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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 SpringDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
Lily-of-the-Valley - Botanical Style Photographs
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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. Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 10 or over. -
Potsize - 1L
Oak Fern. A verdant treasure of the freshest green. The short but upright stems carry their pinnae horizontally, an attractive feature. They are said to resemble an Oak's leaves, hence the species name dryo (Greek drys - Oak), pteris (fern), but this takes a bit of a leap of imagination that I have failed to muster ! It is however a really lovely little deciduous fern for ground cover in moist shady places on non-alkaline soils. The books say it needs acid soil, but our improved Oxford Clay at neutral pH seems to suit it well. It is a British Native and is found very widely if sporadically in woods over much of Continental Europe and N.America. Only 20cm high and a slow but natural spreader. Deciduous.Discount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or overLinks
Ferns - Garden Pictures
Ferns for Moist Sites
Ferns for Dry Sites
Ferns - Deciduous or Evergreen
Botanical Style Photographs
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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. Discount of 30p per plant for quantities of 3 -9, 50p for 10 or overLinks
Primula Compared
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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. >Discount of 30p per plant for quantities of 3 -9, 50p for 10 or overLinks
Primula Compared
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Potsize - 1L
Sulphur Clover. This is a British Native that is becoming sadly rarer as its native habitats are ploughed up for arable crops and its foothold on the road verges declines with indifferent verge managemnet regimes (Do check out Plantlife's campaign to influence better roadside management). It is a native of chalky boulder-clays and more rarely chalk sites. It is a large clover which will spread with short stolons. The heads of flowers are less sulphur-yellow and more creamy and are particularly attractive to bumblebees. likes brightness, but not the full glare of the sun. June to JulyDiscount of 25p per plant for quantities of 3 or over