Plant Catalogue
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ACANTHUS mollis free-flowering
Large leaves, mauve and white flowers. Very free-flowering for me!
1.20m £5.00
ACANTHUS spinosus
Glossy, spiky leaves. Purple-hooded, white-lipped flowers. Very architectural!
AGM 90cm £6.00
ACANTHUS spinosus Spinosissimus Group
Finely cut, almost silvery leaves, less free-flowering variety. Best in hot, dry soil. Worth growing just for the wonderful foliage!
75cm £5.00
ACHILLEA 'Forncett Ivory'
Lovely ivory flowers, grey-green foliage. The best Achillea I've seen for a while!
60cm £5.00
ACHILLEA 'King Alfred'
Low growing yarrow with sulphur yellow flowers in spring. Ideal for rockeries. Full sun. Well drained soil.
NEW 10cm £4.50
ACHILLEA 'Lachsschonheit' (Galaxy Series)
Upright perennial with feathery leaves and flat heads of salmon pink flowers fading to a creamy white. Full sun and well drained soil.
AGM NEW 60cm £5.00
ACHILLEA filipendula 'Gold Plate'
Large, flat golden flowerheads. An old favourite. Full sun, drought tolerant.
AGM 1.20m £5.00
ACHILLEA filipendula 'Heinrich Vogeler'
Flat heads of white flowers on ferny foliage from June. For a sunny spot.
NEW 80cm £5.00
ACONITUM 'Ivorine'
Ivory hooded flowers on long stems in late spring and summer. Full sun or partial shade with a moisture retentive soil.
NEW 75cm £5.50
ACONITUM 'Stainless Steel'
Flower spikes are the colour of faded denims! Needs good deep soil and part shade.
AGM 1.50m £5.50
ACONITUM carmichaelii 'Arendsii'
Strong stems bear spires of deep blue flowers from early autumn. Part shade.
AGM 1.20m £5.00
ACONITUM carmichaelii (Arendsii Group) 'Cloudy'
Large, hooded, ivory flowers smudged with violet, August-October. Worth a try!
PBR 80cm £6.50
ACTAEA 'Chocoholic'
A new variety with almost black foliage and spikes of pale pink fragrant flowers late summer to autumn. Moist soil in part shade.
75cm £9.50
ACTAEA pachypoda 'Misty Blue'
Smoky blue-green foliage and white flowers in spring. White berries in autumn. Wonderful with the right neighbour. Part shade in rich soil.
PBR 60cm £7.50
ACTAEA simplex 'James Compton'
Dark bronze leaves and very fragrant white flowers. Elegant and well-behaved.
AGM 1.20m £9.50
ACTAEA simplex 'Pink Spike'
White flowers in autumn which quickly fade to pink. Moist soil in part shade.
90cm £9.50
ACTAEA simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Black Negligee'
Lovely near-black foliage, white flower spikes July-September. Shade.
90cm £6.00
ACTAEA simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette'
Spires of white bottlebrush flowers on purple tinted foliage in September and October. Moist soil and partial shade.
AGM 1.50m £9.50
ACTAEA simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Hillside Black Beauty'
Spikes of pale pink bottlebrush flowers on purple foliage in the autumn. Moist soil in partial shade.
AGM 1.20m £9.50
AGAPANTHUS 'African Skies'
Evergreen variety with spikes of dark blue flowers. Great in a pot. Full sun.
AGM 1.00m £8.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Arctic Star'
Large, solid heads of pure white flowers from July-September. Hardy. Well-drained good soil in sun.
AGM 60cm £9.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Black Magic'
Deciduous variety with drooping dark indigo flowers. Full sun.
NEW 80cm £7.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Blue Triumphator'
Lovely heads of many shades, from pale to dark blue and pale to dark violet. Flowers July-September. Sun.
80cm £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Bressingham Blue'
An old reliable favourite, with dark blue-violet flowers July-September. Sun.
75cm £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Castle of Mey'
Lovely mid blue-violet flowers with a darker midrib, July-August. Floriferous, and hardy.
75cm £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Cool Blue'
Big, mid-blue flowerheads on sturdy stems July-September. Makes a bold statement! Hardy.
1.20m £5.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Double Diamond'
Short evergreen variety with double white flowers in summer. Full sun. Ideal in pot or front of border.
AGM PBR NEW 30cm £7.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Findlay's Blue'
Slender, elegant stems topped with rich blue flowerheads. Hardy.
90cm £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Fireworks'
Large bi-coloured flowers over a long period. Evergreen foliage. Full sun.
AGM PBR NEW 60cm £8.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Gem'
Large mid to dark blue flowers, later than usual. Strong and upright. Sun.
1.00m £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Isis'
Free-flowering variety with open heads of deep blue flowers August-September.
60cm £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Jacaranda'
Early flowering evergreen variety with tall spikes of mid-blue flowers with a darker stripe. Full sun.
AGM NEW 1.00m £7.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Liam's Lilac'
Open, rounded clusters of subtle lilac flowers, darker at the base. Hardy, and very different. Sun.
90cm £7.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Loch Hope'
Very large blue flowers with darker midstripes. One of the tallest and latest flowering. Best in the border, not in a container.
AGM 2.00m £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Megan's Mauve'
Unusual mauve flowers with darker stripes. Hardy. Show stopper!
AGM 1.00m £9.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Midnight Star'
Syn. 'Navy Blue'. Mid-blue flowers through summer. Hardy, and very floriferous! Full sun.
AGM 60cm £7.00
AGAPANTHUS 'Phantom'
Lovely large white flowers flushed pale blue at the tips. Very desirable, majestic, but slow-growing.
1.00m £9.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Royal Velvet'
A stately plant, produces luscious deep purple flowers, striped near-black, July-August. Hardy. Sun.
AGM 90cm £7.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Silver Baby'
A dwarf variety with small white flowers flushed pale blue. Hardy.
AGM 40cm £7.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Windlebrooke'
Deep indigo buds open to form beautiful heads of dark blue flowers with darker veining, over a tidy clump of narrow leaves.
60cm £6.50
AGAPANTHUS 'Windsor Grey'
Big heads of grey-white flowers touched with lilac, on very upright stems. Much admired in the display garden, very atmospheric.
1.20m £9.00
AGASTACHE 'Blackadder'
Long spires of smoky violet flowers July-October. Aromatic leaves. Perfect bee plant! Prefers sun.
90cm £5.50
AGASTACHE 'Blue Boa'
New form, with chunky, deep violet-blue flower spikes July-October. Seems to be long-lived! Sun.
PBR 60cm £5.50
AGASTACHE 'Purple Haze'
Long spikes of smoky violet-blue flowers all summer. One of the hardy ones! Well drained soil in sun.
75cm £5.50
AGASTACHE rugosa 'Golden Jubilee'
Stunning golden-yellow foliage contrasts well with purple-blue flower spikes from July-September.
60cm £5.00
AGASTACHE rugosa 'Little Adder'
A compact form of Anise Hyssop growing to 45cm. Spikes of lavender flowers on scented foliage. Full sun.
45cm £6.00
AGERATINA altissima 'Chocolate'
Syn. Eupatorium. Wonderful chocolate foliage on a compact, upright plant. Pure white flowerheads July-Sept. Attractive to bees and butterflies. Moist soil in sun to part shade.
AGM 90cm £6.00
AJUGA reptans 'Burgundy Glow'
Useful evergreen groundcover plant for a shady, moist area. Cream-edged foliage is splashed with burgundy, with deep blue flowers in spring.
10cm £5.00
AJUGA reptans 'Catlin's Giant'
Forms a mat of glossy purple-brown leaves and erect spikes of blue flowers in spring. Part shade.
AGM 30cm £5.00
ALCALTHAEA suffrutescens 'Parkallee'
Pale creamy-yellow perennial hollyhock with dark maroon stamens, flowers from June-November. Grey-green rust-free leaves!
2.40m £6.50
ALCALTHAEA suffrutescens 'Parkrondell'
Deep pink flowers, darker in autumn, from June-November.
2.00m £6.50
ALCHEMILLA alpina
Alpine Lady's Mantle. Forms a mat of decorative foliage with clusters of tiny yellow-green flowers in summer. Sun or part shade.
20cm £5.00
ALCHEMILLA erythropoda
Forms a neat, well-behaved mound of notched red-flushed green foliage. Small clusters of yellow-green flowers late spring. Sun or part shade.
AGM 25cm £5.00
ALTHAEA cannabina
Light and airy plant has lovely lavender-pink mallow flowers all summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
2.00m £6.00
ALTHAEA officinalis
Marshmallow! Graceful, tall plant with pale pink, magenta-centred flowers. Bees love it, and the root is used to make marshmallows! Well-drained soil in sun.
1.50m £5.00
ALTHAEA officinalis 'Romney Marsh'
Bushy perennial with soft pink flowers all summer. Sun.
1.00m £5.50
AMMI majus
Indispensable hardy annual, a brilliant filler plant for mid to late summer, as seen this year at Great Dixter! Lacy white cow-parsley flowers and delicate ferny foliage. Well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. 3 for £10!
AGM 1.80m £4.00
AMSONIA 'Blue Ice'
Compact form with masses of sky blue flowers in late spring and early summer. Full sun.
NEW 50cm £5.00
AMSONIA hubrichtii
A clump of erect stems, covered in fine, soft foliage topped with starry blue flowers May to July. Golden autumn leaves. Sun to part shade.
75cm £6.00
AMSONIA orientalis
Erect stems bear narrow, lance-shaped leaves interspersed with starry pale blue flowers in summer. Sun. Very impressive!
50cm £5.00
AMSONIA tabernaemontana
Clusters of starry ice blue flowers on arching stems over summer. Yellow foliage in autumn. Sunny border.
70cm £5.00
ANEMONE 'Wild Swan'
An award winning hybrid with a long flowering period. White flowers with a grey-blue streak on the rear. Dappled shade.
PBR NEW 45cm £8.00
ANEMONE apennina double-flowered
Beautiful flowers from March-May. Outer petals are blue, inner petals start grey, turn blue then turquoise. Superb, very collectable!
25cm £7.50
ANEMONE hupehensis 'Hadspen Abundance'
Rich, deep purple-pink two-tone flowers in summer. Sun or part shade.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
ANEMONE hupehensis 'Red Riding Hood' (Fantasy Series)
Short Japanese Anemone flowering in the summer with cerise pink single flowers. Sun or part shade.
NEW 45cm £8.00
ANEMONE hupehensis var. japonica 'Pamina'
Semi-double dusky pink flowers from August-October. Good in sun or shade.
AGM 60cm £5.50
ANEMONE hupehensis var. japonica 'Prinz Heinrich'
Semi-double deep pink flowers in August and September. Full sun or part shade.
80cm £6.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Alba Plena'
Double white flowers, similar to 'Vestal', but with a larger central ruff.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Bowles's Purple'
Purple flowers, darker than 'Robinsoniana', with darker backs.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Bracteata Pleniflora'
Green-tipped white double flowers with a ruff of green bracts April-May.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Buckland'
Large lavender-blue flowers, pale creamy-grey beneath, on maroon stems.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Dark Leaf'
Persistently deep maroon foliage, white flowers turn pink April-May.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Flushing'
Eye-catching variety, with finely dissected foliage and pale pink flowers.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Fruhlingsfee'
Large, cup-shaped white flowers turn pink. Much requested last year.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Hall Farm Blue'
A deep blue-flowered, vigorous selection from Hall Farm Nursery.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'La Rochanne'
Brand new variety from Jan Spruyt, has white-edged pink petals.
20cm £5.50
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Semiplena'
Large, fully double white flowers with deep blue centres, also on the reverse.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Slenaken'
Small white flowers, this was found by Michael Lukaszewicz in the woods at Slenaken.
15cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Stammerberg'
Incorrectly formerly sold by us as 'Stammheim', this was named and found on the mountain of Stammerberg, near Stammheim, by Mathias Thomson. Big white flowers with green markings and a maroon centre.
10cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Wisley Pink'
Flowers open white inside, dark pink on reverse, then turn rich pink on both sides. Beautiful!
20cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Yerda Ramusem'
Rarely available form with semi-double white flowers surrounded by green bracts splashed with white.
10cm £5.00
ANEMONE ranunculoides 'Pleniflora'
Double golden-yellow flowers in spring. Vigorous. Shade.
AGM 15cm £5.00
ANEMONE ranunculoides laciniata
Large yellow nodding flowers March-May. Increases quickly, not a thug!
10cm £5.00
ANEMONE x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
Japanese Anemone with lovely pure white flowers. Best in part shade.
AGM 1.00m £5.50
ANEMONE x hybrida 'Konigin Charlotte'
Large, semi-double rose-pink flowers late summer. Part shade.
AGM 1.00m £5.00
ANEMONE x hybrida 'Richard Ahrens'
Sprays of pale pink single flowers from August. Sun or partial shade.
1.00m £6.00
ANEMONE x hybrida 'September Charm'
Semi-double dark and light pink petals, flowers are larger than A. 'Hadspen Abundance'. Lovely dark stems.
AGM 90cm £5.00
ANEMONE x hybrida 'Whirlwind'
Semi-double snow-white flowers with soft ruffled edges, from September-October.
60cm £5.00
ANEMONE x lipsiensis 'Pallida'
Resembles a wood anemone, with creamy-yellow flowers from April-June.
AGM 15cm £5.00
ANEMONE x lipsiensis 'Schwefelfeuer'
A woodland anemone with light yellow flowers on bronze stems April-May.
10cm £5.00
ANEMONELLA thalictroides 'Dark Pink'
Attractive dark foliage, delicate pink flowers fading paler, from early spring.
12cm £6.00
ANTHEMIS 'Susannah Mitchell'
Grey-green foliage topped with creamy-white daisies all summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
60cm £5.00
ANTHEMIS tinctoria 'Celia'
New cultivar from Winterbourne House and Garden bred by Dr Hugh Wilkie. Vigorous upright growth with lemon yellow petals and a darker centre.
NEW 50cm £5.00
ANTHEMIS tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton'
Lemon yellow daisies on ferny foliage in summer. Full sun in free draining soil.
AGM 50cm £5.50
ANTHEMIS tinctoria 'Wargrave Variety'
Pale yellow daisies in summer over dark green foliage. Sun.
90cm £5.00
ANTHRISCUS sylvestris 'Going For Gold'
Golden-yellow ferny foliage looks brilliant in winter and spring, then umbels of white cow-parsley flowers May-June. Best in part shade.
1.20m £5.00
ANTHRISCUS sylvestris 'Ravenswing'
Deep maroon feathery foliage. White contrasting flowers in summer. Well drained soil in shade.
1.00m £5.00
ARISARUM proboscideum
Mouse Tail Arum. Forms a low carpet of shiny leaves, and in April, long brown mouse tails of the arum flower appear. Shady spot.
20cm £5.00
ARMERIA 'Brutus'
'Mega-thrift' from Desirable Plants, with white flowers above a dome of glaucous broad leaves. Flowers for months.
40cm £5.00
ARMERIA juniperifolia 'Bevan's Variety'
A small mat-forming thrift with evergreen needle foliage and double pink flowers. Ideal for the rockery. Full sun and free draining soil.
AGM 15cm £4.50
ARMERIA maritima 'In the Red'
Deep red winter foliage, pink flowers from April-June. Thrift with a difference!
20cm £5.00
ARTEMISIA ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'
Upright bushy perennial with silvery lance shaped leaves with jagged margins. Full sun in a free draining soil.
90cm £5.00
ARTEMISIA ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'
Lovely silver foliage plant, useful for edge of border as a foil for darker plants. Dead-head to keep her at her best! Sunny, well drained spot.
AGM 60cm £5.00
ARTEMISIA stelleriana ‘Boughton Silver’
Soft silver foliage, great for groundcover or as a foil for other plants in a container, rockery or front of a sunny border.
15cm £5.00
ARUM italicum ssp. italicum 'Marmoratum'
Arrow-shaped cream-veined leaves in autumn. White-yellow spathes early summer. Shade.
AGM 45cm £5.00
ARUM italicum ssp. neglectum 'Miss Janay Hall'
Yellow-speckled glossy foliage over winter, cream flowers April-May. Part shade.
30cm £5.00
ARUNCUS 'Horatio'
Clump-forming, with feathery foliage and loose panicles of cream flowers in summer. Good autumn foliage. Part shade.
1.00m £6.00
ARUNCUS 'Johannifest'
Fine creamy-white flower panicles June-August, lovely feathery foliage. Part shade.
60cm £5.00
ARUNCUS dioicus 'Kneiffii'
Fine foliage and airy panicles of white flowers. Shade or part shade.
60cm £6.50
ASARUM europaeum
Wild Ginger. Robust groundcover plant, has glossy rounded leaves and red hooded flowers in spring. Moist soil in cool shade.
AGM 15cm £5.00
ASTER ‘Black Ice’
Icy lilac-blue small daisies in tidy sprays. A laeve type, but is fairly compact, upright and non-running. Contrasting black stems and dark green smoky leaves. Impending storm clouds! A very useful mixer in the border.
1.50m £6.50
ASTER 'Chilly Fingers'
Sprays of pale blue daisies with long, thin, curled petals, similar to, but more curled than 'Lutetia', and taller too.
90cm £5.00
ASTER 'Fingers and Thumbs'
A seedling found over the path from our 'Chilly Fingers', this has slightly wider fingers, and flowers are a deeper lilac, not so chilly! They look great together.
90cm £6.50
ASTER 'Moody Blue'
Discovered in our garden, this new aster has mildew-free, fine foliage, and lilac-blue daisies with closely-arranged petals, September-October, on dark stems. A laeve type but less vigorous.
90cm £6.50
ASTER 'Small-Ness'
Much-requested last year! Low-growing mound, smothered with small, fresh pinkish-blue daisies September-October.
30cm £5.00
ASTER ageratoides 'Ezo Murasaki'
Eyecatching deep violet-purple daisies in profusion, form a tidy mound of colour September-November. Sun or shade.
60cm £5.00
ASTER ageratoides 'Harry Smith'
Pink flowers on a dome of dark stems and foliage, August-November. Sun to even dry shade!
60cm £5.00
ASTER ageratoides 'Stardust'
Compact bushy plants with soft lilac daisy flowers from August. Full sun or partial shade.
NEW 60cm £5.00
ASTER ageratoides 'Starshine'
Masses of white daisies over contrasting dark green foliage, midsummer to autumn.
PBR 60cm £5.50
ASTER amellus 'Brilliant'
Much-admired in the display garden. Beautiful opaque dusky pink flowers.
75cm £5.50
ASTER amellus 'Grunder'
Large lilac-blue daisies. Tidy and mildew-free, as are all A.amellus.
75cm £5.50
ASTER amellus 'Rudolph Goethe'
Neat upright clump of lavender blue daisy flowers. Full sun and free draining soil.
60cm £5.50
ASTER amellus 'Sonora'
Masses of soft blue flowers late summer and autumn. A favourite in our garden.
60cm £5.50
ASTER novae-angliae
Recently, the name for Aster novae-angliae changed to SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae, and you can now find our collection in the catalogue under this name. Other Asters can be found under EURYBIA, GALATELLA or even ASTER! Good luck everyone!
1cm £5.00
ASTER x frikartii 'Monch'
Large lavender-blue daisies on lax stems from August-October. No mildew, but must have moist soil.
AGM 90cm £5.50
ASTER x frikartii 'Wunder von Stafa'
Large lavender blue flowers from August. Full sun.
AGM 65cm £5.00
ASTILBOIDES tabularis
Syn. Rodgersia tabularis. Very large, rounded lobed leaves, dense panicles of small creamy flowers above in early summer. Moist soil in part shade.
1.50m £7.00
ASTRANTIA 'Bloody Mary'
Deep red flowers over summer with a silver-white centre. Part shade.
50cm £5.50
ASTRANTIA 'Bright and Breezy'
Our new introduction, a seedling from A. 'Bury Court'. A tidy dome of green-tipped, pink-edged, white flowers with red centres, on short, thick upright stems.
60cm £6.50
ASTRANTIA 'Burgundy Manor'
Lovely large, deep red flowers on reddish-black stems in summer, over dark green foliage. A strong, repeat-flowering variety. Part shade.
75cm £7.00
ASTRANTIA 'Larch Cottage Magic'
Dark purple stems, clusters of deep maroon flowers with silver centres and long petals. Very distinctive.
80cm £5.50
ASTRANTIA 'Snow Star'
Pincushion white flowers surrounded by green-tipped white bracts. Full sun or partial shade.
PBR 80cm £6.50
ASTRANTIA major 'Can Candy'
Unique flowers, dark red backs, silver upper face. Repeat flowers, sturdy, not too tall. New introduction from Trevor Edwards.
60cm £5.50
ASTRANTIA major 'Elmblut'
Purple-red flowers with rosy-red tips to the bracts.Sun or partial shade in a moisture retentive soil.
50cm £5.50
ASTRANTIA major 'Florence'
Lavender-pink pincushion flowers over a long season. Better flower colour in shade. One of my top three favourites.
PBR 50cm £7.00
ASTRANTIA major 'Ruby Wedding'
True form, not seedlings. Darkest red flowers, black stems with purple-tinged foliage.
45cm - 60cm £5.50
ASTRANTIA major 'Sparkling Stars Pink' (Sparkling Stars Series)
Masses of pink pincushion flowers from June. Sun or partial shade.
60cm £7.50
ASTRANTIA major 'Star of Beauty' (Sparkling Stars Series)
White and magenta pincushion flowers. Sun or partial shade.
PBR 50cm £8.00
ASTRANTIA major 'Star of Love'
Red pincushion flowers surrounded by red bracts on dark purple stems. Sun or partial shade.
NEW 60cm £7.50
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