flowers and plants

Antirrhinum Molle

Antirrhinum Molle

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

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Chiastophyllum Oppositifolium

Chiastophyllum Oppositifolium

code: 886 Arching stems carrying sprays of yellow ‘lambs tail’ flowers Family: Crassulaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Maximum Height: 15 cm A superb rockery or wall plant. Arching stems carrying sprays of yellow ‘lambs tail’ flowers, sprouting from hardy evergreen succulent rosettes. A very long lived, high value plant. Sowing advice: Seeds can be sown

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Chionochloa Flavescens

Chionochloa Flavescens

code: 885 One of the three very best grasses we have grown Family: Poaceae Common name: Broad-leafed Snow Tussock Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.8 meters A fabulously impressive New Zealand grass. Long, stout wands carry twelve inch long heads of golden tassels towering above stiff compact tussocks. One of

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Chorispora Sabulosa

Chorispora Sabulosa

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

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Cistus Populifolis

Cistus Populifolis

code: 882 chalk-white flowers Family: Cistaceae Common name: Poplar Leafed Cistus Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Minimum Height: 1.2 meters Maximum Height: 1.5 meters Packet Content(approx.): 12 In spring, handsome clusters of large round buds enclosed in red sepals open into golden-eyed, chalk-white flowers, over a dense bush of very attractive, pointed, fresh-green aromatic leaves which

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Citrofortunella Mitis Variegata

Citrofortunella Mitis Variegata

code: 881 The plant is a cross between a kumquat Family: Rutaceae Common name: Variegated Calamondin Orange, Panama Orange, Citrus madurensis, Citrus mitis, Musk Lime Plant Classification: Half hardy tree Minimum Height: 1.0 meter Maximum Height: 6.0 meters Packet Content(approx.): 5 The famous and choice ‘Calamondin’ orange has beautiful cream and green variegated foliage, with

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Clematis ALpina 'Frances Rivis'

Clematis ALpina ‘Frances Rivis’

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

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Clematis 'Blue Eclipse'

Clematis ‘Blue Eclipse’

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,

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Doronicum Austriacum

Doronicum Austriacum

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

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Draba Ventosa

Draba Ventosa

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

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Draba Ramosissima

Draba Ramosissima

code: 876 It is native to Kentucky, West Virginia Family: Cruceiferae Common name: Branched Draba Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 30 cm Maximum Height: 45 cm This most unusual, petite plant has beautiful basal rosettes, rather resembling hens-and-chicks sempervivums, and disproportionally large white flowers, in heavy sprays, all above leaves with interesting jagged margins

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Geranium Bohemicum

Geranium Bohemicum

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

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Geranium Ocellatum

Geranium Ocellatum

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

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Geranium Pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis'

Geranium Pyrenaicum ‘Bill Wallis’

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

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Geranium Soboliferum

Geranium Soboliferum

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

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Geranium sylvaticum 'ray's pink'

Geranium Sylvaticum ‘Ray’s Pink’

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

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