December 2021

code: 753 This is a superb plant where foliage and form are required Family: Plantaginaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm A deep purple form of the “Giant Plantain” coming completely true from seed with large shiny purple leaves producing a most impressive rosette from which arise long thin

code: 752 germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Japanese bellflower, common balloon flower, balloon flower. Campanula persicifolia grandiflora, Peach Leaf bellflower, Chinese Balloon Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 40 cm These popular relatives to the bell-flowers form a mound

code: 751 A back-of-border ‘mystery plant’ Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters A spectacularly tall member of the wallflower flower from the Himalayas with bunches of countless, fragrant, bright yellow flowers on tall, branching, cane-like stems of shiny leaves throughout spring and summer. A back-of-border ‘mystery plant’.

code: 750 In the wild it grows in mid western & eastern North America Family: Iridaceae Common name: Stout Blue-Eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium bermudianum Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 23 cm Sisyrinchium angustifolium is a dwarf iris relative, that could easily be mistaken for a clump of grass were it not

code: 749 One of the smaller sisyrinchiums Family: Irdaceae Common name: White-eyed Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 15 cm Packet Content(approx.): 25 One of the smaller sisyrinchiums with short stems holding sprays of golden-eyed,pure white starry flowers. These plants may gently self-seed but very rarely become a nuisance! Sowing advice: Seeds can be

code: 748 star-like flowers on grassy foliage from spring through early summer Family: Iridaceae Common name: Yellow Stone Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm Not really a grass, these gorgeous tiny plants are close cousins of the familiar garden Irises. They make slowly spreading colonies in almost any position

code: 746 A truly amazing-looking plant producing positively inedible Family: Solanaceae Common name: Nipple Fruit, Sodom’s Apple, Titty Fruit, Cow’s Udder, Super Duper Titty Fruit, Fox Face, Five Fingered Eggplant Plant Classification: Greenhouse perennial Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 2.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 A truly amazing-looking plant producing positively inedible, ornamental fruits which

code: 744 sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost Family: Compositae Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm This rare and amazing giant tree-daisy comes from the high mountains of Madeira where it makes thick trunks. Huge rosettes of serrated leaves grow on the end of stout branches,

code: 743 This delightful dwarf cultivar blooms a earlier than most columbines Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: AQUILEGIA MINI STAR, Granny’s Bonnets Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 13 cm This is an outstanding dwarf variety of columbine from Japan, where it is also known as the Fan columbine after the rounded,

code: 742 Sprays of dark blue flowers gently brushed paler around the edge of each petal Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Granny’s Bonnets Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Sprays of dark blue flowers gently brushed paler around the edge of each petal, adorn this rare columbine in spring and

code: 741 It does best in poor soil or perhaps even on or in a dry wall Family: Cruciferae Common name: Arabis Jacquinii, Rock Cress Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Originally found high in the Pyrenees , the Alps and the Western Carpathians, this atractive and rather rare high alpine bears shiny,

code: 739 A long-lived attractive tuberous plant with striking Family: Araceae Common name: Himalayan Cobra Lily, Tian Nan Xing Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 A long-lived attractive tuberous plant with striking, cobra head-like flowers amidst long-stemmed deeply divided leaves. Later appear the large heads of

code: 738 The large, showy flowers can vary from pale peach to yellow Family: Papaveraceae Common name: Mexican Poppy, Devil’s Fig, Golden Thistle of Peru, Biniguy Thistle, Mexican Prickle Poppy Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters Leafy stems grow most attractively variegated, prickly lobed leaves. The large, showy

code: 737 it will resow automatically each year only growing in spots Family: Papaveraceae Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 40 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm This Chilean plant is quite new to cultivation and is a most imposing annual plant. It very easy to grow, and spectacular to watch with its big yellow

code: 735 similar to a “Dragon Tree” or dracaena Family: Agavaceae Plant Classification: Hardy tree Half hardy tree Minimum Height: 50 cm Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 20+ “New Zealand Tie-Palm”. A long lived ‘palm’ producing a slowly thickening trunk, carrying at the top a rosette of long, purple, strap-shaped leaves. This tree is