code: 626 A perfect plant for mass plantings in stately homes Family: Gramineae Common name: Angel’s Hair, Pony Tails, Mexican Feathergrass (Syn: Nassella/Stipa tenuissima) Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm One of the most graceful and delicate of all grasses with delicate, feathery, fog-like plumes which move with the […]
code: 625 beauty and elegance all rolled into one Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Half hardy annual Maximum Height: 30 cm One of the most beautiful annuals with dense, showy spikes of sweetly-scented flowers. Ideal for beds, borders, and cut flowers and good for winter flowering in the greenhouse or conservatory. Perfume, beauty, and
code: 624 These plants are selectable for 100% doubleness Family: Cruciferae Common name: Mathiola incana Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 25 cm An extremely early and long-flowering variety with unique, silvery-blue flowers with a sweet and spicy scent on magnificent multiple spikes. These plants are selectable for 100% doubleness.
code: 623 The trigger stays cocked until an insect probes the flower Family: Stylidiaceae Common name: The Grass Trigger plant Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Maximum Height: 90 cm From a basal rosette of radiating, long, thin, prostrate pointed leaves arises a strong stem holding attractive pink flowers. “Trigger plants” are so called because of
code: 622 A superb formula mixture of Spencer sweet peas Family: Leguminosae Plant Classification: Hardy annual Packet Content(approx.): 25 A superb formula mixture of Spencer sweet peas, including some of the new introductions from the world’s best breeders. Sowing advice: Sow autumn in cold greenhouse or late winter/early spring in warm greenhouse, propagator or windowsill
code: 621 Ideal for exhibition or garden use Family: Leguminosae Plant Classification: Hardy annual Packet Content(approx.): 25 The best long-stemmed, fragrant pure white sweet pea available today. Awarded Certificate of Merit by the Scottish National Sweet Pea Society. Ideal for exhibition or garden use. Sowing advice: Sow autumn in cold greenhouse or late winter/early spring
code: 620 A profusion of rose/white bicolor flowers Family: Leguminosae Plant Classification: Hardy annual Packet Content(approx.): 25 A lovely old-fashioned heirloom variety dating back to 1737. A profusion of rose/white bicolor flowers which are smaller than those of modern forms, but this is more than compensated for by their entrancing perfume. Sowing advice: Sow autumn
code: 619 great dignity and elegance Family: Leguminosae Common name: Lathyrus odoratus Plant Classification: Hardy annual Packet Content(approx.): 25 This grandiflora type is a wonderful, highly-scented, old-fashioned, true navy blue, as you might expect, with a wonderful rich perfume, and is the result of Henry Eckford’s work in the late 19th century. It has what
code: 618 It is best grown alone as its gorgeous Family: Leguminosae Common name: Lathyrus odoratus ‘Cupanii’ Plant Classification: Hardy annual Packet Content(approx.): 25 This famous old heirloom is a striking, very strongly scented, bi-coloured Peruvian sweet pea. It is best grown alone as its gorgeous, velvety, deep colours, which appear until late in the
code:617 It will do of its best if grown in a moist Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Rocky Mountain columbine, Granny’s Bonnets Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 3 cm Maximum Height: 8 cm An exquisite dwarf from the Rocky Mountains, having irregular and surprisingly large for its size, long-spurred, showy, blue-violet flowers with one inch
code: 616 In early summer, this new plant is an arresting talking point Family: Ranunculaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 This is a completely unique form of aquilegia leaf variegation on an Aquilegia flabellata hybrid! Many years ago we noticed a plant which produced striking
code: 615 This attractive and ever popular selection of Arabis alpina Family: Cruciferae Common name: Rock Cress Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm This attractive and ever popular selection of Arabis alpina, the “alpine rock cress”, produces masses of sizeable, snow white flowers above a compact grey carpet of
code: 614 It is excellent in a pot too Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 8 cm This gem is like but smaller than Arabis cyprium and has much smaller seeds. We discovered it high in the alpine ski-zone of the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus where it is the
code: 613 Cruciform flowers of bright purple open on compact Family: Cruciferae Common name: Koehler’s Rock Cress Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm This very rare, tough, tufted endemic lives only on a few dry hills, high above the rushing Umpqua River on the Pacific coast of Oregon. Cruciform
code: 612 sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Woodside Blue Columbine, Granny’s Bonnets Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 60 cm Deepest blue or violet flowers contrast vividly with the fabulously mottled leaves. Sowing advice: For best results, sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost. Cover the seeds
code:611 It prefers a shady position Family: Rosaceae Common name: Goat’s Beard Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters This large, flowered form of this popular plant bears impressive plumes of cascading white flowers in early and mid-summer. It prefers a shady position but will tolerate sun provided the soil
code: 610 Self-seeds without ever becoming a nuisance Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: Trailing Snapdragon Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 8 cm The spreading arms of this delightful prostrate trailing plant have small soft hairy grey leaves. Large yellow and red blotched, white “snapdragons” are produced for many months throughout the summer. Self-seeds without ever
code: 609 It has long been preferred Family: Asparagaceae Common name: Mediterranean Wild Asparagus Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 5 This desirable plant is the Mediterranean wild species of asparagus, and is a gourmet’s delight with scrambled eggs, being even tastier than asparagus
code: 608 The beautiful ferny foliage stays green Family: Asparagaceae Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 5 This newly-discovered, rare, bone-hardy to Zone 3 (USA), bizarre and absolutely amazing climbing asparagus, (to 15feet/5m tall), has glossy green foliage covered in fragrant white flowers in late spring, and in late summer it is smothered with 1/2″
code: 607 They are also magnets for any insects that may be active so early in the year Family: Iridaceae Common name: Woodland Crocus, Tommies Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 13 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Perhaps the easiest of crocuses to grow, these lovely blue flowers which are
