Avondale Nursery Catalogue : ECHEVERIA, ECHINACEA, ECHINOPS, EPIMEDIUM, EPIPACTIS, EREMURUS, ERIGERON, ERYNGIUM, ERYSIMUM, ERYTHRONIUM, EUCOMIS, EUPATORIUM, EUPHORBIA, EUPHORIA

Plant Catalogue

Perennials E

ECHEVERIA 'Mahogany' 15cm £3.50
Tender succulent 6-8 rosettes of leaves deeply bronzed. Pinky-red flowers.

ECHEVERIA 'Mahogany'

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ECHEVERIA secunda var. glauca 15cm £3.50
Tender succulent. Pale silvery-green flat rosettes of leaves. Wonderful feature plant in a pot on the patio. Bundles of peachy starry flowers.

ECHINACEA 'Art's Pride' PBR 60cm £4.00
Great new vigorous introduction with soft rusty-orange daisies from July-October.

ECHINACEA 'Art's Pride'

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ECHINACEA 'Matthew Saul' 60cm £4.00
Syn. 'Harvest Moon'. One of the new colours - soft deep orange cone and petals from July to September. Compact.

ECHINACEA 'Sunrise' PBR 80cm £4.00
Another brand new variety with bright yellow wide petals around a green cone which turns yellow. Strong stems.

ECHINACEA 'Sunset' PBR 70cm £4.00
Another new introduction with salmon-orange petals broader than 'Art's Pride' which fan out rather than droop around a copper central cone.

ECHINACEA purpurea 'Fatal Attraction' 100cm £4.00
Bright purple-pink flowers on dark red stems.

ECHINACEA purpurea 'Fragrant Angel' PBR 90cm £4.00
Large white flowers with overlapping flat petals.

ECHINACEA purpurea 'Pica Bella' 60cm-90cm £4.00
Deep pink flowers with large cones.

ECHINACEA purpurea 'Rubinstern' AGM 90cm £4.00
Ruby-red coneflower.

ECHINACEA purpurea 'The King' 45cm £4.00
Lilac-pink daisies from midsummer.

ECHINOPS ritro 'Veitch's Blue' 75cm £4.00
A shorter variety. Deep violet-blue globe thistle flowers from July-September. Good as a cut flower. Any soil in sun.

ECHINOPS ritro 'Veitch's Blue'

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EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum 'Lilafee' 30cm £4.00
Light purple flowers in spring.

EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum 'Rose Queen' AGM 20cm £4.00
Sprays of pink flowers. Will grow in dry shade but prefers humus-rich soil in part shade.

EPIMEDIUM x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten' 25cm £4.00
Bright yellow flowers above the foliage in early spring.

EPIMEDIUM x youngianum 'Niveum' AGM 25cm £4.00
Chocolate foliage clouds of starry white flowers in spring.

EPIPACTIS gigantea 25cm £4.00
Many stiff stems carry spires of small green and copper orchid flowers in summer. Cool damp spot.

EREMURUS robustus AGM 2m £6.00
Long spikes of peachy-pink flowers from May-June. Very hardy dsn't like being crowded. Prefers rich well-drained soil. If grown in heavy soil plant on a raised mound to aid drainage from the crown.

ERIGERON 'Dunkelste Aller' AGM 45cm £3.50
Rich deep purple daisies early summer. Well-drained soil in sun.

ERIGERON 'Felicity' 45cm £3.50
Pink daisies early summer.

ERIGERON 'Strahlenmeer' 60cm £3.50
Semi-double violet-blue daisies.

ERIGERON karvinskianus AGM 30cm £3.50
White daisies fade to rose-pink on thin stems. Seeds around in crevices.

ERIGERON karvinskianus

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ERYNGIUM 'Blue Steel' 60cm £4.00
Variety with very spiky dark metallic-blue flowers on many branches. Sold previously as E. PC H268.

ERYNGIUM alpinum 'Holden Blue' 80cm £5.00
Rare variety. Stout stems carry large spiky flowers which become intense metallic blue as they mature. All Eryngiums prefer hot dry soil. Insects love them!

ERYNGIUM bourgatii GST Selection 50cm £4.00
White-marbled green leaves violet-blue flowers.

ERYNGIUM eburneum 180cm £4.00
A massive flower spike above spiny foliage bears hundreds of green ball-like flowers. Great for flower arrangers.

ERYNGIUM planum 'Tetra Blau' 60cm £4.00
Blue-grey flowerheads held in blue-green bracts. New Tetraploid form of the species genetically modified by the acid of colchicum to enlarge the flowerheads for the cut flower trade.

ERYNGIUM proteiflorum 60cm £4.50
Large silver spiny flowers over winter from summer. Rarely offered.

ERYNGIUM serbicum 60cm £5.00
Large dark blue flowers sombre and sophisticated. My current favourite.

ERYNGIUM serra 90cm-180cm £4.00
Rosettes of long leathery spiny-toothed glossy leaves. Green thimble-like flowers from July-August.

ERYNGIUM variifolium 60cm £4.00
Forms a flat rosette of glossy green marbled leaves. Small metallic blue flowers in late summer. Sunny spot.

ERYNGIUM variifolium

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ERYNGIUM venustum 40cm £4.00
Long deeply-lobed leaves unlike any other eryngium. Forms rosettes of foliage flowers are greenish-white thumbs!

ERYNGIUM venustum

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ERYNGIUM x oliverianum AGM 60cm-100cm £4.50
Upright stems with large electric blue thistle flowers in late summer. A much-requested hard-to-find plant still my favourite eryngium.

ERYNGIUM x zabelii 'Forncett Ultra' 45cm £5.00
Compact variety with large spiky metallic-blue flowers and stems

ERYNGIUM x zabelii 'Jewel' 60cm £5.00
Strong upright plant flowers have double frilled bracts of steel blue.

ERYNGIUM x zabelii 'Jos Eijking' 75cm £5.00
Long-lasting metallic blue flowers mid to late summer.

ERYNGIUM x zabelii 'Violetta' 80cm £5.00
Stunning violet-blue flowers and stems.

ERYSIMUM 'Bowles' Mauve' AGM 75cm £3.50
An old favourite - bushy mound covered with mauve flowers for most of the year in a well-drained sunny spot. Keep deadheading for longer flowering season.

ERYSIMUM 'Constant Cheer' 45cm £3.50
Clusters of dark orange buds open into amber flowers late spring. Sun.

ERYTHRONIUM 'Pagoda' AGM 20cm £3.50
Bronze mottled leaves and sulphur-yellow flowers.

ERYTHRONIUM californicum 'White Beauty' AGM 25cm £3.50
Large pale cream flowers yellow centred with a red ring. Brown marbled leaves.

ERYTHRONIUM dens-canis AGM 15cm £3.50
Dog's Tooth Violet. Mottled leaves with pink lilac or white flowers. Shady spot.

ERYTHRONIUM dens-canis 'Rose Queen' 15cm £3.50
Pink flowers attractive mottled leaves.

EUCOMIS comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy' 50cm £4.00
Burgundy-red leaves and stems red flowers from August-November. Hardy.

EUCOMIS comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'

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EUCOMIS vandermerwei 'Octopus' 20cm £4.00
Maroon-spotted foliage then in summer rich maroon pineapple flowers. Well drained soil in sun.

EUPATORIUM maculatum 'Atropurpureum' AGM 150cm £4.50
Tall dark stems domed heads of rosy-purple fluffy flowers from August-November. Sunny spot.

EUPATORIUM maculatum 'Atropurpureum'

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EUPATORIUM maculatum 'Riesenschirm' AGM 250cm £4.50
Architectural plant with huge heads of purple-pink in late summer. Insects love it!

EUPATORIUM rugosum 100cm £4.00
'White Snakeroot'. Slender purplish stems bear clusters of white flowers.

EUPHORBIA 'Abbey Dore' 40cm £4.00
Grey-green foliage from a single stem yellow-green flowers over a long period. Smart!

EUPHORBIA 'Abbey Dore'

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EUPHORBIA 'Blackbird' 50cm £4.50
Lovely red-black foliage especially August-February. Red-flushed greeny-yellow flowers on red stems.

EUPHORBIA 'Copton Ash' 40cm £4.00
Stems carry spirals of grey leaves and yellow flowers.

EUPHORBIA 'Jessie' 75cm £4.00
Golden-yellow flowers and top leaves. Foliage is edged with red later on.

EUPHORBIA amygdaloides 'Purpurea' 40cm £4.00
Purple-red leaves over winter lime green flowers in summer.

EUPHORBIA ceratocarpa 150cm £4.00
Large yellow flowerheads over a long period.

EUPHORBIA ceratocarpa

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EUPHORBIA characias 'Black Pearl' 75cm £4.00
Glaucous grey-green evergreen leaves large heads of yellow-green flowers with an eyecatching black eye!

EUPHORBIA characias 'Black Pearl'

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EUPHORBIA characias 'Blue Wonder' 60cm £4.00
Dramatic silver-blue foliage short bushy plant.

EUPHORBIA characias ssp. wulfenii 'Purple and Gold' 100cm £4.00
Young foliage turns purple in cold weather. Yellow flowers February-June.

EUPHORBIA cornigera 120cm £4.00
Huge yellow flowerheads on stems which turn bright red in autumn.

EUPHORBIA cornigera

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EUPHORBIA cornigera 'Goldener Turm' 150cm £4.00
Golden-yellow flowerheads from April-June dark green leaves with a golden central vein and red edges red stems.

EUPHORBIA griffithii 'Dixter' AGM 75cm £4.00
Copper-tinted green foliage orange-red flowers from late spring.

EUPHORBIA griffithii 'Fireglow' 90cm £4.00
Stunning red stems foliage blushes crimson and yellow in autumn. Orange flowers April-July. Moisture-retentive soil.

EUPHORBIA mellifera AGM 1.5m-2.5m £4.00
Large majestic plant yellow-green leaves and scented yellow flowers from February-June. Only suffers in the coldest winters.

EUPHORBIA pithyusa 45cm £4.00
Multi-stemmed with blue-green narrow leaves and greenish-yellow flowers.

EUPHORBIA pithyusa

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EUPHORBIA polychroma AGM 40cm £4.00
Mounds of bright yellow flowerheads all spring.

EUPHORBIA polychroma 'Midas' 75cm £4.00
Sturdy purple-tinged stems brilliant yellow flowerheads from April-May.

EUPHORBIA rigida AGM 45cm £4.00
Grey-blue spiral leaves vivid yellow flowers from February-May.

EUPHORBIA sikkimensis AGM 120cm £4.00
Ruby-red rosettes of foliage in spring turn green with age topped with yellow-green flowers midsummer.

EUPHORBIA sikkimensis

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EUPHORBIA soongarica 180cm £4.00
Serrated green leaves and yellow flowers July-September.

EUPHORBIA soongarica

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EUPHORBIA stygiana 120cm £4.00
Thick branching stems produce dark evergreen leaves with a pale mid-rib. Pale yellow flowers in late spring.

EUPHORBIA stygiana

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EUPHORBIA valdevillosocarpa 120cm £4.00
Stout stems form a yellow dome May-July.

EUPHORBIA valdevillosocarpa

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EUPHORBIA x martinii AGM 60cm £4.00
Blue-green leaves heads of greenish yellow and red.

EUPHORBIA x martinii 'Helen Robinson' 100cm £4.00
Dark green leaves on a neat bushy plant greeny-yellow flowers March-May.

EUPHORBIA x pasteuri 120cm £4.00
E. stygiana x mellifera. Resembles E. mellifera but forms a shorter mound. This is a new cross - good qualities seems fairly hardy.

EUPHORBIA x pasteuri

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EUPHORIA seguieriana 30cm £4.00
Yellow-green flowers over a long period from March.

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