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

SAXIFRAGA

fortunei Japanese Saxifrages. 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. Cheap Confections . Lovely scalloped green leaves and a cloud of pink bracts in autumn…£4

f. Mount Nachi Dark copper leaves with intriguing red bristles. White 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.

coccinea The small red species, dainty...£3.50

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

Red Dragon Large vivid red flowers on taller stems. A cracker ....£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

arachnoidium Clarchen red spidery hybrid

Blood Tip A good grey tipped red. Good in winter

Blue Boy Grey/green rosettes, more blue in winter

Brunette Attractive brown of course

Carmen Large yellow/green leaves, red brown tipped. Good cream flowers

Commander Hay Green and red flat rosettes very good AGM.

Dark Cloud A many leaved symmetrical rosette, dark

Dyke Large rosettes of intense red. Good in spring.

Elvis Attractive dark red; produces lots of offsets.

Gloriosum Glowing red rosettes .

Green Apple Open pale apple green rosettes.

Hall’s Hybrid Dark shiny purple/green rosettes.

Irazu Silver edged violet leaves, changing later to a faded grey/pink

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

Moerkerk's Merit Gre/green densely cobwebbed. Choice

Mercury Bright red rosettes. Good AYR

Mrs. Guiseppii Neat mid-green rosettes with bright red tips. Red flowers. Very good.

Palissander Brilliant red with long, white, marginal hairs.Wide, pointed leaves.

Pittonii Very attactive small hairy green leaves with a small apical spot; yellow flowers.

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.

Roseum fimbriatum Lots of attractive cob-webbed leaves; red with red flowers.

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

Stolonifera Neat green, dark tipped rosettes that throw out trails of new rosettes. Very attractive.

tristesse Sharply pointed brown red leaves

Vanbaelan Large attractive variety pink/red shading into green.

Wollcott's Variety An excellent grey leaved variety.

Zenith Small yellow green leaves. Rapid production of a ring of rosettes.

All Sempervivums ….. £2each

To tempt you to try a range..£18 for 10 - our selection Click Below

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 manure …herbal medicine and so much more

A big pot of root pieces to grow on…. £4

TIARELLA cordifolia

Included because it is essential. Marbled leaves that give good steady ground coverage and a lovely foam of white flowers in spring....£3.00

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

TRICYRTIS Toad Lilies

Fascinating autumn flowering plants. Arching stems clothed in a ladder of oval leaves, often spotted, The small orchid-like flowers present well. They are proving good garden plants; always noticed

Affinis 60cm White flowers spotted purple....£4.00

Hirta 90cm Tall lovely woodlander, white flowers heavily spotted purple...£4.00

Taipei Silk 50cm Lovely pink flowers spotted purple. Attactive bronze flushed leaves....£4.00

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

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

Vita the loveliest of dusky pale pinks…£2.50

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