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code: 770 This is an ideal plant for a sheltered garden or conservatory Family: Liliaceae Common name: Gloriosa Lily, Glory Lily Plant Classification: Greenhouse climber Packet Content(approx.): 10 This easily grown and superlative climbing lily bears very large, reflexed, frilled yellow and crimson flowers. Twining stems carry thin leaves which terminate in a clinging tendrils. […]

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

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

code: 765 These lovely flowers will grow equally well in dry Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Lobelia cardinalis, Lobelia siphilitica Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 60 cm Spires of clear blue, snapdragon-like flowers open in succession on strong stems bearing thick, crinkly leaves. These lovely flowers will grow equally well in dry or wet conditions

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

code: 763 It is one of the most easily-grown annuals Family: Campanulaceae Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm A compact variety renowned for its excellent garden performance with clear sky-blue flowers set above narrow, airy foliage on compact plants. It makes a sparkling addition to beds, containers, and

code: 762 A really easy-to-grow annual Family: Campanulaceae Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 7 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Probably the most popular of all bedding lobelias, with dainty, deep blue flowers smothering neat globes of foliage that form very dwarf, compact plants. It makes a sparkling addition to beds, containers, and window-boxes,

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

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

code: 758 It is native of montane Family: Solanaceae Common name: Hyoscyamus physaloides Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 6 This extremely choice and rare plant, which is quite easy to grow, has sizeable, lavender-pink tubular flowers which open in the stem tips in early spring above

code: 757 Seeds can be sown at any time but are best sown in winter Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Betony-leaved Rampion, Devil’s Claw Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Blue flowers with spiky heads open on compact cushions of leaves at high altitudes, up to more than 10,000 feet

code: 756 tidy little herbaceous alpine is perfect for the rock garden or scree Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Rampion Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 22 cm Spiky, violet-blue pom-pom flowers open with curious, shiny-blue claws protruding from them. The lanceolate, deep green leaves unfurl in early spring forming a neat

code: 755 This tall aroid has many spathes blooming from May to late August Family: Araceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 25 cm Maximum Height: 35 cm Packet Content(approx.): 5 This tall aroid has many spathes blooming from May to late August, and bears a marked resemblance to a “Jack in the Pulpit” with

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’.