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  • Epimedium perralchicum 'Frohnleiten' Epimedium perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'

    Epimedium x perralchicum ‘Frohnleiten’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'. Beautiful tough evergreen ground cover, thirving even in the dry beneath trees. The leaves open an attractive pale ochre-green, beautifully netted with russet tones, colouring well in Autumn (more coloured than 'Wisley' on both occasions). Flowers are like strings of glowing small bright yellow daffodils held upright and above the foliage. A German cultivar selected by Heinz Klose, it has slightly more pointed leaves with a more toothed margin and large flowers held well up. 45cm. Easily grown in any good soil. ( E.perraldianum x E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum ).
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  • Epimedium x warleyense ( Ellen Willmott ) Epimedium warleyense - Ellen Willmott

    Epimedium x warleyense ( Ellen Willmott )

    £6.50

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    Epimedium x warleyense ( Ellen Willmott ). E. alpinum x E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum. The upright stems of delicate coppery orange flowers set this hybrid apart from most epimediums. They are held well up above the foliage in a warm orange haze. The leaves are apple green in a mildly spreading clump that is a little less dense than most species. Height 20-40cm in flower. Originally sent from Warley Place, the Garden of Ellen Willmot, to Professor Stearn as E.perraldianum when he was writing his monograph. Subsequently identified and named by Professor Stearn. for any good soil in partial shade. spring.
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  • Eryngium 'Pen Blue' Eryngium ‘Pen Blue’

    Eryngium ‘Pen Blue’

    £7.50

    Potsize - 1L

    This is really a very fine Sea Holly indeed in more than one sense of the word. Eryngium 'Pen Blue' is in the x zabelii family with sea-green tripartite leaves. The flowers are borne on 60cm violet stems and are a picture of beauty. The collar is particularly wide in comparison to the central cone and its segments, radiating like the spokes of the devil's chariot are narrow, spiky and a striking electric Blue. Further adding to the effect, the flowers are beautifully arranged and composed with the secondary flowers slightly smaller and held a little lower. Altogether a class act and a magnet for the bees. Found by Jane Edmunds in her garden in Penselwood, Somerset.

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  • Eryngium agavifolium Placeholder

    Eryngium agavifolium

    £7.00
    Good for Bees

    Good for Bees

    Potsize - 1L

    Eryngium agavifolium. An architectural species which hails from stony hillsides and rocky riverbanks in the Cordoba region of Argentina. It has long pale green strap-like leaves with spiny edges, probably the broadest of the commonly grown long leaved species. The flower spikes are stiff 1m stalks topped with a small terminal knob of greeny white spiny cones. We've had this plant for years, but it has taken me many years to persuade Dawn of its merits. She's finally given in so it remains to be seen if I'm vindicated. A bold statement and Great for the bees. For full sun in a well drained but not dry soil. Hardy to -10 if really happy, less if miserable.
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  • eryngium bourgattii Eryngium bourgatii

    Eryngium bourgatii

    £6.50
    Good for Bees

    Good for Bees

    Potsize - 1L

    Eryngium bourgatii . Rosettes of deeply cut crisp, curly grey-green leaves with silver veins make a notable feature all on their own. The clump gives rise to branching spikes of blue-green thistles with blue spiky bracts that begin silver. A beautiful plant all year 60cm (2ft) high which needs well drained soil in full sun. Great for the bees
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  • White Hairstreak on Miss Willmott's Ghost Eryngium giganteum - Miss Willmott's Ghost

    Eryngium giganteum – Miss Willmott’s Ghost

    £6.50
    Bee Friendly

    Bee Friendly

    Potsize - 1L

    Eryngium giganteum - Miss Willmott's Ghost. Flowering stems branch and branch until they form wide heads of silver white cones surrounded by large silver bracts. A marvelous architectural plant and an eerie presence in the half light. This plant can behave as a biennial or short lived perennial dependent on situation and how well it grow in its first year. Whichever it will usually seed itself around to provide replacements. 60cm tall, Summer. This plant earned itself it's common name 'Miss Willmotts Ghost from the habit of Ellen Willmott - a spiky character herself - carrying seeds of this plant in her pocket and sprinkling them in gardens she visited. In this way she silently left a trail of the plant in her wake.
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  • Eryngium x zabelii 'Violetta' Eryngium x zabelii 'Violetta'

    Eryngium x zabelii ‘Violetta’

    £7.50
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    Bee Friendly

    Potsize - 1L

    A lovely cross between E.alpinum and E.bourgati. This form has particularly richly coloured bracts which are very long lasting. It is vigorous in growth and has large long-lasting heads of a bright metallic blue. Likes a position in full sun in not too rich a soil and not too wet. 75cm

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  • Euphorbia 'Red Devil' & Trollius 'Orange Princess' Euphorbia cyparissias 'Red Devil'

    Euphorbia cyparissias ‘Red Devil’

    £6.00

    Potsize - 1L

    Euphorbia cyparissias 'Red Devil'. Pretty little Euphorbia with deep red new growth which fades a deep sea green, the perfect foil for the bright acid yellow flowers produced in profusion in spring. It's only 20cm tall but a great assest anywhere. The fine thread-like foliage is lovely in its own respect, but the brightness of the flowers punch well above their weight and persist for so long, fading into rich autumn tones before they depart. Any soil. Will run. HARMFUL IF EATEN. SKIN/EYE IRRITANT
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  • Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff) Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)

    Galium odoratum – Sweet Woodruff (Asperula odorata)

    £6.00

    Potsize - 1L

    Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff). (Rubiaceae) . Sweet Woodruff. A british native that really earns its place in a shady spot. It will quickly form an open carpet of bright green whorled foliage, enlivened in Spring with brightest white starry flowers. The leaves when crushed are said to smell of newly made hay. Its an undemanding plant that performs brilliantly in the sort of dry shaded situations that can be troublesome to fill. Honey produced by bees feeding on the nectar of this plant has been reported to have effects similar to Manuka Honey, but as to what evidence there is to back this up I cannot say.
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  • Geranium 'Philippe Vapelle' Geranium 'Philippe Vapelle'

    Geranium ‘Philippe Vapelle’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geranium ‘Philippe Vapelle’ (Geranium platypetalum x  Geranium renardii) Felty grey-green leaves that have the texture of those of Geranium renardii form a neat evergreen mound. Nestled just above are flowers of a soft lilac-blue with prominent veining. The flowers are of a distinctive shape, the petals being wide spaced with blunt ended triangular outlined petals. Grows 40cm tall. June-July. A hybrid originally raised in Belgium by Ivan Louette. An identical plant was raised by Alan Bremner.
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  • Geranium ‘Prelude’ Geranium 'Prelude'

    Geranium ‘Prelude’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    (Geranium albiflorum x Geranium sylvaticum) I was drawn to this delicate geranium as it was so different from its cousins. It has small lustrous mauve flowers, 1cm wide with petals quite widely spaced. It has a lovely little curly puce pink style and flushes of magenta bee-lines. It really comes into its own when established and flowering en masse when the effect is quite charming. 45-90cm. An Alan Bremner cross.
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  • Geranium 'Sirak' Geranium 'Sirak'

    Geranium ‘Sirak’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geranium ‘Sirak’ (Geranium gracile x Geranium ibericum). An outstanding new hybrid that produces masses of large flat bright pink flowers continuously for several months through the summer. Each flower is a shiny texture, coloured towards the bluer end of deep sugar pink with darker pink veining.  The leaves are a pale green, resembling most the Geranium ibericum parent as does the plants general habit. A plant that will earn its keep in any planting scheme. 90cm. Bred originally by Hans Simon in Marktheidenfeld in 1992, an identical hybrid was also raised by Alan Bremner on Orkney.
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  • Geranium ‘Solitaire’ Geranium 'Solitaire'

    Geranium ‘Solitaire’

    £7.00

    Potsize - 1L

    ( G. libani x G. peloponnesiacum) An Alan Bremner hybrid. One of the first things to note about this hybrid is its mostly evergreen habit. Fresh leaves begin to grow well before Christmas so that there is a good clump of fresh shiny leaves present by the new year. The flowers come in April and are large soft floppy discs in lavender with nicely contrasting red calyces. Altogether a very nice variety that is not much seen.
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  • Geranium himalayense 'Gravetye' Geranium himalayense ‘Gravetye’

    Geranium himalayense ‘Gravetye’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geranium himalayense 'Gravetye'. Large saucer-shaped blooms in a strong violet-blue are held well above the attractive foliage. 'Gravetye', selected from the garden of William Robinson, has flowers with a particularly pronounced central purplish flush on a more compact plant than the species. The species is a Himalayan plant that forms dense clumps of well cut foliage. Flowers April to July. Excellent red Autumn colour.
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  • Geranium maculatum 'Beth Chatto' Geranium maculatum 'Beth Chatto'

    Geranium maculatum ‘Beth Chatto’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geranium maculatum 'Beth Chatto'. G.'Chatto' is distinguished by the most lovely clear, pale sugar pink flowers that it shows off to great effect in outward facing clusters above the pale green foliage. Larger and more deeply coloured than ‘Shameface’. Geranium maculatum is a variable moisture loving species; the best of the North American species. Flowers appear April to June (and often again in Autumn) with clusters of upward facing flowers well above the deeply cut leaves. Best in damp shade
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  • Geranium maculatum 'Espresso' Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'

    Geranium maculatum ‘Espresso’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'. Impressive leaves which are deeply fingered and coloured brown, a colour which lasts well into the Summer. Flowers are produced early and are pale pink. The whole plant is a little smaller than ‘Elizabeth Ann’. Geranium maculatum is a variable moisture loving species; the best of the North American species. Flowers appear April to June (and often again in Autumn) with clusters of upward facing flowers well above the deeply cut leaves. Best in damp shade, but needs some sun to develop the leaf colour . Raised by Dale Hendricks of North Creek Nurseries, USA.
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  • Geraniumm phaeum 'Album' Geranium phaeum 'Album'

    Geranium phaeum ‘Album’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geranium phaeum 'Album'. The pure white form of the Mourning Widow. Good clean white flowers which are relatively large for the type and lack any central ring. More or less evergreen mounds of foliage and upright stems topped with outward facing flowers. Good in dry Shade. Originally collected in the wild in Switzerland by Dr Roger-Smith and Miss Savory, part ofan AGS party in 1940.
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  • Geranium phaeum 'Lisa' Geranium phaeum ‘Lisa’

    Geranium phaeum ‘Lisa’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Handsome foliage especially in Spring and Autumn when the hearts of the leaves are cool cream, gradually mottling out towards the edge. The deeply incised leaves are further decorated by strong black spots at the deepest points of the lobes. 50cm. Flowers are silvery purple, highly reflexed, with pink tipped anthers. They are produced over a long period from April to July. Easy and rewarding. Introduced by Coen Jansen.
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  • Geranium phaeum 'Springtime' Geranium phaeum ‘Springtime’

    Geranium phaeum ‘Springtime’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Golden Spring foliage becomes suffused with green and is marbled with a maroon, roughly heart-shaped ring at the depths of the lobes. The flowers are the deepest, richest royal purple. Like all the phaeums it positively thrives in dry shade, though the yellow tones of the leaves may be less strident. A chance seedling found by Piet Oudolf.
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  • Geranium phaeum ‘Wendy’s Blush’ Geranium phaeum ‘Wendy’s Blush’

    Geranium phaeum ‘Wendy’s Blush’

    £7.50

    Pot size - 1L

    A distinctively marked G.phaeum with pretty almost white petals surrounding a central violet ring. Flowers take on a slight pink blush as they age. Good, vigorous clumps of bright green foliage send up leafy stems topped with small but showy flowers from late April. 45cm. Phaeums enjoy a semi-shaded position and provide a valuable source of pollen and nectar for early insects. Raised by Andre Ekkleboom in Holland and named for his wife. fusion_separator style_type="single solid" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" sep_color="" top_margin="" bottom_margin="" border_size="" icon="" icon_circle="" icon_circle_color="" width="" alignment="center"][/fusion_separator]

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  • Geranium sylvaticum 'Mayflower' Geranium sylvaticum 'Mayflower'

    Geranium sylvaticum ‘Mayflower’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geranium sylvaticum 'Mayflower' - (wood cranesbill). Glossy medium green leaves form a good clump to 1ft tall, well above which are held in May the branched heads of white centered rich violet- blue flowers. Bluer than Geranium sylvaticum 'Birch’s Lilac’. The crown is a  knobbly mat of rhizomes which sprout in spring stiff upright stems of fresh pale green leaves. May-June. Best in partial shade where it is very useful. May-June. Raised in the early 1970's by Alan Bloom.
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  • Geum 'Beech House Apricot' with Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' Geum 'Beech House Apricot'

    Geum ‘Beech House Apricot’ (not)

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Geum 'Beech House Apricot'. The tightly crowded clump of fresh apple- green foliage forms a perfect foil for the wide open rich apricot flowers. For a moist soil in sun or shade. 25cm. Very reliable colour for early season at the front of the border. We've had this plant for years and can't remember where we bought it. Recently at a plant sale we met with Angela Whinfield who introduced us to Peter Hale, the man who originally introduced Beech House Apricot. he found it growing in his mother's garden at Beech house in Edington and at the time of introduction was a significant colour break. As the true 'Beech House Apricot' is half the height of ours and much paler ours is clearly wrongly named. Its probably a seedling, un-named, but non-the-less a strikingly good orange.
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  • Geum 'Can-can' Geum 'Can-can'

    Geum ‘Can-can’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    A fitting name for this lovely Geum. It has 5 rows of frilly petticoat-like petals in a warm soft yellow, all suffused with peach. The centre of each flower has a big boss of yellow stamens tipped with brown anthers all ringed around with the red styles in the middle. Flip the flower over and you find it is washed over in a lovely apricot shade with a dark red calyx and stem. All in all its enough to get you grabbing your skirt and bursting into song.
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  • Geum 'Flames of Passion' Geum 'Flames of Passion'

    Geum ‘Flames of Passion’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    I think this is a slow burner rather than a red hot Latin lover, but it's certainly a Geum to fall in love with. Geum 'Flames of Passion' is relatively short and neat at a foot high. The flowers are 2cm across and look down in a rather coy fashion. They are strawberry pink, slightly ruffled with 3 rows of petals and a charming yellow centre with a green eye. The dark maroon buds and stems round off the effect nicely. So if you are feeling coy yourself, perhaps it's time to give passion a try.
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  • Geum 'Lemon Delight' Geum ‘Lemon Delight’

    Geum ‘Lemon Delight’

    £6.50

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    When it first opens this reminds me of the simple cotton caps worn by maids in years gone by with frilly edges all gathered together with a band. At first nodding and a fresh lemon in colour the flowers open flatter and fade to a rich buttermilk, looking out with two rows of petals. A good clumping variety.
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  • Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ Geum 'Totally Tangerine'

    Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Introduced by Hardy's in 2010, this Geum has built up a great reputation for reliability and impact. It is a sterile hybrid that will hold its zingy semi double orange flowers on stems up to 90cm tall and keep on producing them over an extended season. The flowers can vary in shade from a rich orange back towards a more mellow shade. From a distance it reminds us somewhat of Geum 'Hilltop Beacon' but the growth habit is much more upright and tighter packed.
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  • Geum rivale 'Snowflake' Geum rivale ‘Snowflake’

    Geum rivale ‘Snowflake’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    This is one for those of you that like something a bit more subtle - a bit of a symphony in cream and green. There are up to 3 rows of petals, each one long stalked giving a gap at the flower base. They are white, deliciously green shaded in the bee lines and the throat, especially as they first open. The flowers hang down so you need to get down to appreciate the fluffy green styles. It is a good clumper and short at 12 inches
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  • Heuchera ‘Binoche’ Heuchera ‘Binoche’

    Heuchera ‘Binoche’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    One of the best black Heuchera for growing in shade. Leaves are dark (becoming more so in subsequent years ) and have a distinctive matt hairy texture. A vigorous clone.  
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  • Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’ Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’

    Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    A fine new Heuchera with broad burgundy leaves, silver washed with contrasting dark veins, becoming more silvered in Winter and often carrying an overall pink sheen. Flowers pinky-white in May to September.
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  • Iris 'Tropic Night' (sibirica) Iris 'Tropic Night' (sibirica)

    Iris ‘Tropic Night’ (sibirica)

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Beautiful mid violet-blue flowers with the fall petals being etched with intricate netting over the base of each fall petal which start yellow nearest the stalk, graduating to white and finally blue as they round out. The standards are of a deep denim blue, delicately veined. A good 'do-er' this Iris is happy in any moist soil, pond margin or open border, even tolerating quite dry conditions when established (our's is under a beech hedge!). They will stand full sun to partial shade but shade will diminish the number of flowers produced. Plentiful strap-like foliage making a substantial clump, best divided in August every three or so years to maintain good flowering. 60-75cm. May to June. Hybridised by Morgan and introduced in 1937. 30cm, Honorable mention : 1951, Morgan-Wood Award: 1954
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  • Iris chrysographes Iris chrysographes

    Iris chrysographes

    £6.50
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    Potsize - 1L

    Iris chrysographes. Quite unique among the Iris is Iris crysographes with its inky black velvety petals. It produces two fragrant blooms on each, relatively short (45cm)  flowering spike in June and July. The foliage is lax and grassy. Ideally for a sunny spot with moisture retentive soil, but shade for part of the day may be appreciated.
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  • Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter' Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'

    Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’

    £6.00

    Potsize - 1L

    Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'. Just the plant to bring a bit of life into a troublesome dry spot in the garden with its easy habit and lovely richly silvered foliage. Flowers are a rich pink. Useful for ground cover in a wide range of soil and light conditions, growing in all but the wettest conditions and excelling in dry shade .The silvering on the leaves of these plants is caused by air filled blisters just below the surface.
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  • Lamium orvala Lamium orvala

    Lamium orvala

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Lamium orvala. This is the Big Daddy of the deadnettle world. The leaves are large and rough, set well off the stems on long stalks. The flowers are produced in a ring of half a dozen around each node up the stem. They are ruddy pink with wide open mouths and shaggy lips and more than a passing resemblance to a guard of Chinese dragons. It doesn't spread around like so many of its cousins, preferring to make a statement where it stands. 30-45cm. Spring flowering, for shade.
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  • Lathyrus vernus 'Cyaneus' - Spring Vetchling Lathyrus vernus - Spring Vetchling (purple-flowered)

    Lathyrus vernus – Spring Vetchling

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Lathyrus vernus (spring vetchling) is a beautiful little treasure for the spring garden that is both dainty and robust Dense lush foliage makes a 30 cm high hummock which is covered with many small pea flowers in shades of pink, fading blue. 30cm. WIll grow in a wide range of conditions, but happiest in a little moist shade. Thrives on our heavy clay. There are a variety of colour variants, some of which we offer seperately.
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  • Lathyrus vernus - Spring Vetchling (purple-flowered) Lathyrus vernus - Spring Vetchling (purple-flowered)

    Lathyrus vernus – Spring Vetchling (purple-flowered)

    £6.50
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    Lathyrus vernus (purple-flowered) - Spring Vetchling. Lathyrus vernus (spring vetchling) is a beautiful little treasure for the spring garden that is both dainty and robust Dense lush foliage makes a 30 cm high hummock which is covered with many small pea flowers in shades of pink, fading blue. 30cm. WIll grow in a wide range of conditions, but happiest in a little moist shade. Thrives on our heavy clay. There are a variety of colour variants, some of which we offer seperately.
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  • Lathyrus vernus 'Alboroseus' - Spring Vetchling Lathyrus vernus 'Alboroseus' - Spring Vetchling

    Lathyrus vernus ‘Alboroseus’ – Spring Vetchling

    £6.50
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    Lathyrus vernus 'Alboroseus' - Spring Vetchling. Lathyrus vernus (spring vetchling) is a beautiful little treasure for the spring garden that is both dainty and robust Dense lush foliage makes a 30 cm high hummock which is covered with many small pea flowers. In this variety the flowers are two-toned pink and white with a rosy red base to each one. 30cm. WIll grow in a wide range of conditions, but happiest in a little moist shade. Thrives on our heavy clay. There are a variety of colour variants, some of which we offer seperately.
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  • Milium effusum ‘Aureum’ – Bowles Golden Grass Millium effusum 'Aureum'

    Milium effusum ‘Aureum’ – Bowles Golden Grass

    £6.00

    Potsize - 1L

    A gorgeous grass for the early Spring garden; lovely with bulbs but retaining its pale yellow foliage until Autumn. Best in shade. 12 inches
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  • Nepeta 'Blue Dragon' Nepeta 'Blue Dragon'

    Nepeta ‘Blue Dragon’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Quite distinct for a Nepeta in that it forms a dense upright bush rather than a lax mound of foliage, standing up well despite the elements. The flowers appear in a dense terminal cluster, quite large and standing proud above the foliage. The flowers are more in the style of Nepeta 'Souvenir d'Andre Chaudron' or a Dracocephalum, long like a Salvia and a strong mauvy-blue. This is a hybrid between N.yunnanensis and N.nervosa, a recent cross made by Janet Egger (Terra Nova Nurseries). 80cm

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  • Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' with Euonymus Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'

    Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’

    £6.00
    Bee and Butterfly friendly

    Bee and Butterfly friendly

    Potsize - 1L

    Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' is a must for the front of any sunny border where it produces with great reliability a 3-4ft wide mound of soft grey green foliage and a hazy cloud of lavender blue flowers which the bees and butterflies adore. Trim to encourage second flowering. Easy to grow and divide. A useful alternative to lavender for short hedging. This variety is more hardy combined with better damp tolerance than Nepeta faassenii.
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  • Nepeta kubanica Nepeta kubanica

    Nepeta kubanica

    £6.50
    Bee Friendly

    Bee Friendly

    Potsize - 1L

    This is perhaps the stoutest of all the Nepeta, standing a metre or more tall with broad heads of large purple-blue flowers emerging from dark calyces. It is long in flower and great for bees. It grows best in full sun.

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  • Nepeta nervosa 'Pink Cat' Nepeta nervosa 'Pink Cat'

    Nepeta nervosa ‘Pink Cat’

    £6.50
    Bee Friendly

    Bee Friendly

    Potsize - 1L

    Densely packed racemes of intense pink catmint flowers on long, fat bottlebrushes stand upright above nice, pointed creased green leaves. Bees just love it ! June to September. 40 x 30 cm. dense and intense pink
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  • Nepeta racemosa 'Felix' Nepeta racemosa RCB AM-3

    Nepeta racemosa ‘Felix’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    This fairly recent introduction has at least three things to recommend it. To start with the flowers are a much richer shade of mauve than the usually found catmint and this plant has gained a reputation for being even freer in its reblooming also. The growth is a little more compact than normal as well, up to 30cm tall and twice as much wide. An ideal plant for edging along paths or beds.
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  • Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' Nepeta racemosa 'Walkers Low'

    Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’

    £6.50
    Bee and Butterfly friendly

    Bee and Butterfly friendly

    RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

    Potsize - 1L

    Despite its name, 'Wlaker's Low' is much the same size as 'Six Hill's Giant' at about 60cm height and spread, though it has a reputation for collapsing less. It is a good variety, flowering slightly earlier in May, compared to June for 'Six Hills Giant', with a more arching habit and more tint to the stems. Grown side by side, you can appreciate a denser flower spike with a richer colouring. It will flower a second time if cut back hard after flowering. Well deserving of its AGM
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  • Nepeta x faassenii

    Nepeta x faassenii ( N.mussinii x N.nepetella)

    £6.00
    Bee and Butterfly friendly

    Bee and Butterfly friendly

    RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

    Potsize - 1L

    Nepeta x faassenii (mussinii of gardens, N.racemosa, N.mussinii x N.nepetella) Nepeta x faassenii produces sprays of lavender blue flowers from mid Summer until Autumn over short mounds of grey green foliage. An excellent alternative to lavender as a short hedge, brilliant below roses and good at the front of any border. Catmint deserves its popularity as a cottage garden stalwart. Trim to keep tidy and encourage a second flowering. 50cm. Excellent for the bees. Many plants grown in the trade as Nepeta racemosa are in fact this hybrid.
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  • Oenothera fruticosa 'Erica Robin' Oenothera fruticosa 'Erica Robin'

    Oenothera fruticosa subsp. glauca ‘Erica Robin’

    £6.00

    Potsize - 1L

    SUNDROPS. Always interesting with pink and red stained young shoots that arch and drip with bright sunshine yellow flowers in summer. Autumn colour is a deep glowing red. Best in full sun. 50cm
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Dorset Perennials – plants direct from the heart of Dorset.

At Dorset Perennials you will find a husband and wife team, Dawn and Martin, who have been plantsmen and nurserymen for nearly 25 years. Our nursery, situated in the North of Dorset close to the Somerset border, is full of the plants we love. There’s no overall theme, just an eclectic mix of perennials that, for one reason or another, we consider well worth growing. We have plants for shade, plants for sun, plants for wildlife and a few more just because. In short all the perennials you would ever need to make a garden full of colour throughout the year and full of the plants you need to make it hum with wildlife. We’ve tried to make this website full of inspirational colour and easy to use. The shop page has a nifty plant selector sidebar which can be used to filter our plants by size, colour season and so forth to help you quickly pin down the right plant for a particular spot. We’ve added picture pages showing plant associations to inspire you, or if you need a little advice just give us a call.
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