February 2021

Pulsatilla Vulgaris Mixed

Pulsatilla Vulgaris Mixed

code: 522 Finely cut silky leaves enhance this classic early beauty Family: Ranunculaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 30 cm Large rich silky goblets of blue, purple and mauve in early spring turn into large fluffy seed heads. Finely cut silky leaves enhance this classic early beauty. (Fresh seed. Warning, old seed rarely comes

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Puschkinia Scilloides

Puschkinia Scilloides

Code:562 These are excellent for naturalising in moist but well-drained soil Family: Asparagaceae Common name: Striped Squill Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 15 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15 This dwarf bulbous perennial has erect narrowly strap-shaped basal leaves, with racemes of star-shaped, pale blue flowers, each petal (or more correctly, tepal) with a

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Puya Alpestris

Puya Alpestris

code: 520 This lovely frost-hardy plant from the Andes Family: Bromeliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 1.0 meter This lovely frost-hardy plant from the Andes produces a clump of gray-green, spike-edged leaves and finally shoots up a tall inflorescence containing numerous flowers which are a stunning metallic blue-green colour. Unearthly,

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Puya Venusta

Puya Venusta

Code:518 Spires of almost wax-like Family: Bromeliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters Spires of almost wax-like, deep reddish-violet flowers arise from a large rosette of saw-toothed leaves when mature. Plant in a wall, bank or well-drained position. Sowing advice: Seeds can be sown at any time but are

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Puya Coerulea

Puya Coerulea

Code:517 Worth the cost and effort to grow this rare plant Family: Bromeliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters Puyas are perhaps the hardiest member of the pineapple family, making sensational rosettes of serrated leaves. Spikes of exotic blue-green flowers when mature. Plant in a wall or bank. “Worth

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Puya Chilensis

Puya Chilensis

Code:516 An excellent container or rockery plant Family: Bromeliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 90 cm Another superb hardy pineapple relative with rosettes of jagged, grey-green leaves. Stout spikes of exotic yellow-green flowers. An excellent container or rockery plant. It is believed that the spines function to trap small animals, which then become fertilizer

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Salvia Repens

Salvia Repens

Code:515 Leaves intriguingly perfumed with an aromatic mixture of sage and mint Family: Labiatae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 38 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm A completely hardy, herbaceous dwarf plant from the mountains of South Africa. Dense sprays of delicate pinkish-blue and white flowers attract bees throughout the summer. Leaves intriguingly perfumed with

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Primrose Pinkie

Primrose Pinkie

Code:514 Seedlings may vary slightly but all will be lovely Family: Primulaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 12 cm In our gardens at Plant World we grow the lovely old-fashioned primrose ‘Garryarde Guinevere’ which carries bright pink flowers above deep purple leaves. Our busy bees carried pollen from these old plants, which are themselves

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Nigella Kalonji

Nigella Kalonji

Code:513 The fruit is a large Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Nigella sativa, fennel flower, black seed, black cumin. Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm This pretty annual flowering plant is native to south and southwest Asia where it bears finely divided, linear leaves with delicate, starry flowers which

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Orange_Satsuma

Orange Satsuma

Code:512 There are several groups of mandarins Family: Rutaceae Common name: Mandarin Plant Classification: Greenhouse perennial Half hardy perennial Minimum Height: 2.0 meters Maximum Height: 4.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 6 These trees make attractive pot plants in colder climates and will actually set fruit if kept warm. In hotter countries they can be planted outside

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Muscari Aucheri

Muscari Aucheri

Code:511 it is often grown as an ornamental plant Family: Asparagaceae Common name: Aucher-Eloy grape hyacinth, Botryanthus aucheri Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm This dwarf bulbous perennial forms clumps to 15cm in height, with narrow grey-green leaves, and erect stems with dense spikes of small, globose,

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Lychnis Flos-cuculi

Lychnis Flos-cuculi

Code:510 Cuckoos are also getting sadly thin on the ground Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Ragged Robin, Cuckoo flower Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Also known as “Ragged Robin” and “Cuckoo Flower”. This graceful plant carries jagged, deeply cleft red flowers on slender stems in early summer. This plant,

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Lychnis Flos-jovis

Lychnis Flos-jovis

Code:509 A beautiful and long-lived, clump-forming flower Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Flower of Jove, Jupiter’s flower Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm This excellent herbaceous perennial bears clumps of grey-green, hairy, lance-shaped leaves which in early summer push up stems bearing terminal clusters of deep pink, salver-shaped flowers. A

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Lychnis Viscaria

Lychnis Viscaria

Code:508 This is the dark purple form of the exceedingly rare British native Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Red Catchfly, Clammy campion, Lychnis viscaria atropurpurea Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm This is the dark purple form of the very rare British native which is both soundly perennial and beautiful.

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Digitalis Stewartii

Digitalis Stewartii

Code:507 this plant will perform trouble-free for many years Family: Scrophulariaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.8 meters This impressive foxglove is amongst the tallest we have ever seen. Several long thin spires arise, clad along most of their length with large-lipped, dark-veined orange flowers. Soundly perennial and bone hardy,

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