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Like Can-can this neat little Geum has warm yellow petals tipped and suffused with coppery peach tones. It has 3 rows of petals which are not only ruffled but also beautifully frilly at the edge. The effect is neat, delicate and quite charming. The centres of new flowers are fresh pale green with a big boss of yellow tipped anthers whilst the stigmas are so many they are twisted together. The nodding buds are wrapped in pomegranate red calyces with similirly coloured stems. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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When it first opens this reminds me of the simple cotton caps worn by maids in years gone by with frilly edges all gathered together with a band. At first nodding and a fresh lemon in colour the flowers open flatter and fade to a rich buttermilk, looking out with two rows of petals. A good clumping variety. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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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This is one for those of you that like something a bit more subtle - a bit of a symphony in cream and green. There are up to 3 rows of petals, each one long stalked giving a gap at the flower base. They are white, deliciously green shaded in the bee lines and the throat, especially as they first open. The flowers hang down so you need to get down to appreciate the fluffy green styles. It is a good clumper and short at 12 inches Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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Japanese Forest Grass. Soft and billowing like the surf as it reaches the beach, this exquisite grass forms low growing domes of limey yellow ribbony blades in a shady position. The more sun it gets, the less lime and more gold you get, but as natural forest grass it is happiest in partial or bright shade. Also fab-u-lous in pots. Not fussy as to soil type providing it is not too dry. rather slow growing but well worth the wait. Deciduous in Winter. Height 30-40cm Discount of 25p per plant when you buy 3 or more of this variety -
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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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Dame's Violet, Sweet Rocket. Tall slender stems, 100 to 120cm, with 4 petalled flowers. Heads of highly perfumed flowers reminiscent of willowy stocks. Much loved by pollinating insects. An old Cottage Garden favourite. Short lived, but good for naturalising in damp, shady or grassy places. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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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Large. For sun or shade. Large fragrant flowers. Sport of H.'Guacamole'. B.Solberg. Another excellent offspring in the Fragrant Bouquet line. The leaves are of an even colouring, beginning the year a bright yellow and slowly fading to a fresh yellow-green. Prominent veining and a graceful shape make this a very nice Hosta. Excellent flower quality is just a bonus.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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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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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Very Large. H.montana f. macrophylla seedling. D.Heims. One of those varieties that is slow to establish, but well worth the wait. The leaves are twice as long as wide, tapering to a narrow tip with very prominent parallel veins and a rippled edge. A lovely elegant graceful green leaf variety for a moist position in light shade. 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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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. A sport from H.'Sea Lightning'. M.Seaver/AHS/K.Walek. One of the first of the Hosta out of the ground. A rapid grower with long leaves that have a variable yellow and cream centre, streaked with apple green and an edge like a granny smith apple. Can develop a quite pale creamy centre with sun exposure.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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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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Intense dappled blue, paler and silvery along the edges of the ruffled falls. Lovely lemon yellow signal suffuses into the blue picked out in the veins. The standards are dappled paler denim blue. Along blooming variety. Floriferous, mid season and reblooming. Clive Russell regards it as slow and not a patch on 'Mr Peacock' for colour,. However an American Iris blog chooses it as a favourite. 70cm Award of Merit : 2016, Honourable Mention : 2012, Introduced : 2009 Marty Schafer/Jan SachsRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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Wonderful, extravagant fully double blooms. A fully double hose-in-hose with 6 or more falls and 6 standards. Layers of ruffled petals in rose-violet. Pinky lavender falls with a suggestion of a paler edge. White signals with intricate purple veining becoming yellow in the throat. Mid season.76cm Introduced : 2005 Bob Bauer, John CoblesRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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A quite distinctive colouring and contrast making a fantastic bloom that is quite large. The standards are like parchment, the style arms quite pearly, mostly white but shaded to the base in lavender. The falls have the most intricate patterning, overall yellow but with the veins picked out in purple , each very striking, bold and single near the throat, paling and branching towards the sepal edge so that the fall has a strong yellow margin, surrounding a soft lilac-brown haze and bold yellow throat. Fall colour start more ink stained and fades out with age. Early Mid season. 71cm Morgan-Wood Medal : 2010, Award of Merit : 2008, Honourable Mention : 2006, Introduced : 2002 Marty Schafer/Jan SachsRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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A mid height variety that produces a fine show of pale lilac-pink blooms over a long season. Early through to Late Season. 60cm, Honorable Mention: 1976, Introduced : 1975 D.Steve VarnerRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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There is something of the frilly knickers about this one. The Standards and falls are mottled with strawberry pink over a pale ground with all parts having a pronounced wave. The style arms are pale with just a hint of blue. Compare this with I.'Mesa Pearl' which is similarly coloured on a different shape of flower. Early Mid Season. 75cm Introduced : 2007 Marty Schafer/Jan SachsRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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Rich magenta falls of good shape with a pleasing wave. The standards are a paler lavender as are the style arms, the latter being like 2 fused with a crest so that they add greatly to the centre on the bloom. Mid season. 90cm Morgan-Wood Medal : 1999, Award of Merit : 1997, Honourable Mention : 1995, Introduced : 1992 Marty Schafer/Jan SachsRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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A really good performer. Very flat flowers in midnight blue with a prominent white flash. The standards are absent, having been replaced by an extra set of falls. Stronger than the similar I.'Kita-No-Seiza' and broader in its roundness and a really intense colour. Mid season. 70cm Introduced : 2012 Hiroshi Shimizu, JapanRead MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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Bred by Jennifer Hewitt and named in honour of her son-in-law. A cracking variety with rich glowing magenta falls, deepening to purple as you move towards the richly marked throat. The waved edge is accentuated by the fact it is paler. The standards are a paler lilac-pink. The whole flower has a lovely form with the horizontally held wavy edged falls. Mid late to Very late season. 70cm Dykes medal : 2011, Introduced : 2003 Jennifer Hewitt ( I. sibirica ('Reddy Maid' × 'Harpswell Happiness') × I. sibirica 'Shall We Dance' )Read MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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Mid season. 90cm Introduced : 2000 Bob Bauer/John Cable. This variety is classified as having blooms of a rich rose-wine, but I think the words rosy-violet would be more descriptive. The blooms are very full and a little chaotic in their arrangement, but the splash of rich colour they produce is not to be ignored. The falls are well marked in the throat with white, yellow and red netting.Read MoreOur Exciting New Range of Siberian Iris
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Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'. Just the plant to bring a bit of life into a troublesome dry spot in the garden with its easy habit and lovely richly silvered foliage. Flowers are a rich pink. Useful for ground cover in a wide range of soil and light conditions, growing in all but the wettest conditions and excelling in dry shade .The silvering on the leaves of these plants is caused by air filled blisters just below the surface.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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Lamium orvala 'Alba'. This is the pure white flowered form of this stately deadnettle. Rather than the usual ruddy pinks of the species, the dragon-mouth flowers are clean white, shading a little green from the leaves. The leaves and stems also lack the pink pigments giving the whole plant a greener, cleaner look than the species. Non invasive clumper for a nice leafy spot in moist shade. 30-45cm. Thought to have occurred in the Betws y Coed garden of E.C.Buxton.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
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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.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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 Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over -
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over
