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Golden Spring foliage becomes suffused with green and is marbled with a maroon, roughly heart-shaped ring at the depths of the lobes. The flowers are the deepest, richest royal purple. Like all the phaeums it positively thrives in dry shade, though the yellow tones of the leaves may be less strident. A chance seedling found by Piet Oudolf. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Geranium phaeum var. lividum 'Joan Baker'. The original large flowered form of Geranium phaeum var. lividum was collected on an Alpine Garden Society tour of the dolomites by Bill Baker. Subsequently it was propagated by Axletree Nursery and an attractive pale lilac seedling was selected and named after Bill's wife Joan. Geranium phaeum var. lividum 'Joan Baker' is a robust geranium and grows strongly to 90cm, even in quite dry shade, making a very useful plant indeed.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A really nice very dark-leaved G.pratense with white flowers heavily rayed in lavender. The flowers aren't startling white as you find in say a G.sanguineum Album, largely owing to the influence of the veins, an influence that can be quite pronounced at some times of day. The handsome deeply divided foliage is dark purple on dark purple stems in a shortish 30cm mound. Best in full sun, but not too dry, or in more shade if you don't mind the foliage developing more green. like all G,pratense it is prone to mildew after flowering and is best trimmed then to rejuvenate. 35cm high by 45cm wide. Arose from the original batch of Victor Reiter seed grown by Robin Moss. fusion_separator style_type="single solid" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" sep_color="" top_margin="" bottom_margin="" border_size="" icon="" icon_circle="" icon_circle_color="" width="" alignment="center"][/fusion_separator]Links
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Geranium pratense Victor Reiter Strain. Stunning new cultivar with leaves of a striking purple-black above which deep purple saucer shaped blooms are proudly displayed. Place in a prominent position where the unusual many fingered leaves will always provoke comment. Not as high as some of the meadow cranesbills. Leaves become greener as the year progresses or if they are in too much shade. Best in sun. to 60cm. There was a profusion of cultivars produced following the original Californian introduction of G.'Vicor Reiter' which has led to some muddling and confusion in the names of the purple leaved strains, some of which are seed raised, and some micropropagated. This is one of the seed raised strains. originally bred by Californian nurseryman Victor Reiter in the 1970's Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Westray' is a good strong form of this excellent ground covering Geranium. As with all its type it is near evergreen with dense fragrant foliage which is excellent for carpeting in dry sunny positions. Raised by Alan Bremner and named after the island his father came from. A hybrid of G.'Lohfelden' and G.dalmaticum. Foliage has a spicy aroma. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A dusky pink spring flowering Geranium. Typical of its parents, G.phaeum and G.reflexum, it has sprays of long-nosed, slightly reflexed petaled flowers with a white eye and a ring of smoky blue eye-liner. Generous clumps of large palmate and lobed leaves are handsomely marked with strong maroon blotches and stand well in shade, even if dry. Even better is the lovely golden hue the leaves take on in early Spring before greening up later. Really brightens up a shady corner. Originated in the French nursery of its namesake. 45cm tall, spreading indefinitely. Selected by Madame Claudine Dupont. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Pure, glistening white petals with translucent veins and strong notched petals give the impression of 10 rather than 5 petals. Young flowers have grey-mauve anthers and the impression of colour in the veins but older flowers are pure white with green eyes. The leaves are unblotched. 20-30cm high. Found as a seedling in the garden of Jane Robinson and named for her husband. Possibly a seedling of either G. 'Claridge Druce' or G. 'Lace Time' Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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This was selected out of a batch of Geranium 'Walter's Gift' seedlings in 1998. Very pale, silvery-pink flowers with a network of dark magenta veins are produced over a very long season, Spring through Summer. 45cm x 60cm. Forms excellent ground-cover with green leaves, which are a fresh limy green when young, carrying strong reddy-brown blotches. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A fitting name for this lovely Geum. It has 5 rows of frilly petticoat-like petals in a warm soft yellow, all suffused with peach. The centre of each flower has a big boss of yellow stamens tipped with brown anthers all ringed around with the red styles in the middle. Flip the flower over and you find it is washed over in a lovely apricot shade with a dark red calyx and stem. All in all its enough to get you grabbing your skirt and bursting into song. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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I think this is a slow burner rather than a red hot Latin lover, but it's certainly a Geum to fall in love with. Geum 'Flames of Passion' is relatively short and neat at a foot high. The flowers are 2cm across and look down in a rather coy fashion. They are strawberry pink, slightly ruffled with 3 rows of petals and a charming yellow centre with a green eye. The dark maroon buds and stems round off the effect nicely. So if you are feeling coy yourself, perhaps it's time to give passion a try. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Like Can-can this neat little Geum has warm yellow petals tipped and suffused with coppery peach tones. It has 3 rows of petals which are not only ruffled but also beautifully frilly at the edge. The effect is neat, delicate and quite charming. The centres of new flowers are fresh pale green with a big boss of yellow tipped anthers whilst the stigmas are so many they are twisted together. The nodding buds are wrapped in pomegranate red calyces with similirly coloured stems. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Introduced by Hardy's in 2010, this Geum has built up a great reputation for reliability and impact. It is a sterile hybrid that will hold its zingy semi double orange flowers on stems up to 90cm tall and keep on producing them over an extended season. The flowers can vary in shade from a rich orange back towards a more mellow shade. From a distance it reminds us somewhat of Geum 'Hilltop Beacon' but the growth habit is much more upright and tighter packed. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Japanese Forest Grass. Soft and billowing like the surf as it reaches the beach, this exquisite grass forms low growing domes of limey yellow ribbony blades in a shady position. The more sun it gets, the less lime and more gold you get, but as natural forest grass it is happiest in partial or bright shade. Also fab-u-lous in pots. Not fussy as to soil type providing it is not too dry. rather slow growing but well worth the wait. Deciduous in Winter. Height 30-40cm Discount of 25p per plant when you buy 3 or more of this variety -
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Japanese Forest Grass. One of the most graceful of grasses, producing a lovely even fountain of foliage. Aureola has foliage that is yellow with a series of longitudianl green stripes. To get the best out of this grass, a moist soil is really beneficial. Pot culture is excellent. Whilst this grass benefits from some shade, If it is grown in too much shade, the yellow colouration will become lime green. The species comes from Mt. Hakone in Japan (Hakonechloa = Hakone Grass) Discount of 25p per plant when you buy 3 or more of this variety -
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This is the first of the Heliopsis to have flowers with no yellow in at all. They open a fiery red, gradually maturing through orange to a russetty bronze with a darker centre. The display starts in July and continues up until the frosts in October. As an added attraction the foliage is a rich purple-black early in the season, becoming very dark green by mid summer. Great for bees. Heliopsis are known as the Smooth Ox Eye in their native America where they are to be found growing in tall-grass prairies, woodland edges and savannas in the East and Centre of the Country. They are adaptable as to soil type, growing naturally in heavy clays and basic soils. They are short lived as perennials, growing to 1-1.2m in height.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Helleborus niger. Christmas Rose. This is the Hellebore that is so associated with Christmas and Christmas cards, though it rarely flowers before January and is usually later still. However, the flowers are still lovely, charming wide open pure white waxy blooms with bright yellow centres carried mostly singly on stiff upright stems. Long lasting flowers to cheer the depths of Winter. They are not the easiest of plants, but a little knowledge can help you to site them well. They are plants of light woodland, with a requirement for shade and a dislike of acid soils and of poverty and drought. Give them a little lime and good humus content. Mulch annually, especially with mushroom compost and they will reward you. One last word of warning- you might like them on your Christams card and around your candle decoration, but voles love the buds for Christmas dinner. HARMFUL IF EATEN (except to voles!)Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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One of the best black Heuchera for growing in shade. Leaves are dark (becoming more so in subsequent years ) and have a distinctive matt hairy texture. A vigorous clone. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Small-Medium. H.capitata origin. R.Savory 1977. A really quick grower that bulks up in no time. Relatively small leaves, which broaden to oval as the plant matures, in mid green with a yellow margin that fades to cream. For its small size, the flowers are quite tall, abundantly produced in strong lavender, stronger in sunlight.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium. Identical to H.'Touch of Class'. Sport of H.'Carder Blue' possibly. M.Lavana/A.Malloy. Still a very good Hosta and one of the earliest to come to flower. Broad blue leaves with a strong yellow centre. Recorded as being similar to June except for a more solid broad blue edge.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Small-Medium. Tissue culture sport of H.'Golden Tiara'. A,Pollock 1991. Like its parent, this is a quick growing variety. The main distinction is that the yellow edge is much broader, at least half the width of the leaf. Leaf colour better with some morning sum. A polyploid sport, ie it has extra chromosomes, which give the leaves a thicker texture.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium-Large. H.plantaginea x H.sieboldii. A.Cummings & AHS 1986. We've found this variety to be very tough in the garden, and relatively resistant to slugs despite its soft appearance. The leaves are a simple elegant apple green, long and tapered in shape. As you would expect from a plantaginea cross, the flowers are large and fragrant (with perhaps just a whiff of aniseed?), lilac in bud, opening white. It is very tolerant of sun which is said to bring out the fragrance but deteriorates the foliage colour.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium. Begins with shiny yellow leaves with very red petioles. A seedling from H.'Invincible'. B.Zonneveld/H.Philips. By mid Summer this is hard to tell from Invincible, but in Spring the leaves emerge yellow with a narrow green edge, greatly enhanced by the shine on the leaves. The yellow colour, whilst striking at the time, fades quite quickly.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium. H.plantaginea x H.'Tokudama Aureonebulosa'. V.Sellers. From its plantaginea parent this variety inherits marvellous flowers. Large, fragrant and outward facing they open on tall straight scapes from lilac buds, becoming white with lilac veins. The foliage is no slouch with a broad yellow margin, fading cream around a solid green centre.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium. (Tardiana Group) A seedling from H.'June' or possibly H.'Devon Green'. J. van den Top. This is very much along the same lines as June is when young, the difference being that June Fever looks like the contrast knob has been dialled to maximum. The Spring leaves are a bright glowing yellow with a narrow green edge. the colouring gradually fades to chartreuse, retaining more of a narrow edge than that of June which gets broader on older plants. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Very Small. A similar variety to 'Lemon Lime' except that this variety has a narrow dark green edge to each narrow chartreuse coloured leaf. A very vigorous and fast growing Hosta which can be used as ground cover in the garden or can alternatively be reduced to bonsai culture. Forms dense mounds of foliage and abundant flowers on relatively tall spikes. Flowers outward facing mauve trumpets.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Large. Possibly a H.nigrescens hybrid. Ullrich Fischer. Quite similar in many ways to H.'Krossa Regal', differing in that the leaves are maybe a little narrower on longer petioles and slightly darker in colour. In spring they are very thin and snake-like in the way that they unfurl from narrow pointy buds. A fine cultivar if a little slow.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Large. H.yingeri x H.'Blue Umbrellas'. T.Avent 1995. A big bold Hosta with well rounded, well puckered leaves. Quickly makes a large, if not shapely mound of tough leathery textured leaves that are noted for their deep blue green colouring. Vigorous grower. Surprisingly small and delicate pink flowers for such a butch Hosta.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium. Sport of H.'Josephine'. Kuk 1991. This is the variety to have if you are looking for glossy leaves as they can look as if they have been waxed. The centre of each long petioled leaf is a rich deep green with a bold regular margin of creamy yellow. Forms an open mound. A nice tidy distinctive variety.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Large. Upright grower. A sport of H.'Gold Regal'. B.Solberg. Leaves have a very nice shape with a gently undulating margin. The colouring is a pale yellow, fading more creamy in sun with a margin that is a very muted green, sometimes fading entirely. Seer suckering towards the petiole and veins retain some blue-green colouring. Forms a tight crown of leaves.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Large. Heart shaped puckered leaves with a wavy margin. A seedling of H.'Wagon Wheels'. M.Seaver. A very attractive variety with its variation in leaf colour as they mature at different rates. Each one starts off chartreuse, turning a bright yellow as they age, all the time with a cream to white margin. They are quite heavily seersuckered with each pucker being accentuated by the green shading it retains.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium-Large. (fortunei) Sport of H.'Fortunei'. T.Donahue & AHS 1986. Leaves start the season with a broad central section that is striped with cream. The colouration fades by mid Summer to a mixture of two tones of green.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium-Large. H.'Green Fountain' hybrid. P.Aden 1986. A lovely form creating a gently arching fountain of foliage which is best appreciated when grown in a pot. The leaves are long and narrow with an undulating edge. They begin the season quite yellow, fading into the season to a green yellow centre and darker edges, all overlaid with an excellent shine. Early in the season reminiscent of June Fever in colouring. Flowers pinkish on a very leafy scapeDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Medium. (fortunei) H.'Gold Standard' sport. C. & R.Thompson 1991. A quick growing variety with striking colouration which has sported many popular varieties. The narrow leaves have a very distinctive patterning consisting of a broad blue-green margin and apple-green, fading chartreuse centre with flecks of bright white at the junction between them. Like many Hosta, getting the light levels right is important to achieving the best colour.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Large. Thick corrugated texture. H.'William Lachman' x H.'Golden Waffles'.K.Vaughn. Forms a dense fountain of leaves which begin life yellow-shaded chartreuse and gradually age a much brighter lemony yellow-green with a white edge. One of the earlier varieties out of the ground. Lavender flowersDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Small. Kanzashi Giboshi. From Southern and central Korea and Japan. A form that can attain a height of 30cm, but is also very suitable for bonsai use. The leaves are a classic heart shape in a mid green. Flowering is very free with each flower a rich mauve in a nice flared trumpet on relatively tall scapes. The scapes are noticeably ridged.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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A vigorous I.pseudacorus, I.sibirica cross with its excellent vigour deriving from its hybrid nature. The falls are well rounded spoon shape, palest creamy lemon-yellow with a marvellous highly intricate pattern of veining picked out in Wedgewood blue. A bright yellow flash with dark veining, pale blue standards and styles make this a variety of great class well deserving of its many medals. Distinctive yellow early foliage. Early to mid season. An interspecies cross with I.sibirica as the pod parent. 18 inches, 45cm. Award of Merit : 2007, Randolph Perry Medal : 2010, Introduced : 2002 Dana BorglunRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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Wonderful broad petals of rich deep purple-blue with deeply ruffled edges. Standards also goffered in style and slightly paler in colour. Falls held quite flat. Mid season and will rebloom. 80cm AGM : 2008, Morgan-Wood Medal : 2004, Award of Merit : 2002, Honourable Mention : 2000, Introduced : 1997 Bob HollingworthRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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