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Winter

  • Helleborus niger Helleborus niger

    Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose)

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Helleborus niger. Christmas Rose. This is the Hellebore that is so associated with Christmas and Christmas cards, though it rarely flowers before January and is usually later still. However, the flowers are still lovely, charming wide open pure white waxy blooms with bright yellow centres carried mostly singly on stiff upright stems. Long lasting flowers to cheer the depths of Winter. They are not the easiest of plants, but a little knowledge can help you to site them well. They are plants of light woodland, with a requirement for shade and a dislike of acid soils and of poverty and drought. Give them a little lime and good humus content. Mulch annually, especially with mushroom compost and they will reward you. One last word of warning- you might like them on your Christams card and around your candle decoration, but voles love the buds for Christmas dinner. HARMFUL IF EATEN (except to voles!)
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  • Liriope muscari ‘Samantha’ Liriope 'Samantha'

    Liriope ‘Samantha’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    A form of Lily turf with the more unusual attribute of having pink flowers rather than the usual purple. The flowering stems are a rosy pink with flowers that open out a paler sugar pink. 40cm
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  • Liriope muscari 'Big Blue' Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'

    Liriope muscari ‘Big Blue’

    £6.50
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    RHS AGM

    Potsize - 1L

    Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'. (Liriope platyphylla, Liriope graminifolia densiflora, Ophiopogon muscari). US nickname, Lily Turf or Big Blue. This is a good all rounder for every garden. Useful for ground cover, for edging or as a flowering plant in its own right. Neat, arching shining green rush-like leaves are evergreen and in their prime in Winter. They are happy in sun or shade but flower bestin sun. In the US they have earned the name 'Lily Turf' as the arching grass like foliage produces spikes of densely packed violet-blue grape hyacinth-like flowers in late Autumn. Easily grown they are both hardy and drought tolerant, only requiring reasonable drainage to succeed. Foliage to 40cm, flowers to 45cm. Named after the Greek nymph Liriope, one of the Naiad.
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  • Liriope muscari 'Ingwersen'

    Liriope muscari ‘Ingwersen’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    A good solid variety of Liriope of  dark violet hue. 30cm in flower, 40 in leaf. It is much like the species but in a slightly more compact form. Like all Lily Turf, this is an excellent plant for growing in dry shady places.
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  • Liriope muscari ‘Moneymaker’ Liriope muscari 'Moneymaker'

    Liriope muscari ‘Moneymaker’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Liriope muscari. (Liriope platyphylla, Liriope graminifolia densiflora, Ophiopogon muscari). US nickname, Lily Turf or Big Blue. A shorter form, growing to 35cm with a reputation for flowering very freely with spikes of violet blue. This is a good all rounder for every garden. Useful for ground cover, for edging or as a flowering plant in its own right. Neat, arching shining green rush-like leaves are evergreen and in their prime in Winter. They are happy in sun or shade but flower best in sun. In the US they have earned the name 'Lily Turf' as the arching grass like foliage produces spikes of densely packed violet-blue grape hyacinth-like flowers in late Autumn. Easily grown they are both hardy and drought tolerant, only requiring reasonable drainage to succeed. Named after the Greek nymph Liriope, one of the Naiad.  
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  • Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Kokuryu' ('Nigrescens') Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Kokuryu' ('Nigrescens')

    Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Kokuryu’ (‘Nigrescens’)

    £6.50
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    RHS AGM

    Potsize - 1L

    Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'. (Arabicus, Black dragon, Ebony Knight). Prized for their short evergreen, near black grassy foliage, this is an excellent plant for ground cover and for creating a lovely foil for winter flowering plants such as snowdrops or cyclamen. Flowers are produced in Autumn in short dense racemes and are white or lilac tinted and may be followed by black berries. Grow in sun providing the soil does not bake or in partial shade. Hardy to -15oC provided drainage is adequate. Apparently useful for stabilising erosion prone soils. Ophiopoghon derives from teh Greek 'ophis' = serpent and 'pogon' a beard. If anyone can show us a snake with a beard we'll try to find which bit of this palnt to compare it too and quite how it deserves its name.
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  • Ophiopogon planiscapus f. leucanthus Ophiopogon planiscapus f. leucanthus

    Ophiopogon planiscapus f. leucanthus

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    A sweet little plant for edging off all sorts of different areas. Neat spreading clumps of narrow grassy leaves that are evergreen. In Summer the flowers appear in short spikes amongst the foliage, pure white followed by occasional berries.
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  • Vinca difformis Vinca difformis

    Vinca difformis

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    A special Vinca from the Western Mediterranean. At first impressions it looks a lot like Vinca major with its large fresh green foliage; that is until mid October, when it is studded with large, palest pearly blue periwinkle flowers which appear throughout Winter into early Spring. The flowers age to pure white. Its Mediterranean roots do make it somewhat tender. It is reliable in the South West but in less favourable climates it requires the shelter of a warm wall. It appreciates some sun. A charming Winter plant. 30 x 60cm, spreading. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over

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  • Vinca difformis

    Vinca difformis ‘Alba

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    A special Vinca from the Western Mediterranean. At first impressions it looks a lot like Vinca major with its large fresh green foliage; that is until mid October, when it is studded with large, pure white periwinkle flowers which appear throughout Winter into early Spring. Vinca difformis can look identical at times when its flowers are white, but difformis is at certain times pearly blue. Its Mediterranean roots do make it somewhat tender. It is reliable in the South West but in less favourable climates it requires the shelter of a warm wall. It appreciates some sun. A charming Winter plant. 30 x 60cm, spreading. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over

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  • Vinca difformis 'Jenny Pym' Vinca difformis 'Jenny Pym'

    Vinca difformis ‘Jenny Pym’

    £6.50

    Potsize - 1L

    Vinca difformis 'Jenny Pym'. This Vinca grows two sorts of shoots, hence its name difformis. One shoot is long and barren, the other much shorter, upright up to 30cm tall and bears the flowers. These upright shoots are clustered and in this form carry pink flowers with a distinct white central region. Vinca difformis is quite similar to Vinca major in many respects, differing most significantly in its habit of flowering right from Autumn, through mild Winter spells to Spring. Vinca difformis is not as hardy as the more common species but is reliable in the South West and good elsewhere with the shelter of a wall. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over

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  • Viola odorata 'Bournemouth Gem' Viola odorata 'Bournemouth Gem'

    Viola ‘Bournemouth Gem’ ( Devon Violet )

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    Viola 'Bournemouth Gem' ( violet ). A selection of our native sweet violet bred especially to produce violets for the trade in cut flower posies. The flowers are exceptionally large with an open wide form and are borne on long stems above the partially evergreen foliage. Unfortunately the price of the large flowers is that the scent has been largely lost from this variety, one of the Devon Violets. Back at the turn of last century, the area around Dawlish, Devon was famous for producing violets for the cut flower and perfume trade.  It grows in much more open clumps than Viola odorata and has distinctive veined, heart-shaped leaves which are a litle glossy. Grows in shade or sun. Prefers a moist soil
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  • Viola ‘Cordelia’ ( violet ) Viola 'Cordelia'

    Viola ‘Cordelia’ ( violet )

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    Viola 'Cordelia' ( violet ). A lovely blush pink violet with a darker 'horn' and stronger rose shading on the reverse. Relatively large wide open flowers. Good scent.
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  • Viola 'Dick o' the Hills' Viola 'Dick o' the Hills'

    Viola ‘Dick o’ the Hills’

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    A strong growing variety with nicely scented flowers held well up on strong rose coloured stems. The flowers are near white with a variable flush of apricot-pink which intensifies to rose madder on the spur. The upper (posterior) petals tend to flare slightly, with the bottom (lateral and anterior) petals closer together creating an overall heart shaped outline. Very pretty. CW Groves and Son
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  • Viola 'Fred Morey' Viola 'Fred Morey'

    Viola ‘Fred Morey’

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    Similar in colour to Sultan but tending more towards magenta with less violet flushing, just violet veining. The flowers are more rounded as well with a strong scent. A strong vigorous variety named after a former seedsman from CW Groves and Son.
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  • Viola 'Lavender Lights' Viola 'Lavender Lights'

    Viola ‘Lavender Lights’

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    A compact variety with quite squat flowers, as wide as they are tall. The flowers are pink to pale pastel lavender with a very neat, well defined set of bee guide lines in the throat making a dark eye. Good scent.
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  • Viola 'Melanie' Viola 'Melanie'

    Viola ‘Melanie’ (violet)

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    Viola 'Melanie'. (Viola 'Katja'). It's hard to resist the charm ( and perfume ) of the humble viola. But if you are looking for something a bit different, forget papal purple, this Viola is the richest Catholic Bishop Pink you'll come across. Deep and extravagant with a delightful silver edge. It is floriferous, doesn't fade and has an intoxicating fragrance. i couldn't resist it - the colour stands out so zingingly.
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  • Viola 'Rebecca' Viola 'Rebecca'

    Viola ‘Rebecca’

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    Viola 'Rebecca'. Compact hybrid viola with a long flowering season from Spring through Summer. This is one of the lovely Violetta group of violets. They form really tight hummocks of foliage and throughout their long season they are absolutely covered in outward facing pansy-like flowers with a delicious fragrance. Think of them like a perennial pansy that's been to finishing school. Rebecca has a base colour of cream, shaded lemon on the lowest petal with a rich yellow eye. Each petal is then shaded to pale lilac with the edges flecked mauve. Heavily scented. Any good soil
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  • Viola riviniana Purpurea Group ( Viola labradorica )

    Viola riviniana Purpurea Group ( Viola labradorica )

    £3.75

    Potsize - 9cm

    Viola riviniana Purpurea Group ( Viola labradorica ). This is an excellent edging plant, its dark purple leaves forming an excellent foil for its own violet flowers as well as those of many other perennials. It spreads well to cover the ground and I've seen it looking lovely running along the base of a wall and along the edges of a set of stone steps. This is the dark purple leaved form of our native wood violet. It is easily pleased and will grow in sun or shade in a wide range of soil types.
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