2018 Mail Order Plant Catalogue A to E from Abriachan Nursery

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ACAENA Low creeping carpets, excellent over slopes and rocks, but equally as good in shallow pots and very effective with dwarf bulbs growing through.
caesiiglauca	Lacy, silvery foliage with red flushed burrs in late summer.	£3.30
Inermis purpurea.	Tight growing, glistening purple leaves. Perfect for making growing tapestry of colour	£3.30
magellanica	Larger, handsome shining leaves on a vigorous spreading plant.	£3.30
microphylla Copper Carpet	Ferny bronzed leaves and fabulous red burrs in late summer	£3.30
ACANTHUS
Spinosus 1.5 to 2m (Bear's Breaches)	Mounds of glossy toothed leaves and hooded purple spikes of flower. Late summer. Excellent perennial for every bold gardener	£6.50
ACHILLEA (The Yarrows) Sun loving plants with flat composite heads, long flowering period
Moonshine	Sun loving, flat, glowing yellow heads; a fine plant for a sunny border	£4.50
Paprika 70cm	Dusky red heads make this a very good plant for a bright coloured border	£4.50
ACONITUM (Monkshood) Two white forms of the fabled monkshood. Strong and lovely in shade or woodland.
Bi-colour 1.2m	Spikes of hooded white flowers, lipstick blue edged, shading elegantly into the florets.	£4.85
carmichaelii 1.2m	Autumn flowering monkshoods, excellent plants.	£4.85
ACTEA
simplex Pink Spike 1.2m	Elegant, late season show of tall, eye catching pink spikes. The leaves emerge purple in spring, easing to a dark green over summer.	£7
AGAPANTHUS (African Lilies) Midsummer colour that will give you impeccable garden credentials. Strong stems and eye catching, spherical heads of flowers. I grow several varieties in the ground and they come through winters well. They also look good indeed grown tight in large pots. To get the best from them liquid feed throughout summer with a high potash feed (tomato feed is ideal.) Full sun; good drainage.
Buckingham Palace 1.3m	Tall, magnificent blue flowers. This towered above all pots this summer and was the held on to its flowers the longest. Superb	£7.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Castle of Mey 80cm	A fine old mid blue variety that is named for the famous Caithness Castle of the Queen Mother. Splendid in pot or border.	£7.50
ex St Helena 50cm	A plant given to us by a customer with friends in St Helena where it grows in the wild. Good, sturdy, mid blue, building upquickly and well.	£7.50
Headbourne 70cm	A fine old variety, mid blue and floriferous. It has been a summer mainstay for us for a decade, looking great with bright diascia.	£7.50
Peter Pan 40cm	Neat, floriferous a good blue. Bulks up well and well suited to pots.	£6
Stockholm 90cm	Attractive mid blue variety on strong green leaves. Deciduous	£7.50
Streamline 40cm	Attractive striped blue florets on floriferous fast bulking plants.	£6
Timaru 75cm	Compact, vigorous hardy, deep blue. All good	£7.50
Torbay 60cm	The prettiest sky blue heads for summer	£5
White Heaven 1m	Large, white globes of bloom. Arresting in a strong plantin	£7.50
Windsor Gray 80cm	Strong plant; blooms palest lilac /grey, sounds muddy, but is actually attractive and gives planting ideas for containers.	£7.50
AJUGA (The Bugles)
Catlin's Giant 20cm	Different, green close leaves and dense spikes of rich blue flowers.	£3.50
repens Valfredda	A new variety, called Chocolate Chip in America where it originated. Shiny bronze, narrow leaves and spikes of violet blue flowers. Excellent and very useful for imaginative plantings.	£3.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
ANAPHALIS
triplinervis 40cm	Mounds of felt grey leaves and white everlasting flowers in summer.	£4
ANDROSACE
primuloides 4cm	Lovely tiny spring flowering; evergreen rosette with sprays of little eye catching pink flowers. Yellow eye.	£3
ANEMONE nemorosa (Wood Anemones/Wind flowers ) 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.
Blue Eyes	An old variety we acquired last year. It has variable doubling of the white flower ruff and a most attractive blue eye centre.	£3.75
flore plena	Beautiful double white form.	£3.75
Lychette	Large, crisp white flowers. Distinct.	£3.75	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Mid Blue	A heart stirring washed sky blue	£3.75
Robinsoniana	Palest blue with silver backed petals, just lovely	£3.75
Royal Blue	Clear royal blue variety, yellow stamens	£3.75
Vestal	Arranged like an old fashioned posy; broad white outer petals and tight small petalled centre.	£3.75
viridifolia	An attractive oddity with fresh whorls of green flowers.	£3.75
ANEMONE - Other varieties
cylindrica 50cm	Late spring herbaceous, white flowers and strong green centre	£3.50
x lipiensis	Lovely pale yellow flowers on fine foliage. A very good cross between nemorosa and ranunculoides species. Forms good sized clumps.	£3.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
ranunculoides	Often the first to show above ground. Dainty foliage and bright yellow flowers	£3.50
Autumn Flowering Anemones Taller elegant anemones that really lift a late summer autumn planting to a new level.
hupehensis Hapsden Abundance 80cm	An abundance of two-toned pink blooms on wide branching plants.	£4.75
x hybrida Pamina 75cm	Slender stems with deep pink semi double flowers. Very good	£4.75
Queen Charlotte 1.2m	Tall, strong, semi double, pink anemones. An excellent perennial with us.	£4.75
ANTHEMIS
cupaniana 30cm	Fastest growing cover I know for a slope or sunny border. Ferny silver leaves & a covering of dazzling white daisies. Easy to cut back if necessary, clean white posies for months	£4.50
Suzanne Mitchell 30cm	Fast growing carpets of pretty grey/green and pale straw daisies from June to Oct	£4.50
AQUILEGIA Columbines or Granny's Bonnets. Wonderful old fashioned perennials for the late spring garden. They mix & match and seed around pleasingly.
canadensis 50 cm	Heads of crimson, long spurred blooms with bright yellow centres. A classy variety	£4.30
discolor 20cm	A small variety with pretty heads of sky blue with a white edge	£4.30
Mackanna Hybrids 90cm	Strong reds, yellows and pink and orange, often as bi-colours. Sold as mixed colours	£4
		£10 for Four Mackanna Hybrids
ARABIS
caucasicum alba flora plena	A very pretty double white spreading Arabis, each flower individually a perfect, tiny white rose. A most useful plant for the edge of a raised bed or rock.	£3.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
ferdinandi coburgii var.	Shiny, variegated green and gold leaves; white flowers	£3
ARMERIA
macloviana (Falkland Island Thrift) 30cm	A seashore plant, found amongst the coastal grasses or clinging to rock cracks. Small domes of salt and sea washed pinks.	£4	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
ASARUM
europaeum 20cm	Lovely, shining, kidney-shaped leaves; excellent in shade	£4.50
ASPHODELUS
albus 30cm	Spears of foliage and spikes of white flowers, backs flushed soft apricot	£4.50
ASTER
natalensis 20cm	Wonderful little summer daisy. Bright blue. Loves full sun.	£3.50
turbinellus 90cm	A great no fuss Michaelmas daisy. Dark, mildew free stems and lovely masses of soft purple blue flowers.	£4.50
ASTRANTIA (Masterworts)
major 40cm	Lovely old fashioned flowers with a central boss of stamens and surrounding ruff of papery white petals. The blooms last and dry well.	£4.50
Ruby Star	The best of the new introductions. Dark flushed foliage and ruby red flowers.	£5
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.
perennis Alice	Neat pale sugar-pink daisies. An old desirable cultivar	£3.50
rotundifolia caerulescens	Lovely little lavender blue daisies. Very pretty	£3.50
BERGENIA
Bach 30cm	Excellent red winter foliage and heads of pale pink in spring that age to white.	£5
Bartok 30cm	Brilliant red textured leaves and red flowers in spring . Excellent new variety	£5
Silberlicht 25cm	White flowers in spring on strong leaves. An old reliable plant	£5
BLETILLA (Hardy Orchid)
striata 15cm	Sparse, sword shaped leaves and pink orchid flowers. Usually recommended for humus rich woodland soil, but ours survives cold winters, drought & overshadowed by a huge Pieris and is doing fine. Maybe some care and it would be wonderful!	£6.50
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CALTHA (Double Marsh Marigold)
palustris plena 30cm	Glistening green leaves and beautiful double flowers. Very striking in a damp area or waterside.	£4.50
CAMPANULA (The Bellflowers) The bellflowers are an amazing range of plants. They are the backbone of summer borders and simultaneously can be excellent carpeting plants or precious tiny treasures.
cochlearifolia 10cm	Tiny double powder-puff blue bells on a spreading mat. Lovely in a wide shallow pot too.	£3.30
lactiflora 1.2m	Stately blue summer bellflowers. They bloom with the roses and Mock orange. Hardy and magnificent	£4.50
lactiflora Pink	Seed raised plants off pink parents; a mix of soft pinks.	£4
persicifolia alba coronata 50cm	Wiry stems and perfect little rosettes of white studding the length.	£4.50
persicifolia Chettle Charm 60cm	Large open white bells perfectly rimmed with china blue. Beautiful	£4.50
poscharskyana (Trailing Bellflower)	Bright blue stars of blooms, on trailing stems. Excellent on walls or edging plantings	£3.50
CARDAMINE (Lady's smock family)
pentaphylla 20cm	Very early delicate flowers of purple and pink just before the five digit leaves. An annual event for me each spring	£4
pratense 30cm	Our native lady's smock. Fresh watercress leaves and pretty pink flower. Wonderful emerging from short grass	£4
pratense Big White	A large, white flowered version of our native Ladies Smock. Very good in short grass or damp meadows.	£4
rhapanifolia (Cuckoo Flower)	Strong, early pink ladies smock on fresh, cress-green foliage.	£4
CARDIOCRINUM (Giant Lilies)
giganteum 2.5m (Giant Himalayan Lilies)	Legendary lilies. Huge whorl of white trumpet flowers, downward facing so the scent and beauty are wonderfully accessible. The seed heads that follow are a feature for a year and more.	£9.50
CENTAUREA Perennial cornflower or Bluebottle. These are long favoured cottage garden plants flowering very early, right after the daffodils.
jacea 40cm	A compact pretty magenta knapweed; open faced and rayed flower heads.	£4
montanum Parham 70cm (Perennial Cornflower)	An elegant form of this early flowerer; lovely lilac blue blooms.	£4
CENTRANTHUS
A plant that lives on air, growing from walls and cracks in impossible rock faces.
alba	The white variant, excellent clean white flowers on show for many weeks.	£4
rubra (Wall Valerian) 40cm	Rich red flowers. Look up at the ramparts of Edinburgh and many castle walls and it is there.	£4
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	£2.75
		OR £25 for ten
CHIASTOPHYLLUM
oppositifolium 10cm	Neat, shiny, leathery rosettes and yellow catkin flowers; perfect on a wall or rockery and good as an ingredient in planters.	£3
CHRYSANTHEMUM Its odd, but chrysanthemums were a ubiquitous presence in every garden of my youth, and then suddenly gone. I have tried to find and grow them and revive interest here in Scotland. I am concentrating on the hardiest( not the big show varieties, that are not truly hardy) and hence the easiest to grow.
Carmine Blush 60cm	Neat mounds covered in single pink carmine Chrysanths. October until the snows.	£4	AVAILABLE IN JUNE
Chelsea Physic Garden 60cm	Beautiful double ,dusky orange red, bronzed backed petal . Lasted very well as cut flowers.	£4	AVAILABLE IN JUNE
Rose Madder 60cm	Strong rose pink single blooms with a yellow eye. Scented.	£4	AVAILABLE IN JUNE
CICERBITA
alpina 1.5m	Beautiful branching heads of blue daisies on mounds of large toothed leaves. A rare Scottish native and we love to sell it.	£5
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	£4.50
CIRSIUM
rivulare atropurpureum 1m	Handsome basal clumps and large open sprays of purple/ red thistles, all without the spines! A remarkably good garden plant, repeat flowering from June to December.	£4.50
CODONOPSIS
clematidea	Twining grey stems and leaves and the most glamorous ice blue flower; turn up the bell shaped blooms and the centre is full of purple veins and orange markings.	£4
CONVALLARIA
majalis (Lily of the Valley)	The lovely white bells with a heart melting fragrance. We sell plants established in pots, that will grow away far better than any dried root pieces. Also lovely in a container that can be brought indoors for a while to enjoy the blooms	£3
		OR £10 for four
majalis rosea	Pink flowered form.	£3.50
CORYDALIS
elata (The Fumitories) 40cm	Green feathered foliage and lovely blue flowers. Does very well for us in woodland conditions.	£3.50
flexuosa Purple Leaf 30cm	Fine purple flushed foliage , and purple/blue flowers. Proving very good in the garden	£3.50
solida Beth Evans	Pretty soft rose flowers on very early foliage. Lovely with snowdrops.	£4
solida George Baker	The same foliage and habit with brick red blooms. Always surprising.	£4
CROCOSMIA (Montbretia) Great plants for a late summer show, bold and bright. They increase well and are rewarding to grow.
Anna Marie 80cm	Eye catching orange red. Long flowering period. New variety	£4.50
Canary Bird 50cm	Attractive, floriferous variety with neat bright yellow blooms.	£4.50
Constance 80cm	Startling orange with an open face and yellow centre. Very good.	£4.50
George Davison 70cm	Taller yellow flowered variety. Reliable.	£4.50
Honey Angels 60cm	Attractive bronzed leaves and yellow funnel-shaped flowers; excellent in the garden or containers.	£4.50
Limpopo 75cm	Upward facing orange/apricot blooms; floriferous and striking in the late summer border.	£4.50
Mistral 75cm	Early flowering variety; upright facing orange flowers, flushing pink with age; striking garden plants.	£4
Okavango 75cm	A very good vigorous variety apricot orange with a long season in flower.	£4.50
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
Paul’s Best Yellow 1.2m	Tall variety; large golden yellow flowers; flowers open faced and showy.	£4.50
CYMBALARIA
acquitriloba alba	Tiny, flat ground hugging leaves….the leaves are shiny and shaped and marked like ivy. Flowers for months, neat white toadflax flowers.	£3
muralis (Kenilworth Ivy / 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
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DACTYLORRHIZA
purpurella (Northern Marsh Orchid) 15cm	A lovely Scots native, popping up throughout our garden. A really dark purple orchid.	£5	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
DELOSPERMUM
nubigenum (Yellow Ice Plant)	A small-leaved hardy succulent that makes good carpets covered with bright yellow flowers. Very useful on dry sunny site.	£3
DIANTHUS (Garden Pinks)
Kesteven Kirkstead 20cm	Large white single pinks with a purple centre marked; flowers on and on; lovely fragrance.	£4
La Bourboule	A perfect carpeting pink; neat leaves and tiny pink flowers covering the foliage in June.	£3.50
Red Dwarf	Single red flowers; maroon centre and lots of white stamens.	£4
Robina's Daughter 15cm	From a garden on Skye: semi double white with perfect clove fragrance. Good grey carpeting habit.	£4
DIASCIA
rigescens 50cm	Spikes of summer pink blooms that bulk up and give a great display for many months, through to the frosts. Excellent plants	£4	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
DICENTRA
cucullaria 25cm	Dainty glaucous foliage and white waxy bell flowers; humus rich soil part shade. Exquisite.	£4.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
formosa alba 50cm	Pure white flowers on the attractive leaves in spring. Lovely in shade and woodlands.	£4
formosa Cox's Dark Red 30cm	Lovely dark wine red blooms on olive green foliage	£4.50
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. Excellent in sea side gardens too.
adelphicum 1m	Attractive flared pink bells on an upright plant.	£4.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
igneum 50cm	Open faced bells of a brick red. The hardiest of all we grow and increases well.	£4.50
pulcherrimum 1.2m	Long grassy leaves and arching stems, dripping with lilac pink bells emerging form silver papery calyxes. Exquisite.	£4.50
DIGITALIS (Foxgloves)
mertonensis (Strawberry Foxglove) 90 cm	Spires of excellent foxgloves with the colour of strawberry smoothies. Lovely darkly marked inners to the bells.	£4
purpurea alba 2m	The white foxglove. Stately plants wonderful in shade. Biennial	£4
DORONICUM
pardalianches Giant Leopard's Bane 80cm	Fresh green foliage and a mass of yellow daisies. They fill the gap after daffodils like no other flowering perennial.	£4
DODECATHEON
media Goliath 30cm	Strong stems of cyclamen-like flowers; lilac pink with yellow tip.	£4
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ECHINACEA
tennessensis Rocky Top 60cm	We have struggled with Echinacea and hence we are looking at this variety. Very close to the species, vigorous and attractive. Purple cone flowers with brown central boss. Let's give it a go.	£4.50
ECHINOPS
ritro Veitch's Blue 2m	Amazing tattered leaves and strong stems headed up with blue spheres of flower. A midsummer plant, loved by bees and butterflies.	£4.50
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.I have also seen them looking terrific in large container plantings, often alone.
x versicolor sulphureum 40cm	Lovely, fresh bronze veined foliage and pale lemon flowers.	£4.50
x perralchium Frohnleiten 50cm	Tough evergreen foliage with bronze markings. A good species for dry conditions. Excellent early foliage and yellow flowers.	£4.50
ERINUS
alpinus 5cm	An indispensable small plant. Tiny mauve flowers. Wonderful between pavings, on wall edges…in any corner that needs a lift. Smashing plant.	£3	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
ERYNGIUM (Sea hollies)
alpinum 60cm	The finest and largest sea holly. Blue lacy ruffs on blue cones. Definitely more Blackadder than Baldrick.	£5	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
bourgatti Graham Stuart Thomas 30cm	Deeply cut variegated foliage, gives a lacy effect; branching heads of marine blue sea hollies. Floriferous and long in flower. Excellent.	£5
giganteum (Miss Wilmott's Ghost)	Grow this biennial sea holly in the driest sunniest place and it becomes silver and almost white. Startlingly good.	£4.50
oliveranum 90cm	Glorious steely blue sea hollies; wonderful on well drained soils.	£5	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Neptune's Gold 30cm	A terrific new perennial. Golden filigree foliage and bright blue sea hollies.	£6	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
ERYTHRONIUM (Dog's Tooth Violets)
californicum White Beauty	Creamy white reflexed flowers; cream mottled leaves.	£4.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
dens canis 15cm	Beautiful early flowering rhizomes; dark spotted olive leaves and pink flowers, reflexed like a cyclamen. These are seed raised from our long established plants.	£4.50	CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Pagoda 20cm	Bright green leaf straps and yellow lantern flowers. Vigorous	£4.50
EUPHORBIA DON'T FORGET to watch out for Euphorbia sap. It is very irritant to eyes.
cyparissius Fens Ruby 15cm	Delicate froth of red foliage, resembling sphagnum moss. Suited to a dry open situation; lime green bracts	£3.50
griffithi Dixter 1m	Interesting early red shoots appear in March/ April, followed by upright bronzed stems and leaves and topped by vivid orange bracts. Excellent and attractive.	£4.80
polychroma 25cm	Tidy spring growth topped with a golden yellow bract show. Some autumn colour too.	£4.50