code: 813 This is the Chinese form of European liquorice Family: Fabaceae Common name: Yunnan Liquorice, Chinese Liquorice Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10 Pink, clover-like flower heads ripen to what is probably the most attractive aspect of this plant, which is the great globular seed […]
code: 781 This compact form makes basal rosettes of divided leathery leaves Family: Apiaceae Common name: Garden Angelica, Holy Ghost, Wild Celery, Vossakvann angelica, and Norwegian angelica Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Hardy biennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm This is the genuine, true wild “Norwegian Angelica”, collected from the shoreline in northern
code: 779 Native to Northeast Asia and Korea Family: Campanulaceae Common name: Poor Man’s Ginseng, Dang Shen Plant Classification: Hardy climber Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 2.4 meters Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Native to Northeast Asia and Korea, this very vigorous ornamental vine produces heart-shaped leaves and unusual-coloured bell-shaped, yellow-olive green flowers, delicately shaded on the
code: 778 This beautiful and unusual hardy climber from Western China makes long Family: Campanulaceae Common name: “Climbing Bellflower” Plant Classification: Hardy climber Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10 This beautiful and unusual hardy climber from Western China makes long, hairy, ascending stems from which dangle unusually large, delicate, yellowish-green bells, soft
code: 774 In well-drained soil this plant can self-seed making stunning drifts with time Family: Commelinaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Stunning gentian-blue flowers are produced on short stems, daily from midsummer onwards. The dazzling flowers fade by afternoon but are replaced by fresh ones
code: 771 Keep the pot moist at a temperature of between 18 and 22 degrees C Family: Colchicaceae Common name: Climbing Lily, Littonia modesta Plant Classification: Half hardy climber Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 5 This beautiful climbing lily opens its waxy orange flowers over a very long period over the summer, usually growing
code: 768 Long flowing stems hold deeply-cut Family: Papaveraceae Common name: ‘YELLOW HORNED POPPY’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Hardy annual Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Long flowing stems hold deeply-cut, grey-green foliage and large, silky yellow flowers which produce enormous, long, thin curved seed pods, hence its popular name “Horned Poppy”. These
code: 759 The tree has a crooked trunk and spreading branches Family: Phyllanthaceae Common name: Indian gooseberry, Emblica officinalis, Amla Plant Classification: Greenhouse perennial Minimum Height: 4.0 meters Maximum Height: 18.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 20 Indian gooseberry fruit eaten raw is quite sour and astringent, and in India it is common to eat gooseberries sweetened
code: 745 famous plant is perhaps THE classic alpine plant Family: Primulaceae Common name: “Snow-Bells” Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 10 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 This famous plant is perhaps THE classic alpine plant, epitomising spring, as the delicately fringed purple bells push up through the snow with leathery dark green rounded leaves. This
code: 736 These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months Family: MYRSINACEAE Common name: Himalayan Coralberry Plant Classification: Half hardy shrub Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 5 The “Himalayan Coralberry” is a cool growing compact bush from the eastern Himalayas bearing dark green leaves with undulate
code: 721 red-orange tubular flowers Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: River Bells, Cape Figwort Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 2.0 meters Tubular, pendent, red-orange tubular flowers which are arranged around the stem on long stalks, open over a long period in summer. Vaguely similar to fuchsias, but unrelated, they
code: 716 native to South America Family: Solanaceae Common name: Naranjilla, Lulo Plant Classification: Half hardy shrub Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15 These attractive orange fruits have a refreshing citrus flavour, sometimes described as a combination of rhubarb and lime, and the bright green juice is often used as
code: 715 The attractive sprays of leaves Family: Fabaceae Common name: West Coast Kowhai Plant Classification: Half hardy tree Hardy tree Half hardy shrub Minimum Height: 3.0 meters Maximum Height: 9.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 6 Golden flowers open in Spring on this lovely tree which is almost considered New Zealand’s national flower. The attractive sprays
code: 714 Seeds should ideally germinate in between 2 and 6 weeks Family: Lamiaceae Common name: Korean Mint Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm This fragrant aniseed-perfumed perennial from the Korean mountains displays six inch swollen spikes of blue-mauve flowers throughout summer and autumn. Sowing advice: For best results,
code: 711 Crowded umbels of waxy-orange flowers Family: Asclepiadaceae Common name: Butterfly Weed, Milkweed, Pleurisy Root Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 8 Crowded umbels of waxy-orange flowers, with reflexed petals, are held on strong stems giving three months or more of tangerine orange blooms. They make
code: 710 The attractive black seedheads that follow the flowers have their own appeal Family: XANTHORRHOEACEAE Common name: Jacob’s rod, Asphodeline liburnicus Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 80 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters The upstanding habit and racemes of star-shaped, pale yellow flowers, striped green on the backs of the petals, are quite exceptional
code: 707 It is very easy in cultivation with narrow short leaves Family: Colchicaceae Common name: Autumn Crocus, Naked Lady, Meadow Saffron Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 15 cm Native to only a few high mountain meadows on the island of Corsica, this plant has both pink and white flowered forms in
code: 683 The mid green leaves have white veining Common name: Red-ink Plant, Indian Pokeweed, Phytolacca esculenta, Himalayan Pokeweed Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 2.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 A white flowering perennial plant with large oval shaped leaves and white flowers appearing in July to August which are
code: 682 In late summer and autumn, the stems are studded Family: Phytolaccacea Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm This new and lovely variegated form of the hardy herbaceous “Indian Poke” plant has beautifully marbled and mottled cream leaves. In late summer and autumn, the stems are studded with
code: 681 It makes an attractivev dwarf addition to the rock garden Family: Plantaginaceae Common name: Buckshorn plantain Minimum Height: 6 cm Maximum Height: 12 cm Probably the prettiest and daintiest of all of the plantains, this diminutive perennial plant occurs in dry, open, often heavily trampled, habitats on acidic to basic stony or sandy
