February 2021

Dodecatheon Meadia

Dodecatheon Meadia

Code:506 It gets flowers in the spring Family: Primulaceae Common name: Pride of Ohio, Shooting stars Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20+ This attractive herbaceous plant has white or pink petals which nod from an umbel, protruding from a scape 8 to 20 inches tall. It […]

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DRABA_DENSIFOLIA

Draba Densifolia

Code:505 it is found in rocky crevices Family: Cruciferae Common name: Denseleaf draba, Alpine Whitlow-Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm This tiny plant forms hard cushion-like mats of small fleshy, hairy, pointed leaves smothered in bright yellow flowers in early spring. Native to western North America, it is

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ERYTHRONIUM REVOLUTUM

Erythronium Revolutum

Code:504 A valuable and very long-lived plant that will self-seed Family: Liliaceae Common name: Trout lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Maximum Height: 30 cm The fabled “trout lily” is perhaps the choicest of all erythroniums. Lily-like, palest peach, spring flowers open for a long period above leaves beautifully mottled in purple, brown and white. A

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EUCOMIS COMOSA

Eucomis Comosa

code: 503 It is easy to keep going if allowed to remain dormant Family: Asparagaceae Common name: Pineapple flower, Wine Eucomis Plant Classification: Half hardy bulb Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 One of the most extravagant and impressive forms for the garden, this variety makes

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EUPHORBIA PITHYUSA

code: 503 sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost Family: Euphorbiaceae Common name: ‘Grey Hedgehog’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 New to us is this superlative dwarf. Like a big silver-grey beach-ball cut in half, then studded with countless golden flowers. Non-running, non-dying (seems

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EUPHORBIA PASTEURII

Code:502 A new and extremely beautiful hybrid between E Family: Euphorbiaceous Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 15+ seeds A new and extremely beautiful hybrid between E. mellifera and the very rare E. stygiana which is now almost extinct in its home on the Azores Islands. Broad

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EUPHORBIA POLYCHROMA

code: 501 Very few good individual seeds are ever collected Family: Euphorbiaceae Common name: Chrome Spurge, Cushion Spurge. Euphorbia epithymoides Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 25 cm Maximum Height: 40 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Making a compact dome, this clump-forming herbaceous gem pushes up leafy stems and dazzling terminal clusters of acid-yellow flowers, which

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