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ACAENA These are low creeping carpets, feathery leaves and burrs. Excellent scrambling around rocks. Great with bulbs, which grow through the mat.
buchanii.	Strong growing, glaucous leaves with brown burrs	£2.50
Caesiiglauca.	Silky grey leaves, and large brown burrs. Scrambling habit	£2.50
Inermis purpurea.	Tight growing, glistening purple leaves. Perfect for making growing tapestry of colour	£2.50
Microphylla Copper Carpet	Ferny bronzed leaves and fabulous red burrs in late summer	£2.50
ACANTHUS
Spinosus 120cm x 90cm (Bear's Breaches)	Mounds of glossy toothed leaves and hooded purple spikes of flower. Late summer. Excellent perennial for every bold gardener	£5
ACHILLEA Sun loving plants with flat composite heads, long flowering period
Colorado Pink	Strong growing herbaceous plants; look very good with grasses. A lovely strain with dawn/dusk sky washed pinks.	£4
Red Velvet	Beautiful feathery leaves and rich velvet red flower heads.	£4
ACONITUM (Monkshood) Two white forms of the fabled monkshood. Strong and lovely in shade or woodland.
nepallus albus 1.2m	Tall strong white spires.	£4
Ivorine 70cm	Shorter dense spires with rich ivory white hoods.	£4
ACTEA
Black Negligee 1.5m	Wonderful handsome purple/black foliage and waving spires of white flowers in autumn.	£6.50
Pink Spike 1.5m	Young foliage purple, settling to dark green; waving spires of pretty pink in autumn.	£6.50
ADENOPHERA
confusa 50cm	Short spires of pale blue open faced bells midsummer.	£3
Lilifolia 60cm	Late summer elegant spires of amethyst blue.	£3
polyantha 60cm	Pretty spikes of lavender blue bells; long in flower.	£3
AGAPANTHUS African Lilies (African Lilies) A large terracotta pot full of Agapanthus looks fabulous in the shimmering summer heat and gains you impeccable gardening credentials. I grow several varieties in the ground and they have come through the recent incredibly hard winters. In pots, grow them tight, and liquid feed through summer with a high potash feed to get the best flowering, tomato feed is ideal.
Jack's Blue 1.5 m	Tall strong variety; rich blue heads. From New Zealand.	£5
Navy Blue 60cm	Navy, black stems; superb	£4
Timaru 80cm	Rich dark blue heads. Another very good New Zealand variety.	£4
White Heaven 1m	Large floriferous heads of clean white; excellent hardy constitution	£4
AJUGA
Braunherz 10cm spreading	Ajugas are excellent ground covering plant; Braunherz has handsome scalloped shaped leaves of a smoky bronze.	£2.50
Catlin's Giant 25cm	Different, green close leaves and 20cm spikes of rich blue flowers.	£2.50
ALCEA rosea (Hollyhocks) Nothing gives the old cottage feel to your borders or against the walls or fence as Hollyhocks.
rugosa (Russian Hollyhock) 2m	Clear bright yellow blooms. More disease resistance	£3
ALLIUM
caesium 30cm	Pretty lavender blue globes. Late summer. AGM.	£2.50
cepa proliferum	Tree Onion A whorl of small onion bulblets at the top of the stem.	£2.50
christophii 40cm	Wonderful silver/ purple globes of flowers that last all summer can be dried and bought inside. Large bulbs which start into growth in spring	£3
Gladiator 80cm	Tall stems and football size heads of lilac purple star flowers.	£4
karataviense 10cm	Attractive strap leaves that last through flowering and globes of pink/beige flowerheads, tennis ball size. Excellent. AGM.	£3
moly Jeannine 30cm	Good clumps of early yellow flowerheads.	£3
siculum	Grey/green foliage and hanging heads of dusky pink.	£3
ALYSSUM
wulfenianum 5cm x 20cm	Silver leaved spreading plant with bright yellow flowers on 5cm stems. Great in dry, sunny exposed spots. Late spring flowering	£2.50
AMSONIA
tabernaemontana 40cm (Blue Star)	The prettiest star-like blue flowers on a neat domed shrub. A lovely thing	£4
ANAPHALIS
triplinervis 40cm	Mounds of felt grey leaves and white everlasting flowers in summer.	£3
ANDROMEDA
polifolia Blue Ice 15cm	Small spreading evergreen with pink balls of flower in spring.	£4
ANDROSACE
primuloides 4cm	Lovely tiny spring flowering; evergreen rosette with sprays of little eye catching pink flowers. Yellow eye.	£3
ANEMENOPSIS
macrophylla	Choice woodlander; fine foliage and lavender blue flowers.	£3.50
ANEMONE Wind flowers nemorosa (Wood Anemones) 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 silver blue and violet shaded back to the petals. You will love them all. The sheer valour of them in spring sunshine awakens hope.
alba plena	Lovely double white	£3
Mid Blue	A heart stirring washed sky blue	£3
Royal Blue	Dainty leaves, and then the brightest royal blue flower	£3
Robinsoniana	Palest blue with silver backed petals, just lovely	£3
Vestal	Broad outer petals and a tight petalled centre; beautiful	£3
Virescens	A whorl of calyces make this green “flower” unique. Delightful	£3
x lipiensis	Lovely pale yellow flowers on fine foliage. A very good cross between nemorosa and ranunculoides species	£3
ranunculoides	Often the first to show above ground. Dainty foliage and bright yellow flowers	£3
Autumn Anemones
Hapsden Abundance 80cm	Lovely early single pink, strong growing, always welcome	£4.50
hybrida Pamina 75cm	Slender stems with deep pink semi double flowers. Very good	£4.50
Queen Charlotte 1.2m	Large rose pink anemone heads, lovely plant.	£4.50
ANGELICA
Ebony 1.6m	Glossy, dark purple-black pinnate leaves, a stem rising in second year with umbels of dark purple buds opening pink. Wonderful statuesque plant	£4.50
ANTENNARIA
dioica	Smaller ground cover; close grey leaves and pretty pink flowers.	£2.50
ANTHEMIS
cupaniana 30cm	Excellent ground cover in full sun.; feathery grey foliage and clean white daisies.	£3.50
E.C. Buxton	Pale primrose daisies all summer; excellent.	£3.50
ANTHRISCUS
sylvestris Raven's Wing 1.5m	The airy white flowers like Sweet Cecily and contrasting purple bronze foliage; beautiful.	£4
ANTHYLLIS
vulnaria rubra	The attractive red flowered form of native kidney vetch; excellent in dry beds and among rocks. Grey/green foliage.	£3
AQUILEGIA
canadensis 40 cm	Pretty Columbine; red and yellow flower heads.	£3
Mackanna Hybrids 50cm	Excellent seed raised hybrids; long spurred and colourful.	£3
ARABIS
caucasicum alba flora plena	Double white rosettes of flower on trailing stems, grey leaves.	£3
ARISARUM
proboscideum	Mouse Plant; Shiny arrow shaped leaves with weird cute curling mouse tail flowers. Good in woodland settings and good in the dry.	£3
ARUNCUS
aethusifolius 40cm	Dwarf Goat Beard. Attractive pinnate leaves and panicles of cream white flowers. Very hardy and tolerates shade.	£4
dioicius 3m	Goats Beard; Tall and stately, this plant can be a landmark on a headland; tall strong panicles of creamy white flowers in July.	£4.50
ASTER
laterifolius horizontalis 75cm	Attractive late flowering aster; masses of tiny white flowers, dark leaves on purple horizontal stems	£4
natalensis 20cm	Great blue daisy...really blue. Flat lance shaped leaves with the single daisies rising in early summer	£3.50
ASTILBE Astilbes are excellent plants for damp places and shade. We have found them to be excellent in large containers that show their handsome foliage to good effect.
chinensis Diamonds and Pearls 75cm	Pure white spikes on dark green foliage.	£4.50
chinensis Love and Pride 90cm	Cerise pink blooms on bronze/green foliage.	£4.50
William Buchanan 25cm	Compact clump forming, fern like leaves and cream/pink flowers.	£3.50
ASTILBOIDES
tabularis 80cm	A plant with a magnificent presence, and excellent in shade. Large paler green scalloped edge leaves; panicles of creamy white flowers	£5
ASTRANTIA Masterworts Lovely old fashioned flowers; a quivering boss of stamens and surrounding ruff. 'Aunt Hatties's Pin Cushion'
Hapsden Blood 35cm	Red pin cushion flowers on red stems; lovely form of Masterwort.	£4.50
major 40cm	Lovely old fashioned flowers with a central boss of stamens and surrounding ruff.	£4.50
Ruby Star	Red pin cushions surrounded by black tipped pink bracts.	£4.50
AUBRETIA
Gloria	I love aubretia in spring...sheets of colour over rocks and walls and easy and reliable. Gloria is a dark magenta red	£3
Blue Beauty	Lovely blue purple carpeter.	£3
AZORELLA
trifurcata	A fantastic carpeting plant from Empetrum heaths throughout Southern South America. Hence drought and sun proof. It forms a rock hard creeping green mat - unbelievable	£3.50
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BELLIS Double Daisies These are the tiny neat button daisies , not the larger seed raised flowers. They are antiques, having been around since 16th Century. Plant where you can appreciate their pretty, neat form. They are lovely mixed with dwarf early bulbs. After flowering, feed them well, and in a month or 2, divide and re-pot, then put in the shade. Watch out for greenfly.
Alice	Neat pale sugar pink daisies. Old desirable cultivar.	£3
Dresden China 5cm	The prettiest little double pink	£3
Hen and Chickens	One whorl of pink and white daisy petals on a stem on top of the other. Weird and a very old novelty	£3
The Pearl	Neat double white. Scarce	£3
rotundifolia caerulescens	Lovely little lavender blue daisies. Very pretty	£3
BERGENIA
Autumn Magic	Neat leaves that flare with colour through autumn winter; A repeat flowerer, strong mid pink flowers.	£4
Bach	A new variety; colours very well; pink flowers age to a good white.	£5
Overture	Neat leaves an outstanding red in winter; magenta flowers AGM.	£5
Silberlicht	Large handsome leaves and white, tinted pale pink, flowers.	£4.50
BRUNNERA
Hapsden Cream 30cm	Wonderful ground cover for shade and a great joy in spring; cream spotted light green leaves and the loveliest blue flowers.	£4.50
Jack Frost	A great Perennial; heart shaped silver leaves, edged with green, make good cover. Forget me not blue flowers	£4.50
Mr Morse	Broad silver leaves, green veined. Sprays of white flowers in spring. Lovely	£4.50
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CAMPANULA The Bellflowers
Elizabeth Oliver	Beautiful tiny double bells on a spreading mat.	£3
lactiflora 1.3m	Stately blue summer bellflowers. They bloom with the roses and Mock orange. Hardy and magnificent	£4.50
persicifolia 90cm	Willow-leaved bellflowers; elegant, wiry stems with open blue bells	£4
persicifolia Alba Coronata 50cm	Divisions of a lovely double white bell flower. An old plant	£4
persicifolia Chettle Charm 60cm	Large open white perfectly rimmed with china blue	£4
poscharskyana	Trailing Bellflower. Bright blue stars of blooms, on trailing stems. Excellent on walls or edging plantings	£3
rotundifolia	Harebells: Beautiful Scot's Native; deep blue bells on wiry stems that dance in the late summer breezes.	£3
CRAMBE
cordifolia (Sea Kale)	Handsome glaucous leaves from which erupts a spray of white flowers, very like a huge gypsophila. A wonderous plant. Full sun and good drainage	£4
CENTRANTHUS
rubra (Wall Valerian)	A plant that seems to lives on fresh air. Rich red flowers on 30cm stems. Well suited to dry poor soil. Look up at the ramparts of Edinburgh and other Castle and it is there	£3.50
CHAMAEMELUM
Treneague (Lawn Chamomile)	The non-flowering 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
		OR £20 for 10
CHIASTOPHYLLUM
oppositifolium	Neat, shiny, leathery rosettes and yellow catkin flowers; perfect on a wall or rockery and good as an ingredient in planters.	£3
oppositifolium variegatum	Golden variegated form.	£3
CICERBITA
alpina 1m	Beautiful branching heads of blue daisies on mounds of large toothed leaves. A rare Scottish native and we love to sell it	£3.50
plumeria 2m	Lilac blue daisies on strong swaying stems. It seeds gently for us and we always have 4 or 5 in the garden each year, always welcome	£3.50
COLCHICUM
speciosum album	Beautiful, substantial white goblets in autumn and strong clean foliage in spring.	£5
Violet Queen 10cm	This is the autumn colchicum that comes back every year and steadily builds in strength. Beautiful open goblets of magenta violet	£4
CONVALLARIA
majalis Lily of the Valley	The lovely white bells with their heart melting fragrance. We have established pots, that will grow away far better than dried root pieces	£3
m. alba striata	White striped leaves. Dainty and attractive.	£4.50
CORYDALIS
flexuosa (Craigton Blue)	Fine foliage, and proving good in the garden. Flowers shade from white to blue	£3
flexuosa Purple Leaf	Purple ferny foliage, a good contrast with blue flowers.	£3
Tory MP	True tory blue and nicely scented; green leaves	£3
solida	Dusky purple, lovely fine foliage	£3
solida Beth Evans	Fine foliage and pink tubular flowers	£3.50
solida George Baker	Astounding brick pink flowers; excellent specimen.	£3.50
CROCOSMIA The Montbretia family Great plants for a late summer show, bold and bright. They increase well and are rewarding to grow.
Lucifer 1.2m	A remarkable plant that draws the eye across the garden. Strong, upright pleated sword-shaped leaves with brilliant red flowers. Hardy and increases well	£4
paniculata 1.2m	These are the finest and most effective vertical foliage in the spring border. Spears of growth emerge and open into elegant pleated leaves. Persimmon orange flowers in August. First class	£4
Spitfire 90cm	A crackling orange on elegant foliage. Designed to enliven any border. An excellent reliable plant	£4
CYMBALARIA
muralis (Ivy-Leaved Toad Flax)	The lovely little violet toad flaxes on tiny ivy like trailing leaves that scramble on and through walls. I'll bet you have tried taking pieces like me...but they rarely work . You need to raise from seed. Here they are	£3
alba	Tiny marbled leaves and white toadflax flowers. Creeps slowly, slowly.	£3
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DACTYLORRHIZA
elata 40cm	Wonderful hardy orchid makes a fabulous display. Cerise purple orchid flowers; perfectly marked. Slowly bulks up in the garden.	£7.50
purpurella 15cm (Northern Marsh Orchid)	A lovely Scots native, popping up throughout our garden. A really dark purple orchid	£4
DAPHNE
retusa 25 -50cm	Superb evergreen Daphne. Often covers it self with the purple/pink buds, opening to white fragrant flowers each May. Slow, steady growth makes a shrub to cherish	£5
DIANTHUS
Cracker	Compact, eye-catching orange-red double.	£3.50
Kesteven Kirkstead	A lovely surprise when I got this last year; large white single pinks with a purple centre marked; flowered on and on.	£3.50
Lily the Pink	Double lavender pink; wonderful spicy scent.	£3.50
Moulin Rouge 30cm	Scented, double, pale pink flowers with laced edges and deep magenta centres and edges	£3.50
Passion	Striking deep red dianthus with a lovely spicy fragrance	£3.50
Rebekah	Double crimson, wonderful perfume.	£3.50
Red Dwarf	Single red flowers; maroon centre and lots of white stamens.	£3.50
Robina’s Daughter	Semi double white with perfect clove fragrance. Good grey carpeting habit	£3.50
Romance	A lovely salmon pink semi double, dark centre.	£3.50
Sherbet	Compact double magenta, excellent in planters.	£3.50
Supernova	Dwarf variety; Striking clock face; cerise with magenta centre.	£3.50
Waterloo Sunset	Fiery red with an exceptional long season.	£3.50
DICENTRA
cucullaria	Dutchmans’ Breeches; beautiful ferny glaucous foliage and white waxy flowers; humus rich part shade.	£4
DIERAMA Wand Flowers or Angel’s Fishing Rods They 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.
Cosmos 1m	Seedlings of a dark burgundy dierama.	£4.50
pulcherrimum 1.5m	Long grassy leaves and arching stems, dripping with lilac pink bells emerging form silver papery calyxes. Exquisite.	£4.50
reynoldsii 80cm	White bracts around wine red flowers. Lovely.	£4.50
DIGITALIS Foxgloves
purpurea alba 2m	The white foxglove. Stately plants wonderful in shade. Biennial	£3.50
parviflora	Chocolate foxglove; brown purple flowers on compact stems.	£3.50
DIPLARRHENA
moraea Butterfly Flag 40cm	A striking perennial; clean, white-winged blooms with purple and yellow shades on the inner petals. Lovely in early summer	£3.50
DISPOROPSIS
pernyi 80cm	Glossy stems and hanging white flowers. Like a small Solomon’s Seal and one that does not attract saw fly.	£4
DODECATHEON
media album Shooting Stars 60cm	Smooth stems and strong stems with rocket like flowers; white form.	£3.50
media Goliath	Larger pink flowers. Beautiful.	£3.50
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ECHINACEA
Vintage Wine 1.2m	The best, strongest and hardiest of the new breeds of Echinacea; rich dark purple.	£4.50
EOMECON
chionantha	A delicate Chinese poppy; white, yellow stamens, glabrous leaves.	£4
EPIMEDIUM Epimediums make excellent ground cover, they grow just about anywhere, and possess a real air of elegance. The spring flowers are dainty and repay close observation. The leaves follow and 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
pubigerum	Smooth green foliage and elegant sprays of creamy white flowers.	£4
x rubrum	Beautiful foliage and crimson flowers.	£4
x versicolor sulphureum 30cm	Dainty leaflets and pale yellow blooms.	£4
x warleyense	Unusual orange flowers	£4
ERINUS
alpinus	Tiny clumps with clouds of pink flowers. Wonderful along steps or walls, where it will settle and seed.	£2.50
ERYNGIUM
alpinum 70cm	The finest and largest sea holly. Blue lacy ruffs on blue cones. Definitely more Blackadder than Baldrick.	£6
bourgatti GST selection 30cm	Deeply cut white variegated foliage, gives a lacy effect; branching heads of blue sea hollies. Floriferous and long in flower.	£5
giganteum 80cm	Miss Wilmott's Ghost. Grow this biennial sea holly in the driest sunniest place and it becomes silver and almost white. Startling.	£4
ERYTHRONIUM
albidum	Marbled green foliage and elegant white flowers, swept back petals.	£4
californicum White Beauty	Creamy white reflexed flowers; cream mottled leaves.	£4
EUPHORBIA DON'T FORGET to watch out for Euphorbia sap. It is very irritant to eyes.
amygdaloides Blackbird 40cm	Attractive deep maroon-purple foliage that grows in rosettes, bright lime-green flowers that appear from March to May	£4
characias Blue Wonder 1.2m	Good glaucous foliage, looking very good throughout winter.	£5
cyparissius Fens Ruby 15cm	Delicate froth of red foliage, resembling sphagnum moss. Suited to a dry open situation; lime green bracts	£3
Emmer Green 75cm	Cream and green striped leaves and a cloud of green and pink flowers.	£5
Golden Foam 1m	A cloud of golden foam; on neat green foliage.	£4
griffithi Wickstead	Red spikes break through the spring soil and expand into striped leaves topped with orange red bracts. Excellent plants, hardy.	£4