Comparisons

Sedums – Ice Plants Compared

Below are all of  the Sedums we grow all in one place alongside their desriptions. I've arranged them approximately from small to large Botanical Style Pictures Sedum hidakanum Sedum hidakanum Sedun hidakanum is a small creeping species with little rounded dove grey leaves with a [...]

By |2017-02-19T14:56:43+00:00October 1st, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|0 Comments

Rudbeckias – cone daisies compared

The Rudbeckias come with impeccable credentials - named by Linnaeus after his predecessors and mentors at Uppsala. here they are placed side by side for comparison. I've set them out shortest to tallest. Botanical Style Pictures Rudbeckia fulgida var. sulivantii 'Goldsturm' Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' [...]

By |2017-02-19T14:49:23+00:00September 27th, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|0 Comments

Pulmonaria – Lungworts – A Comparison

Pulmonaria - Lungworts - A Comparison There are a huge variety of leaf and flower colours and within the Lungworts, so the easy way to choose which one is right for your garden is to look at them all side by side. I've arranged them roughly in strength of colour, from white, through shades [...]

By |2017-02-19T15:07:46+00:00August 26th, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|Tags: , |0 Comments

Poppies – in all their forms

Papaver rupifragum 'Flore Pleno' Papaver rupifragum 'Flore Pleno'. A lovely evergreen perennial poppy for the cottage garden. All through the summer the rosettes throw double flowers of tissue thin petals in tangerine orange , nodding on long tall stems. regular dead-heading increases greatly the number of blooms. Will definitely add more to [...]

By |2017-02-19T14:52:07+00:00August 26th, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|0 Comments

Primulas – Ordered and compared

On this page you'll find all of the Primroses we grow gathered together and then sorted by section botanically. Along with the text which Dawn has added we hope you can find the Primula to best suit your conditions and your taste. The genus Primula covers over 400 species which inhabit many continents, but almost [...]

By |2017-02-19T14:46:47+00:00August 20th, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|0 Comments

Polemonium – Jacob’s Ladder through Charity to Sweatroots

Simple, undemanding, but excellent garden value - here are the Jacob's Ladders all lined up. If you want to know a little bit more about where they sit in the Plant Kingdom then click below. Ericales Polemonium 'Stairway to Heaven' Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven' Polemonium [...]

By |2017-02-19T14:47:07+00:00August 19th, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|0 Comments

Penstemons – A catalogue of varieties

I've collected together our full range of Penstemon for you to scroll through with ease. Clicking on a variety will link you back to the entry in our shop. I've grouped the varieties sort of by colour, but with no particular skill. Lamiales - Where you will find Plantaginaceae and thence Penstemon [...]

By |2017-02-19T14:48:44+00:00August 19th, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|0 Comments

Phlox Compared

See all of our Phlox compared on one page. To explore further try the buttons below. Ericales Phlox Violet Flame ('Barsixtyone') One of a new wave of Phlox with a compact habit and greater resistance to disease. Phlox Violet Flame ('Barsixtyone') is a strong grower that will [...]

By |2017-02-19T14:56:04+00:00August 8th, 2014|Categories: Genus Comparisons|0 Comments

Saxifragales – saxifrage order

Here you'll find some plants you'd expect, like the saxifrages and the sedums, and some you wouldn't, like the Paeonies. Small Copper on Sedum albo-roseum 'Mediovariegatum' Crassulaceae The main Genus here to concern us is the Sedums. Sedum Sedum Compared Sedums in [...]

By |2018-01-27T22:08:49+00:00July 10th, 2014|Categories: Classification|0 Comments

Rosales – the Rose Order

A large order containing many important fruit crops and also families containing the Elms, Mulberries, Nettles and Cannabis. Filipendula vulgaris 'Multiplex' Rosaceae A very important Family, containing a lot of fruit crops such as apples and stone fruits as well as strawberries and raspberries. It [...]

By |2018-02-19T16:32:55+00:00July 1st, 2014|Categories: Classification|0 Comments
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