E MacGregor Cat 2009.indd - Elizabeth MacGregor Nursery

TROLLIUS
Trollius x cultorum ‘Alabaster’ £ 4.50
Beautiful pale cream form of the Globe Flower,
producing numerous cup-shaped flowers
in May and June. Prefers a fertile moist soil.
60cm. high.
Trollius x cultorum ‘Cheddar’ £ 4.50
Delightful pale creamy yellow globe
flowers,open and upward facing. For rich moist
soil. Sun or part shade. 70cm. high. Plate G
VALERIANA
Valeriana officinalis £ 4.10
Delightful airy domed heads of tiny, pink-tinged
white flowers on tall upright stems. June to
August. Lovely in a naturalistic planting scheme
or cottage garden. Vigorous clump former.
120cm. high.
VERBASCUM
Verbascum chiaxii £ 4.10
‘Wedding Candles’
Multi branched flower stems carry pure white
flowers with contrasting violet filaments.
Good perennial for sun and free drainage.
100cm. high.
Verbascum ‘Cotswold Beauty’ £ 4.10
Excellent reliable old hybrid, making very large
clumps and producing 90cm. spikes of large,
dark-eyed, warm peachy-pink flowers from
June to August. Sun and good drainage.
Plate G
Verbascum ‘Ellenbank Jewel’ £ 4.10
(EM) A beautiful hybrid, raised at our nursery
(V. chiaxii album x V. phoeniceum). Tall
slender spikes of pale peachy-apricot flowers.
Repeat flowers throughout the summer. 70cm.
high. Plate G
Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Violetta’ £ 4.10
Spikes of velvety violet-purple flowers all summer.
60cm. high.
Verbascum ‘Spica’ £ 4.10
Clumps of soft grey felted foliage with enormous
spikes of creamy-white flowers. Good
drainage and sun essential. 180cm. high.
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VERONICA
Veronica gentianoides £ 4.10
‘Barbara Sherwood’
A beautiful cultivar, much larger in leaf & flower
than the type. Cool pale blue flower spikes in
early summer. 50cm. high. Plate G
Veronica gentianoides ‘Robusta’ £ 4.10
An excellent form, coming into flower slightly
earlier than others in this group. Makes spreading
clumps with soft blue flowers in early summer.
45cm. high.
Veronica gentianoides £ 4.10
‘Tissington White’
Not actually white but the palest possible blue.
In flower a little later than the others in this
group, & repeat flowering in early Autumn.
Very neat evergreen spreading habit. 45cm.
Veronica longifolia ‘Lilac Fantasy’ £ 4.10
Upright lilac-blue flower spikes in July to
August, ordinary soil in sun or part shade.
55cm. high.
VERONICASTRUM
Veronicastrum virginicum £ 4.10
‘Album’
Slender graceful white spikes on bronzed stems
create a delightful vertical effect, from July to
end September. Easy in any soil, sun or part
shade. 130cm. high.
Veronicastrum virginicum £ 4.10
‘Pink Glow’
A lovely clump-forming perennial, producing
tall upright stems of slender soft-pink flower
spikes in late summer & autumn. Good for a
strong vertical effect. 120cm. high.
WALDSTEINIA
Waldsteinia ternata £ 4.10
Totally weed suppressing, vigorous, semi-evergreen
ground cover for woodland or dry banks.
Bright yellow flowers in late spring and early
summer. 15cm. high.
WATSONIA
Watsonia ‘Stanford Scarlet’ £ 4.50
Spectacular spikes of scarlet flowers in late
spring and summer. Good perennial for a sheltered
sunny frost-free site. 90cm. high.
Front cover features Papaver orientale 'Karine' in the garden at Ellenbank.
Photographs & Design Alasdair & Elizabeth MacGregor Printed by Solway Offset the Printers, Dumfries.