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An exceptionally short Michaelmas daisy which makes up for its size by the punch of its clear pink flowers, produced in great abundance in September. The flowers are a good full semi-double in a sugary lavender-pink that darkens towards the bright golden centre. 20cm. Aster 'Rosenwitchel' creates a really dense mound of closely packed foliage reminiscent of a bun forming alpine. Any good soil in full sun Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Bergenia 'Bressingham White'. Praised for its robust stature and the freedom with which it produces both flower and leaf. Slowly spreading to form a good clump of large leaves with fine trusses of pure white flowers from March until May. Raised by Blooms and happy in both sun and part shade.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Bergenia 'Eric Smith'. A handsome variety originally bred by Eric Smith at Hadspen House in Somerset and given to Beth Chatto who then named it in his honour. It has large, wavy edged crinkled leaves which take on plum and crimson tones in Winter. Sprays of bright mid-pink flowers top the foliage in Spring. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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This is a compact form of Bergenia but one that punches above its weight when it comes to flowering. Flowers are bright rosy-pink, carried on bright red stems and produced abundantly in March and April. Foliage is green for the growing season and turns deep beetroot in the Winter. 15-30cm tall. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Bergenia 'Overture' ('Eroica'). Handsome evergreen glossy green leaves are overlaid in Autumn onwards with shades of red and copper and can turn bright scarlet on exposed sun drenched leaves. One of the best for reliable winter leaf colour. The flowers are brightest magenta, produced from early to late spring. 30cm. Clumps are fairly compact in growth with flower spikes that are also relatively dense. Will even tolerate dry shade. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Bergenia 'Silberlicht'. A relatively new addition to the Bergenia family having been raised in 1982 by H.Klose. It thrives in sun or shade even in quite dry conditions and produces valuable ground cover of handsome bronze tinted leaves. Its real beauty is shown when in flower late in the Spring. Flowering stems are tall and pink carrying flowers in a sugar pink hue. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Whilst the heart shaped leaves make good muted green ground cover, it is the flowers are remarkable. In shape and colour they are very like the heads of betony, if a little paler, but they are borne on short stalks and are of a large size quite out of proportion with expectations. A first rate plant for the front of the border. No where near as rampant as its cousin, Stachys lanata. Plant in sun for good flowering. 30cm Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Briza media. Perennial Quaking Grass. Wiry stems carry a wide branched head of hanging papery flowers that sway and quake in the slightest breeze. A very pretty if understated little grass that is best situated where the sun can catch the flowers. The only perennial quaking grass. -
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A pretty quaking grass with tidy mounds of soft glaucous leaves with handsome white edges and striping. In Summer, dainty wands of little dancing lockets are produced which sway in the breeze. Green-white at first and often tinged with pink, the seed heads become golden with age. Semi-evergreen clumps of leaves. Not a very long lived plant but careful regular division can extend its life. Seedlings do not come true. 50-70cm in flower, 30cm in leaf.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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A lovely variety with leaves that begin the year a rich bronze in colour. This colour fades as the flower stems develop so that by the time the plant is in full flower the leaves have toned down to a rich dark green with just the flower stems showing a purple flush. However the contrast of dark leaves and shining sunshine yellow flowers as they first emerge from the buds is a most beautiful thing. A variety that deserves to become well known. Marsh Marigolds are amongst the first flowers of Spring, flowering throughout the month of April.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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As Marsh Marigolds go this one is relatively compact in growth, shorter in all its parts. However it is the flowers that are the chief attraction. They start off looking like a normal Marsh Marigold with the tightest anemone centre you could imagine. Then, as the flowers age, the centre petals grow out until you have a full blown miniature pom-pom dahlia of a flower in rich glowing gold. 30cm spread. Marsh Marigolds are amongst the first flowers of Spring, flowering throughout the month of April.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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A compact and very free flowering form of our native clustered bellflower. Dense mats of foliage producing stiff stems to 20cm tall with a dense globular cluster of rich purple-blue bells at the top. Good in full sun and on chalky soils.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Invaluable, but not often seen, rhizomatous perennials prized for their beautiful very early flowers for the woodland garden. Large heads of pinky-mauve 4 petalled flowers are held well above the 5 -lobed attractive foliage from late February. Earlier than most other species. They come from mountainous regions of Europe and thrive in moist humus rich soil in partial shade. They protect themselves from hot dry conditions by becoming Summer dormant. 20cm. Spreads by rhizome and makes lovely ground cover beneath shrubs and associates well with Pulmonarias. -
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Chrysanthemum yezoense (Dendranthema yezoense). Stems carpet an area 3ft round, which in Sept becomes absolutely covered in large pure white daisies that age pink. Dark glossy foliage sets off the flowers well. A great little informal plant for the edge of a bed or flopping over onto a path. MAY CAUSE SKIN ALLERGY Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Convallaria majalis. Lily-of-the-Valley. One of those perennials that really needs no introduction. It is native to Britain and is particularly common on Lime rich soils, growing thick tangled mats of root in woodland situations. Each node produces two broad leaves in the middle of which nestle the stiff little spikes hung on One side with little fragrant white bells, Each with a narrowed frilly opening like an old-fashioned maids bonnet. Lily-of-the-Valley is easily grown and adaptable and particularly suited to leaving alone in difficult dry situations where It will happily carpet and provide fragrant little posies Each SpringDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A cross between Corydalis fleuosa and Corydalis omeniana from Ian Young's garden in Aberdeen. Vigorous clumps of limey, chartreusy-green juicy fern-like foliage over which come the strongly scented sky-blue flowers. Like Corydalis elata, but smaller and colouring only very slightly in the stems. Wintergreen and very hardy if grown in a moisture retentive soil which is not over wet and doesn't dry out in the Summer. Divide every three years to maintain vigour and encourage the best flowering. Flowers from Spring until June. 30cmLinks
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Corydalis flexuosa 'Pere David'Potsize - 1L
Forms mounds of delicate ferny foliage which are topped off with charming spikes of sky blue flowers in early Spring. 30*30cm. For moisture retentive soil in shade or half shade. This variety is very similar to Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue' but has a faster spreading habit. The stems can take on a red tint and the flowers become darker as the season progresses and moisture levels drop.Links
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Possibly E.dolichostemon x E.leptorrhizum. A lovely introduction from Elizabeth Strangman with flowers in a gentle soft pink, very much like its parent E.leptorrhizum. However, each flower is neater and smaller and held in an elegant arching spray. The leaves can colour a rich ruby red in winter.Links
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Jean O'Neill has flowers in one of those colours that is quite unique. The flowers are generous in proportions and production, with each being topped by off white sepals, under which curve petals which shade from dunked rich tea biscuit brown to flesh coloured at their curved tips. Young leaves are suffused with a rich tan and they colour a lovely pinky-red in Autumn, still with the darker red speckles. Raised at Spinners by Peter Chapell from Epimedium davidii seed. Possibly a cross with Epimedium acuminatumLinks
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Startling fat goblet shaped flowers of brightest yellow with yellow horns. The sepals are reduced to a little fleck of rusty red which is picked up by the dark red of the new leaves. The flowers are 1 1/4 inches but the 'tube' is flared to make the goblet shaped centre which lends the flower more weight. Originally collected by the French missionary, Pere Armand David. From mountain woods in the Sichuan province. Subgenus Epimedium, Section i, B Series - DavidianaeLinks
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This is another relatively recent introduction, having been collected in 1993 by the great Mikinori Ogisu and later being given his name. Mikinori Ogisu is credited with doing more to further the study of Epimediums in China than any other man. He is a great pioneering Plant Hunter and botanist who has introduced many new species and reintroduced many other only known from herbarium specimens. Epimedium ogisui is a beautiful pure white species, quite close to Epimedium latisepalum from which it differs in small leaf details. The flowers are an essay in purity, the inner petals are curved horns whose open throats overlap so that one opposite pair enclose the other, all surrounding the bright yellow anthers. The sepals are broader, with long points forming a cross in the same pure white as the petals. It flowers to approximately 30cm tall and grows in the wild at heights of about 1000m in the Sichuan province. Subgenus Epimedium, Section i. Diphyllon, Series B. DavidianaeLinks
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Weihenstephan is a typical, but particularly stout form of E.perraldianum. The flowers are rich yellow formed of tiny brown tipped petals and broad rounded sepals. They face outward from upright spikes whilst the new leaves emerge pale yellow-green coloured with a mosaic of red. Shiny foliage forms weed smothering spreading mats.E. perraldianum grows naturally in mountain Oak and Cedar forests in Northern Algeria and North Africa. It is very similar to E.pinnatum subsp. Colchicum, differing mainly in numbers of leaflets and its notably spiny leaf margins. Subgenus RhizophyllumLinks
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Exceptionally wide flattish flowers. The sepals are reduced to a small white cross, 1cm across, which backs the yellow petals which themselves are long and curved a bit like a bright sulphur yellow hunting horn. where the colour intensifies in the tip of the petal it is not unlike the eye of a snail. The foliage is claret at first, later becoming green and developing purplish and coppery mottles and splashes with a lovely undulating spiny edge. Flowers are held on tall stems above the foliage. Quickly spreading rhizome. Subgenus Epimedium, Section i. Diphyllon, Series C. DolichoceraeLinks
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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 ).Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Erigeron karvinskianus. Crazy Daisy. This is that sweet little candy and white daisy you see clinging for dear life from stone walls and amongst paving. I say clinging on, but it positively thrives in these conditions, finding a home in places where nothing else would. Given a well drained position this daisy will thrive, seeding itself around with gay abandon. The flowers begin a ruddy pink, soon fading to pure white. carried on long stalks they make a lovely colourful daisy cloud, softening the edges of walls and paving alike.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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 IRRITANTDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Great value throughout the year. Bertie Crug forms a low spreading mound of dark bronze-tinted shiny green leaves over which a long succession of pale pink flowers is produced. Good at the edges of beds or in a rock garden planting this is a reliable doer for full sun. Cooler Autumn winter brings a rich cherry red colour to the foliage. 15cm spreading. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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( 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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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(syn. Geranium 'Verguld Saffier') This variety is a cross between 'Ann Folkard' and wallichianum 'Buxton's variety', inheriting characteristics of both. It has the yellow leaves of the former, longer lasting than the parent, with flowers in a pinky-blue produced all throughout the summer. Its AGM says it is undoubtedly a good cultivar, but anyone who knows me, knows my thoughts on plants that pair yellow leaves and pink flowers so I'll shut up now. It has a low growing, sprawling habit, making it ideal for the front of the border. It is a little smaller than 'Ann Folkard'. It is reliable, but likes some shade to do its best. Originally found as a seedling in Hans Kramer's de Hessenhof nursery in about. 1994 40 X 110cm Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. 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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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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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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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. 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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Japanese Forest Grass. Soft and billowing like the surf as it reaches the beach, this exquisite grass forms low growing domes of limey yellow ribbony blades in a shady position. The more sun it gets, the less lime and more gold you get, but as natural forest grass it is happiest in partial or bright shade. Also fab-u-lous in pots. Not fussy as to soil type providing it is not too dry. rather slow growing but well worth the wait. Deciduous in Winter. Height 30-40cm Discount of 25p per plant when you buy 3 or more of this variety -
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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!)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 -
Hosta of the Year 2002
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Hosta 'Guacamole'. Medium. 25cm x 50cm. An open mound of overlapping rounded gold leaves margined dark green. A fast grower for a sunny spot where it will quickly achieve its full potential. Large fragrant flowers in August held well above the foliage. The green margin can be barely visible in cooler growing conditions. Sport of H. 'Fragrant Bouquet' Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Hosta 'Halcyon'. Medium. 20 x 25cm. A small to medium sized Hosta with leaves of a very good blue when grown in full shade. Short dense spikes of lavender flowers held just above the foliage are an added bonus. H. 'Tardiflora' x H. sieboldiana 'Elegans Alba'. 1987 winner of the Alex J. Summers Distinguished Merit Hosta Award. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Hosta 'Pilgrim'. Small. 20 x 50cm. A small sized Hosta that quickly makes a good size. The leaves are strikingly marked with broad creamy edges and an irregular dark green central splash. Leaves are distinctly heart shaped on long petioles. Lavender flowers. A seedling from Hosta 'Flambouyant' Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over