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| INULA |
helenium elecampane
1.5 m |
Large shaggy yellow daisies on a mound of rough leaves. Herbal properties; perfect in a dry sunny bed. |
£3.50 |
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orientalis grandiflora
60cm |
Neat herbaceous plant with splendid orange yellow flowers |
£3.50 |
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IRIS ensata
(Japanese Irises) The loveliest of Irises, ruffles and open faced habit. Best in sun or light shade in soil that does not dry out. |
Hercule
80cm |
Hercule is one of the Japanese Iris, the loveliest of all iris, moist humus rich soil; open soft violet face with yellow falls. |
£4.50 |
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foetidissima
(Gladwin) |
Strong evergreen straps of leaf; yellow veined flowers and seed pods that burst to show red berries. British Native. |
£4.50 |
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| histroides George |
January /February flowering dwarf bulb; royal purple yellow markings. |
£3.50 |
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Katherine Hodgkins
15cm |
My desert Island bulb. She flowers early, lifting the spirits in February and March, and boasts the loveliest of flowers; a washed egg shell blue with shades of grey and spotting of navy. Ravishing |
£3.50 |
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pseudacaris variegata
80cm |
An excellent variegated Iris that makes a strong feature in plantings; yellow flag flowers, loves wet places. |
£5 |
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Iris sibirica
Good clumps of grassy leaves and lots of handsome irises. Easy and rewarding |
s. Chatreuse Bounty
1m |
Pale yellow and cream flowers. |
£5 |
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s. Contrast in Styles
70cm |
Rose red with milky blue on the falls. |
£5 |
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s. Harpwell Happiness
70cm |
Lovely creamy white with yellow flush. |
£5 |
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| s. Kita no Sieza |
Violet blue with white marking on falls. |
£5 |
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s. Papillon
1m |
Lovely soft pale blue |
£4 |
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| s. Shirley Pope 80cm |
Red-purple; white whiskers |
£4 |
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| JASIONE |
| laevis |
Excellent grey green carpet with blue/purple balls through summer.
Just the job for a steep dry sloping bed |
£3 |
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| KIRENGESHOMA |
palmata
50cm AGM |
A lovely autumn perennial. Large leaves resembling plane tree leaves and good stems of yellow waxy bells in September onwards.
Wonderful in a woodland setting |
£4.50 |
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KNIPHOFIA The Red Hot pokers
Excellent planted with grasses and late summer flowers such as Rudbeckia.
Good accent and colour for a border. |
caulescens
Coral Breakers
70cm |
Good variety ; blue-grey evergreen leaves, short coral pokers June/July |
£5 |
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| Light of the World |
Elegant grassy foliage and wonderful slender glowing orange spikes. Enjoy and admire it as a specimen in a pot. |
£5 |
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uvaria nobilis
Torch Lily
2m+ |
A wonderful tall poker.
Bold orange red spikes in late summer. |
£7 |
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| Wol’s Red Seedling 60cm |
Very nice narrow red spikes |
£5 |
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Wrexham Buttercup
1m |
Substantial spikes of bright yellow good plant bulks readily |
£5 |
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LAVENDULA |
| Hidcote |
Dwarf English lavender: the best for dwarf edging and we offer a good price. |
£3 |
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| LEONTOPODIUM |
alipinum
Edelweiss |
Soft white flowers on felted foliage. A legend. |
£3 |
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| LEPTINELLA |
| Platt's Black |
Tiny carpeter; fern like leaves, flushed bronze and black; little brass yellow buttons of flower.
A New Zealand alpine. |
£3 |
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LEUCANTHEMUM
(Shasta Daisies)
Great old fashioned daisies; strong stems and large dazzling white daisies. |
superbum
1m |
The old variety you saw in your granny's garden. |
£4 |
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superbum
Aglaia
60cm |
Very good variety; semi double shaggy appearance; compact. |
£4 |
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Wirral's Supreme
1m |
Tall Shaggy double, strong and hardy. |
£4 |
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LIGULARIA
Statuesque plants with huge impact. Best in moist soil. |
Desdemona
2m |
Large heart shaped leaves with amazing purple backs. Vast heads of orange daisies |
£5 |
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Gregynog Gold
2m |
Large mounds of green leaves and tower of brassy yellow flowers |
£5 |
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| Little Lantern 60cm |
A unique variety; golden daisies on a compact mound of dark foliage. |
£5 |
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przewalskii
1.5m |
Wonderful tattered leaves and slender spires of yellow flowers |
£5 |
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Siberica
50cm |
Mounds of olive leaves; pale yellow flowers |
£4.50 |
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vorobievii
1.2 m |
Basel rosette of dark leaves; black stems and vivid orange yellow flowers. |
£5 |
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| LUNARIA |
| redivivia |
The perennial honesty; pretty, scented, pale lilac flowers on toothed leaves.; sickle shaped seed head for many months.
A good tough plant that starts early and lasts well |
£3.50 |
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| LUPINS |
| Russell Mixed |
Nothing gives the signal for colour like Lupins; best seed raised; Russell is a reliable strain. Good range of colours. |
£3 |
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| Woodfield Mixed 1m |
A new strain for us; many bright colours to look forward to. |
£3 |
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| LUZULA |
| nivea |
Silver edged variety of the native woodruff; great plant for dry shade and elegant in growth. |
£3.50 |
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| LYCHNIS |
| coronaria |
Grey foliage and startling cerise flowers; grow dry and the colour intensifies, almost like a mirage. |
£3.50 |
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| flos cuculli nana (Ragged robin) |
A dwarf form of the native plant of damp places; love it. |
£3.50 |
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| LYSIMACHIA |
nummularia aurea
(Creeping Jenny) |
The yellow form of creeping jenny; excellent plant, creeping over ground in shade and sun, used in hanging baskets; indispensible. |
£3 |
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| MALVA |
| moschata |
Native musk mallow; rough leaves and pink flowers; good in dry areas. |
£3 |
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| moschata alba |
The white variant. |
£3 |
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MECONOPSIS
The Himalayan Poppies. We find the best recipe for success with Meconopsis is planting in a rich border away from the brightest sun and feed, feed, feed. If you can bear it, take off any flower buds in the first year. |
| betonicifolia |
Himalayan Blue Poppy; wonderful plants these are a seed raised selection of clear blue plants. |
£4 |
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| Lingholm |
Tall strong variety with clear sky blue flowers. |
£4 |
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sheldonii
(Himalayan Blue Poppy)
60cm |
Strong clumps of hairy leaves and magnificent multi-heads stems of large blue poppies.
A good perennial, very greedy and loves heavy feeding with organic manure |
£5 |
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MENTHA
A selection of these lovely mints. I grow them in large pots, you know where they are then!
Attractive and lovely to run your hands through. |
| Apple Variegated |
Lovely soft leaves; green variegated cream.
Good culinary herb, less vigorous than most and ok in the herb bed |
£2.50 |
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| Basil |
Glossy green; excellent flavour and very good in pesto. The scent permeates the kitchen when used |
£2.50 |
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| Black Peppermint |
Leaves and stems dark brown/black; good flavouring herb |
£2.50 |
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| Buddleia |
Woolly stems and long spikes of lavender mint flowers. |
£2.50 |
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| Chocolate Peppermint |
Dark leaved variant, the leaved scented of dark chocolate |
£2.50 |
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| Curled |
Crispy curled leaves. |
£2.50 |
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| Ginger |
Ginger yellow and sharp green stripes; lovely. |
£2.50 |
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| Lemon |
Lemon scented mint; sounds contradictory. |
£2.50 |
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| Lime |
Foliage lime scented. Amazing |
£2.50 |
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| Morroccan |
Excellent culinary mint and the very best for mint tea. Mid green |
£2.50 |
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requienii
Corsican mint |
Quite different; prostrate small leaves with purple flowers; intense mint scent. |
£2.50 |
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| Silver |
Soft hairy silver leaves and lovely purple flowers over summer |
£2.50 |
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| MESEMBRYANTHEMUM |
| Basutoland |
The succulent that has survived the cold winters; prostrate habit and sunny yellow daisies all summer. |
£2.50 |
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| MIMULUS |
| luteus |
This plant borders our small stream; Monkey faced yellow flowers and fresh green rosette like foliage. |
£3 |
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| MONARDA |
Earl Grey Bergamot.
60cm |
Flaming red shaggy flowers on good green foliage. |
£4 |
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| Fireball 40cm |
Compact fiery red; good mildew resistance |
£4 |
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| MYRTEOLA |
| nummularia (Falkland Island Tea Berry) |
We love growing this. In the islands grows on wet camp often running through other plants. Tiny leaved creeping plant that has pink flushed berries in autumn. The berries are edible and tastes of roses |
£4 |
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| NEPETA (CATMINT) |
| Six Hills Giant |
Sprays of misty blue all summer.
Lovely with roses or edging a herb bed.
Indispensable |
£3 |
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| NOTHOFAGUS |
| obliqua |
One of the first trees we planted in the garden, when we had arrived from the southern hemisphere.
Deciduous, lovely small leaves fresh and bright in spring, yellow in autumn. |
£4 |
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| OLYSIUM |
douglasii
15cm |
Perfect white bells of flower on wiry stems.
Wonderful because it is February and March and they are brave and strong |
£3.50 |
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filifolium
Falkland Island's Pale Maidens |
Strong wiry stems that toss in the Falkland winds; lovely white, scented flowers. A Falkland icon. |
£4 |
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| OMPHALODES |
cappadocia
Cherry Ingram |
The loveliest of these spring flowering plants; elegantly presented leaves with beautiful sprays of blue flowers. |
£3.50 |
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cappadocia
Starry Eyes |
Pretty blue flowers with white centres. |
£3.50 |
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| verna |
Pointed grey/green leaves and very fine clear blue flowers; neat running habit |
£3 |
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| verna alba |
Beautiful chalk white flowers |
£3 |
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| ONOPORDUM |
Acanthium
(The Scots Thistle)
2m |
A magnificent thistle and a wonderful feature. The first year it makes a fine silver rosette; the 2nd summer the thistle emerges, a splendid silver-white erection topped by purple thistle-heads. If you have the space it will be the talk of the neighbourhood |
£3.50 |
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OURISIA
Plants from New Zealand that revel in a cool root run with dappled shade on their head. Lovely mixed with ferns and Hostas. |
coccinea
15cm |
Neat leaves and tubes of bright red. Lovely in moist shade |
£4 |
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Snowflake
15cm |
Leathery dark green leaves that set off the clean white flowers perfectly |
£4 |
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