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ACAENA CAESIIGLAUCA

Creeping, evergreen, ground cover

perennial, forming dense mats of glaucous

blue leaves and in late summer, small

spherical flowers on short stems, followed

by reddish-brown burrs.

Height to 5ins

ACANTHUS

Mollis Semi-evergreen perennial.

Tall spikes of mauve and white flowers,

rising from a loose mound of large,

glossy, dark green leaves.

Height to 5ft

Spinosus Tall semi-evergreen perennial

with large, glossy, dark green, deeply cut

leaves. Tall spikes of large, pinkishmauve

and white flowers.

Height to 4ft

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM

‘CERISE QUEEN’

Hardy border perennial. Masses of flat,

deep pink flowerheads above dark green

feathery foliage.

Height & Spread to 2ft

ACONITUM

Hemsleyanum Climbing perennial

from West and Central China. Twinning

stems bearing deeply lobed leaves and

loose racemes of purple, hooded flowers

from midsummer.

Height to 10ft

‘Newry Blue’ Erect, clump-forming

perennial with mid-blue, hooded flowers

in dense racemes from midsummer.

Height to 5ft

ADENOPHORA POTANINII

Arching sprays of bell-shaped, pale

lavender-blue flowers rising from a basal

rosette of mid-green leaves.

Height to 18ins Spread to 2ft

AGASTACHE

‘Firebird’ Aromatic perennial. Slender

spikes of copper-coloured flowers from

midsummer. Grey-green foliage.

Provide some protection in winter.

Height to 2ft

Rugosa ‘Liquorice Blue’

Aromatic perennial. Dense, conical

spikes of purple-blue flowers and

aniseed-scented foliage.

Height to 30ins

Rupestris ‘Apache Sunset’

Aromatic perennial. Slender spikes

bearing tangerine-coloured flowers from

midsummer. Grey-green foliage.

Provide some protection in winter.

Height to 2ft

AJUGA REPTANS

Native ‘Bugle’ with deep bronze-green

glossy leaves and spires of blue flowers.

Height to 6ins

ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN f. ROSEA

A small tree or large shrub commonly

known as the 'Silk tree'. Arching branches

of fern-like foliage and feathery pink

flowers in late summer.

Height to 20ft

ALBUCA SHAWII

Bulbous perennial from South Africa.

Pendent racemes of yellow, bell-shaped

flowers from mid- to late summer.

Height to 2ft

ALCEA ROSEA ‘NIGRA’

A tall perennial ‘Hollyhock’ producing

large, almost black flowers around tall

stems from early summer.

Height to 6ft

ALCHEMILLA MOLLIS

Clump-forming perennial with rounded,

crinkled-edged, silky haired, mid-green

leaves and many loose sprays of tiny

yellow flowers.

Height to 20ins

ALLIUM

Caeruleum Bulbous perennial

producing dense spherical heads of blue

flowers in early summer.

Height to 2ft

Cernuum Bulbous perennial. Nodding,

deep pink, pendent flowers in summer.

Height 1-2ft

Giganteum Tall, bulbous perennial.

Spherical heads of lilac-pink flowers up

to 4 inches across in summer.

Height to 6ft

CORNUS CAPITATA

Evergreen tree or shrub. Greenish-white

flowers surrounded by attractive creamishwhite

bracts appear in summer, followed

by strawberry-like fruit.

Height to 40ft

CORONILLA VALENTINA ssp. GLAUCA

Evergreen, small, dense shrub with

blue-green leaves and producing fragrant

yellow flowers from late winter into

early spring.

Height to 32ins

CORREA

Backhouseana Evergreen shrub from

Australia. Tubular, cream-coloured

flowers and leathery, dark green foliage

on rust-coloured, hairy branches.

Height to 6ft

‘Marian’s Marvel’ Evergreen shrub.

Pendent, slender bell-shaped, pink

flowers shading to creamish-green at

the tips.

Height to 6ft

CORYDALIS

Cheilanthifolia Attractive evergreen

rosettes of fern-like, bronze-tinted,

grey-green leaves. Our stock has pale

yellow flowers.

Height to 1ft

Flexuosa Clump-forming, deciduous,

woodland plant. Deeply cut, blue-green

leaves and blue tubular flowers.

Height to 1ft

COTONEASTER BULLATUS

Deciduous shrub or small tree from China,

bearing cymes of pink tinged, white

flowers from May and bright red berries

from September.

Height to 15ft

CRASSULA SARCOCAULIS

Perennial succulent from South Africa.

Smothered in masses of tiny white or pink

flowers in summer.

Height to 1ft

CROCOSMIA

x Crocosmiiflora ‘Carmin Brilliant’

Clump-forming, cormous perennial.

Slender, arching stems bearing many

glowing peachy-red flowers with a

yellow throat.

Height to 3ft

x Crocosmiiflora ‘Columbus’

Clump-forming, cormous perennial

sometimes referred to as C. ‘Queen

Mary II’. Warm yellow-orange buds

opening to bright yellow.

Height & Spread to 30ins

x Crocosmiiflora ‘Emily McKenzie’

Clump-forming perennial. Large, bright

orange flowers, each boldly marked in

the centre with bronze.

Height & Spread to 2ft

x Crocosmiiflora ‘Red King’

Clump-forming cormous perennial with

glowing red flowers.

Height to 2ft

x Crocosmiiflora ‘Vic’s Yellow’

An warm yellow variety of shorter habit,

flowering in late summer.

Height to 1ft Spread to 18ins

x Crocosmiiflora ‘Voyager’ One of the

largest-flowered yellow varieties.

Height to 2ft

‘Lucifer’ A tall, robust variety with large

sprays of bright red flowers.

Height to 4ft

CROCUS

Ancyrensis Late winter- and early

spring-flowering species. Bright orange

or yellow flowers.

Height to 2ins

Chrysanthus ‘Ard Schenk’

White flowers with a central bronze

blotch, fading to blue. Early-flowering.

Height to 4ins

Chrysanthus ‘Ladykiller’

Bicloured spring-flowering variety. White

flowers heavily marked with deep purple

on the outside of the petals.

Height to 3ins

Tommasinianus ‘Ruby Giant’

Early-flowering variety. Large, deep

reddish-purple flowers.

Height to 4ins

ERYTHRONIUM

Albidum Bulbous perennial. Slenderpetalled,

bluish-white, star-shaped

flowers in spring. Dark green, leaves

strongly mottled dark brown.

Height to 4ins

‘Pagoda’ Bulbous perennial. Yellow,

pendent flowers in spring. Glossy, deep

green leaves heavily mottled dark brown.

Height to 14ins

EUCOMIS BICOLOR

Bulbous perennial producing a rosette of

broad leaves, from the centre of which

rises a stem surrounded with pale green

flowers edged purple and topped by a tuft

of large, green bracts.

Height to 2ft

EUPHORBIA

Amygdaloides var. Robbiae

Evergreen perennial. Terminal cymes

of bright greenish-yellow flowers

contrasting with dark green foliage.

Tolerates some shade.

Height to 2ft

Characias ssp. ‘Wulfenii’

Large evergreen variety with grey-green

fleshy leaves around the full length of the

thick stems and culminating in large

heads of lime-green flowers.

Height & Spread to 4ft

Myrsinites Evergreen, semi-prostrate

perennial. Blue-grey, succulent foliage

and in spring, bright yellow flowers.

Height to 4ins

EURYOPS PECTINATUS

A vigorous half hardy small shrub from

South Africa. Narrow petalled, bright

yellow, daisy-like flowers up to 2 inches

wide. Fine, grey-green foliage.

Height to 3ft

FASCICULARIA BICOLOR

Striking bromeliad from Chile. Rosettes of

slender, deep green foliage with bright red

central leaves. Dense clusters of pale blue

flowers are produced in the centre of each

rosette and surrounded by cream bracts.

Protect from winter wet.

Height to 18ins

FATSIA JAPONICA

Large, architectural, evergreen shrub with

deeply lobed, dark green, glossy leaves.

Clusters of large, greenish-white, ivy-like

flowers in autumn.

Height & Spread to 10ft

FELICIA

Amelloides Evergreen subshrub.

Dainty blue daisy-like flowers with

yellow centres. Requires some

protection in winter.

Height & Spread to 2ft

Amelloides ‘Read’s Blue’ A variety

with larger, bright blue daisy-like flowers

and broader deep green foliage. Protect

in winter.

Height & Spread to 2ft

FERULA COMMUNIS ssp. GLAUCA

One of the ‘Giant fennels’ from the

Mediterranean. Feathery blue-green

foliage and tall, stout, branching stems

holding umbels of small yellow flowers.

Do not confuse with the edible fennel

Foeniculum Vulgare.

Height to 15ft

FESTUCA

Actae Evergreen grass from

New Zealand. Tufts of bluish-grey,

narrow, rolled leaves.

Height to 18ins

Glauca Low-growing, evergreen

‘Blue fescue’. Neat tufts of fine, bluegreen

foliage.

Height to 1ft

Valesiaca Evergreen grass producing

tufts of slender, blue-green leaves.

Height to 20ins

FIBIGIA CLYPEATA

Perennial. Felted, grey-green leaves and

yellow flowers followed by small, oval‘honesty’-like seed heads.

Height to 15ins

HEDERA

Helix ‘Luzii’ A shorter variety with midgreen

leaves heavily speckled with pale

yellow spots.

Height to 3ft

Helix ‘Oro di Bogliasco’ (‘Goldheart’)

Glossy dark green leaves with golden

yellow centres. A good variety for

covering walls.

Height to 25ft

Helix ‘Parsley Crested’ Glossy, dark

green leaves with wavy margins.

Height to 6ft

HEIMIA SALICIFOLIA

An unusual shrub from Central and

South America. Small yellow flowers

produced from late summer.

Height to 4ft

HELENIUM ‘ROTGOLD’

Tall, perennial. Flowerheads in varying

shades of red and yellow each with

a raised, brown disc-floret in the centre.

Height to 4ft

HELICHRYSUM PETIOLARE

Grown mainly for its downy, silver-grey,

oval leaved foliage, it makes excellent

ground cover or trailing plant for hanging

baskets and containers.

HELIOTROPIUM ARBORESCENS

‘MARINE’

Half hardy perennial. Large, domed heads

of fragrant deep purple flowers over

bronze tinged, dark green foliage.

Height to 18ins

HELLEBORUS

Foetidus Evergreen, glossy, dark green,

deeply-divided leaves and stout stems

bearing panicles of light green cupshaped

flowers, margined red.

Height to 18ins

x Sternii Clump-forming evergreen

perennial. Pink flushed, white flowers are

produced from late winter to spring.

Glossy, grey-green serrated foliage.

Height to 1ft

HEMEROCALLIS

Fulva Clump-forming, rhizomatous

perennial. Upward-facing, trumpetshaped,

bright orange flowers with

recurved petals, produced from

midsummer on slender stems rising from

a mound of strap-shaped leaves.

Height to 3ft

‘Stella de Oro’ Low-growing variety.

Large, warm-yellow, trumpet-shaped

flowers from early summer.

Height to 1ft

HETEROLEPIS ALIENA

Small, South African evergreen shrub,

producing large yellowish-orange, daisylike

flowers. Tolerates dry conditions.

Height to 16ins

HEUCHERA

Sanguinea ‘Ruby Bells’ A shorter

variety producing masses of large, deep

red bell-shaped flowers on slender

stems. Evergreen perennial.

Height to 1ft

‘Stormy Seas’ Grown mainly for the

large bronze-maroon coloured, ruffled

leaves, heavily marked with pewter and

silver and tinged pink.

Height to 1ft

HIERACIUM SPILOPHAEUM

‘LEOPARD’

Perennial grown for its rosettes of very

striking, deep grey-green foliage, mottled

with purple-bronze. Yellow hawkweed

flowers on thin stems.

Height to 1ft

HIPPEASTRUM ‘APPLE BLOSSOM’

Bulbous, tender perennial. Huge, white,

trumpet-shaped flowers tinged pink at the

tips. Needs winter protection.

Height to 20ins

HOHERIA POPULNEA

Evergreen tree from New Zealand.

Dense clusters of pure white flowers are

borne in late summer and autumn.

Height to 40ft

 

 

 

Karataviense Broad, recurved,

grey-green leaves, edged purple.

Large spherical, pale pink flowerheads.

Height to 10ins

Schoenoprasum (Chives)

Perennial herb. Spherical heads of

pinkish-mauve flowers.

Height to 10ins

Schubertii Bulbous perennial.

Very large rounded heads of purple

flowers up to 1ft across in early summer.

Height to 2ft

Unifolium Spring flowering bulbous

perennial producing rounded clusters of

pink flowers.

Height to 1ft

Vineale ‘Hair’ Curious, bulbous

perennial. Contorted, multiple stems

appear from the centre of purple

flowerheads giving the appearance of

green shaggy flowers.

Height to 32ins

AMPELOPSIS BREVIPEDUNCULATA

Deciduous climber grown for its jewel-like

ornamental fruits that start pink and ripen

to an almost metallic-blue.

Height to 15ft

AMSONIA ORIENTALIS

Clump-forming perennial with slender, dark

green leaves and clusters of denim-blue,

star-shaped flowers.

Height to 3ft

ANAPHALIS MARGARITACEA

var. YEDOENSIS

Clump-forming perennial from Japan.

Downy, silver-grey, slender foliage and

domed heads of white flowers.

Height to 2ft

ANCHUSA

Capensis Biennial from South Africa.

Masses of bright blue, saucer-shaped

flowers with white throats.

Height to 7ins

Capensis White Form A more unusual

form with clusters of white, saucershaped

flowers.

Height to 7ins

ANEMONE

Hupehensis var. Japonica ‘Pamina’

A shorter ‘Japanese anemone’ forming

clumps of palmate leaves on slender

stems and bearing deep rose-pink,

double flowers.

Height to 3ft

x Hybrida A vigorous, clump-forming

perennial ‘Japanese anemone’. We have

white or pink-flowered forms.

Height to 4ft

ANGELICA

Pachycarpa A shorter form with very

glossy, dark green leaves. Flat heads of

yellow flowers on stout stems.

Height to 18ins

Taiwaniana Tall biennial. Very large

rounded heads of cream flowers on

stout stems. Large, aromatic dark green

glossy foliage.

Height to 6ft

ANOMATHECA LAXA RED SPOT

Small cormous South African perennial.

Slender grass-like leaves and upward

facing, star-shaped, white flowers with a

deep red spot in the centres.

Height to 1ft

ANTHEMIS PUNCTATA

ssp. CUPANIANA

Evergreen, spreading perennial. Yellow

centred white daisies on slender stems

above finely cut silver-grey, foliage.

Height to 1ft

ANTHYLLIS VULNERARIA

var. COCCINEA

A variety of ‘Kidney vetch’ forming small

mounds of mid-green, pea-like foliage

and in summer, cushions of striking bright

red flowers. Although an annual or short

lived perennial it will produce seedlings

each year.

Height to 1ft

DAHLIA

‘Bishop of Dover’ Tuberous perennial.

White, semi-double flowers contrasting

with dark bronze foliage.

Height to 42ins

‘Bishop of Llandaff’

Tuberous perennial. Bright scarlet, semidouble

flowers throughout summer.

Dark bronze foliage.

Height to 42ins

DELPHINIUM CLEAR SPRINGS SERIES

A compact, repeat-flowering variety

of perennial. Spikes of dark blue, light

blue, pink or white flowers, each with

white centres.

Height to 4ft

DIANTHUS

Carthusianorum Small tufts of dark

green, grass-like foliage, from which tall,

slender stems rise, bearing small,

upward facing, bright magenta flowers.

Height to 16ins

Knappii ‘Yellow Harmony’

Blue-green foliage and slender stems

bearing upward facing, pale yellow,

single flowers.

Height to 16ins

DIASCIA

Integerrima Vigorous perennial

forming a loose mound, covered in

deep pink flowers.

Height to 1ft

Integerrima ‘Blush’ Masses of white

flowers, ageing to very pale pink on long,

slender stems.

Height to 1ft

Vigilis Vigorous, mound-forming

perennial. Pale pink flowers and midgreen

foliage on long, scrambling stems.

Height to 1ft

Whisper Tangerine Vigorous, moundforming

variety with large, orange flowers.

Height to 6ins

Whisper White Vigorous, moundforming

variety with large, white flowers.

Height to 6ins

Wink Garnet Red Compact variety.

Masses of deep red flowers all summer.

Height to 6ins

DICENTRA

‘Bacchanal’ Rhizomatous, spreading

perennial with deeply lobed grey-green,

fleshy leaves and deep burgundyred

flowers.

Height to 18ins

‘Langtrees’ Rhizomatous perennial.

Elegant, ivory coloured, pendent flowers,

above fleshy blue-green leaves.

Height to 1ft

Spectabilis Fleshy, clump-forming

perennial. Arching stems bearing

pendulous, heart-shaped, pink flowers.

Height to 4ft

DIERAMA

Igneum Cormous perennial. Slender,

grass-like foliage and long, arching

stems bearing pendent, bell-shaped,

pink flowers.

Height to 30ins

Pulcherrimum A taller variety with

long, arching stems bearing pendent,

bell-shaped, magenta-pink flowers.

Height to 5ft

Pulcherrimum ‘Blackbird’ Very dark

reddish-purple, pendent, bell-shaped

flowers on slender, arching stems.

Height to 5ft

Reynoldsii Long, arching stems

bearing pendent, bell-shaped, wine-red

flowers with white bracts.

Height to 5ft

‘Snowbells’ White, pendent, bellshaped

flowers, sometimes lightly

flushed pink on slender, arching stems.

Height to 5ft

DIERVILLA

Sessilifolia Deciduous shrub.

Mid-green foliage tinged bronze when

young. Terminal cymes of yellow flowers

in summer.

Height to 5ft

x Splendens Arching deciduous shrub

from North America. Green foliage,

tinged copper when young, and pale

yellow flowers.

Height & Spread to 5ft

FRANCOA

Appendiculata Chilean perennial.

Racemes of pale pink flowers, marked

darker pink, on slender stems.

Height to 3ft

Sonchifolia Rogerson’s Form

A form with stronger and darker

markings on the petals.

Height to 3ft

FRITILLARIA PERSICA

Bulbous perennial. Tall stems with

somewhat fleshy grey-green leaves and

bearing long heads of pendent, conical,

dark purple flowers in spring.

Height to 3ft

FUCHSIA

‘Hawkshead’ Deciduous shrub with

slender, pure white single flowers.

Height to 8ft

Magellanica ‘Versicolor’

Deciduous shrub. Pink flushed, greygreen

leaves with cream coloured

variegations. Small, crimson flowers.

Height to 4ft Spread to 3ft

GALACTITES TOMENTOSA

A very interesting thistle with fine, deeplycut,

grey-green leaves strikingly marked

with silver. In summer branched stems

bear mauve thistle flowers.

Height to 2ft

GALANTHUS

Elwesii A taller bulbous perennial

‘Snowdrop’ species. In winter produces

honey-scented white flowers with green

markings on each inner tepal.

Good for naturalizing.

Height to 9ins

Ikariae Bulbous perennial. Pendent

white flowers with each inner tepal

marked green at the tip, are produced in

late winter and early spring.

Height to 6ins

Nivalis ‘Viridapice’ Bulbous perennial.

Honey-scented, pendent white flowers

conspicuously marked with green on the

outer tepals, are produced in winter.

Height to 6ins

GALTONIA CANDICANS

Bulbous perennial from South Africa.

Tall stems bearing loose racemes of

tubular, pendent, ivory-white flowers

from late summer.

Height to 4ft

GAURA

Lindheimeri Bushy perennial. Elegant,

butterfly-like, white flowers produced

throughout summer on slender, bronzered

stems.

Height to 5ft

Lindheimeri Ballerina Rose

A compact form of this bushy perennial,

bearing masses of rose-pink flowers

from midsummer.

Height to 2ft

Lindheimeri ‘Corrrie’s Gold’

Bushy perennial. Gold-margined dark

green leaves and masses of white

flowers from midsummer.

Height to 3ft

Lindheimeri Short Form A more

compact form with elegant white flowers

on slender, bronze stems.

Height to 2ft

Lindheimeri ‘Siskiyou Pink’

Long-flowering perennial. Elegant pink

flowers on long, slender stems. Good in

hot, dry positions.

Height to 3ft

GAZANIA KISS SERIES

Evergreen perennial. Tufts of greyish-green

leaves and large star-shaped flowers in a

wide range of colours. Very good in

coastal situations though may need some

shelter in winter.

Height to 9ins

GERANIUM

‘Ann Folkard’ Herbaceous perennial.

Long stems bearing yellowish-green

leaves and saucer-shaped, bright

magenta flowers with black centres.

Height to 2ft

x Cantabrigiense A low-growing

evergreen perennial, forming tight

clumps of mid-green leaves and pink

tinged white flowers.

Height to 6ins

HOSTA

‘Halcyon’ Clump-forming perennial for

partial shade. Glaucous grey-blue leaves

and large, pale lavender flowers

produced in summer.

Height to 16ins

Ventricosa Clump-forming perennial.

Broad, heavily veined, dark green, glossy

leaves. Bell-shaped purple flowers in

late summer.

Height to 20ins

HOUTTUYNIA

Cordata ‘Chameleon’

Colourful, spreading, ground cover

perennial. Green, red and cream

variegated leaves.

Height to 9ins Spread indefinite

Cordata ‘Flore Pleno’

Spreading, ground cover perennial.

Heart-shaped green leaves and pure

white double flowers.

Height to 9ins Spread indefinite

HYDRANGEA

Arborescens ‘Annabelle’

Deciduous shrub. Large, spherical heads

of cream-coloured flowers.

Height to 8ft

Macrophylla ‘Ami Pasquier’

A compact variety with a neat habit.

Deep-crimson flowers.

Height to 5ft Spread to 6ft

Macrophylla ‘Maculata’ Pinkish white

lacecap flowers and cream edged

variegated foliage.

Height to 5ft

Macrophylla ‘Möwe’

(‘Geoffrey Chadbund’) Large, brickred,

lacecap flowers.

Height to 5ft

Macrophylla ‘Quadricolor’

Fresh-green leaves marked with

white variegations and edged yellow.

Pale pink flowers.

Height to 5ft

Macrophylla ‘Veitchii’ Large, hardy

lacecap with white flowers fading to

pink. Very tolerant of alkaline soil.

Height to 6ft Spread to 8ft

Serrata ‘Grayswood’

Large, lacecap flowers with an outer ring

of white petals, enclosing smaller pale

pink petals.

Height & Spread to 6ft

HYSSOPUS

Officinalis Semi-evergreen, aromatic

shrub. Spikes of dark blue flowers in

midsummer are very attractive to bees

and butterflies. Used as a culinary and

medicinal herb.

Height to 2ft

Officinalis f. Albus A white form of

this aromatic herb.

Height to 2ft

ILEX x ALTACLERENSIS

‘GOLDEN KING’

A bushy, female holly (despite its name),

with large, yellow and green variegated

leaves, and an abundance of bright red

berries in autumn.

Height to 20ft Spread to 15ft

IOCHROMA

Australe Upright, deciduous shrub for

a warm, sunny position. Lance-shaped,

light green leaves, and in summer,

clusters of hanging, bell-shaped, lilacmauve

or white flowers.

Height to 6ft

Grandiflorum Deciduous shrub from

Ecuador. Slender, tubular, plum-purple

flowers borne in pendent clusters at the

ends of the branches.

Height to 4ft

IPOMOEA LOBATA

Perennial climber although often grown

as an annual outdoors. One-sided flower

stems to one foot long, bear a row of

flowers graduating in colour from red at

the topmost flower through orange,

caramel and finally white at the

lowest flower.

Height to 15ft

 

AQUILEGIA

Canadensis Known as ‘Canadian

columbine’, though found throughout

North America. Slender, red spurs and

yellow sepals.

Height to 2ft

Fragrans Species from W. Himalayas.

Fragrant white, cream or pale blue tinted

flowers. Tolerant of partial shade.

Height to 16ins

Mrs Scott-Elliot Hybrids

Large-flowered variety, in a wide range

of colours, including some bicolours.

Height to 3ft

Viridiflora Low-growing perennial

from parts of Russia and China.

Purplish-brown and green, spurred

flowers borne from late spring.

Height to 1ft

Vulgaris The traditional cottage garden

columbine with pinkish-mauve or

white flowers.

Height to 3ft

ARAUJIA SERICIFERA

Fast-growing, twinning climber from

South America. Glossy, evergreen lanceshaped

leaves and racemes of fragrant,

waxy, white flowers in autumn. Known as

the ‘Cruel plant’ because of the flowers

habit of holding feeding moths by the

proboscis until releasing them unharmed

next morning.

Height to 30ft

ARISAEMA CONSANGUINEUM

Tuberous perennial. Slender, palmate,

umbrella-like leaves and exotic looking,

purple-brown striped spathes.

Prefers some shade.

Height to 3ft

ARTEMISIA

Ludoviciana Large, lance-shaped,

silvery leaves and panicles of pale yellow

flowers from midsummer.

Height to 4ft

Schmidtiana ‘Nana’ Semi-evergreen

perennial with silver, fern-like foliage.

Pale yellow flowers.

Height to 3ins

ARUNCUS DIOICUS

Large, herbaceous perennial. Fine, fernlike

leaves and loose panicles of creamywhite

flowers.

Height to 6ft

ASARINA PROCUMBENS

Trailing evergreen perennial from the

Pyrenees. Pale yellow snapdragon-like

flowers throughout summer and autumn.

Kidney-shaped, hairy foliage.

Height to 2ins Spread to 2ft

ASPLENIUM SCOLOPENDRIUM

Native evergreen ‘Hart’s tongue fern’.

Glossy, bright green, strap-shaped,

leathery leaves with wavy margins.

Height to 2ft

ASTER

‘Bahamas’ Compact deciduous

perennial. Masses of bright pink single

flowers with yellow disc-florets.

Height to 20ins

Diplostephioides A choice alpine from

Kashmir and China. Elegant, very

narrow-petalled, lavender-blue

flowerheads with yellow disc-florets.

Height to 18ins

Divaricatus Deciduous perennial.

Loose clusters of small, white flowers

on slender, arching, black stems.

Height to 2ft

Ericoides f. Prostratus A splendid

large, deciduous trailing aster.

Fine dark green leaves emerge along

woody stems in late spring and then in

late summer it erupts into a mass of

small white flowers.

Novae-Angliae

‘Andenken an Alma Pötschke’

Tall, clump-forming perennial. Sprays of

bright pink flowers with yellow discflorets

borne from late summer.

Height to 5ft

ASYNEUMA CANESCENS

A rare perennial from Greece, belonging

to the campanula family, producing starlike,

reflexed slender petalled, violetblue

flowers in summer.

Height to 2ft

DIGITALIS

Ferruginea Small, golden brown

flowers tightly clustered around tall

slender stems.

Height to 4ft

x Mertonensis Strong-growing

perennial. Large, pale dusky pink flowers

in late spring and early summer.

Height to 3ft

Purpurea Gloxinioides Group

‘The Shirley’ Superb, large, openmouthed

flowers, heavily spotted

and blotched in the throat, in shades

of purple, salmon-pink and

creamish-yellow.

Height to 6ft

Trojana Evergreen rosettes of glossy

dark green leaves, finely edged with

silver hairs. Tightly packed, caramelcoloured

flowers, marked white on the

lower lip.

Height to 30ins

Viridiflora From the Balkans. Slender

stems of small greenish-yellow flowers.

Semi-evergreen.

Height to 3ft

DRABA LASIOCARPA

Low-growing, semi-evergreen perennial.

Cushions of dark green foliage tightly

covered with bright yellow flowers.

Height to 4ins

DRACOCEPHALUM ARGUNENSE

Clump-forming perennial from China and

N.E. Asia. Whorls of purple-blue flowers.

Protect from excessive wetness in winter.

Height to 18ins

DRYOPTERIS

Erythrosora Deciduous fern from

China and Japan. Young coppery-red

fronds ageing to glossy dark green.

Height to 2ft

Filix-Mas Native deciduous ‘Male fern’.

Coiled leaves rise and unfurl, forming an

open cone of mid-green fronds.

Height to 3ft

ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM

Interesting, perennial ‘Squirting cucumber’.

Coarse, grey-green foliage and pale yellow,

funnel-shaped flowers followed by touch

sensitive ovoid, watery fruit that when ripe,

squirts out seeds on contact.

Height to 20ins

ECCREMOCARPUS

Scaber Half hardy climbing perennial,

with small, pendent, bright orange,

tubular flowers in loose clusters.

Height 8-10ft

Scaber ‘Carmineus’ Half hardy

climber with small, tubular, warmcrimson

flowers.

Height 8-10ft

ECHINACEA PURPUREA

Superb border perennial. Large, deeppink,

daisy-like flowers with bronze coneshaped

centres.

Height to 3ft

ECHINOPS RITRO

Clump-forming, drought tolerant,

herbaceous perennial with grey-green

thistle-like foliage and spherical, spiky

steel-blue flowerheads.

Height to 4ft

ECHIUM

Pininana Biennial or monocarpic

perennial from the Canary Islands. Large

rosette of lance-shaped, coarsely hairy

leaves, from the centre of which

emerges a tall spike of densely clustered

blue flowers.

Height to 12ft

Russicum A biennial, occasionally

perennial species from Russia and

Eastern Europe. Stout stems densely

packed with dark red flowers, rising from

a rosette of coarse mid-green leaves

in summer.

Height to 2ft

Vulgare ‘Drake’s Form’ Bushy, hairy

perennial. Coarse stems of pink buds

opening into blue flowers. Dark green,

lance shaped leaves.

Height to 30ins

Endressii Compact, carpeting

perennial. Open, saucer-shaped rosepink

flowers.

Height to 18ins Spread to 2ft

Himalayense ‘Plenum’

Deciduous perennial previously known

as G. Himalayense ‘Birch Double’.

Pinkish-violet, double flowers.

Height to 1ft

Incanum Evergreen perennial.

Fine, deeply cut, grey-green leaves and

cymes of dark veined, deep pink flowers.

Grow in a warm, sunny position.

Height to 16ins

Macrorrhizum ‘Ingwersen’s Variety’

Aromatic, clump-forming perennial.

Clusters of pinkish-mauve saucershaped

flowers with prominent stamens.

Height to 2ft

Maculatum ‘Shameface’

Herbaceous perennial with pale lilac

flowers, paler in the centre and finely

veined. For sun or partial shade but

prefers moist soil.

Height to 20ins

x Oxonianum ‘Rose Clair’

Evergreen perennial. A more compact

variety producing masses of rose-pink

flowers, finely veined silver-pink.

Height to 14ins

x Oxonianum f. Thurstonianum

‘Sherwood’ Narrow, rolled-petalled,

pale pink flowers. Mounds of deeply

cut leaves.

Height to 18ins

x Oxonianum ‘Walter’s Gift’

Small, pink flowers, veined with

magenta. Lobed and toothed leaves are

marked with dark red.

Height to 2ft

Palmatum Vigorous, semi-evergreen

perennial with cerise flowers above large

bright-green palmate leaves that turn red

in early autumn.

Height to 4ft

‘Patricia’ Clump-forming perennial.

Large, saucer-shaped, bright magenta

flowers with dark centres produced from

early summer.

Height to 30ins

Phaeum var. Phaeum

A clump-forming perennial often referred

to as G. Phaeum ‘Mourning Widow’.

Attractive deeply-toothed, lobed leaves,

with almost black markings. Very dark

burgundy flowers.

Height to 3ft

‘Philippe Vapelle’ Mound-forming

perennial. Large, bluish-purple flowers

with dark veins. Finely wrinkled, greygreen

foliage.

Height to 15ins

Platyanthum Large Form

Somewhat hairy perennial with large,

light green, crinkled leaves. Loose

clusters of shallow cupped, white

centred, mauve-pink flowers.

Height to 2ft

Pratense ‘Mrs Kendall Clark’

Pale lavender-blue flowers with a hint

of palest pink and petals finely veined

with white.

Height to 3ft

Pulchrum Tall, South African species,

with velvety, grey-green leaves and

candy-pink, 11⁄2 inch wide, saucershaped

flowers.

Height to 3ft

Pyrenaicum ‘Bill Wallis’

Evergreen mounds of rounded leaves

with bright purple flowers. Self-seeds

readily throughout the border.

Height to 1ft

Renardii Clusters of saucer-shaped

white flowers, finely veined with purple.

Wrinkled, velvety, grey-green foliage.

Height to 1ft

Reuteri Rosette forming perennial

previously referred to as G. Canariense.

Large, glossy, bright green, lobed leaves

and deep pink flowers from spring.

Height to 2ft

x Riversleaianum ‘Russell Prichard’

Free-flowering, clump-forming perennial.

Magenta-pink, saucer-shaped flowers

over a long period.

Height to 1ft

IRIS

‘Cliffs of Dover’ Tall bearded iris with

large, clear white flowers.

Height to 3ft

Danfordiae Low-growing, reticulata iris

from Turkey. Bright yellow flowers in late

winter and early spring.

Height to 6ins

‘Dover Beach’ Tall bearded iris with

large, blue and white flowers.

Height to 3ft

‘Joyce’ Short, reticulata type with deep

blue flowers, the falls streaked with grey

and with a yellow central stripe.

Height to 1ft

‘Kent Pride’ Tall bearded iris.

Brownish-maroon flowers, marked with

golden yellow centre on the falls.

Height to 3ft

Laevigata Beardless ‘Water iris’

suitable for pond margins. Purple-blue

flowers from late spring.

Height to 32ins

Orientalis Tall beardless iris. Large,

slender petalled white flowers marked

yellow on the lower falls centres.

Height to 4ft

‘Piroska’ A gorgeous tall bearded type.

Glowing apricot flowers with deeper

orange beards.

Height to 3ft

ISOPLEXIS CANARIENSIS

Evergreen shrub from the Canary Islands.

Tall spikes of densely clustered,

brownish-orange, tubular flowers with

protruding upper lips, are produced

throughout summer.

Height to 5ft

KERRIA JAPONICA ‘PICTA’

Deciduous, arching shrub with silver

margined, grey-green leaves and in spring,

produces golden yellow flowers.

Height to 5ft

KITAIBELA VITIFOLIA

Herbaceous perennial. Erect stems

bearing large, vine-like leaves and clusters

of white mallow-like flowers.

Height to 10ft

KNAUTIA MACEDONICA

Clump-forming perennial scabious.

Long-flowering, deep maroon, pincushionlike

flowers.

Height & Spread to 4ft

KNIPHOFIA

Albescens A rarely seen, evergreen

perennial from South Africa. Dense

heads of whitish-cream, downward

facing, tubular flowers on tall stems, are

produced from summer to autumn.

Height to 3ft

Caulescens Evergreen perennial.

Dense heads of coral-red flowers, fading

to yellow from the base upwards, are

produced on stout stems from late

summer to autumn.

Height to 4ft

‘Green Jade’ Evergreen, clumpforming

perennial. Strong stems topped

with large, pale green flowers from

late summer.

Height to 5ft

Hybrida (mixed) Evergreen perennial,

good for coastal gardens. A mixture of

vivid red and bright orange flowers.

Height to 42ins

Praecox A rarely seen, robust species.

Dense flowerheads, orange to scarlet in

bud, open to yellow flowers in summer

and autumn.

Height to 6ft

Rufa CDR1032 A rarely seen variation

of the species. Widely spaced, slendertubed,

creamish-yellow and coral

flowers from late summer.

Height to 28ins

Sarmentosa From the Karoo region

of S. Africa. Coral-scarlet buds open to

pendulous salmon flowers. Often blooms

in winter.

Height to 40ins

‘Shining Sceptre’ Slender, yellow

flowers suffused creamy-orange.

Height to 4ft

 

ATHYRIUM NIPONICUM var. PICTUM

Deciduous ‘Japanese painted fern’.

Purple-flushed, silver-grey leaves with

reddish-purple stems.

Height to 1ft

AUCUBA JAPONICA ‘VARIEGATA’

Evergreen shrub grown for its dark

green glossy leaves, dappled with

cream coloured spots. Tolerant of a

wide range of conditions.

Height to 10ft

AZARA SERRATA

Evergreen shrub from Chile, forming

arching branches of dark green glossy

leaves and bearing spherical clusters of

deep yellow flowers in summer.

Height to 12ft

AZORINA VIDALII

Small, evergreen shrub. Loose racemes of

white or pink, pendent, bell-shaped

flowers in late summer.

Height to 2ft

BETULA PENDULA

Deciduous ‘Silver birch’. Small, mid-green

leaves turn yellow in autumn. Yellowish

catkins in spring.

Height to 80ft

BIDENS AUREA

Excellent, clump-forming, border perennial

with deeply cut, dark green leaves and an

abundance of 2 inch wide creamy-yellow

flowers from late summer, through autumn

and into winter.

Height to 4ft

BRUNNERA MACROPHYLLA

Rhizomatous perennial with heart-shaped,

hairy, mid-green leaves to 8 inches long.

Panicles of small, bright blue flowers in

summer. Prefers semi-shade.

Height to 18ins

BUDDLEJA

Alternifolia Deciduous shrub with

long, arching, slender branches bearing

fragrant clusters of lilac flowers along

their length. Narrow grey-green leaves.

Height to 12ft

Davidii Vigorous, deciduous, ‘Butterfly

bush’. Arching stems of grey-green

leaves and large cone-shaped clusters

of tightly packed, purple flowers.

Height to 10ft

Lindleyana Elegant, deciduous shrub

from China. Dark green, semi-glossy

foliage on slender, arching branches

bearing gracefully curving panicles of

almost one-sided, dark purple flowers.

Height to 6ft

Loricata A rarely seen buddleja, with

slender grey-green leaves, silver on the

underside. Large, loose panicles of small

silvery flowers.

Madagascariensis Vigorous evergreen

shrub. Long, slender panicles of golden

yellow flowers followed by deep purple

berries. Large, mid-green, lance-shaped

leaves with white-felted undersides.

Requires some protection in winter.

Height to 12ft

x Weyeriana Deciduous shrub. Loose

clusters of golden yellow flowers on

open, arching stems. Dark green leaves,

silver-grey on the undersides.

Height to 12ft

CALAMAGROSTIS ARUNDINACEA

Graceful, tuft-forming, perennial grass.

Dark green leaves, marked with reddishbrown.

Fine panicles of purple-green

spikelets from midsummer.

Height to 3ft

CALAMINTHA ASCENDENS

Aromatic perennial. Smothered with loose

cymes of delicate, pale lilac flowers.

Tolerates dry conditions.

Height to 2ft

CALCEOLARIA INTEGRIFOLIA

Evergreen perennial from Mexico.

Grey-green slender lance shaped leaves

and cymes of yellow flowers.

Height to 4ft

CALLISTEMON VIMINALIS

Evergreen, ‘Weeping bottlebrush’. A small

tree, or more usually making a bushy

shrub. Dark green linear leaves and bright

red ‘bottlebrush’ flowers in early summer.

Height to 30ft

EPIMEDIUM

x Perralchicum Evergreen perennial.

Deep green glossy leaves, bronze when

young and loose sprays of yellow

flowers in spring.

Height to 16ins

x Versicolor ‘Sulphureum’

Evergreen perennial. Heart-shaped, midgreen

leaves, reddish-bronze when

young. Loose sprays of yellow flowers

with red spurs in spring.

Height to 1ft

ERANTHIS HYEMALIS

Late winter- to early spring-flowering

tuberous perennial. Upward-facing,

bright yellow flowers, each with a ruff of

green foliage.

Height to 3ins

ERIGERON

‘Azurfee’ Clump-forming perennial.

Semi-double, lavender-blue, daisy-like

flowers with yellow centres borne from

early summer.

Height to 18ins

Karvinskianus Drought tolerant

perennial. Small, yellow centred, white,

daisy-like flowers fading to pink. Likes a

sunny dry position. Useful in containers.

Height to 1ft

ERODIUM

Manescaui Clump-forming perennial

producing magenta-purple, saucershaped

flowers and mid-green, hairy,

fern-like leaves.

Height to 18ins

Trifolium Low-growing perennial. Hairy,

scalloped leaves. White flowers marked

and veined dark pink.

Height to 8ins

x Variabile ‘Bishop’s Form’

Short, cushion-forming perennial

suitable for a scree garden. Covered in

tiny pink flowers in summer.

Height to 5ins

ERYNGIUM

Agavifolium Evergreen, clump-forming

perennial from Argentina. Branching

heads of small, cone-shaped, green

flowers on stout stems rising from a

basal rosette of sword-shaped, sharp

toothed, green leaves.

Height to 4ft Spread to 30ins

Bourgatii Blue, cone-shaped

flowerheads with slender silver bracts,

on branched stems. Deeply cut, silver

veined, grey-green foliage.

Height to 18ins

Bourgatii ‘Oxford Blue’

Herbaceous perennial. Dark blue,

thistle-like, cone-shaped flowerheads,

surrounded by silver-blue bracts. Deeply

cut, grey-green leaves with prominent

silver veins.

Height to 2ft

Giganteum Herbaceous perennial

bearing cylindrical umbels of pale green

flowers, ageing to blue, and surrounded

by a rosette of large silvery-grey bracts.

Height to 3ft

Giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’

A form of E. Giganteum with slender

silvery-white bracts.

Height to 3ft

Pandanifolium Tall, evergreen

perennial. Branching heads of

cylindrical, brownish-purple flowers and

spiny-margined, sword-shaped leaves.

Height to 12ft

Planum Evergreen perennial. Branching

stems bearing numerous light blue,

cone-shaped flowers, surrounded by

blue-green bracts.

Height to 3ft

x Tripartitum Branched stems of

violet-blue cylindrical flower umbels with

silvery-blue spiky collars.

Height to 3ft

ERYSIMUM ‘BOWLES’ MAUVE’

Woody, evergreen perennial. Dense

clusters of rich mauve flowers from late

winter to summer, often longer.

Height to 30ins

Sanguineum Deep magenta-pink

flowers above deeply divided, dark

green leaves.

Height to 8ins

Sanguineum ‘Glenluce’

Compact perennial. Rose-pink, saucershaped

flowers above a cushion of dark

green, deeply divided leaves.

Height to 6ins

Sanguineum ‘Vision’ Low-growing,

clump-forming perennial. Glowing, light

pink, saucer-shaped flowers in summer.

Height to 8ins

Shikokianum Herbaceous perennial

from Korea and Japan. Rose-pink

flowers from midsummer and deeply-cut

foliage, lightly marbled grey.

Height to 18ins

‘Sirak’ Clump-forming perennial.

Large, deep lilac-pink flowers with

darker veining.

Height to 18ins

Sue Crûg Herbaceous perennial.

Soft-pink flowers with dark centres, and

veined dark magenta.

Height to 2ft

Thunbergii ‘Jester’s Jacket’

Low-growing, creeping perennial.

Small rose-pink flowers from

midsummer. Foliage heavily mottled with

cream and pink.

Height to 9ins

Tuberosum Tuberous perennial,

unusual in being dormant in the summer.

Foliage appears in autumn, remaining

through the winter, then purple-pink or

lavender-coloured cup-shaped flowers

are produced in spring.

Height to 10ins

Wallichianum ‘Buxton’s Variety’

Herbaceous perennial. Large, mid-blue

flowers with white centres produced

from midsummer.

Height to 1ft

GEUM

‘Lady Stratheden’

Rhizomatous perennial. Golden-yellow,

slightly ruffled-petalled, semi-double

flowers throughout summer.

Height to 2ft

‘Mrs J Bradshaw’

Rhizomatous perennial. Large, bright

red, semi-double flowers in summer.

Height to 2ft

GLADIOLUS MURIELAE

Cormous perennial producing upright,

linear leaves and loose spikes of white,

funnel-shaped flowers, each with

conspicuous dark reddish-purple markings

in the throat.

Height to 39ins

GREYIA SUTHERLANDII

Half hardy evergreen shrub from South

Africa. Terminal racemes of red flowers.

Requires full sun and a sheltered position.

Height to 15ft

HAKONECHLOA MACRA ‘AUREOLA’

Deciduous perennial grass. Mounds of

arching, golden-yellow leaves finely striped

with green.

Height to 14ins

HEBE

‘Janet’ Evergreen, small shrub, with

dark green glossy foliage and long, pale

purple-pink flowers.

Height & Spread to 4ft

‘Louise’ Compact evergreen shrub with

deep rose-pink flowers and dark green,

glossy leaves.

Height & Spread to 4ft

‘Mrs Winder’ Compact, evergreen

shrub. Slender, violet-blue flowers and

glossy, dark green foliage.

Height to 3ft

‘Nicola’s Blush’ Evergreen shrub.

Candy-pink flowers, slowly fading

to white, giving an attractive twotone

effect.

Height to 4ft

Pinguifolia ‘Pagei’ Evergreen semiprostrate

shrub. Short spikes of white

flowers and small, grey-green leaves.

Height to 1ft

LALLEMANTIA SPECIES

A rarely seen perennial. Maroon, hairy

buds open to fat spikes of small lavenderblue,

salvia-like flowers.

Height to 2ft

LAMIUM

Maculatum ‘Roseum’

Herbaceous perennial. Whorls of rosepink

flowers. Coarse, toothed, mid-green

leaves. A shade tolerant plant, good in

dry conditions.

Height to 1ft

Orvala ‘Album’ Pure white flowers and

toothed, mid-green leaves.

Height to 2ft

LANTANA CAMARA CULTIVAR

Long-flowering, tender perennial.

Large, rounded, heads of flowers, each

graduating in colour from golden yellow,

through orange, to crimson.

Height to 5ft

LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS ‘ALBUS’

Climbing herbaceous perennial. A white

flowered variety of ‘Everlasting pea’,

flowering throughout summer.

Height to 6ft

LAVANDULA

Dentata Aromatic, evergreen shrub

with slender, scalloped, dark green

foliage. Purple-blue flowers topped with

short, purple bracts.

Height to 3ft

Pedunculata ssp. Pedunculata

Bushy ‘French lavender’. A native of

Spain and Portugal. Large, dark purple

flowers, with prominent pinkish-purple

bracts, borne on long slender stems.

Height to 2ft

Viridis Pale green leaved, bushy

lavender with spikes of creamish-white

flowers topped with large green bracts.

Height to 2ft Spread to 30ins

LAVATARA ARBOREA ‘VARIEGATA’

Variegated ‘Tree mallow’. Large, mid-green

leaves heavily marked cream. Pink, funnelshaped,

flowers in summer.

Height to 10ft

LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA

Semi-evergreen ‘Himalayan honeysuckle’.

Long arching stems, with white flowers

held within pendent clusters of purple-red

bracts, followed by glossy, burgundyblack

berries.

Height & Spread to 6ft

LIATRIS SPICATA

Tuberous perennial producing broad

spikes of pinkish-purple, densely-packed,

shaggy flowers.

Height to 5ft

LIBERTIA

Caerulescens A clump-forming

perennial from Chile producing pale blue

flowers in short panicles and stout irislike

leaves.

Height to 2ft

Formosa Rhizomatous perennial from

Chile. Clumps of narrow sword-like, midgreen

leaves. Stiff green stems bearing

clusters of white flowers which are

followed by attractive bright orange

seed pods.

Height to 16ins

LILIUM

Asiatic Hybrids A vigorous clumpforming

lily in a variety of colours.

Height to 3ft

‘Corina’ Large, open trumpet-shaped,

deep ruby-red flowers.

Height to 4ft

‘Pink Pixie’ Deep pink, trumpetshaped

flowers with orange-yellow at

the centre of the throat.

Height to 15ins

Regale ‘Album’ Large, pure white

trumpet-shaped flowers. Very fragrant.

Height to 6ft

LIMONIUM PLATYPHYLLUM

Perennial ‘Sea lavender’. Large, dark green

leaf rosettes and slender, branched stems

smothered in tiny, deep lavender-blue

flowers. As the common name suggests,

it is an excellent plant for coastal gardens.

Height to 30ins

 

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