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Pinky-mauve flowers with purple rays. Each petal is heavily notched into 3 lobes giving it the effect of a scalloped collar. Nice green leaves and very good for naturalising in dry shade. From Robin Moss, Hexham, Northumberland Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geranium nodosum 'Silverwood'. Lovely apple green glossy leaves topped off with glistening white flowers over a very extended season. The perfect plant for bringing a little sparkle into a difficult dry shady spot in the garden. Geranium nodosum has glossy leaves which are toothed rather than lobed and funnel shaped flowers (just a little under 2.5cm across) borne erect from May to September.It is particularly good at coping with dry shade. Silverwood House, in Hampshire, houses the national collection of Geranium nodosum. Introduced by Joan Taylor on behalf of the Motor Neurone Association in memory of her late husband. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Don't be confused by the name of this Geranium, it is named after a house, not one of it's characteristics. The flowers are some of the darkest of the group, being a rich pinky purple at the centre fading out towards pink at the edge with a white edge. Strong bee lines complete the design. Not quite as striking as Blueberry Ice, but still very nice indeed. Good for growing in dry shady situations where many plants would struggle. Raised by repeated selection of seedling forms by Lionel Bacon, past President of the Alpine Garden Society. Named after his garden.
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Raised by Jim Haunch, nurseryman and holder of the National Collection of Geranium phaeum and given to us by Jennifer Harmer as 'a very good do-er'. This is a cross between G.phaeum 'Samobor' to which it is like a large version, and G.phaeum 'Golden Spring'. It has plum purple flowers above leaves that are well marked throughout the season with maroon blotches, but show a paler centre in the early season. It was described by the raiser as "..a good mound former with leaves of a creamy yellow to almost white in the centre, red streaks and brown blotches on each side of the central vein of the leaf blades and a green with very pale almost white splash marks near the leaf tips. The flowers are a plum-purple, contrasting well with the leaves.".Links
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A really unusual uniquely double flowered phaeum. A showy double row of bright plummy purple petals and in the centre the stamens appear to have been transformed into strange petaloid structures ina alimey-green to fascinating effect. A plant for partial shade wherethe slightly blotched fresh green leaves make an early foil for other spring flowers. Flowering in late April to May to about 75cm. This wonderful find was a chance seedling in the garden of Lynne Edwards in 2013. She named it after her beloved father and lifelong botanical & gardening mentor who had ghiven here her original phaeum. Not so good for insects due to its lack of stamens. 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]Links
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This is one of those plants whose flowers warrant the closest of inspection as they posses the sort of intricate beauty that can easily get overlooked amongst some of their more brash cousins but which nevertheless is as exquisite as they come. Each flower is a translucent lavender-white shaded to the edges and picked out lavender in the veins. Where the petals overlap the colour is stronger and from the white eye protrude a green style and pink anthers. Typical green G.phaeum foliage with small but distinct chocolate spots. Bred by an unknown Dutch gardener. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell'. A striking form of this cranesbill raised at Mayford, Surrey by the Geranium expert Trevor Bath and named in memory of his mother. It is distinguished by it's larger flowers of a rich dark purple with pale centres and its distinctly pale foliage. Overall the plant is large and open in appearance for a G. phaeum type. Plants form dense clumps of pale foliage which succeed even in deep, dry shade. 80cm. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A new colour break within Geranium phaeum with unusual creamy coloured buds and newly opened petals which develop into multi-tonal lilac-pink rayed flowers. The effect s enhanced by the maroon flush on the pedicels and calyx. The leaves are boldly marked with a maroon star. Good for sun or shade and excellent for early pollinators. Flowering May-June. 80cm. If all this wasn't persuasive enough, this variety was raised by Beth Chatto. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geranium phaeum 'Raven'. MOURNING WIDOW. A useful ground cover plant with striking dark purple flowers held high above dense clumps of pale foliage. Raven has unspotted leaves and purple-brown flowers and is relatively short growing at just 40cm. A seedling from 'Lily Lovell' introduced by Rainforest Nursery, Canada. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Soft mauvy-blue flowers with a grey ring make this an unusual, rarely offered colour break for a G.phaeum. Good leafy clumps of unblotched fresh green leaves make excellent Spring foils to other plants in partial shade. Flowering in late April and May these pretty phaeums provide a valuable nectar source fro early insects. 60-75cm 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]Links
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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]Links
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Geranium phaeum var. lividum 'Joan Baker'. The original large flowered form of Geranium phaeum var. lividum was collected on an Alpine Garden Society tour of the dolomites by Bill Baker. Subsequently it was propagated by Axletree Nursery and an attractive pale lilac seedling was selected and named after Bill's wife Joan. Geranium phaeum var. lividum 'Joan Baker' is a robust geranium and grows strongly to 90cm, even in quite dry shade, making a very useful plant indeed.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geranium phaeum var. phaeum 'Samobor'. MOURNING WIDOW. Particularly striking leaf markings distinguish this useful ground covering geranium. Each leaf is relatively large for the type and zoned with chocolate brown, rather in the way of a pelargonium. Dark reddy-maroon flowers add to the effect and are brilliant with the light coming through them. Overall the plants have a compact, tight appearance. Succeeds even in deep, dry shade. 80cm. Introduced by Elizabeth Strangman of Washfield Nursery from a collection near Samobor, Croatia, in 1990. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geranium sanguineum 'Glenluce' (bloody cranesbill) A Large flowered variety with flowers in a distinctive pale rose-pink. The foliage has a certain indefinable quality that makes it look softer than other cultivars. Altogether a cheerful little cranesbill producing wide soft hummocks of foliage covered in summer in clear, pale pink blooms. Spreads by underground rhizomes. Foliage colours vivid red in autumn. May-August. 30cm tall by 60cm wide Discovered at Glenluce, Scotland by AT Johnson in 1937.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A cheerful little cranesbill producing low soft hummocks of tight foliage covered in summer in rich magenta blooms. The foliage is tidy and a good deep green and overall the plant maintains a neat appearance. Foliage colours vivid red in autumn. 15cm tall by 60cm wide A variety produced in Germany. May to September. A form discovered in the Alpine garden of Max Frei in Wildensbuch, Switzerland.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Westray' is a good strong form of this excellent ground covering Geranium. As with all its type it is near evergreen with dense fragrant foliage which is excellent for carpeting in dry sunny positions. Raised by Alan Bremner and named after the island his father came from. A hybrid of G.'Lohfelden' and G.dalmaticum. Foliage has a spicy aroma. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A dusky pink spring flowering Geranium. Typical of its parents, G.phaeum and G.reflexum, it has sprays of long-nosed, slightly reflexed petaled flowers with a white eye and a ring of smoky blue eye-liner. Generous clumps of large palmate and lobed leaves are handsomely marked with strong maroon blotches and stand well in shade, even if dry. Even better is the lovely golden hue the leaves take on in early Spring before greening up later. Really brightens up a shady corner. Originated in the French nursery of its namesake. 45cm tall, spreading indefinitely. Selected by Madame Claudine Dupont. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Pure, glistening white petals with translucent veins and strong notched petals give the impression of 10 rather than 5 petals. Young flowers have grey-mauve anthers and the impression of colour in the veins but older flowers are pure white with green eyes. The leaves are unblotched. 20-30cm high. Found as a seedling in the garden of Jane Robinson and named for her husband. Possibly a seedling of either G. 'Claridge Druce' or G. 'Lace Time' Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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This was selected out of a batch of Geranium 'Walter's Gift' seedlings in 1998. Very pale, silvery-pink flowers with a network of dark magenta veins are produced over a very long season, Spring through Summer. 45cm x 60cm. Forms excellent ground-cover with green leaves, which are a fresh limy green when young, carrying strong reddy-brown blotches. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Like Can-can this neat little Geum has warm yellow petals tipped and suffused with coppery peach tones. It has 3 rows of petals which are not only ruffled but also beautifully frilly at the edge. The effect is neat, delicate and quite charming. The centres of new flowers are fresh pale green with a big boss of yellow tipped anthers whilst the stigmas are so many they are twisted together. The nodding buds are wrapped in pomegranate red calyces with similirly coloured stems. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geum chiloense 'Lady Stratheden'. Colourful and easily grown perennial forming a stout weed smothering clump of leaves and freely producing 2ft stems of warm yellow semi double flowers in summer. The flowers will keep on coming if you cut out older flowering stems as their flowers begin to fade. There is a lot of 'air' in the flower heads, so this is an ideal plant to mingle amongst other colour or to look through to plants behind. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geum 'Mai Tai'. One of the denser clumping geums of mid size. The flowers are large, frilly and a beautiful red stained peach. Keep cutting out old flowering stems to encourage a succession of flowers. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geum chiloense 'Mrs Bradshaw'. (Fireball) Colourful and easily grown perennial forming a stout weed smothering clump of leaves and freely producing 2ft stems of bright red semi double flowers in summer. Mrs Bradshaw is absolutely, unashamedly red; not a hint of pink anywhere. The flowers will keep on coming if you cut out older flowering stems as their flowers begin to fade. There is a lot of 'air' in the flower heads, so this is an ideal plant to mingle amongst other colour or to look through to plants behind. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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 Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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 Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A lovely tetraploid form of our native flag Iris whose beauty has been rewarded by several awards. The flowers are a lovely shaded pale lemon yellow with a signal that is picked out boldly in deep red. In the garden it really stands out like it has its own light. It is both vigorous and floriferous. Mid season. 60cm Founders of SIGNA Medal 2008, Award of Merit : 2006, 2003 Honourable Mention, Introduced : 1997 Jill CopelandRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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A slender medium sized Red Hot Poker whose narrow flower spikes sport flowers that open yellow from green buds. For a warm spot not too dry in summer. 3ftDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A lovely little Poker grown originally by Beth Chatto from seeds sent to her by Cedric Morris. Probably half the size of most Kniphofias with narrow flowers spikes that are green in bud, opening a soft yellow before maturing cream. It will continue producing its tasteful flowers well into the Autumn. less than 60cm tall.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A short growing variety at no more than 45cm tall. The flowers open initially horizontal in a rich coral red, drooping as they age and changing ever so subtly to take on a shade more orange with the stamens adding just a hint of yellow. A lovely variety that is strongly enough coloured to get noticed, but soft enough in tone to blend with all sorts of colours.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Kniphofia 'Painted Lady' is an easy to grow variety with extra long pokers which fade from a glowing salmon bud through yellow to a cream flower. Unusually the pokers can branch like a candelabra. 110cm. Full sun with moisture in summer. Bred by Eric SmithDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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