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Euphorbia Cyparissias

Euphorbia Cyparissias

code: 971 It is very adaptable … Family: Euphorbiaceae Common name: Cypress spurge Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 12 cm Maximum Height: 25 cm Packet Content(approx.): 8 In the spring showy lime-yellow bracts open which slowly age to red, on thin stems bearing narrow, bluish-green, linear leaves. This unusual plant superficially resembles that of […]

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Euphorbia Oblongata

Euphorbia Oblongata

code: 970 It is synonymous or very similar to Euphorbia Corallioides Family: Euphorbiaceae Common name: Syn. Euphorbia Corallioides palustris zauberflote. Eggleaf spurge. Oblong spurge. Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 Too rarely seen or grown, the “Coral Spurge” a non-running clump former, has dazzling yellow flowers

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Geranium Robustum

Geranium Robustum

code: 968 For sheer flower-power it is hard to beat Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ Spreading mounds of finely cut silvery-grey foliage are smothered with successive flushes of large purple-pink flowers on this superb South African plant. Gets cut to the ground each

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Hyoscyamus Albus

Hyoscyamus Albus

code: 967 This plant should be grown and handled with care Family: Solanaceae Common name: WHITE HENBANE, Yellow henbane Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Hardy annual Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 30 Also called ‘Yellow Henbane’. Funnel shaped, darker-eyed, creamy white flowers appear on long leafy stalks in summer and autumn,

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Hypericum Perforatum

Hypericum Perforatum

code: 966 HYPERICUM PERFORATUM Family: Guttiferae Common name: Common Saint John’s Wort Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 100 This vigorous UK native plant forms plant colonies topped with countless, five-petalled yellow flowers. Later, the attractive, pointed, red seed pods form. Hypericum is used in very many

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Hypericum Coris

Hypericum Coris

code: 965 It loves full sun with good drainage and moderate water Family: Hypericaceae, Gutttiferae Common name: Aaron’s beard. Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 38 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Sowing advice: These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months. They should be sown into well-drained, sandy compost at any

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Iris Tectorum Alba

Iris Tectorum Alba

code: 962 It is a wonderful iris for any dry area with some shade Family: Iridaceae Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cma Maximum Height: 75 cm Packet Content(approx.): 5 This rare white form of the normally blue variety has large yellow-throated, crested flowers which open at the end of arching stems

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Iris Tenax

Iris Tenax

code: 961 Its rhizomes spread slowly Family: Iridaceae Common name: Tough-leaved Iris, Oregon Iris Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Large, showy flowers of lavender-blue to purple open above leaves which are very slender for an iris, the plant often being mistaken for grass when not in bloom!

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Meconopsis Regia

Meconopsis Regia

code: 960 it bore a very close resemblance to the plants these seeds were collected from Family: Papaveraceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Hardy biennial Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.5 meters From dense rosettes of silver and golden pelted leaves arise great monocarpic spikes of sulphur yellow silky flowers. One of the most fabulous

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Meconopsis Villosa

Meconopsis Villosa

code: 959 famous gardener Graham Stuart Thomas sums it up thus, “superbly beautiful” Family: Papaveraceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm A choice and extremely desirable perennial poppy with golden-haired rosettes of leaves with many stems carrying wide, nodding, open globes of bright yellow in the leaf axils. Very

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Meconopsis Wilsonii

Meconopsis Wilsonii

code: 958 golden-eyed, blue-purple flowers Family: Papaveraceae Common name: SUBSP. ORIENTALIS Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Hardy biennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 20+ Newly-described, this very rare, exciting and unbelievably exquisite flower bears spectacular head of closely-packed, golden-eyed, blue-purple flowers, which open over an extended period in late spring on

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Melianthus Villosus

Melianthus Villosus

code: 957 The nectar-filled flowers are intricately veined bizarre Family: Melianthaceae Common name: Honey bush Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 5 large seeds Curious maroon-brown flowers, with chocolate bracts and green stamens, produce unusual inflated fruits above attractive, musky-perfumed deeply-fingered foliage on this very rare plant.

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Melilotus Albus

Melilotus Albus

code: 956 Its characteristic sweet odour Family: Fabaceae Common name: Bokhara clover, Honey clover, Tree clover, Sweet Clover, White-flowered sweet clover, White sweet cl Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10+ The stature and dividing branches of this lovely plant qualify it as the biggest clover plant

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Pennisetum Thunbergii 'Red Buttons'

Pennisetum Thunbergii ‘Red Buttons’

code: 955 Sow at any time, in a well-lit position Family: Poaceae Common name: Fountain Grass ‘Red Buttons’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 38 cm Maximum Height: 50 cm Pennisetum ‘Red Buttons’ or “Fountain Grass” produces deep reddish-black flowers that resemble rabbits’ tails which persist throughout the season, the whole plant forming an attractive

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Penstemon Confertus

Penstemon Confertus

code: 952 Very few seeds collected Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: Yellow Penstemon Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 50 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 This very rare but surprisingly easy-to-grow species, bears densely crowded spikes of a true lemon-yellow, making it the only genuinely yellow penstemon. In the wild it grows locally

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