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. […]
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code: 952 Very few seeds collected Family: Scrophulariaceae Common name: Yellow Penstemon Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 20 cm Maximum Height: 50 cm Packet Content(approx.): 20 This very rare but surprisingly easy-to-grow species, bears densely crowded spikes of a true lemon-yellow, making it the only genuinely yellow penstemon. In the wild it grows locally
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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
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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: 949 In the wild it is confined to the mountainous rim of north west China Family: Crassulaceae Common name: Stonecrop Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 38 cm An unusual member of the section Telephium, this non-spreading clump-former opens sheets of bright yellow flowers in early summer on strong stems
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code: 948 fleshy stems reaching up to twenty feet long in old Family: Cactaceae Common name: Hylocereus megalanthus, Yellow Pitahaya Plant Classification: Half hardy shrub Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 3.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 8 This unusual climbing terrestrial or epiphytic cactus has thin, twining, fleshy stems reaching up to twenty feet long in
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code: 947 Their care is easy, as they thrive on neglect Family: Crassulaceae Common name: Yellow houseleek Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 5 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm This lovely variety has rosettes of succulent green leaves which often shade to red when older, stout stems bearing the trusses of red-eyed, starry yellow flowers.
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code: 946 discovered on the mountains of South Africa Family: Compositae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm A long-flowering dazzler discovered on the mountains of South Africa. Numerous erect stems produce an everlasting display of carmine rose flowers from early spring until the autumn frosts. Sowing advice: For best
code: 945 it can be introduced to flowerbeds and borders Family: Compositae Common name: Salsify Plant Classification: Hardy biennial Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), also called Common Salsify, Jerusalem Star, Goatsbeard, Vegetable Oyster, Salsify, White Salsify, Wild Salsify is a biennal root vegetable which prefers well drained soil and cool climates. It is the member of the
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code: 943 it is very long-lived. Few seeds collected Family: Fabaceae Common name: Carolina Lupine, False Lupine, Golden Banner Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 60 cm Maximum Height: 85 cm Packet Content(approx.): 10 A spectacular, upright bloomer with a habit rather like a lupin, sprouting late spring, fragrant, primrose-yellow blooms on stems which emerge
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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
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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
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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
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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
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code: 936 for pod production as it is widely cultivated for its edible pods Family: Fabaceae Common name: Carob, St John’s Bread Plant Classification: Half hardy tree Half hardy shrub Minimum Height: 3.0 meters Maximum Height: 15.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 6 large seeds These long-lived trees, native to the Mediterranean areas and into the Middle
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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
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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
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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
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code: 932 In cooler countries it attracts bees and butterflies Family: Solanaceae Common name: Green Cestrum, Chilean Cestrum, Willow-leaved Jessamine Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 2.7 meters Packet Content(approx.): 6 Amidst light green shiny leaves arise sprays of small, tubular, very fragrant, yellow-green flowers on the ends of the stems,
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
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