Ornamental plants

code: 871 Profuse sprays of icing pink flowers Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 75 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ Profuse sprays of icing pink flowers, are produced in midsummer on this lovely selection from a Geranium sylvaticum hybrid which was originally selected here many years ago and comes rewardingly […]

code: 863 Broad clumps of leaves in spring Family: Poaceae Common name: Waterfall Millet, Chinese Bead Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters A top quality, valuable newcomer about which we can find no reference. Broad clumps of leaves in spring, very much like an aspidistra, make a spectacular

code: 862 It also makes an attractive early pot plant! Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: “Silene dioica variegated”. Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 45 cm Another Plantworld Seed introduction. The fascinating variegated ornamental foliage comes reasonably true from seed. Green seedlings often germinate first, so reject these as they will not variegate later. Leaves are

code: 860 germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: White Campion, Melandrium album, Grave Flower Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Long stems hold dividing sprays of pure white flowers. For such a pretty plant it also has some

code: 859 Its home is on the high mountains of the Balkan peninsula and the Carpathians Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Silene macedonica Formánek Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Superficially similar to S. rupestris, this tiny mountain plant has short arching stems bearing wider, star-shaped flowers with narrower, red

code: 855 golden leaves beautifully edged in shades of purple! Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Silene dioica Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 40 cm Another new discovery from Plant world! The busy bees carried pollen from a Silene Purple Prince onto Ray’s Golden Campion which has golden leaves. Who would have

code: 853 summer on this unusual member of the poppy family Family: Papaveraceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 45 cm Large numbers of heavily doubled cup-shaped tiny yellow “poppies” are massed in branching sprays. Finely divided leaves make a substantial sprawling mass during spring and summer on this unusual member of the poppy family.

code: 852 From a tightly packed clump of darkest green Family: Gramineae Common name: Red Tussock Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 1.4 meters From a tightly packed clump of darkest green, thick arching blades, arise long flowering stems holding terminal spikes of mahogany seed heads. This valuable, extravagant, flamboyant

code: 851 This spectacular plant does best in a hot Family: Cistaceae Common name: C. ALBANICUS Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.0 meter Packet Content(approx.): 10 Very large, golden-eyed, frilly white flowers open on bushes of coarse rough leaves. This spectacular plant does best in a hot, well-drained spot where

code: 850 It makes a superb cloak for anything less beautiful Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Sweet-scented virgin’s bower Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 12 This highly desirable, vigorous, deciduous climber bears a very heavy crop of very fragrant, pure white flowers in panicles up to 12 inches long, and which open over the whole

code: 849 It will quickly cover any unsightly fence or shrub Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Virgin’s Bower Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 8 This fairly vigorous Japanese climber bears from spring to early autumn intriguing urn-shaped flowers, the four fleshy petals staying almost closed, and covered on the outside with brown hairs, resembling a

code: 848 The flowers are made up of urn-shaped cups of deep silvery-purple-blue petal-like sepals Family: Ranunculaceae Common name: Scott’s Clematis, Hairy Clematis Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 5 This rare plant, native to much of the western United States, from Washington to Nebraska, has hairy

code: 847 A close relative of Clematis tangutica Family: Ranunculaceae Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 10+ A close relative of Clematis tangutica, this relatively new and quite rare flower differs as its sepals are considerably more greenish-yellow rather than lemon-yellow, and are densely pubescent inside and glabrous outside rather than the other way round

code: 846 It erects slim, tall, hairy stems Family: PRIMULACEAE Common name: SIERRA SHOOTING STAR, TALL MOUNTAIN SHOOTING STAR Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 15+ Jeffrey’s shooting star is native to western North America from California to Alaska to Montana, where it grows in mountain meadows