Plants Catalogue F to H from Abriachan Nurseries, The Garden on Loch Ness

FILIPENDULA (Meadow sweet)
kahome 30cm	Ferny purple flushed foliage and airy pink heads. For a moister area.	£5
ulmaria Rosea 50cm	A smashing pink flowered form.	£4.50
FOENICULUM ( Fennel)
vulgare Bronze ( Bronze Fennel) 2m	A great plant for the general garden as well as any herb border. Large, smoky clouds of bronze filigree foliage followed by majestic umbelliferous seedheads. Sculptural in winter with the huge dry seed heads. Birds love it too. CLICK TO SEE ALL HERBS	£3.50
FRAGERIA
Pink flowered form 20cm	A real eye-catching pink flowered strawberry plant. Always noticed.	£4
FRANCOA ( Bridal Wreath )
sonchifolia 80cm	Pale pink flowers, darkening over a long season	£4.50
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GALANTHUS (SNOWDROPS)	Snowdrops give wonderful garden value. They last for 2 to 3 months often well into April with us. They are the loveliest of flowers, hope, strength and beauty all in one. The following are a selection a varieties doing well in our woodland garden.
atkinsii	Slender glaucous leaves; long outer petals and inner petals nicely marked with green horseshoe mark. Good garden plants and beautifully scented	£4
caucasicus	A tall handsome plant with well rounded large flowers and grey leaves. A strong growing clone, characteristic green horseshoe on inner petals.	£4
Galatea	Large shapely single; inner petals marked by a green inverted V	£4
Magnet	Large flowered single. Unique for its slender long pedicles; strong, distinctive and beautiful.	£4
nivalis	The common and beautiful snowdrop. These are divisions from our garden, where they are steadily clothing slopes and ditches becoming more of a spectacle each year. Pots of 10-12 bulbs	£3.50
Ophelia	Large double flowers with perfect green edged hooped petticoats	£5
Plicatus	Blueish grey inward folded leaves, Strong gowing habit, multiplys well. 6 petals the inner ones notched and marked.	£5
plicatus Warham	Later flowering; broad grey/green leaves and strong rounded flowers	£5
Pusey's Green Tip	Fully double, outer petals green tipped. grows and settles well.	£5
Sam Arnott	Lovely strong snowdrops; perfect symmetry; wonderful fragrance.	£5
viridapice 20cm	Another good garden variety, distinguished by a green mark on the tip of the outer petals.	£5
woronowii	Late flowering species; upright green leaves and good shapely flowers.	£4
GENTIANA (The Gentians)
asclepiadea 20cm (Willow Gentian)	Superb, elegant plants from late summer into autumn. Willowy arching stems studded with glorious blue gentian flowers along their length. Once seem ever coveted.	£5
lutea 1m (Giant Yellow Gentian)	Handsome plants; whorls of yellow florets on a strong stem.	£4.50
verna (Spring Gentian)	A wonderful brilliant blue gentain of chalk meadows. To see it as ' the show in town' go to the Burren area in Ireland. Having said that it is fairly straight forward to grow.	£4
GERANIUMS The hardy Geranium species are an asset to any garden. Some are glamorous; others are workmanlike, doing the job when nothing else will. Some make elegant specimens; others look good in a crowd. All of these are tried and tested in our garden.
x cantabrigiense Cambridge 40cm	Shining leaves and lovely soft lilac flowers; excellent ground cover	£4.50
macrorrhizum Ingwersen’s Variety 30cm	The nicest fresh, green, apple-scented leaves and soft pink flowers. Lovely with London Pride	£4.50
x oxonianum Claridge Druce	Vigorous and great ground cover; mid pink flowers for many months.	£4.50
x oxonianum Rebecca Moss 60cm	Great ground covering geranium. Olive leaves and white flowers, flushing pink in summer	£4.50
x oxonianum Southcombe Star	Slender magenta petals making a star shaped flower; vigorous.	£4.50
Orion 60cm	Terrific upright blue geranium. Large flowers with blue petals veined pink, and a small green eye. Flowers for months on end and really deserves it stellar name.	£5	SOLD OUT
phaeum	Nicely marked leaves and sombre purple flowers. Great for shade.	£4.50
phaeum Samobor 40cm	Striking foliage plant for shade. The leaves are heavily marked with chocolate brown. Purple phaeum flowers	£4.50
procurrens 20cm	A unique scrambler, It begins the year small and neat and then as the season goes on the plant shoots away and scrambles over acres of space . The plant does not root as it goes, so is really easy to cut back in spring. Tell me there is no place for a plant like that in all gardens. Flowers great, magenta with a bold black eye.	£4.50
pyrenaicum spreading 25cm	One of the fastest spreading plants I know, but it never seems to be invasive. Neat scalloped leaves erupting into foam of small purple flowers all summer. Great in new borders	£4
pyrenaicum albiflorum 25cm	Pretty white form	£4
Russell Pritchard 30cm	Grey green leaves and lovely contrasting chalky pink flowers.	£4.50
sanguinium	Neat small clumps and magenta flowers	£4.50
Sanguineum New Hampshire Purple	Bushy mounds of fine foliage and exceptional purple flowers. Foilage colours red in autumn	£4.50
versicolor 30cm	This native species scrambles through a border. Masses of tiny white flowers exquisitely veined purple. Wonderful	£4
GEUM (The Avens) Bright herbaceous perennials early and cheering.
Bell Bank 25cm	A Geoffrey Smith hybrid. Large fat double bright pink flowers fading to stripes	£4.50
Dingle Apricot	Compact. Apricot yellow	£4.50	SOLD OUT
Mrs W Moore 30cm	Cream, flushed pink semi double. Lovely.	£4.50
Nordek 30cm	Open flower cups of bright brick orange.	£4.50
Pink Frills 30cm	Think 'Can-Can' and you have it; pink ruffled petals.	£4.50
Prince of Orange 80cm	Branching heads of soft orange with a green eye. Unique.	£4.50	SOLD OUT
rivale Leonard's Form 30cm	A variant of our native water avens. Nodding flower heads of copper rose in summer	£4.50
GLADIOLUS
byzantinus 40cm	A June flowering Gladiolus. Hardy with us and very atractive in large containers, increasing well. Elegant stems, magenta blooms.	£4.50
GUNNERA An amazing genus of plants, from the biggest herbaceous plants in the garden to small, ground covering plants to some very odd individuals. Here is our current selection.
hamiltonii	Scale like bronzed leaves, overlapping and spreading slowly. A weird one.	£4
magellanica 20cm (Falkland Island pigvine)	Scallop shaped, crinkled leaves and spikes of red berries if both sexes present. Useful ground cover in wet places. Our memories are of lots of wet areas near steams.	£4
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HAKENOCHLOA
macra aureola 25cm	An elegant bright grass; Light green with a golden stripe; lovely in shade or as a potted specimen. CLICK TO SEE ALL GRASSES	£4.50
HACQUETIA
epipactis	Surprising and welcome early colour; a plant that draws the eye; lime green flowers with a yellow centre arrive before the leaves.	£4.50
HEBE
Mrs Winder	Good evergreen shrub, very good on sunny slopes. very nice spikes of flowers in August/September.	£7.50
rakiensis 1m	One of the most popular hebes, clusters of large, white flowers in early and mid-summer and glossy, fresh, green leaves. This tough, rounded, evergreen shrub forms a neat hummock.	£7.50
ramosissima 10cm	Dwarf carpet of red/green foliage with white flowers in summer.	£4
HELENIUM
I saw them elsewhere and wondered why I was not using many more Heleniums. So I started again, fed them well and they are terrific.
Sahins Early Flowerer 90cm	Begins after mid summer and flowers well into autumn. The flowers are well petalled daisies with a rich yellow bronze streaked petals .	£4.50
HELIANTHEMUM (Rock roses) *Helianthemums are second to none for fast growth and early flower; hence great for new plantings. Particularly useful for dry sunny sites.*
Amabile Plenum	Scarlet red, double	£3.50
Ben Heckla	Rich copper with rusty centre	£3.50
Ben Ledi	Rich cherry rose, darker centre	£3.50
Ben More (Mhor)	Rich bright orange	£3.50
Ben Nevis	Rich warm yellow with copper orange centre	£3.50
Cheviot	Combination of warm orange and salmon pink	£3.50
Cornish Cream	Creamy white	£3.50
Cupreum	Yellow ochre with orange ring around centre	£3.50
Georgeham	Large crimson pink with pale centre	£3.50
Henfield Brilliant	Vibrant brick orange	£3.50
Wisley Pink	Vigorous; grey foliage and masses of pink flowers.	£3.50
HELIANTHUS (Perennial Sunflower)
Lemon Queen 1m	Strong, good border plants, late summer. Excellent bright lemon yellow Sunflowers.	£4.50
HELLEBORUS Orientals hybrids Some marvellous new Lenten Roses. Single colours and doubles. Absolutely fabulous
Blue Metallic Lady (Single Slate)	Fantastic shiny metallic blue flowers	£6.50
Single Gold Red Star	Very attactive Primrose yellow with a red marked and spotted centre	£6.50
White Picotee	Anemone centred. white flowers, edged and veined with dark pink	£6.50
Double White	A lovely pure double white	£6.50
HEPATICA One of the glories of the spring garden. lovely simple blooms often before the leaves. Leaves neat and with a marble-like surface.
nobilis alba 10cm	Glorious white blooms in early spring before attractive, lobed pale green leaves.	£4.50
HOSTAS Hostas are wonderful garden features, their bold leaves giving interest and structure, particularly in shade. They are a real feature of our garden at Abriachan. Discover or rediscover them, and you will find they work well as focal points and give structure top plantings. Wonderful in shade. We grow several in small & large, stylish pots where they also look splendid.
Blue Mouse Ears	Tiny little blue ears; rather sweet	£7
Brim Cup 30cm	Excellent medium sized Hosta; olive green leaves with broad white edges, good growth and very good in the border or pots. Lilac bloom.	£7
Devon Gold 25cm	Butter yellow heart shaped leaves. A classic.	£7
Dress Blues 50cm	A handsome plant. Oval tapered blue leaves with a white edge.	£7.50
First Frost 40cm	Another of the wondeful new Hostas. such show offs. This one has good blue leaves and a wide gold edge that fades to cream. Lilac flowers.	£7.50
fortunei Twilight 40cm	Strong, thicker leaves with golden edges. Handsome and hardy	£7
Gold Standard	An elegant and excellent hosta. Chartreuse gold with irregular green margins.	£7
Golden Tiara	Dainty green leaves with a broad golden rim, Bulks up well.	£7
Krossa Regal 1m	Strong upright vase shaped habit; blue/grey wavy edged leaves. A good foundation stone for any planting. Magnificent in a large pot	£7.50
Patriot	Excellent hosta for the garden or a pot; shiny olive green leaves, white margins	£7
Sum and Substance 1.5m	Large mounds of corrugated yellow-green leaves. The plant can be huge...depends on soil, but very tolerant of different conditions. Slug resistant	£7.50
Tiny Tears 10cm	Tiny, tiny satin green leaves; purple flowers. A valued specimen	£7
HYLOTELPHIUM
Cauticola 20cm (Cliff stonecrop)	Like me you probably knew this as a Sedum, I do wish they would not do this unless essential. That said this is a lovely fleshy leaved clump former, grey leaves and lovely violet pink flowers.	£3.50