flowers and plants

Draba Dedeana

Draba Dedeana

code: 844 evenly moist soil and full sun or partial shade Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 8 cm This very distinctive species from Spain and the Pyrenees makes a tiny hard rosette of shiny green, toothed foliage with heads of disproportionately large white flowers. A diminutive, cushion-forming alpine […]

Draba Dedeana Read More »

Draba Dubia

Draba Dubia

code: 843 it is native to the mountainous regions of the Iberian Peninsula Family: Cruciferae Common name: Draba frigida Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 6 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm From May to July cross-shaped white flowers open on diminutive stalks which in time make up small shiny-leafed cushions. First described in 1802 by

Draba Dubia Read More »

Draba Lasiocarpa

Draba Lasiocarpa

code: 842 grow in the rocky grasslands in the Eastern Alps, Carpathians and Balkans Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 25 cm Usually densely tufted hummocks consisting of spiny rosettes produce racemes of yellow flowers in early spring. These tiny treasures grow best in full sun in gritty, sharply

Draba Lasiocarpa Read More »

Draba Magellanica

Draba Magellanica

code: 841 From the cold wastes of Patagonia comes… Family: Cruciferae Common name: Patagonian Whitlow Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm From the cold wastes of Patagonia comes this dwarf alpine with short stem bearing snow-white flowers above clumps of tiny pointed leaves. Sowing advice: Seeds can be

Draba Magellanica Read More »

Draba Sakurai

Draba Sakurai

code: 840 It is ideal for a pot or container or small rock-garden Family: Cruciferae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 8 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm This rare and beautiful Japanese high alpine plant makes a solid rounded cushion covered with sheets of almost stemless, golden-eyed white flowers. It is ideal for a pot

Draba Sakurai Read More »

Draba Hoppeana

Draba Hoppeana

code: 839 It lives, as a rule, above 2200m in France, Italy Family: Cruciferae Common name: Whitlow Grass, Draba zahlbruckneri Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 4 cm Maximum Height: 6 cm This dwarf plant resembles a dwarf dense form of D. aizoides, and forms compact mats bearing racemes of deepest yellow cruciform flowers from

Draba Hoppeana Read More »

Geranium Schlechteri

Geranium Schlechteri

code: 838 rose-pink flowers in mid and late summer Family: Geraniaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10+ This magnificent, newly discovered plant from South Africa, produces large, darker-veined, rose-pink flowers in mid and late summer, over a deep billowing carpet of finely divided silvery-grey leaves making

Geranium Schlechteri Read More »

Geum Urbanum

Geum Urbanum

code: 837 it is credited with the power to drive away evil spirits Family: Roscaeae Common name: Wood avens, Herb Bennet, Colewort , St. Benedict’s herb Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Sprays of yellow flowers open in shady places (such as woodland edges and near hedgerows) usually between

Geum Urbanum Read More »

Lilium Pumilum

Lilium Pumilum

code: 836 native to Mongolia, eastern Siberia Family: Liliaceae Common name: Lilium tenuifolium Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Reflexed, sweetly-perfumed, nodding flowers, brightest red in colour, are sometimes but not always, delicately spotted with black. Named pumilum for its relatively small size, this

Lilium Pumilum Read More »

Lilium Pyrenaicum

Lilium Pyrenaicum

code: 835 This excellent garden plant is happy with both lime Family: Liliaceae Common name: Pyrenean Lily, Yellow Turk’s-cap Lily, Yellow Martagon Lily Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 75 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Heavy heads of glorious, bright, vivid yellow flowers, with, exotic, rather musty perfume, and rust-speckled

Lilium Pyrenaicum Read More »

Linum Arboreum

Linum Arboreum

code: 833 It will do best in a hot sunny spot Family: Linaceae Common name: Arboreum Flax, Tree Flax, Shrubby Flax Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 50 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 This dwarf, evergreen shrub opens its bright yellow flowers successively over a very long period throughout late spring and

Linum Arboreum Read More »

Aristolochia Chilensis

Aristolochia Chilensis

code: 832 purple-green inflated flowers Family: Aristolochiaceae Common name: Fox ear, Virgin Mary’s herb Plant Classification: Half hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 10 An extremely lovely and unusual climber. Boomerang-shaped leaves on twining stems carrying strikingly beautifully marked, purple-green inflated flowers. Sowing advice: Sow seeds at any time onto a good soil-based compost covering seeds with

Aristolochia Chilensis Read More »

Arum Maculatum

Arum Maculatum

code: 830 In autumn, bright, ornamental scarlet berries appear Family: Araceae Common name: Lords and Ladies, Jack in the Pulpit Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 Much loved by children, this flower consists of a purple spadix protruding from a pale yellow spathe. In autumn, bright,

Arum Maculatum Read More »

Arum Orientale

Arum Orientale

code: 829 This form is exceptionally long-flowering in the garden Family: Araceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 23 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 8 Large, shiny, broad, spear-shaped leaves, surround the sizeable green to purplish-brown infused spathes with a white centre which are exceptionally decorative, with their deep purple-brown spadices. This form

Arum Orientale Read More »

Arum Purpureospathum

Arum Purpureospathum

code: 828 Discovered as recently as 1987 Family: Araceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 4 large seeds An enormous spathe of deep rich purple-black surrounds a spadix of almost jet black. Large, polished, deep-green leaves lay below, and in addition, this plant allegedly does not have

Arum Purpureospathum Read More »

Chionochloa Conspicua

Chionochloa Conspicua

code: 826 supporting massive 18 inch divided golden sprays Family: Poaceae Common name: Plumed Tussock Grass, Hunangemoho Grass Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.5 meters Maximum Height: 2.1 meters From New Zealand comes the amazing legendary “Hunangemoho Grass”. Low, tidy clumps of sharp green blades erupt into thick, strong, arching stems, supporting massive 18

Chionochloa Conspicua Read More »

Clematis Ianthina

Clematis Ianthina

code: 824 It is native to Korea and the region of the Amur River Family: Ranunculaceae Plant Classification: Hardy climber Packet Content(approx.): 10 A seldom-seen species clematis with vigorous climbing stems carrying pendent purple or blue-purple, urn-shaped flowers with distinctive white lips. It is native to Korea and the region of the Amur River which

Clematis Ianthina Read More »

Codonopsis Clematidea

Codonopsis Clematidea

code: 823 It prefers a well-drained sunny Family: Campanulaceae Plant Classification: Hardy climber Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm This rarely seen scrambling/climbing plant has the the most exquisite, nodding, bell-shaped flowers in palest ice blue, with the bell-shaped blossoms being veined darker blue on the inside, and sumptous black, orange

Codonopsis Clematidea Read More »