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  • Succisa pratensis - Devil's Bit Scabiouson Holwell Drove Succisa pratensis - Devil's Bit Scabious

    Succisa pratensis – Devil’s Bit Scabious, Blue Buttons

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Succisa pratensis - Devil's Bit Scabious, Blue Buttons. Good for any damp planting and useful in meadow schemes where a Spring meadow management regime can be applied. The flowers are dusky blue buttons held on stifly branching stems. Particularly effective en masse. Grows on slightly acid to calcareous soils. A wildflower that can holds its own in the border. The curious common name, Devil's Bit Scabious has two roots. Scabious derives from the use of the plant to cure skin ailments such as scabies and even those from the bubonic plague, (Scabere is the Latin for scratch). 'Devil's Bit' derives from folk tales of the Devil biting off the short black roots in his anger at the plants medicinal abilities.
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  • Succisa pratensis 'Buttermilk' Succisa pratensis 'Buttermilk'

    Succisa pratensis ‘Buttermilk’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    An unusual form of our native Devil's Bit Scabious with buttermilk yellow, buttton-like pin-cushion flowers. For a moist soil in sun or partial shade. July to October. 80cm Good for any damp planting and useful in meadow schemes where a Spring meadow management regime can be applied. The flowers are cream buttons held on stiflfy branching stems. Particularly effective en masse. Grows on slightly acid to calcareous soils. A wildflower that can holds its own in the border. The curious common name, Devil's Bit Scabious has two roots. Scabious derives from the use of the plant to cure skin ailments such as scabies and even those from the bubonic plague, (Scabere is the Latin for scratch). 'Devil's Bit' derives from folk tales of the Devil biting off the short black roots in his anger at the plants medicinal abilities.
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  • Thalictrum delavayi 'Album' Thalictrum delavayi 'Album'

    Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Thalictrum delavayi 'Album'. This is the stunning white form of Thalictrum delaveyi. The foliage is fine and of a greener shade than the species, but the stature is the same at 1.5 to 2m tall. The flowers are held in a loose panicle, creating a delicate snowy haze that wafts above other late summer perennials.
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  • Thalictrum delavayi (dipterocarpum) Thalictrum delavayi (dipterocarpum)

    Thalictrum delavayi (dipterocarpum)

    £6.50
    RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

    Potsize - 1L

    Thalictrum delavayi (dipterocarpum) is a delicate and charming addition to any planting scheme, all air and grace on tall waving stems. The foliage is deeply divided like a maidenhair fern, coming from a narrow clump and then climbing up the tall stiff stems. The flowers are an airy pink cloud of tiny hanging buttercups with contrasting hanging yellow stamens. 120cm. Cool position
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  • Trifolium ochroleucon Trifolium ochroleucon

    Trifolium ochroleucon

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Sulphur Clover. This is a British Native that is becoming sadly rarer as its native habitats are ploughed up for arable crops and its foothold on the road verges declines with indifferent verge managemnet regimes (Do check out Plantlife's campaign to influence better roadside management). It is a native of chalky boulder-clays and more rarely chalk sites. It is a large clover which will spread with short stolons. The heads of flowers are less sulphur-yellow and more creamy and are particularly attractive to bumblebees. likes brightness, but not the full glare of the sun. June to July
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  • Trifolium rubens

    Trifolium rubens

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Red Feather. This is possibly the showiest of all the clovers. It is fairly upright in growth with long terminal heads of flowers. The heads are downy and silvery in bud opening from the base upwards with rich ruby-red peas. Likes sunlight but dislikes extremes of temperature. Grow with adequate moisture in a slightly alkaline soil for best results. Non-invasive. Flowers late summer. Like all the clovers, nectar rich and therefore a magnet for the bees.
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  • Trifolium rubens f. album ‘Frosty Feathers’ Trifolium rubens f. album ‘Frosty Feathers’

    Trifolium rubens f. album ‘Frosty Feathers’

    £6.50
    Good for Bees

    Good for Bees

    Potsize - 1L

    The flowers on this form of European Clover are absolutely brilliant white, contrasting well with the rich dark green of the foliage. Ideal for growing in poor soils, tolerating calcareous soils very well. Will rebloom if cut back after flowering. Excellent nectar source for bees. 60cm. Native to Europe right down to the Mediterranean, growing in dry grassland and at woodland edges.
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  • Verbascum phoeniceum 'Flush of White' (White Bride) Verbascum phoeniceum 'Flush of White' (White Bride)

    Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Flush of White’ (White Bride)

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    From a dark shining rosette of leaves arise several stems bearing relatively long-stalked white flowers with a soft fluttery edge. A relatively short lived variety. 60cm. May to August. Commonly known as the purple mullein, the parents of this plant hail form Southern Europe and Asia, growing to 60cm in flower which they do in the early part of Summer. It will self seed in the garden if happy but may not always throw whites unless carefully isolated as it hails from genes which display violets, purples and pinks in the flower. The phoeniceum hybrids are thought to have been one of the original parents back in the 1930's of the taller, very pretty Cotswold Hybrids such as 'Gainsborough' and 'Pink Domino'. Sadly, like their parents they too are not long lived and can need replacing periodically.
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  • Veronica longifolia 'Charlotte' Veronica longifolia 'Charlotte'

    Veronica longifolia ‘Charlotte’

    £6.50
    Bee Friendly

    Bee Friendly

    Potsize - 1L

    Purest white, densely packed spikes of flowers each with an exerted style and two yellow tipped anthers. Green in bud. The foliage is greyish green with good creamy yellow margins. All in all a rather elegant and classy plant. June to August. 65cm. Reblooms in Autumn if deadheaded.
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  • Veronica spicata 'Glory' ('Royal Candles', 'Ulster Dwarf Blue') Veronica spicata 'Glory' ('Royal Candles', 'Ulster Dwarf Blue')

    Veronica spicata ‘Glory’ (‘Royal Candles’, ‘Ulster Dwarf Blue’)

    £6.50
    Bee Friendly

    Bee Friendly

    Potsize - 1L

    A neat, bushy, dwarf Veronica with deepest sapphire blue flowers from wonderful limy-green tips. Branching flower spikes to 30cm. Very long season. June to October
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  • Veronicastrum ‘Adoration’

    Veronicastrum ‘Adoration’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    The flower spikes on this variety are particularly eye-catching on account of the rich colouring. Rich pink buds give way to lilac-pink flowers all enhanced by darkened stems. A Piet Oudolf selection which is self-supporting and multi-branched.  Flowers July to September. 1.6m animation_type="0" animation_direction="down" animation_speed="0.1"/]Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over

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  • Viola cornuta ‘Victoria’s Blush’

    £6.00

    Potsize - 1L

    The same charming little flowers as Viola cornuta but in a lovely shade of pink with darket bee lines.
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  • Zantedeschia ‘Kiwi Blush’ Zantedeschia ‘Kiwi Blush’

    Zantedeschia ‘Kiwi Blush’

    £9.00

    Potsize - 1L

    This is a relatively new cultivar which has come from New Zealand. The flowers are more upward facing than the standard Zantedeschia, slightly shorter and posses a lovely carmine glow to the base. In shape they tend more towards a Calla lily, more funnel shaped with less of a broad flare. Reports are that it is as hardy as Green Goddess, which we have had outside for many years, and that it will take a little more dryness than usual. Like all Zantedeschis it is best to cover younger plants with a generous mulch until they are well established. 60cm
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  • Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Flamingo' Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Flamingo'

    Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Flamingo’

    £9.00

    Potsize - 1L

    We're a bit confused over this one. We bought this plant in micropropagated several years ago as Zantedeschia 'Flamingo', but is less fully pink than we expected. We are not sure if it was supposed to be the plant bred in the Netherlands by The Klaver Brothers, Theo and Kees for the cut flower trade, or another cultivar which vies for the name. Whichever, believe the pictures which show the plant that we have. It has the beautiful chalice form of Zantedeschia but coloured with a lovely soft sugar pink, especially on the outside. It is a vigorous grower that will bloom freely once established and cut beautifully (cut it as the bud opens). 80cm. For a warm sunny spot with access to plenty of moisture. The crowns are best protected with a deep mulch in the early years and otherwise if Winters turn very cold.
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  • Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Green Goddess' (Lily of the Nile) Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Green Goddess' (Lily of the Nile)

    Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Green Goddess’ (Lily of the Nile)

    £7.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Green Goddess'  (Lily of the Nile). An interesting variation on the usual white flower with large green spathes, shaded to white in the throat. Spathes are more funnel shaped than flared with a lovely twist that makes them a must for flower arrangers. A little larger than the species. An excellent cut flower and handsome foliage plant. Mulch young plants well in first few years. Avoid dry soils. 120cm
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  • Zantedeschia aethiopica (Lily of the Nile) Zantedeschia aethiopica (Lily of the Nile)

    Zantedeschia aethiopica (Lily of the Nile)

    £7.00

    Potsize - 1L

    Zantedeschia aethiopica (Lily of the Nile). Beautiful gleaming white arum lily with a broadly flared spathe with prominent yellow spadix. An excellent cut flower and handsome foliage plant. Mulch young plants well in first few years. Avoid dry soils unless the bulb can be planted quite deeply. Lovely by water. 120cm
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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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