpinus - Hornbeam,  Ligustrum - Privet,  Prunus - Laurel,  Escallonia, Many varieties of green and variegated Ilex - Holly,  Quercus ilex - Holm Oak,  Pittosporums, Photinia, Taxus -  Yew , Thuja - Western Red Cedar,  Chamaecyparis - Lawson Cypress and many Cuprocyparis Leylandii clones including Leylandii Olive's Green, Harlequin, Gold Rider , Robinson's Gold  and Leylandii 2001.

We also grow shrubs, hardy nursery stock, grasses, exotics, ground cover plants etc. with an increasing emphasis on some of the ‘hard to find’ varieties. Among the many species listed are; Anigozanthos -Kangaroo Paws, Bamboo, Blueberries and Cranberries plants -Vaccinium, Buxus, Camellia, Canna, Carpenteria, Cordyline, Daphne, Embothrium, Fig trees - Ficus, Fremontodendron, Ilex, Junipers, Pittosporum, Pieris and  Phormiums - including Phormium Firebird and our own Phormium Phoenix and Phormium Dusky Princess.

We propagate the majority of our plants ourselves by rooted cuttings, some by division, and some from seed as indicated on the list.

We have facilities to undertake contract propagation of a wide range of conifers and nursery stock. We are willing to grow from your own stock material if desired.