code: 874 Internally pollinated seeds are also sometimes produced later Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Hardy annual Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 This curious and most unusual little gem from the Himalayas grows a spreading cushion upon which appear a succession of black-eyed deep pink flowers in spring […]
code: 873 This cultivar is often wrongly spelled ‘Bill Wallace’ Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ This is the best cultivar (coming true) of the type, with especially desirable, very deep violet-purple flowers, which are at their impressive best in the late evening. This
code: 872 produced almost endlessly from early summer into late autumn Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 8 An absolutely superb new plant from the mountains of central Japan, source of so many treasures. Large upward-facing saucers, of a darker veined magenta red, are produced
code: 871 Profuse sprays of icing pink flowers Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 75 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ Profuse sprays of icing pink flowers, are produced in midsummer on this lovely selection from a Geranium sylvaticum hybrid which was originally selected here many years ago and comes rewardingly
code: 870 It flowers in summertime Family: Liliaceae Common name: Leopard Lily, Panther Lily, Shasta Lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 2.4 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 This is a very robust lily forming a clump of erect stems bearing whorled leaves and several nodding, dark-spotted, orange-red flowers, shading
code: 869 tall-growing North American species Family: Liliaceae Common name: Panther Lily, Leopard Lily, Wiggins’ Lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 2.4 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10 This is a strong, tall-growing North American species, producing stems of whorled foliage in a pleasant shade of apple-green. On each stem
code: 868 This rare lily is now found only in a few isolated populations Family: Liliaceae Common name: Turk’s Hat Lily, Lilium tenuifolium Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 6 Reflexed, good-sized, sweetly fragrant, nodding, sealing-wax red flowers, finely spotted in black, and with amazing
code: 867 Lily regale ‘Album’ is the pure white form Family: Liliaceae Common name: White Regal Lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 70 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 Lily regale ‘Album’ is the pure white form of the classic garden lily opening its trumpet-shaped flowers in June and July, that can
code: 866 A regal plant for the back-of-the-border Family: Umbelliferae Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 2.1 meters A regal plant for the back-of-the-border. Broomstick-sized, but hollow, ruby red stems ageing black, clad with triangular leaves, bearing great umbels of purple and white seedheads. Hugely impressive. Sowing advice: For best results,
code: 865 This astonishing tough perennial Family: Hydrophyllaceae Common name: Blue-flowered grape-leaf, caterpillar flower, Bolander’s scorpionweed, Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 12 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm This is probably the first ever offering of this rare plant. Flared lavender-blue trumpet flowers with bright blue pollen, and loved by bees and butterflies, open on
code: 864 This is a more elegant plant than the commoner Phacelia campanularia Family: Hydrophyllaceae (or Boraginaceae by some authoriti Common name: Fiddle Neck. Lacy phacelia. Scorpion weed. Purple Tansy Plant Classification: Hardy annual Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 40 cm This easy-to-grow, hairy annual has finely-cut, ferny leaves, which may turn red in
code: 863 Broad clumps of leaves in spring Family: Poaceae Common name: Waterfall Millet, Chinese Bead Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters A top quality, valuable newcomer about which we can find no reference. Broad clumps of leaves in spring, very much like an aspidistra, make a spectacular
code: 862 It also makes an attractive early pot plant! Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: “Silene dioica variegated”. Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 45 cm Another Plantworld Seed introduction. The fascinating variegated ornamental foliage comes reasonably true from seed. Green seedlings often germinate first, so reject these as they will not variegate later. Leaves are
code: 861 This novel and rarely … Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Dividing sprays of delicately cut and divided, frilly-petalled flowers hover above compact clumps of shiny green leaves. This novel and rarely seen plant makes a dramatic statement if grown beneath shrubs and is allowed
code: 860 germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: White Campion, Melandrium album, Grave Flower Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Long stems hold dividing sprays of pure white flowers. For such a pretty plant it also has some
code: 859 Its home is on the high mountains of the Balkan peninsula and the Carpathians Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Silene macedonica Formánek Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Superficially similar to S. rupestris, this tiny mountain plant has short arching stems bearing wider, star-shaped flowers with narrower, red
code: 858 A Japanese nurseryman friend waxed ecstatic over this plant in full flower Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm A quite spectacular new plant we have never seen before with thick, blue-grey foliage resembling that of a carnation. Many tall thin stems carry countless wavy, convoluted,
code: 857 A new and rare species of the campion family Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Numerous strong stems bearing thick green leaves, produce sprays of numerous, long, pinkish-purple buds which open into spikes of creamy white flowers in mid summer. A new and rare species
code: 856 A small percentage will stay green Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 75 cm We have finally succeeded in producing a purple-leafed, fertile ‘Red Campion’ (Silene dioica). The leaves of this superb new Plant World discovery start off green when young and most go darker the brighter
code: 855 golden leaves beautifully edged in shades of purple! Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Silene dioica Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 40 cm Another new discovery from Plant world! The busy bees carried pollen from a Silene Purple Prince onto Ray’s Golden Campion which has golden leaves. Who would have
