2012/13 Catalogue - Edulis Nursery

ANEMONE RANUNCULOIDES SUBSP. WOCKEANA · Yellow Wood Anemone · Ranunculaceae
Miniature form of the species.
ANEMONE RIVULARIS PAB 2477 · Riverside Windflower · Ranunculaceae
Our collection from Bhutan in 2007. A clump-forming perennial with deeply 3-lobed leaves and erect, branched stems bearing umbels
of saucer-shaped white flowers, tinged blue on the reverse, in early summer.
ANEMONE SYLVESTRIS · Snowdrop Anemone · Ranunculaceae
A lovely spreading herbaceous anemone, with white petals and yellow centres, in late spring. Shade or part-shade.
ANEMONE X HYBRIDA ‘LADY GILMOUR’ · Japanese Anemone · Ranunculaceae
A pretty anemone with cristate leaves and rose-pink, semi-double flowers in summer.
ANEMONE X LIPSIENSIS · Wood Anemone · Ranunculaceae
Floriferous cross between A. ranunculoides and A. nemorosa. Gorgeous pale yellow clumps in early spring.
ANEMONE X LIPSIENSIS ‘PALLIDA’ AGM · Wood Anemone · Ranunculaceae
Paler yellow form of the above.
ANTHRISCUS SYLVESTRIS ‘RAVENSWING’ · Purple Cow Parsley · Apiaceae
The well known purple cow parsley. Grows well in sun or part-shade. Grow with Cynara. Leaves eaten raw or cooked. Roots eaten cooked.
ARALIA CALIFORNICA · Californian Spikenard · Araliaceae
Herbaceous aralia with large leaves, and attractive flowers spikes with edible black berries. Part shade. Medicinal use. Few only.
ARALIA CORDATA · Udo, Japanese Asparagus · Araliaceae
Attractive herbaceous aralia with edible young shoots. Eaten cooked or raw in spring. Most good soils in sun or shade.
Large specimens even on Bagshot sand.
ARISAEMA RINGENS · Japanese Cobra Lily · Araceae
Fully hardy cobra lily flowering in April. This form has green flowers and petioles. Japan.
ARISAEMA TORTUOSUM · Whipcord Cobra Lily · Araceae
A tall cobra lily with an elegant green white-striped spathe. The spadix is green or black and points upwards. Hardy in well drained shade.
ARISARUM PROBOSCIDEUM · Mouse Plant · Araceae
A woodlander from Italy and Spain. Neat ground cover in shade with small brown and white coloured flowers produced in April.
Children (young & old) adore this plant.
ARMERIA MARITIMA ‘ALBA’ · White Thrift · Plumbaginaceae
White form of our native thrift. Low mound-forming evergreen for the front of border. Edible leaves. Bee plant. Withstands drought.
ARTEMISIA LUDOVICIANA ‘SILVER QUEEN’ AGM · Western Mugwort · Asteraceae
Masses of aromatic silver foliage for the mid-border. Prefers full sun. Drought tolerant. Useful in the gravel garden.
ARTHROPODIUM CANDIDUM ‘MACULATUM’ · Dwarf Rock Lily · Anthericaceae
A bulbous perennial from New Zealand. Often called a ‘grass’ but is a lily producing masses of starry white flowers in June & July.
ARUM CYRENAICUM · Arum Lily · Araceae
Arum from Libya and Crete. Green spathes with a purple-rose interior and a red spadix. Hardy with us.
ARUM ITALICUM SUBSP. ITALICUM ‘MARMORATUM’ AGM · Italian Arum · Araceae
Well known variety with glossy arrow-shaped leaves and creamy-white veining appearing in autumn. Showy orange-red berries.
Popular with flower arrangers.
ARUM PICTUM · Arum Lily · Araceae
Not to be confused with A. italicum Pictum. This form has black-maroon flowers in Sept and green leathery leaves in autumn.
Hardy. Dry shade.
ARUNCUS ‘GUINEA FOWL’ · Goatsbeard · Rosaceae
Rich new variety with long flowering period. Creamy white flowers with ferny foliage held on red stems. Shade or part-shade. Ht 60cm.
ARUNCUS ‘HORATIO’ · Goatsbeard · Rosaceae
Ernst Pagel’s introduction. A superb cross between A. aethusifolius and A. dioicus. Excellent structure plant with white plumes to 1m. Easy.
ASPHODELINE LUTEA · King’s Spear, Jacob’s Rod · Asphodelaceae
Perennial with whorls of fine grey-green leaves and 90cm spikes of yellow flowers in June/July. Edible roots popular with the ancient Greeks. Sun.
ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR AGM · Cast Iron Plant · Asparagaceae
Popular Victorian houseplant. Hardy in a sheltered shady position. Drought tolerant.
ASTELIA CHATHAMICA AGM · Silver Spear · Asteliaceae
Clump-forming evergreen perennial for a sheltered position with silvery spear-shaped leaves. Excellent architectural plant. Chatham Islands.
ASTELIA NERVOSA ‘WESTLAND’ · Sword sedge · Asteliaceae
One of the hardiest astelias with us. Silvery foliage turning bronzy in colder conditions. Architectural. New Zealand.
ASTELIA NIVICOLA ‘RED GEM’ · Red Sword Sedge · Asteliaceae
Another tough astelia with bronzy red foliage. Excellent form. Well worth a try if the last few winters have killed your Silver Spear.
ASTER ‘LITTLE CARLOW’ (CORDIFOLIUS HYBRID) AGM · Blue Wood Aster · Asteraceae
Lavender-blue flowerheads held on sturdy branches on strong clumps for dramatic effect. Bred by Margaret Thornely of Devizes in the 1930s.
ASTER ‘PRIMROSE PATH’ · New York Aster · Asteraceae
Delicate lilac flowers with marron disc floret held on attractive red foliage. Shade tolerant. Ht 30-50cm.
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