Plant Catalogue
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SALVIA 'African Sky'
Masses of mauve-blue flowers May-November, on a bushy plant. Sunny, sheltered spot.
80cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Amistad'
Large, deep mauve flowers May-October on tall, branching stems. If grown in a container, bring in for the winter. Cover with a large pot if grown in the border. Dramatic plant in a sunny spot.
PBR 1.00m £5.00
SALVIA 'Hot Lips'
A wonderful plant for containers or front of a sunny border. Red and white flowers from May to November. Can be hardy, but take cuttings.
AGM 90cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Joan'
Shrubby, taller salvia with rich purple-pink flowers in summer and autumn. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
SALVIA 'Love and Wishes'
Stunning new hybrid, has large, reddish-purple flowers with dark burgundy calyces and stems, June-November. Tidy habit, great for a container.
PBR 80cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Royal Bumble'
Rich red flowers on dark stems from early summer to October. Sun.
AGM 60cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Tutti Frutti'
Same parents as 'Dyson's Joy', and very floriferous! Deep pink flowers May-November. Sun.
60cm £5.00
SALVIA atrocyanea
Clear blue flowers from late summer on long stems. Looks good at the back of a sunny border.
1.50m £6.50
SALVIA greggii 'Emperor'
Masses of wonderful maroon-purple flowers through summer and autumn. Hardy in a sunny, well-drained spot. Takes cuttings easily!
60cm £5.00
SALVIA microphylla 'Cerro Potosi'
Large, glowing magenta-pink flowers well above the leaves. Sun.
80cm £5.00
SALVIA microphylla 'Wild Watermelon'
Magenta-pink flowers with a white throat, May-November. Sun.
75cm £5.00
SALVIA nemorosa 'Caradonna'
Deep violet-blue flower spikes on dark maroon stems, from June-August. Sunny spot, moist well-drained soil.
50cm £5.00
SALVIA nemorosa 'Sensation Rose'
Masses of rose-pink flower spikes June-October, on a short, tidy plant. Sun.
30cm £5.00
SALVIA stolonifera
Recently discovered in Southern Mexico, this prefers part shade and well drained soil. Unique, dark orange flowers late summer to first frosts. Has survived two mild winters in our garden!
45cm £5.00
SALVIA verticillata 'Purple Rain'
One of Piet Oudolf's favourites! Dark green leaves, and upright, purple branching stems carry purple-blue flowers through summer. Full sun.
75cm £5.00
SALVIA verticillata 'Smouldering Torches'
Whorls of deep, dusky blue-purple flower spikes in summer, over a good clump of heart-shaped foliage. Sun to part shade.
80cm £5.00
SALVIA x sylvestris 'Blauhugel'
Compact, bushy plant bears spires of eyecatching rich blue flowers midsummer. Full sun.
AGM 40cm £5.00
SALVIA x sylvestris 'Viola Klose'
Spires of intense violet-blue flowers July-September. Lovely at front of border or in a gravel garden. Insects love Salvias! Sun or light shade.
50cm £5.00
SANGUINARIA canadensis f. multiplex 'Plena'
Beautiful pure white double flowers in spring, then grey-green leaves until late summer when it disappear. Makes a colony of plants, ideal in a shady woodland area. Very special.
AGM 15cm £7.50
SANGUISORBA 'Ankum's Thrums'
Tall stems are topped with rosy-pink catkins. Sun. Sanguisorbas are a wonderful addition to a sunny border. Easy to grow and maintain.
1.60m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Autumn Red'
Latest to flower, with deep red short fingers on erect fine stems from September-November. Sun.
1.80m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Candy Floss'
Our introduction in 2017! Strong grower, bolt upright, needs no staking. Bright candy-pink, broad fluffy flowers August-September, cleaner and fresher than other varieties, and repeat flowers!
1.50m £6.50
SANGUISORBA 'Ivory Towers'
Formerly S. sp. Witt ex Engeland. One of my all-time favourite Sanguisorbas, deserves a proper name! Early, long-flowering white bottlebrushes all through the plant. Stands up in a gale!
1.20m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Little Angel'
Low-growing carpet of white-edged green leaves, purple flowers July-September. Sun.
35cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Pink September'
Bigger and better flowers than 'Big Pink'. Lots of stems closely grouped. Stands well. New in 2013 from us.
2.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Pink Tanna'
Light pink bobble flowers from June-August, above a clump of slender branching stems. Prefers moist soil in a sunny spot.
80cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Prim and Proper'
Our introduction last year, a chance seedling found in our garden. A tidy, compact plant, upright red drumstick flowers on straight stems. Great for front of a sunny border!
60cm £6.50
SANGUISORBA 'Raspberry Coulis'
Our introduction! Warm maroon drumstick flowers over a long season on upright stems.Quite special - this definitely deserved a name.
1.00m £6.50
SANGUISORBA 'Red Busby'
A recent tall introduction, with airy upright branching stems topped with large maroon burrs over a long season. A good name, and one of our top ten!
1.80m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Sangria'
One of the tallest Sanguisorba, this has maroon fingers on open branching stems July-August.
2.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Scapino'
From Sarastro Nursery in Germany, this has deep red catkins on tall open stems, which move gently in the breeze, July-September.
2.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Skinny Fingers'
Our introduction this year! Tall, airy stems carry long, narrow, white pointy flowers touched with pink.
NEW 1.80m £5.00
SANGUISORBA hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel'
Blue-grey foliage, long lilac to cerise-pink squirrel tails on outstretched stems, July-September. Everyone's favourite!
1.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa 'Chatto'
A compact grower, forms a low mound of silver leaves and spikes of white bottlebrush flowers in summer.
45cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa good form
Lovely silver leaves, and bright pink bottlebrush flowers June-August. Sun.
50cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA officinalis 'Martin's Mulberry'
An improvement on 'Arnhem' - more upright, with maroon flowers.
1.80m £5.00
SANGUISORBA officinalis 'Red Buttons'
Introduced by Dove Cottage Nursery. Selected for its compact habit and long flowering time. Plum-coloured thimble flowers.
60cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA officinalis 'Tsetseguun'
Deep maroon upright drumsticks from July. Slow-growing.
90cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA species ex. Japan
From Cally Gardens. Smallish white catkins. Clump forming and dainty!
45cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Big Pink'
Smothered with bright pink drooping catkins in August and September.
1.50m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Pieters'
Masses of red bobble flowers on slender stems through summer. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Strawberry Frost'
Our introduction! Distinct, elegant foliage only to 60cm, then tall upright stems bear clean white catkin flowers dusted with strawberry-pink.
1.20m £7.50
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia from Ernst Pagels
Grey-purple buds open to pinky-red flowers August-September. Sun.
1.50m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia var. parviflora
Similar to 'Alba' but with more attractive foliage.
1.00m £5.00
SANTOLINA rosmarinifolia 'Lemon Fizz'
This stunning Cotton Lavender has dainty lemon-yellow button flowers through summer on a mound of bright yellow evergreen fine foliage. Well drained soil in sun.
AGM 30cm £5.00
SANTOLINA rosmarinifolia 'Primrose Gem'
Loved on sight! Bright green neat bush, with creamy-yellow flowers June-July.
AGM 45cm £5.00
SAXIFRAGA 'Cloth of Gold'
Small rosettes of delicate, golden mossy leaves topped with white flowers from April to May. Well drained soil in sun or part shade.
NEW 10cm £4.50
SAXIFRAGA 'Cuscutiformis'
Evergreen carpet of silver rosettes, sends out runners, and has white flowers August-September. Moist soil in part shade.
20cm £4.50
SAXIFRAGA x arendsii 'Triumph'
An evergreen perennial forms a mound of green leaves covered in summer by small, deep pink flowers. Sunny rockery.
15cm £4.50
SCUTELLARIA incana
Upright bushy perennial bearing loose racemes of lipped violet-blue and white flowers in summer and early autumn. Tolerant of most conditions, does well in sun.
75cm £5.00
SCUTELLARIA zhongdianensis
Fresh green foliage, and delicate blue and white flower spikes in summer. Sun.
45cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Chocolate Drop'
Compact mound of glossy, dark chocolate-brown leaves, and rose-pink flowers in summer. Sun.
PBR 25cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Chocolate Sauce'
Shiny, dark maroon emerging foliage on red stems, deepens to a glossy chocolate as it matures. Small pink flowers in autumn. Different from S. 'Chocolate'.
45cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Class Act'
A stunning variety, forms a mound of green foliage topped with large, deep carmine-pink flower clusters that age to russet. Sun.
AGM PBR 45cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Jose Aubergine'
Early-flowering upright variety with deep aubergine oval leaves and deep dusky-pink flowers from July.
PBR 60cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Matrona'
Soft pink flowers on purple stems August-October, bronze-flushed green leaves.
AGM 75cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Mr Goodbud'
Red-tinged, blue-green foliage on reddish stems, topped in late summer with large, magenta-purple flowerheads. Compact, not floppy!
AGM PBR 45cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Munstead Red'
Blue-grey foliage and wide, flat heads of raspberry-red flowers from mid-August.
30cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Red Cauli'
Purple-tinted grey-green foliage, and intense deep red flowers resemble cauliflowers.
AGM 40cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Red Star'
New variety from Coton Manor, has fine clusters of ruby-red flowers in summer.
30cm £5.00
SEDUM 'Ruby Glow'
Low, clump-forming plant for front of border or containers. Red stems bear purple-green leaves and clusters of deep crimson flowers summer and autumn.
AGM 25cm £5.00
SEDUM cauticola 'Coca-Cola'
Lovely for a rockery or hanging over a wall, this is a low grower, with silver leaves and soft pink and ruby flowers summer and autumn.
20cm £5.00
SEDUM cauticola 'Lidakense'
Trailing stems bear reddish-pink star-shaped flowers summer and autumn. Full sun.
AGM 10cm £5.00
SEDUM rupestre 'Yellow Cushion'
A spreading mound of golden green foliage and yellow flowers in the summer. Full sun.
NEW 10cm £4.50
SEDUM spectabile 'Brilliant'
Grey-green leaves topped with large heads of cool pink-mauve flowers in summer. Sun.
AGM 45cm £5.00
SEDUM telephium 'Karfunkelstein'
A good compact variety with smoky-blue foliage flushed with pink, masses of rosy-pink flowers late summer.
AGM 50cm £5.00
SELINUM wallichianum
Architectural cow-parsley, with erect purplish branching stems bearing umbels of tiny white flowers mid-summer to autumn. Full sun to part shade.
AGM 1.20m £5.00
SESELI hippomarathrum
Pale pink and grey cow parsley flowers July-October, Feathery foliage. Sun.
45cm £5.00
SESELI montanum
A mound of finely-cut dark green leaves topped with small umbels of white, pink and coffee flowers from July. Sun.
50cm £5.00
SIBBALDIOPSIS 'Nuuk'
Syn. Potentilla 'Nuuk'. Hardy evergreen groundcover plant with white flowers in late spring and summer. Sun or partial shade.
NEW 30cm £5.00
SIDALCEA 'Croftway Red'
Watery-red flowers along upright stems in summer. Sidalceas are a haven for bees and butterflies!
75cm £5.00
SIDALCEA 'Sussex Beauty'
Spires of candy-pink flowers on upright stems in mid-summer. Sun to part shade.
NEW 70cm £5.00
SIDALCEA 'William Smith'
Tall spires of soft deep pink flowers in summer. Full sun.
AGM NEW 1.20m £5.00
SISYRINCHIUM 'Sapphire'
One of the strongest varieties, this has purple-blue flowers with yellow eyes. April to June. Perfect for a sunny rockery or container.
NEW 15cm £4.50
SOLIDAGO 'Dennis Strange'
Named by John Williams as a tribute to his late friend Dennis, a long-time member of Warks Plant Heritage, this appeared in John's garden, has a majestic habit, with open panicles of golden-yellow flowers on arching, thick dark stems.
2.10m £5.00
SOLIDAGO 'Foxbrook Fountain'
From John Williams. Statuesque, tall and tidy, its golden-yellow flowers are closely clumped and outward-facing at the top of thick stems. Suspend your prejudices, this golden rod is wonderful!
2.00m £5.00
SOLIDAGO 'Foxbrook Gold'
Another selection from John Williams. These three Solidagos should be called 'The Foxbrook Series'! Floriferous, upright and free-standing. Exuberent, like John, and looks good every year with no effort! Full sun.
1.30m £5.00
SOLIDAGO rugosa 'Fireworks'
Ornamental dark foliage in spring, late sprays of golden yellow flowers. Full sun.
AGM 90cm £5.00
SOLIDAGO rugosa 'Loysder Crown'
Always wows visitors to our garden! Lime in bud, large arching sprays of sherbert-lemon flowers. Drought-resistant too!
1.20m £6.50
STACHYS macrantha 'Ben'
From Edulis Nursery, this a variegated form of 'Superba', with a long flowering period.
NEW 40cm £5.00
STACHYS macrantha 'Robusta'
Slowly spreading plant with deep purple flowerheads from June-July. Full sun.
AGM 60cm £5.00
STEMMACANTHA centauroides
Syn. Centaurea pulchra 'Major'. Purple-red flowers in summer attract bees and butterflies. Drought tolerant when established. Hard to propagate so rarely available.
75cm £5.00
STYLOPHORUM diphyllum
Celandine Poppy, has blue-green lobed leaves, and from March-May, clusters of buttercup-like golden-yellow flowers. Lovely in part shade.
45cm £5.00
SUCCISA pratensis
Unusual perennial found in boggy grasslands. Low-growing rosette of leaves and small violet pincushion flowers midsummer. A good cottage garden plant.
30cm £5.00
SUCCISELLA inflexa 'Frosted Pearls'
An airy addition to the border, with masses of pale pink to white flowers on fine stems. Lovely as a cut flower. Sun to part shade.
80cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Foxbrook Fairy'
From John Williams. Lots of pale mauve daisies on a later-flowering plant, from Sepember-October. An ericoides cross, but clump forming.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Hill Close Blue'
From Hill Close Gardens, Warwick. Masses of vivid blue daisies.
75cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Little Carlow'
Erect stems with large clusters of small blue flowers.
AGM 0.90m - 1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Newstars Fantasy'
A compact variety, smothered with dusky pink-mauve daisies August-October. Sun or part shade.
40cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Nineteen'
Sprays of small lilac daisies September-November, on maroon stems and dark foliage. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Noreen'
Powder-blue, semi-double incurving petals, flowering midseason. This new aster was named by us in memory of Noreen Jardine, who discovered it.
90cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Orchidee'
Masses of small white daisies September-October. Mildew-free. I think this is an HPS conservation plant.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Star of Chester'
A laevis type, this has small pink daisies on tall, dark stems, September-November.
1.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM ericoides f. prostratus 'Snow Flurry'
Low spreading branches carry sprays of small white daisies. Lovely over edge of wall or under roses.
AGM 15cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Arcturus'
Eyecatching lilac-mauve daisies on shiny black stems. Mildew-free.
1.40m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Glow in the Dark'
Our introduction in 2010. Masses of luminous lilac-pink daisies contrast with black stems and dark foliage. A. 'Calliope' x A. 'Fellowship'.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Les Moutiers'
Also known as A. 'Vasterival'. Mauve flowers September-November on wiry purple-black stems. Very delicate, much admired in the display garden.
1.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Nightshade'
Dark purple stems bear sprays of blue flowers late summer.
90cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Orpheus'
Stunning plant, has dark stems and leaves, then in late summer beautiful blue daisies. Tall and rangey.
1.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Potschke'
Deep rose-pink daisies with slightly curling petals from September.
AGM 90cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Dapper Tapper'
Large mauve flowers on a shorter plant, August-October.
50cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Guido en Gezelle'
New, from Jan Spruyt, has lavender-blue daisies August-October.
1.00m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Harrington's Pink'
Clusters of bright pink flowers. Popular at the nursery.
AGM 1.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Helen Picton'
Large, rich violet-purple flowers on a compact plant. From Paul Picton, National Collection Holder of Asters.
1.00m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Ivy Patterson'
New this year! Discovered as a seedling in our garden, we named it after Steph's mum, age 96! Small, deep violet daisies on a shorter, tidy plant. Intermediate height for mid-border.
1.00m £6.50
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'James'
Big, bright purple daisies. A lovely new variety from John Tuite of West Acre Gardens in Norfolk, named after his son.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Lachsglut'
Flowers are slightly paler pink than 'Alma Potschke'.
1.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Patricia'
From a customer, who found it as a seedling in his garden and named it in remembrance of his wife. Rose-pink daisies in a good spread of flowers. It has a good shape, and a fresh, bright appearance!
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'
Deep purple-violet flowers on a short bushy plant.
75cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Septemberrubin'
Large rich purple-red flowers September-October.
1.30m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novi-belgii 'Farncombe Lilac'
Double lilac-pink flowers August-October. HPS Conservation Scheme plant, well worth trying!
75cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novi-belgii 'Pink Buttons'
Tidy dome of mildew-resistant dark green foliage, topped with masses of small pale pink daisies from September to October.
NEW 75cm £5.00
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