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RANUNCULUS aconitifolius Batchelors’ Buttons . 30cm Scarce old variety with button heads of white on branched heads…£6.50 RODGERSIA Superb architectural foliage plants. pinnata superba 1m x 1m. Division of a fine plant we grow. Textured, handsome leaves of beautiful purple/bronze; flowers bright pink..£5 pinnata white form White flowered form….£5 podophylla 1.5m. Broad, bronze-tinted leaves with the appearance of huge horse chestnut leaves. Creamy white plumes of flower, and great autumn colour. A great focal point….£5 RUDBECKIA Indispensable late-flowering daisies that catch the sunlight and lift a planting of grasses into something extraordinary. fulgida deamii 75cm Mounds of good rough textured foliage and yellow daisies…..£3.50 fulgida speciosa 60cm Orange-yellow daisies with a black eye, on neat mounds…….£3.50 Goldsturm 75cm An outstanding performer. Rich yellow daisies with a dark eye. Wonderful with grasses & kniphofia ….£3.50 |
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SAXIFRAGA fortunei JapaneseSaxifrages. Exquisite plants. Fine leaves and attractive autumn flowering. Recent breeding programmes have produced some first class plants. Good in the garden too, hardy and showy f. Black Ruby Dark red/black leaves and rich pink flowers from Oct to December …£4 f. Cheap Confections . Lovely scalloped green leaves and a cloud of pink bracts in autumn…£4 rubrifolia Glossy red leaves, beautifully coloured beneath and a froth of white flowers…£4 fortunei Wada 30cm Exquisite leaves; bronze green above, turn them over and an unbelievable carmine pink below. White autumn flowers…£4 Encrusted saxifrages. These neat alpine saxifrages have year round appeal, the leaves encrusted with silver. Francis Cade Neat silver rosettes and white flower sprays. A lovely specimen in a pot …£3 Southside Seedling 25cm Wonderful sprays of red spotted white flowers on silver leaves. £2.50
Tumbling Waters The ultimate encrusted Saxifrage. Large silver rosettes which are a fabulous feature themselves…but the crowning glory is the cascade of white flowers. A glorious horticultural moment..£4
SCHIZOSTYLIS coccinea Kaffir Lilies Autumn flowering bulbs that do well in a rich, sunny spot. Increasingly popular. alba 30cm Good clean white. Compact.£3.50 Jennifer Perhaps the nicest; satin pink flowers that give a glow to an autumn bed….£3.50 Major Large,satiny red flowers. Great....£3.50
Professor Barnard Dusky red, vigorous.£3.50 Sunrise Vital satiny rose-pink. Lovely .£3.50 Tambara Blossom pink; lovely and late.£3.50 Zeal Salmon Salmon pink.........£3.50 SEMPERVIVUM. The Houseleeks. I greatly admire the architecture of these obliging succulent plants. We grow most of them in terra-cotta pots and then group them together to make a display. I only grow and propagate exciting or interesting varieties; so read on. SEMPERVIVUMS Aldo Moro Brown/red with wide pointed leaves Alluring Flat rosettes of short succulent leaves, shades ranging through green, brown and red arachnoideum The leaf tips are all connected by a fine white cobweb of hairs arenianum Aross Dark dark red, narrow leaves with a tuft of white hairs. Produces many offsets Atlanticum from Oukaimeden - Light green rosettes with a waxy appearance atropurpureum Dark purple/black leaves Black Mini Small, deep red shading to green Blood Tip A good grey tipped red. Good in winter Blue Boy Grey/green rosettes, more blue in winter Bronco Dark brown/red glossy leaves with sharp points. Great colour all year Brownii Green rosettes flushed purple brown. Brunette Attractive brown of course calcareum Bayard calcareum Extra Large, many leaved rosettes. Blue/Green leaves with dark brownish-red tips - Striking The cantabricum Semps from Spain . Think of hot dusty slopes and shimmering heat. cantabricum from Leitariegos Pale green flushed red on the outer surface of the leaves. cantabricum from Riano cantabricum from San Glorio Grey/green heavily tipped purple brown. Carmen Large yellow/green leaves,red-brown tipped. Good cream flowers. Dark Cloud A many leaved symmetrical rosette, dark degenianum Large rosettes; purple/ grey, turning blue in summer. Director Jacobs Flat rosettes; red with silver hairs. Dyke Large rosettes of intense red. Good in spring. Elvis Attractive dark red; produces lots of offsets. Green Apple Large open pale apple green rosettes. Hall’s Hybrid Dark shiny purple/green rosettes. Hester Lovely velvety leaves, red and green. hirtum Neat green with brown tips. Irazu Silver edged violet leaves, changing later to a faded grey/pink Korsposegietge Kramers Spinrad Dense cobwebs. Red outer leaves with green rims - Distinctive Lavender and Old Lace Very beautiful lavender leaves edged with silver hairs. A lovely specimen. Lilac Time Large rosettes that take on a paler lilac colour in summer. Lynns Choice Large velvety leaves, a brown/green colour marmoreum Brunneifolium Medium; pink/ brown Mercury Bright red rosettes. Good AYR Mrs. Guiseppii Neat mid-green rosettes with bright red tips. Red flowers. Very good. ossetiense yellow/green rosettes with small dark tips. Palissander Brilliant red with long, white, marginal hairs.Wide, pointed leaves. Proud Zelda brown/green leaves with dark tips, offsets on long stolons Purdys 50-6 green leaves flushed with a deep brown, sharp pointed tips. Red Ace Bright red, long narrow leaves with delicate silver hairs. Very attractive. Rosie The rosettes shade from green to pink to red. It soon makes a good sized attractive clump. Royanum Very large rosettes; yellow/green;dark tips. Sheila Named for our good friend and great gardener Sheila urnett. An outstanding Semp. Large rosettes that redden in summer and are a glowing sultry ruby red through winter, responds well to feeding.
Silver Jubilee Grey/green rosettes, covering of silvery hairs Sioux Glowing red tips Skrocki’s Beauty Grey with pink flushed, hairy . VG Spring Mist Purple/Red, rapidly produces rosettes Strider Sunset Red tipped leaves grading to a brighter orange base tristesse Vanbaelen Green leaves shading up to Pink/Red tips Virgil Bluish purple leaves with darker tips. Whitening Pale green leaves with a heavy cover of white hairs. Zenith Small yellow green leaves. Rapid production of a ring of rosettes around the parent plant. All Sempervivums ….. £2each To tempt you to try a range...£17 for any 10 (give lots of alternatives please) SYMPHYTUM Bocking 14 COMFREY We catalogue this as we are one of the few suppliers now. Large vigorous comfrey, selected at Boking by the late Lawrence Hills. Wonderful mulch between potatoes…great for making your own liquid compost…herbal medicine and so much more A big pot of root pieces to grow on…. £3 |
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TROPAEOLUM speciosum Flame of Scotland. Good pots full of growing roots of the wonderful climbing plant that stops most visitors to Scotland in their steps. Wonderful twining through evergreens or over a classic Yew hedge. It can be difficult to get going, which is why we lift it early in the year, in substantive pieces and sell them when they start to grow away. Might be the chance of a lifetime....£6.50 |
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V ERONICA peduncularis Georgia Blue 15cm Red-flushed young foliage and months of deep blue flowers. An attractive plant for months….£3 prostrata Spode Blue 15cm Prolific blue flower spikes over fresh green foliage……£3.50 VINCA Periwinkles Perfect plants for woodland floors amongst shrubs or over walls. Wherever you need an attractive, hardy evergreen carpeter. minor Lovely early periwinkle blue flowers…£3 minor alba White flowers, glossy foliage..£3
minor atropurpurea Unusual dusky purple flowers on the same neat trails of leaves….£3 minor Double Blue . A lovely double flowered blue. tiny rosettes….£3 Illumination A new and glamorous vinca. Gold centred leaves with a dark olive rim. Far less vigorous than the standard varieties and there is a great future for it as a container plant. Looks good in pots all year, unruffled by frost…….£3
VIOLA A selection of hardy, long lived, lovely Violas. Perfect garden plants and great characters. Cleopatra pale Cream; purple markings..£2.50 Glenholme Pale yellow with an orange eye. Excellent growth..£2.50 Ivory Queen Excellent rich cream Viola,.Highly scented……£2.50 Kitten Pale blue with dark whiskers……….£2.50 Martin Deep violet blue; neat habit…£2.50 Pat Kavanagh Soft yellow with dark veining £2.50 Winona Cawthorne Tri coloured; from cream to pink, vigorus. Excellent over several months£2.50 Vita the loveliest of dusky pale pinks…£2.50 Viola laboradorica purple leaves and lovely wee violet flowers. All neat and tidy. Seeds just enough to make it welcome. An essential garden ingredient…£2 |
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ZANTEDESCHIA aethiopica Crowborough The Arum Lily A hardy variety of these wonderful plants. Handsome sheathes of leaves and pure white chalices of flower in June. Keep moist or even think about growing it in a big pot in shade…...£5
ZIGADENUS elegans 15cm. The last plant in this catalogue is a favourite bulb; lovely spikes of green star-like flowers.…£2.50 |
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