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Future Forests Perennial
Flowers. Updated July 3rd 2009 |
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Most Perennials are easy to
grow, and whatever the nature of your soil, site
or the effect you are trying to create, there are bound to be several that
will meet your particular needs.......but which ones? We hope that the brief
descriptions are helpful and have also indicated approx
mature height in centemetres
and months when each plant is likely to be in
flower. |
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| Species, variety | Common name | Description, mature height, flowering time | uro | |
| Pic | Achillea 'Cerise Queen' | Yarrow | Feathery foliage, flat pink flowerheads | 2.25-3.50 |
| Pic | Achillea fil. 'Cloth of gold' | Yellow flat heads dry well, needs sun 60cm. 6-8 | 2.25 | |
| Achillea 'Summer Berries' | Long lasting, big fruity clusters from June 60cm | 2.25 | ||
| Achillea 'Summer Pastels' | Feathery foliage, flat flowerheads pale pastel shades | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl' | White pompom flowers 75cm 6-8 | 2.25-5.50 | |
| Agapanthus africanus | Strong blue flowers late summer, evergreen leaves | 3.50-10.50 | ||
| Agapanthus 'Blue Triumphator' | Blue/white flowers 80cm | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Agapanthus orientalis blue | Blue flowering Agapanthus 8-9 | 2.25 | |
| Pic | Agapanthus orientalis white | White flowering Agapanthus 8-9 | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Ajuga repens 'Atropurpurea' | Bugle | Dark green/purple leaves, blue flwers, groundcover | 2.25 | |
| Ajuga 'Choc Chips' | Dark foliage, blue flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Ajuga reptans | Our native Bugle, excellent groundcover | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Alchemilla mollis | Ladys mantle | For sun or shade, yellowy green flowers.40cm. 5-9 | 2.25-6.50 |
| Pic | Allium christophii | Globes of purple flowers on spikes strap like leaves | 6.50 | |
| Allium schubertii | Explosive Pink flowerheads 40cm 6-7 | 8.00 | ||
| Alstromereria 'Dr Salter' | Peruvian Lily | Delicate trumpet flowers, pink shades.60-90cm 6-8 | 2.25 | |
| Alyssum saxatile 'Gold Ball' | Golden flowers above silvery leaves 20cm 4-5 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Anchusa azurea 'Feltham Pride' | Blue flowers, good for semi shade 90cm 5-9 | 6.50 | |
| Anemone japonica | Lovely pink late summer flowers 120cm 8-10 | 2.25 | ||
| Anemone jap. 'Andrea Atkinson' | Orange centred white flowers 60-80cm 6-9 | 6.50 | ||
| Anemone jap. 'Max Vogel' | Pale pink, orange centre | 6.50 | ||
| Anemone 'September Charm' | As above with single pink flowers | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Anthemis cupaniana | Silvery leaves, white daisy flowers, 15cm | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Anthemis tinctoria 'EC Buxton' | Yellow daisy flowers, finely cut leaves 45cm 5-7 | 6.50 | ||
| Aquilegia 'Beidermeier Hybrids' | In a range of colours 5-6 | 2.25 | ||
| Aquilegia 'Black Barlow' | Dark purple/black columbine double flowers. 5-6 | 2.25 | ||
| Aquilegia flabellata | Violet flowers clump-forming, 5-6 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Aquilegia flabellata pumila | Lower growing, violet/white flowers 20cm 5-6 | 2.25 | |
| Aquilegia 'William Guiness' | Dark flowers with white corolla | 2.25 | ||
| Aquilegia 'Woodside' Hybrids | Columbine | Dainty flowers in mixed shades 5-7.Yellow leaves. | 2.25 | |
| Arabis 'Spring Charm' | Rock Cress | Hardy, white spring flowering for rockeries | 2.25 | |
| Pic | Armeria maritima 'Alba' | Thrift | White flower tufts, grass like leaves. 20cm. 5-7 | 2.25-6.50 |
| Armeria maritima 'Splendens' | Grass like leaves, mauve flowers 20cm 5-7 | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Artemisia 'Powis Castle' | Big grey leaved perennial for dry ground | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Artemisia lud. 'Silver Queen' | Lance shaped silvery leaves needs sun and good drainage. 60cm. 7-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Artemesia stelleriana 'Mori's Form' | Carpet-forming, white foliage 30cm sun/well drained soil | 6.50 | ||
| Arum italicum | Lord's & Ladies | Spear-shaped white veined leaves poisonous orange berries. 30cm. | 5.50 | |
| Aruncus dioicus 'Sylvester' | White astilbe like blooms for semi shade.1.5m. 6-8 | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Aruncus aethsifolius Mini Goatsbeard | White flower blooms 30cm 7-8 | 6.50 | ||
| Asphodeline lutea | Dense spikes of yellow flowers 1m 5-6 | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Aster alpinus | Pale purple flowers 15cm 5-7 | 2.25 | ||
| Aster alpinus 'Happy End' | Deep pink daisy flwr, yellow centre, low for rockery | 2.25 | ||
| Aster novi-belgii 'Lady in Blue' | Low growing, powder blue flowers 20cm. 9-10 | 6.50 | ||
| Astilbe 'Deutschland' | White flowers | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Astilbe 'Peach Blossom' | As above with salmon pink flowers | 6.50 | |
| Astilbe pumila | Fluffy deep-pink spikes, lower than most 30cm 7-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Astilbe 'Sprite' | Pale pink flowers 100cm 5-6 | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Astilbe 'Washington'' | Strong white flowers spikes up to 40cm | 2.25 | |
| Astilbe Collection | Mix of 10 Astilbes in 2litre pots | 60.00 | ||
| Astrantia major | Masterwort | Attractive green/white flowers tinged pink | 6.50 | |
| Pic | Astrantia major 'Alba' | White flowering Astrantia | 2.25 | |
| Aubretia, in variety | Carpets of blue/red/purple spring flowers for rockery | 2.25 | ||
| Bergenia cordifolia | Elephants Ears | Large evergreen leaves, light pink flws in spring 45cm Very hardy, grows anywhere | 2.25 | |
| Bergenia cord. 'Rotblum' | Darker flowers and leaves have strong red winter tints | 2.25 | ||
| Brunnera mac 'Variegata' | Variegated foliage, blue flowers 45cm | 10.00 | ||
| Campanula carpatica 'White Clips' | White cup flowers on short stems | 2.25 | ||
| Campanula garganica | Starry blue flowers for rockery or walls 10cm 6-8 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Campanula muralis | Blue bell shaped flowers, low for rockery | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Campanula poscharskyana | Starry blue flowers, low for walls & rockery | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Campanula persicifolia blue | Large blue flowers 60cm 6-7 | 6.50 | |
| Canna indica | Indian Shot | Red flowers above large leaves | 12.00 | |
| Cardiocrinum giganteum | Giant Himalayan Lily | Fragrant white flowers 200-400cm 6-8 | 12.00 | |
| Pic | Centaurea montana | Knapweed | Large blue flowers, sun. 50cm. 7-8 | 2.25 |
| Cephalaria gigantea Giant Scabious | Soft yellow flowers on wiry stems, sun. 180cm. 6-8 | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Cerastium tomentosum Snow in summer | Felted leaves white flowers for rockery 10cm 5-6 | 2.25 | ||
| Chelone oblique 'Alba' | Hooded white flowers, 100cm, 8-10. | 8.00 | ||
| Convallaria majalis Lily of the Valley | Fragrant white bell flowers hang from slender stems | 2.25 | ||
| Coreopsis verticillata | Tickseed | Dark green, ferny foliage, golden yellow flowers | ||
| Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' | Soft yellow daisy flowers | 6.50 | ||
| Corydalis flexuosa | Ferny foliage, delicate blue tubular flowers 30cm 5-6 | |||
| Pic | Crocosmia 'Babylon' | Montbretia | Orange red flowers on slender stems | 2.25 |
| Crocosmia 'Ember Glow' | Dark Red flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Crocosmia 'Emily MacKenzie' | Flowers Orange/dark Red | 2.25 | |
| Crocosmia 'George Davison' | Yellow flowers | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Pic | Crocosmia 'Lucifer' | Deep red flowers, sword shaped foliage100cm. 7-8 | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Crocosmia 'Meteore' | Yellow flowers which mature to red | 2.25 | ||
| Crocosmia 'Star of the East' | Extra large orange flowers | 3.50 | ||
| Crocosmia collection | Mix of 10 Crocosmias in 9cm pots | 20.00 | ||
| Pic | Cyclamen coum | Mixed colours, white to strong pink 5cm. 1-3 | 4.00 | |
| Pic | Cyclamen hederifolium | Autumn flowers, beautifully marked foliage | 4.00 | |
| Cynara cardunculus | Cardoon | Tall with violet flowers...and delicious to eat | 6.50 | |
| Dianthus arenarius | Fragrant white flowers, good groundcover 30cm | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Dianthus delt. 'Flashing Lights' | Evergreen mat, bright cerise flowers. 20cm. 6-8 | 2.25 | |
| Pic | Dianthus in variety | Pinks | Blue green leaves, pink, white or red 30-60cm 5-9 | 2.25-4.50 |
| Dianthus 'Mrs Sinkins' | Old favourite, very scented | 3.50 | ||
| Dicentra 'Langtrees' | Silvery foliage, white flowers tinged pink 30cm 4-6 | 2.25 | ||
| Dicentra spectabilis | Nodding pink flowers in spring, delicate foliage | 5.00 | ||
| Dierama pulcherrimum | Angels Fishing Rod | Graceful, pink/mauve trumpet flowers hang above grass like foliage. 30cm+ 7-9 | 2.25-7.50 | |
| Dierama 'Guinevere' | White flowers | 4.50 | ||
| Dierama 'Merlin' | Blackberry purple flowers | 4.50 | ||
| Digitalis 'Dalmatian White' | Deep lavender white flowers 70cm 6-7 | 6.50 | ||
| Digitalis 'Excelsior' | Foxglove | Tall spikes of flowers in various shades | 2.25 | |
| Digitalis x mertonenesis | Perennial foxglove, rose pink 60-90cm 6-7 | 6.50 | ||
| Digitalis purpurea | Tall spikes of purple / mauve flowers in May, Native | 2.25 | ||
| Digitalis purp. 'Suttons Apricot' | Apricot pink flowers 200cm 4-7 | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Echinacea purpurea | Cone flower | Deep pink daisy flowers 100cm. 7-9 | 2.25 |
| Pic | Echinacea purp. 'Magnus | Extra large and dark flowers | 2.25 | |
| Echinacea purp 'White Swan' | White flowered Echinacea | 2.25 | ||
| Echinops 'Ritro' | Glober Thistle | Blue thistle heads above silvery leaves 1.2m 7-9 | 2.25 | |
| Epimedium x rubrum | Bishops Hat | Tiny red flwrs, attractive foliage, good groundcover | 8.00 | |
| Pic | Erigeron glaucus | Fleabane | Pink daisy flowers, good by the sea | 2.25-6.50 |
| Pic | Eryngium planum | Sea holly | Metallic blue thistles, good by sea | 6.50 |
| Eryngium pandanifolium | Architectural evergreen thistle upto 240cm | 12.00 | ||
| Pic | Eryngium variefolium | Low-growing with rosettes of spiny variegated leaves | 2.25-5.50 | |
| Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' | Perennial wallflower, mauve flowers grey green leaves | 5.50 | ||
| Erysimum variegata | As above with creamy variegated foliage | 3.50 | ||
| Eucomis bicolor | Spikes of green flowers edged purple 40cm 6-8 | 6.50 | ||
| Euphorbia amyg. purpurea | Semi evergreen, yellow flowers 4-5 | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Euphorbia 'Efanthia' | Dark purple leaves, lime green flowers | 3.50 | |
| Euphorbia cyp. 'Fens Ruby' = Clarise Howard | Purple red young leaves, lime green flws. 30cm. 4-5 | 3.50 | ||
| Euphorbia 'Helena' | Green flushed pink leaves | 4.50 | ||
| Pic | Euphorbia 'Robbiae' | Great for dry shade 60cm 3-6 | 6.00 | |
| Fragaria 'Lipstick' | Pink strawberry flowers | 3.50 | ||
| Galtonia candicans Summer Hyacinth | Lush foliage, White pendant flowers 120cm 8-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Galium odoratum | Sweet Woodruff | Woodland groundcover , white star flowers in spring | 2.25 |
| Galtonia viridiflora | Similar to above but flowers have green tinge | 2.25 | ||
| Geranium 'Buxton's Blue' | White centred sky blue flowers 30cm 6-10 | 7.00 | ||
| Pic | Geranium 'Claridge Druce' | Strong pink with darker veins 60cm 5-10 | 2.25-4.50 | |
| Pic | Geranium 'Espresso' | Coffee coloured foliage, pink flowers | 6.50 | |
| Pic | Geranium 'Johnsons Blue' | Clear blue flowers over dark foliage 30cm 5-8 | 2.25-3.50 | |
| Pic | Geranium 'Kashmir White' | White flowers, 30cm 5-8 | 2.25-3.50 | |
| Pic | Geranium 'Luscious Linda' | Dainty pink flowers | 4.50 | |
| Pic | Geranium 'Mrs Kendall Clark' | Pale blue flowers | 3.50 | |
| Geranium 'Sherwood' | Pink flowers with dark stripes 55cm 5-10 | 3.50 | ||
| Geranium 'Sue Crug' | Dark pink flowers with darker centre 25-30cm 6-10 | 3.50-4.50 | ||
| Pic | Geranium 'Wargrave Pink' | Clear pink flowers, a strong grower 45cm 5-8 | 2.25-4.50 | |
| Geranium dalmaticum | Pink flowers, good in rockery 15cm 6-7 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Geranium endressii | Pink flowers 45cm 5-8 | 3.50 | |
| Pic | Geranium ibericum | Violet-blue flowers, attractive foliage 60cm 6-7 | 3.50 | |
| Geranium macrorrhizum | Low growing, the best for dry shade, pale flws | 3.50 | ||
| Geranium phaeum 'Samobor' | Dark markings on foliage. 45cm 5-6 | 4.50 | ||
| Pic | Geranium psilostemon | Magenta, dark centres,Deeply cut foliage, 120cm 6 | 6.50 | |
| Geranium renardii | Dark veins on white flowers in early summer 30cm | 3.50 | ||
| Geranium sanguineum | Deep magenta flwrs all summer, autumn leaf colour | 3.50 | ||
| Geranium sanguineum 'Album' | White flowers for ages. 30cm. 5-8 | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Pic | Geranium sanguineum 'Striatum' | Mounds of foliage, pale pink flowers | 6.50 | |
| Geranium sanguineum 'Glenluce' | Large rose pink blooms in summer, creeping stwems | 3.50 | ||
| Geranium stapfianum | Dwarf alpine, Deep purple/pink flowers 15cm 6 | 2.25 | ||
| Geranium versicolor | Pink/white flowers | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Pic | Geum 'Lady Stratheden' | Avens | Double yellow flowers 40cm 6-8 | 2.25-6.50 |
| Pic | Geum 'Mrs J Bradshaw' | Double red flowers on slender stems 40cm 6-8 | 2.25 | |
| Pic | Geum 'Borisii' | Shorter at 30cm bright orange flowers | 2.25-3.50 | |
| Helenium 'Lollypop' | Feathery foliage, golden flowers late summer | 3.50-6.50 | ||
| Helenium Moerheim Beauty | Red brown daisy flowers late summer 90cm | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Helianthemum in variety Rock Rose | Rock rose Bright red or pink flws sun 20cm 5-8 | 6.50 | |
| Helleborus argutifolius Corsican Hellebore | Evergreen leathery leaves, green flowers 80cm 1-4 | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Helleborus orientalis Lenten Rose | Evergreen, cup flowers in pink / white shades 2-4 | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Helleborus foetidus Stinking Hellebore | Evergreen green flws tinged red 45cm 12-3 | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Helleborus niger Christmas Rose | The earliest Hellebore to flower | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Hemerocallis 'Autumn Red ' Day Lily | Sword shaped leaves, red/yellow flowers late summer. | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Hemerocallis 'Louise Mannelis' | This Day Lily has pink flowers | 2.25 | |
| Hemerocallis 'Mini Stella' | Lower growing than most day lillies | 4.50 | ||
| Hemerocallis, orange | Orange-flowering Day Lily | 6.50 | ||
| Hemerocallis 'Stella d'Or' | Shorter growing, lovely yellow flowers. 35cm. 5-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Heuchera 'Mint Frost' | Silvery sheen on green foliage | 2.25-6.00 | ||
| Heuchera 'Palace Purple' | Dark purple evergreen foliage. | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Heuchera, purple leaved | Dark purple evergreen foliage, some with silvery sheen | 6.50 | |
| Hosta fortunei albopicta | Pale green/yellow centres leaves,lilac flowers 30cm | sold out | ||
| Hosta fortunei 'Gold Standard' | Golden leaves | 2.25 | ||
| Hosta und 'Albomarginata' | Large green leaves with creamy white margins | sold out | ||
| Hosta und 'Mediovariegata' | Olive green leaves | sold out | ||
| Hosta sieboldiana Elegans | Bluish leaves.Large white flowers 90cm 5-6 | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Hosta Wide Brim | Variegated foliage. Pale lavender flowers. 45cm 6-8 | 6.50 | |
| Iberis sempervirens | Evergreen, masses of white spring flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Incarvillea delavayi | Beautiful fuchsia pink trumpet flowers 45cm 5-6 | 2.25 | |
| Incarvillea delaveyi 'Snowtop' | White flowers 45cm 5-6 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Iris pseudoacorus | Yellow flag | Sword like foliage, large yellow flowers, likes damp | 2.25-6.50 |
| Pic | Iris siberica | Siberian flag | White or blue beardless iris, moist soil 90cm. 5-6 | 6.50 |
| Iris germanica varieties | Tall, bearded Iris in a choice of purple white or blue flowers.Need sun. | 6.50 | ||
| Knautia macedonica | Scabious like flowers, sun/well drained 60cm 6-8 | 2.25 | ||
| Knautia 'Melton Pastels' | Flowers in paler tones of red and pink | 6.50 | ||
| Kniphofia 'Alcazar' Red Hot Poker | Tall stems, red/orange poker heads, sun. 1m. 7-9 | 2.25-4.50 | ||
| Kniphofia caulescens | Coral red buds opening yellow 120cm | 2.25 | ||
| Kniphofia 'Moonstone' | Large heads of cream flowers 80cm 6-9 | 4.00 | ||
| Pic | Lamium in variety | Low-growing groundcover, pink/white flowers | 2.25 | |
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Lathyrus latifolius |
Perennial sweet pea | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Lavendula (in variety inc: 'Hidcote','Munstead,') | Lavender | Spikes of aromatic flowers, silver grey foliage 10 for €20 |
2.50 |
| Lavendula stoechas | French Lavender | Tufted flower heads, very fragrant 10 for €20 | 2.50 | |
| Leucanthemum x superbum 'Snow Lady' | Large daisy flowers on stems all summer | sold out | ||
| Leucanthemum double | As above but with double flowers | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Libertia formosa | Small white flowers on stems, clump-forming | 3.50 | ||
| Libertia grandiflora | White flower spikes above grassy leaves. 70cm. 4-5 | 6.50 | ||
| Ligularia Dark Beauty | Rounded dark leaves, yellow daisy flowers 1m 6-9 | 6.50 | ||
| Lillium formosanum pricei | Trumpet shape lily flowers on short stems 15cm 5-7 | 3.50 | ||
| Limonium latifolium | Statice, Sea lavender | Frothy clouds of tiny flowers 60cm 7-9 | 2.25 | |
| Liriope muscari 'Variegata' | Lilyturf | Gold striped leaves, Mauve flowerspikes 30cm 8-10 | 3.50 | |
| Liriope muscari 'Moneymaker' | Green leaved form, mauve flowers 30cm 8-10 | 3.50 | ||
| Liriope muscari 'Silver Dragon' | Silver variegation, mauve flowers 30cm 8-10 | 3.50 | ||
| Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria' | Striking red leaf, dark red flowers on tall spikes 6-8 | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Lobelia tupa | Large leaves, red flower spikes upto 2m late summer | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Pic | Lychnis coronaria | Wooly silver foliage, magenta flowers 60cm 7-9 | 2.25-3.50 | |
| Lychnis flos-cuculi | Ragged Robin | Pink flowers 60cm 5-6 | 2.25 | |
| Pic | Lychnis viscaria 'Splendens' | Large magenta flowers, narrow foliage 30cm 5-7 | 6.50 | |
| Pic | Lysichiton americanum Skunk Cabbage | Dramatic yellow spaethes in April, huge leaves, for a large bog garden | 3.50-5.50 | |
| Lysmachia 'Firecracker' | Loosestrife | Purple leaves, ellow flowers on spires 75cm 7-9 | 3.50-5.50 | |
| Lysmachia punctata | Spires of yellow flowers 75cm 6-8 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Malva moschata 'Alba' | White flowers finely cut leaves. 60cm. 6-8 | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Mecanopsis betonicifolia Himalayan Poppy | Blue flowers 90cm 6-7 | 2.25 | ||
| Melianthus major | Large frilly blue grey leaves, eye catching specimen | 3.50-12 | ||
| Melianthus 'Cosmos' | 2.25 | |||
| Mimulus Monkey Flower | Orange or red flowers for rockery 20cm 6-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Myosotis Forget-me-not | In pink or blue | 2.25 | ||
| Mysotidum hortensia | Evergreen, blue flowers, needs a sheltered spot | 12.00 | ||
| Nepeta mussinii | Lavender flwrs, grey green leaves, dry sunny site 5-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' | Larger growing catmint 90cm 7-9 | 2.25 | |
| Nerine bowdenii | Large deep pink flowers glow into autumn 45cm | |||
| Oenethera Evening Primrose | Papery, scented yellow flowers 60cm 7-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Omphaloides | Blue flowers like forget-me-not 15cm 3-5 | 5.50 | ||
| Oxalis adenophylla | Charming rockery plant, greyish foliage pink flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Paeonia lactiflora 'Felix Crousse' | Fully double, carmine red 100cm 5-6 | 8.00 | ||
| Paeonia lutea | Golden cup-shaped flowers 5-6 | 8.00 | ||
| Paeonia potanini | Tree Peony | Divided leaves, single deep red flowers 200cm | 8.00 | |
| Pic | Papaver orientale | Poppy | Traditional orange red poppy | |
| Pic | Penstemon 'Apple Blossom' | Pink/white flowers, strong dense growth, 60cm | 2.25 | |
| Penstemon Bodnant | Purple flowers 60cm 6-10 | 3.50 | ||
| Penstemon 'Catherine de la mer' | Lilac pink flowers 18cm 7-10 | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Penstemon 'Evelyn' | Small pink flowers, compact, bushy 60cm | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Pic | Penstemon 'Heavenly Blue' | Blue flower spikes | sold out | |
| Penstemon 'Huskers Red' | Maroon young leaves, tubular pink flowers 75cm | 8.00 | ||
| Penstemon 'Purple Bedders' | Purple flowering Penstemon | 6.50 | ||
| Penstemon 'Pensham Laura' | Pink with white throat 70cm 7-10 | |||
| Penstemon 'Rich Ruby' | Deep ruby flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Penstemon 'Sour Grapes' | Spikes of blue/purple flws 60cm 7-8 | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Penstemon 'Southgate Gem' | Red and white flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Penstemon rubicundis | Red with white throat 120cm 7-10 | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Penstemon Collection | mix of colours 10 plants 9cm pots | 20.00 | ||
| Persicaria 'Darjeeling Red' | Spikes of red flowers, leaves turn red in autumn | 2.25 | ||
| Phlomis russeliana | Huge leaves, yellow flowers 90cm 7-9, dry ground | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Phlox subulata in variety Cushion Phlox | Low spreading rockery plant | 2.25 | ||
| Phlox sub. 'Daniels Cushion' | Pink flowers | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Phlox sub. 'Ice Mountain' | White flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Phlox sub. 'Lilac Cloud' | Lilac flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Phlox sub. 'Red Admiral' | Red flowres | 2.25 | ||
| Phlox Collection | Mix of 10 plants | 20.00 | ||
| Pic | Phygelius 'Devils Tears' | Pink/red flowers | 6.50 | |
| Phygelius 'Funfair Cream' | Cream flowers, compact form | 6.50 | ||
| Phygelius 'Salmon Leap' | Salmon orange flowers | 6.50 | ||
| Potentilla agrophylla | Silvery leaves, orange flowers with red centre | 3.50 | ||
| Potentilla nep. 'Miss Willmott' | Cherry red centred pink flowers, sun. 40cm. 6-9 | 2.25-6.00 | ||
| Potentilla 'Helen Jane' | Raspberry pink with red eye 30-45cm | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Potentilla 'Monarch Velvet' | Deep red with darker eye on wiry stems 60cm 6-9 | 2.25 | ||
| Primula auricula (hybrids) | Spring flowers in a range of colours 15cm | 2.25 | ||
| Primula capitata | Mauve flowers on short stems | 2.25 | ||
| Primula denticulata | Drumstick Primulas in various shades 25cm 3-5 | 2.25 | ||
| Primula florindae | Giant cowslip, yellow flowers, damp soil. 40cm. 6-8 | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Primula pubescens | Auricula | Felted leaves, large flowers, short stems, for rockery | 2.25 | |
| Pic | Primula veris | Cowslip | Fragrant yellow flowers above leaves 20cm 5-7 | 2.25 |
| Primula veris 'Sunset Shades' | Fragrant yellow /orange/pink flws 20cm 5-7 | 2.25 | ||
| Primula vialii | Crimson bud spikes open to violet flowers 45cm | 2.25 | ||
| Pic | Primula vulgaris | Primrose | Native, yellow spring flowers...like on the 55c stamp | 2.25 |
| Primula 'Alan Robb' | Pale apricot double flowers | 6.50 | ||
| Primula 'Captain Blood' | Blood red double flowers 3-5 15cm 3-5 | 6.50 | ||
| Primula 'Quakers's Bonnet' | Lilac double flowers in spring | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Primula japonica 'Millers Crimson' | Crimson candleabra 45cm | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Primula 'Miss Indigo' | Purple-edged white double flowers 10cm 3-5 | 6.50 | ||
| Primula Collection | Any mix of 10 Primulas in large pots | 60.00 | ||
| Prunella grandiflora | Blue flowers, good groundcover | 2.25 | ||
| Prunella vulgaris | Self Heal | Mauve flowers, hairy leaves 25cm, groundcover | ||
| Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Rubra' | PasqueFlower | Nodding maroon red cups with yellow centres 15cm | ||
| Rheum palmatum tanguticum | Tall clump of 5 lobed leaves, cream flowers | 2.25-10 | ||
| Pic | Rodgersia henrici hybrid | Large glossy leaves, best in moist soil. 1m. 6-7 | 8.00 | |
| Pic | Rosmarinus officinalis | Aromatic leaves with pale blue flowers. | 2.50 | |
| Rosmarinus 'Pointe du Raz' | Low growing rosemary | |||
| Rosmarinus off 'Prostratus' | Prostrate rosemary | 6.50 | ||
| Pic | Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum' | Golden yellow daisy flowers, black eyes 90cm 7-10 | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Salvia off. 'Purpurea' | Purple Sage | Dark textured foliage, aromatic | ||
| Santolina chamaecyparis | Mound of silver/grey foliage | 2.25-3.50 | ||
| Saponaria ocymoides | Tumbling Ted | Trailing habit with pink flowers for rockeries etc | 2.25 | |
| Saxifraga x urbium | London Pride | Succulent rosette foliage, tiny flowers on wiry stems | 2.25-3.50 | |
| Pic | Scabiosa 'Pink Mist' | Fragrant domed flowers of soft blue or white | 6.50 | |
| Scabiosa, white | White flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Schizostylis coccinea | Kaffir Lily | Spikes of red flowers in autumn | 2.25-6.50 | |
| Scutellaria baicalensis | Skullcap | Purple blue flowers on stems 40-50 cm | 6.50 | |
| Sedum 'Matrona' | Succulent, pink flowers | |||
| Sedum 'Ruby Mantle' | Low-growing red-leaved rockery succulent | 2.25 | ||
| Sedum reflexum (rupestre) | Good rockery groundcover, yellow flowers 20cm | 2.25 | ||
| Sedum 'September Glut' | Glaucus leaves pink flowers.50cm 8-10 | 6.50 | ||
| Silene maritima alba | Great seaside rockery plant, white flowers | 2.25 | ||
| Sisyrinchium californicum | Alpine, sword leaves yellow star flws 15cm 6-8 | 3.50 | ||
| Stachys byzantina (lanata) | Silvery, wooly leaves, good groundcover. 20cm. 6-8 | 2.25-6.50 | ||
| Stachys byzantina 'Silky Fleece' | Flowers 20cm foliage 5cm | 2.25 | ||
| Tradascantia andersoniana | Spiderwort | Narrow lance shaped leaves, blue/purple flowers 60cm. 6-9 | 2.25-5.50 | |
| Thalictrum delaveyi | Lavender flowers on wiry stems 200cm 7-8 | 2.25 | ||
| Trollius chin. 'Golden Queen' | Globe flower | Big orange buttercup flowers, moist soil. 80cm. 5-7 | 2.25 | |
| Pic | Verbena bonariensis | Wiry stems topped with purple flower tufts 1.5m 7-9 | 2.25-6.00 | |
| Veronica prostrata 'Nestor' | Spikes of pale blue flowers, 30cm | |||
| Waldsteina ternata | Groundcover with yellow flowers, 4-5 | 2.25 | ||
| Watsonia pillansii | Spikes of apricot flowers, needs shelter 70cm 8-9 | 3.50-7.00 | ||
| Pic | Zantedeschia aethiopica | Arum Lily | White funnel shaped flower spaethes 90cm 5-8 | 3.50-10 |
Quantity Discount: 10% off orders of 50 and over |
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| Most Perennials are easy to grow & whatever the nature of your soil, site or the effect you are trying to create, there are bound to be several that will meet your particular needs.......but which ones ? We hope that the brief descriptions are helpful and have also indicated approx. mature height in cm & months when each plant is likely to be in flower. | ||||
| We are happy to put together collections to suit any of the following: | ||||
| Shade, dry shade, front or back of border, rockery, marginal (damp ground), prairie | ||||
or any other habitat you specify |
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| All perennials are grown locally but the full range may not always be available at any one time. If you plan to collect your plants, we suggest you contact us a couple of weeks beforehand to avoid disappointment | ||||
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HERBS We also stock a selection of Herbs in 9cm pots at 2 euro each, any 3 plants for 5 euro including: |
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| Chives, Chamomile, Coriander, Calendula, Sage, Thymes, Fennel, Mints, Lovage, Hyssop, Feverfew, Oregano, Marjoram, Rosemary, Lemmon Balm etc | ||||
| Some may also be available as larger plants from 4 to 6 euro | ||||
| Do ask for any Perennials not listed, we may be able to find them for you especially at this time of year | ||||
Quantity Discount: 10% off orders of 50 and over |
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| Most Perennials are easy to grow & whatever the nature of your soil, site or the effect you are trying to create, there are bound to be several that will meet your particular needs.......but which ones ? We hope that the brief descriptions are helpful and have also indicated approx. mature height in cm & months when each plant is likely to be in flower. | ||||
| We are happy to put together collections to suit any of the following: | ||||
| Shade, dry shade, front or back of border, rockery, marginal (damp ground), prairie | ||||
or any other habitat you specify |
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| All perennials are grown locally but the full range may not always be available at any one time. If you plan to collect your plants, we suggest you contact us a couple of weeks beforehand to avoid disappointment | ||||
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For other plants now available, see 'Summer shrubs and trees' , 'Ground Cover and Climbers' , 'Conifers' , |
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