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ACHILLEA
- ptarmica “The Pearl” 30” tall white flowers with
grey/green foliage.
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filipendulina 3 ft x 3 ft tall strong stems and golden yellow flowers.
ACONITUM
-carmichaelii 2 ft tall, beautiful clear blue hooded
flowers on strong stems
-napellus 5 ft tall, deep blue nearly navy, flowers late summer.
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.
AMSONIA
-illustris 2 ft tall with sprays of little wedgewood blue
starry flowers. Does best in semi shade.
ANEMONE
- baldensis 15” tall lovely white flowers followed by
fluffy seedheads. Part shade.
- drummondii 9 -12” tall creamy white
flowers with blue tint on reverse. Ferny basal foliage, 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
- punctata cupaniana white daisy flowers, silver
foliage12” x 36”.
AGM
- tinctoria “E C Buxton” 18” - 28” tall, lemon yellow
daisy flowers.
- 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
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dioicus
“Kneffii” 36” tall with creamy white flowers in loose panicles, ferny
foliage. Full or part shade.
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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
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vulgaris “Oriental Limelight” 2 - 3 ft tall. Soft filigree green-yellow
variegated foliage small cream flowers. Sun
ASTER
We
have been experimenting with Asters for the last few years raising plants from
seed selected from some of our best stock plants. The results have been very
interesting and we have had some really good plants in a wide range of colours
and heights. These plants are in our display beds and we are happy to sell any
that appeal, as bare root plants so do come and take a look.
We
also offer the following
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“Colwall Galaxy” 3 - 4 ft tall mid-pink flowers. Sun.
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“Barr’s Violet” 4 - 5 ft tall mauve flowers. Sun.
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lateriflorus “Lady in Black” dark foliage, beige purple flowers. 4 - 5
ft.Sun.
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pringlei
“Monte Cassino” 3 - 4 ft tall. Tiny white flowers with yellow discs held
in open sprays. AGM
-“Porzellan”
3 ft tall with pretty china blue flowers late summer/autumn.
-“Purple
Dome” 20” - 30” tall deep violet purple flowers.
ASTRANTIA
“Hadspen
Blood” 3 ft tall flowers of deepest reddish purple colour that extends to the
bracts.
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major 18” x 18” Greenish-white
pink tinted flowers. Part shade.
B
BERGENIA
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cordifolia
24” x 30”Dark pink flowers on red stems with large shiny leaves, a
“full-stop” plant.
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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.
BERKHEYA
-purpurea
24” - 30” tall. Forms a large rosette of highly prickly leaves about 18” to
24” across. The flower stems come from the centre of the rosette carrying pale
mauve shaggy daisy-like flowers with purple centres.
BIDENS
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“Hanney’s Lemon Drop”
5 - 6 ft tall pale lemon flowers with white tips to
the petals. Attractive fine foliage. Doesn’t need staking and flowers
for a long period. Makes an attractive cut flower.
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hetrophylla 5 - 6 ft tall very pale yellow flowers otherwise as above.
C
CALLIRHOE
-involucrata
15”
- 20”
tall. A little-known beauty for the front of the border in full sun.
Shocking-pink cup-shaped flowers are produced from leaf axils in mid-summer
through to autumn
CAMPANULA
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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.
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? 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.
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persicifolia 20”- 30” tall blue or white flowers.
-poscharskyana
4” - 6 “x 36” blue flowers, any position.
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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
CHAEROPHYLLUM
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hirstum “Roseum” (Pink Cow Parsley) 24” x 14” Umbels of pale pink flowers
in late spring.
CICHORIUM
-intybus
4 ft tall flower spikes with pale blue daisy-like flowers from a basal rosette.
-intybus
“Roseum” as above but with pale pink flowers. Both flower throughout summer.
COREOPSIS
-“Mayfield
Giant” 3 - 3 ½ ” ft tall with single yellow daisy-like flowers. Long
flowering season. Sun
- lanceolata "Sterntaler" 16"
- 20" tall
2" wide rich yellow flowers with central brown circle. Long flowering
season.
DAHLIA
Most
of our dahlias are large plants, unsuitable for mail-order and available
for collection only
-“Clair
de Lune” 3 ft tall with 4” - 5” flowers of lemon yellow and cream. Collarette
type.
-“Englehardt’s
Matador” 3 ft tall. Stunning purple/pink flowers with very dark foliage this
“decorative” dahlia was a sell-out at our August open day. Full sun.
-“Hulin’s
Carnival” 3 ft tall A miniature decorative its 4” flowers have speckles and
stripes of deep crimson against a white background. Stunning.
“Murdoch”
3
- 4 ft
tall. Very old variety with clear red flowers and dark green
foliage. Sun
“Tally Ho” 3
- 4 ft tall, striking combination of black foliage
and single vermilion flowers. Sun.
DELPHINIUM
-“Woodfield
Strain” seed raised plants from the famous Woodfield Brothers of Clifford
Chambers, Stratford upon Avon. A beautiful range of colours. 4 - 5 ft tall. Sun.
DIANTHUS
-“Andrey”
up to 8” with lax habit. Beautiful purple-pink flowers all summer if
dead-headed. Full sun.
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deltoides “Arctic Fire” 6” – 8” tall. Pretty, small flowers of white
with deep pink eye. Sun
-“Gran’s
Favourite” 10” - 12” tall Highly scented flowers of white with deep pink
lacing. Grey-green foliage. Sun
-“Murray’s
Laced Pink” 12” tall, white scented flowers laced with burgundy. Full
sun.
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seguieri 8” tall, fine foliage with dainty vivid pink flowers. Needs
full sun and well-drained soil.
DIASCIA
-“Daydream”
6” – 8” tall with mauve/pink flowers over spreading foliage. Sun.
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“Elizabeth”
8” - 10” tall. Pink flowers produced continually throughout the summer,
robust spreading plant. Sun.
DIERAMA
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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
-purpurea we will
have plants of biennial digitalis in a range of colours available from late
spring.
-trojana
not yet flowered for us but said to be 4 ft tall with spires of pinkish-
brown lipped flowers.
ECHINACEA
-purpurea
2 ft tall purple/ pink flowers with raised central cone. Attractive to bees,
flowers most of summer. Full sun.
EPILOBIUM
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hirstum” Well Creek” 36” tall, deep pink flowers with variegated leaves,
cream green and grey.
ERIGERON
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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.
EUCOMIS
-bicolor14” - 18” tall, red edged green pineapple flowers July
onwards.Hardy here but can be pot-grown. Full sun.
-comosa “Sparkling Burgundy” 12” - 18” tall. Red stems red foliage and
dark pink flowers from late August make this a very desirable plant. Hardy in a
well-drained position in full sun.
-“Zeal’s
Bronze” 2 - 2 ½ ft tall flower spikes of pale pink stars from a rosette of
purplish green leaves. Borderline hardy but should do well in dryish soil ,by a
wall in full sun.
EUPATORIUM
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album “Braunlaub” 3 - 4 ft tall purple stems and brown flushed leaves with
white flowers.
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cannabinum “Flore Plena” 4 - 5 ft tall. Dark leaves, dusky pink flowers.
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cannabinum variegata 3 foot tall with mid-pink flowers and cream, grey and green
foliage.
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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.
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maculatum Atropurpurea group “Riesenschirm” 6 - 7ft tall. Huge heads of
purple/pink flowers on dark purple stems. AGM
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maculatum subsp. Maculatum 4 - 5 ft tall with pale sugar pink flowers.
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rugosum “Chocolate” 3 - 4 ft tall. Very dark foliage with white flowers.
Sun/part shade but best foliage in full sun.
EUPHORBIA
-amygdaloides
var robbiae 18” - 24” tall dark green leaves, yellow green bracts. Will grow
in full shade. AGM
-characias
subsp wulfenii 4 ft, bluish green foliage large spikes greeny-yellow flowers
-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.
FRAGARIA
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vesca variegata 4" - 6” tall. White flowers with grey green and cream foliage
late spring to mid-autumn.
FRANCOA
-sonchifolia 30” x
18”.Pink flowers with darker pink marking from deep pink buds. Part
shade.
-“Rogerson’s
Form” 2 ft tall with deep pink star-shaped flowers and darker pink markings.
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.
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himalayense 12” - 18” tall. Large mauve flowers with small white-eye all
summer.
- “Incognito”
12”
x 30” This is a seedling from the scree bed. It has dark brownish leaves and
really lovely deep pink, white-eyed flowers continuously all through the summer.
The stems are rather like procurrens in habit, but don’t root, worse luck!
Makes a lovely clump.
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macrorrhizum “Snowsprite” 12” - 15” tall. Smaller than the species with
white flowers and pale green calyces.
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“Philippe
Vapelle” (G.renardii x G. platypetalum) 12” - 18” tall. Blue flowers with
greyish leaves.
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x oxonianum “Rebecca Moss” 2 ft tall. Pale sugar pink flowers.
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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.
-thunbergii
“Jesters Jacket” 8” - 10” tall. A lovely plant giving interest throughout
the growing season. Early, yellow leaves appear deepening to green with a white
variegation; the pink flowers are produced all summer.
GEUM
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“Blazing
Sunset” 16” – 24” tall scarlet double flowers.
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“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.
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“Mrs
J Bradshaw” 20” – 28” tall bright scarlet semi-double flowers with
ruffled petals. AGM
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“Prince
of Orange” 24” tall, brilliant orange slightly cup –shaped flowers.
-“Princes
Juliana” 24” tall, semi-double orange flowers throughout the summer.
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rivale
8” - 12” tall reddish pink flowers attractive seed-heads.
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triflorum
4”- 6” tall pretty ferny foliage with single orange flowers, rarely offered.
HEDERA
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helix “Buttercup” pale green in shade but bright yellow in full sun.
-helix”
Little Diamond” small diamond shaped grey green leaves, margined creamy white.
AGM
-helix
“Lightfingers” similar to “Buttercup” but finer cut foliage
-
helix "Spetchley" up to 6" tall. Tiny dark green leaves
1/4" - 1/2" long, ideal for troughs or ground cover. Can be used
as a houseplant.
HELENIUM
- “Bressingham Gold”
6 ft tall (we have seen this in a
sheltered spot up to 9ft!) Lovely butter- yellow flowers.
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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
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“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 70+ for sale, some in quite limited quantities. From our
breeding programme we have registered three new ones this year named for our
grandchildren.
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
Arpeggio
2 ft tall with 5” double apricot –white flowers. Beautiful.
£6.50
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
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
Blueberry
Sundae 2 ft tall 5 ½” Ivory/cream petals with large navy/purple eye and frill.
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
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
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
El
Desperado 3 ft tall. 4” mustard yellow flowers with wine-coloured edge
and eye-zone and green throat.
£5.00
Ezekiel
30” tall with 5” flowers of dark chocolate-red with an even darker eye-zone,
it has a really substantial texture.
£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
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
Ice
Castles12” -18” tall 3 ½” flowers of pale ivory white. Long bloom period.
£5.00
In
Depth 2 ft tall 6” double golden yellow flowers and deep green throat. £5.00
Joan
Senior 2 ft tall 6” almost white flowers with lime green throat.
£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
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
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
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
Pink
Damask 3 ft tall with 4” lily- shaped flowers of orangey pink and yellow
throat. Very free flowering.
£5.00
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
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
Romantic
Rose 1 ½ ft tall with 4” lilac-pink flowers and large primrose eye. Fragrant £6:00
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
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
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
HOUTTUYNIA
-cordata
“Flore Pleno” 6 - 12” tall spreads. Greyish-green scented foliage, doube
white flowers. Good ground cover for damp areas & will grow as marginal.
HYPERICUM
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.
KNAUTIA
-
macedonica 24” - 30” long-lasting lovely purple-red flowers.
KNIPHOFIA
-rooperi
3 - 4 ft tall dark green leaves and large rounded orangey red
heads in autumn make this kniphofia is one of the most sought after at the
nursery.
-“Tawny
King” 4 ft tall. Tawny buds open apricot-cream, dark bronze stems. Flowers
July - September.
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.
LIATRIS
- spicata 24”
- 36” Tall spikes of
mauve purple flowers which unusually open from the top downwards. Very
good as a cut flower.
-
spicata alba the white version of the above plant, identical in all but flower
colour.
LIBERTIA
-grandiflora
3 ft x 2 ft clump forming perennial with upright foliage, the 1 1/2" flowers
are in clusters of three to eight per stem from late spring to mid summer.
LIMONIUM
-latifolium
“Sea Lavender” 2 ft tall, dainty lavender blue flowers in summer. Excellent
for flower arranging. Full sun.
LIRIOPE
-muscari
12” x 18” bright violet mauve flowers in early to late autumn. Shade. AGM
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.
-coronaria
“Alba” 24” x 18” silver foliage with white flowers.
-
coronaria “Cerise” 24” x 18” Silver foliage cerise flowers
-coronaria
“Occulata” 2 - 3 ft tall white flowers with pink eye, silver foliage as
above.
-horts
variety 12” tall with rose pink flowers and silver grey foliage.
-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.
-pyramidalis18”
in pots, not yet flowered so no idea of colour size etc. Seed from RHS
MANDEVILLA
-laxa
(Chilean Jasmine) Climber Not given as hardy but has flourished outside here on
a south facing wall for the last ten years.
In late summer it produces clusters of large, highly fragrant, trumpet
shaped flowers. It’s woody stems
look quite dead until May-sometimes the end of the month, before you see new
shoots. Well worth trying. Full
sun.
MIMULUS
-cardinalis
“Red Dragon” 20” tall. Long flowering plant with red tubular flowers. Full
sun.
MORINA
- longifolia 36”
x 12” Waxy white flowers
which fade to pink then red. Needs good drainage.
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
PARAHEBE
-
perfoliata 18” - 24” tall. Evergreen sub-shrub, glaucous leaves with elegant
blue flowers in drooping racemes
PAPAVER
Oriental
poppies need good drainage and a planting position that has full sun for at
least half of the day. Mauve and purple flowers last longer and fade less if
planted in an east or west facing border.
-“Double Pleasure” 36”
x 36” Pale salmon pink
double flowers. NEW
“Graue Witwe” 3
ft x 3 ft The flowers consist
of large white petals which have pale pinkish-black at the base. They then
colour as they age, deserving the name “Grey Widow”
-“Lilac Girl” 24”
- 30” tall, similar colouring to
“Patty’s Plum” although given as rosy purple.
-“May
Queen” 3 ft x 3 ft double apricot flowers on strong growing plants.
-“Patty’s
Plum” 36” x 36” plum purple
flowers with greyish overtones, difficult to describe but very desirable.
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
-“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
PERSICARIA
-polymorpha
6 - 7 ft tall with large panicles of white flowers mid- summer which fade to
pinkish-cream by autumn.
PEUCEDANUM
-
ostruthium “Daphnis” 30” - 36” tall white umbellifer type flowers above
cream variegated foliage.
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
PLECTRANTHUS
“Silver
Shield” 2 ft tall. Beautiful soft silver foliage with sprays of tiny soft
lavender flowers. Not the slightest bit hardy but well worth over-wintering in
frost free greenhouse or indoors as lovely houseplant.
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.
-x
tonguei 12” tall Soft apricot flowers with orange eye. Sun
PTEROCEPHALUS
- perennis perennis 2” - 4” tall. Grey felted
foliage sets off palest pink scabious-like flowers.
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
-farinacea
“Victoria” 3 ft tall, slender leaves with deep blue flower spikes from
mid-summer to frost. Not sure of hardiness yet so have some in unheated
greenhouse & left others in the ground. Sun
-involucrata
4 ft tall. Late flowering plant with gorgeous magenta flowers. Full sun, needs
winter protection.
-patens
“Blue Angel” 2 ft tall Probably the best blue flower in the garden. As above
for hardiness. Sun
SANGUISORBA
-menziesii
30”– 40” tall with bottle-brush like flowers of deep maroon. Best in
moisture retentive soil.
-
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.
SCABIOSA
-“Beaujolias
Bonnets” 3 ft tall Pincushion flowers of purple paling to pink in centre.
-“Chile
Black” 2 – 3 ft tall with small pincushion flowers of very deep maroon.
Sun
-“Clive
Greaves” 2 – 3 ft tall with large blue flowers. Sun
-columbaria
“nana” A compact plant 8” tall with lilac pincushion flowers. Flowers all
summer. Sun
-drakensbergensis
2 ½” ft tall white pin-cushion flowers on branching stems. Rather lax habit.
Sun
-
japonica alpina 4”- 6” tall violet blue flowers. Very pretty.
-lucida
10” – 14” tall with lovely pale pink pincushion flowers on narrow silvery
foliage. Full sun, well-drained soil.
-“Miss
Wilmott” 2 - 3 ft tall with lovely large white flowers. Sun
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.
-polyodon
From rosettes of mid-green leaves come 12” - 18” erect stems carrying
carmine-rose flowers from early summer to frosts. Sun.
SESELI
-hippomaranthrum
12” -16” tall. A lovely umbellifer despite the name! It has umbels of dark
pink flowers and a lax habit
SOLIDAGO
-
“Golden Baby” 12”- 18” tall. Yellow flowers, a smaller version of the
more usually seen plant.
SOLIDASTER
-luteus
“Lemore” 2 - 3 ft tall with large heads of fluffy lemon-yellow flowers. AGM
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
-
grandiflora 32” x 12” greenish white fragrant flowers. Will tolerate some
sun if soil is moisture retentive.
THERMOPSIS
-
lanceolata 2 ½ ft tall. Dense
pale yellow lupin-like flowers in early summer on dark stems.
Sun or part shade. Unusual.
TRADESCANTIA
-andersoniana
hybrids Concord Grape 18”
- 24” tall with bluish/green foliage and small rich
purple flowers.
-andersoniana
hybrids J C Weguelin 14” - 16” tall with large pale blue flowers from early
summer to autumn. AGM
-
andersoniana hybrids L’innocence 18” - 24” tall large white flowers.
-
andersoniana hybrids Valor 18” - 24” tall rose-pink flowers.
TRICYRTIS
- hirta 30” tall purple spotted lilac flowers
late flowering. Part shade/shade
-variegata
2 – 21/2 ft tall. Attractive purple speckled white flowers late summer with
white variegated foliage. Semi to full shade.
VALERIANA
-ocreana 3 - 4 ft tall. Pale pink umbellifer type flowers on long
stems all summer. Beautifully
fragrant.
-
phu “Aurea” 14”- 18” tall beautiful bright yellow foliage in spring
fading to green in summer. White flowers.
VERBASCUM
-phoeniceum
“Rosetta” 2 ft tall spires of pink flowers early summer. Full sun.
-
phoeniceum violet (Violette) 26”
- 30” tall. Slender spires of beautiful purple flowers in mid-summer.
Full sun.
VERBENA
-
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
-“Darwins
Blue” 16” - 20” tall rich purple blue flowers with dark green foliage.
-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.
-longifolia “Rose
Tone” 3 ft tall spikes of rosy-pink star shaped flowers above toothed foliage.
VERONICASTRUM
-
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.
VESTIA
-
lycoides 6 ft x 5 ft. Glossy dark evergreen leaves with pendant pale yellow
tubular flowers. AGM
VINCA
-
difformis “Ruby Baker” Rare vinca obtained by us from NCCPG, not so much
ruby as amethyst coloured flowers, very pretty with trailing habit.
-
minor “Alba Variegata” 4 - 6" tall white flowers.
-
“Azurea Flore Plena” double sky blue flowers. AGM
-
“Multiplex” double plum purple flowers.
VIOLA
-
labrodorica purpurea 4 - 6" tall. Dark purple foliage with paler purple
flowers.
- sororia “Freckles” 6 -
8" tall. Flowers
white splashed with purple.
ZAUSCHNERIA
- californica
“Olbrich Silver” 10” – 14”. Deep apricot flowers. Sun.