flowers and plants

Arisaema Consanguineum

Arisaema Consanguineum

code: 739 A long-lived attractive tuberous plant with striking Family: Araceae Common name: Himalayan Cobra Lily, Tian Nan Xing Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 A long-lived attractive tuberous plant with striking, cobra head-like flowers amidst long-stemmed deeply divided leaves. Later appear the large heads of […]

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Argemone Ochroleuca

Argemone Ochroleuca

code: 738 The large, showy flowers can vary from pale peach to yellow Family: Papaveraceae Common name: Mexican Poppy, Devil’s Fig, Golden Thistle of Peru, Biniguy Thistle, Mexican Prickle Poppy Plant Classification: Half hardy annual Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 1.2 meters Leafy stems grow most attractively variegated, prickly lobed leaves. The large, showy

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Ardisia Macrocarpa

Ardisia Macrocarpa

code: 736 These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months Family: MYRSINACEAE Common name: Himalayan Coralberry Plant Classification: Half hardy shrub Minimum Height: 90 cm Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 5 The “Himalayan Coralberry” is a cool growing compact bush from the eastern Himalayas bearing dark green leaves with undulate

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Coreopsis Schnittgold

Coreopsis Schnittgold

code: 734 its fine foliage with lightly hairy stems makings a nice transition between various textures Family: Compositae Common name: Coreopsis ‘Cutting Gold’, Coreopsis auriculata Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 In early summer, single flower heads open, of a vivid golden yellow, each up to

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Corokia Virgata 'Yellow Wonder'

Corokia Virgata ‘Yellow Wonder’

code: 733 It is perfect for coastal and windy Family: ESCALLONIACEAE Common name: Corokia Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.8 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 large seeds This extremely attractive, erect, bushy shrub bears branching, woody stems covered with small grey green leathery leaves. In summer it produces clusters of beautiful

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Coronilla Coronata

Coronilla Coronata

code: 732 It is found in Central Europe down to the Balkan peninsula Family: Fabaceae Common name: Scorpion Vetch Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 23 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 12 This unusual herbaceous perennial has compound leaves and bright yellow pea-flowers borne from mid-spring to late summer and could be described

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Cortusa Matthioli

Cortusa Matthioli

code: 731 It will do the same in the garden provided Family: Primulaceae Common name: Alpine Bells Minimum Height: 15 cm Maximum Height: 23 cm This delicate, dwarf, and rarely offered primula relative bears umbels of deeply cleft, purple bells on delicate stems in early spring. In the wild it grows in moist damp woodlands

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Corydalis Nobilis

Corydalis Nobilis

code: 730 A focal point in the spring garden Family: Papaveraceae Common name: Siberian corydalis Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 Clumps of blue green, dissected, ferny foliage are the perfect backdrop for the clustered primrose yellow, purple-brown tipped flowers that open from huge clusters of

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Corydalis Ochroleuca

Corydalis Ochroleuca

code: 729 greenish-yellow and white flowers Family: Papaveraceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 20 cm This lovely compact plant is somewhat similar to Corydalis lutea, but has greyer foliage in spring and for most of the summer, below a long succession of striking, bicoloured, greenish-yellow and white flowers. Sowing advice: Seeds can be sown

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Convallaria Majalis Variegated

Convallaria Majalis Variegated

code: 728 The bright green leaves are deeply slashed Family: Liliaceae Common name: LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY VARIEGATA Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 10 cm Maximum Height: 15 cm Packet Content(approx.): 5 large seeds The beautiful, sweetly-perfumed lily-of-the-valley needs little description. But the variegated-leafed form is absolutely magnificent. The bright green leaves are deeply slashed and striped

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Lychnis Coronaria 'Angel's Blush'

Lychnis Coronaria ‘Angel’s Blush’

code: 726 A lovely long-lived cottage garden plant Family: Caryophyllaceae Common name: Angel’s Blush Bloody Mary. LYCHNIS CORONARI OCULATA Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 90 cm The pink-eyed white-flowered form of the woolly, grey-leaved Lychnis coronaria comes quite true from seed but the pink eye varies quite bizarrely with the

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Lupinus Microcarpus

Lupinus Microcarpus

code: 723 It is Endemic to Chile Family: Fabaceae Common name: Wide-bannered Lupin, Chick Lupine Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Hardy annual Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 30 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 This delightful, rarely offered, diminutive annual bears purple or blue and white lupin-type blooms. A charming little plant, it is very floriferous with

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Phormium Tenax

Phormium Tenax

code: 722 Few plants offer such dramatic form or presence Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae Common name: Common flax lily, Flax bush, New Zealand hemp, New Zealand Flax Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 3.6 meters Upright fans of broad, robust, spear-like, grey-green leaves, glaucous on the reverse, just seem to explode out of

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Phygelius Capensis

Phygelius Capensis

code: 721 red-orange tubular flowers Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: River Bells, Cape Figwort Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 2.0 meters Tubular, pendent, red-orange tubular flowers which are arranged around the stem on long stalks, open over a long period in summer. Vaguely similar to fuchsias, but unrelated, they

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Physaria Didymocarpa

Physaria Didymocarpa

code: 720 including British Columbia and Alberta in Canada Family: Brassicaceae Common name: Common Twinpod Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 10 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 This uncommon alpine makes compact rosettes of silver-grey leaves from which radiate several thin, prostrate stems carrying terminal bunches of fragrant yellow flowers. When these

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