ACHILLEA
- ptarmica “The Pearl” 30” tall white flowers with
grey/green foliage.
-
filipendulina 3ft x 3ft tall strong stems and golden yellow flowers.
-millefolium “Colorado” 2ft x 2ft flowers in shades of apricot, yellow,
bronze and pink.
ACONITUM
-carmichaelii 2 ft tall, beautiful clear blue hooded
flowers on strong stems
-napellus 5ft tall, deep blue nearly navy, flowers late summer.
AJUGA
reptans “Alba” 4”-6” tall, white flowers part
shade.
- reptans “Braunherz” 4”tall bronze leaves, blue flowers. Part
shade. AGM
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 2ft tall with sprays of little wedgewood blue
starry flowers. Does best in semi shade.
ANCHUSA
-azurea “Loddon Royalist” 3ft tall strong stems carry
bright gentian blue flowers. Clump forming. AGM
ANEMONE
-baldensis 15” tall lovely white flowers followed by
fluffy seedheads. Part shade.
ANOMATHECA
- laxa orangey-red flowers, 4”- 8” tall.
Sun, well drained soil.
- laxa “Joan Evans” white flowers with red eye as above.
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.
ANTHRICUM
-liliago (St Bernards lily) 24”- 30” tall narrow leaves with upright spikes
of starry white flowers 1” across.
ARMORACIA
-rusticana variegata 3 foot 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.
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
-
“Colwall Galaxy” 3 - 4 ft tall mid-pink flowers. Sun.
-
“Barr’s Violet” 4 - 5ft tall mauve flowers. Sun.
-
lateriflorus “Lady in Black” dark foliage, beige purple flowers. 4-5ft.Sun.
-
“Little Carlow” 3 - 4 foot tall. Violet blue flowers with yellow disc.
AGM
-pringlei
“Monte Cassino” 3 - 4 foot 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” 3ft tall flowers of deepest reddish purple colour that extends to the
bracts.
-major 18” x 18” Greenish-white
pink tinted flowers. Part shade.
B
BERGENIA
-cordifolia
24” x 30”Dark pink flowers on red stems with large shiny leaves, a
“full-stop” plant.
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
-
“Hanney’s Lemon Drop” 5-6 foot 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.
-
hetrophylla 5-6 foot 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
-
garganica “Dickson’s Gold” 4” x 12” yellow leaves with pale blue
flowers. Part shade.
-grossekii
3 foot tall violet blue bells held on upright stems. Dark green foliage.
-
makaschvillii 18” - 24” tall, arching stems with heart-shaped leaves and
white/very pale pink bell-shaped flowers with pink edges. Sun.
-
? 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.
CHAEROPHYLLUM
-
hirstum “Roseum” (Pink Cow Parsley) 24”x 14” Umbels of pale pink flowers
in late spring.
CICHORIUM
-intybus
4ft 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.
DAHLIA
-coccinea
2ft tall. A specie dahlia with pretty orange single flowers.
-“Clair
de Lune”3ft tall with 4”-5” flowers of lemon yellow and cream. Collarette
type.
-“Englehardt’s
Matador” 3ft 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” 3ft tall A miniature decorative its 4” flowers have speckles and
stripes of deep crimson against a white background. Stunning.
“Murdoch”
3-4 foot
tall. Very old variety with clear red flowers and dark green
foliage. Sun
“Tally Ho” 3-4 foot 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 - 5ft tall. Sun.
DIANTHUS
-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.
“Elizabeth”
8”- 10” tall. Pink flowers produced continually throughout the summer,
robust spreading plant. Sun.
DIERAMA
-
pulcherrimum 3 - 5ft 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.
ECHINACEA
-purpurea
2ft tall purple/ pink flowers with raised central cone. Attractive to bees,
flowers most of summer. Full sun.
-tenesseensis
hybrids 24”-30” tall deep pink rayed flowers with a black centre. Sun.
EPILOBIUM
-
hirstum” Well Creek” 36” tall, deep pink flowers with variegated leaves,
cream green and grey.
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.
ERYSIMUM
“Apricot Twist”2 ft. Lovely deep apricot flowers from
mid-spring, dead head to keep going well into summer. 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.
EUPATORIUM
-album
“Braunlaub” 3-4 foot tall purple stems and brown flushed leaves with white
flowers.
-cannabinum
“Flore Plena” 4 - 5ft tall. Dark leaves, dusky pink flowers.
-cannabinum
variegata 3 foot tall with mid-pink flowers and cream, grey and green foliage.
-maculatum
“Atropurpureum”5-7 foot 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 .
-rugosum
“Chocolate” 3-4 foot 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 4ft, bluish green foliage large spikes greeny-yellow flowers
-cyparissis
“Fen’s Ruby” 10” – 12” tall blue green leaves, young growth bright
red.
-dulcis
“Chameleon” 12” - 18” tall, purple foliage and purple tinted yellowy
green bracts
-griffithii
“Fireglow” 3-4ft tall, brilliant orange/red heads on strong stems.
Attractive dusky green leaves.
-myrsinites
6” - 10” tall, blue green leaves with the usual yellow green bracts however
the habit is semi prostrate. AGM
-polychroma 2ft tall
domes of bright yellow bracts in spring fading to a range of colours throughout
summer/autumn AGM
FATSIA
-japonica
5 foot + 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
-
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” 2ft tall with deep pink star-shaped flowers and darker pink markings.
G
GALEGA
“His
Majesty” 5ft x 4ft Bi-coloured mauve-pink and white flowers from early summer
through autumn.
-officinalis 4ft x 3ft
mauve, white or bi-colour pea-like flowers, early summer to autumn. In all forms
the emerging foliage is stunning.
- officinalis “Alba” 3-5ft 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.
-“Patricia”
2 - 3ft.Big magenta flowers with black centre.
“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.
-
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.
-
pratense 3ft tall. Large blue saucer shaped flowers. .
-
pratense “Rose Queen” 2ft tall. Saucer shaped flowers of very pale pink.
-
x oxonianum “Rebecca Moss” 2ft 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.
-sanguineum
“Ankum’s Pride” 8”x 16”+, large cerise pink flowers.
-sanguineum
“Barnsley” 8”x 16”+, larger clear pink flowers.
-sanguineum
“Elsbeth” 8”x 20” +, large bright pink flowers.
-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.
-
wallichianum “Buxton’s Variety” 14” - 20” tall, marbled leaves and
blue flowers with a large white centre and conspicuous black stamens. Flowers
late summer into autumn. AGM
GEUM
“Blazing
Sunset”16” – 24” tall scarlet double flowers.
“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.
“Princes
Juliana” 24” tall, semi-double orange flowers throughout the summer.
-rivale
8” - 12” tall reddish pink flowers attractive seed-heads.
-triflorum
4”-6” tall pretty ferny foliage with single orange flowers, rarely offered.
HEDERA
-
helix “Bruder Ingobert” grey green leaves margined with creamy- white.
-
helix “Buttercup” pale green in shade but bright yellow in full sun.
-
helix “Cristata” syn “Parsley Crested” dark green leaves with wavy
edges.
-
helix “Lalla Rookh” light green leaves finely cut.
-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 leaves1/4”-1/2” long, ideal
for troughs or ground cover. Can be used as a houseplant.
HELENIUM
“Bressingham Gold” 6ft tall (we have seen this in a
sheltered spot up to 9ft!) Lovely butter- yellow flowers.
-hoopesii
2-3 foot tall with orange or yellow flowers. Sun
-“Rubinzwerg”
3ft tall reflexed dark red petals with yellow and brown centre. AGM
HELIANTHUS
-“Gullick’s
Variety” 6ft tall with golden yellow semi double flowers. Makes a robust
clump. AGM
-
“Lemon Queen” 6ft 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 60+ 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 2-3ft tall 5” dark plum/purple flowers with yellow throat.
Always
Afternoon 2 foot tall with 5” mid-purple flowers and plum-purple eye-zone.
American
Revolution 2-2 ½”ft tall 5” velvety black/red flowers with deep green
throat.
Arpeggio
2ft tall with 5” double apricot –white flowers. Beautiful.
Bayley
Hay syn. Bali Hai 2 foot tall, with 4” apricot pin flowers and gold throat
Bela Lugosi 3ft tall Large 6” dark purple/black scented flowers
Black
Magic 3ft tall 5” lily form flowers of reddish black.
Blueberry
Sundae 2ft tall 5 ½” Ivory/cream petals with large navy/purple eye and frill.
Green throat.
Bonanza
3ft tall with 5” star- shaped golden orange flowers with maroon chevron, gold
mid-ribs and throat.
Bourbon
Kings 2 foot tall with 4” bluish –red flowers and a yellowy –green throat.
Canadian
Border Patrol 2-3 ft tall 5” ivory/cream flowers with deep purple eye
and matching picotee edge.
Caroline Taylor (now registered with AHS)
3 foot tall
with 5” lemon yellow
flowers
having a white mid-rib, pale green throat and seersucker texture. It is lightly
scented and very floriferous.
Catherine
Woodbery 2 foot tall with 5” palest rose flowers and pale yellow throat
Cool
It 1-2ft tall 4” white flowers with yellowish green throat.
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.
Cream
Drop 20” tall, 3” wavy petaled flowers of rich cream with greeny-yellow
throat. Slight fragrance.
Crimson
Pirate 2 foot tall, a bright red elegant spider with yellow halo. Good bloomer.
Daring Deception 2
foot tall, 5” flowers heavily ruffled lavender with deep purple edges and
eye-zone and yellow throat.
Decatur
Imp 2 ft tall rounded 3 ½” flowers of light tangerine with darker eye
Destined
To See 6” cream flowers with deep
purple edge and violet-purple patterned eye-zone.
Double
Dream 2 ft tall 4” double apricot –peach flowers.
Double
River Wye 3ft tall, 3 ½” flowers of light yellow double blooms.
El
Desperado 3 foot tall. 4” mustard yellow flowers with wine-coloured edge
and eye-zone and green throat.
Ezekiel
30” tall with 5” flowers of dark chocolate-red with an even darker eye-zone,
it has a really substantial texture.
George
David 30” tall 7” flowers of burnt orange with cream mid-rib and ruffled
edge above a deep yellow throat.
Happy
Returns 16” tall with 3” pure light yellow flowers. Excellent for tubs and
it is a re-bloomer.
In
Depth 2ft tall 6” double golden yellow flowers and deep green throat.
Joan
Senior 2ft tall 6” almost white flowers with lime green throat.
Kasia
20” tall 5” flowers of pale lemon peach blend with faint peach halo above a
green/yellow throat. U/F spatulate petals
Kwanso
Flore Plena 3-4 foot tall with 4” double orange flowers.
Kwanso
fulva variegata 3ft tall, 5” flowers of deep apricot/orange with white
variegated foliage.
Little
Deekie 20” tall 4 ½” flowers with crepe texture and ruffled petals in an
orange /gold blend and olive green throat.
Little
Wart 2ft tall, 3” lavender flowers with green throat. What an unfortunate
name!
Little
Wine Cup 20” tall 3” wine-red flowers with green throat.
Luxury
Lace 3 foot tall 4” lightly frilled soft lavender pink flowers with green
throat.
Mabel
Fuller 3 foot tall spider variant in rich ruby red with 4-5” flowers.
Moonlit
Masquerade 3 foot tall, 5” creamy white flowers with deep maroon centre.
Michelle
Coe 3 foot tall with 4” melon-cream flowers and pearly-lavender mid-ribs.
Ruffled.
Nashville
2ft tall, creamy orange 5” flowers with soft orange band around eye-zone.
Nick’s
Faith 3ft tall, 6” flowers of creamy lemon with raspberry eye above a green
throat.
Night
Beacon 3 foot tall, 4”deep purple red flowers with bright yellow throat.
Nob
Hill 3ft tall 6” lily type flowers of pale lavender pink and pale lemon
bitone.
Pink
Damask 3ft tall with 4” lily- shaped flowers of orangey pink and yellow
throat. Very free flowering.
Pink
Sundae2ft tall with soft creamy pink flowers. Re-blooms.
Prairie
Blue Eyes 2-3 ft tall 5” flowers of lavender purple with lemon throat and
“blue” eye (purpley/lavender)
Prairie
Charm 3 foot tall, 4” cream-peach buff flowers with maroon eye and green
throat.
Purple
Bicolor 2-3ft tall 4” flowers of deep purply pink with purple eye and yellow
throat
Rajah
3-4 foot tall. Large 5” mid-orange spider type flowers with dark red
eye.
Raspberry
Candy 3 foot tall 5”cream flowers with raspberry-red eye- zone and green
throat.
Romantic
Rose 18”-20” tall with 4” lilac-pink flowers and large pale primrose eye.
Fragrant.
Siloam
Button Box 16” tall 4” pale cream flowers with maroon eye-zone and green
throat.
Siloam
Tiny Mite 20” tall 2 ½” round gold flowers with burgundy eye-zone
Siloam
Ury Winiford 2ft tall triangular shaped 3” deep cream ruffled flowers with
large purple chevron eye-zone and green throat.
Snowy
Eyes 2 foot tall creamy-white 3”flowers with dark purple eye-zone and green
throat.
Spode
3ft tall, 5” triangular shaped flowers of pale blossom pink with a gold edge
to the petals.
Startle
2ft tall 5” flowers of wine- red with cream ruffled edges and yellow throat
Stella
D’Oro 1 ft tall with 2 ½” fragrant gold flowers with tiny green throat.
Long flowering season.
Strawberry
Candy 3 foot tall apricot-pink flowers with strawberry red eye zone, yellow
throat and ruffled edged petals.
Summer
Wine 3 foot tall, wine-red flowers with yellow throat, slightly ruffled
Thundercloud
2 foot tall dark purple buds opening to dark grey-purple flowers 4” wide
which have an almost metallic sheen, deeper purple eye-zone and yellow throat.
Tuscawilla
Tigress 2-3ft tall large,7”, triangular shaped flowers of vibrant orange with
gold midribs.
Valiant
3-4 ft tall. Unusual form. 6” flowers of pale golden orange and faint bronze
eye and yellow throat.
White
Edged Madonna
purpley/red with yellow throat and white edged petals.
Winsome
Lady 3 foot tall, 4” pale plum-washed cream flowers, raised by Beth Chatto.
Wisest
of Wizards 2-3ft tall 5” flowers of ivory peach with a ruffled edge and pale
rose eye-zone
We
offer some of the species daylilies :
-citrina
3ft tall pale lemon lily shaped fragrant flowers.
-dumorteri
2ft tall brownish buds open to yellowish-orange flowers
-fulva
3-4 ft tall orangey –red flowers.
-middendorffii
3ft tall warm yellow flowers
-thunbergii
3-4ft tall with 4” fragrant lemon-yellow flowers and green throat.
HEUCHERA
-
americana “Dale’s Strain” 18” x 18” Beautiful foliage in greens and
bronzes with attractive markings each one different, tiny cream or pink flowers.
Part shade.
micrantha
“Palace Purple” 18” x 24” beautiful bronzy-purple foliage with tiny
cream flowers. Part shade. AGM
HOSTA
-“Fire
and Ice”16”- 20” tall white centred leaves with green margins and slightly
wavy edges. Lavender flowers.
-
“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.
HYPERICUM
-
androsaemum “Albury Purple” 3ft x 3ft lovely purple flushed foliage with
yellow flowers and black berries.
-androsaemum
“Gladis Brabazon” 3ft tall. The usual yellow flowers and black berries but
with semi-evergreen cream splashed foliage.
-kouytchense
3ftx3ft Bushy semi-evergreen shrub with bluish-green leaves, golden yellow
flowers followed by bright red fruits. AGM
-olympicum
var minimus 8”-12” tall. Lemon yellow flowers with prominent stamens and
small neat leaves. Suitable for rockery or front of border.
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
-“Little
Maid” 15” - 18” tall pale lemony-cream flowers.
“Prince
Igor”6 foot tall with glowing deep orange-red flowers in late summer through
autumn.
-rooperi 3-4ft 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.
LACTUCA
-perennis10”
tall, the foliage forms glaucous rosettes with violet flowers above, a
little-known early flowering beauty.
-plumeri
New to us. Said to grow to 4-5 ft tall with cos lettuce-like leaves and pale
mauve spiky petalled flowers.
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.
LIBERTIA
-
grandiflora 36”x 24” foliage as
above but the flowers are clusters of three to eight 1 ½” wide from late
spring to mid summer.
LIMONIUM
-caspium
“Dazzling Blue”2ft tall. Clouds of tiny blue/silver flowers over glaucous
foliage. Full sun, well-drained soil.
-latifolium
“Sea Lavender” 2ft 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 2-3ft tall
shiny leaves, purple stems and sprays of white umbellifer-type flowers
LYCHNIS
-
chalcedonica 3 - 4ft 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 foot 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
3ft 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.
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.
MORINA
- longifolia 36”x 12” Waxy white flowers
which fade to pink then red. Needs good drainage.
NEPETA
-parnassica
3-5ft tall. Large catmint with purple-blue flowers. Full sun.
-subsessilis
“Blue Dreams” 2 ft tall, small spikes of bright blue flowers. Sun.
OENOTHERA
-Colin
Porter 2” tall, the smallest evening primrose (we think!) with spreading
ground –hugging stems. Flowers are red with bright yellow edges, small but
beautiful.
-fruiticosa
“Camel” 30” - 36” tall. Young foliage splashed with red and cream,
golden flowers.
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stricta “Sulphurea” 20” - 30” tall Cream coloured fragrant flowers from
peach buds.
OPHIOPOGON
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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
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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”x36” Pale salmon pink
double flowers. NEW
“Fatima”
3ft x 3ft White flowers with pink edges to the petals. The pink spreads down
the petals as they age.
“Graue Witwe” 3ft x 3ft 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”
-“Harlem” 3ft x 3ft one of the new Dutch bred poppies this has
large burgundy rose flowers with a black base. It is said to re-bloom in
September and its foliage stays greener longer than most varieties.
-“Lilac Girl” 24”-30” tall, similar colouring to
“Patty’s Plum” although given as rosy purple.
“Manhatten”3ft
x 3ft
a new Dutch bred plant with large brick-red flowers in May/June. NEW
-“May
Queen” 3ft x3ft double apricot flowers on strong growing plants.
-“Patty’s
Plum” 36”x36” 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.
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“Alice Hindley” 4ft x 2ft soft lilac and white flowers. AGM
-
“Andenken an Friedrich Hahn” syn. Garnet. 2ft x 2ft. Wine-red tubular
flowers. AGM
-“Arctic
Sunset” 2ft tall deep magenta pink with white throat and magenta
“bee-lines”.
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“Blackbird” 2-3 ft tall, large deep reddish purple flowers with paler
insides lined with deep maroon.
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“Countess of Dalkeith” 2 - 3 ft tall, long flared magenta flowers with white
throats lightly speckled purple.
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“Firebird”syn “Schoenholzeri” 3ft x 3ft. Scarlet flowers. AGM
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“Hidcote Pink” 2ft x 2ft. Chalky pink flowers with red lines inside. AGM
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“Osprey” 24”-30” tall, large milky cream flowers with bright pink edge.
AGM
-“Pershore
Fanfare” 3 ft tall lavender/purple large flowers with white throat striped
with mauve.
“Pershore
Carnival” 3ft. tall large bright pinky-red flowers with white beelines
“Priory
Purple” 3 ft. tall with deep rich purple- blue flowers with purple and white
throat.
-“Snow
Storm” syn. “White Bedder” 2ftx 2ft. Large flowers, white tinged pink.
AGM
-“Stapleford
Gem” 2-3ft 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
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ostruthium “Daphnis” 30” - 36” tall white umbellifer type flowers above
cream variegated foliage.
PHLOMIS
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fruiticosa 3ft x 5ft evergreen sage-like grey-green foliage and dark golden
flowers AGM
-russelianna
4ft x 4ft, hooded pale yellow flowers late spring to autumn soft suede
like foliage.
AGM
PHUOPSIS
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stylosa 6”x 20”+ .Tiny pink funnel shaped flowers over a long period in the
summer.
PHYGELIUS
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x recta “Moonraker” 5f x 5ft. Pale creamy yellow flowers.
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“Winchester Fanfare” 5ft x 5ft. Dusky pink-red flowers.
PHYSOSTEGIA
- virginiana “Alba” 2ft x 2ft.
Racemes of white flowers with inflated mouths from midsummer to early autumn.
- virginiana “Rosea” 2ft x 2ft as above but
with rose pink flowers.
POTENTILLA
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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.
“Helen
Jane” 10”-18” tall A low growing plant with flowers carried on long stems
away from the main rosette of foliage. Bright pink saucer shaped flowers over a
long period. Full sun.
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recta “Sulphurea” 16” - 20” tall. Pale lemon yellow flowers.
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thurberi “Monarch’s Velvet” 24”- 30” tall. Rich raspberry red petals
form saucer shaped flowers with a deep velvet red centre. Beautiful.
PTEROCEPHALUS
- perennis perennis 2” - 4” tall. Grey felted
foliage sets off palest pink scabious-like flowers.
Q
R
RANUNCULUS
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ficaria “Salmon’s White” 3” - 6” tall, pale cream flowers, summer
dormant.
-ficaria
“Brazen Hussy” 3” - 6” tall, nearly black foliage, yellow flowers,
summer dormant.
RUDBECKIA
- fulgida “Goldsturm” 2ft x 2ft. Golden
yellow flowers with brown centres, long flowering.
AGM
SALVIA
“Hot
Lips” 3ft tall. White flowers with a scarlet “lip” to upper and lower
petals, eye-catching. Full sun, needs winter protection or take cuttings.
-involucrata
4 ft tall. Late flowering plant with gorgeous magenta flowers. Full sun, needs
winter protection.
-“Kew
Red” 3-4 ft tall. Small leaved shrubby plant with a mass of scarlet flowers in
late summer. Needs winter protection.
-x
jamesii “Red Velvet” 3 ft tall. Large deep red flowers late summer. Needs
winter protection.
SANGUISORBA
-menziesii
30”– 40” tall with bottle-brush like flowers of deep maroon. Best in
moisture retentive soil.
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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.
SCABIOSA
-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
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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.
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
SILENE
“Jack
Flash” 12”-18” tall star-burst flower shape and bright red colour make
this an eye-catching NEW
plant. Very long flowering.
SOLIDAGO
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“Golden Baby” 12”- 18” tall. Yellow flowers, a smaller version of the
more usually seen plant.
SOLIDASTER
-luteus
“Lemore” 2-3ft tall with large heads of fluffy lemon-yellow flowers. AGM
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 feet tall. Dense
pale yellow lupin-like flowers in early summer on dark stems.
Sun or part shade. Unusual.
TRADESCANTIA
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andersoniana hybrids L’innocence 18”- 24” tall large white flowers.
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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 3-4ft 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
-phoeniceum
“Rosetta”2ft tall spires of pink flowers early summer. Full sun.
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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
5ft 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
2ft tall with sky-blue flowers , full sun or semi-shade.
-longifolia “Rose
Tone” 3ft tall spikes of rosy-pink star shaped flowers above toothed foliage.
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.
VESTIA
-
lycoides 6ft x 5ft. 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.
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minor “Alba Variegata” 4 - 6ins tall white flowers.
-“Argenteovariegata”
4 - 6ins tall light violet blue flowers. AGM
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“Azurea Flore Plena” double sky blue flowers. AGM
-“Gertrude
Jekyll” profuse numbers of white flowers. AGM
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“Multiplex” double plum purple flowers.
VIOLA
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labrodorica purpurea 4 - 6ins tall. Dark purple foliage with paler purple
flowers.
- sororia “Freckles” 6 - 8ins tall. Flowers
white splashed with purple.
ZAUSCHNERIA
- californica
“Olbrich Silver”10” – 14”. Deep apricot flowers. Sun.