Ornamental plants

code: 958 golden-eyed, blue-purple flowers Family: Papaveraceae Common name: SUBSP. ORIENTALIS Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Hardy biennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 20+ Newly-described, this very rare, exciting and unbelievably exquisite flower bears spectacular head of closely-packed, golden-eyed, blue-purple flowers, which open over an extended period in late spring on […]

code: 957 The nectar-filled flowers are intricately veined bizarre Family: Melianthaceae Common name: Honey bush Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 5 large seeds Curious maroon-brown flowers, with chocolate bracts and green stamens, produce unusual inflated fruits above attractive, musky-perfumed deeply-fingered foliage on this very rare plant.

code: 955 Sow at any time, in a well-lit position Family: Poaceae Common name: Fountain Grass ‘Red Buttons’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 38 cm Maximum Height: 50 cm Pennisetum ‘Red Buttons’ or “Fountain Grass” produces deep reddish-black flowers that resemble rabbits’ tails which persist throughout the season, the whole plant forming an attractive

code: 954 This is a lovely bright form of this species Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: Penstemon hirsutus ‘Blue Foam’ Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 37.5 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm This is a lovely bright form of this species from the mountainous western states of the USA, where it decorates the hillsides with compact

code: 953 deep pink trumpet flowers from early to mid-summer Family: Scrophulariaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Very hardy evergreen clumps produce long tapering stems of red and deep pink trumpet flowers from early to mid-summer. Cut back heavily in early spring for a long season of bloom.

code: 951 Very few good seeds collected from this extreme colour form of this plant Family: Crassulaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ Smallish leaves with scalloped edges are in attractive shades of green and mauve in spring, then darken to deepest burgundy as the season

code: 950 ornamental plant is grown in gardens Family: Crassulaceae Common name: Stonecrop, Reflexed Stonecrop, Blue Stonecrop, Jenny’s Stonecrop and Prick-madam Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Sedum reflexum plants have sprawling stems and stiff, quite brittle foliage, resembling spruce branches, with blue-grey to grey succulent leaves, and yellow

code: 940 one of the most profoundly interesting talking points you will ever grow Family: Taccaceae Common name: Cat’s Head Plant Plant Classification: Greenhouse perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Another incredible flowering oddity with large, green veined white flowers, resembling triangular cloaks, sprouting long trailing whiskers from their

code: 939 The long lasting inflorescence are also good as cut flowers Family: Taccaceae Common name: Green Bat Plant, Devil’s Whiskers. Plant Classification: Greenhouse perennial Minimum Height: 38 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 An unusual and rarely offered variety that has intriguing dusky green blooms with bat-like, long green tentacles. In colder

code: 938 This rarely seen perennial deserves better recognition Family: Apocynaceae Common name: Rhazya, Eastern Bluestar Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 Starry clusters of elegant pale blue starry flowers appear from spring to midsummer. This rarely seen perennial deserves better recognition for its long flowering

code: 937 Seeds can be sown at any time Family: Asteraceae Common name: Pearly Everlasting, Silver anaphalis, Alpine Everlasting Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20+ Clusters of white pom-pom flowers open on short stems which arise from compact clumps of soft felted silvery-grey leaves & stems

code: 935 The grey-green foliage has a distinctly nutty fragrance Family: Pedaliaceae Common name: African Foxglove Plant Classification: Half hardy perennial Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.4 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10 Waiting in the wings of commerce is this graceful and very rare African plant with long spikes of pure snow

code: 934 This treasure is one of the fastest growing plants available Family: Boraginaceae Common name: “Honeywort” or “Wax-Flower” Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 “Honeywort” or “Wax-Flower”, much loved by bees and flowering throughout spring and summer has deep blue pendulous bracts which are

code: 933 Performs best in a warm open position Family: Boraginaceae Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 A new and quite delightful dwarf cerinthe. Terminal clusters of golden flowers are carried on branching stems which carry attractive, white-spotted rubbery leaves. Performs best in a warm

code: 931 It spreads very slowly indeed by underground rhizomes Family: Apiaceae Common name: Hairy Chervil Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm This attractive, relatively dwarf British native plant has tight umbels of ivory-white flowers on quite short stems held above ferny, feathery foliage, the entire plant smelling of

code: 927 Large violet blue flowers are produced all summer Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Maximum Height: 45 cm A fascinating plant from Sicily. Large violet blue flowers are produced all summer, followed by remarkable, enormous corkscrew seeds which are commercially used for making hygrometers (to measure dampness) – wet one and watch what

code: 926 It is most desirable in the garden Family: Umbelliferae Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Eryngium giganteum, also know as Eryngium Miss Willmott’s ghost, is a robust biennial or short-lived perennial forming a rosette of heart-shaped basal leaves, and spiny stem leaves, with cone-like umbels of tiny

code: 925 It makes long-lasting cut flowers, and can indeed also be dried Family: Apiaceae Common name: Sea Holly Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Erect, much-branched, violet-blue stems, carrying cone-like purple heads surrounded by narrow, dark blue bracts, arise from basal rosette of grey-green leaves on this sun-loving

code: 924 easy to grow Family: ASPARAGACEAE Common name: Armenian Grape Hyacinth Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm The stubby clusters of flowers of this lovely plant are purple, blue (with a white fringe), or white, and it is hardy, easy to grow, and has long-lasting blooms, and no

code: 923 The “Tassel Hyacinths”, at 40cm Family: ASPARAGACEAE/LILIACEAE Common name: Tassel Hyacinth, Edible Muscari, Hairy Muscari, Leopoldia comosa Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15 Originating in south-east Europe to Turkey and Iran, and described by Polunin as “a striking plant”, these are the most unusual