2019 Mail Order Plant Catalogue A to E from Abriachan Nursery

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ACHILLEA (The Yarrows) Sun loving plants with flat composite heads, long flowering period
Moonshine 80cm	Flat, glowing yellow heads; a fine plant for a sunny border. AGM	£4.50
Paprika 60cm	Good upright heads; paprika red fades to pink.	£4.50
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.
ardernei Hybrid 60cm	Herbaceous variety; a neat , graceful little white variety	£6.50
Blue Moon	Herbaceous; a cool ice blue on a useful late flowering variety	£7
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
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
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.	£6.50
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.	£6.50
Jack's Blue 1.2 m	Fine dark heads with dark stems. Great looks	£7.50
Navy Blue 90cm	Large, navy blue flowerheads on strong tall stems. One of the best	£7.50
Streamline 40cm	Attractive striped blue florets on floriferous fast bulking plants.	£5.50
Torbay 80cm	Very good garden plant, loved the heat of last summer. Mid blue	£7.50
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.
Lychette	Large, crisp white flowers. Distinct.	£3.50
Mid Blue	A heart stirring washed sky blue	£3.50
Robinsoniana	Palest blue with silver backed petals, just lovely	£3.50
Royal Blue	Clear royal blue variety, yellow stamens	£3.50
ANEMONE - Other varieties
cylindrica 50cm	White cup anemones on upright stems; cylindrical seed cones.	£4
x lipiensis	Lovely pale yellow flowers on fine foliage. A very good cross between nemorosa and ranunculoides species. Forms good sized clumps.	£4
ranunculoides	Often the first to show above ground. Dainty foliage and bright yellow flowers	£4
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.	£4.50
x hybrida Pamina 75cm	Slender stems with deep pink semi double flowers. Very good	£4.50
Queen Charlotte 1.2m	Tall, strong, semi double, pink anemones. An excellent perennial with us.	£4.50
ANTHEMIS
Cally White 30cm	Cheerful white daisies throughout summer; from Cally Gardens.	£4.50
E.C. Buxton	The finest of all the Anthemis. Months of lemon yellow daisies giving colour and endless daisies to cut for the house.	£4.50
Suzanne Mitchell 30cm	Fast growing carpets of pretty grey/green and pale straw daisies from June to Oct	£4.50
punctata cupaniana	Splendid plant for fast cover of a sunny bank. Grey foliage and endless amounts of clean white daisies.	£4
ASARUM
europaeum 20cm	Lovely, shining, kidney-shaped leaves; excellent in shade	£4.50
ASTER
natalensis 20cm	Wonderful little summer daisy. Bright blue. Loves full sun.	£3.50
A gardening friend who lived on Loch Ness, supplied us with these excellent hardy, reliably mildew free, free flowering, long lived Asters.
Nova Belgica Pink	Rose pink flowers Aug to Dec totally mildew resistant	£4.50
Nova Belgica Blue	Violet blue flowers - Aug to Dec totally mildew resistant	£4.50
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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
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.	£5
Jack Frost 30cm	A great Perennial; heart shaped silver leaves, edged with green, make good cover. Forget me not blue flowers	£5
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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.	£3.50
lactiflora 1.2m	Our mid summer blue Campanulas. Wonderful plants filling a border and give a stately presence. We gave some the "chelsea chop" this year and that was great, giving us a 1m show of excellent flowers in Aug/Sept instead of June/July	£4.50
lactiflora Pink	Dusky pink variant	£4.50
persicifolia alba coronata 80cm	Wands of wiry stems with lovely double white bells.	£4.50
persicifolia Chettle Charm 80cm	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)
pratense 30cm	Our native lady's smock. Fresh watercress leaves and pretty pink flower. Wonderful emerging from short grass	£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
CENTRANTHUS
A plant that lives on air, growing from walls and cracks in impossible rock faces.
rubra (Wall Valerian) 40cm	Rich red flowers. Look up at the ramparts of Edinburgh and many castle walls and it is there.	£4
CRINODENDRON
hookerianum	( Chilean Lantern bush ) up to 2m Fantastic shrub; evergreen and a long season of dangling lantern-like crimson blooms	£8.50
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 MAY
Chelsea Physic Garden 60cm	Beautiful double ,dusky orange red, bronzed backed petal . Lasted very well as cut flowers.	£4	AVAILABLE IN MAY
Rose Madder 60cm	Strong rose pink single blooms with a yellow eye. Scented.	£4	AVAILABLE IN MAY
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
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
COLCHICUM
Violet Queen 25cm	This strong ,rich pink naked lady has settled very well through our garden and multiplies well.	£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
flexuosa China Blue 30cm	Green ferny foliage and fine china blue flowers ; lovely and early.	£3.50
solida George Baker	The same foliage and habit with brick red blooms. Always surprising.	£3.50
CROCOSMIA (Montbretia) Great plants for a late summer show, bold and bright. They increase well and are rewarding to grow.
Constance 90cm	A new variety for us; large, open faced orange red blooms, eye catching.	£4.50
Honey Angels 75cm	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.	£4.50
Norwich Canary 90cm	A later flowering yellow; wide sprays of bright, lasting blooms	£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
Tangerine Queen 90cm	Later flowering. Elegant tangerine orange blooms.	£4.50
CYCLAMEN
hederifolium Silver Leaf 10cm	Beautiful tiny plants; sugar pink cyclamen flowers in autumn and followed by beautifully marked silver and dark green leaves through winter/spring.	£4
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.	£3.50
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.	£3.50
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DACTYLORRHIZA
purpurella (Northern Marsh Orchid) 15cm	A lovely Scots native, popping up throughout our garden. A really dark purple orchid.	£6
DECAISNEA
fargesii 3m (Blue Bean Tree or Dead Man's Fingers)	A hardy multi-stemmed shrub, walnut-like leaves and the most amazing blue fruit pods in autumn; true ghoul blue. One of the highlights of the year.	£8.50
DIANTHUS (Garden Pinks)
Kesteven Kirkstead 20cm	An old fashioned single; white petals, maroon eye, wonderful scent.	£3.75
Robina's Daughter 15cm	From a friend's garden on Skye: semi double white with perfect clove fragrance. Good grey carpeting habit.	£3.75
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	A more upright species with flaring pink bells. Rarely offered	£5
Blood Drops 1m	A seed raised mix, promising elegant dark red bells	£4
igneum 50cm	Open faced bells of a brick red. The hardiest of all we grow and increases well.	£4.50
nixonianum 60cm	Nice lilac blue bells on a interesting new species.	£4
pulcherrimum 1.2m	Long grassy leaves and arching stems, dripping with lilac pink bells emerging form silver papery calyxes. Exquisite.	£4.50
DIGITALIS (Foxgloves)
ferruginea gigantea 1.2m	The rusty foxglove; tall stems studded with foxglove flowers of a lovely rusty yellow veined darky within. Perennial.	£4.50
grandiflora 1m	A tall, perennial spotted,yellow flowered foxglove. Excellent in shade.	£4.50
DODECATHEON
media Goliath 30cm	Strong stems of cyclamen-like flowers; lilac pink with yellow tip.	£4
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EOMECON
chionantha 30cm	A delicate Chinese poppy; white, yellow stamens, glabrous leaves.	£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
ERYNGIUM (Sea hollies)
agavifolium 1m	Strong strappy,toothed leaves and branched heads of green sea holly heads.Excellent in dry, sunny beds and good and hardy.	£4.50
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.	£4.50
EUPHORBIA DON'T FORGET to watch out for Euphorbia sap. It is very irritant to eyes.
amygdaloides purpurea 40cm	Neat, very attractive purple wood spurge. The yellow, spring bracts are a great contrast.	£4.50
polychroma 25cm	Tidy spring growth topped with a golden yellow bract show. Some autumn colour too.	£4.50