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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 'Marmalade'. This variety has a kinship with A. 'Terracotta' in its colouring, although it is leans more towards brick reds at times whereas 'Terracotta' is more ochre. It is a vigorous taller grower with ample foliage in a muted green.
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    Achillea 'Pretty Belinda'. An excellent strong-pink achillea with broad heads of flowers and fine dark green foliage. Flower colour strengthens as the flowers age giving a pretty two-toned effect. Plants have a compact habit and good ability to stay upright. 50cm. Summer. Repeat flowers if cut back.
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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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    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 a great form of Hart's Tongue fern that is little seen. It was given to us years ago by Mike and Dilly Smith and it has been brightening the garden by our back door ever since, getting better by the year. It is a fine member of the Crispum Group with deeply ruffled edges to the leaves that are worthy enough on their own. However, given sufficient light, the leaves are a rich yellow for most of the Spring, only darkening to green late in the Summer. The light is essential to get the golden colour, but direct sun will cause the leaves to burn. In shade it will be entirely green, but somewhere in-between it can show partial yellowing or even variegated stripes. Asplenium Scolpendrium 'Bolton' is very similar. 30-40cm tall. It is sterile and difficult to propagate.

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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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    A little known Chinese member of the Ranunculaceae which is rarely offered. It has beautiful dark green shining orbicular leaves on long thin, but stiff petioles. The leaves have substantial texture and an overlay of dark peaty-brown staining which varies in intensity with the time of year. At its best it rivals a piece of well patinated bronze. Named calthifolia after the resemblance to the shape and arrangement of leaves in our native Marsh Marigold, but Beesia is a lot classier, indeed my brother's wedding buttonholes were set off with these lovely leaves. The flowers are starry, a little like an enlarged tiarella on stiff stems, creamy white and produced continuously. For moisture retentive, humus rich soil in shade. This plant was introduced to cultivation by Dan Hinckley, a fact for which he is deservedly proud.
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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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    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.
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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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    In late Oct this tight 2-3ft mound is smothered in 1in pom-poms; shaded apricot to maroon. Very welcome so late in the year. Any soil in sun. Cut to ground in winter.

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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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    A particularly strong growing variety that is very late into flower, regularly flowering from October and into December. The 6cm flowers are fairly well double, even when fully open the centre has a yellow glow, but no central disc. The petals are a rich burnt orange with enough of an incurve to show a pale apricot reverse. Very similar in tone to Paul Boissier.

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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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    Chrysanthemum 'Cottage Apricot' has single, but full flowers which shade from an apricot edge to a burnt orange centre. As the flower ages, the colour becomes stronger, being far more a coppery red than the apricot of its name. It has a rich heady honey scent.

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    Intensely magenta pink single blooms with a distinctly pale ring surrounding the bright yellow central boss. Reminiscent of a dark red Pyrethrum but flowering in October-November. About 60-70cm tall. Lovely Chrysanthemum scent.

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    A very old, beautiful and distinctive cultivar. After the first frosts, before the flowers open in September the leaves colour a rich ruby red setting off the silvery pink quilled double flowers beautifully. It's habit is to rather open with a tendency to sprawl. Tie it early if you are a tidy gardener or alternatively let it snake its way through its neighbours to pop out in unexpected places.  Looks really good with the silvers of Artemisia We recently had the pleasure of sending this plant to Annabel Watts at Munstead Wood and she kindly sent us copies of 2 articles written about this Chrysanthemum for the Garden, Sept 29, 1888, by Gertrude Jekyll. I have copied these into the gallery of photographs.

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    Full petalled single flowers which are white with a flush of pink

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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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    Sunshine yellow buttons at the end of the season are the mark of this variety. It flowers early in the Chrysanthemum season and forms a low 60cm bush that is absolutely covered in bright yellow fully double buttons that deepen in colour from the edge to the centre.

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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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    A really distinctive variety that has a great charm. The petals are quilled with a slightly broader tip. The shafts of each petal are red with the exposed upper surface at the tip a bright yellow.

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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 Spring
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    This is the pink flowered form of Lily of the Valley. I recently read it described as 'a stunning new variety' but I'm going to resist such hyperbole. It is pleasant and different with a subtle, if a liitle dull, pink shading on the outside of each bell. The leaves are a little bluer in shade as well. Its a great addition to a collection and I don't want to denegrate its charms, just don't ecpect to have your socks blown off and you'll be well pleased.
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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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    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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    Digitalis ferruginea 'Gelber Herold' (Yellow Herald) . Immaculate evergreen glossy rosettes of long, narrow dark green leaves are a feature all year. The flowers spikes are tall, stiff and densely crowded with charming ochre, yellow-lipped flowers arranged all around the stem in perfect regularity. More yellow in the flowers than the species. 4ft CAUTION- TOXIC IF EATEN
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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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    Echinops tenuifolius. This species was singled out by William Robinson as the most magnificent in its family. The foliage is the finest, being more finely divided than other and it is a stark white on the reverse. The stems also are white woolly. Flower heads start off as spiky silver balls, becoming brilliant bright blue when the flowers are fully open. On the shorter side at 60cm and flowering from July to September. The species from Southern and Eastern Europe across to Russia and China.  
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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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    This new form of Miss Willmotts Ghost was discovered in the wild near Trabzon in Turkey in 1982 by Martyn Rix, Jimmy Smart and Dick and Ros Banks. It has flowers that are large with bracts that are narrower and more spiny than the species, in some ways a little more like a zabelii type. The leaves are also distinctive, being narrower with a wavier edge. It has the further advantage of a reputation for being more persistent and less reliably biennial than the species.
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    (Eryngium descaisneum) If you are looking for a real talking point then this is the one for you. Eryngium pandanifolium 'Physic Purple' is bold, architectural and takes no prisoners. The foliage is a narrow 2cm wide and can be 1.5m long, evenly spiky all along its edge. It forms a dense grassy fountain, from the centre of which rises the star of the show. The flowering spike can rise 2.5m high or more, branched all the way up like a small tree to form a cylindrical cage of small deep maroon cones. Quite the show-stopper. The species grows naturally in South America, being found in marshes and wet fields. 2-4m. Hardy to -10C . Has a reputation for being less hardy but should be OK if grown in sun and not left to sit too wet in winter.

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    A lovely cross between E.alpinum and E.bourgati. This form has particularly richly coloured bracts which are very long lasting. It is vigorous in growth and has large long-lasting heads of a bright metallic blue. Likes a position in full sun in not too rich a soil and not too wet. 75cm

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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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    This is a valuable new addition to Gauras. Building on the success of 'Summer Breeze' which is proving to be reliable and persistent comes this pure white form. If you want all that airy, wafty charm of a Gaura with the endless stream of late Summer flowers, but want a pure clean white with no hint of red in the buds, then this is the plant for you. Reminiscent of the white Rosebay Willowherb for bringing a purity of green and white. Excellent for hot dry beds. If you came by this plant via Oenothera, you may think it odd, but some now place all of Gaura within Oenothera.
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    Really vibrant 4cm wide flowers in a rich magenta pink with a deeper, almost purple venation and a gorgeous boss of blue-black stamens. The flowers are carried over really long season and look lovely with the black foliage of Ophiopogon which picks up the blackness of the eyes. The foliage in Spring is startlingly pale lemon with whiter edges and ages to a matt green with a hint of the darker spots typical of Geranium x oxonianum. Raised at Elworthy Cottage by Jenny Spiller in 2001 which is really all the recommendation you need. G.endressii ? crossed with G.wallichianum.
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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.
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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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    Something new and quite remarkable in the Geranium world, especially amongst the nodosum types. 1 inch wide rich purple petals, each with a distinct pale lilac edge, are overlaid with a shimmering indigo lustre and enhanced with 3 strong magenta pink veins. The orange style and lilac anthers complete the effect. Typical Geranium nodosum foliage (colouring well in Autumn) and very long flowering. Tolerant of shade, including very dry shade. We've lost count of how many times we have told people 'No, you can't buy my stock plant !' . Bred by Jenny Spiller of Elworthy Cottage.

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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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    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]

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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.
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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]

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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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    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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    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.
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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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    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.
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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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    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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    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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    Lathyrus vernus 'Alboroseus' - 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 this variety the flowers are two-toned pink and white with a rosy red base to each one. 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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    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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    Leucanthemum x superbum 'Shapcott Summer Clouds'. A lovely very frilly Schast Daisy like a creamy white tu-tu around a yellow centre. Very easy to grow in any sunny site, producing lots of flowers from mid Summer into Autumn. Only 50cm high. Flowers are clotted cream in bud. Bred by Anita Allen in Devon.
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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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    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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    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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    An excellent introduction from White Flower Farm. Said to have excellent mildew resistance this variety has flowers that stride that middle ground between pink and red. In bud the flower heads have more than a passing resemblance to raspberries. It is undemanding, growing in a wide range of conditions. It is tolerant of quite wet sites and will grow where it is much drier, but somewhere in the middle is best. Give it full sun for best flowering and to best get the scent of the leaves. It is highly attractive to pollinating insect but apparently loathed by deers who clearly have no taste. 60-90cm
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    This fairly recent introduction has at least three things to recommend it. To start with the flowers are a much richer shade of mauve than the usually found catmint and this plant has gained a reputation for being even freer in its reblooming also. The growth is a little more compact than normal as well, up to 30cm tall and twice as much wide. An ideal plant for edging along paths or beds.
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    SUNDROPS. Always interesting with pink and red stained young shoots that arch and drip with bright sunshine yellow flowers in summer. Autumn colour is a deep glowing red. Best in full sun. 50cm
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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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    This is the pure white form of Blue Eyed Mary. Much more of a creeper than its cousin, cappadocica and earlier to start flowering in the year. Omphalodes verna 'Alba' will spread quite freely in any cool leafy soil that is not too wet producing a wide mat of rich green foliage dotted here and there withpur white flowers. Very good to bring a sparkle of white into a dark corner. A lovely creeping species form Eastern Europe. Grows best in bright shade in humus rich soil, but relatively adaptable.
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    Onopordum acanthium. (Scotch Thistle). A stately architectural plant with attitude ! The large Acanthus-like leaves are densely woolly silver and tipped with real thistle barbs. At first forming an impressive evergreen rosette, during the second year, in April it mounts its advance skywards. A very stout, silver 'trunk' is winged, well clothed in woolly silver leaves and terminates in a broad candelabra bearing a succession of the big mauvey-pink and nectar-rich silver thistles that are depicted on tins of shortbread and which are beloved by the bees and butterflies. Usually monocarpic, this impressive plant wants lots of room and sun but is unbeatable to add structure to the border. usually self seeds very modestly so you can relocate the offspring to appropriate positions whilst small; although I have moved enormous plants in high Summer for safety's sake (they were very prickly by the path) and gotten away with it. Planted young and well fed they can top 2.5m tall.
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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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    A fabulous imposing poppy, taller than most at 120cm with large blood-red flowers with petals like crinkled tissue paper. Each petal has a black spot at the base and a ruff of black stamens surrounds the urn of an ovary with its maroon lined felty cap. Beauty of Livermere stands taller and stiffer than most Papaver orientale varieties and has handsome and conspicuous leafy bracts below the flowers.
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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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    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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    Good for Bees

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    I've had this plant for at least 20 years. It was originally spotted by Carol Klein at Glebe Cottage in Devon but seems to have largely passed out of cultivation. This is a pity because it's a real favourite of mine. It produces soft clusters of delicious pale lilac flowers, which open paler and sport lovely orange stamens. It is sterile and so is very long flowering and non seeding. It is prone to mildew later in the season, especially in hot weather, but it soon bounces back if trimmed off. Late Spring to early Summer. for moisture retentive soil in sun or part shade. 60cm
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