December 2021

Silene Atropurpurea

Silene Atropurpurea

code: 894 it is very well adapted to a dry situation Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 35 cm Collected on an Alpine Garden Society trip to Ipiros in Greece, this rarely-seen, showy, hardy perennial opens bright heads of deep reddish-mauve flowers in loose sprays during summer, above the […]

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Silene Bellidioides

Silene Bellidioides

code: 893 Sourced from the damp coastal areas of South Africa Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 23 cm This scarce and diminutive plant with a rosette of daisy-like foliage forms low, spreading stems carrying white flowers with prominently inflated pouches. Sourced from the damp coastal areas of South

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Anthriscus Sylvestris 'Golden Fleece'

Anthriscus Sylvestris ‘Golden Fleece’

code: 890 As a rule, except for severe winters, it is evergreen Family: Umbelliferae Common name: Golden cow parsley Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 70 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20+ New! Bright, lemony-yellow, fern-like leaves erupt from the ground in early spring making shining, golden mounds which are resistant to burning

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Antirrhinum Dwarf Twinny Peach

Antirrhinum Dwarf Twinny Peach

code: 888 Its tolerance to hot and wet weather conditions results Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: Hardy Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 40 This superb, melon-peach, fully double, scented flower is the first dwarf double F1 Hybrid variety available making a compact, bushy

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Antirrhinum Molle

Antirrhinum Molle

code: 887 It seeds itself freely but is very liable to hybridize with A Family: Plantaginaceae Common name: Dwarf Snapdragon, Soft snapdragon Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 This classy snapdragon is actually a small shrub, with grey, softly hairy leaves and quite large flowers, either

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Chiastophyllum Oppositifolium

Chiastophyllum Oppositifolium

code: 886 Arching stems carrying sprays of yellow ‘lambs tail’ flowers Family: Crassulaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 15 cm A superb rockery or wall plant. Arching stems carrying sprays of yellow ‘lambs tail’ flowers, sprouting from hardy evergreen succulent rosettes. A very long lived, high value plant. Sowing advice: Seeds can be sown

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Chionochloa Flavescens

Chionochloa Flavescens

code: 885 One of the three very best grasses we have grown Family: Poaceae Common name: Broad-leafed Snow Tussock Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.8 meters A fabulously impressive New Zealand grass. Long, stout wands carry twelve inch long heads of golden tassels towering above stiff compact tussocks. One of

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Chorispora Sabulosa

Chorispora Sabulosa

code: 884 A perfect alpine house or show-winning plant Family: Brassicaceae or Cruciferae Common name: CHORISPORA ELEGANS Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 6 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Packet Content(approx.): 6 Relatively large, almost stemless, purple-mauve flowers open above prostrate rosettes of attractive, deeply-incised, frilly-edged leaves. A perfect alpine house or show-winning plant, it

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Cistus Populifolis

Cistus Populifolis

code: 882 chalk-white flowers Family: Cistaceae Common name: Poplar Leafed Cistus Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 12 In spring, handsome clusters of large round buds enclosed in red sepals open into golden-eyed, chalk-white flowers, over a dense bush of very attractive, pointed, fresh-green aromatic leaves which

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Citrofortunella Mitis Variegata

Citrofortunella Mitis Variegata

code: 881 The plant is a cross between a kumquat Family: Rutaceae Common name: Variegated Calamondin Orange, Panama Orange, Citrus madurensis, Citrus mitis, Musk Lime Plant Classification: Half hardy tree Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 6.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 5 The famous and choice ‘Calamondin’ orange has beautiful cream and green variegated foliage, with

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Clematis ALpina 'Frances Rivis'

Clematis ALpina ‘Frances Rivis’

code: 880 It was Awarded The ‘Award of Garden Merit’ by the RHS Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Virgin’s Bower Plant Classification: Hardy climber Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 This superlative, vigorous, free-flowering variety, has larger flowers than the species, with pale blue nodding flowers bearing beautiful blue petals and

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Clematis 'Blue Eclipse'

Clematis ‘Blue Eclipse’

code: 879 A truly stunning cultivar that deserves to be in every garden Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Clematis koreana ‘Blue Eclipse’ Plant Classification: Hardy climber Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 2.4 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10+ This early-flowering deciduous variant of Clematis koreana has single, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, the outside of the sepal being deep-purple,

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Draba Ventosa

Draba Ventosa

code: 877 One of the most lovely alpines Family: Cruciferae Common name: Wind River Draba Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 2 cm Maximum Height: 4 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 Sheets of stemless golden flowers open on a moss-like cushion on this potential show-winner that resembles some of the cushion androsaces. One of the most

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Draba Ramosissima

Draba Ramosissima

code: 876 It is native to Kentucky, West Virginia Family: Cruceiferae Common name: Branched Draba Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm This most unusual, petite plant has beautiful basal rosettes, rather resembling hens-and-chicks sempervivums, and disproportionally large white flowers, in heavy sprays, all above leaves with interesting jagged margins

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Geranium Bohemicum

Geranium Bohemicum

code: 875 This new-on-the-scene plant Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ (Syn. Geranium ‘Orchid-Blue’). This new-on-the-scene plant, often confused with the very similar Geranium lanuginosum, produces flowers of a rarely seen shade of pure campanula blue, on low brittle hairy stems. Wonderful in rich

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