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Pavaver orientale 'Marlene'
Gorgeous new variety, with petals of cranberry-red. HP for sun/part shade & well-drained soil. Ht.30” (90cm).
Pack of one bare root for £5.50
Pack of 3 bare roots for £15.00
Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum'
Sought-after variety, with soft plum coloured blooms. HP, which retains its colour best in a site shaded from midday sun. Cut back hard after flowering to promote new foliage growth. Ht. 30” (75cm) Spread 18” (45cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Papaver Orientale 'Royal Chocolate Distinction'
Fabulously rich, chocolate-maroon flowers, with dsrk central blotch. HP for good soil in sun. Flowering in June/July at around 30" (75cm).
Pack of one bare root for £6.00
Pack of 3 bare roots for £16.50
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Black Beauty’
Lightly frilled double flowers of deepest burgundy-black. Delicate scent. HP for good soil in sun/part shade.
Ht. 3’ (90cm).
11cm pot for £10.50
Paeonia ‘Pillow Talk’
The most romantic of pale pink flowers are scented and freely produced on strong stems May-June. Great for cutting. HP for fertile soil in sun/part shade.
Ht. & spread 3’ (90cm) x 2’ (60cm).
11cm pot for £11.00
Penstemon 'Raven'
Dramatic, deep purple-red flowers of good size cover the stems of this excellent variety all summer. This has long been one of our favourite penstemons for its colour and longevity. HP for sun & well-drained soil. Ht. 2’ (60cm) Spread 18” (45cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Amethyst Summer’
New variety of unique colour. The name is something of a misnomer as the flowers are a rich, magenta pink and produced freely throughout summer. HP for sun/part shade & most normal soils.
Ht. 3’ (90cm) or more.
9cm pot for £9.50
Persicaria campanulata
Panicles of pale pink, heath-like flowers, produced above handsomely veined foliage, with felted, buff reverse. HP flowering summer-long in fertile soil in sun/part shade.
Ht.3’ (90cm).
11cm pot for £8.00
Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'
Grown mainly for its striking, maroon/bronze marbled foliage (the tiny white flowers are fairly insignificant). Makes a generous clump by its second season and remains evergreen in a mild winter. HP for sun/part shade & most ordinary soils. Ht. & Spread 18” (45cm).
9cm pot £5.50
Phlox drummondii ‘Classic Cassis’
Compact variety with fragrant flowers of mid purple-pink. Suitable for front of border or containers. HP for sun & fertile soil.
Blooming mid-summer at 18” (45cm).
11cm pot for £6.00
Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'
Fragrant flowers of rich, violet-blue in early summer. One of the most vibrantly coloured phlox available and always hugely popular. HP for fertile, moist soil in sun/part shade. Ht.3’ (90cm).
11cm pot £5.00
Phlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert'
Long-lasting, fragrant flowers of pastel lilac. Makes a subtle companion to the more dramatic 'Blue Paradise'. HP for fertile, moist soil in sun/part shade. Ht.3’ (90cm).
11cm pot £6.00
Phlox paniculata 'Monica Lynden Bell'
Palest pink flowers with wonderful fragrance. Strong, healthy grower. HP for good soil in sun/part shade. Ht.2.5’ (75cm).
9cm pot £6.00
Phlox paniculata ‘Nicky’ (syn. ‘Düsterlohe’)
Fragrant blooms of dark magenta-purple on strong growing plants. HP for good soil in sun/part shade.
Flowering in summer at up to 3’ (90cm).
11cm pot for £6.00
Phlox paniculata ‘Warsaw Sunrise’
New variety with fragrant pink flowers with darker eye and the bonus of beautiful, cream-edged foliage. HP for fertile soil in sun.
Flowering mid to late summer at 3’ (90cm).
11cm pot for £7.00
Phlox x arendsii 'Hesperis'
The abundantly produced small lilac-pink flowers really do resemble ‘Sweet Rocket’, for which it is named. Scented and mildew resistant HP for sun/part shade & good soil. Ht.32” (80cm) Spread 20” (50cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Phlox x arendsii 'Utopia'
Strongly scented flowers of pale, lilac-pink July-Sept. Good soil in sun/part shade. Ht. 5’ (1.5m).
11cm pot £5.00
Pimpinella major 'Rosea'
Charming, cow-parsley like plant, but with pink flowerheads in summer. Like many umbellifers, this has become achingly fashionable over the last few years and we can never grow enough. HP for average/moist soil in sun/part shade. Ht.2’ (60cm).
9cm pot £6.00
Pulmonaria ang. 'Blue Ensign'
Possibly the best coloured flowers of any lungwort – really vivid blue & a lovely contrast to bright yellows in the spring border. The leaves are green, with no hint of the spotting which gives the species both its botanic and common names. Seems to hate being in a pot and only gives of its best once planted out (we know how it feels!) HP for shade & moisture-retentive soil. Ht.1’...
Pulmonaria longifolia 'Diana Clare'
Surely one of the loveliest silver leaved lungworts. Clump forming, with violet-blue flowers, maturing to include rosy hues, over a long period in spring. After the flowers have faded in early summer, the foliage really comes into its own, with the expanding, silvered leaves perfect for lightening a shady corner of the border. HP for good soil in shade/part shade. Ht.12” (30cm).
9cm pot...
Roscoea purpurea 'Spice Island'
Exotic-looking, hardy member of the ginger family. Attractive foliage with deep red on the leaf reverse and orchid-like flowers of lavender-pink from mid to late summer. Late to emerge above ground (late May/early June), so mark the planting spot to avoid damage to dormant plants. HP for moist, well-drained soil in sun/part shade. Ht. & spread to 18”
11cm pots @ £7.50 each
Salvia 'Amante'
New for 2021
Wonderful, tall new salvia, with flowers in pink-carmine hues. Hardy in mild areas of UK but take cuttings as precaution against winter loss. For sun/well-drained soil.
Flowering summer to autumn at 4’ (1.2m).
One 9cm pot for £5.50
3 9cm pots for £15.00
Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna'
Surely one of the very best nemorosa introductions, with rich, violet-blue flowers on tall, dark stems. Deadhead promptly as flowers go over for repeat blooms. HP for sun & well-drained soil.
Ht. 30” (75cm) Spread 12” (30cm).
11cm pot for £7.50
Salvia pratensis ‘Rhapsody in Pink’
Upright spikes of sugar pink flowers in summer. HP for sun & retentive soil. Deadhead for repeat flowering.
Ht.16” (40cm).
9cm pot for £6.50
Salvia x sylvestris ‘Viola Klose’
Spires of deep violet flowers from early – mid-summer. We grew this for the first time last year and were really struck by the knockout colour. HP for sun/partial shade & well-drained soil. Ht.18” (75cm).
1.5lt pot £7.50
Sanguisorba 'Cangshan Cranberry'
Sought-after variety with burgundy-red flowers on very tall, strong stems, from August-November. HP for moisture retentive soil in sun/part shade. We grow most of our collection of sanguisorbas in the moist soil around our pond, where they all do brilliantly well. Ht. to 80”(2m).
Sanguisorba hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel'
Showy hybrid with cascading catkin-like flowers of lilac pink. Beautiful, pleated foliage, which looks wonderful holding raindrops after a shower. HP for moisture retentive soil in sun/part shade. Ht.3’ (90cm).
9cm pot for £10.00
Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Martin’s Mulberry’
New for 2021
Wonderful variety of great burnet, bearing tight heads of maroon-purple flowers on tall, self-supporting stems from summer into autumn. HP for sun/part shade & retentive soil. Ht. to nearly 6’ (1.8m).
Pack of one bare root for £6.50
Pack of 3 bare roots for £18.00
Note: Potted stock will be available from May (from nursery & shows only - grows very tall...
Scabiosa caucasica 'Perfecta Blue'
Large, powder-blue pincushion flowers June-Sept. Scabious have all the allure of native flowers and, even in their 'improved' forms, never lose their appeal to gardeners. HP for sun & fertile, well-drained, alkaline soil. Ht.27” (70cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Sidalcea 'Rosaly'
Spires of candy-pink, mallow flowers are a bee magnet in the summer cottage garden border. HP for sun & most ordinary soils. Ht. to 3’ (90cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Silene fimbriata
From a base of bright, fresh green foliage rise wiry stems carrying many creamy flowers with fringed edges. Rare, yet easy and deserving to be more widely grown. Flowers late spring/early summer in a sunny position.
Ht. 24-30” (60-75cm).
9cm pot £7.00
Stipa tenuissima (Nassella tenuissima)
Graceful, summer-flowering grass, valuable for bringing movement to borders as it sways in the gentlest breeze. In spring, plants can be gently 'combed-through' with fingers to remove old growth. HP for sun/part shade. Ht.2’ (60cm) Spread 1’ (30cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
Wonderful selection with very dark stems and deep purple flowers. Really comes into its own from the second year onwards, when the stems thicken and darken as it starts to live up to its name. HP for sun/part shade and moisture-retentive soil. Ht. 40” (100cm).
9cm pot £8.00
Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen' AGM
Globes of deep golden flowers with prominent stamens sit atop tall, strong stems in summer. Makes an excellent border plant and very much at home growing near water. HP for sun/part shade & moist soil. Ht. To 3’ (90cm) Spread 18” (45cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Verbascum 'Cotswold Queen'
Tall, branching spires of gold flowers with a purple eye. Very striking. HP for sun & well-drained soil.
Ht. To 4’ (1.2m) Spread 1-2’ (30-60cm).
9cm pot for £7.50
Verbascum 'Pink Domino'
Tall, branching spires of rose-pink flowers throughout summer, above semi-evergreen rosette of foliage. HP for sun & well-drained soil. Ht. To 4’ (1.2m) Spread 1-2’ (30-60cm).
9cm pot £5.00
Verbascum 'Royal Highland'
Warm copper-pink flowers with mauve centres combine in this fashionable colour selection. HP for sun & well-drained, even poor, soil. Ht. 36” (90cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Verbascum chaixii 'Album'
Slender spires of white flowers with violet stamens rise from a basal rosette of oval leaves. Wonderful planted in clumps of 3 or more, where space allows. Sun/partial shade. Summer flowering HP. Ht 36” (90cm) Spread 12” (30cm).
9cm pot £5.00
Verbascum phoenicium 'Violetta'
A lovely colour form of this shorter growing variety with flowers of rich, violet/purple. Comes true from seed if grown away from other viable species.HP for some sun. Ht. to 2’ (60cm).
9cm pot £4.50
Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton'
This stunning recent introduction quickly gained many admirers. It bears tiny violet flowers , which appear as if in a mist, above purple-black foliage. Flowering from summer into late autumn. HP for well-drained soil in sun.
Ht.30” (80cm).
9cm pot £7.00
Veronica longifolia 'Marietta'
Deep, sapphire blue flowers on branching spires, flowering throughout summer & into autumn if deadheaded. A splendid introduction and, to our mind, far more striking than ordinary longifolia. For retentive, well-drained soil in sun/part shade. Ht. 3' (90cm).
9cm pot £5.00
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Challenger’
A new Piet Oudolf selection, with strong, upright stems bearing racemes of pale pink flowers from midsummer into autumn. HP for good soil in sun/part shade.
Ht.5’ (150cm).
9cm pot for £7.50
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Erica'
Strong, tall stems bearing spires of two-tone pink flowers, July-September. Veronicastrums are wonderful for bringing height to a border, without the need for staking. HP for sun/part shade and retentive soil. Ht. to 4’ (120cm). Spread to 3’ (90cm).
9cm pot £5.00
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’
Upright spires of tiny lavender flowers in late summer. Very elegant. HP for sun/part shade & well-drained soil.
Ht.4’ (1.2m) Spread 18” (45cm).
9cm pot for £6.00
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavendelturm'
Tall spires of lilac flowers in midsummer. A really beautiful variety, of good height and vigour. HP for sun/part shade & fertile, moist but well drained soil. Ht. to 5’ (1.5m) Spread 18” (45cm).
11cm pot £8.50
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Pink Glow'
Upright, narrow spires of tiny pale pink flowers in summer. This variety makes a clump with more numerous stems than most. HP for sun/moist but well-drained soil.
Ht.4’ (1.2m) Spread 18” (45cm).
11cm pot £7.50
