flowers and plants

Peucedanum Verticillare

Peucedanum Verticillare

code: 866 A regal plant for the back-of-the-border Family: Umbelliferae Plant Classification: Hardy bulb Minimum Height: 1.8 meters Maximum Height: 2.1 meters A regal plant for the back-of-the-border. Broomstick-sized, but hollow, ruby red stems ageing black, clad with triangular leaves, bearing great umbels of purple and white seedheads. Hugely impressive. Sowing advice: For best results, […]

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Phacelia Bolanderi

Phacelia Bolanderi

code: 865 This astonishing tough perennial Family: Hydrophyllaceae Common name: Blue-flowered grape-leaf, caterpillar flower, Bolander’s scorpionweed, Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 12 cm Maximum Height: 20 cm This is probably the first ever offering of this rare plant. Flared lavender-blue trumpet flowers with bright blue pollen, and loved by bees and butterflies, open on

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Phaenosperma Globosa

Phaenosperma Globosa

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

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Silene Dioica 'Graham's Delight'

Silene Dioica ‘Graham’s Delight’

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

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Silene Latifolia

Silene Latifolia

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

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Silene Lerchenfeldiana

Silene Lerchenfeldiana

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

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Silene Multiflora

Silene Multiflora

code: 858 A Japanese nurseryman friend waxed ecstatic over this plant in full flower Family: Caryophyllaceae Plant Classification: Hardy perennial Minimum Height: 45 cm Maximum Height: 60 cm A quite spectacular new plant we have never seen before with thick, blue-grey foliage resembling that of a carnation. Many tall thin stems carry countless wavy, convoluted,

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Silene Purple Rim

Silene Purple Rim

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

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Chionochloa Rubra

Chionochloa Rubra

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

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Cistus Sintenisii

Cistus Sintenisii

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

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Clematis Flammula

Clematis Flammula

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

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Clematis Fusca

Clematis Fusca

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

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Clematis Hirsutissima

Clematis Hirsutissima

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

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Clematis Ladakhiana

Clematis Ladakhiana

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

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Dodecatheon Jeffreyi

Dodecatheon Jeffreyi

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

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