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code: 572 This medium height sunflower Family: Compositae Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Black centres contrast superbly with bright yellow petals on sturdy plants. This medium height sunflower which has multi-branching heads is ideal for beds, borders and also for children to grow Sowing advice: Sow March […]

code: 540 The slow-creeping carpet of stems carries short Family: Compositae Common name: Strachey’s Aster Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Diminutive in all aspects apart from flower size, this rare, dwarf creeping plant bears short-stemmed, pinkish mauve flowers with numerous exceptionally thin petals. The slow-creeping carpet of stems

code: 522 Finely cut silky leaves enhance this classic early beauty Family: Ranunculaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 30 cm Large rich silky goblets of blue, purple and mauve in early spring turn into large fluffy seed heads. Finely cut silky leaves enhance this classic early beauty. (Fresh seed. Warning, old seed rarely comes

Code:507 this plant will perform trouble-free for many years Family: Scrophulariaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.8 meters This impressive foxglove is amongst the tallest we have ever seen. Several long thin spires arise, clad along most of their length with large-lipped, dark-veined orange flowers. Soundly perennial and bone hardy,

Code:506 It gets flowers in the spring Family: Primulaceae Common name: Pride of Ohio, Shooting stars Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20+ This attractive herbaceous plant has white or pink petals which nod from an umbel, protruding from a scape 8 to 20 inches tall. It

Code:505 it is found in rocky crevices Family: Cruciferae Common name: Denseleaf draba, Alpine Whitlow-Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm This tiny plant forms hard cushion-like mats of small fleshy, hairy, pointed leaves smothered in bright yellow flowers in early spring. Native to western North America, it is

Code:504 A valuable and very long-lived plant that will self-seed Family: Liliaceae Common name: Trout lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Maximum Height: 30 cm The fabled “trout lily” is perhaps the choicest of all erythroniums. Lily-like, palest peach, spring flowers open for a long period above leaves beautifully mottled in purple, brown and white. A

code: 503 It is easy to keep going if allowed to remain dormant Family: Asparagaceae Common name: Pineapple flower, Wine Eucomis Plant Classification: Half hardy bulb Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 One of the most extravagant and impressive forms for the garden, this variety makes

code: 503 sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost Family: Euphorbiaceae Common name: ‘Grey Hedgehog’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 New to us is this superlative dwarf. Like a big silver-grey beach-ball cut in half, then studded with countless golden flowers. Non-running, non-dying (seems

Code:502 A new and extremely beautiful hybrid between E Family: Euphorbiaceous Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 15+ seeds A new and extremely beautiful hybrid between E. mellifera and the very rare E. stygiana which is now almost extinct in its home on the Azores Islands. Broad

code: 501 Very few good individual seeds are ever collected Family: Euphorbiaceae Common name: Chrome Spurge, Cushion Spurge. Euphorbia epithymoides Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 25 cm Maximum Height: 40 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Making a compact dome, this clump-forming herbaceous gem pushes up leafy stems and dazzling terminal clusters of acid-yellow flowers, which