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    This is a species that is critically endangered in its native Armenia, being under pressure from expanding arable lands. It is naturally similar in many ways to its more often encountered subspecies peringii. One of the main differences is that the leaves are barely toothed rather than the deeply cut form of the subspecies. The leaves are long and narrow and have a slightly hairy texture. In flower they are again similar but with more of an emphasis on pink rather than pinky purple. For a warm sunny site if you want it to flower well.

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    A new form of Acanthus mollis with beautiful, bold broad shining golden foliage, particularly in Spring and Autumn, but also goldy in Summer if grown in the shade. Typical white slipper shaped flowers with strong purple hoods grow on 90cm tall stems, persisting for a long time from June to September. Perhaps not quite as hardy as the type but still good to -10 degrees especially if protected with a mulch, a course that is essential for the first Winter.

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    (Acanthus caroli-alexandri) . Handsome plants with large shining ornamental foliage. This species has deeply divided glossy dark green leaves. Spires of hooded foxglove-like flowers in a two-toned purple and white. Height 4-5 feet. The foliage of Acanthus spinosus represents a midpoint between the less divided of Acanthus mollis and the extreme of spikiness, Acanthus spinosus Spinossissimus Group.

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    The spiniest, prickliest form of Acanthus spinosus. The leaves are so finely cut that they are reduced to a veinal framework with every part of the leaf a handsome silver spike. It thrives in hot dry conditions although it flowers less precociously than the type. Still the foliage is amazing with its combination of dark green ground almost completely silvered over. It's ferocious mind - our neighbour grows it in his plant jail alongside his golden stinging nettle ! 75cm

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    Dense clumps of feathery leaves extending right up the stems to the heads of Pale lemon flowers. An easily pleased & rewarding perennial Full sun. Succeeds well on poor soils. 75cm
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    Achillea 'Summerwine'. Intense dark cerise flowers crowd in dense flat heads. This is a variety that has fine green foliage and spreads well making an open clump. Grows well in variety of soils, but will be longest lived in a well drained soil that is on the dry side, especially in winter. Full sun. 75cm
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    Drooping Agapanthus. The flowers of the inapertus Agapanthus are all long and tubular, rather than the more usual flared trumpets, and hang downwards. They are fully hardy provided that the bulbs receive a good mulching in the Autumn once the leaves have all withered. 130cm in flower. Flowers are a good sky blue in this variety.

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    Bee and Butterfly friendly

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    Fat plumptious spikes crowded with lavender-blue tubular flowers surrounded by a pretty haze of exerted anthers all erupting from dark purple buds and calyces. These are a favourite of bees and butterflies and produce plenty of flowers all Summer into Autumn. Requiring good drainage and sunny positions, Agastache are hardy in milder Winters. This variety is vigorous and upright achieving 3 feet with fresh green minty leaves and stems.
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    A very neat, refined version of Ladies' Mantle with small neat foliage shaped like a rounded seven point star. The leaf edges are picked out in silvery hairs. The sprays of pale green flowers have distinctive calyces, lending the flowers a spherical texture. Smaller and less rambunctious than its cousin Alchemilla mollis but with similar charming flowers that make such a lovely foil to other flowers, both in the garden or in a vase. Easier to grow than the similar Alchemilla alpina, under whose name this is often sold, which really demands alpine conditions with perfect drainage.

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    A smaller form of the otherwise similar Alchemilla mollis with beautiful scalloped, serrated edged foliage which often takes on a blueish-grey hue. Typical chartreuse sprays of flowers are produced in Summer on purply stems and act as a lovely foil to other blooms. Grows about 6 inches high and 8 inches wide and, apart from needing sun for at least part of the day, is very undemanding.

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    Anchusa azurea 'Dropmore' is a large perennial prized for its abundance of flowers of a bright gentian blue which only seem to intensify in Summer's evening light. The flowers are quite long lasting and loved by bees. The tallest of the Anchusas. Full sun, drought tolerant . The roots of all the Anchusas yield a resinoid colouring compound called alkanet-red or more properly anchusin
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    This is an Aster that fits in with cultivars such as 'Little Carlow' and 'Primrose Path'. It forms a generous frothy cloud of small pale blue flowers on a bush 1m plus tall. It forms a lovely foil to compliment more strikingly coloured hybrids A hybrid of Aster cordifolius produced before 1920 by Ernest Ballard, this variety can be slow to establish.
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    Very simple starry flowers with widely spaced petals surrounding a yellow disc are artfully arranged along graceful thin black stems. Each time the stem divaricates (= splits in two, hence the name) a simple green leaf marks the break giving a simple elegance to the whole effect. This Aster is tolerant of quite dry shade without trouble which makes it very useful for illuminating a cool corner in Summer where the usual suspects for this environment are way past their best. Nice heart-shaped green leaves. Height 60cm, spreading habit.
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    Aster schreberi (Eurybia schreberi) is one of those plants that has a deserved reputation for excelling in dry shade where it will produce a gracefully arching mound covered in late Summer with 3.5cm white daisies with reflexed petals. The leaves are large serrated and stay fresh even in dry shade. 1-1.5m across. In many ways like a more beefy (some would say coarser) version of Aster divaricatus.
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    Astrantia 'Buckland'. Beautiful perennial with attractive collared flowers which dry excellently. This is a particularly floriferous and strong growing variety with classic colouring. Each flower is relatively flat with bracts that are white, tinged green at the tip, and age pink. The central boss is generous, pink with a dark pink stain at the centre. 75cm Happy in sun or part shade with some drainage
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    A recently selected large flowered dark red masterwort. Tight clusters of maroon flowers are surrounded by beautiful ray florets. An interesting & beautiful plant happy in sun or part shade with some drainage

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    We've seen it written that Astrantia 'Ruby Wedding' makes it inferior to some of the clonally propagated ones out there, but we've not found that the case at all. The ones we have are every bit as rich in colour as Ruby Wedding and Hadspen Blood. They don't have the dark staining leaves of the Gill Richardson Group, but for flower alone they are a lovely deep red with flowers of a very decent size. Ruby Wedding has its origins at the RHS Wisley where it was selected as a superior seedling in a sowing of Astrantia major subsp. major. Its bracts are of a good size and are strongly red to purple in hue. It is the parent of the seed strain known as Claret which may or may not live up to its parents reputation. It i svery similar to Hadspen Blood which has a similar bloodline but was selected by Nori Pope of Hadspen Gardens.

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    A pure white, green-tipped, large flowered Astrantia from the 'Star' breeding program. We have examined this closely this year and it looks for all the world exactly like 'Shaggy', the excellent old variety selected by Margery Fish. It is a fine plant but we are as yet unsure why it merits its own name and PBR status.

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    Beautiful perennial with attractive collared flowers which dry excellently. This is a particularly floriferous and strong growing variety with classic colouring. Each flower is relatively flat with bracts that are white, tinged green at the tip, and age slightly pink. The central boss is generous, pink with a dark pink stain at the centre. 75cm Happy in sun or part shade with some drainage

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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    To me, this Chrysanthemum shows the same qualities as C.'Innocence' in that it is so weatherproof. It puts up with wind, rain and even the first frosts without becoming scruffy. It puts on a show of its single pink blooms from October until as late as December in a good year. About 60cm high and with the usual lovely Chrysanthemum scent. reliable and long-lived.

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    Chrysanthemum 'Clara Curtis' (Korean: single 21d). Very free flowering and hardy chrysanthemum. with 3in clear sugar pink flowers produced profusely from August to October. Cut to ground in Winter. Any soil. 60cm. MAY CAUSE SKIN ALLERGY

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    Very welcome in late Oct this tight 2-3ft mound is smothered in 1in pom-poms; shaded light to dark pink. Any soil in sun. Cut to ground in winter. MAY CAUSE SKIN ALLERGY

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    Chrysanthemum 'Paul Boissier' has double flowers in a glowing rich copper, beginning with classic Japanese painted regularity, later opening further to reveal a central eye. It is just the perfect embodiment of the subtle beauty of golden Autumn sunshine on freshly fallen beech leaves. Nice honey scent. Will probably require staking

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    Potsize - 9cm

    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 Spring
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    Cyclamen coum is the other cyclamen commonly grown out of doors in Britain. It is a little fussier than Cyclamen hederifolium but essentially requires quick drainage, good winter light with a little shade in the hottest part of the day come Spring and shelter from cold drying winds. It is very hardy but dislikes freezing or wet winds. Its marbled kidney-shaped leaves appear in September and persist until late Spring when higher temperatures and sunlight force the into a protective dormancy. The flowers are more dumpy and rounded than typical cyclamen flowers and come in a range of colours from white through pink to deep magenta, always with a darker blotch at the mouth of the paler eyes. They liven up the Winter garden, appearing as they do from Christmas onwards, being remarkably cold tolerant. Excellent for naturalising in sunny banks at the foot of trees, even conifers providing the branches don't come too close to the ground. They only require good drainage, some shelter and a little shade in late Spring which can be provided by deciduous shrubs and tress or even herbaceous plants or bulbs. Discount of 25p for 3-9 plants, 30p for 10 or more Our plants have been grown from seed collected around the garden and are therefore various shades and have varied leaf patterns. They are not wild collected

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    Cyclamen hederifolium heralds the onset of Autumn when its charming pink or white reflexed flowers push their way above ground in late August. Cyclamen hederifolium is the easiest species to grow as it will withstand extreme cold and frozen conditions but also high summer temperatures when it is protected by its dormancy. They thrive in poor soil, make good companions to bulbs and will thrive anywhere that offers quick drainage and reasonable light (not overshadowed) when in leaf through Winter. The leaves make wonderful ground cover in many situations but especially in difficult dry areas under trees. They have wonderful marbled patterns and form close knit mats of thick textured ivy-shaped leaves, often with lovely purply reverses. The leaves arrive shortly after the flowers (in September) and persist through the dullest months until Summer heat drives them into dormancy. Discount of 25p for 3-9 plants, 30p for 10 or more Our plants are grown from seed collected from a variety of plants in the garden, (they are not collected from the wild), and are therefore a mixture of leaf patterns and flower colours.

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    Potsize - 1Litre

    This lovely group covers forms with a fully silvered leaf. Just as easy as the more commonly encountered green leaf varieties just with more striking foliage. Flowers are pale pink with a darker eye, occasionally white. Excellent to grow in a shady dry spot where the foliage makes excellent ground cover.  

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    These are plants we have selected out from the main batch which we know are pure white. Cyclamen hederifolium heralds the onset of Autumn when its charming pink or white reflexed flowers push their way above ground in late August. Cyclamen hederifolium is the easiest species to grow as it will withstand extreme cold and frozen conditions but also high summer temperatures when it is protected by its dormancy. They thrive in poor soil, make good companions to bulbs and will thrive anywhere that offers quick drainage and reasonable light (not overshadowed) when in leaf through Winter. The leaves make wonderful ground cover in many situations but especially in difficult dry areas under trees. They have wonderful marbled patterns and form close knit mats of thick textured ivy-shaped leaves, often with lovely purply reverses. The leaves arrive shortly after the flowers (in September) and persist through the dullest months until Summer heat drives them into dormancy. Discount of 25p for 3-9 plants, 30p for 10 or more Our plants are grown from seed collected from a variety of plants in the garden, (they are not collected from the wild), and are therefore contain a mixture of leaf patterns.

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    Something a bit different, recently introduced by Jelitto. The flowers open with petals of lime green, but as the flowers age a pink stain spreads from the centre to fill nearly to the petal tip, which have now mellowed to yellow. The flower form is like the all green 'Green Jade' in that the petals curve forwards to give the flower a slightly cupped shape. It brings to my mind a pink Gaillardia. 100cm
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    Vivid pink with a fully double, tight bun centre, surrounded by a horizontal rim of ray florets. The bun centre is accentuated by a darker eye. The flowers start quite flat with a little frilly centre and just get fuller and fuller and fuller as time goes on until they are finally like a pom-pom. Echinaceas are hardy as far as temperature goes and they are undoubtedly lovely. What is also not in doubt is that they die reliably in many people's gardens. At the root of this is the great British Winter climate. Echinaceas want moist roots and dry free flowing air; what we give them is a regular deluge followed by misty, muggy days. The consequence is fungal rots and a dead Coneflower. You can help by planting your Echinacea in an open situation where the breeze will keep the crown drier, but the stark reality is that Echinacea are not reliable in everyone's garden. As a consequence will only consider complaints about Echinacea within a month of purchase and certainly not following a Winter.  

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    Hungarian Globe Thistle. An intensely blue selection of this species, said to be far superior to forms of Echinops ritro. Large too, flowering at 120cm tall. Flowers from July to October. The species originates from Central to Eastern Europe through to Asia  
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    A very vigorous variety which can grow to 5 to 6 feet 1.8m) in height, making it larger than the other regularly seen Echinops. Excellent if you have the space to let it grow to its full potential and very effective with larger grasses. Flowers are a silvery metallic blue and magnet for bees. Stiff silvery stems with silver-backed thistle-like leaves which terminate in globes the size of a spiky golf ball. Great architectural quality and very undemanding and rewarding. Flowers can be dried upside down for everlasting decorations if cut early. Requires only sun and decent drainage in any soil to do well.
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    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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    Year round interest from rich deep maroon evergreen foliage with lighter burgundy new growth Topped in spring with bright yellow/green flws. HARMFUL IF EATEN. SKIN/EYE IRRITANT

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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 IRRITANT
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  • Potsize - 9cm

    Fragaria vesca, commonly called wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian Strawberry, European strawberry, or fraisier des bois. This is our native strawberry. Much smaller than the cultivated varieties with a very running habit. It grows really well in shade where it will produce a steady supply of its really intensely flavoured small fruit. Great for growing somewhere where it can just run wild and free.
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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
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    The flowers of Geranium 'Kashmir Pink' are particularly nicely shaped with petals in a clear rosy baby-pink. Each has translucent veins and paler, almost green eye. Combined with the very fine foliage, this is a Geranium of very fine overall effect . Raised by Robin White of Blackthorn Nursery, a seedling from 'Kashmir Purple'.

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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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    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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    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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    This is a very nice sport from Joan Baker that occurred here a few years ago. It has all the height and airy feel of Joan Baker with the added twist of rich purple flowers instead of Joan's pale lilac. We haven't given it a name and probably never shall, it's just the dark Joan sport. Tall for a phaem at about 90 cm.
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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.
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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'
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    Geum ' Bell Bank'. A compact Geum with large semi-double flowers of deep coral-pink with darker vein detail and petal edges. The petals have a lovely goffered edge. Dark stems and calyces emphasise the effect. For a sunny or partially shaded site in decent soil. 40 x 40cm. Spring
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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    RHS AGM

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    Kaffir Lily. This one just lights up the garden in Autumn with its generous spikes of bright pillar-box red flowers. As the name 'Major' suggests, the flowers are of generous size. Also known as 'Crimson Flag'.
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  • RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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    A short sturdy variety with flowers that begin a paler pink, darkening irregularly as the flower ages. The flowers are richer pink towards the base and on close inspection you can see that they are streaked with fine rich pink lines and streaks. Originally introduced in the 1980's by the plantsman Ralph Gould who named this variety after his wife.
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    At times 'Salome' can look like a slightly pinker version of H.coccinea 'Major', but later on the petals can reflex beyond flat and the petals take on a satiny coral red colour, streaked with red and also revealing a pale eye. 6.5cm across. Useful if Major is too strident a red for your taste.
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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.  
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    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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    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. 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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  • RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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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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    Bee Friendly

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    Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. This is our native Ox-eye Daisy, distant cousin to the Schasta Daisies to which it is similar but more delicate and refined in all it's parts. This one evokes childhood memories of walking behind the finger mower in Summer meadows, collecting armfuls of daisies and knapwed flowers as they were cut down with the hay. The flowers are the epitomy of cheerful simplicity; butter-yellow centres and glistening white petals on undemanding plants. It is happy to grow in quite wide ranging conditions, sun or partial shade, in a variety of different soil types from chalk to clay.
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    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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  • RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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    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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    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. (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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  • RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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    To me, this variety is distinguished by the contrast of the pale sugary-pink flowers against the dark purple ruff of bracts below the inflorescence. It is a long established variety which has gained itself an AGM, having a long flowering period and being a little less spreading than some. However when trialled in America alongside many other Monarda it scored poorly, especially in mildew resistence, but then again mildew is very much in the variety description of most Monarda. I refer you to my comments under Monarda 'Marshall's Delight'.
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  • Bee and Butterfly friendly

    Bee and Butterfly friendly

    RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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    This variety is distinctive for its flowers of clear pink formed into relatively rounded flower heads. It was one of the first varieties to come out of a breeding program at the Agriculture Canada Research Station in Morden, Manitoba who set out to concentrate on mildew resistance. It has achieved an AGM from the RHS and has an excellent reputation for mildew resistance, one endorsed by an evaluation program at the Chicago Botanic gardens. However, I would sound a note of caution. Another Monarda evaluation conducted by the Mount Cuba Center rated Marshall's Delight very poorly, mainly on account of it mildew susceptibility. This can probably be attributed to the varieties preference for certain climates. I think the moral is, try it, treat it nice and appreciate the lovely flowers. 1-1.5m tall  
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    Bee Friendly

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    Bee Balm. Bergamot. Monarda didyma 'Prarienacht' ('Prairie Night') has aromatic foliage (used to flavour Earl Grey Tea) and dense heads of purple flowers in late summer. 100cm. They grow best in a moist light soil, with the flowers lasting much better if they receive only morning sun. The flowers are carried in dense terminal heads, surmounted by leafy bracts, where they open in rings like so many prawns n a prawn ring, each flower gaping out like a snake about to pounce. The Upper petal is narrower than many Labiates and gives Monarda a very distinctive look. The name Bee Balm aludes to the fact that bees are attracted to the profuse nectar produced.
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  • RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

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    Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'. Another treasure for the Spring garden with the brightest blue forget-me-not like flowers held in short sprays, 20cm high, over clumps of smooth, crumpled, lanceolate leaves. For a shady spot in good soil. This beautiful little plant will brighten any shady spot in spring and provide good, if not vigorous, ground cover. The attractively ridged foliage is evergreen. Named for Collingwood Ingram, nicknamed 'Cherry' for his great love of Japanese Cherries.
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    RHS AGM

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    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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    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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    Produces a low spreading mound completely obscured in late summer by the mass of rich pink flowers crammed in tight rounded heads. A sight only enhanced by all the butterflies it attracts. Grow it either on its own where it will produce a dome or close to other short perennials where it will mingle its blooms with theirs. The name translates as Pink Dome. 30-45cm for full sun and reasonable drainage.
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    This cultivar is quite distinctive as the flower heads are exploded into a bright pink cloud rather than the dense cluster more usually found. The longer stalks show off well red stems and calyces. Use this variety when you want a lighter effect. Equally as good as the other cultivars for attracting the bees and butterflies. 45cm for full sun and reasonab;e drainage. Will seed around, especially into gravel.
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    Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'. This is a really excellent foliage plant if you want to add a dramatic splash of burgundy foliage into a scheme. You can either leave it to grow to its full height of about 1m with terminal clusters of white flowers or regularly trim it to the base to produce fresher stronger coloured growth. The leaves tend to be coloured in 3 patches, a dark triangle at the base, followed by a silvered 'V' and finally the red main part of the leaf. They can be rather changeable in colour. New growth in good light is rich burgundy, but later in the season it tends more towards brown and can be quite green in low light or shade. Don't worry if the early growth gets frosted off, which it often does, it soon recovers.

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    RHS AGM

    RHS AGM

    Phlomis russelliana. This is a very useful, robust perennial. Not only is it reliable, but its overlapping leaves and gently running form make particularly useful weed-smothering mats, especially useful as it is happy on dry limey soils. The leaves are an attractive felty sagey green and the flower stems are stiff and upright, carrying densely packed whorls of downward curved flowers, each paler on top and rich lemon yellow on the lip. to 1m in flower.
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    Polemonium yezoense var. hidakanum 'Purple Rain'. Beautiful Jacob's Ladder with fine filigree foliage, tinted purple and surmounted by an abundance of cobalt-blue flowers. Excellent at the edge of any bed. Grows best in sun. 50cm. The colour of the foliage is stronger in cooler weather and in brighter locations. Cut the spent flower stems hard back to rejuvenate the plant and enjoy a second flush of flowers. Avoid very dry locations which will leave the plants more vulnerable to mildew.
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    Good for Bees

    Potsize - 1L

    A delicate unusual Solomon's Seal discovered in Yunnan in China where it grows wild in rock crevices in full sun. It produces low arching stems, rarely more than 15 inches high, clothed with elegant whorls of narrow lanceolate leaves with unusual cirrose leaf tips. Cirrose means that the apexes of the leaf blades are elongated and coiled. This property arose as an aide to supporting itself as it clambers up through undergrowth. In late Spring 2-8 flowers are produced in the upper leaf axils, followed by by coral-red fleshy fruits Grow it in cool, humus-rich well drained soil. It is rhizomatous and if you want to grow it from seed, the seed has a double dormancy.

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    This a very tall and slender solomon's seal growing anything from 1 to 3m in height. The willowy stems are whorled with narrow leaves with curling tips. Below these come clusters of small bells. Whilst some strains come with rich red-pink flowers, our strain is a much more muted white with flared petals with purple edges. In the wild this plant can be found in forests and rocky slopes growing in shady situtions at altitudes of 700m up to 3600m. It is found in E.China down through Myanmar to Vietnam. It was named honor of Captain Phillip Parker King, 19th century surveyor of the Australian coastline. Flowers March-May.

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    This form of Polypody is quite close in appearance to P.cambricum but is larger with broader fronds up to 40cm in size. It is slow to increase but will form reliable adaptable ground cover in time. Evergreen, producing the new fronds in late Summer which persist through to Spring.
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    Makino's Holly Fern. A lovely evergreen, modestly sized fern with a real tidy beauty to it. The fronds are a rich deep green with a nice shine. for a humus rich soil. 45-75cm tall. I think of this as the mid sized member of 3 similar ferns (P.tsus-sumense, P.makinoi and P.rigens)
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    Potentilla atrosanguinea var argyrophylla 'Scarlet Starlit'. This is a compact, neat potentilla which really packs a punch. The foliage is an asset all thorugh the year being silvery on account of a covering of silken hairs. The flowers are a deep blood red, produced on lax, branching stems. This is the sort of plant that is really easy to squeeze in at the front of border and well worth the effort. For full sun. 30cm
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    This is a compact, neat potentilla which really packs a punch. The foliage is an asset all thorugh the year being covered in silky hairs and looking for all the world like silvery strawberry leaves. This wild form has flowers that are yellow-orange with a red eye, produced on lax, branching stems. This is the sort of plant that is really easy to squeeze in at the front of border and well worth the effort. For full sun. 40cm
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  • Potsize - 9cm

    Primula elatior (Oxlip). The wild form of our native Oxlip. From early spring a rosette of apple green foliage emerges which in april or may sends up stems from 10 to 30cm which are topped with a one sided umbel of short stalked primrose flowers. It was once prolific in eastern England from London to Cambridge and into Norfolk, where it was synonymous with acient woodland coppices and grew in large numbers, replacing the common primrose. It is easily grown in heavy rich soils, particularly over chalk, in shade or partial shade which do not dry out in summer.
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    Good for Bees

    Potsize - 9cm

    Primula veris 'Sunset Shades' (red cowslip). Cowslips with party dresses. It is likely that these cowslips share some of their genes with red flowered polyanthus and although still typically cowslip shaped, they are larger flowered, more flambouyant plants with flowers in shades of red and orange. They make super garden plants enjoying the same conditions as P.veris: they need to see the sun but without drying out in summer and flower in April to June.
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    A new Primrose with old-fashioned Irish roots. Beautifully shaped Primroses in a multiheaded bloom of rich mauvey-pink. The natural notch in each petal is highligthed by a white flash which dips into the central golden eye, itself enhanced by a strong rose-pink ring. Very floriferous and very hardy. Green foliage. February to May
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    Bee Friendly

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    A new variety bred by Piet Oudolf. Lovely dark stems and calyces contrast beautifully with the lilac pink hooded flowers which are produced in tight spikes over a long season from June to September. Whilst the stems are basically upright and need no support, they have a tendency to relax into a lovely billowy mound smothered in flower. 60cm tall by 50cm wide. Good drainage in sun.
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    Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'. A cultivar bred by Beate Zillmer of Zillmer Pflanzen in Uchte, Germany. Lovely salvia with an upright bushy habit. The flowers are a rich violet blue, carried on narrow spikes and enhanced by the purple black stems and blue green foliage. Best grown in full sun. 90cm. Taller than East Friesland and much darker.
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