Ornamental plants

code: 897 sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost Family: Umbelliferae Common name: Scottish Licorice-root, Scottish Lovage Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 We acquired this plant resembling an extremely lovely dwarf angelica some years ago, and called it Angelica ‘Summer Delight’ but have finally […]

code: 895 A justifiably popular native of former Yugoslavia and the Slovenian Alps Family: Liliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Spikes of richly-coloured, soft yellow-orange to tangerine turkscap flowers open on shortish crystal-frosted stems in July. This beauty is easily grown in a

code: 893 Sourced from the damp coastal areas of South Africa Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 23 cm This scarce and diminutive plant with a rosette of daisy-like foliage forms low, spreading stems carrying white flowers with prominently inflated pouches. Sourced from the damp coastal areas of South

code: 892 It bulks up quite readily whether in a scree or a pot Family: Iridaceae Common name: Freesia Joan Evans, Lapeirousia Joan Evans Plant Classification: Half hardy bulb Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15 This tiny bulbous plant, now sometimes called Freesia and once known as Laperousia,

code: 891 It is a visual delight on sunny days … Family: Liliaceae Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 70 cm A haze of starry, pure white lily flowers, with prominent yellow anthers, opens from June through August, over tidy, firm, basal foliage that is handsome in its own right. This

code: 889 Numerous spikes of yellow-throated Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: Hardy Snapdragon Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Numerous spikes of yellow-throated, pale lemon snapdragons arise all summer long and will very gently self-seed wherever they are happy, and this choice and bone-hardy plant from Northern Spain has a

code: 888 Its tolerance to hot and wet weather conditions results Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: Hardy Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm Packet Content(approx.): 40 This superb, melon-peach, fully double, scented flower is the first dwarf double F1 Hybrid variety available making a compact, bushy

code: 887 It seeds itself freely but is very liable to hybridize with A Family: Plantaginaceae Common name: Dwarf Snapdragon, Soft snapdragon Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 This classy snapdragon is actually a small shrub, with grey, softly hairy leaves and quite large flowers, either

code: 884 A perfect alpine house or show-winning plant Family: Brassicaceae or Cruciferae Common name: CHORISPORA ELEGANS Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 6 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Packet Content(approx.): 6 Relatively large, almost stemless, purple-mauve flowers open above prostrate rosettes of attractive, deeply-incised, frilly-edged leaves. A perfect alpine house or show-winning plant, it

code: 883 beauty for the alpine trough or rockery Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 5 cm Obtained with this untraceable name, this tiny plant consists of a prostrate rosette of shiny, miniature leaves, with a central posy of small fragrant golden flowers. Probably new to cultivation and a beauty for the alpine

code: 880 It was Awarded The ‘Award of Garden Merit’ by the RHS Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Virgin’s Bower Plant Classification: Hardy climber Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 This superlative, vigorous, free-flowering variety, has larger flowers than the species, with pale blue nodding flowers bearing beautiful blue petals and

code: 879 A truly stunning cultivar that deserves to be in every garden Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Clematis koreana ‘Blue Eclipse’ Plant Classification: Hardy climber Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 2.4 meters Packet Content(approx.): 10+ This early-flowering deciduous variant of Clematis koreana has single, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, the outside of the sepal being deep-purple,

code: 878 The entire plant spreads very slowly Family: Compositae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 60 cm “Leopard’s Bane”. In spring, many branching stems of large, bright yellow, daisy flowers appear and are continuously produced for weeks on end. The entire plant spreads very slowly via small tubers and is thus also ideal for

code: 877 One of the most lovely alpines Family: Cruciferae Common name: Wind River Draba Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 2 cm Maximum Height: 4 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 Sheets of stemless golden flowers open on a moss-like cushion on this potential show-winner that resembles some of the cushion androsaces. One of the most

code: 875 This new-on-the-scene plant Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ (Syn. Geranium ‘Orchid-Blue’). This new-on-the-scene plant, often confused with the very similar Geranium lanuginosum, produces flowers of a rarely seen shade of pure campanula blue, on low brittle hairy stems. Wonderful in rich

code: 874 Internally pollinated seeds are also sometimes produced later Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Hardy annual Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 This curious and most unusual little gem from the Himalayas grows a spreading cushion upon which appear a succession of black-eyed deep pink flowers in spring

code: 873 This cultivar is often wrongly spelled ‘Bill Wallace’ Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ This is the best cultivar (coming true) of the type, with especially desirable, very deep violet-purple flowers, which are at their impressive best in the late evening. This

code: 872 produced almost endlessly from early summer into late autumn Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 8 An absolutely superb new plant from the mountains of central Japan, source of so many treasures. Large upward-facing saucers, of a darker veined magenta red, are produced