December 2021

Commelina Dianthifolia

Commelina Dianthifolia

code: 774 In well-drained soil this plant can self-seed making stunning drifts with time Family: Commelinaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Stunning gentian-blue flowers are produced on short stems, daily from midsummer onwards. The dazzling flowers fade by afternoon but are replaced by fresh ones […]

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Gloriosa Greenii

Gloriosa Greenii

code: 773 It is happy either in containers or in warm soil Family: Colchicaceae Common name: Gloriosa Lily Plant Classification: Greenhouse climber Half hardy climber Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 15+ This beautiful, slender, tuberous climber opens exquisite, exotic lemon-yellow-green flowers, which are solitary, on long pedicels in leaf axils

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Gloriosa Lutea

Gloriosa Lutea

code: 772 A truly spectacular conservatory plant Family: Liliaceae Common name: Climbing Lily, Gloriosa Lily, Flame Lily Plant Classification: Greenhouse climber Packet Content(approx.): 10 A new, rare and very lovely variation on the normally red-flowered climber. Large, golden flowers with reflexed petals adorn the numerous vigorous multi-branching stems in midsummer. A truly spectacular conservatory plant.

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Gloriosa Modesta

Gloriosa Modesta

code: 771 Keep the pot moist at a temperature of between 18 and 22 degrees C Family: Colchicaceae Common name: Climbing Lily, Littonia modesta Plant Classification: Half hardy climber Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 5 This beautiful climbing lily opens its waxy orange flowers over a very long period over the summer, usually growing

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Glaucium Flavum

Glaucium Flavum

code: 768 Long flowing stems hold deeply-cut Family: Papaveraceae Common name: ‘YELLOW HORNED POPPY’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Hardy annual Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Long flowing stems hold deeply-cut, grey-green foliage and large, silky yellow flowers which produce enormous, long, thin curved seed pods, hence its popular name “Horned Poppy”. These

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Loasa Coccinea

Loasa Coccinea

code: 767 The whole family of plants has irritating stinging hairs Family: Loasacea Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 40 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15 From dry open places in South America comes this truly delightful flower with pendulous carmine-red bonnets dangling from its dividing stems which are clad in hairy

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Loasa Nana

Loasa Nana

code: 766 This tiny alpine plant comes from Chile and Argentina Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 2 cm Maximum Height: 8 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 This neat mat-forming perennial is covered in a dense mixture of short down, tiny glochids, and longer coarse and brittle spiny hairs. The rather lovely white-centred yellow

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Lobelia Bridgesii

Lobelia Bridgesii

code: 764 It will grow huge in a sheltered spot Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Tupa rosada Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 1.8 meters This rare, semi-shrubby plant from the foothills of the Chilean Andes bears spectacular, bright pink, trumpet-shaped flowers on thick stems which carry toothed and pointed leaves. It will grow huge in

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Lobelia Polyphylla

Lobelia Polyphylla

code: 761 It will do well in any rich Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Tupa del Littoral, Tobaco del Diablo Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm A new and rare Chilean introduction growing many stems which carry delightful and utmostly showy, burgundy-red, wine-coloured flowers in late spring. This semi-woody perennial

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Lobelia Spicata

Lobelia Spicata

code: 760 It will thrive in sandy soils Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Pale-spike Lobelia Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm This unusual American native displays spike-like racemes of white to pale blue tubular flowers over a long valuable period in that late summer gap. It will thrive in sandy

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Phyllanthus Emblica

Phyllanthus Emblica

code: 759 The tree has a crooked trunk and spreading branches Family: Phyllanthaceae Common name: Indian gooseberry, Emblica officinalis, Amla Plant Classification: Greenhouse perennial Minimum Height: 4.0 meters Maximum Height: 18.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 20 Indian gooseberry fruit eaten raw is quite sour and astringent, and in India it is common to eat gooseberries sweetened

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