ACHILLEA
- ptarmica “The Pearl” 30” tall white flowers with
grey/green foliage.
-
filipendulina 3 ft x 3 ft tall strong stems and golden yellow flowers.
AGASTACHE
“Black Adder” 36”- 40” tall,
dark blue/lilac-blue flower spikes and aromatic foliage.
ALCHEMILLA
-abyssinia 2”- 4” tall, tiny spreading version of this
popular plant.
- alpina 3” - 5” tall 10”- 20” wide. Tiny yellowy
green flowers.
-mollis 24” x 30” tiny yellowish flowers,
quintessential cottage garden plant. AGM
-vetteri 6”- 8” tall much smaller version of the above, doesn’t seed around
like mollis but is equally attractive.
ANEMONE
- baldensis 15” tall lovely white flowers followed by
fluffy seedheads. Part shade.
- multifida Annabel Deep Rose 10” tall, finely cut foliage,
small rose-pink flowers followed by fluffy seed-heads. Part shade
-virginiana 12” tall stems carrying very pale creamy
lemon cup-shaped flowers, fading to white. Part shade.
ANTHEMIS
- tinctoria “Sauce Hollandaise” 24” x 24” Pale cream flowers fading to
white.
ARMORACIA
-rusticana variegata 3
ft tall large leaves with stunning cream
variegation.
ARUNCUS
-
dioicus
“Kneffii” 36” tall with creamy white flowers in loose panicles, ferny
foliage. Full or part shade.
-
dioicus var. kamtschaticus 3 ft tall creamy-white flower plumes, will tolerate
most soils and aspects. From RHS seed.
ARTEMISIA
-
ludoviciana “Valerie Finnis” 2 ft tall Lovely silver foliage, browny–yellow
flowers late summer, best removed. AGM
-
vulgaris “Oriental Limelight” 2 - 3 ft tall. Soft filigree green-yellow
variegated foliage small cream flowers. Sun
B
BERGENIA
-
cordifolia
24” x 30” Dark pink flowers on red stems with large shiny leaves, a
“full-stop” plant.
-
cordifolia “Tubby Andrews” 12” - 14” tall, variegated leaves of cream pink
and green with pink flowers. Stunning in winter when colouring is even more
intense. Part sun / part shade.
C
CAMPANULA
-
garganica “Dickson’s Gold” 4” x 12” yellow leaves with pale blue
flowers. Part shade.
-grossekii
3 ft tall violet blue bells held on upright stems. Dark green foliage.
-
? persicifolia “Olivers Choice” Obtained from Valley Farm Nurseries Norfolk
and named (by us) after the owner Oliver Neave. We have been unable to identify
this plant accurately as persicifolia but it has the characteristics of a
persicifolia although it is a more robust plant. The flowers are large, marbled
blue and white A lovely plant.
-
persicifolia 20”- 30” tall blue or white flowers.
-poscharskyana
4” - 6 “x 36” blue flowers, any position.
-
punctata “Rubra” 12” x 16” dusky pink flowers.
-ochroleuca
12” x 18”. Creamy white flowers with grey green foliage.
CENTAUREA
-benoistii 18”
- 24” tall pinky/purple cornflower type flowers
all summer. Unusual. Sun.
-dealbata 30”
-
36” tall. White
centred pink flowers. Sun.
-jacea New this year from RHS seed. Approx 10”-14” tall with mid-mauve
centaurea type flower-heads. Plants in pots have been outside all winter so
reliably hardy.
-montana
“Parham” 15” tall with purple/blue flowers, this cornflower will bloom
from June to September if deadheaded. Sun
COREOPSIS
-“Mayfield
Giant” 3 - 3 ½ ” ft tall with single yellow daisy-like flowers. Long
flowering season. Sun
DIASCIA
-“Daydream”
6” – 8” tall with mauve/pink flowers over spreading foliage. Sun.
-
“Elizabeth”
8” - 10” tall. Pink flowers produced continually throughout the summer,
robust spreading plant. Sun.
DIERAMA
-
pulcherrimum 3 - 5 ft tall. Deep pink flowers hanging from tall stems. Sun.
These plants are at least 4 years old and will flower this year. We may
have a few smaller plants of other colour/species. Please ask.
DIGITALIS
perennial
-lutea
24” x 12” pale yellow flowers. Part shade
ERIGERON
-
karvinskianus “Profusion” 8”-
12” tall, tiny white flowers fading to pink. Flowers over a long period.
ERYNGIUM
-bourgatii
“Graham Stuart Thomas selection” 18” x 18”.
Very blue flower heads set off by grey and white variegated foliage. Sun.
EUPATORIUM
-
cannabinum “Flore Plena” 4 - 5 ft tall. Dark leaves, dusky pink flowers.
-
maculatum “Atropurpureum” 5 - 7 ft tall. This imposing plant always sells
itself when in flower; the combination of purple tinted foliage and deep purple
flowers is stunning.
-
maculatum subsp. Maculatum 4 - 5 ft tall with pale sugar pink flowers.
EUPHORBIA
-amygdaloides
var robbiae 18” - 24” tall dark green leaves, yellow green bracts. Will grow
in full shade. AGM
-cyparissis
“Fen’s Ruby” 10” – 12” tall blue green leaves, young growth bright
red.
FATSIA
-japonica
5 ft + tall. Very large leathery evergreen leaves, white flowers in winter.
FILIPENDULA
-ulmaria 36” tall
with ferny foliage and creamy–white flowers in early to mid summer.
FRANCOA
-sonchifolia 30” x
18”.Pink flowers with darker pink marking from deep pink buds. Part
shade.
G
GALEGA
- officinalis “Alba”
3 - 5 ft tall
white pea-like flowers, early summer to early autumn.
GERANIUM
-dalmaticum
“Album” 4” - 6” tall, spreads slowly. White flowers tinged with pink, leaves
turn brilliant red in autumn.
-
himalayense 12” - 18” tall. Large mauve flowers with small white-eye all
summer.
-
macrorrhizum “Snowsprite” 12” - 15” tall. Smaller than the species with
white flowers and pale green calyces.
-
“Philippe
Vapelle” (G.renardii x G. platypetalum) 12” - 18” tall. Blue flowers with
greyish leaves.
-
x oxonianum “Rebecca Moss” 2 ft tall. Pale sugar pink flowers.
-
renardii 12” - 18” tall, lovely downy sage green leaves with white flowers
veined purple in early May.
-robustum
36” tall finely divided silver-green foliage and white eyed pink flowers almost
continually. Mature plants form a shrubby stem.
GEUM
-
“Lady
Stratheden” 20” tall semi-double rich yellow flowers throughout the summer. AGM
-“Marmalade”
12” – 16” tall single soft orange flowers held on stems above a basal
rosette of soft foliage.
-
“Mrs
J Bradshaw” 20” – 28” tall bright scarlet semi-double flowers with
ruffled petals. AGM
-
“Prince
of Orange” 24” tall, brilliant orange slightly cup –shaped flowers.
-
rivale
8” - 12” tall reddish pink flowers attractive seed-heads.
-
triflorum
4”- 6” tall pretty ferny foliage with single orange flowers, rarely offered.
HELENIUM
- “Bressingham Gold”
6 ft tall (we have seen this in a
sheltered spot up to 9ft!) Lovely butter- yellow flowers.
-
hoopesii 2 - 3 ft tall with orange or yellow flowers. Sun
-“Rubinzwerg”
3ft tall reflexed dark red petals with yellow and brown centre. AGM
HELIANTHUS
-“Gullick’s
Variety” 6 ft tall with golden yellow semi double flowers. Makes a robust
clump. AGM
-
“Lemon Queen” 6 ft tall. Pale lemon flowers from mid-summer to late autumn.
Sun.
HEMEROCALLIS
Our
range of these lovely and undemanding hardy perennials continues to grow and we
currently have 90+ for sale, some in quite limited quantities .Plants raised by
us are in bold.
Alexander
the Great 3 ft tall with 7” flow. 6:00ers of deep velvety red with greeny/yellow
throat £6:00
All
American Plum 2 - 3 ft tall 5” dark plum/purple flowers with yellow throat.
£6.00
Always
Afternoon 2 ft tall with 5” mid-purple flowers and plum-purple eye-zone.
£5.00
American
Revolution 2 - 2 ½”
ft tall 5” velvety black/red flowers with deep green
throat.
£6.50
Apollodorus 30" tall, 5" flowers violet purple self with lemon
throat. M/L Evergreen Rebloom
Bayley
Hay syn. Bali Hai 2
ft tall, with 4” apricot pin flowers and gold throat
£4.50
Bella Lugosi
3 ft tall Large 6” dark purple/black scented flowers
£5.00
Benchmark 2-3 ft tall fragrant lavender
flowers with large pale lemon/green throat. M Evergreen Rebloom
Black
Magic 3 ft tall 5” lily form flowers of reddish black.
£6.50
Black
Stocking 2 ft tall 6” deep maroon-black flowers with frilly edge and
green throat £6:50
Bonanza
3 ft tall with 5” star- shaped golden orange flowers with maroon chevron, gold
mid-ribs and throat. £4.50
Bon
Heur 2 ft tall with star shaped golden-orange flowers, a maroon chevron
and gold throat. £4:50
Bourbon
Kings 2 ft tall with 4” bluish –red flowers and a yellowy –green throat.
£4.50
Canadian
Border Patrol 2 - 3 ft tall 5” ivory/cream flowers with deep purple eye
and matching picotee edge.
£5.00
Caroline Taylor (now registered with AHS)
3 ft tall
with 5” lemon yellow
flowers
having a white mid-rib, pale green throat and seersucker texture. It is lightly
scented and very floriferous.
£6.50
Catherine
Woodbery 2 ft tall with 5” palest rose flowers and pale yellow throat
£4.50
Christmas
Is 2 ft tall 4 ½” brilliant scarlet-red flowers with large lime-green
throat. £5.00
Cool
It 1 - 2 ft tall 4” white flowers with yellowish green throat.
£4.50
Crazy
Pierre 2 ft tall spider with 7” flowers of pastel peachy buff and brick-red
chevron. The petals twist and curl so that no two flowers are the same.
Stunning.
£6.50
Cream
Drop 20” tall, 3” wavy petaled flowers of rich cream with greeny-yellow
throat. Slight fragrance. £5.00
Crimson
Pirate 2 ft tall, a bright red elegant spider with yellow halo. Good bloomer.
£4.50
Dallas Star 30" tall 7" star-shaped
pink self flowers with light green throat. M Semi-evergreen
Daring Deception 2
ft tall, 5” flowers heavily ruffled lavender with deep purple edges and
eye-zone and yellow throat. £5.00
Decatur
Imp 2 ft tall rounded 3 ½” flowers of light tangerine with darker eye £4.50
Destined
To See 6” cream flowers with deep
purple edge and violet-purple patterned eye-zone.
£6.50
Divertissment
3 ft tall spider variant with 6”pale yellow flowers with pale reddish
eye-zone. £6:50
Don Stevens 30" tall 6" yellow flowers
with dark red eyezone & yellow/green throat. Slightly recurved
petals. M Dormant
Double
Delight 30” tall with 4” double yellowy apricot flowers. £5:00
Double
Dream 2 ft tall 4” double apricot – peach flowers.
£5.00
Double
River Wye 3 ft tall, 3 ½” flowers of light yellow double blooms.
£6.50
Dune
Needlepoint 30” tall spider variant with 6” twisting flowers of
creamy-buff with rose halo. Fragrant. £6:50
El
Desperado 3 ft tall. 4” mustard yellow flowers with wine-coloured edge
and eye-zone and green throat.
£5.00
Gay
Octopus 3 ft tall UF with 7” bi-coloured flowers of maroon & yellow with
yellow throat. £6:50
George
David 30” tall 7” flowers of burnt orange with cream mid-rib and ruffled
edge above a deep yellow throat.
£6.50
Fairest
Love 2 ft tall with 5” pale lavender flowers, diamond dusted with frilled edge
and green throat.
£6:00
Fire
from Heaven 2 ft tall, a red self, 6” flowers and apple –green throat. £6:00
Happy
Returns 16” tall with 3” pure light yellow flowers. Excellent for tubs and
it is a re-bloomer.
£4.50
High
Tor At 5 ft tall possibly the tallest D/L with 5” yellow trumpet- shaped
flowers. £5:00
In
Depth 2 ft tall 6” double golden yellow flowers and deep green throat. £5.00
Janice Brown 2 ft tall, bright pink flowers with
rose-pink eyezone & green throat. E/M Semi-evergreen
Jan's Twister 30" tall 10" twisted peachy
spider self with green throat. E/M Evergreen
Joan
Senior 2 ft tall 6” almost white flowers with lime green throat.
£5.00
Justin
June 30” tall with 4” creamy yellow spider type flowers. Earliest to flower
here. £5:00
Kasia
20” tall 5” flowers of pale lemon peach blend with faint peach halo above a
green/yellow throat. U/F spatulate petals £6.50
Kwanso
Flore Plena 3 - 4 ft tall with 4” double orange flowers.
£4.50
Kwanso
fulva variegata 3 ft tall, 5” flowers of deep apricot/orange with white
variegated foliage. £5.00
Lark
Song 3 ft tall Unusual form with fragrant 5” lemon yellow flowers.
£5.00
Little
Deekie 20” tall 4 ½” flowers with crepe texture and ruffled petals in an
orange /gold blend and olive green throat.
£4.50
Little
Wart 2 ft tall, 3” lavender flowers with green throat. What an unfortunate
name!
£4.50
Little
Wine Cup 20” tall 3” wine-red flowers with green throat.
£5.00
Little
Women 2ft tall 3” creamy-pink flowers with cherry-red eye and green throat. £5:00
Luxury
Lace 3 ft tall 4” lightly frilled soft lavender pink flowers with green
throat.
£5.00
Mabel
Fuller 3 ft tall spider variant in rich ruby red with 4" - 5” flowers. £5.00
Michelle
Coe 3 ft tall with 4” melon-cream flowers and pearly-lavender mid-ribs.
Ruffled.
£5.00
Mildred
Mitchell 2 ft tall 7” flowers of lavender with darker lavender/blue eye
& ruffled edge and green throat. £6:50
Moonlit
Masquerade 3 ft tall, 5” creamy white flowers with deep maroon centre.
£5.00
Mrs
Hugh Johnson 2 - 3 ft tall open flowers of rich mahogany red. £6.50
Mynelles
Starfish 20” tall with huge 10”slightly ruffled flowersof ivory-cream.
Star shaped UF £6:50
Nashville
2 ft tall, creamy orange 5” flowers with soft orange band around eye-zone. £6.00
Nick’s
Faith 3 ft tall, 6” flowers of creamy lemon with raspberry eye above a green
throat.
£6.50
Night
Beacon 3 ft tall, 4”deep purple red flowers with bright yellow throat.
£5.00
Nob
Hill 3 ft tall 6” lily type flowers of pale lavender pink and pale lemon
bitone.
£6.00
Oodles
24” tall with 5” double flowers of rosy-carmine with melon-pink throat.
Fragrant. £6:00
Open Hearth 2 ft tall 9" star shaped flowers in
red-copper bi-tone with green throat M Dormant
Pink
Sundae 2 ft tall with soft creamy pink flowers. Re-blooms.
£6.00
Prairie
Blue Eyes 2 - 3 ft tall 5” flowers of lavender purple with lemon throat and
“blue” eye (purpley/lavender)
£6.00
Prairie
Charm 3 ft tall, 4” cream-peach buff flowers with maroon eye and green
throat.
£6.00
Purple
Bicolor 2 - 3 ft tall 4” flowers of deep purply pink with purple eye and yellow
throat £5.00
Raging Tiger 2 ft tall, 6" flowers of burnt
orange & yellow blend with wine-red eyezone & orange/yellow throat. M
Dormant
Rajah
3 - 4 ft tall. Large 5” mid-orange spider type flowers with dark red
eye. £5.00
Raspberry
Candy 3 ft tall 5”cream flowers with raspberry-red eye- zone and green
throat.
£6.00
Red Rain 3 ft tall 6"
spider flowers of bright cherry red with deep yellow/green throat. M
Semi-evergreen Rebloom
Romantic
Rose 1 ½ ft tall with 4” lilac-pink flowers and large primrose eye. Fragrant £6:00
Root
Beer 20” tall with 4” flowers of dark red/black with darker red/black halo
and golden yellow throat. £6:50
Sabine
Baur 2 ft tall 6” ivory cream flowers with huge black/purple eyezone,
purple edge and green throat. £6:50
Siloam
Button Box 16” tall 4” pale cream flowers with maroon eye-zone and green
throat.
£5.00
Siloam
Tiny Mite 20” tall 2 ½” round gold flowers with burgundy eye-zone
£4.50
Siloam
Ury Winiford 2 ft tall triangular shaped 3” deep cream ruffled flowers with
large purple chevron eye-zone and green throat.
£4.50
Sixth
Sense 2 ft tall 5” ruffled yellowish cream flowers with rose–red
eye-zone and green throat. £6.50
Snowy
Eyes 2 ft tall creamy-white 3” flowers with dark purple eye-zone and green
throat.
£5.00
Startle
2 ft tall 5” flowers of wine- red with cream ruffled edges and yellow throat
£5.00
Stella
D’Oro 1 ft tall with 2 ½” fragrant gold flowers with tiny green throat.
Long flowering season.
£4.50
Stoke
Poges 2 ft tall creamy apricot –pink flowers with deeper pink eye and
yellow throat £5:00
Strawberry
Candy 3 ft tall apricot-pink flowers with strawberry red eye zone, yellow
throat and ruffled edged petals.
£6.00
Strutters
Ball 30” tall with nicely ruffled 6” flowers of deep rich purple. £5:00
Summer
Wine 3 ft tall, wine-red flowers with yellow throat, slightly ruffled
£5.00
Trahlyta
2 ½ ft tall, unusual form. 6” greyish-violet flowers with purple eye-zone and
green throat. Very unusual colour. £6:50
True Gertrude Demerest 2 ft tall 8"
flowers of ivory with pink overcast & lime-green throat E/M Semi-evergreen
Rebloom
Tuscawilla
Tigress 2 - 3 ft tall large, 7”, triangular shaped flowers of vibrant orange with
gold midribs. £6.00
Valiant
3 - 4 ft tall. Unusual form. 6” flowers of pale golden orange and faint bronze
eye and yellow throat. £5.00
White
Edged Madonna
purpley / red with yellow throat and white edged petals.
£6.50
Wild
Horses 2 - 3 ft tall Unusual form, 6” creamy white flowers with large deep
black/purple halo and yellow green throat. £6:50
Winsome
Lady 3 ft tall, 4” pale plum-washed cream flowers, raised by Beth Chatto.
£6:00
Wisest
of Wizards 2 - 3 ft tall 5” flowers of ivory peach with a ruffled edge and pale
rose eye-zone
£6:50
We
offer some of the species daylilies :
-citrina
3 ft tall pale lemon lily shaped fragrant flowers.
£5:00
-dumorteri
2 ft tall brownish buds open to yellowish-orange flowers
£4:50
-fulva
3 - 4 ft tall orangey –red flowers.
£4:00
-middendorffii
3 ft tall warm yellow flowers £4:50
-thunbergii
3 - 4 ft tall with 4” fragrant lemon-yellow flowers and green throat £4:50
HEUCHERA
micrantha
“Palace Purple” 18” x 24” beautiful bronzy-purple foliage with tiny
cream flowers. Part shade. AGM
HOSTA
-“Buckshaw
Blue” 14”-16” tall with heart-shaped, puckered, glaucous, deep blue/green
leaves and bell-shaped white flowers early summer.
-
“Golden Tiara” 12” x 20” Deep purple flowers and heart shaped mid-green
leaves irregularly margined with yellow. Part shade. AGM
-“Sum
and Substance” 30” x 20” Large hosta with heart shaped golden-chartreuse
leaves that become puckered as the plant matures. Requires sun for best
colouring. Pale lavender flowers.
-undulata
var. erromena 10” - 16” tall. An old variety identified for us by the 3
Counties Hosta & Hemerocallis group. Broadly ovate mid-green tapering
leaves, mauve flowers. Part shade. AGM
HYPERICUM
-olympicum
var minimus 8”-12” tall. Lemon yellow flowers with prominent stamens and
small neat leaves. Suitable for rockery or front of the border.
We
have a selection of shrubby Hypericum available to callers.
KALIMERIS
-
yomena “Shogun” 16” - 20” tall pretty lilac flowers with cream
variegated leaves. Part shade.
LEUCANTHEMUM
All
these cottage garden stalwarts are good “doers” in full sun to part shade.
-xsuperbum
“Crazy Daisy” 2 - 3 ft tall semi-double fluffy petals with yellow eye.
-xsuperbum
“Sonnenschein” 24” - 30” tall large creamy yellow flowers, very
attractive.
-
xsuperbum “Wirral Supreme” 36” x 30” dense white double flower heads. AGM
-vulgare
“May Queen” 24” x 24” single white flowers with yellow centre late spring
to summer.
LIMONIUM
-caspium
Dazzling Blue
-latifolium
“Sea Lavender” 2ft tall, dainty lavender blue flowers in summer. Excellent
for flower arranging. Full sun.
LINARIA
-triornithophora
18”- 24” tall. A complex pale mauvey/purple flower with spurs that somewhat
resembles a bird and opens in succession all summer. Sun
-triornithophora
“pink Birds” as above but with pink flowers.
LOBELIA
-
xgerardii vedrariensis 30” - 40” tall. Dark green leaves and violet blue
flowers throughout summer.
- syphlitica 24” -
30” tall From summer to mid autumn long lasting light blue tubular flowers. A
lovely and useful plant.
-
syphlitica “Alba” a white version of the above plant. AGM
LIGUSTICUM
-scoticum
2 - 3 ft tall
shiny leaves, purple stems and sprays of white umbellifer-type flowers
LYCHNIS
-
chalcedonica 3 - 4 ft tall. Star-shaped scarlet flowers. A traditional cottage
garden plant. AGM
-
chalcedonica “Rosea” Pink flowered form of the above.
-viscaria
ssp atropurpurea 12” -16” tall. Thin but strong stems carry a cluster
of deep red/purple flowers over a rosette of deep green purple-tinged leaves,
Sun
LYSIMACHIA
-cilitata
“Firecracker” 24” - 30” tall. Dark brown leaves, yellow flowers.
-ephemerum
3 ft x 1ft Upright racemes of grey white flowers, long flowering and lovely.
- punctata
“Alexander”
30” - 36” tall green/grey foliage variegated with cream which is pink
flushed in spring. Yellow flowers.
NEPETA
-clarkei
18” tall clusters of large leaves and clear blue flowers with white on the
lip.
-grandiflora
2 - 3 ft tall flowers of purple/blue and smooth green foliage. Sun
-nuda
2 – 4 ft tall makes a large plant with deep violet flowers. Sun
-parnassica
3 - 5 ft tall. Large catmint with purple-blue flowers. Full sun.
OENOTHERA
-fruiticosa
“Camel” 30” - 36” tall. Young foliage splashed with red and cream,
golden flowers.
-
stricta “Sulphurea” 20” - 30” tall Cream coloured fragrant flowers from
peach buds.
OPHIOPOGON
-
planiscapus “Nigrescens” 8” x 12” Pale purplish flowers followed by black
berries. Very dark almost black
foliage. AGM
ORIGANUM
-vulgare
”Aureum”
12” tall Golden leaves, pale purple flowers. Sun. AGM
PENSTEMON
We have a good selection of penstemon
but list only those we have in sufficient quantities to sell.
-
“Alice Hindley” 4 ft x 2 ft soft lilac and white flowers. AGM
-
“Andenken an Friedrich Hahn” syn. Garnet. 2 ft x 2 ft. Wine-red tubular
flowers. AGM
-“Arctic
Sunset” 2 ft tall deep magenta pink with white throat and magenta
“bee-lines”.
-
“Blackbird” 2 - 3 ft tall, large deep reddish purple flowers with paler
insides lined with deep maroon.
-
“Firebird”syn “Schoenholzeri” 3 ft x 3 ft. Scarlet flowers. AGM
-heterophyllus
“Catherine de la Mare” 12”- 18” tall with a lax habit its beautiful
electric blue flowers fade to purple. AGM
-
“Hidcote Pink” 2 ft x 2 ft. Chalky pink flowers with red lines inside. AGM
-“Pensham
Czar” 2 - 2 ½ ft tall tubular flowers of rich purple with white throat. Sun.
-“Pershore
Fanfare” 3 ft tall lavender/purple large flowers with white throat striped
with mauve.
“Pershore
Carnival” 3 ft. tall large bright pinky-red flowers with white beelines
-“Priory
Purple” 2 ft tall slightly lax habit, lovely deep purple flowers.
-“Snow
Storm” syn. “White Bedder” 2 ft x 2 ft. Large flowers, white tinged pink.
AGM
-“Stapleford
Gem” 2 - 3 ft tall large lilac/purple bell shaped flowers.
AGM
PEUCEDANUM
-
ostruthium “Daphnis” 30” - 36” tall white umbellifer type flowers above
cream variegated foliage.
PHLOX
-paniculata
“Uspekh 2-3ft tall, scented purple-red flowers with white eye.
PHUOPSIS
-
stylosa 6” x 20”+ .Tiny pink funnel shaped flowers over a long period in the
summer.
PHYSOSTEGIA
- virginiana “Alba”
2 ft x 2 ft.
Racemes of white flowers with inflated mouths from midsummer to early autumn.
-
virginiana “Rosea”
2 ft x 2 ft as above but
with rose pink flowers.
-“Vivid”
2 ft tall approx 1 ft across bright purple-pink flowers. Much admired here.
AGM
POTENTILLA
-
atrosanguinea 18” x 24” Beautiful silvery grey foliage means this plant is
garden-worthy from early spring to the first frosts, the red flowers in summer
are a bonus.
-“Etna”
12” – 18”tall lax stems carrying deep velvet-red flowers. Much admired at
the nursery.
-megalantha
12” tall given as yellow flowered with orange eye but not yet flowered with
us. Sun
-nepalensis
“Shogran”not yet flowered for us but said to be 6” tall with reddish-pink,
dark eyed flowers.
-
recta “Sulphurea” 16” - 20” tall. Pale lemon yellow flowers.
-recta
warrenii 2 ft tall stems bearing bright canary-yellow cup-shaped flowers over a
long period.
-sundermanii
12” tall. Strawberry-like silvery leaves, yellow flowers with orange/red
centres. Spreading habit.
-
thurberi “Monarch’s Velvet” 24” - 30” tall. Rich raspberry red petals
form saucer shaped flowers with a deep velvet red centre. Beautiful.
Q
R
RANUNCULUS
All
the ficarias die down around middle to end of May and reappear in January/
February depending on the weather.
.-ficaria
“Brazen Hussy” 3” - 6” tall, nearly black foliage, yellow flowers.
-ficaria
“Crawshay Cream” 3” tall, brown foliage with pale cream flowers.
-ficaria
flore plena 3” tall with double bright yellow flowers.
-ficaria
viridiflora 3” tall double flowers of green with a hint of lemon.
RUDBECKIA
- fulgida “Goldsturm”
2 ft
x 2 ft. Golden
yellow flowers with brown centres, long flowering.
AGM
SALVIA
-patens
“Blue Angel” 2 ft tall Probably the best blue flower in the garden. As above
for hardiness. Sun
SANGUISORBA
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obtusa 24”x 24” from mid or late
summer to early autumn bears small fluffy rich pink flowers in short nodding
bottle-brush like spikes.
SELINUM
-carvifolium
16” – 20” tall with fine ferny foliage and 3” domed white flower heads.
Attractive to bees and hover flies.
SENICIO
-doria
6 - 7 ft tall these rarely seen statuesque plants with daisy-like flowers make a
magnificent specimen or back of the border plant.
SESELI
-hippomaranthrum
12” -16” tall. A lovely umbellifer despite the name! It has umbels of dark
pink flowers and a lax habit
SOLIDAGO
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“Golden Baby” 12”- 18” tall. Yellow flowers, a smaller version of the
more usually seen plant.
STACHYS
-thunbergii
1 – 2 ft mound of shiny evergreen leaves from which stubby spikes of purple
flowers appear all summer. Sun
STOKESIA
-laevis
12” – 15” tall with short cornflower-like blue/mauve flowers from a
rosette of long thin leaves. Sun
T
TELLIMA
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grandiflora 32” x 12” greenish white fragrant flowers. Will tolerate some
sun if soil is moisture retentive.
THERMOPSIS
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lanceolata 2 ½ ft tall. Dense
pale yellow lupin-like flowers in early summer on dark stems.
Sun or part shade. Unusual.
VALERIANA
-ocreana 3 - 4 ft tall. Pale pink umbellifer type flowers on long
stems all summer. Beautifully
fragrant.
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phu “Aurea” 14”- 18” tall beautiful bright yellow foliage in spring
fading to green in summer. White flowers.
VERBASCUM
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phoeniceum violet (Violette) 26”
- 30” tall. Slender spires of beautiful purple flowers in mid-summer.
Full sun.
VERBENA
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bonariensis 5 - 6 ft tall. Elegant slim plant with deep violet flowers, the
ultimate “see-through” plant! AGM
VERNONIA
-gigantea
5 ft tall This American ironweed flowers in late summer with lovely fluffy purple
flower heads that persist into autumn. As seen at the nursery on BBC 2 “
Gardeners World” October 2007.
VERONICA
-gentianoides
10” - 16” tall-spreads slowly. In late spring to early summer sends up stems
of palest blue flowers. Sun or light shade.
-grandis
2 - 3 ft tall. Deep royal blue flower spires through to autumn. Sun NEW
-kiusiana
2 ft tall with sky-blue flowers, full sun or semi-shade.
VERONICASTRUM
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virginicum “Album” up to 6 ft tall this North American plant makes an
imposing feature flowering from midsummer to early autumn. It has tiny white
tubular flowers borne in dense racemes.
-virginicum “Apollo” 30”
- 40” tall with light pink
flowers.
VINCA
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difformis “Ruby Baker” Rare vinca obtained by us from NCCPG, not so much
ruby as amethyst coloured flowers, very pretty with trailing habit.
VIOLA
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labrodorica purpurea 4 - 6" tall. Dark purple foliage with paler purple
flowers.
- sororia “Freckles” 6 -
8" tall. Flowers
white splashed with purple.