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20 21 KNIPHOFIA ‘Wol’s Red Seedling’. Produces fine, well shaped spikes of deep coral red flowers. Strange that it missed an AGM in the Wisley trials. *LATHYRUS grandiflorus. An inveterate scrambler (and runner!) needing space to flaunt its’ sensational big carmine, purple keeled blossoms. No scent unfortunately. Hopefully a few to spare. *LEUCANTHEMELLA serotina. The Hungarian Daisy survives with glee here, muscling its way through our unforgiving clay and rewarding us with a brilliant late display of gay white daisies. 2m. LEUCOJUM aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’. Generally reckoned to be the best and largest flowered form of our British native, the Loddon Lily. 50cm. *LIMONIUM platyphyllum. A Sea Lavender with course, leathery leaves erupting in an airy display of minute lavender-blue flowers on wiry branches. Very beautiful in seed too. 40cm. *L. platphyllum ‘Robert Butler’. Clouds of tiny purple-blue flowers from silvery buds – a florist’s delight. 40cm. From £5.25 £5.00 From £4.85 £4.50 £4.65 £4.65 MAIANTHEMUM (Smilacina) racemosum. In foliage, similar to Solomon’s Seal to which it is related. However, this American woodlander differs in producing from fresh, apple green buds, a froth of tiny white scented flowers in branched spikes. 75cm. M. r. subsp. amplexicaule. An uncommon form which has proved to be larger in all its parts than the above. MENTHA spicata ‘Moroccan’. Unanimously reckoned to be the best flavoured mint but also heralds a warning. It runs like mad! Answer – the sunk bucket treatment. MOLOPOSPERMUM peloponnesiacum. A rather sophisticated perennial umbellifer with sharply etched fernlike foliage. The yellowish heads of flowers and handsome seeds are carried on stout 120cm stems. NERINE bowdenii alba. White flowers from blush pink buds. A rare and beautiful plant which is perfectly hardy. N. b. ‘Marnie Rogerson’. Palest pink with a hint of shrimp in the colour. A scarce plant but easy to please. N. b. seedlings. Strong plants raised from seed of the choice N. b welsii. Now entering their 3rd year we shall hope to see some flowers this autumn. £5.25 £5.50 £4.40 £4.85 £5.75 £5.75 £5.00 *LOBELIA ‘Dark Crusader’. Brooding, saturated crimson-maroon flowers and richly purple stained young foliage. 70cm. *L. laxiflora var. angustifolia. A curious species from Arizona looking vaguely Penstemon like in leaf, but with cheering bright red tubular flowers, yellow in the throat. Full sun. 75cm. *L. tupa. A classy, eye catching plant with pale, sage-green leaves and dark stems terminating in a spike of claw shaped cherry red flowers. Needs retentive soil and some shelter but worth every effort to grow well. 120cm. LYCHNIS coronaria. Raised from wild collected seed we offer a very striking form with vivid shocking pink flowers, noticeably paler than the following. 60cm. *L. c. This, the more ordinarily seen form, is far from ordinary. The retina blasting colour of the crimson-magenta flowers is almost without parallel in the flower repertoire. L. c. alba. A pure white form for those who wish to maintain their equilibrium. *LYSIMACHIA clethroides. Plenty of leg room needed for the spreading roots of this Loosestrife but worth it for the show of horizontal, tapered spikes of brilliant Dulux white flowers in late summer. 1m. £4.85 £4.85 From £4.95 £4.60 £4.60 £4.60 £4.85 NEPETA. The Catmints – and we love them just as much as they do. *N. ‘Bramdean’. A distinct seedling with dark stems and calyxes discovered in a Hampshire garden. 40cm N. kubanica. A leafy Caucasian species bearing clusters of large violet-blue flowers held in dark calyxces. New to us, it came highly recommended and is a plant for full sun or partial shade. 80cm+ N. nuda. Upright growth and a subtle misty display of tiny grey-lavender flowers for weeks. Fans of strong colour will no doubt pass it by. 1.2m N. racemosa ‘Walkers Low’. A Tomcat of a Catmint with a vigour to match. Deep lavender-blue flowers. 60cm. OMPHALODES cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’. In good soil this semi-evergreen will reward you with hundreds of brightest blue ‘Forget-me-not’ flowers for weeks. 30cm. ORIGANUM laevigatum ‘Hopleys’. Small glaucous leaves on branched wiry stems support a plethora of rosy-purple flowers. A Bee-puller par excellence. 45cm. *O. v. ‘Marchants Seedling’. A seedling selected by us for its good constitution and vigour. The mauve-pink flowers will have Tortoiseshell butterflies queuing to get into your garden! 40cm. From £4.65 £4.90 £4.50 £4.60 *LYTHRUM salicaria ‘Blush’. The soft pink flowers of this form are a good antidote to the richer coloured forms that follow. 60cm. L. s. ‘Lady Sackville’. A dependable mid pink. 60cm. *L. s. ‘Zigeunerblut’. Vivid magenta-purple flower spikes. A Gypsy with blood this colour would be in serious need of a transfusion. 90cm. L. virgatum. The branched stems of this widespread European and Asian species carry myriad small, deep lilac-pink flowers for weeks in mid-summer. Has a quality that becomes addictive to use and associates well with grasses too. 90cm. L. virgatum ‘Rose Queen’. Similar to the above but smaller, at least with us, in all its parts. 50cm. £4.65 £4.65 £4.65 £4.65 £4.65 ORNITHOGALUM pyramidale ‘Short Form’. Masses of white, green striped flowers are borne on 30cm spikes in May-June. A charming, uncommon form. PAEONIA ‘Avante Garde’. A hybrid from Lemoine from the early C20th. The single flowers are an exquisite shade of pastel apricot-pink. A rarity, we have only a few for sale. P. emodi. An aristocratic species from North India, Kashmir, etc, scarcely offered, with simple pure white scented flowers. In the wild it grows in light shaded woodland. 1m+. PAPAVER somniferum album. Brought back from India (grown there as a crop for opiates) the glorious tissue paper textured flowers are huge and brilliant white. An annual, it should seed about. Packets of seed are offered. £4.80 £14.50 £10.00 £2.00
22 *PATRINIA scabiosifolia. Perched on 90cm stems the tiny yellow-green flowers of this Valerian relative bring an effective sharpness of colour tone to the late summer border. PELARGONIUM. Who could fail to be endeared by these charming subjects, flowering plants par excellence for potwork, each with highly individual scented leaves. Don’t kid yourself they are hardy. They’re not and will need cosseting through winter. *P. ‘Attar of Roses’. Perhaps the best scented foliage of them all making it excellent for culinary use. *P. ‘Charlotte’s Red’. Our own name, the plant in question forms a leafy scented mass of pale green foliage spattered through summer with chiselled pale red flowers. *P. ‘Lady Plymouth’. Heavenly scented leaves and smart cream variegation. *P. ‘Lord Bute’. Classic old variety, black-purple with paler purple edge. Fab. *P. ‘Old Spice’. Small menthe scented scalloped leaves, pale silver-green and dinky white flowers for months. *P. sidoides. Velvety scalloped silvery leaves, the dark violet-purple flowers, though small, make a resonant statement. Very attractive and almost hardy. Very few this year. PENSTEMON. Mainstays of the herbaceous border, with showy tubular flowers. Deep and pale pink, magenta, true blues, reds, etc. colours prevail. Judiciously dead head and you will be rewarded with flowers the summer/autumn long. P. ‘Elgar crown of India’. Very similar to the following but with rosy-purple flowers. 40cm P. ex ‘Sunburst Amethyst’. Progeny of a lovely plant (coming true to type) with refined foliage and slender, tubular amethyst-purple flowers for months on end. 50cm. PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Blue Spire’. In a well drained soil the spires of small lavender-blue flowers make a fine vertical accent. Invaluable for its late flowering display. 120cm. PERSICARIA. Whilst the foliage of the following could not be described as being refined, their flower shape, colour range and extraordinary length of flowering season lift them, for us, onto a very high level. They also partner a wide range of grasses. We have gathered a number of newcomers from the continent and offer several below. *P. amplexicaulis ‘Alba’. The exception to the rule in providing cool white flower spikes. P. a. ‘Fine Pink’. Slender spikes, a tad darker than ‘Rosea’ below and thereby fills a useful niche. P. a. ‘Firedance’. Thin tapers of resonant carmine-red over fresh green foliage through summer and autumn. A sharp eyed Oudolf selection. 120cm. P. a. ‘Jo & Guido’s Form’. An uncommon form, neither red nor pink and with a distinct hint of salmon in the colour. 1m with us but probably taller in damp soil. P. a. ‘Lage Zaailing’. Another Dutch selection from Hans Kramer, translating (I believe) as ‘short seedling’and at 75cm, short it is. Light rose-red spikes. P. a. ‘October Pink’. From Coen Jansen comes this good mid-pink, its season starts however in July with us. Sussex air perhaps. 90cm. P. a. ‘Rosea’. Upright spikes of small, pale pink flowers held in crimson calyxes creating for weeks a charming two toned effect. Partners Panicum and Miscanthus superbly. 120cm. P. a.‘Summer Dance’. Another less frequently seen Oudolf selection coming in rosered. 120cm. £4.65 From £4.65 From £4.65 From £4.65 From £5.00 From £4.85 *PERSICARIA a. ‘Taurus’. A classy Bressingham Gardens introduction, the spikes of vibrant ruby-red flowers are the darkest and richest of those we grow. 120cm. *P. bistotrta ‘Hohe Tatra’. A pale, clear pink and compact form we’ve always used at the border front but suspect could be bolder in richer soil. 40cm. *P. polymorpha. A robust but, most importantly, non invasive ‘knotweed’ with a serious flowering intent, the creamy-white plumes produced unabated from June to Oct/Nov. Dusky rose seed heads are a bonus. 2m+. *PHLOMIS russeliana. Bold plush leaves, pale sage green and whorls of typical yellow hooded flowers in tiers make for a pleasing bold plant. The seed heads are of great winter interest too. 120cm. PHLOX paniculata. Phlox paniculata provides us with some of the most useful mid to late summer flowering perennial plants, their colour spectrum ranging from white, vicious pinks (as used by the late Christopher Lloyd) to soothing lilac. But it is their scent, pungent and spicy, lingering in the air on a hot, listless days that quintessentially captures the mood of high summer. We hope to offer among others the following forms, available from June onwards. P. ‘Blue Paradise’, ‘David’, ‘Forncett Twilight’, ‘Hesperis’, ‘Marchant’s Darkest’, ‘Marchant’s Lilac’, ‘Marchant’s Pink’ ‘Mount Fuji’, P. paniculata, P. pan. alba, ‘Princess Sturdza’, ‘Reddish Hesperis’, ‘The King’,‘Utopia’, etc. *PIMPINELLA major rosea. A demure Cow Parsley cousin with flattened heads of pleasing soft pink flowers in June/July. 90cm. PLATYCODON grandiflorus apoyama albus. Pearly white Campanula like flowers open from seamed and inflated buds, irresistible to pop. At 15cm, a small plant for so sizeable a name. POLYGONATUM multiflorum ramosissimum. A gift from a Belgian colleague, the small flowers of this oddball are held on lateral branched stems. The bronze caste to the stems and leaves of early spring is a superb bonus. 60cm. P. lasianthum. A gift from plantsman extraordinaire Dan Hinkley, his own Japanese collection with remarkable purple stripes suffusing the newly unfurling leaves. Small creamy, celadon tipped flowers follow. Rare. 30cm. P. odoratum fl.pl. Lovers of detail will be captivated by the neatly fashioned, double, green and ivory-white flowers of this uncommon form. Beautiful scent too, if you can get your nose close enough! 30cm. P. roseum (aff).SBQE 1310. A diminutive Solomon’s Seal from China noted for its sweetly scented tubular rose pink flowers. A gem, but we find it better grown and appreciated in a pot. 10cm. POLYPODIUM cambricum. The polypodies are really great garden plants, easy to grow and requiring only half-decent soil in semi-shade to prosper. The new fronds emerge in late summer and retain a remarkable freshness throughout the autumn and winter months. P. c. ‘Oakleyae’. The segments are closely stacked together in this form giving the frond a dense and well structured appearance. Very beautiful. 30cm. P. c. pulcherrimum ‘Dwarf form’. Equally good but a tad shorter than the other forms we grow. 23 From £4.85 £5.50 From £4.85 £4.50 £4.35 £5.00 £7.50 £5.00 £4.80 From £5.35
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Page 5 and 6: 2 3 ACONITUM ‘Spätlese’. An un
Page 7 and 8: 6 7 *ASTER ericoides ‘Snow Flurry
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Page 21 and 22: 34 35 Miscanthus ‘China’. Like
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