code: 545 its common name is true and appropriate Family: Solanaceae Common name: DEADLY NIGHTSHADE, DWALE Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters Purple-green bell flowers, deep purple inside, hang on thick stems bearing soft leaves. Later appear the juicy black berries. But be warned, its common name is true […]
code: 544 A very beautiful plant Family: Umbelliferae Common name: Masterwort Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 60 cm Exquisite, upwards facing, green bracted, pure rose pink flowers are held above compact clumps of bold tripartite foliage. This is the most desirable of all the long-lived astrantias with a rewardingly long flowering period. “A very
code: 543 It is a vigorous and strong grower Family: Umbelliferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 80 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 This new and really superb astrantia has large cherry red flowers which are very long-lasting and if dead-headed will be in flower from April until September. It is a
code: 542 A most unusual plant in the clover family bearing pink Family: Fabaceae Common name: Biserrula pelecinus Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm A most unusual plant in the clover family bearing pink and purple flowers above clumps of pinnate leaves. Intriguingly shaped seed pods with deeply-scalloped edges
code: 541 This pretty plant is one of the few South American asters Family: Compositae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 23 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm From strong clumps of long, spathulate leaves, arise thin dividing stems carrying semi-doubled, yellow-eyed daisies which are delicately blotched with purple. This pretty plant is one of the
code: 540 The slow-creeping carpet of stems carries short Family: Compositae Common name: Strachey’s Aster Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Diminutive in all aspects apart from flower size, this rare, dwarf creeping plant bears short-stemmed, pinkish mauve flowers with numerous exceptionally thin petals. The slow-creeping carpet of stems
code: 539 With good placement of the flowers along the stems Family: Leguminosae Common name: Lathyrus odoratus Plant Classification: Hardy annual Packet Content(approx.): 20 This new, valuable and quite exquisite Spencer variety bred by Roger Parsons and introduced in 2011, has frilly, paler-keeled, mid blue flowers and an overpowering perfume. With good placement of the
code: 538 Sprays of long-stemmed Family: Leguminosae Plant Classification: Hardy annual Packet Content(approx.): 25 Sprays of long-stemmed, very perfumed flowers are of a washed denim blue hue with cream coloured edges. Absolutely fabulous for cutting all summer long. Sowing advice: SWEET PEAS. Sow autumn in cold greenhouse or late winter/early spring in warm greenhouse, propagator
code: 537 Prick out seedlings when big enough to handle Family: Lamiaceae Common name: ALPINE MINT BUSH Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm This rare and delightful dwarf is a small, aromatic evergreen shrub with tiny rounded leaves, and orchid-like white or pale lilac flowers with dark purple spots
code: 536 A spectacular, scented foliage, evergreen shrub from Australia Family: Labiatae Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Delicate, fragrant, purple-spotted, pale lilac, orchid-like flowers adorn the “Christmas Bush” for six months. Do the flowers look like angels or does it flower at Christmas in Oz? A spectacular,
code: 535 it lives in the foothills of the Andes and ascends to more than 2,000 metres Family: Asteraceae Common name: Tola blanca Plant Classification: Half hardy shrub Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 1.5 meters Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Looking rather like an escallonia, but is no relative, this lovely evergreen shrub bears numerous pink flowers
code: 534 The small black cherries which appear in autumn in bunches Family: Lauraceae Common name: CHERRY LAUREL Plant Classification: Hardy tree Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10 large seeds The common name “cherry laurel” refers to the similarity of foliage and appearance to the true laurel, Bay
code: 533 It is completely frost-hardy and prefers to be in full sun Family: ASPARAGACEAE Common name: Hyacinthus azureus Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm This species is most popular as a spring flowering bulb, Brian Mathew describing it as “a delightful plant”, to be used in rock gardens
code: 532 It is completely frost-hardy and prefers to be in full sun Family: Asparagaceae Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm This is the even more lovely pure white form of the species that is most popular as a spring flowering bulb, Brian Mathew describing it as
code: 531 An unusual “grape hyacinth” Family: Asparagaceae Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15 An unusual “grape hyacinth” from the cold wastes of Russia with short stems holding massed flowerheads of an unusual and most attractive, pale milky blue which are looser and not
code: 530 This slow-to-grow endemic shrub from South Island Family: Araliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Half hardy shrub Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 2.4 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 This rarely-offered plant has striking, linear, purple-brown and white foliage. This slow-to-grow endemic shrub from South Island, Fiordland, the Southern Alps and northwest Nelson in New
code: 529 From remote high places in Asia … Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Pasque Flower Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 12 cm Maximum Height: 18 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 A rare and beautiful dwarf pulsatilla, which only produces a few, low, carrot-like tufts of foliage. If size is important this is not the one
code: 528 The fully grown but still immature fruits are usually eaten cooked Family: Cucurbitaceae Common name: Caigua, Slipper gourd, Lady’s slipper, Sparrow gourd, Stuffing Cucumber Plant Classification: Greenhouse perennial Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 6 large seeds Well-known in the tropics and hotter countries, this herbaceous vine is grown for its edible fruit,
code: 527 eeds should be sown at any time Family: Primulaceae Common name: Peloponnesian cyclamen Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Native to Rhodes and Kos, this rare gem is a small tuberous plant carrying rounded leaves speckled with grey-green, and strongly-scented rosy-pink flowers, darker at
code: 526 It has been given the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit Family: Primulaceae Common name: False Iberian cyclamen, Cyclamen pseudoibericum Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Native to the Turkish mountains, this small plant is similar to Cyclamen coum, but has longer petals.
