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Aralia Racemosa

Aralia Racemosa

code: 909 the leaflets being large and round with long, pointed tips Family: Araliaceae Common name: American spikenard, Life-of-man, Petty more Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10 This tall, bushy plant, a member of the ginseng family from the United States and Canada, has large compound

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Arenaria Drypidea

Arenaria Drypidea

code: 908 This totally hardy alpine is native to high places Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Turkish Sandwort, Eremogone drypidea Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 8 cm Sprays of white flowers open on thin stems over small cushions of blue-green, needle-like leaves. This totally hardy alpine is native to high places in western Asia including

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Cheiranthus Allionii

Cheiranthus Allionii

code: 907 It should be planted in spring or late summer Family: Cruciferae Common name: Siberian Wallflower Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 Dazzling clusters of perfumed orange flowers absolutely smother the canopy of evergreen foliage on this biennial, bushy plant. It should be planted in

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Chia Seeds

Chia Seeds

code: 905 It is claimed that they have ‘more omega-3 Family: Lamiaceae Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Minimum Height: 50 cm Maximum Height: 70 cm One of the new ‘superfoods’ to arrive, Chia seeds are antioxidant rich, rather like Goji Berries. It is claimed that they have ‘more omega-3 and dietary fibre than any other

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Digitalis Parviflora

Digitalis Parviflora

code: 903 This distinctive, striking… Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: ‘Chocolate Soldier’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 90 cm Slender spikes hold numerous densely massed chocolate brown tubular flowers. This distinctive, striking and lovely completely perennial plant is appropriately also called ‘Chocolate Soldier’. Sowing advice: For best results, sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based

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Lilium Pardalinum

Lilium Pardalinum

code: 900 It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit Family: Liliaceae Common name: Leopard Lily, Panther Lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 1.5 meters Maximum Height: 2.1 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 This famous and robust lily forms clumps of erect stems bearing whorled leaves and several nodding, dark-spotted, orange-red flowers

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Ligularia Clivorum 'Desdemona'

Ligularia Clivorum ‘Desdemona’

code: 899 This exceptional back-of-border Family: Asteraceae Common name: MIDNIGHT LADY Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 80 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters Three inch wide, bright orange flowers on branching purple stems, stand above glossy, beetroot-coloured, heart-shaped leaves. This exceptional back-of-border or even bog plant attracts countless butterflies and moths, such as the Painted

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Ligusticum Huteri Syn. Lucidum

Ligusticum Huteri Syn. Lucidum

code: 898 It has now become a threatened plant species due to habitat loss Family: Umbelliferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 60 cm Umbels of fragrant white flowers arise above compact basal clumps of very finely-divided, parsley-like foliage. This Spanish endemic plant’s natural habitats are mainly a Mediterranean-type Garrigue shrubby vegetation and on rocky

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Ligusticum Scoticum

Ligusticum Scoticum

code: 897 sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost Family: Umbelliferae Common name: Scottish Licorice-root, Scottish Lovage Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 We acquired this plant resembling an extremely lovely dwarf angelica some years ago, and called it Angelica ‘Summer Delight’ but have finally

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Lilium Canadense

Lilium Canadense

code: 896 keeping the seed pot in a cool, well-lit spot outdoors Family: Liliaceae Common name: Canadian Lily, Wild Yellow-Lily, Meadow Lily, Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters This truly elegant plant opens its nodding, yellow, orange or red spotted flowers in June. It is altogether less robust in appearance than the Martagon

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Lilium Carniolicum

Lilium Carniolicum

code: 895 A justifiably popular native of former Yugoslavia and the Slovenian Alps Family: Liliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Spikes of richly-coloured, soft yellow-orange to tangerine turkscap flowers open on shortish crystal-frosted stems in July. This beauty is easily grown in a

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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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