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Achillea ‘Credo’

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
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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Aconitum lycoctonum ssp. neapolitanum (lamarckii)

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
Aconitum lycoctonum ssp. neapolitanum (lamarckii). WOLFSBANE. Tall stems with dense pyramids of narrow hooded flowers crowded higgledy-piggledy up the stem, each shaded ivory and green. Leaves are more palmate like a delphinium and less cut than other species. A real treasure for part shade. 5ft CAUTION - ALL PARTS OF THIS PLANT ARE POISONOUS
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Alchemilla erythropoda

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
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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Alchemilla mollis

£6.00

RHS AGM

Potsize - 1L
Alchemilla mollis. Scalloped hairy leaves form a dense clump and are a delight when bejewelled with dew or raindrops. The flower heads are like a dense limey green gypsophila. A fantastic tough and rewarding plant that will grow happily in all but soggy sites, thriving in dry shade. It assorts remarkably well with so many other plants as well. The colour of the flowers of Alchemilla is derived from two rows of sepals, the flowers lack petals. Medieval alchemists believed the water droplets that collected in the centre of alchemilla leaves possessed magical and medicinal properties. The plant has a long tradition of being used to cure women's ailments and the plant was consequently named in dedication to the Virgin Mary. The leaves were seen as resembling a mantle (cloak). Alchemilla derives from the Arabic word 'alkimiya' = alchemy
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Anemanthele lessoniana (Stipa arundinacea) – New Zealand Wind Grass, Pheasant’s Tail Grass

£6.00

Potsize - 1L
A very distinctive grass, notable for the range of colour in the foliage which is striped in shades of orange and brown, more so as the season goes on and best when the plant is a little stressed. The flower heads are really airy , starting like a long delicate arching fly-swish and gradually branching into a very light cloud.

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Anthemis tinctoria ‘EC Buxton’

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
Anthemis tinctoria 'EC Buxton'. Late summer sees this perennial smothered in pale yellow daisies with darker centres. A classic reliable summer daisy selected by EC Buxton from his garden in North Wales. Attractive evergreen ferny foliage Plant in sun. Cut back after flowering
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Anthemis tinctoria ‘Sauce Hollandaise’

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
Anthemis tinctoria 'Sauce Hollandaise'. Late summer sees this perennial smothered in pale cream daisies with rich yellow centres Attractive evergreen ferny foliage. Paler than EC Buxton with greyer foliage and a slightly more open habit. Plant in sun. Cut back after flowering
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Aquilegia ‘Koralle’

£3.75

Potsize - 9cm
Aquilegia 'Koralle' An old cottage garden favourite and a good cut flower. Abundant display in late spring of long spurred red and yellow flowers over fine blue-green foliage. 80cm. Full sun. Medium height variety. A seed grown strain that might display some variation in colour and form. HARMFUL IF EATEN
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Artemisia ludoviciana ‘Valerie Finnis’

£6.00

RHS AGM

Potsize - 1L
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'
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. A fine cultivar. Creeping rootstock with upright stems of broad silver foliage and matching silver flowers. Beautiful compliment to pastel planting schemes. 2ft. Will tend to look untidy once in flower - simply trim to the ground for fresh crop of foliage within no time. Compare with 'Silver Queen' which is similar, but with finer foliage
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Caltha palustris ‘Bronze Age’

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
A lovely variety with leaves that begin the year a rich bronze in colour. This colour fades as the flower stems develop so that by the time the plant is in full flower the leaves have toned down to a rich dark green with just the flower stems showing a purple flush. However the contrast of dark leaves and shining sunshine yellow flowers as they first emerge from the buds is a most beautiful thing. A variety that deserves to become well known. Marsh Marigolds are amongst the first flowers of Spring, flowering throughout the month of April.
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Caltha palustris ‘Honeydew’

£9.00

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Potsize - 1L
There are two factors that set this lovely variety apart, its size and its colouring. It is larger than the species and perhaps a little more upright with leaves that are of a fresher paler green, held on pink stained petioles. The flowers, which are also large, are of a bright lemon yellow rather than the more chrome yellows of most varieties. Will root from the nodes on the flower stems. Can be planted on the pond margin or just into the water. 45cm. Marsh Marigolds are amongst the first flowers of Spring, flowering throughout the month of April.

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Caltha palustris ‘Multiplex’

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
As Marsh Marigolds go this one is relatively compact in growth, shorter in all its parts. However it is the flowers that are the chief attraction. They start off looking like a normal Marsh Marigold with the tightest anemone centre you could imagine. Then, as the flowers age, the centre petals grow out until you have a full blown miniature pom-pom dahlia of a flower in rich glowing gold. 30cm spread. Marsh Marigolds are amongst the first flowers of Spring, flowering throughout the month of April.
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Carex elata ‘Aurea’

£6.50

RHS AGM

Potsize - 1L
Bowles' golden sedge. Like everything that carries Bowles' name, this is a good reliable little gem. This sedge is compact and tidy, looking good for the majority of the year, but looking at its best in late Spring. The foliage is longitudinally striped green and dominant yellow, brightest in Spring becoming deeper yellow in Summer. The flowers come early, small stiff bottle brushes held upright above the leaves. Comb out old foliage to tidy up once a year. 50-75cm. Best in a moist soil, not for dry sites.
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Cephalaria gigantea

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
Cephalaria gigantea . Giant Yellow Scabious. A magnificent sight in early summer with its large mound of roughly hairy, pale green, deeply pinnatifid foliage and 6ft branching stems generously furnished with 3in pale lemon flowers which sway in the slightest breeze. You can use Cephalaria at the back of any scheme or alternatively further forward as the flowering stems are not dense, allowing you to see through to sights beyond.
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Chrysanthemum ‘Nantyderry Sunshine’ – Early Flowering Outdoor Pompon : semi-pompon

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
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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Coreopsis auriculata ‘Zamphir’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Coreopsis auriculata 'Zamphir' is a bright ray of sunshine for early summer. A spreading clump former for the front of the border which will delight with a dense covering of 5cm rich yellow daisy flowers. 30cm. Keep dead-heading to keep the flowers coming.
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Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Prolifically produced lemon-yellow daisies on a neat bushy plant 20" (50cm) high. It is tolerant of Summer heat and makes a reliable long-lived plant which is reasonably drought tolerant. It has a long flowering season which can be extended still further by trimming back the tips of the branches, thereby removing the first seeds. It will reward you with a second flush of growth and flowers. It is these seeds that give Coreopsis its common name as they are said to resemble ticks (koris=bug, opsis=like). Easy and much more tolerant of British Winters than the red selections, which need excellent drainage. 12-18" (30-45cm), loved by bees. July-September, full sun.
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Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’

£6.00

Potsize - 1L
Tickseed. Coreopsis 'Zagreb' is guaranteed to bring its own sunshine to your jaded late Summer border with its myriad of golden-yellow daisies which stud the compact dome from July to September. C.'Zagreb' is a dwarf selection of C. verticillata and shares its dainty habit with wiry stems clothed in glossy needle-like leaves. It is tolerant of Summer heat and makes a reliable long-lived plant which is reasonably drought tolerant. It has a long flowering season which can be extended still further by trimming back the tips of the branches, thereby removing the first seeds. It will reward you with a second flush of growth and flowers. It is these seeds that give Coreopsis its common name as they are said to resemble ticks (koris=bug, opsis=like). Easy and much more tolerant of British Winters than the red selections, which need excellent drainage. 12-18" (30-45cm), loved by bees. July-September, full sun.
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Crocosmia ‘Paul’s Best Yellow’

£7.00

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Potsize - 1L
A real beauty with good densely packed spikes of large flowers in deep, mellow golden yellow with a velvety texture. The buds are closely packed in curved reminiscent of a large golden freesia. Clumps of long sword-like foliage are rich green and vigorous. A floriferous variety which grows around a metre tall. Best grown in average to moist conditions, avoiding dry soils. Bred by Ken Ridgely in South Africa. August-September.
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Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Buttercup’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Buttercup'. A lovely compact Montbretia with good sized warm apricot-yellow flowers, 35mm across, which open flat. They are borne on shorter stems to 60cm. A rich shot of colour for the late summer garden. For sun or part shade. Introduced in 1995. A robust grower. Compare this to C.'Lady Hamilton' and you will see they are similar with C.'Buttercup' being green in stem and calyx.
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Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘George Davison’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'George Davison'. A relatively short and lovely montbretia (40cm) with yellow starry flowers. It is also one of the first to flower.. This plant, carrying the name of the first significant breeder of Crocosmia in England, has a confused history. The plant we now grow is actually the original ‘Norwich Canary’, a short cultivar in a warm rich orange yellow, opening from apricot buds. It is vigorous and free to flower. The original cultivar, now possibly lost, was introduced in 1900 ‘Golden Sheaf’ x (crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Golden Sheaf’) and was Large, early, golden yellow, 8-10 branched. Vigorous. 90cm. The plant now sold as ‘George Davison’ are actually the original ‘Norwich Canary’, a shorter cultivar in a warm rich orange yellow
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Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora ‘Lady Hamilton’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Named after Lord Nelson's lover, this is one of the varieties bred by George Davison, the first breeder of Crocosmias. It has a similar colouring to C.'Buttercup', with the main difference being the red calyces and coloured stems. The spikes are very upright and tightly packed with outward facing blooms in a rich warm yellow, very much enhanced by the red calyces and apricot buds. 60cm
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Deschampsia caespitosa ‘Bronzeschleier’ (‘Bronze Veil’) – Wavy Hair Grass

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
A tough grass which produces dense hummocks of narrow rough foliage topped by a fine airy cloud of gently swaying flower stems which last well in to the winter.

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Digitalis ferruginea ‘Gelber Herold’

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
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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Disporum uniflorum (D. flavum, D. sessile var. flavens)

£8.00

Potsize - 1L
Yellow Fairy Bells, Korean Fairy Bells. A lovely hardy species which grows a dense clump of stiffly upright stems, tightly clothed in leaves, 60cm tall that weep over at the top before producing long pendant bells of bright pale yellow. Each flower is 4cm long and produced singly to the stem, though produced from many branches of the stem. The flowers are followed by persistent black berries. From Korea and Manchuria where it is a common ingredient in traditional medicines such as baldness cures, despite being mildly toxic and showing now proven benefits whatsoever.

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Epimedium chlorandrum

£9.00

Potsize - 1L
The flowers of this species are typical of the series, being a wide spidery cross in an almost translucent pale lemon yellow. The leaves however are something to behold, being large with three arrow shaped leaflets, apple green with a gorgeous variable overlay of maroon blotching. Two botanical details separate this species from the others in its series. The first is that the sepals are not closely pressed to the petals, but instead arch back to give the flower a little more character. The second, which you can be excused for missing, is that the pollen is green rather than yellow. This feature does however give the species its name. Subgenus Epimedium, Section i, C Series - Dolichocerae

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Epimedium davidii hybrid (ex. Spinners)

£9.00

Potsize - 1L
Startling fat goblet shaped flowers of brightest yellow with yellow horns. The sepals are reduced to a little fleck of rusty red which is picked up by the dark red of the new leaves. The flowers are 1 1/4 inches but the 'tube' is flared to make the goblet shaped centre which lends the flower more weight. Originally collected by the French missionary, Pere Armand David. From mountain woods in the Sichuan province. Subgenus Epimedium, Section i, B Series - Davidianae

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Epimedium franchetii ‘Brimstone Butterfly’ OG 87.001

£7.50

Potsize - 1L
Collected by the great Japanese Epimedium expert Mikinori Ogisu you know that this is going to be something good. And so it is. The new leaves are just the most lovely shades of crimson, providing the perfect foil for the bright lemon yellow flowers. It doesn't sound special when written down, but there is just something about the way that the leaves glow that is so right. The way the petals curve inwards can give the flowers the appearance of so many spiders dangling from the arching stems, but that is to deny their undoubted beauty. The flowers are a strong lemony yellow which look absolutely great against the broad foliage. Winter leaves can colour pale ochre with dark pink veins. From Hubei and Guizhou provinces, China. Named by Professor Stearn. Series C - Dolichocerae

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Epimedium species nova ‘Spine Tingler’ Cc 001764

£9.00

Potsize - 1L
Cc 001764. A hybrid with elongated leaflets whose edges are corrugated and tipped with irregular spines pointing in all directions like Jaws himself. As if that wasn't fascinating enough in itself, the young leaves are an iridescent metallic bronze pink, maturing apple green and evergreen. The flowers are large, 4cm in diameter, with small sepals and curving narrow petals, pale lemon becoming richer coloured at the centre. Known in the US as Sphinx Twinkler. A collection by Darrell Probst not yet attributed to a species, possibly as yet undescribed.

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Epimedium wushanense OG 93.019

£9.00

Potsize - 1L
The flowers remind us of an upside down quoit board with the petals curving down at 90 degrees to the plane of the flower in a pale lemony yellow. The sepals are a small pale yellow crown. The flowers are borne on long pedicels, hanging below a long arching dark stem like so many spiders. The foliage is long and narrow, sparsely undulating with a spiny edge. When they first expand, the leaves are an ethereal pastel ochre, subtle, but absolutely lovely pale, shiny yellow-green with bronzed flush. They aren't the striking reds and blotched blacks of some of their cousins, but there is something simply enchanting about them. One of the larger varieties with leaves up to 15cm long and flower stalks that can carry up to 100 flowers. From Wushan county in Sichuan, China. Subgenus Epimedium, Section i, C Series - Dolichocerae

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Epimedium x perralchicum ‘Frohnleiten’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten'. Beautiful tough evergreen ground cover, thirving even in the dry beneath trees. The leaves open an attractive pale ochre-green, beautifully netted with russet tones, colouring well in Autumn (more coloured than 'Wisley' on both occasions). Flowers are like strings of glowing small bright yellow daffodils held upright and above the foliage. A German cultivar selected by Heinz Klose, it has slightly more pointed leaves with a more toothed margin and large flowers held well up. 45cm. Easily grown in any good soil. ( E.perraldianum x E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum ).
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Epimedium x perralchicum ‘Wisley’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Epimedium x perralchicum 'Wisley'. (Epimedium perraldianium x Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum). A selection from the original hybrid, having large flowers and particularly bright foliage. It forms beautiful spreading evergreen ground cover, unrivalled in its ability to march on in really quite dry conditions. The leaves open an attractive pale green; contrasting well with the last years foliage and having lovely red netting. The flowers are like upright spikes of glowing sunshine yellow daffodils. to see them at their best may need you to trim away last years foliage in early spring. 'Wisley' colours a little less in the leaf than its similar cousin 'Frohnleiten'. 45cm. Easily grown in any good soil. ( E.perraldianum x E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum ).
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Euphorbia amygdaloides ‘Purpurea’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
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’

£6.00

Potsize - 1L
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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Ficaria verna ‘Collarette’ (Ranunculus ficaria)

£3.75

Potsize - 9cm
An anemone centred celandine . Bright golden yellow with widely spaced rounded petals around a tight central boss of curved petaloid stamens. The leaves are a joy for they are variously marbled and splashed with green, black and pewter. Sterile. Probably selected at Myddleton House, the garden of EA Bowles. Propagated by P Corbis in Yelverton in the 1960's as Beamish Double

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Ficaria verna ‘Montacute’ (Ranunculus ficaria)

£3.75

Potsize - 9cm
Lesser Celandine. Gold-edged, bronze buds open to a typical celandine colour, the difference being that Ficaria verna 'Montacute' (Ranunculus ficaria) has 4 ruffs of petals, prettily incurved to reveal the contrasting bronzy reverse. The petals are neatly square-ended, almost as if they have been trimmed. Unlike 'Flore Pleno' the centres of the flowers are open revealing a green eye surrounded by a boss of orange anthers. The leaves are arrow shaped, green flecked with silver. A favourite of mine and one of the earliest to flower. Said to have been rescued from a verge in Montacute, Somerset in 1994 just prior to being destroyed in roadworks.

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Filipendula ulmaria ‘Aurea’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Filipendula ulmaria 'Aurea'. Delightful small meadowsweet with bright butter yellow foliage and fluffy cream flowers. Neat and small, ideal at the edge of a water feature. Prefers a moisture retentive soil. Will grow in sun or shade, but it can scorch in full sun during the summer, especially if the soil dries. In shade it will retain its colouring all year, which is more lemony in shade than the brassier colour of the leaves in sun. 30-45cm.

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Foeniculum vulgare ‘Purpureum’ – Bronze Fennel

£6.00

Potsize - 1L
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' - Bronze Fennel. Clumps of beautiful feathery bronze leaves build up to make impressive mounds that are a perfect foil for bold leaves such as Hostas. The stems grow 5-7 ft high and are topped with delicate yellow umbels that are equally ornamental. dead-head to prevent seeding. The strongly aromatic foliage, which smells of aniseed, has a long history of medicinal and herbal use being noted for its restorative powers on vision and to make more gaunt those '..that are grown fat.' These powers might be of some doubt, but it is reliably great in a ratatouille. Florence (vegetable) fennel is derived from the annual variety F.vulgare var.dulce
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Geranium Blue Sunrise

£6.50

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Potsize - 1L
(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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Geum ‘Can-can’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
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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Geum ‘Golden Joy’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
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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Geum ‘Lady Stratheden’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Geum chiloense 'Lady Stratheden'. Colourful and easily grown perennial forming a stout weed smothering clump of leaves and freely producing 2ft stems of warm yellow semi double flowers in summer. The flowers will keep on coming if you cut out older flowering stems as their flowers begin to fade. There is a lot of 'air' in the flower heads, so this is an ideal plant to mingle amongst other colour or to look through to plants behind.
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Hakonechloa macra ‘Allgold’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
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
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Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
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)
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Helleborus orientalis (Lenten Rose) – mixed colours

£10.00

Potsize - 2Ldeep
Helleborus orientalis (Lenten Rose). Seed grown stock grown from our own seed, harvested from a wide selection of choice varieties collected over the last 20 years. They could be single, anemone centred or double in any colour. Pictures show a sample of the plants we collect seed from. These are unflowered plants. As they flower we will offer them as coloured varieties under the specified colour products. If you are looking for a particular colour that is not listed just ask and well see what we can do. Hellebores are so welcome as they bloom soon after Christmas at a time when flowers are so scarce. They come in such a wonderful variety of colour; whites through to pinks and blue-black purples, with some in shades of green and yellow. Many are beautifully spotted inside, but no two are ever identical. Nowadays there are a bewildering array of doubles to add to the mix. Anyone taking the time to stop and lift up a bloom is always well rewarded.
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Hosta ‘Color Festival’

£6.50

Potsize - 1L
Hosta 'Color Festival'. Medium. 30 x 50cm. An eye-catching combination of fluorescent yellow streaks between a dark green margin and a white centre make a stunning Hosta. Sport of H. ' Enterprise'. (D vanEechaute, 2007)
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Hosta ‘Golden Tiara’

£7.00

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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.
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Hosta ‘Grand Tiara’

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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.
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Hosta ‘Guacamole’

£6.50

Hosta of the Year 2002

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Hosta 'Guacamole'. Medium. 25cm x 50cm. An open mound of overlapping rounded gold leaves margined dark green. A fast grower for a sunny spot where it will quickly achieve its full potential. Large fragrant flowers in August held well above the foliage. The green margin can be barely visible in cooler growing conditions. Sport of H. 'Fragrant Bouquet'
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Hosta ‘Invincible Spirit’

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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.
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Hosta ‘Iron Gate Glamour’

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Potsize - 1L
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.
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Hosta ‘June’

£6.50

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Hosta 'June'. Medium. 37 x 50cm. A medium sized extremely tidy hosta which is very popular. The heart shaped leaves are strikingly marked. The margins are a variable blue green whilst the broad central area is a pale lemony green fading to creamy white in sunlight. In sun the leaves show a contrasty blue and yellow colour, whilst in shade the colouration is much more subtle. Lavender flowers. 60x50cm. Sport from 'Halcyon'
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Hosta ‘Kiwi Full Monty’

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Hosta 'Kiwi Full Monty'. Large. 50 x 50 cm. A Hosta with very distinctive colouration. The leaves are overall a good blue green with a central region that ages golden yellow from a blue green This region is edged in an irregular bright white line. A Hosta with an open growth form which needs siting in good light. Sport of H.'Striptease'
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Hosta ‘Lacy Belle’

£6.50

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Hosta 'Lacy Belle'. Small. 30 x 50cm. The leaves of this Hosta medium sized variety are narrow and pointed. The variegation is strong and regular with blue green centres and a broad creamy yellow edge. H. ' Neat Splash' seedling x H. 'Halcyon'
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Hosta ‘Lemon Twist’

£7.00

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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.
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Hosta ‘Liberty’

£6.50

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Hosta 'Liberty'. Giant. 100 x 100cm. A very large fine Hosta with a leaf that is blue-green ageing light green with a very bold, wide, bright yellow margin. Rugosity improves with age. 'Liberty' requires ample moisture to achieve its spectacular full potential. can be a little slow to establish . A must have variety for light to moderate shade. Tetraploid sport of H.'Sagae'
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Hosta ‘Olive Bailey Langdon’

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Hosta 'Olive Bailey Langdon'. Large-Very Large. 120 x 80cm. A very fine large Hosta. The large cupped and corrugated leaves are variegated with a sea green base and broad creamy yellow margin. A moist shady site will see the full potential. Similar to H.'Frances Williams' but will not scorch.
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Hosta ‘Paul’s Glory’

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Hosta 'Paul's Glory'. Large. 45 x 65cm. Large sized Hosta with heart shaped golden leaves with a broad blue green margin. The colouration is more gold with a deeper green edge in sun, with the centre whitening out as they age. Leaves become slightly puckered with age. 18" 45cm wide. Flowers white. Sport of H. 'Perry's True Blue'
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Hosta ‘Pilgrim’

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Hosta 'Pilgrim'. Small. 20 x 50cm. A small sized Hosta that quickly makes a good size. The leaves are strikingly marked with broad creamy edges and an irregular dark green central splash. Leaves are distinctly heart shaped on long petioles. Lavender flowers. A seedling from Hosta 'Flambouyant'
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Hosta ‘Praying Hands’

£6.50

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Hosta 'Praying Hands'. Medium. 35 x 40cm. A unique variety with twisted pointed leaves that are held very erect. Leaves dark green with a blue tinge, accentuated by a narrow yellow edge. An unusual variety that people either love or hate, it makes a most striking plant when mature. For light shade. Of unknown origin.
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Hosta ‘Queen Josephine’

£7.00

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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.
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Hosta ‘Rascal’

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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.
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Hosta ‘Sea Gold Star’

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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.
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Hosta ‘Sharmon’

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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.
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Hosta ‘Snow Cap’

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Hosta 'Snow Cap'. Large. 50 x 100cm. A large impressive Hosta with a very round leaf, downturned at the edges. The colouring is an irregular creamy gold edge around a dark blue green centre. Can be slow to increase. H.'Wide Brim' x H 'Royal Rainbow'
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Hosta ‘Spritzer’

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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 scape
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Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’

£6.50

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Hosta 'Sum and Substance'. Giant. 90 x 150cm. Very large, puckered, golden chartreuse yellow leaves, getting bigger and better as the plant ages. Flowers are pure white in tight heads. Plant in sun to achieve the best leaf colouration. In ideal conditions this can be one of the largest of hostas. Its origin is unknown but Hosta 'Elatior' and Hosta hypoleuca are probably in the gene pool. 'Sum and substance is possibly a triploid variety.
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Hosta ‘Touch of Class’

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Hosta 'Touch of Class'. Medium. 40 x 75cm. A very attractive cultivar whose leaves are blue on the edges, streaking in to the bright green and yellow centre. A Tetraploid sport of H.'June'
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Hosta ‘Wide Brim’

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Hosta 'Wide Brim'. Large. 50 x 75cm. A Large sized Hosta with broad exceptionally well variegated leaves. Each leaf is margined with a variable width cream band. This variety needs to be grown in adequate light to maintain its good colouring. Makes a striking specimen when grown in a tub. The leaves have a shape particularly well favoured by flower arrangers. Hosta 'Bold One' x Hosta 'Bold Ribbons'
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Hosta ‘Winter Snow’

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Hosta 'Winter Snow'. Very Large. 150 x 90 cm. Forms a large open mound of thick distinctively glossy leaves that looks like they've been oiled . The leaves are chartreuse green with a narrow irregular yellow margin. Good growth rate once established. Plant in morning sun with plenty of moisutre at the root. sport of Sum and Substance. Can be slow to get established
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Iris ‘Ally Oops’ (species cross)

£7.50

Ranolph Perry Medal

Potsize - 1L
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 Borglun
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Iris ‘Here Be Dragons’ (sibirica)

£10.00

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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 Sachs
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Iris pseudacorus ‘Krill’

£7.50

SIGNA medal

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A lovely tetraploid form of our native flag Iris whose beauty has been rewarded by several awards. The flowers are a lovely shaded pale lemon yellow with a signal that is picked out boldly in deep red. In the garden it really stands out like it has its own light. It is both vigorous and floriferous. Mid season. 60cm Founders of SIGNA Medal 2008, Award of Merit : 2006, 2003 Honourable Mention, Introduced : 1997 Jill Copeland
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Kniphofia ‘Little Elf’

£7.00

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A slender medium sized Red Hot Poker whose narrow flower spikes sport flowers that open yellow from green buds. For a warm spot not too dry in summer. 3ft
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Kniphofia ‘Little Maid’

£6.50

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A lovely little Poker grown originally by Beth Chatto from seeds sent to her by Cedric Morris. Probably half the size of most Kniphofias with narrow flowers spikes that are green in bud, opening a soft yellow before maturing cream. It will continue producing its tasteful flowers well into the Autumn. less than 60cm tall.
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Kniphofia ‘Painted Lady’

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Kniphofia 'Painted Lady' is an easy to grow variety with extra long pokers which fade from a glowing salmon bud through yellow to a cream flower. Unusually the pokers can branch like a candelabra. 110cm. Full sun with moisture in summer. Bred by Eric Smith
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Kniphofia ‘Wrexham Buttercup’

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Kniphofia 'Wrexham Buttercup'. A cracking Poker with broad heads that change in colour from lime green buds, through shades of warm apricot, finally ageing lemon. A shorter variety at 1m high. Good, easy and floriferous. AGM
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Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Sonnenschein’ (‘Sunshine’)

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Leucanthemum x superbum 'Sonnenschein' ('Sunshine') is a large flowered Shasta Daisy with uniquely coloured blooms that open a cheerful pale sunshine yellow and fade buttermilk. Flowers are single and a good 10cm across. Plant in any reasonable garden soil preferably in sun. 1.5m. cuts well. Looks lovely amongst blue flowers
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Lysimachia ciliata ‘Firecracker’ (‘Purpurea’)

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A dark leaved selection of a North American native which forms spreading mounds in any soil with enough moisture. The leaves are rounded and coloured a dark purple-brown, more intensely so earlier in the year, but still coloured well when the flowers arrive in Summer. The flowers, which are bright yellow stars, hang in loose array atop the 60-75cm high flowering stems, interspersed with pointed stem leaves. A great plant to add a little delicacy and contrast into a hot colour scheme. Clumps spread but are easy enough to control. Will grow well in clay soils in the open border.
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Lysimachia punctata ‘Alexander’

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Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'. Young shoots emerge in spring an eye catching shrimpy pink. As they mature they become cream and green variegated. From June to September it produces heavily crowded stems of a mass of clear yellow flowers. 75cm 2'6''. A very reliable plant for planting in a moist soil. Will run, but not to the extent of the green species.
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Milium effusum ‘Aureum’ – Bowles Golden Grass

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A gorgeous grass for the early Spring garden; lovely with bulbs but retaining its pale yellow foliage until Autumn. Best in shade. 12 inches

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Oenothera fruticosa subsp. glauca ‘Erica Robin’

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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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Papaver cambricum (Mecanopsis cambrica)

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This is the only British representative of this mainly Himalayan branch of the poppies. Clear bright lemon yellow crepe paper poppies nod over lush pale green foliage. Not a plant to place in the herbaceous border, instead one to allow to settle itself in amongst ferns or any informal planting of shade lovers. It is happiest in moist to damp conditions where it will seed about freely. 30cm. Mecanopsis is one of the few Genera that do all 3 primary colours with aplomb. M. cambrica is bright yellow, M. paniculata is clear blue and M.punicea is as red as they come. All strong clear colours - quite unique.
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Phlomis russelliana

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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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Primula Belarina Butter Yellow

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Primula Belarina Butter Yellow. A new range of primula hybrids that combine a compact growth habit with excellent sized double flowers produced from February right on through to Summer. The belarina series has been bred for their ability to go on and on flowering. 12x20cm. Butter Yellow has, most surprisingly, Buttery-yellow flowers with a collar of leafy bracts.
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Primula Belarina Cream

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Primula Belarina Cream. A new range of primula hybrids that combine a compact growth habit with excellent sized double flowers produced from February right on through to Summer. The belarina series has been bred for their ability to go on and on flowering. 12x20cm. 12x20cm. This form is a delicate shade of cream shaded lemon at centre with the most delightful complex scent.
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Primula elatior (Oxlip)

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

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Primula florindae (himalayan cowslip). A primula that combines great poise and charm with stalwart reliability. From a stout clump of rounded leaves come 60-90cm stems from which hang an ever increasing number of pale lemon fragrant flowers dusted on the outside with a pale yellow farina. The scent is the most delicious and complex of any of the primulas, rich and heady like a sweet nose full of Pears soap. I think it ranks as one of the best perfumes of the year - right up there with the best of the roses and so easy to grow as well. Any moist to soggy soil. Discovered by Frank Kingdon-Ward and named by him after his 1st wife, the tall blonde Florinda.
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Primula veris ‘Sunset Shades’ (red cowslip)

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Primula veris 'Sunset Shades' (red cowslip). Cowslips with party dresses. It is likely that these cowslips share some of their genes with red flowered polyanthus and although still typically cowslip shaped, they are larger flowered, more flambouyant plants with flowers in shades of red and orange. They make super garden plants enjoying the same conditions as P.veris: they need to see the sun but without drying out in summer and flower in April to June.
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Primula veris (cowslip)

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Good for Bees
Potsize - 9cm
Primula veris. Our native Cowslip hardly needs an introduction but sadly its native homes are becoming less common. Charming native primula with lopsided clusters of bright cheery yellow flowers on short stems. Excellent for naturalising in banks or meadows ideally in sunny situations on well drained alkaline soils. In wetter, heavier or shadier spots Primula vulgaris our native primrose is more likely to suceed. If you have ideal conditions and space you may well get enough flowers to make cowslip wine but better still to stick to chardonnay and leave the blossoms for the bumble bees who often pierce the backs of the calyx to sip the nectar.
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Primula vulgaris (Primrose)

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Bee Friendly
Potsize - 9cm
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) (Primula acaulis subsp. acaulis) Whether grown at the front of a formal border or naturalised amongst grass and wild flowers, the cheerful native primrose is always sure to bring a ray of sunshine to the new year garden. We grow Primroses from seed collected from wild primroses growing in the banks of our Dorset nursery. As such you can be assured of getting the true colour, including the occasional flesh pink, rather than the colour sometimes coming from commercial seed. Happiest in a sunny bank. Ideal as a food source for the early bumblebees.
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