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Clematis Flammula

Clematis Flammula

code: 850 It makes a superb cloak for anything less beautiful Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Sweet-scented virgin’s bower Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 12 This highly desirable, vigorous, deciduous climber bears a very heavy crop of very fragrant, pure white flowers in panicles up to 12 inches long, and which open over the whole […]

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Clematis Fusca

Clematis Fusca

code: 849 It will quickly cover any unsightly fence or shrub Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Virgin’s Bower Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 8 This fairly vigorous Japanese climber bears from spring to early autumn intriguing urn-shaped flowers, the four fleshy petals staying almost closed, and covered on the outside with brown hairs, resembling a

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Clematis Hirsutissima

Clematis Hirsutissima

code: 848 The flowers are made up of urn-shaped cups of deep silvery-purple-blue petal-like sepals Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Scott’s Clematis, Hairy Clematis Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 5 This rare plant, native to much of the western United States, from Washington to Nebraska, has hairy

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Clematis Ladakhiana

Clematis Ladakhiana

code: 847 A close relative of Clematis tangutica Family: Ranunculaceae Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 10+ A close relative of Clematis tangutica, this relatively new and quite rare flower differs as its sepals are considerably more greenish-yellow rather than lemon-yellow, and are densely pubescent inside and glabrous outside rather than the other way round

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Dodecatheon Jeffreyi

Dodecatheon Jeffreyi

code: 846 It erects slim, tall, hairy stems Family: PRIMULACEAE Common name: SIERRA SHOOTING STAR, TALL MOUNTAIN SHOOTING STAR Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15+ Jeffrey’s shooting star is native to western North America from California to Alaska to Montana, where it grows in mountain meadows

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Draba Aizoides

Draba Aizoides

code: 845 It is ideal for pan culture or on a small scree or rock-garden Family: Cruciferae Common name: Alpine Whitlow-grass, Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 13 cm This rather diminutive alpine is a slow growing, mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial. It has rosettes of small, dark-green leaves and in late spring,

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Draba Dedeana

Draba Dedeana

code: 844 evenly moist soil and full sun or partial shade Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 8 cm This very distinctive species from Spain and the Pyrenees makes a tiny hard rosette of shiny green, toothed foliage with heads of disproportionately large white flowers. A diminutive, cushion-forming alpine

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Draba Dubia

Draba Dubia

code: 843 it is native to the mountainous regions of the Iberian Peninsula Family: Cruciferae Common name: Draba frigida Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 6 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm From May to July cross-shaped white flowers open on diminutive stalks which in time make up small shiny-leafed cushions. First described in 1802 by

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Draba Lasiocarpa

Draba Lasiocarpa

code: 842 grow in the rocky grasslands in the Eastern Alps, Carpathians and Balkans Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 25 cm Usually densely tufted hummocks consisting of spiny rosettes produce racemes of yellow flowers in early spring. These tiny treasures grow best in full sun in gritty, sharply

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Draba Magellanica

Draba Magellanica

code: 841 From the cold wastes of Patagonia comes… Family: Cruciferae Common name: Patagonian Whitlow Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm From the cold wastes of Patagonia comes this dwarf alpine with short stem bearing snow-white flowers above clumps of tiny pointed leaves. Sowing advice: Seeds can be

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Draba Sakurai

Draba Sakurai

code: 840 It is ideal for a pot or container or small rock-garden Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm This rare and beautiful Japanese high alpine plant makes a solid rounded cushion covered with sheets of almost stemless, golden-eyed white flowers. It is ideal for a pot

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Draba Hoppeana

Draba Hoppeana

code: 839 It lives, as a rule, above 2200m in France, Italy Family: Cruciferae Common name: Whitlow Grass, Draba zahlbruckneri Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 4 cm Maximum Height: 6 cm This dwarf plant resembles a dwarf dense form of D. aizoides, and forms compact mats bearing racemes of deepest yellow cruciform flowers from

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Geranium Schlechteri

Geranium Schlechteri

code: 838 rose-pink flowers in mid and late summer Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ This magnificent, newly discovered plant from South Africa, produces large, darker-veined, rose-pink flowers in mid and late summer, over a deep billowing carpet of finely divided silvery-grey leaves making

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Geum Urbanum

Geum Urbanum

code: 837 it is credited with the power to drive away evil spirits Family: Roscaeae Common name: Wood avens, Herb Bennet, Colewort , St. Benedict’s herb Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Sprays of yellow flowers open in shady places (such as woodland edges and near hedgerows) usually between

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Lilium Pumilum

Lilium Pumilum

code: 836 native to Mongolia, eastern Siberia Family: Liliaceae Common name: Lilium tenuifolium Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Reflexed, sweetly-perfumed, nodding flowers, brightest red in colour, are sometimes but not always, delicately spotted with black. Named pumilum for its relatively small size, this

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Lilium Pyrenaicum

Lilium Pyrenaicum

code: 835 This excellent garden plant is happy with both lime Family: Liliaceae Common name: Pyrenean Lily, Yellow Turk’s-cap Lily, Yellow Martagon Lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 75 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Heavy heads of glorious, bright, vivid yellow flowers, with, exotic, rather musty perfume, and rust-speckled

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Linum Arboreum

Linum Arboreum

code: 833 It will do best in a hot sunny spot Family: Linaceae Common name: Arboreum Flax, Tree Flax, Shrubby Flax Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 50 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 This dwarf, evergreen shrub opens its bright yellow flowers successively over a very long period throughout late spring and

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Aristolochia Chilensis

Aristolochia Chilensis

code: 832 purple-green inflated flowers Family: Aristolochiaceae Common name: Fox ear, Virgin Mary’s herb Plant Classification: Half hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 10 An extremely lovely and unusual climber. Boomerang-shaped leaves on twining stems carrying strikingly beautifully marked, purple-green inflated flowers. Sowing advice: Sow seeds at any time onto a good soil-based compost covering seeds with

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