ACAENA

Great New zealanders. Creeping carpets, low and neat, and just brilliant edging plantings or scrambling round rocks. Great with succulents and bulbs.

buchanii. Blue/ green mat with brown burrs …£2

Caesiiglauca. Grey leaves, nice and silky beneath; large brown burrs Scrambling habit .... £2

Inermis purpurea. Compact, glistening purple .... £2

Microphylla Copper Carpet. Ferny bronzed leaves and fabulous red burrs in late summer £2

ACANTHUS

Spinosus. 120cm*90cm Substantial mounds of glossy toothed leaves and hooded purple spikes of flower. Late Summer. Excellent perennial for every bold gardener …£4

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ACIPHYLLA

aurea. Golden Spaniard. 70cm Fierce golden spikes of leaves, make a fantastic specimen. Sun and drainage...... £3

ACTAEA

White Pearl. 1m Tall, soft mounds of handsome leaves and wands of white flowers in late summer. Elegant…£4

AGAPANTHUS African Lilies

A large terracotta pot of Agapanthus will look fabulous in the shimmering summer heat and gain you impeccable gardening credentials. Grow them tight, and liquid feed through summer with a high potash feed. Tomato feed is ideal. We have a great selection this year.

africanus 1 metre This is the only Agapanthus we grow that is not hardy, but we would not be without them . The flower heads are huge, sky blue and the size of a large grapefruit. They have strong tall stems and are a great feature…£5

ardernei Hybrid 60cm. Large white heads, with nicely opened florets…£4

Buckingham Palace 100cmA splendid deep blue variety. Sturdy, mid-sized and hardy…£5

Cally Bright Blue 75cm Floriferous excellent blue from Micheal Wickenden, Cally Gardens…£4

Castle of Mey. 60cm A fine old mid blue variety that is named for the famous Caithness Castle of the Queen Mother. Splendid in pot or border....£5

Comptonii longitubus 1.2mGood clear blue flowers on evergreen foliage…..£5

Headbourne Hybrids 90cm. A very reliable old hybrid with medium sized bright blue flowers. Good performance and very hardy…...£4

Jack's Blue. 1.2m Excellent New Zealand hybrid; large purple/blue heads floriferous; hardy ...£4

Navy Blue. 60cm Navy, black stems; superb....£4

Peter Pan 40cm Compact variety with blue striped flower heads .Excellent in pots…£3.50

Polar Ice 1.2m fantastic tall white. Floriferous and showy 4-6” heads. A cracker..£4

praecox 50cm. Substantial, silvery blue flowers. Lovely and early. One for big pots.... £4

Praecox flora plena 50cm excellent large double heads. Great in a big pot…. £5

Purple Cloud 80cm Superb purple heads. A new variety and new colour for agapanthus.... £4

Sea Coral 80cm white florets with pink tips. A lovely colour change.Clumps up well …£4.

Snowdrop 50cm Splendid show of elegant white flowers above narrow leaves. Hardy…£3.50

Streamline 40cm Grey-blue flowers with darker stripe. Very attractive over a long period…..£4

Timaru Dense floriferous heads of vivid blue..very hardy, from New Zealand South Island ……..£4

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Tinker-bell 25cm Super little plant. White edged leaves with pale blue flower heads in August. Lovely……..£3.50

White Heaven 1m large floriferous heads of clean white; excellent hardy constitution….£4

Windsor Grey 80cm Large blue-grey heads, grey anthers and green pollen, Wow & hardy ……..£4

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ALLIUM

Purple Sensation....90cm AGM Excellent tall form with dense deep purple star like flowers in wonderful spherical heads. Dries beautifully….£2.50

ANAGALLIS

Tenella Studland. The best looking specimum in a low pot that I know. A flat mat of brightest green, creeping and hugging the surface, smothered with tiny pink flowers in summer..... £3

ANEMONE Wind flowers

Anemones have an intimate charm which makes you seek them out in your garden year after year.

Wood Anemones Anemone nemorosa. These are cultivated forms of our native wood anemones. All are dainty, early flowering and build up steadily, year on year. You will find them in our garden amongst rocks and under the skirts of shrubs. Look closely at the flowers and turn over the petals to reveal the blue and violet shaded reverse. You will love them all. The valour of them in spring sunshine awakens hope.

Alba plena Lovely double white.

Leeds Large white flowers with a flush of pink at the base of petal reverse

Lychette Larger, white petals with an open bowl filled with yellow stamens

Royal Blue Early sunshine first encourages the emergence of the dainty leaves, and then the brightest royal blue flower.

Robinsoniana Washed palest blue with silver on the back of the petals. Just lovely.

Virescens A whorl of modified calyces make this green “flower” unique. Delightful.

All Wood Anemones ….£3 each

Anemone ranunculoides Tiny bright yellow anemones, an early pool of sunlight. £3

Autumn Anemones

hybrida Pamina 75cm slender stems with deep pink semi double flowers. Very good…£4

Whirlwind 75cm Neat double white flowers..£4

ANGELICA

gigas 1m Angelica is great in its own right, but this is something else. Purple stems and beetroot red flowers. Fantastic. £5

ANTHRISCUS

sylvestris Raven's Wing. 1.5m Dark, lacy foliage and lovely summer lacy parsley heads. A wonderful foil.....£4

AQUILEGIA

chrysantha Yellow Queen. AGM 80cm large lemon yellow columbines with long spurs. Elegant and easy to grow…. £3.50

Mrs Scott Elliot 75cm + A lovely seed raised mix of lovely long spurred columbines. Colours include blue; yellow; pink and orange mixes. £3 each

or £10 for 4

caerulea Swan’s Yellow 20cm Yellow columbine on neat plants. Excellent in containers..£3.50

viridiflora 10cm Beautiful little flowers, chocolate and green with yellow stamens. Seductive...£3.50

ARISARUM

proboscideum 12cm The Mouse Tail Plant. The curled brown “tail” emerges through the shield shaped carpets of leaves. Good in humus rich woodland soil…£3

ARMORACIA

rusticana Horseradish There is nothing like home grated horseradish. It will spread so plant carefully. Worth it though…£3

ARUNCUS Goats Beard

aethusifolius. 50cm Dark filgree foliage with small, cream spikes of flower. Dainty and attractive......£4

diocius. This is the big one, large clumps of elegant foliage, throwing up great cream plumes over 2 metres high.Impressive enough to be a landmark in the Highlands. Superb......£4

ARUM

italicum Lords and Ladies. Great British Native. Green leaves through winter and the red berried fruit spikes in autumn…£3

ASARUM

europaeum 10cm Kidney-shaped evergreen leaves; excellent under trees.£3.50

ASTELIA

chatamica Silver Spear. A magnificent architectural plant for dramatic effect. Broad silver spear like leaves, clumping up to 2.5ft high.....£6.50

ASTILBE

Astlilbe are back in fashion and a good thing too. Good looking plants, they are very good performers in damp soil in sun or shade, eccellent on clay or sandy soils and good dense groundcover. Attractive in containers.

arendsii Fanal. 40cm Good rich maroon-red plumes on deep green foliage. Excellent......£4

chinesis Diamonds and Pearls 75cm Wonderful pure white spikes of Flower. Late summer and tolerant of drier soils …. £4.50

chinesis Pumila. 30cm Neat darl leaves and pink spikes in July/August; ground coverer.....£3.50

Hennie Graafland. 40cm Airy pink plumes, shiny dark foliage. Very good in pots.....£4

Montgomery. 60cm Full military red plumes, dark flushed leaves. first Class.....£4

Sprite. 25cm Lovely compact variety; dusky pink plumes on dark foliage....£4

William Buchanan . 10cm Great wee plant, good in troughs, raised beds, alpine plantings. red plumes on inticate dark foliage....£4.00

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ASTRANTIA Masterworts

Lovely old fashioned flowers; a quivering boss of stamens and surrounding ruff. 'Aunt Hatties's Pin Cushion'

Major 25cm The old pink/buff variety…£3.50

Ruby Wedding. Deep ruby red on maroon stems; dark foliage......£4

Sunningdale Variegata beautiful variegated leaves ; pink/green flowers….£4

AZORELLA

trifurcata A fantastic carpeting plant, slowly covering a good area. Found in dry Empetrum heaths throughout Southern South America. Hence drought and sun proof…£3

BELLIS Double Daisies

These are the tiny neat buttons, not the larger seed raised flowers. These are in fact antiques. Plant where you can appreciate their pretty, neat form. Lovely if mixed with dwarf early bulbs. After flowering, feed well, and in month or so divide and re-pot, putting them in the shade. Watch out for greenfly.

Alice 10cm A sugar pink double with icing sugar dustings. Very pleased to be able to offer it.

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Dresden China 5cm The prettiest little double pink.

Parkinson’s Great White 5cm Chalk white opening to glimpse egg yellow base to the petals.

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Robert 5 cm The white form of Dresden China, tight little buttons; charming Becoming scarce.

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The Pearl 10cm A larger, very good double white.

rotundifolia Caerulescens . Single lavender blue daisies over several months. Very nice.

All Bellis £2.50 each or 3 for £6

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BRUNNERA

40-50 cm. A great perennial. Forget-me-not blue flowers in spring, followed by very attractive leaves. They make superb planting ingredients. The heart shaped leaves mound nicely, making good cover.

Jack Frost Silver leaves, edged and veined with green. Forget me not blue flowers……£4.50

Mr Morse Broad silver leaves, green veined. Sprays of white flowers in spring…. £4.50

CALTHA

palustris flora plena 20cm The double marsh marigold. Tight butter yellow flowers. Stream sides or damp area..£4

CAMPANULA . The Bellflowers

Elizabeth 60cm Lovely large cream bells of flower…suffused with purple and pink…£3.50

lactiflora dark blue 1.3m Stately blue summer bellflowers. They come with the roses and Mock orange…hardy and magnificent…£3.50

latifolia Brantwood 1.3mStrong tall stems with large, regal purple bells. A distinguished plant..£4

latiloba Hidcote Amethyst 1m Beautiful amethyst pink bells. Plant with shrub roses…£4

persicifolia 90cm Willow-leaved bellflowers. Elegant, wiry stems with open blue bells...£3.50

persicifolia Alba Coronata 45cm Divisions of a lovely double white bell flower An old plant....£4

persicifolia Chettle Charm 60cm..Large open bells; white rimed with china blue.... £4

poscharskyana Trailing Bellflower. Bright blue star like bells on attractive foliage. Excellent on walls or edging plantings…..£3

CENTAUREA Old Fashioned Knapweeds

dealbata 75cm Lovely pink cornflowers on this tough perennial palnt...£4

montanum Blue Bottle. Great cornflower like flowers on early foliage, right after the daffodils, when you need the colour.Tough and hardy…£4

Macrocephala 1m A strong perennial with tough stems and amazing yellow flowerheads…for all the world like permed hair in a tight net…£4

CHAMAEMELUM Treneague

The non-flowering Lawn Chamomile, lush, fresh green and fabulously aromatic. This is the one used for lawns, but think of it also on a bank or bower or in an arbour….imagine, imagine £2.50 each

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CONVALLARIA majalis - Lily of the Valley

Excellent established pots, that will grow away far better than dried root pieces £3 a pot

majalis rosea . The scarce, pretty pink…… £3.50

majalis albostriata. Cream striped leaves; dramatic and very special.....£5

Prolificans. The magnificent double white lily of the valley.....£4

CORYDALIS

Attractive plants, they look wonderful in a pot. I started to plant them throughout the garden, and they have proved excellent. Fine leaves and gorgeous blue flowers

Canary Feathers steel blue leaves and this crest of yellow flowers. Many weeks in flowers…£3

elata early summer flowering,foliage lasting through summer. Wonderful blue blooms…£3

flexuosa Clina Blue The clearest sky blue. Lovely ..£3

flexuosa Tory MP True tory blue and nicely scented; green leaves .£3

Solida Dusky purple, lovely fine foliage...£3

CROCOSMIA The Montbretia family

Great plants for a late summer show; bold and bright, rewarding to grow and increasing well. We have extended the colour range and the season with some good new varieties.

Canary Bird 50cm Butter yellow flowers on good clump forming growth. Great plant.... £3.50

Castle Ward Late 60cm alternate red and organge florets. Unusual.... £3.50

Culzean Peach 90cm. Soft orange blooms with a distinct pink tone.... £3.50

Emily Mackenzie 60cm Flaring orange blooms with red marked throat. Very attractive ... £3.50

Fire King 75cm Cracking red. ... £3.50

George Davison 60cm Bright yellow freesia like blooms on good strappy foliage ...£3.50

Golden Dew 40cm Yellow and gold blooms prettily held on wiry dark reddish stems.... £3.50

Hell Fire 1m New and dramatic dark red flowers, larger than Lucifer. ... £4

Honey Angels 50cm Neat; prolific yellow ,cream throats . Excellent. ... £3.50

Lucifer 120cm A remarkable plant that draws the eye across the garden. Strong, upright pleated sword-shaped leaves with brilliant red flowers. Hardy and increases well.... £3.50

Mars 60cm Striking upturned flame orange... £3.50

Merryman 50cm Apricot yellow, red inner base... £3.50

Meteor 40cm Spikes of orange marked red.... £3.50

Mistral 90cm Bright orange upward facing ..£4

Mount Usher 75cm small bright yellow blooms, floriferous and gives good show….£4

Okavango 75cm Very large, peach pink flowers.... £3.50

paniculata 120 cm. I consider these are the finest and most effective verticals in the spring border. Spears of growth and elegant pleated leaves. Persimmon orange flowers in August.... £4

Paul’s Best Yellow 1.2m Huge golden yellow blooms on a very vigorous plant…£4

Red Knight 70cm Lots of small, tubular, tomato red flowers that last well...£3.50

Severn Sunrise 60cm AGM Strong upright growth; flowers a soft orange, flushed pink. ... £3.50

Solfaterre 50cm Bronze leaves and lovely apricot yellow blooms.Lovely…£4

Spitfire 90cm A crackling orange. Designed to enliven any border. An excellent plant .... £3.50

Star of The East 60cm. Very attractive; burnt orange buds opening to star-shaped and marked clear-orange flowers.... £3.50

Tangerine Queen 1m Elegant sprays of tangerine orange blooms over July, August... £3.50

Vulcan 40cmCompact excellent clear red ...£3.50

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CYANARA

cardunculus Cardoon; the most handsome of plants for a dry sunny place. Silver tattered leaves and tall spikes with fantastic buds and purple flowers. Magnificent plants…..£3

DACTYLORRHIZA

elata 50cm Hardy garden orchid. It takes 3 or 4 years for our plants to bulk up so that we can divide, but it is worth the wait. Strap-like leaves, dense spikes of rosy purple spotted orchids It thrives in well drained soil with humus; part sun…

purpurella (Northern Marsh Orchid) A lovely Scots native, popping up throughout our garden. A really dark purple flower colour, 20cm.... £4

DAPHNE

Wonderful fragrant small shrubs.

bholoua Jacqueline Postill A lovely winter shrub. Green bells with a marvellousfragrance. A superb small evergreen shrub….£7

Eternal Fragrance 40cm Excellent new evergreen. Flowers from Spring to autumn on new growth. Lovely fragrant flowers resemble Daphne retusa ….£7

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retusa A superb evergreen Daphne. 25- 50cm Slow, steady growth makes a shrub to cherish. Wonderful in flower…. Litre pots ……£6

tangutica 60cm. A reliable shrub that produces a good show of fragrant pink flowers in late spring. Lovely purple buds……£6

DIERAMA Wand Flowers or Angel’s Fishing Rods

These are a real feature of our summer garden. Grassy foliage with elegant arching, wiry stems dripping with slender bells, in papery calyxes. Each year we try some new species, and none have disappointed yet, proving both hardy and glamorous.

The Dierama's currently appear to not have taken the cold winter well. We will therefore not be sending out any plants until we are sure of regrowth. We hope to have a range avalible later in the Spring.

ambiguum 60cm graceful stems , pink bells…..£4

argyreum 50cm Yellow buds open ivory Ivory…£4

p. Blackbird Seed raised plants from our elegant dark purple Dierama. Tall and elegant form…£4

cooperi 60cm Flared white blooms with pink markings inside…..£4

dracomontanum 50cm Attractive brick/pink wands of flower on substantial grassy clumps...£4

erectum 80cm upward stems with clusters lilac pink blooms , well into October…£4

galipinii 1.2m erect; pale to bright magenta…£4

igneum 50cm pendulous; rich pink. Compact....£3

latifolium 2m tall arching type. Pink bells…£4

Merlin 1m Dusky purple blooms on wiry stems...£5

pulcherrimum 1m. The classic angel’s fishing rods. Elegant and architectural…. £4

robustum 1.5m Strong pliable arching stems; flared soft pink bells....£4

trichorhizum 30cm Pale mauve flared bells on an upright plant. Beautiful neat plant......£4

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DIGITALIS Foxgloves

cariensis Cream-white, red marked flowers....£3.50

davisiana 50cm Soft yellow flowers netted orange. Rarely offered sun loving perennial...£3.50

fantanessii Lovely wide cream bells ....£3.50

mertonensis 90 cm The Strawberry Foxglove. Large flowers the colour of strawberry puree. They flower with the old fashioned roses...£3.50

purpurea alba 2m The white foxglove. Stately plants wonderful in shade. Hardy Biennial...£3.50

purpurea Pam’s Choice 2.5m ! An imposing new variety; white bells with dark purple throats. Hardy biennial, prefers shade…..£3.50

Thaspi 30cm. Spires of pink flowers on a dwarf plant, very pretty…..£3.50

DIPLARRHINA

moraea Butterfly Flag 40cm A lovely and striking perennial; clean, white winged blooms with purple and yellow shades on the inner petals. For me a lovely surprise in early summer when it appears again…. £4

DISPORUM

smithii 25cm A neat cousin to Solomon’s seal; white bells in spring; orange berries in autumn.Lovely woodlander... £4

DRYAS

octopetala Lovely ground cover. Small oak-like leaves and white flowers with yellow centre. A native plant...great among rocks..£3

EPIMEDIUM As I walk around the garden planning new beds, Epimediums are an ingredient I often reach for, as they are attractive and make excellent ground cover, without the “thug factor”. They grow just about anywhere, and possess a real air of elegance. The spring flowers are dainty and repay close observation. Take a few indoors to savour. The leaves are fresh green, often bronze tinged and veined, lasting through winter. They work through a planting as stitches in a tapestry

x perralchium Frohnleiten 40cm Tough evergreen foliage with bronze markings. A good species for dry conditions. Excellent yellow…£4

warleyense Unusual orange flowers ….£4

youngianum niveum A lovely wee plant; bronzed leaves turn green and the prettiest white flower above the foliage ….£4

ERIGERON

karvinskianus Profusion 8cm Tiny daisies, white that pink with age, but the point is they flower for 9 months of the year and grow just about anywhere. ....£2.50

ERINUS

alpinus 5cm Another indispensable small plant. Tiny foxglove like flower. Wonderful between paving, on wall edges…in any corner that needs a lift. Smashing plant…£2

ERYSIMUM Perennial wallflowers

Bowles Mauve Great plant, grey/green foliage; spikes of purple wallflowers.10 mnths flower....£3.50

EUPHORBIA

In the early years of our garden we planted many Euphorbia. These varieties continue to do well for us, plus a new one or two to try.

amygdaloides purpurea. 60cm Very attractive purple stems and leaves. with red colouring through winter. Acid yellow blooms....£4

amygdaloides robbiae 50cm evergreen whorls of foliage, green flowers in spring. Very tough....£4

Blackbird 60cm excellent purple. Darkens in full sun. Yellow bracts in spring. New variety…£4

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characias wulfenii Emmer Green 50cm Grey mound, white edged leaves and white flowers. New variety looks very good…£5

cyparissius Fens Ruby 15cm. Delicate froth of red foliage, resembling sphagnum moss. Suited to a dry open situation; lime green bracts...£3.50

griffithii Dixter 1m A marvellous spring plant. A sharp bronze snout emerges and rises to a metre in a month. Orange/Tan bracts open and enclose the flowers. A long season of interest…£4

griffithii Fireglow 90cm Brick red flowers over strong, massed stems of green…£4

polychroma 35cm Neat mounds that cover themselves with bright yellow flowers in spring. They are a superb ingredient in a spring planting with bulbs and doronicum and then honesty.... £3.50

DON’T FORGET to watch out for Euphorbia sap. It is very irritant to eyes.