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90 yeARs AND
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taking a growing lead 1921 – 2011
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A unique British nursery,
turning your landscape
concept into reality
Trees and shrubs enhance
Farnborough Business Park.
See page 7
WELCOME TO OUR 90th AnniveRsARy EDITION! K!
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Dear Customer...
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The combination of our own production and
our ability to source stock from our strategic
...Johnsons of Whixley are celebrating partners throughout Europe – and deliver WORKING DAYS
90 years of growing and supplying plants and trees for within five working days – means we are
landscapes. Our extensive range, with plants for every truly a one stop shop. See our specimen
situation and aspect, complimented by essential sundries, showcase on page 19.
provides everything you need to create your open space,
We are one of the very few amenity nurseries
park or garden.
in the UK accredited to ISO 14001, taking
Our plants and trees are grown on our nursery in the Vale of the pressure from you for checking the
York, nurtured from a tender seedling to a hardy specimen. environmental credentials of your nursery.
By growing in a sustainable way, we can help
you design and plant sustainably.
exTeNSive rANge
including...
tRees
ContAineR
foRestRy Trees available in PlAnts
& heDGinG all sizes, right up
to semi-mature,
All with the guarantee of BUlBs & wilD
to enhance any
Native Seed Origin project floweRs
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CONTENTS
expanDinG jOhNSONS OF whIxLEY CATALOGUE
TO OFFER YOU Celebrating 90 years and still growing ------------------------- 4
Service, partnership and co-operation -------------------------- 5
moRe What our customers say ---------------------------------------------- 6
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Project profile - Farnborough Business Park ------------------ 7
Gold standard / The Plantsman™ retail range ---------------- 8
We are proud to announce Native Seed Provenance --------------------------------------------- 9
the construction of Production site overview -------------------------------------------- 10
Johnsons Xpress -------------------------------------------------------- 11
Our catalogue gives just a glimpse 8000sq metres of multi-
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provide you with our latest stock This enables us to bring all Plant Profile - Pachysandra terminalis -------------------------- 14
availability listings. Follow us on susceptible plants under Plant Profile - Ilex aquifolium ‘Siberia’ Limsi ------------------ 15
Facebook for our very latest Planting for a natural world ----------------------------------------- 16
cover for the winter and
updates or Tweet us for instant Any plant, any size, any quantity, anywhere ------------------ 17
ensure they are available
horticultural answers and plant
recommendations. for key spring periods. Trees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18
Specimen Showcase -------------------------------------------- 19-28
The sales team and I are ready to Top plants and trees for amenity landscapes --------- 29-31
support you with your landscaping
How to use the A-Z plant listing --------------------------------- 32
projects, and we look forward to
A-Z plant listing ---------------------------------------------------- 33-79
seeing you soon!
More space +
more cover = Essential sundries ----------------------------------------------------- 80
With all good wishes for a
increased range! • Planting --------------------------------------------------------- 81-82
successful and profitable
year ahead! • Tree guards -------------------------------------------------------- 83
• Decorative Aggregates --------------------------------------- 84
• Inturf ------------------------------------------------------------------ 85
The UK’s • Melcourt ------------------------------------------------------------ 86
Nigel Coultas biGGesT RanGe
Director of Amenity Sales of speCimen Planting densities and container sizes ------------------------ 87
planTs How trees are specified -------------------------------------------- 88
Other forms available ------------------------------------------------ 89
Terms of business ------------------------------------------------- 90-91
Keys to sections --------------------------------------------------------- 92
How to find us ---------------------------------------------------------- 93
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Celebrating 90 years PLEASE VISIT
and still growing! twow rwea.ndU aRbseoRuytm oeunr.C hoi.UstKory
Mr Eric Johnson
jOhNSONS OF WhIxLEY was The business of horticulture has changed from
founded in 1921 by Mr Eric Johnson, with Mr Johnson’s day and yet the time-honoured
techniques and the skill and ingenuity of our
money he had saved from his WW1 gratuity.
nursery and office staff remain - although we
He grew the business for 43 years, putting
would never attempt to load a lorry
down some very deep roots.
like this anymore!
The business was acquired by John Richardson, now That being said, the growth of the scale of our
our Chairman, in 1964. We have grown considerably operation would astonish our predecessors, as
over that time, but Johnsons of Whixley is still family would the very close connections we have with
owned and family run to this day. growers throughout the UK and Europe.
From 1965, the process of growing plants and trees
on a large scale became more mechanised. John
invested in machinery, but he also invested in people,
taking on staff as the business grew, many of whom
have stayed with the business for decades.
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John Walker, our Amenity Operations Manager, has over
Service, partnership and co-operation... 35 years experience and checks that plants will be fit for
purpose and meet the expectations of our customers.
The vAlueS AT The heArT OF Our BuSiNeSS
PrOJecT iNTelligeNce ANd leAd geNerATiON Our PrOveN SySTeMS for growing, lifting and delivery are all monitored
We work with you to identify opportunities in your area. Let us help regularly through our quality assurance and environmental management systems.
you to win morebusiness!
We AcTively PArTiciPATe in industry bodies such as the HTA, BALI and
others, including Greening the UK - and we take a lead in their major campaigns.
rAPid reSPONSe quOTATiONS
Our team is ready to help you meet the most demanding deadlines.
PlANT hANdliNg ANd lOgiSTicS SySTeMS that are second to none:
unique bespoke plant handling systems have been developed for every size
uNrivAlled leAd TiMeS
of plant to reduce the risk of damage during transit; a unique plant labelling
98% of our deliveries arrive on the agreed date and time, and 95%
system, detailing the customer, scheme and even planting bed; fail safe
are made within 5 days of an order call-off being given.
secondary labels scattered throughout a pallet of plants to assist site staff
uNreSTricTed chOice who don’t have horticultural expertise and purpose built insulated curtain-sider
As possibly the largest one-stop amenity supplier in the UK, we stock vehicles, in a range of sizes, with fully trained drivers with the know-how to care
millions of home-grown plants – and have millions more oncall from for their cargo and customers.
our production partners throughout Europe.
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we always strive to make sure the plants we deliver are to the quality demanded by the client, and we also “ Excellent, helpful, efficient!”
aim to ensure total customer satisfaction by getting the plants to site on time and in superb condition.
LC, Edinburgh
As a wholesale nursery, we are fairly unique in having a Customer
Charter - see our website. Most of the time we get things right -
“As usual, a very professional
as you’ll see from some of the comments from our customers.
service from quote to delivery”
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ouunrd einr-sdtaenpdth t hken ocwonlesdegqeu eonf cthees loafn idnsccoarrpeec tin ddeulisvteryr,i ewse. O ur had to say! “Johnsons not only provided
customer care team are charged with resolving your problem
a first rate delivery service
quickly, so you can complete the job and get paid.
with a professional driver, they
If you do have a problem, tell your Johnsons contact what’s wrong
and how you would like the problem fixed. With Chris, they will also offered good advice and good
agree a solution and keep you informed of the remedy. Normally,
complaints will be dealt with and resolved the same day they are quality plants. Well done!”
raised, so that you can complete your project.
WSG, North Yorkshire
Customer care hotline: [phone]
Customer care email: [email protected]
customer liaison Manager - chris davis
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BARRY ChINN ASSOCIATES
What our customers say...
”I have developed a much valued association with
Johnsons of Whixley over 20 years,”
says Barry Chinn, of Barry Chinn
Associates. “It is a relationship
that flourished because of their
wish to achieve the very best
OAkVIEW LANDSCAPES
Oakview Landscapes are a progressive in plant material supply, both
Essex-based landscape contracting in terms of the product itself and
company who work at the bespoke end the logistics required to achieve
of both the commercial and domestic timely delivery of well labelled and
markets. They were double Award Winners packaged stock. BARRY ChINN
at the BALI Landscape Awards in 2006
They like to work in partnership, providing regular updates
and won a Principal Award in 2007. on new varieties and also wanting to understand the
PAUL DOWNER trends in plant specification to adapt their production.
“We’ve worked with Johnsons for 20
We hold regular meetings to view stock and to further
years because their plant quality and
the knowledge of staff from both companies. Most of
general levels of service are excellent,” says
our projects require large quantities of stock, including
Paul Downer, Managing Director. “They are also
significant numbers of individual species. Johnsons have
very keen to work in partnership with businesses
always been able to satisfy this requirement. A successful
like ours, something which matches our own project requires a good design, well-constructed, using
business philosophy exactly”. quality materials. Johnsons of Whixley can be relied
upon to provide the quality materials.”
BRAMBLEDOWN LANDSCAPES
Brambledown Landscapes is one of
the UK’s premier landscape
contractors specialising in all
aspects of hard and soft landscape
construction, artificial and natural
sportsground construction, environmental improvements, historic
park restorations, drainage, streetworks and grounds maintenance.
For over 40 years the company’s development has always been
carefully managed, with skills and personnel being added as
demand and disciplines in the landscape industry have grown. “In
all that time we haven’t found better quality plants or better
service,” says Frank Curry, Brambledown Managing Director.
“Johnsons’ systems for landscape contractors like us are simply FRANk CURRY
second to none. They are first rate growers and first rate
suppliers who foster a real sense of partnership.”
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farnborough
Business Park
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The prestigious Farnborough Business Park is a unique
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environment where intelligent buildings deliver flexible
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and future-proofed space for modern businesses.
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A £20 million restoration Landscaping the park has been vital to its
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programme has preserved key development and Johnsons of Whixley
buildings and created a heritage have supplied plants worth £250,000 C
centre, while a restored airship over the last 6 years, including trees,
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hangar frame forms a stunning specimens, topiary, shrubs and 25,000
70ft focal point and hosts Buxus plants in 15L pots and 140m of
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Introducing the
GolD seRviCe
For some schemes, our customers need plants
that are finished, presented and delivered to a
...loading into specially designed metal
higher standard. stillages or CC trolleys rather than
wooden crates to arrive with you in tip
top condition.
Drawing on our experience in supplying
garden centres and other plant retailers,
we can now offer our landscapers
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a bespoke Gold Service, with plants Black
being selected from stock which has
From the growing beds the plants are taken to
been produced for the garden retail
the depatch area to be trimmed up and put into TRACHELO
market. It’s just as hardy but has clean pots ready for.... jasminoides
received additional cultural work.
DO YOU NEED PLANTS TO
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AMENITY LANDSCAPES? THE PLANTSMAN
Instant impact, mature plant
The Plantsman™ brand endorses our 4 retail ranges of hardy
plants and shrubs, all British hardy grown. Bespoke labelling
ensures the plants are ready for the point of sale.
The PreSTige rANge: Beautiful hardy 10l
specimen plants which give maturity to the garden.
PATiO PerFecT: Provide instant impact, supplied in
5l terraplastic pots.
gArdeN geMS: A range of high impact impulse
plants, ideal for topical hot spot promotions.
gArdeN chAMPiONS: Tried and tested
plants, offering outstanding value for money.
Our Sales Team are all experienced
Plants are selected from the stock which has horticulturists, with many years’
been grown for retail sales: it's the same hardy experience of working in the retail
stock but has received additional cultural work. market. For more information, call our
Retail Sales Hotline on 01423 332305.
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the pressure is
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on to plant more

FOreSTS ANd WOOdlANd 105 INVERNESS
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Government and scientists agree that UK forests and trees have huge
potential to play a major role in the UK’s response to the challenges of 10 202
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the changing climate and that there is a clear need for more woodlands.
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Forests remove CO2 from the could, by the 2050s, be delivering,
EDINBURGH
atmosphere through photosynthesis on an annual basis, emissions GLASGOW
If an
and, through a combination of abatement equivalent to 10%
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reduced deforestation, forest of total GHG emissions at that
management and the planting of time. Such a programme - tied to of the UnIted KIngdom’s
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new forests, trees could make a associated harvesting, replenishment land was planted wIth new 108
woodland over the next 40 NEWCASTLE
significant contribution to meeting and replanting - would represent
years, It coUld be
the UK’s challenging emissions a 4% change in land cover and
locking up 10%
reduction targets. would bring UK forest area to 16% 301
which would still be well below the of the natIon’s predIcted 401
Forestry Commission analysis in greenhoUse gas emIssIons
European average.
response to the Intergovernmental by the 2050s 302
Panel on Climate Change 4th Allied to this is the pressure to
Assessment Report suggests that create woodland of the right seed
MANCHESTER
woodlands planted since 1990, provenance. Johnsons of Whixley is 40
coupled to an enhanced woodland one of the few nurseries in the UK to
creation programme of 23,000 ha produce certifiable crops from seed
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per year over the next 40 years of all the areas designated.
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BIRMINGHAM
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ABERYSTWYTH 304
“We grow enough transplants and 403
seedlings every year to plant a hedge
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nAtive seeD PROVENANCE
stretching from London to Edinburgh
– on both sides of the road!”
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The genetic integrity of our plants is fully
traceable through native seed provenance and 405
we are proud to be one of the few nurseries in
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the UK to produce certifiable crops for each of
the Forestry Commission’s identified seed zones.
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huge scale dy
plant production
IN FIVE SPECIALIST UNITS, SELLING
MILLIONS OF PLANTS EVERY YEAR -
BROUGhT TO YOU ON TIME, WIThIN
BUDGET AND IN PEAk CONDITION
Time-honoured horticultural techniques combined
with the best that modern technology can offer.
We operate LEAN production methods
and processes throughout the business –
constantly reviewing the way we do things to
reduce waste of time and resources, thus keeping
cost out – and keeping prices down.
Our plants start life in our own purpose-built propagation unit
where cuttings, which are taken and stuck on the same day,
are grouped together so that the young plants grow uniformly.
FORESTRY PRODUCTION UNIT NEWLANDS CATTAL ROECLIFFE RETAIL
As the plants mature they are transplanted to larger containers
The silty sand of the Vale of York produces CONTAINER UNIT SPECIMEN PRODUCTION
and stand on gravel beds exposed to all the elements to ensure
exceptionally fibrous root systems for our trees, At Newlands, we have an PLANT UNIT UNIT
hardiness. As well as being watered and fed uniformly, plants are
meaning they haven’t struggled through chalk or exposed site of 20Ha, which At Cattal, we have a At Roecliffe we have 4Ha,
cut back regularly to ensure both bushy growth and that they clay. Once transplanted in their growing position, experiences all the elements 7Ha container unit with 1Ha under glass. This is
have the correct number of breaks to meet specification. they establish very quickly in the right conditions, our climate throws at it. These specialising in the our bespoke production unit
and will grow more vigorously than most other stock. conditions make the site ideal production of high for the retail sector. Plants
We produce over 5 million transplants and for producing hardy container impact specimen plants, on this unit are grown to
We welcome visitors to our nursery sheaewdtlhinogrns. eTvheirsy syceaalre, ionfc pluroddinugc toiovner m 2e.6a nmsi ltlhioant we sTthoisc ki si na l2sLo, o3uLr a mnda i5nL pots. p&r i3m5aLr piloy tisn. 5ThL,e 1m0aL,j o1r5itLy mleieseutr eth me anrekeedts. of the garden
can meet virtually any size of order – and pass on administration and despatch of our contract growing
cONTAcT uS TO ArrANge A TOur! the economies you would expect. Most of our crop facility and the location of the commitments are carried
production is of UK native seed provenance. original Wholesale Plant Centre. out on this site.
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