M archants C atalogue - Marchants Hardy Plants

23them as plants for pots only. They respond best when given hearty soil in full sun wherethey should reward one with flowers for many years. Do consider however when plantingtheir dislike for being overshadowed by aggressive neighbours. The following are hardy,trouble free, and tough as old boots and are propagated the old fashioned way, that isfrom seed and by division.*Agapanthus ‘Best Barn Blue’. Quite small heads of pendulous, tubular, dark inkyblue flowers give this plant a great presence. August/September flowering. 90cm.A. ‘Bressingham Blue’. An old timer of A.inapertus persuasion. Small heads of intense,deep blue flowers. 70cm.A. campanulatus ssp. patens. Fist sized heads of large flared mid blue flowers. A wellbehaved, neat plant, very hardy and also extremely east to please. 70cm.A. caulescens. Strong unflowered young plants raised from wild collected SouthAfrican seed. Uncommon.A. caulescens. Open pollinated strapping 2 year old seedlings to flower this year of thisrare and beautiful plant. Likely to show variation. 75cm+.A.‘Findlay’s Blue’. Slender arching 90cm stems support handsome rich blue,campanulate flowers. A plant I first came across at Powis Castle, it has settled verywell in our Sussex clay.A. inapertus. Clustered in small heads the mid-blue flowers heads of this species arependulous, hanging like lapis gem-stones. Divisions of the true plant. 90cm.*A. ‘Jodie’. Tall and late (September), this fine hybrid from doyen of Agapanthus, DickFulcher has flattish heads of rich mid-blue flowers.A. ‘Kew White’. A tough, dependable plant acquired from Great Dixter who received itfrom Kew. Handsome broad leaves and pristine white flowers with dark anthers. 75cm.A. ‘Lady Moore’. Forming tight clumps this is reckoned to be one of the best shortwhite forms. Small head’s of flowers. 45cm.A. ‘Lilliput’. Brilliant blue flared flowers. At 40cm it is ideal for the border front or potsalike. 40cm.A. ‘Marchants Best Blue Seedlings’. Large, strong 3 year flowering sized plants raisedfrom our very best hybrids. Should knock the ubiquitous ‘Headbourne Hybrids’ intoa cocked hat.*A. ‘Marchants Cobalt Cracker’. The sheer brilliance of the blue of this newintroduction stops most people in their tracks. Need we say more. 70cm.A. ‘Midnight Blue’. An old and legendary variety from the Slieve Donard Nurserybearing heads of intense, deep blue narrow tubed flowers in July/August. 40cm.A. ‘Peter Pan’. Our plant scaled to a dizzy 15cms last year, and flowered freely too. Aworld record? I should have taken photos as proof. Divisons offered.*A. ‘Podge Mill’. Of Irish lineage this free flowering form with its dark anthered whiteflowers is a little taller than A. ‘Lady Moore’ and fills a useful niche. 60cm.A. praecox flore pleno. Balloon like striped buds pop open to reveal huge multipetalled,double flowers. Needs patience. Divisions offered. 40cm.AGASTACHE rugosa. A Korean herb with sweet aromatic foliage and numerousslender spikes of violet-blue flowers. In its quiet way, it always impresses us. 45cm.A. rugosa hybrid. Seedlings of a particularly strong plant rogued out of a batch of theabove, but in all other respects very similar. 90cm.ALCHEMILLA erythropoda. All the attributes of ‘Lady’s Mantle’ but on a Lilliputianscale making it perfect for smaller scale plantings. 5cm. Full sun.A. venosa. A plant I grew at the beginning of my gardening carreer (30 years ago!)and enjoyed to this day. Exactly halfway in proportion between the above and theubiquitous A. mollis.£10.00£6.50£5.25£6.00From£5.50£5.50£6.50£8.50£6.00£6.00£5.00From£6.50£12.50£6.25£6.00£6.00£7.50£4.35£4.35£4.30£4.35ALLIUM schoenoprasum. ‘Black Isle Blush’. A strong growing selection with ghostlywhite flowers flushed pale lilac-mauve. AGM in 1995. 35cm.A. s. ‘New Selection’ A seedling of the following discovered here with similar pinkflowers and a ʻThatcherʼ like vigour. Not for everyone perhaps! 40cm.*A. s. ‘Pink Perfection’. A fine pink form, good for border and cooking alike. Receivedan AGM in 1995 from the RHS who must know their onions. 35cm.A. senescens var. glaucum. An excellent border front candidate, with intriguinglytwisted foliage topped with domed heads of lilac-pink flowers on 20cm spikes.A. senescens subsp. montanum. Humble maybe, but extremely valuable for its neatfoliage and late heads of lavender-mauve flowers in September. 20cm.A. ‘Summer Beauty’. A distinct and strong growing form of A. senescens with largerheads of flowers than is usual.A. sikkimense. A beautiful blue chive from a wild Chinese collection which has beenmuch admired here. 35cmA. ‘Valerie Finnis’. Another charming small onion with dense clusters of cup shapedbiscuit coloured flowers. For rockery, sink or raised bed in full sun. 15cm.ALTHAEA cannabina. From a tight rootstock, twiggy stems grow to 1.8m or moresupporting through summer 2cm wide palest pink hollyhock like flowers backed bygreen calyces. Charming and easy given good drainage.AMSONIA hubrichtii. Narrower foliage than its kin, but with typical, starry flowers.Ginger-gold autumn foliage colour.A. hubrichtii hybrids. Strong growing plants with narrow leaves and starry, china blueflowers in summer. In autumn the coloured foliage makes a serious contribution. 70cm.A. illustris. Amsonia are in the family of Apoycynaceae (as if you didn’t know). Thisone has broad, willow shaped leaves which also colour well and typical starryflowers in pale turquoise blue. A martyr to drought years as are they all. 90cm.A. jonesii. A sp. new to us with the remarkable attribute of conspicuous golden veins tothe first flush of spring foliage. 45cm. These seed raised plants may show variation.A. orientalis. Awash with small starry slatey-blue flowers (not unlike the Periwinkle’s)displayed on willowy leaved stems through early summer. An exercise inunderstatement. 40cm.A. tabernaemontana var. salicifolia. Dark stems support broader leaves than the abovebut the typical small flowers are pale blue with a hint of turquoise. 60cm.ANEMONE pavonina. The Peacock anemone is named after the exotic bird, Pavomajor. Their Iridescent colours – shocking, wicked pinks, mauves, magentas, etc. inFeb/March are as garish as they get. Lots of sun and good drainage. 30cm.The following are all superb plants for the late summer/autumn and once settled requirelittle attention.A. hupehensis. Asymmetrical single flowers, deep carmine pink. The richest toned ofall our autumn anemones and a beautiful foil for late aconitums 1m+.*A. hupehensis ‘China Pink’. A lovely soft rose pink form singled out from aflowering batch of seed raised plants.*A x hybrida ‘Geante des Blanches’. Large semi-double white flowers, the narrow raypetals forming a rather flat flower. Robust. 1.2m.A. x h. ‘Pamina’. Rich carmine-pink flowers, semi-double, making a worthy contrast tothe single pinks above. 60cm.£4.25£4.25£4.25£4.25£4.25£4.30£4.20£4.25£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.30£4.40£4.40£4.40£4.40

67ASTRANTIA major ‘Buckland’. The pale green ruff of bracts and rosy pink stamensmake for a flower of great beauty. An old clone now that can still hold its head high.60cms.A. m. Canneman Seedlings. Strong flowering sized plants raised from this good, largeflowered silvery-pink parent plant. 60cm+.A. m. Dark Wine Seedlings. As above but raised from our new dark wine red selectionwith purple black stems. 45cm+.*A. maxima. The large bracts to the flowers are a soft rose pink. Arguably the mostbeautiful of the ‘masterworts’ but requires good soil to perform well. 60cm.A.‘Roma’. Piet Oudolf’s selection and a terrific plant it is. The large flowers arerose-pink and the plant shows great vigour bearing a good repeat crop of flowers,particularly so when young. 60cm.ATHYRIUM felix femina minutissimum. At 20cm this is a relatively small fern, itsfeathery, broad lance shaped fronds forming a particularly neat clump. Deciduous.A. nipponicum var. pictum. The elegant and beautiful Japanese Painted Fern in shadesof grey, silver and dusky purple. Needs shelter and good soil to give of its best. Weoffer divisions of a good form.£4.60£4.60£4.60£4.60£4.75£5.00£5.25Campanula ‘Crystal’. A brilliant newcomer from Avondale Nursery. A hybrid (withassociated vigour), fulsome bells of palest amethyst open from purple washed buds.Any half decent soil in full sun. 50cm.*C. lactiflora ‘Dixter Presence’. Christopher Lloyd’s own selection which we covet.Tall at 180cm, profuse bell flowers of mid-blue are carried in large, open heads.C. l. ‘Dixter Presence Seedlings’. Ranging from pale lilac-blue to violet-blue, there aresome choice seedlings among this batch. 1m+.C. l. Marchants Seedling. A strapping, healthy seedling selected from the above withheads of large mid violet-blue flowers. 1.2m+.*C. l. ‘Platinum’. An alluring combination of silvery-grey flowers with pewter sepals.140cm.C. latiloba alba. A gently suckering plant whose largest rosettes produce sturdy spikesof large, cup shaped pure white flowers. Easily pleased in sun or partial shade. 60cm.*C. ‘Sarastro’. A selection from the continent, packing in a punch with its large, glossyviolet-blue bells. Self supporting. 60cm.C. trachelium alba flore-pleno. The venerable, uncommon double white form of the‘Nettle Leaved’ campanula, its oldy worldy charm at odds with today’s slick contemporarygardens. 60cm.£4.60£4.50£4.30£4.30£4.30£4.60£4.50£4.80BAPTISIA australis. A long lived legume whose stems are clad with handsome palegreen foliage, terminating in summer with Lupin-like spikes of indigo blue flowers.Needing a little patience, it is too infrequently seen. 120cm.B. australis ‘Nelson’s Navy’. Great excitement here last year with this plants firstflowering. What a colour! – deep navy bue. We are beavering to have young seedraised plants for sale this summer.B. a. ‘Purple Smoke’. A striking and highly spoken of introduction from the States. Asabove but with distinct dusky purple flowers. Needs bags of summer sunshine toflower well. 80cm.£4.60£4.60£4.85CENTAUREA bella. A neat border front plant with silvery evergreen cut foliage and agenerous summer display of lilac-pink flowers. 30cm.*C. benoistii. Typical cut foliage of the genus, the stiff upright stems carry claret-rubycoloured tufted flowers for months on end. 120cm.C. orientalis. Similar to the following and highly valued if you’re seeking to attractinsects into the garden. 70cm.C. rupestris. A long flowering straw yellow Knapweed with exquisitely shaped buds,cut silvery foliage and a ‘wild’ look about it. Requires sun and good drainage. 70cm.C. simplicicaulis. As C. bella above but a notch smaller in all its parts. 20cm.£4.35£4.60£4.50£4.50£4.35BERGENIA ‘Overture’. A classy B. purpurascens hybrid with sculpted evergreenfoliage, red flushed on the reverse and a brilliant, eye shattering spring display of pendulouspurple-magenta flowers on stocky 30cm. stems.B. stracheyi alba. Possesses neat, small oval leaves and in Spring produces chubby15cm spikes of white flowers, fading to palest pink. Charming, not a word muchused to describe this genus.£4.75£4.75CENTRANTHUS ruber albus. The comely, humble Valerian in its pure white form.70cm.CEPHALARIA dipsacoides. In effect, a daintier form of C. gigantea, with smaller paleyellow flowers emerging from exquisitely fashioned buds. In winter, the spacious traceryof wiry stems and spent seed heads presents a beautiful, though stark silhouette. 2m.£4.30£4.50BUPLEURUM falcatum. The small flowers of this short lived perennial are acidyellow, held in airy clouds on a tracery of wiry stems. Unsurpassed for effect, it will seedfreely. 60cm.£4.00CHAEROPHYLLUM hirsutum ‘Roseum’. A highly effective lilac-pink ‘Cow parsley’relative and as one famous garden writer puts it ‘– few plants can hold a candle to it inMay’. 70cm.£4.75*CALAMINTHA nepeta ‘Blue Cloud’. Summer droughts it would seem sort out themen from the boys. This flowers unabashed for months on end oblivious to the parchedsoil in which it grows. A great bee puller too. 30cm.CAMASSIA ‘Electra’. Fabulous flowers, a mixture of sky blue, pale violet, even a hintof turquoise. A few to spare of this uncommon form. 120cm.C. ‘Lady Eve Price’. A few to spare of this rare and suave deep violet flowered formfrom Wakehurst Place Garden. One per customer!£4.20£5.00£6.80*CHRYSANTHEMUM ‘Bullfinch’. A strong growing, upright variety with semidoubleclaret red flowers in autumn and like the following, wonderful for picking. 75cm.C. ‘Cottage Apricot’. Single flowers, a beautiful shade for autumn of apricot-orangefading to an apricot-pink. 70cm.CIRSIUM rivulare atropurpureum. A thistle grown for the rich colour of its intensecrimson-maroon flowers held on stout stems during summer and autumn too if you arelucky. 120cm.£4.50£4.50From£4.60*CAMPANULA carpatica var. pelviformis. Large, clear blue salvers over a gentlyspreading clump make this an ideal and reliable performer for the border front orrockery.£4.30CLEMATIS ex ‘Cote d’Azur’. A boldly spreading, leafy herbaceous plant often colouringwell in Autumn. The tubular violet-blue flowers are not large but generously born.Good seed heads are an added bonus. 1m.£4.80

89*CONVOLVULUS cneorum. First rate silky, silver leaved hummock forming shrub fora well drained hot spot. Pleated, large white flowers throughout summer and autumn.*C. mauritanicus. (syn. Sabatius) A spreading plant providing an ebb and flow ofsatin like, soft pearly blue salvers through summer/autumn. A desert island plant forus capable of a long life in a sheltered spot. 15cm.£4.50£4.20things!) Tiny green flowers hang in tassles in late summer contributing splendidly to thegreen theme.DELPHINIUM staphisagria. A tall growing species whose elegant spires are composedof many muted grey-blue hooded flowers. 2m+.£5.35£4.35*CORONILLA valentina ssp. ‘Citrina’. This glaucous, leguminous shrub bears its remarkabledisplay of pale yellow scented flowers for months on end but begs a shelteredsite. 120cm+CROCOSMIA. We can think of no better way to enliven the late summer border thanto use these dazzling performers. They love moisture (not boggy) and lots of sunshine toperform well, and need dividing every now and then to keep them in good fettle.*C. ‘Castle Ward Late’. The orangy-red segments are narrower than most, giving theplant a spidery look. 80cmC. ‘Gerbe D’or’. Bronze foliage acts as a great backdrop to pale orange flowers. Areliable, hearty grower. 70cm.*C. ‘Jenny Bloom’. From the Bloom’s stable, good-sized flowers in apricot yellow.60cm.*C. ‘Lucifer’. Aptly named devilish red flowers partner superb ribbed foliage. Commonbut oozes class. 1.5m.C. masoniorum ‘Dixter Flame’. Lloyd’s answer to the Lucifer look a likes, pure red,broad leaves and an accommodating 70cm in height.C. m. ‘Rowallane Yellow’. No bending required as the solid yellow flowers are upwardfacing Handsome broad foliage too. 90cm.*C. ‘Queen Alexandra’. Elegant, nodding Erythronium like orange blooms enhancedby a dash of crimson in the throat. 80cm.*C. ‘Severn Sunrise’. Almost everyone comments favourably on the weird peachy-rosecolour of this award winning plant. A challenge to place this colour well but terrificwith purples. 60cm.*C. ‘Walberton Yellow’. A yardstick plant bred some years ago by David Tristram. Thesubstantial golden yellow flowers are borne for weeks and open from a fascinatingcrosier shaped bud formation. 60cm.From£4.75From£4.50DIANTHUS. carthusianorum. On wiry stems over grassy foliage, small buds eruptinto dazzling bursts of deep magenta pink through summer. 60cm.D. carthusianorm Form No 2. A form picked up from Knowle Gardens beingdistinctly shorter than the above and with bigger, brighter flowers. 35cm.D. deltoides ‘Leuchtfunk’ Saturated crimson flowers, like splashes of blood over a matof deep green foliage.DIASCIA. ‘Emma’. Narrow leaved suckering clumps and a profusion of dusky deeppink flowers – exactly what we expect of these marvellous, hardy plants. 30cm.D. personata. A remarkable newcomer holding itself, literally, head and shouldersabove its kin with its lofty, upright habit. Typical horned mid-pink flowers formonths and months. South Africa. 60cm.DICTAMNUS albus. The resinously aromatic Dittany of Crete in its glistening whiteform. Slow we find but worth the wait and once settled a long lived plant. 90cm.D. albus purpureus. The equally beautiful mauve-purple form. Raised from our veryfine form.DIERAMA ‘Tiny Bells’. Dusky pink thimble sized bells over tough, rush like foliage.At 30cm a dramatic change from the lofty Angels Fishing rod’s usually encountered.DIGITALIS ferruginea. Baggy pale caramel flowers with a pouting lip. Dark sentinelspikes in winter. 1m+.D. f. ‘Gelber Herold’. A bigger form of the above with brown-purple veining to lip andinside of flower.D. parviflora. A notably different Foxglove whose basal leaves give rise to spikes ofsmall, narrow tawny-brown flowers 60cm.£4.30£4.30£4.30£4.35£4.35£4.75£4.75£4.60£4.35£4.35£4.35CYNARA cardunculus ‘Cardy’. One of the boldest and handsomest of all foliageplants, its huge silver-grey leaves making an arresting and colossal feature. Needingelbow room, the flower stems can reach 2.5m+C. c. ex Chelsea Physic Form. A spiny, aggressive brute, presumably to keep animalsat bay, with deeply incised Leaves. Flowering at 1.8m, this is an easier managedplant than the above. But watch those spines!*DAHLIA coccinea. Seed raised plants from an isolated plant of the true species. Freshgreen foliage compliments the slightly nodding, Clementine sized pale orange flowers.1.2m +.*D. x coccinea. Flowering sized seedlings from our super tangerine orange parent plant.The progeny vary a little but we’ve yet to see a dull one among them.*D. merkii. A refined Mexican species with cut foliage, small, demure lilac flowers andcentral boss of yellow stamens. Blooms throughout summer and is capable of beinghardy. 1m+DATISCA cannabina. A tough perennial whose woody stems annually attain 2m +,decked with attractive, slender cannabis like leaves (if you happen to know about theseFrom£4.80£4.80£4.75From£4.75£4.75DISPORUM flavens. From Korea, the bamboo-like stems of this relative of Solomon’sSeal reach 60cm and carry pale yellow flowers in the axils of the newly developed leavesin April-May.D. leucanthum. An uncommon woodlander collected by myself in Sechuan, China.Almost evergreen, the newly emerging dark stems carry slender Polygonatum likecream and green flowers in spring. Small leaden-blue fruits persist through autumnand winter. 40cm.D. sessile variegatum. The bold green and white variegated leaves and pale celadonflowers of this N. American woodlander will gladly illuminate any half shaded spot.30cm.DRYOPTERIS erythrosora. A handsome evergreen fern, the unfurling frondsbeautifully copper patinated. 45cm.ECHINACEA. The cone flowers of North America are not only valued for the healingproperties of the oil they contain but for their tremendous garden value too. The broadray petals of mauve-crimson are mostly declined, thereby accentuating the glowingcentral cone of bronze-orange. They require good hearty soil and are not always easy.£5.00£5.00£4.60£5.25

1213EUPATORIUM ligustrinum. Not a shrub that flamboyantly announces itself, buthighly effective none-the-less. Its good evergreen foliage, structure and fluffy whiteflower heads in late summer beautifully partners Asters and late flowering grasses. 2m.*E. purpureum maculatum album. We hope to have plants available of thisuncommon white form for sale. 2m+.*E. p. m. ‘Ankum’s August’. The claim from Nurseryman friend Coen Jansen that hisplant will grow to only 140cm has been severely put to the test on our rich clay. Alittle taller here, it remains a good plant.*E. p. m. ‘Orchard Dene’. Stood out in the Wisley trials with its huge heads showyflowers and dark stems and deservedly awarded an AGM.E. p. m. ‘Purple Bush’. Fills a niche in being shorter than the type form yet identical inevery other respect. 1.5m.*E. p. m. ‘Riesenschirm’. Stout, glossy purple stems rise to 2.2m, climaxing in adisplay of dusky rose-purple domed flower heads. A distinguished late summerperennial.*E. rugosum ‘Chocolate’. ‘Snakeroot’. Striking black-purple foliage and domed headsof white flowers in autumn. A asset on all accounts for any fertile border in full sun.1.5m.£5.25£5.25£4.80£5.25£4.80£5.00Fuchsia m. var. pumila. Another shorty festooning itself with red and purple flowersthrough late summer /autumn. 60cmF. m. thompsonii. This plant in its full glory in late summer is a wonderful sight. Theslender red and purple flowers held on arching stems associate beautifully with blueAgapanthus. 150cm or more.F. m. versicolor. ‘An exquisite symphony of colour which is unsurpassed in the floralworld for its charming complement of shape, poise and tint’ – Graham StuartThomas. Need we say more. 120cm.F. microphylla. A sweety-pie possessing the smallest leaves and flowers, (brightshocking pink), that we grow. 60cm.*F. ‘Whiteknights Pearl’. A notch deeper pink than Fuchsia m. molinae, the sepals arenoticeably tipped with Granny Smith green. Charming. 60cm.GALEGA x hartlandii alba. Handsome clumps of pale green pinnate foliage carrydense spikes of scented flowers for weeks. Unassailably tough. 180cm.G. officinalis. Goats Rue. Leafy stems emerge from a stout rootstock and are coveredin clusters of small vetch-like lilac flowers for weeks. 1.5m.G. off. alba. The equally attractive white form of the above.From£5.25From£4.50£4.50£4.50EUPHORBIA. Given reasonable drainage the Spurges are easy to please and give usall that we should expect of a plant. Do however be cautious of the white sap theyexude when torn or damaged. It can burn skin badly!*E. c. ssp characias. The progeny of a seedling collected by Lucy in the dry Cevennes,France. The huge airy ovoid head is composed of small violet-black flowers eachsurrounded by large apple green bracts. Terrific! 90cm.E. donii ‘Amjillasa’. A very handsome Kew collection from Nepal with large, luridyellow flower bracts. Seed raised. plants are offered. 1m+E. ‘Jade Dragon’. An E. amygdaloides hybrid, the heads of showy green flowerspunctuated with a conspicuous red eye fade to an equally beautiful dusky, soft red.60cm.FILIPENDULA vulgaris ‘Multiplex’. Over cut, carrot like basal foliage, flower stemscarry creamy-white clouds of tiny double flowers. A charming plant of Cottage Gardencharacter. 45cm.FOENICULUM vulgare ‘Smokey’. Bronze Fennel. A good deep bronze seed strainwith a marked bloom to the young stems.FUCHSIA. You may gather from the following list that we are rather fond of Fuchsias,particularly when they are as hardy and long flowering as the following. Best prunedhard in spring.* F. magellanica ‘Floriade’. Brought back from the US by us in 2005 this has settledwell here and with its admirable aubergine-purple and rich red flowers has made aworthy addition to our list. 1m+.F. m.‘Hawkshead’. An elegant, hardy Fuchsia with white flowers, the petals tippedwith a hint of a tint of green. 75cm.F. m. ‘Lady Bacon’. Another newcomer to us with finer foliage than most and ivoryand purple-lilac flowers. 60cm.*F. m. var. molinae. Limpid, pale pink flowers, slender, wan even, but so beautiful.The pealing bark of the stems is also attractive, or am I stretching the imaginationtoo far. 1.5m+.£4.80£4.60£4.60£4.80£4.80£4.35From£5.25*GAURA lindheimeri. Wand like stems airily display delicate white flowers from pinkbuds, seemingly borne by the thousand through summer/autumn. Entrancing here in aduet with Miscanthus ‘Kleine Fontäne’. 120cm.GENISTA aetnensis. A golden yellow shower of sweet scented blooms of the Mt. Etnabroom against a piercing blue summer sky, once experienced is not quickly forgotten.Small, 2 year old plants offered. 4m +.GERANIUM. Now let’s be honest with each other. There are far too many Geraniumsabroad. A plethora in fact, largely owing to the fact that most are a doddle to grow. Theirgenerous nature makes us quietly confident to the point where we over use them. Yes,their colours and length of season are a boon but their amorphous shapes are not. Theanswer is simple. Use them sparingly.*G. ‘Blue Cloud’. Pleasing cut foliage and not too rampant growth, combined with palesilvery-blue flowers through most of the summer. A superb garden plant. 45cm.G. ‘Brookside’. We find this a less vigorous plant than some of the blues, but it morethan compensates with the size, colour and sheer quality of its flowers. 40cm.G. x cantabrigiense ‘Vorjura’. A size up from G. dalmaticum (a parent) this newishform bears pretty, bright pink flowers. A good edger. 20cmG. dalmaticum album. Durable and charming, its pearly white flowers hover over amound of small glossy leaves. 10cm.G. ‘Khan’. A G. sanguineum hybrid with huge, deep bright pink flowers. One of thevery best. 30cm.G. maculatum album. An American woodlander and one of the first to bloom with itsnicely rounded pure white flowers in May. 60cmG. macrorrhizum ‘White Ness’. Lacking the usual pink calyxces hence the flowersclean whiter than white effect. A worthy AGM winner and new to our collection.G. ‘Nimbus’. Produces masses of pale violet-blue flowers over handsome cut foliagefor most of the season. 50cm.*G. ‘Orion’. A super hybrid from Holland with enormous violet-blue salvers. Standsapart in a Geranium crowd. 50cm.G. x oxonianum ‘Rebecca Moss’. First rate hybrid with pale silvery-pink flowers.Lovely with Amsonia orientalis. 40cm.£4.50£4.80From£4.35

1415Geranium x oxonianum ‘Phoebe Noble’. Dark pink and like All Bran, its effect utterlydependable. 30cms.*G. ‘Patricia’. A G. psilostemon hybrid, possessing all the brilliant radiance of thatplants magenta flowers. They are however larger. This together with its short staturemake this a first rate plant. 60cm.G. phaeum ‘Lily Lovell’. Large purple-mauve flowers. One of the best selections of theMourning Widow Cranesbill.G. p. ‘Lisa’. Sulphur yellow and white zonal leaf makings in early spring make for adistinctly eye catching plant. Flowers are typically violet-purple. It looked super herelast year with Geum ʻMarmalade’. 60cm.G. p. lividum. Large, pale greyish, lavender/mauve flowers in late Spring and earlySummer. Predictably gets the thumbs up from the F&B fan club. Easy, peasy. 50cm.G. p. ‘Marchants Ghost’. Our own seedling with ghostly, pale grey-lavender flowersthe texture of satin. Much admired. 75cm.G. pratense ‘Mrs Kendall Clarke’. Pale, veined, lilac-blue flowers. A great Cranesbillneeding little introduction. 90cm.G. p. violaceum plenum Venerable old double violet form. 90cm.G. ‘Sabani Blue’. Brilliant violet blue notched flowers over strict clumps of softlyhairy leaves. Fanfares the start of the cranesbill season in May. 30cmG. sanguineum album. The Bloody Cranesbill bled dry in its pristine white form.30cm.G. sanguineum var. striatum. A not so Bloody Cranesbill, its large rounded pale pinkflowers studding the low mound of cut foliage through summer. 10cm.G. ‘Sirak’. One of the best hybrids to have appeared from the continent, producingmasses of notched, large lilac-pink flowers over a dense clump of foliage. 45cm.G. wallichianum. From Edinburgh’s Botanic Garden, the pale luminous silvery-blueflowers of this form show us something of the variation we can expect of a speciesgroup. An enthusiastic scrambler to 60cm or more.G. w. ‘Syabru’. A Nepalese collection with mid-pink cupped flowers enhanced byconspicuous silver-white eyes. 40cmGEUM ‘Apricot Sundae’. Occurred here as a lucky sport of G. ‘Pink Frillsʼ. Its full,wavy edged flowers are coloured pale apricot flesh cum pink. 20cm.G. ‘Borisii’. A reliable doer with cheering, eye catching clear orange flowers. 30cm.G. ‘Herterton Primrose’. An immensely impressive newcomer, the pale lemon flowersare well displayed above neat foliage, and the plant has a refined look, a word notcommonly used in association with Geums. 15cmG. x intermedium. A neat plant with simply styled single flowers toned more yellowthan orange. Cheering. 25cm.G. ‘Lisanne’ A strong selection from the continent with bold, large yellow flowers.40cm.G. ‘Marmalade’. Pleasing copper-orange flowers, – a painterly colour many gardenerssadly choose to ignore. 30cm.G. ‘Pink Frills’. A very pretty form with somewhat shaggy, nodding flowers of palestpink with contrasting crimson-pink calyxes through early summer. 20cms.G. ‘Red Wings’. Full, semi-double flowers a glowing copper-red. A glowing addition toour range. 60cm.GLADIOLUS papilio. S. Africa. A melange of celadon green, slatey grey lilac anddusky rose pink suffuse the hooded flowers creating a plant of remarkably restrainedbeauty. Not for everyone I guess. 60cm.From£4.35£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50Gladiolus tristis. Small flared scented primrose yellow flowers. A far cry from thegross flowers bred for the cut flower trade. A favourite here.GLAUCIUM flavum fulvum. The Horned Poppy in its pale tomato red form with handsomesilvery rosettes – good the year round. 45cm.GYPSOPHILA ‘Rosenschlier’. A spreading ‘Babies Breath’ covering itself in a haze oftiny pale pink double blossoms throughout mid-summer.*HEBE stenophylla. Narrow willowy leaves and spikes of white flowers in late summermake for an elegant shrub, an adjective rarely used to describe this genus. 2m.HEDYSARUM coronarium. The wayward spreading stems of this legume will beforgiven when it comes to enjoying the abundant rich wine-crimson flowers over thesummer months. 60cm.HELENIUM. The species Sneezeweeds are native to America but in Nurserymanshands have been selected for decades. They are among the easiest grown and mostcolourful herbaceous perennials of Summer and Autumn.H. ‘Die Blonde’. Boss and flower an unadulterated bright yellow. Very cheering. 180cm.H. ‘Moerheim Beaty’. Fox red-brown flowers. An old hybrid, still holding its own after70 years. 120cm.H. ‘Ring of Fire’. A newish form from Holland, the flowers are reddish brown mademore striking with a central and outer zone of yellow. Upright, free flowering (insept/oct) and deemed worthy of an AGM.H. ‘Rubinzwerg’. Rich, deep mahogany-red flowers over a long season on a plant ofshort stature make this a valuable addition to the range. 75cm.H. ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’. Fantastic long display of large flowers, a mixture of burntorange and ochre yellow. 1.2m.H. ‘Septemberfuchs’. Late flowering, with tawny red-brown flowers, a lovely colour toenrich the autumn border. 180cm.H. ‘Wyndley’. An old English cultivar still managing to deliver the goods. LargeMustard yellow flowers overlaid with orange and tawny flecking. 1m.H. ‘Zimbelstern’. A fine, large flowered yellow form with orange flecks and brown bossto compliment our range of colours. 150cm.HELIANTHUS giganteus ‘Shiela’s Sunshine’. A whopper (2.5m+) with pale sulphuryellow daisies through autumn.Helianthus. ‘Lemon Queen’. Helianthus are generally speaking coarse plants. Thisvariety is redeemed by the quality/volume of its autumn crop of large pale lemondaisies. 2m.H. salicifolius. A towering, willowy leaved foliage plant whose airy display of goldenyellow flowers brings the daisy season to a close in early October. We are told ours isa good form. 2.5m.*HELIOTROPIUM amplexicaule. Hardy, but lacking scent, small clusters of lavendermauveflowers give a prodigious Summer/Autumn display. A weaver revelling in fullsun. 15cm.HELLEBORUS foetidus ‘Wester Flisk’. Deeply incised dark bottle green leaves andpale green flowers held on mottled crimson stems in mid-winter. 45cm.£4.50£4.35£4.35From£5.25£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.00£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.75From£4.60£4.75£4.60

1617Helleborus x hybridus. The following are seedlings raised from plants of impeccablepedigree, though like the Royal family, parents cannot always be entirely responsiblefor the character of their children! No doubt the following offspring will show someinteresting variation too.H. x h ‘Creams/Greens’. Some with faint spotting too.H. x h. ‘Reds come deep Pinks’. Very large, cupped flower strain derived from HelenBallard strains.H. x h. ‘Slaty-Blue with purple spotting’. Blue bloomed beauties resembling theirstrongly freckled parent.HEMEROCALLIS. Daylilies are indestructible border perennials which with littlefussing will give pleasure for years. Latterly, they have become grossly vulgarised inbreeder’s hands. The following species/old cultivars are plants fortunately untainted bythis brazen treatment.*H. ‘American Revolution’. Suave, dusky black purple flowers, rather sinister in anodd, appealing sort of way. 75cm.H. citrina. Similar to the following but with slightly deeper yellow flowers. 80cm.H. citrina x ochroleuca. An extremely graceful hybrid bearing narrowly fluted palelemon scented flowers on stems well above its foliage. 75cm.H. ‘Conspicua’. A classy old cultivar, now rare with huge flared trumpet-like flowers indeep crimson red with greenish-yellow throat. 1m.H. ‘Corky’. Zestful, lemon yellow flowers from mahogany buds. Never disappoints.60cm.H. ‘Golden Chimes’. With its golden flowers, mahogany on their reverse, dark stemsand free flowering habit, this nearly 50 year old hybrid has yet to be outclassed.60cm.*H. ‘High Tor’. An appropriate name being one of the tallest Daylilies we grow, thelarge golden yellow flowers looming at a dizzy 1.75m.*H. ‘Hyperion’. Another old cultivar with gently flared pale yellow, scented flowers.Hard to beat. 90cm.H. ‘Lady Fermor Hesketh’. Raised by Amos Perry many decades ago, yet still holdsits own. Well proportioned canary-yellow flowers, good for the border or, with theirpeppery flavour, salad bowl alike. 90cm.H. ‘Laughton Tower’. Thinking the horticultural world short of a new Daylily or two,I successfully bred this fellow. At 1.5 m + high, it looks down on its overblownAmerican peers in a very haughty and satisfactory manner. By the way – the smallfluted flowers are apricot-orange.H. ‘Pinnochio’. Picked this up in France 3 years ago. A delightful plant looking like aspecies with dainty lemon-yellow flowers. 45cm.H. ‘Red Precious’. An old English cultivar which deserves to be much better knownwith flared, flame red flowers, ochre yellow on their reverse. At 45cm, perfect forthe border front.H. ‘Sammy Russel’. Bold, reddish-tan, flamboyant flowers, perfect for ‘heating up’ theborder. An old cultivar yet to be surpassed. 90cm.H. ‘Siloam Red Toy’. Quite small flowers in a fabulous shade of madder red, anuncommon colour in daylies but great to use in the garden. 70cm.H. species (? cultivar). Bought from a reputable Nursery under the name of H.‘Hyperion’ which it clearly isn’t! The soft orange-yellow flowers are born long intolate summer and meld well with crimson Persicarias. 1m.*H. ‘Stafford’. Large mahogany-red flowers of ravishing quality. An exemplary oldhybrid which still holds its own in the Daylily stakes. 120 – 150cm.From£5.50From£4.80From£4.60From£4.80HESPERIS matrionalis. Sweet Rocket needs no introduction. Strong plants raised frommixed seed so colour will vary between white and deep lilac. Their delicious scent ismost pronounced in the evening. 1.5m+.HEUCHERA americana. A beautiful form which has been under our care for manyyears with striking chocolate-purple mottling overlaying the young leaves. Small whiteflowers. 30cm.H.‘Brownfinch’. Good though the many plum-purple cultivars are, this silver mottled,green leaved form provides welcome relief. But it is the copious 60cm spikes ofterracotta-brown flowers that are its greatest attribute, looking magnificent here withpurple salvias through early summer.H.‘Chiqui’. Effective spikes of large salmon-pink flowers over tame, evergreen mounds.Uncommon. 45cm.H. sanguinea ‘Alba’. This plant received an AGM only recently yet is rarely met with.Why? Its plain green leaves perhaps. This is a wonderful plant whose ivory flowersage with remarkable grace, a feature not normally noted in white flowered plants.Early summer onwards. 60cm.H. s. ‘Leuchtkäfer Seedlings’. An experiment on our part to see how seedling progenyfair in colour/form. The parents flowers are vibrant scarlet! May not flower this yearbut why not join us in our Mendelian caper.HOSTA. Having been shaken to the mid-ribs by the Hosta boom, my enthusiasm forthese ubiquitous plants still remains tepid. That said, used discriminately (with slugs keptat bay) they can be highly effective. We offer the following, including two new to our list– must be a red letter day!H. ‘Krossa Regal’. Arguably the finest blue Hosta available.H. plantaginea var. japonica. Perhaps surprisingly, revels in full sun, whichencourages a display of huge white, deliciously fragrant flowers. Refreshing, palegreen foliage. Wonderful in pots.H. rectifolia ‘Junco’. Named at Wisley Garden ( after a Japanese trainee studentapparently) and offered here, I believe, for the very first time. Simplicity itself– glossy green leaves combined with a fabulous display of purple flowers.H. ‘Thumbnail’. Lilliputian in scale, the name refers to the leaf size. Pleasant paleviolet flowers on 20cm stems maintain the symmetry.H. venusta variegata. A little charmer with neatly variegated cream and green leavesand abundant pale violet flowers. Rare. 15cms.HYSSOPUS officinalis. Of biblical association, this lavender-blue flowered herb withits sharp aroma could easily be accommodated in any sunny, well-drained border. 30cm.IRIS. No Iris flower could be described as long lasting but they make up for it by beingfabulously flamboyant and are often produced in large numbers, albeit for a short season.I. chrysographes. The progeny of our magnificent velvety black form. The specificname ‘written in gold’ refers to the splash of gold that adorns the fall of the flower.Retentive soil. 60cm.I. lactea. A fine foliage plant, the narrow pale green glaucous leaves forming handsomeclumps. The modest flowers are a pale violet-blue. 40cm.I. x robusta ‘Gerald Darby’. The intense purple staining of the new foliage of this Irisis quite unlike any Iris we know and can be used to dramatic effect in the garden.The following forms of Iris Sibirica flourish in full light on our heavy clay soil and arecapable of growing in shallow water too.£4.50£4.60£4.60£4.60£4.75£4.60£4.35£5.00£6.80£5.50£4.80£4.50From£4.75

1819Iris sibirica ‘Berlin Bluebird’. Very striking and as near a Gentian blue as we haveseen in an Iris. 75cm.I. s. ‘Colin’s Pale Blue’. Sky-blue with just a hint of grey in the colour. 75cm. A few tospare.I. s. ‘Emperor’. Rich purple flowers of satin like texture. 100cmI. s. ‘Prussian Blue’. Incredible, saturated deep blue flowers, a colour I have not seenthe like of in this group. Tamberg, its German breeder received an AGM for it in2003. Rightly so. 80cmI. s. ‘Southcombe White’. Pallid white flowers, not large, with ghostly grey veining.90cm.I. s. ‘Summer Sky’. A graceful slim-line flower, like a dancer on points, lavender bluewith just the right amount of yellow for perfect balance. 90cm.I. s. ‘Tropic Night’. Intense violet-blue with a pale zone on the haft of the falls. 90cmFrom£4.75LIBERTIA sessiliflora. My Googling research has produced images of an interestingChilean species with terminal clusters of pale lilac flowers with prominent orangestamens. The term ʻJe ne sais croixʼ springs to mind!LIGUSTICUM scoticum. Scotch Lovage. Mounds of glossy foliage held on ruby redstalks, white flowers and seeds which can be used in the kitchen make for a versatileplant. 45cm.*LIMONIUM platyphyllum. A Sea Lavender with course, leathery leaves erupting inan airy display of minute lavender-blue flowers on wiry branches. Very beautiful in seedtoo. 40cmL. platphyllum ‘Robert Butler’. Clouds of tiny purple-blue flowers from silvery buds– a florist’s delight. 40cm.£4.50£4.35£4.50£4.50KNAUTIA macedonica. If you’re a sucker for ruby coloured flowers, look no furtherthan this ever-popular scabious like stalwart. 60cm.KNIPHOFIA. The ‘Red Hot Pokers’ are anything but these days, coming in a muchwider range than hitherto – from pale cream to bright yellow, pale coral to burnt toffee.Their vertical spikes can provide a dramatic feature in any border, given sun and drainageand what’s more, are hardy to boot.K. ‘Bees Sunset’. Sturdy bronze coloured stems make a harmonious contrast to theclear orange flowers. 100cm.K. ‘Buttercup’. An old clone with bold heads of yellow flowers ageing to orange. 1m+K. ‘Ice Queen’. Similar to K. ‘Percy’s Pride’ but a little earlier to flower with us.K. ‘Painted Lady’. Noted for the long and slender flower spikes. Orange with hints ofamber. 1m+.K. ‘Percy’s Pride’. As good in bud as in flower – lime-green opening to pale yellowspikes of good substance. September. 75cmK. ‘Sunningdale Yellow’. Clear yellow with a smidgen of ochre. First poker off theblocks in June. Classy. 90cm.K. ‘Tawny King’. Beacon-like orange-amber and cream flowers from tawny buds bornon deep bronze stems. A cracking plant. 80cm.K. thomsonii var thomsonii. Well spaced, narrow spikes of soft orange flowers.Prominent among Kniphofia due to its very long flowering season. 120cm.K. ‘Timothy’. A mid-season variety with slender spikes of beautifully toned amber-pinkflowers. 80cmLASERPITIUM siler. An uncommon Umbellifer with loosely cut glaucous foliage. Insummer, supported on arching stems, shallow domed heads of tiny white flowers burstforth. A model exercise in plant design. 90cm.*LATHYRUS grandiflorus. An inveterate scrambler (and runner!) needing space toflaunt its’ sensational big carmine, purple keeled blossoms. Alas, no scent. A few tospare.*LEUCANTHEMELLA serotina. The Hungarian Daisy survives with glee here,muscling its way through our unforgiving clay and rewarding us with a brilliant latedisplay of gay white daisies. 2m.*LEUCOJUM autumnale. An oddball Snowflake, tiny white lampshades on darkstems in autumn. Pure charm. 10cm.£4.35From£4.75£4.60£4.75From£4.50£4.00*LOBELIA laxiflora var. angustifolia. A curious species from Arizona lookingvaguely Penstemon like in leaf, but with cheering bright red tubular flowers, yellow inthe throat. Full sun. 75cm.L. tupa. A classy, eye catching plant with pale, sage-green leaves and dark stemsterminating in a spike of claw shaped cherry red flowers. Needs retentive soil andsome shelter but worth every effort to grow well. 120cm.LUNARIA redeviva. Perennial honesty (our own plant is over 10 years old) isrecognizably similar to the biennial we all know well but with paler flowers and ellipticseed heads. 75cm.LUPINUS versicolor. Beautiful silky foliage up to 1.2m across peppred with bicolouredflowers, mauve and pale yellow for the most part. Worth growing for its foliagealone.*LYCHNIS coronaria. Raised from wild collected seed we offer a very striking formwith vivid shocking pink flowers, noticeably paler than the following. 60cm.L. c. This, the more ordinarily seen form, is far from ordinary. The retina blastingcolour of the crimson-magenta flowers is almost without parallel.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 thisLoosestrife but worth it for the show of horizontal, tapered spikes of brilliant Duluxwhite flowers in late summer. 1m.*LYTHRUM salicaria ‘Blush’. The soft pink flowers of this form are a good antidoteto 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 thiscolour would be in serious need of a transfusion! 90cm.L. virgatum. The branched stems of this widespread European and Asian species carrymyriad small, deep lilac-pink flowers for weeks in mid-summer. Has a quality thatbecomes addictive to use and associates well with grasses too. 90cm.*MATTHIOLA incana ‘Purple’. You’ll love the blanket of scented purple flowers ofthis not so perennial stock. 30 – 40cm.*M. ‘White Perennial’. Also deliciously scented, the pure white flowers enhanced bythe grey foliage. We enjoy the spent seed heads in winter too. 30 – 40cm.£4.75From£4.60£4.50£4.50£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.50£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.30£4.30

2021MENTHA spicata ‘Moroccan’. Unanimously reckoned to be the best flavoured mintbut also heralds a warning. It runs like mad! Answer – the sunk bucket treatment.MOLOPOSPERMUM peloponnesiacum. A rather sophisticated perennial umbelliferwith sharply etched fernlike foliage. The yellowish heads of flowers and handsome seedsare carried on stout 120cm stems.£4.20£4.50*Origanum vulgare ‘Marchants Seedling’. A seedling selected by us for its goodconstitution and vigour. The mauve-pink flowers will have Tortoiseshell butterfliesqueuing to get into your garden! 40cm.ORLAYA grandiflora. We offer packets of seed of this conspicuous, pretty pure whiteannual umbellifer. 60cm.£4.35£2.00MONARDA bradburyana. This species may lack flower colour (pale lilac) but lacksmildew too – the bane of this genus. Newly planted here, we have hopes of it being atrouble free garden plant.MYRRHIS odorata. Sweet Cicely. Refined cut foliage, pungent too. The flat heads ofcreamy white flowers are a great sight in May and are delicately scented. 60cm.NERINE bowdenii alba. White flowers from blush pink buds. A rare and beautiful plantwhich is perfectly hardy.N. b. ‘Marnie Rogerson’. Palest pink with a hint of shrimp in the colour. A scarce plantbut easy to please.N. b. ‘Washfield’. A shade paler than the typical form one usually encounters. Lots ofsun for a tip-top performance.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 aHampshire garden. 40cmN. clarkei. Introduced from Kashmir by Botanist Martyn Rix and described by him aspure blue. It is uncommon but remains a lovely plant which requires only light, richsoil in sun to prosper. 40cm.N. ‘Dawn to Dusk’. Dutch Nurseryman, Coen Jansen’s subtle selection. Pale pink withpurple calyxes. 60cm.N. govaniana. From Kashmir with dainty, pale yellow hooded flowers. Needs a light,rich soil (not dry) to do well but worth every effort. 120cm.N. kubanica. A leafy Caucasian species bearing clusters of large violet-blue flowersheld in dark calyxces. New to us, it came highly recommended and is a plant for fullsun or partial shade. 80cm+N. nuda. Upright growth and a subtle misty display of tiny grey-lavender flowers forweeks. 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. Deeplavender-blue flowers. 60cm.N. yunnanesis. A large blue flowered Asian species. With its rampant habit it might bejust the plant to make plain places rough (a Bibical misquote!). 90cm.OMPHALODES cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’. In good soil this semi-evergreen willreward you with hundreds of brightest blue ‘Forget-me-not’ flowers for weeks. 30cm.O. verna ‘grandiflora’. A modest, bristly leafed, ground hugger which contributes tospring’s pageant with a display of dazzling electric blue flowers.*OENOTHERA species. Given to us by great plantsman, the late Harry Hey. Bears itsradiant, huge lemon-sulphur discs over a mat of prostrate green foliage.*ORIGANUM. laevigatum. hybrid. Coarser than the species but with the same haze ofrosy-purple flowers through summer. 30cm£4.50£4.35£5.50£5.30£4.50£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.50£4.35£4.35£4.35ORNITHOGALUM pyramidale ‘Short Form’. Masses of white, green striped flowersare borne on 30cm spikes in May-June. A charming, uncommon form.PARAHEBE ‘Snow Clouds’. The spreading mound of tough evergreen leaves is overlayedfor months with a non-stop crop of brilliant white, pink-purple eyed flowers. 20cm.PELARGONIUM. Who could fail to be endeared by these charming subjects, floweringplants par excellence for potwork, each with highly individual scented leaves. Don’t kidyourself they are hardy. They’re not and will need cosseting through winter.P. ‘Lara Starshine’. Deep, bright pink flowers feathered with purple black, well set offby cut, silvery green, scented foliage.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 dinkywhite flowers for months.P. radula. A super plant with finely incised fresh green foliage. The flowers are small,pink and extremely modest!P. sidoides. Velvety scalloped silvery leaves, the dark violet-purple flowers, thoughsmall, make a resonant statement. Very attractive and almost hardy.P. ‘Shannon’. Attractive, deeply incised foliage and palest flesh pink flowers withdashing crimson eyelashes on the upper petals.PENSTEMON. Mainstays of the herbaceous border, with showy tubular flowers. Deepand pale pink, magenta, true blues, reds, etc. colours prevail. Judiciously dead head andyou will be rewarded with flowers the summer/autumn long.*P. ‘Blackbird’. Dark, vinous-purple. 90cm.*P. ‘Cherry’. Vivid cherry-red flowers all summer/autumn. 60cm.P. ex ‘Sunburst Amethyst’. Progeny of a lovely plant (coming true to type) with refinedfoliage and slender, tubular amethyst-purple flowers for months on end. 50cm.*P. ‘Unamed Cherry Red’. Produces a brilliant and long lasting display of cherry redflowers but with quite different foliage to the form above. 75cm.*PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Blue Haze’. The broad, uncut leaves make for a farchunkier plant than the following. Suprisingly uncommon. 120cm.*P. a.‘Blue Spire’. In a well drained soil the spires of small lavender-blue flowers makea fine vertical accent. Invaluable for its late flowering display. 120cm.PERSICARIA. Whilst the foliage of the following could not be described as beingrefined, their flower shape, colour range and extraordinary length of flowering season liftthem, 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 flowerspikes.P. a. ‘Fine Pink’. Slender spikes, a tad darker than ‘Rosea’ below and thereby fills auseful niche.£4.75£4.35From£4.40£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50From£4.80From£4.60

22Persicaria a. ‘Firedance’. Thin tapers of resonant carmine-red over fresh green foliagethrough summer and autumn. A sharp eyed Oudolf selection. 120cm.P. a. ‘Jo & Guido’s Form’. An uncommon form, neither red nor pink and with adistinct 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. ‘Rosea’. Upright spikes of small, pale pink flowers held in crimson calyxescreating for weeks a charming two toned effect. Partners Panicum and Miscanthussuperbly. 120cm.P. a. ‘Summer Dance’. Another less frequently seen Oudolf selection coming in rosered.120cm.*P. a. ‘Taurus’. A classy Bressingham Gardens introduction, the spikes of vibrant rubyredflowers are the darkest and richest of those we grow. 120cm*P. polymorpha. A robust but, most importantly, non invasive ‘knotweed’ with aserious flowering intent, the creamy-white plumes produced unabated from June toOct/Nov. Dusky rose seed heads are a bonus. 2m+.PHLOMIS russeliana. Bold plush leaves, pale sage green and whorls of typical yellowhooded flowers in tiers make for a pleasantly butch plant. The impeccable seed heads areof great winter interest. 120cm.*P. tuberosa. An herbaceous plant strong in both character and growth, always drawingfavourable comments. Pale lilac hooded flowers are carried in whorls on stiff, blackpurplestems. Good seed heads. Raised from a plant I collected in Armenia in 2004.120cm.PHLOX carolina ‘Bill Baker’. Commemorates its introducer, a knowledgable andmodest plantsman. Rich pink flowers, long flowering and a formidable constitutionmake us realise it been missing from our list for too long. 45cm.PHLOX paniculata. Phlox paniculata provides us with some of the most useful midto 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 theirscent, pungent and spicy, lingering in the air on a hot, listless days that quintessentiallycaptures the mood of high summer. We offer the following forms, available from Juneonwards.P. ‘Blue Paradise’, ‘David’, ‘Forncett Twilight’, ‘Hesperis’, ‘Marchant’s Darkest’,‘Marchant’s Lilac’, ‘Mount Fuji’, P. paniculata, P. pan. alba, ‘Princess Sturdza’,‘Reddish Hesperis’, ‘Utopia’, etc.P. stolonifera. Purple Form. A resilient carpeting woodlander with clusters of largepapal purple flowers, paler on their reverse. Early summer. 20cm.PLATYCODON grandiflorus apoyama albus. Pearly white Campanula like flowersopen from seamed and inflated buds, irresistible to pop. At 15cm, a small plant for sosizeable a name.P. grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’. As above, in blue. Ghastly name, great little plant.POLYGONATUM falcatum ‘Silver Striped’. A distinct and rare form of P. falcatumwith a reasonably clean silvery stripe to the centre of each slender leaf. A collector’sitem. 15cm.P. multiflorum ramosissimum. A gift from a Belgian colleague, the small flowers ofthis oddball are held on lateral branched stems. The bronze caste to the stems andleaves of early spring is a superb bonus. 60cm.From£4.60£4.60£4.60£4.50From£4.60£4.50£4.00£4.00£8.00£4.75Polygonatum lasianthum. A gift from plantsman extraordinaire Dan Hinkley, his ownJapanese collection with remarkable, if not unique, purple stripes suffusing the newlyunfurling leaves. Small creamy, celadon tipped flowers follow. Rare. 30cm.P. roseum (aff).SBQE 1310. A diminutive Solomon’s Seal from China noted for itssweetly scented tubular rose pink flowers. A gem, but better grown and appreciatedin a pot we find. 10cm.POLYPODIUM cambricum. The polypodies are really great garden plants, easy togrow and requiring only half-decent soil in semi-shade to prosper. The new frondsemerge in late summer and retain a remarkable freshness throughout the autumn andwinter months.P. c. ‘Oakleyae’. The segments are closely stacked together in this form giving the fronda dense and well structured appearance. Very beautiful. 30cm..P. c. pulcherrimum ‘Dwarf form’. Equally good but a tad shorter than the other formswe grow.*P. c. ‘Whilharris’. Generally shaggier in its appearance, the lobes of the large 35cmlong fronds are also deeply cut, each vaguely resembling a small Christmas tree.*Polypodium glycyrrhiza. Bold bipinnatifid fronds whose classic, simple line couldnot be improved upon. The root apparently tastes of liquorice. 45cm.P. x mantoniae ‘Cornubiense’. A classic fern assumed to be a hybrid. Elegantbipinnatifid fronds taper to a fine point but produces irregular fronds too. Like allpolypodies, needs time to show its true character. 30cm.POLYSTICHUM setiferum ‘Herrenhausen’. A classic selection of the soft shield fernwith classic ascending fronds. Fom the German garden of this name. 70cm.*P. s. plumosodivisilobum. The fronds of the Soft Shield Fern gently curve and aremade up of closely tiered pinnae, the whole resembling a wacky designer cushion.POTENTILLA ‘Flamenco’. Another old cultivar whose sizzling scarlet flowers are sureto get your castanets a’clacking. 30cm.P. thurberi ‘Monarch’s Velvet’. Deep madder red flowers with a black-maroon eye, thesize of a ten-penny piece. Ever gaining a fan club. 50cm.P. ‘William Rollison’. A cinquefoil whose sprawling stems bear gay, semi-doublevermilion-orange flowers, yellow on their reverse. 30cm.PRIMULA auricula ‘Devon Cream’. Somewhat blowsy, cream-yellow flowers. Verycottagey.P. a. ‘Hetty Wolf’. A subtle show variety with silver grey flowers. Needs mollycoddling.10cm.P. a. ‘Old Mustard’. Deliciously scented, mustard-yellow flowers with a large powderywhite eye. Uncommon. 15cm.P. a. ‘Old Red Elvet’. A gorgeous old show variety – velvety deep crimson red with alarge mealy white eye. 15cm.P. sieboldii lactiflora. A species with downy, pale green leaves and large brilliant whitenotched flowers in spring. A woodlander from Japan.PULMONARIA. Groundcover is often a descriptive word attached to the Lungworts.What a drab description for a genus that offers so much more .We hope the leaf variationand flower colour of the following will prove the point.P. ‘Blue Ensign’. Large flowers, vivid deep blue over unspotted, bottle-green foliage.25cm. First rate.23£8.00£4.60From£5.00£5.00£5.00£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.50£4.50£4.50

2425Pulmonaria ‘Cotton Cool’. A bold and vigorous newcomer from the States withplatinum, spear shaped leaves over 30cm long. The blue and pink flowers arenothing to boast about. 30cm.*P. ‘Diana Claire’. A P. longifolia hybrid with striking silver-green foliage and largeviolet-blue flowers. 25cm.P. longifolia ‘Ankum’. Altogether different, the leaves are long and slender and heavilysilver mottled. The flower clusters whilst not large are a brilliant violet-blue. 20cm.P. ‘Opal’. A hybrid with palest lavender-blue flowers, small but effective, and goodspotted leaves. 30cm.*RANUNCULUS aconitifolius platanifolius. The flowers emerge almost at groundlevel and eventually erupt into an airy flight of delicate white blooms on 90cm branchedstems. Adores our clay.RHUBARB (RHEUM) ‘Cawood Delight’. A virus free clone from the StockbridgeResearch station with deep ruby red stems and a mild flavour. Slow and therefore notrecommended for forcing.RODGERSIA ‘Cally Salmon’. Striking spikes of bright salmon pink flowers ageingtypically to a weathered red when in seed.R. ‘Die Anmutige’. An Ernst Pagel’s selection chosen for its particularly richly bronzedfoliage and splendid tapering panicles of floaty cream-rose flowers. 1m.R. p. ‘Maurice Mason’. Named by Christopher Lloyd after his plantsman friend. Amagnificent form, handsome in foliage, flower (rich pink) and seed (dusky red) anddeserving of your very best soil. 120cm.R. podophylla. Ample palmate leaves emerge in spring strikingly bronze flushed,eventually turning green but retaining their beauty until autumn. 90cm.R. sambucifolia ‘Mountain Select’. Bold, pinnate, textured foliage and tapering,branched panicles of creamy-white flowers in June/July. An uncommon form. 90cm.ROSCOEA ‘Beesiana’. Related to the Gingers these woodland plants have an exoticbeauty. The vaguely orchid like bi-coloured blooms of this form are pale primrose andreddish-purple. 40cm.R. cautleoides ‘Kew Beauty’. A tremendously vigorous form with large, primroseyellow flowers. 45cm.R. purpurea. A large flowered purple form, not difficult to grow. 30cm.RUDBECKIA. Stalwarts of the herbaceous border and like wily politicians will go onand on for years with little encouragement.*R. fulgida ‘Goldsturm’. The mind boggles as to how Susan received her black eyes.Perhaps staring at her namesake for too long for this is a bold yellow! In fact, yokesof free-range eggs spring to mind. Whilst brazen, it remains a peerless plant. 90 cm.R. ‘Herbstsonne’. The large bright yellow drooping petals and central green cone makefor a plant of enormous quality. Tangos beautifully with Salvia uliginosa through theautumn. 2m+.R. laciniata. An elegant plant bearing graceful clear yellow daisies with green conedcentres on 2m stems. Both foliage and the persistent seed heads are handsome too.R. subtomentosa. A notch softer in colour than some of the former and gentlertherefore on the eye. The central cone resembles a maroon button. Needs a few peasticks on our windy site. 120cm.£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.80£5.75£5.75£5.75£7.50From£5.00£5.75£4.75£5.00£4.50From£4.50SALIX. We love Willows, partly because they prosper on our moisture retentive soilbut more importantly, because no plant can match their response to wind with such lithephrasing. They associate magnificently with grasses. Some of the following will assumetree height if not stooled annually. Heights given are for annually stooled plants.Salix acutifolia ‘Blue Streak’. A first class Willow noted for the white bloom thatcovers the young stems, its slender glossy leaves and altogether elegant habit. Stoolannually for best effect. 4m+.S. eleagnos. The narrow silver-backed leaves of this shapely shrub give it theappropriate name of ‘Rosemary-leaved Willow’. Given space, it will make a worthycontribution in any not too dry soil and needs little pruning. 3m+S. purpurea ‘Nancy Saunders’. A remakably elegant form of the purple Osier, itsslender blue-grey leaves adding considerably to the effect. Small grey catkins in Feb/March. 2.2m.S. p. ‘Helix’. Pale stems on stooled wood and very attractive small dark flowers inFebruary. Upright growth. 2m+SALVIA. Like human beings, the ubiquitous Sage comes in all shapes and sizes, andalso like humans, some are noticeably fussier and more demanding than others. They aretruly worthy plants, giving us a spread of colourful flowers throughout summer. Thereshould be a plant here to suit every taste.*S. chamelaeagnea. A distinct and desirable shrubby species from the Cape, SouthAfrica, the pale violet-blue hooded and ivory lipped flowers suspended on uprighttwiggy growth through summer/autumn. Hardiness questionable. 1m+.*S. coahuilensis. A plant that delivers a non-stop display of small, intense violet-blueflowers summer long. Has proved nonchalantly hardy here. 30cm.*S. glutinosa. Known apparently as ‘Jupiter’s Distaff’, this sticky Sage has large coursebasal leaves, pale yellow flowers and is described in one eminent book as ‘Useful forrough places’. No wonder it does well in our soil! 1m.*S. guaranitica ‘Blue Enigma’. Magnificent royal blue flowers from mid-summeruntil frosts. We find this the most reliably perennial form and it requires no staking.150cm.S. x jamensis ‘Red Velvet’. Big, brazen, bold red flowers. Bloomin marvellous! 70cm.*S. x j. ‘Silas Dyson’. Glorious deep wine red flowers with fat lobes for months on end.Makes a semi-shrubby mound, a little brittle when young. 1m+.S. nemorosa ‘Amethyst’. This distinct selection from Ernst Pagels sways more to thelavender/lilac spectrum than other cultivars and is a useful plant where vertical lift isrequired. 75cm.S. n. ‘Caradonna’. A great selection from the Continent. The violet flowers and strikingblack-purple stems lift this plant into a different league altogether.*S. patens. The most intense, pure blue of any Salvia we grow. Mulch well for winterprotection. 60cm.*S. ‘Raspberry Royale’. Not the largest flowers but they are a lovely shade of deepraspberry red, born for months. 70cm.*S. ‘Silke’s Dream’. Breaks the colour mould with its glorious deep coral-pink tonedflowers. 80cm.*S. uliginosa. Wand-like stems carry clear sky-blue flowers, not large but freelyproduced over a very long season. We find it impossible to tire of this plant butbeware. It is rampant If it likes you.*S. verticillata ‘Purple Rain’. A Piet Oudolf selection made some years ago, yet stilldifficult to hold a candle to. If deadheaded regularly, continues with a display of itspurple flower spikes for weeks on end. 45cm.From£6.25£4.60£4.50£4.50£4.60£4.60£4.60£4.50£4.50£4.35£4.60£4.60From£4.50£4.50

2627SANGUISORBA. The Burnets are among the rising stars of the Horticultural stage.For those of you bitten by these characterful plants we would refer you to MarinaChristopher’s super article in ‘Gardens Illustrated’ (Sept. 04). Needless to say, we findthem exemplary used in association with grasses and we are always adding new varietiesto our list. Please note that plants marked with an asterisk (*) will not become availableuntil May.*S. ‘Blackthorn’. An inspiring newcomer to our list. Fuzzy, pink and upright andadmired by all. 1.5m.S. ‘Burr Blanc’. We spotted this saucy white seedling here amongst a batch ofseedlings 3 years ago and it has performed very well in the garden even in 2006’sdrought. Quite unlike other white forms, the flowers emerge from celadon greenbuds and retain a fresh appearance for weeks on end. 120cm.S. canadensis hybrid. Our own name for this S. Canadensis look alike, albeit muchshorter. Spikes of white flowers for weeks and holds its structure well. 1.2m.S. ‘Cangshan Cranberry’. We really value this super plant for its Sept-Nov. display ofdusky red flowers on self supporting, upright stems. A Dan Hinkley collection fromDali, Yunnan Province, China in 1996. 2m+S. ex Coen Jansen. Given over 10 years ago, I still await a name! Clearly a S.tenuifolia hybrid with long slender, deep pink burrs in June/July. 2m.S. menziesii. Conspicuous maroon burrs, the largest and first to flower in mid-summer.Always admired by customers unfamiliar with this genus – the best recommendationof all. 1m.S. officinalis. Similar to the following but the burrs are very dark maroon and morerounded. Described by the late G. S. Thomas as ‘A leafy, weedy, plant’. Tut, tut MrT. 2m+*S. off. ‘Arnhem’. The burrs of this lanky burnet hover like a swarm of smallraspberries on wiry, branched stems, holding their colour for weeks. A greatfavourite here during summer. 2m.*S. off. ‘Pink Tanna’. Despite being in a muddle in the trade, this remains a good plantproducing a copious crop of palest pink burrs in summer. 1m*S. ‘Pink Tanna – Form 2’. Longer and more slender burrs than the above. A verygood plant. 1m.* S. off ‘Tanna’. The shortest and most respectably behaved burnet, the bottle greenpinnate foliage and dusky maroon flowers atop wiry stems remain in good fettle formany weeks. 30cm.*S. sp. CDC 262. Thimble sized dark maroon burrs spaciously arranged on a rigging ofwiry stems. Worthy of a design award. 60cm.S. sp. Japan. A medium sized plant possessing all the good characteristics one expectsfrom this genus. The conspicuous, slender burrs are dark, reddish-maroon. 150cm.S. tenuifolia alba. Over elegant, finely cut foliage, stiff stems support a cloud of smallLamb’s tail like white flowers in summer, if that’s not too difficult to imagine! 150cm*S. t. ‘Korean Snow’. A handsome and robust form from Korea, the strong stemstopped with cascades of white tassle-like flowers long into the autumn. 2m.SANTOLINA pinnata ssp neapolitana ‘Edward Bowles’. Holds the trophy for thelongest name in the catalogue! Highly valued for its mounds of grey-green foliage andsoft yellow pom-pom flowers. 40cm.SAXIFRAGA geum ‘Dixter Form’. A charming, small ‘London Pride’, whose neatrounded leaves form pert green rosettes. A mist of tiny white flowers in early summercompletes the picture. Uncommon. 20cm.From£4.60£5.35£4.35Saxifraga x urbium ‘Miss Chambers Pink Pride’. A London Pride of impeccablemerit and far from old hat, chosen for its strong constitution and size of flower.30cmSCABIOSA argentea. Pale green filigree foliage and a network of wiry stems carryingsmall lavender blue flowers with a paler centre make for a very pretty plant indeed. Sunand drainage crucial. 60cm.S. columbaria var. ochroleuca. Pale yellow flowers are held on a tracery of wirystems through the summer. A very beautiful plant when well grown. Revels in sun.90 – 120cm.S. c. var. webbinana. A colour variant of the above and a pretty plant it is with dainty,pale flesh pink flowers. 60cm*SCHIZOSTYLIS coccinea ‘Major’. Scintillating, crimson red flowers, of good size inthis form, through Oct/Nov. If you treat it well that is. 60cm.S. c. ‘Zeal Salmon’. A ‘Kaffir Lily’ with large, vivid salmon-pink flowers very late inthe season. Excellent as a cut flower. 60cm.S. c. ‘Good White’. Or as near as with the faintest touch of pink in the flower uponopening.SCUTELLARIA baicalensis. A Russian Skullcap whose wiry, bushy growth supportsclusters of purple flowers 20cm.S. incana. An unassuming leafy plant until late summer that is when its spikes of prettylavender-blue flowers will catch all but the dullest eyes.SEDUM. Deservedly popular plants with few vices. They add considerable beautyto our gardens through the season with their generous mounds of succulent foliagevarying in shades from pale glaucous green/blue-green/green flushed purple to purple.Come August/September their flattened heads of tiny flowers will be making a seriouscontribution to the garden scene, while at the same time driving butterflies and bees intoa frenzy of late summer supping. Please note – The following will hopefully be availablefrom June onwards.S. ‘Bertram Anderson’. A fine dark purple leaved form, more prostrate in its habitthan the others making it ideal for the border front. Small crimson flowers in latesummer. 20cm.*S. ‘Chocolate Sauce’. Our darkest selection with glossy chocolate-purple foliage.S. ‘Marchants Best Red’. AGM. A rich, ruby red in fact. The green leaves are purpleflushed. 40cm.S. ‘Matrona’. (‘Matronly’) The meatiest sedum we grow with large purple flushed,green leaves. The dusky pink flower heads are large too, fading to rich brown andpersist long into the winter months. 60cm.*S. ‘Purple Emperor’. AGM. Our own selection that has been very much praised by allwho have grown it. Dark purple leaves and heads of flesh pink come straw yellowflowers. 40cm.*S. ‘Purple Moon’. The dark green foliage develops to purple-bronze by late summer, afine contrast to the pale yellow flowers. 40cm.*S. ruprechtii. A first rate foliage plant, the glaucous blue-green leaves taking on apurple caste as the seasons progress. Pale yellow flowers fade to light tan. 45cm.S. ‘Red Cauli’. Grey-green metallic foliage perfectly offsets the Cauliflower likeclusters of intense ruby-red flowers. We received the RHS’s highest accolade, anAGM for this plant in 2006. 45cm£4.50£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.50£4.35From£4.50From£4.60

2829*Sedum ‘Ripe Rhubarb’. Our newest selection, very strong with striking deep rubystems and pink toned flowers. 30cmSELINUM tenuifolium. From the Himalayas, this refined Umbellifer is like a vastlysuperior ‘Queen Anne’s Lace’. The fresh green lacy foliage is crowned in June with flatumbels of white flowers supported on stout, ribbed stems. 120cm.*SEMIAQUILEGIA ecalcarata. A dainty Aquilegia relative combining delicatefoliage and spurless ruby flowers. 30cm.SEMPERVIVUM. We’ve enjoyed gathering a small collection of Houseleeks over theyears, and of course lovely pots in which to grow them. Kids seem to love them as muchas we do. We hope to have the following for sale.S. ‘Lady Kelly’, S. marmoreum brunneifolium, S. nevadense hirtellum, S.‘SpidersLair’, S. tectorum glaucum, etc.*SERRATULA seaonei. A modest and little known plant that makes its unassumingentry late in the season with fuzzy pale violet aster like flowers over deeply cut foliage.30cm.SESILE hippomarathrum. Over a satisfying mound of fine, carrot like foliage, waywardstems terminate in small umbels of creamy-white flowers from dusky pink budsthrough late summer. 30cm.SIDALCEA candida. Ivory-white flowers, smaller than the more usual forms grownbut a tough perennial, even on our stodgy clay 75cm.SISYRINCHIUM. Relatives of Iris, the smaller varieties that follow all have largeflowers and are excellent for use on the rockery, raised beds or border front alike. Whilstthey may need dividing occasionally to keep them in good spirits, they have settleddown well here on our heavy clay soil. Do give them lots of sun.S. ‘Iceberg’. Barest hint of steely-blue in the large white flower. Cool! 15cm.S. idahoense bellum ‘Pale form’. Large flowers, a most beautiful shade of grey-blue.20cm.S. ‘Marchants Seedling’. A very short dark violet seedling spotted on one of our raisedbeds. Has performed well. 5cmS. ‘Pale violet /dark eye’. Another seedling selected here for its large pale violetflowers and dark eye. 15cmS. ‘Purple Sport’. A stronger plant than the above with big purple-violet saucer shapedflowers. 15cm.SMILACINA racemosa. In foliage, similar to ‘Solomon’s Seal’ to which it is related.However, this American woodlander differs in producing from fresh, apple green buds, afroth of tiny white scented flowers in branched spikes. 90cm.*SOLIDAGO caesia. The golden-yellow flowers of this attractive Golden Rod arecarried on dark, branched stems. At 45cm a valuable plant for a late display at the borderfront.S. rugosa ‘Firecracker’. A great descriptive name, the slender spikes of golden yellowflowers make a bright display among our tall grasses in the autumn. 1.2m.From£4.60£4.75£4.20From£3.00£4.50£4.35£4.50£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.35£4.80£4.50£4.50STACHYS macrantha superba. Whorls of good sized rose-purple flowers overhandsome, leafy clumps. A first class, bomb proof plant suitable for lazy gardeners.50cms.S. monieri ‘Hummelo’. An Ernst Pagels selection producing neat spikes of lilac-purpleflowers in mid-summer. 60cm.S. officinalis ‘Alba’. Short spikes of pure white flowers in summer over mounds ofpert, evergreen leaves. A lovely plant, utterly dependable. 30cm.S. off. ‘Marchant’s Pink’. This good deep pink seedling cropped up in a batch ofseedlings of the above and belongs to the border front battalion.S. off. ‘Rosea’. An easy to please rose-pink form, which has never grown taller than30cm with us and also sits very happily at the border’s edge.STOKESIA laevis ‘Mary Gregory’. Large Cornflower like flowers in pale yellow overstrap shaped leaves make for an interesting colour break in this genus. 40cm.STROBILANTHES rankaiensis. Shorter, later and with less hairy leaves than thefollowing this remains an excellent autumn flowering perennial. 90cm.S. wallichii. A handsome late flowering perennial providing a show of sizeable hoodedpale violet-blue flowers over a copious mound of bristly, large leaves. 120cm.September.SUCCISA pratensis. Dainty, lavender-blue, Scabious like flowers held on 60cm spikesover evergreen basal clumps. Completely dependable and a cocktail bar for tortoiseshellbutterflies in Sept/Oct.*THALICTRUM aquilegifolium ‘Small Thundercloud’. A corker of a plant, T.aquilegifolium in miniature. Creates considerably more than a storm in a tea cup with itsgenerous clouds of purple flowers. 40cm.T. delavayi. W. China. The small, nodding rosy lilac flowers with their prominentstamens provide an entrancing display on their tracery of wiry stems in summer. Arefined plant in every respect. 1.5m*T. delavayi ‘Album’. An exquisite beauty with small cupped, virgin white flowersheld en masse on wiry stems in summer. A plant for your very best soil.*T. flavum. Quite different from the more commonly seen glaucous leaved form,sharing only pale yellow flowers. At 75cm this is shorter, has deep green, glossyleaves and a mild running habit – only a problem if you’re a control freak.*T. ‘Elin’. Vigorous and imposing hybrid ( T. flavum glaucum x T. rochebruneanum)2.5 metres+.*THERMOPSIS villosa. A first rate Pea, clump forming and long lived. The soft tonedlemon yellow flowers are at their bonniest in May, held on dark, leafy stems. The plantretains its freshness the season long. 1m.THYMUS. Indispensable for the kitchen and flower border alike.THYMUS ‘Orange Scented’. Proof that a plant can smell of orange rind! Forms a greyleaved mound.T. ‘Pinewood’. A low spreading thyme with a resinous pinewood aroma. 15cm.T. pseudolanuginus. With a name like this, small wonder it cowers so close to theground! As soft as Moleskin to the touch.T. vulgaris. A highly aromatic clone which we’ve grown for years. Will add its magicto many a dish.£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.50£4.80£4.60£4.75£4.60From£4.80£4.75£4.00£4.00£4.00£4.00

3031TRIFOLIUM ochroleucon. Masses of large creamy yellow heads all summer overclumps of trefoil leaves. The flowers age kindly. 45cm.T. rubens. An unusual clover, the short spikes of soft red flowers make an excellentcontribution to the mid-summer flower border. 40cm.TROPAEOLUM polyphyllum. A bizarre Nasturtium with silver foliage and yellowflowers.£4.60£4.50£6.75*Verbena rigida ‘Polaris’. The clusters of small pale lavender flowers are always muchadmired here. Pessimists would have us believe it is not hardy.VERNONIA crinita. Iron Root. So called because of its brutishly tough roots. A lateperennial which should be better known. Leafy 1.8m+ stems are topped in Sept/Oct witha display of small crimson-purple aster like flowers.*V. fasciculata. The differences between this and the above are hair fine. Your choice!£4.35£5.00£5.00TULBAGHIA cominsii. One of the smallest Tulbaghias, the tiny white sweetly scentedflowers carried in clusters over rushy foliage on 15cm stems for months from late winter.Disliked 2009’s winter cold so probably best in a pot.T. v. ‘Alba’. I discovered this rogue white seedling in the Kirstenboch Botanic GardenPlant Centre. Hey Ho! Smaller and less strong than the following, it makes theperfect plant for garden or potwork alike. 45cm.*T. violacea ‘Fine Form’. A very strong, prodigious flowering form of this SouthAfrican Allium relative with larger umbels of lilac-mauve flowers than usually seen.Perfectly hardy. 60cm.UVULARIA grandiflora. An American woodlander related to ‘Solomon’s Seal’. Thecuriously twisted flower petals are cheering yellow, in harmonious contrast to the palegreen foliage. 40cm.U. g. var. pallida. A beautiful pale yellow variant of the above for those who do notneed cheering.VALERIANA officinalis. Stiff branched stems soar over clumps of pinnate foliagecarrying clusters of sweet scented small white flowers. A grand ‘weed’ and in effect amatch to the ubiquitous Verbena bonariensis. 1.75m.*VERBASCUM sp. Thinking this an annual I left this mullein on the Armenian hillsidewhere it was discovered. Not however my inquisitive friend John Coke, and it is to himthat we owe the introduction of this plant. The flowers come in an extraordinary range:Moleskin grey, petrol blue, deep jade, khaki, etc. Best of all, it has proved perennial butremains unnamed as a species. 50cm.*V. blattaria albiflorum. From neatly packaged buds burst large white flowers withrosy stamens. Short lived but seeds freely. 90cms.V. phoeniceum ‘Pale Form’. A much paler version of the following. Very pleasingwhen allowed to seed about.V. p. ‘Violetta’. Airy spikes of large rich purple flowers more than compensate for thelack lustre basal rosettes. Seeds freely when happy. 60cm.*VERBENA bonariensis. Erect, skeletal Giacometti like stems bear clusters of tinylavender-purple flowers through summer and autumn. Its transparent structure isbeautiful in winter too. 150-180cm.*V. hastata. Erect stems terminate in a branched candelabra arrangement of tiny purpleflowers. 90cm.*V. h. alba. The less often encountered white form. 75cm.V. h. rosea. Hopefully, we shall have plants available of this delightful pink form inearly summer. 90cms.V. ‘La France’. The ambitious stems of this bedding type verbena will gladly weavethemselves to great effect through neighbours. Domed heads of bright lilac-mauveflowers throughout summer/autumn. 45cm.£4.60£4.80£4.80£4.75£4.75£4.50£4.35£4.30£4.35£4.35£4.30£4.30£4.30£4.30£4.50VERONICA exaltata. Stiff stems that need no staking terminate in spikes of tiny, softlavender-blue. A handsome, trouble free garden plant rarely met. 120cm.*V. ‘Fantasy’. Slender spikes of palest lavender-grey/blue flowers throughout summer.An arrival from the continent that we have particularly enjoyed. 45cm.VERONICASTRUM. The following list is arguably one of the best in the country.We adore these classic American Prairie plants. Their bold, erect outline match themperfectly to planting with grasses. What’s more, they are long lived and for the most part,very easy to please.V. sibiricum. This Asian/Siberian form is a leafier plant than the following with fullerbranched spikes of violet blue flowers. 1.5m.V. v. ‘Kobaltkaars’. New from Dutch nurseryman friend Hans Kramer and describedby him as having deep blue flowers. Comes with great credits so let’s wait and see.1.25m.*V. v. album. The beautiful white form and difficult to hold a candle to. 1.5m.*V. v. ‘Adoration’. A newish Oudolf selection and new to us too. Reports are verygood. Rosy-lilac. 1.5mV. v. ‘Diane’. A good white form, somewhat shorter than V. v. album above. 120cm.V. v.‘Erika’. A form which has settled down well with us. The flowers are pale rosepink. Raised by eminent nurseryman, Ernst Pagels. 120cm.V. v. ‘Fascination’. Whorls of leaves clasp dark stems, topped in summer withattractive spires of tiny lavender-mauve flowers. If vertical accent is required, here’sthe plant. 2 m+.V. v. incarnatum. Soft pink flower spikes followed by persistent warm, coppery seedheads in winter make this a favourite here. 1.5m.V. v.‘Lavendelturm’. A very vigorous and tall form with large airy tapers of palelavender–lilac flowers and remarkably good chestnut-brown seed heads in earlywinter. 2m+.V. v. ‘Pink Glow’. Not dissimilar to V. V. incarnatum in colour and height. 1.5m.V. v. ‘Pointed Finger’. For those among you who misbehaved at school, the anglethe flower spikes assume will remind you of a long forgotten but all too familiarexperience. ‘Gough! – Headmaster!’ Lavender-blue. 100cm.V. v. ‘Temptation’. One of the first to flower with pale lilac spikes. 120cm.VIOLA cornuta. A pure cornuta with small, deep purple flowers. A generous gift froma customer who has grown it for over 30 years.V. ‘Boughton Blue’. A plant with no more concern other than to please us by producingdozens of deep sky-blue flowers the season long. Utterly dependable. 15cm.V. cornuta ‘ Heaselands’. Such a good strong plant with large scented, pale violetflowers. Very reliable. 20cm.V. c. ‘Victoria’s Blush’. Chirpy, small flowers in lilac-pink to cheer you through theseason. A haircut and good drenching mid-season will encourage a further flush offlowers. 20cm.£4.50£4.50£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.80£4.20£4.20

3233GRASSESThe grasses revolution of the last 20 years has seen the introduction of many new varietiesbut has also importantly prompted a reconsideration of their uses with the result that grassesare now being employed in a much more creative way by gardeners and garden designersalike. They have become an essential part of the gardening vernacular and regardless oftheir fashion status and prominence in garden magazines features (and despite one prominentgarden writer commenting to me five years ago that grasses had probably had theirday) in all probability they are here to stay.In the wild they are pioneer plants, surviving in open spaces where, wind pollinated,they grow in lean soils with little competition from other plants. Their requirements inthe garden are also easily met but the light provided by sunshine, particularly when lowcast, is one of the most important ingredients of all. The striking of light and its refractionthrough the seemingly delicate flower heads and seed heads of many grasses creates aneffect that few other plants can match.Grasses are very much part of our own vocabulary at Marchants, making an importantconnection between the garden and the landscape beyond. They are seen at their bestbetween July and October so why not pay us a visit to see how we use them and todiscover the remarkable beauty they can bring to a garden.IMPORTANTMany of our grasses are propagated in spring and will not become available untilthe end of May/early June. They are marked with an asterisk, i.e. *Deschampsia flexuosa ‘Tatra Gold’. Forms low, tufted mounds of narrow foliage, a livelygold-green through winter and spring. 25cm.*ERAGROSTIS curvula. S&SH 10. Far superior to the form we have been offering, bymid-summer the flowering stems knit together into a billowing misty mass which persistslong into the winter months. 90cm.*E. c. ‘Totnes Burgundy’. A selected form whose foliage develops a burgundy red caste.75cm.FESTUCA glauca ‘Blaufuchs’. For those of you who enjoy the neatness of a fescue here’sone of the best, forming an inert, grey blob for the front of the border. 20cmHELICTOTRICHON sempervirens. A classic grass making a tufted mound of steelygrey foliage. The stems bow gracefully under the weight of the flower panicles. 75cmIMPERATA cylindrica rubra. The intensity of colour of the ‘Blood Grass’ increases withthe passing of the summer months, reaching by September a glowing beetroot red. Requiresgood soil and full sun to perform well. 30cm.MELICA nutans. The flower spikes of the Mountain Melick are one sided, the individualflowers being glossy and tinged with purple. A good texture plant for light woodland orpartial shade.*M. uniflora f. albida. The Wood Melick creeps about benignly, its spikelets spangledwith tiny bead like whitish flowers. Understated and utterly charming.£4.75£4.80£4.80£4.60£4.50£4.75£4.50£4.50*CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora ‘Avalanche’. A new selection from the US with bolderwhite variegation to the centre of the leaf blade than C. ‘Overdam’, making for a strikinggrass. 1.2m+.C. x a.‘Karl Foerster’. The vertical thrust of this plant, together with the bleached biscuitpallor of the spent flowers and stems provides a unique and highly effective featurefrom summer onwards. 180cm.*C. x acutiflora ‘Overdam’. Finely variegated leaves form a bold clump and in spring areattractively tinted with pink. The spent flowers are as effective as the above. 1.5m.*C. varia. Possesses all the attributes of the above. However, the flowers of this speciesare held on graceful, arching stems. 60cm.*CAREX elata aurea. Bowles’s Golden Sedge demands retentive soil to prosper. Quitebrilliant in its effect. 45cmC. muskingumensis ‘Oehme’. A striking form with a swish golden band to the edge of theleaf. 45cm.C. m. ‘Little Titch’. The Palm Sedge in its tiniest form, a fuzz of greenery for the borderfront. 15cm.*CHASMANTHIUM latifolium. The intriguing flat flowers of ‘Wood Oats’ are green onopening and persist in winter when they become copper flushed. Admire them in the gardenor better still, pick them for the house.DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa. The type species, strong growing, particularly so in stickyclay. The inflorescence creates the effect of a golden cloud. 1m.D. c. ‘Goldtau’. Reckoned to be the most persistent form and noted for its misty effect,lasting long into winter. 60cm.£4.75£4.75£4.75£4.75£4.85£4.75£4.35£5.00£4.75£4.75MISCANTHUS. My conversion to this Genus happened many years ago on a visit to ErnstPagels’ Nursery in North Germany where he had spent many years selecting seedlings.The result of his work has provided us with some of the finest autumn flowering grassesavailable today. This also accounts for the large number of German names one battles to getones tongue around!Flowering at the same time as Pampas Grass, they do not suffer the same unfortunatesuburban connotation and are much easier to accommodate in mixed borders. Theirbeauty lasts long into the winter, as long that is as their bleached stems are able to resistthe vagaries of winter’s inclement weather. Flowering on their annual growth, Jan./Feb.heralds the start of the shearing season when they are cut back to 15cm or so before thenew season’s growth begins.*M. sinensis ‘Adagio’. At 1.2m this American selection has proved to be the shortest inour collection and is thus ideal for the smaller garden. Makes a tight, narrow leavedclump and covers itself in silvery buff, thin plumes.M. s. ‘China’. Like the following, one of the darkest, but just a notch later.*M. s. ‘Ferne Osten’. An early display of dark purple flowers held well above narrowleaves, continues thereafter over a long season. A great favourite here. 150cm.M. s. ‘Flamingo’. A cultivar with extremely beautiful pendulous, purplish pink flowers.180cm. AGM.M. s. ‘Ghana’. A distinct narrow habit, upright brown flowers and superb reddish, purplebrownautumn colour make this a real winner. 150cm.M. s. ‘Grosse Fontane’. The 2.5m stems support great arching silvery-buff flower plumes,always a great sight. AGM.*M. s. ‘Kaskade’. Aptly named, the cascading flowers even when bleached by weathermake a notable feature long into the winter months. 180cm. AGM.From£6.20

3435Miscanthus sinensis ‘Kleine Fontane’. Drooping flower heads in shimmering pink.This is indeed a very beautiful ‘Small Fountain’. 120cm. AGMM. s. ‘Malepartus’. The stir this plant caused when it arrived from Germany continuesto this day. Dramatic, upright spikes of purple flowers in bold contrast to the broad,arching leaves. The foliage takes on glorious amber/apricot tints in late autumn.180cm.M. s. ‘Morning Light’. This justly popular Japanese selection possesses extremelynarrow variegated foliage, which to the eye, registers as a pale silver-green. Notnormally noted for its flowering display, it remains a peerless accent plant. 150cm.AGMM. s.‘Professor Richard Hansen’. Another Ernst Pagels selection, with upright foliageand sentinel, silvery flower plumes held on lithe stems well above the leaves. 2.75m*M. s. ‘Punktchen’. Pale narrow bands develop on the leaves as the seasons progress,eventually becoming distinct punctuations. Very free flowering and highlyrecommended. 2m.M. s. ‘Rosi’. A very handsome newcomer from Germany, bolt upright and with a dark,smouldering look about it. Fine autumn colour comes as a bonus. 2m+M. s. ‘Rotfuchs’. Deep rust-red narrow plumes, fading to a bleached charcoal-purple.2m+*M. s. ‘Rotsilber’. A handsome selection, the strict, upright stems terminate in afantastic display of reddish-purple croziers, equally beautiful when they fade to greysilver.2.2m+M. s. ‘Sarabande’. Extremely fine elegant leaves form an erect column, erupting inSeptember in a display of copper-gold plumes. An American selection. 180cm.M. s. ‘Silberspinne’. The vertical thrust of elegant narrow leaves and upright flowerheads of brown-purple make this selection one of the finest. Splendid winterstructure. 180cm.*M. s. ‘Silver Sceptre’. Bolt upright with arguably the finest foliage among Miscanthusof medium height making it a particularly good grass for statement making.Marvellous in flower too. A lucky Marchants seedling. 1.8mM. s. ‘Yakushima Dwarf’. Extremely productive, casting up masses of golden plumes.Its narrow foliage, compact habit and beautiful shape, lends it to ‘Punctuation’planting. Classy. 120cm eventually.M. transmorrisonensis. Virtually evergreen, with upright growth, the slendershuttlecock flowers are copper burnished and particularly beautiful when suspendedwith golden pollen in early autumn. 2m.MOLINIA. The following are without exception among the most atmospheric ofgrasses. Arising from non-invasive clumps, their erect stems bear in summer slenderspikes of black-purple or brown/tan flowers. Their transparent nature makes them idealcandidates for the border front, enabling the eye to pass through to vistas beyond. Tocap it all, their bright, bleached stems make a strikingly beautiful addition to the lateautumn/early winter garden.Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea ‘Bergfreund’. Tiny bead like flowers in silverybrown create a floral mist and are at their most entrancing when suspended withdroplets of water after rain. 2m.M. c. a. ‘Cordoba’. Upright thrusting stems and dense spikelets of purple-brownflowers. Impressive. 2m.M. c. a. ‘Fontäne’. An appropriate name given the fountain like nature of this plantsarching stems. 2m+From£6.20From£4.50Molinia caerulea arundinacea ‘Karl Foerster’. Handsome purple flower infloresence.The perfect choice for a one man show at the border front! 180cm. Highlyrecommended.M. c. a. ‘Skyracer’. The pale brown flower heads hover above every customer's head. Acatchy name for a very good, very tall grass. 2.5m.M. c. a. ‘Transparent’. Only a pedant would argue about the differences between thisand M. ‘Bergfreund’. They are both highly effective garden plants.The following forms (ssp. caerulea) require the same cultural conditions as the above butare much shorter in growth.Molinia caerulea ssp c. ‘Carmarthen’. Presumably discovered in Wales. Forms a softmound of cream/green variegation. 40cms.M. c. c. ‘Claerwen’. A choice variegated form with striking upright flower stems in palecream. Perfect for a vertical statement. 50cm.*M. c. c. ‘Edith Dudszus’. A useful height at 60cm, the upright stems carry tight headsof black-purple flowers. A great favourite here.M. c. c. ‘Heidebraut’. As ethereal as the following but at 1.2m just a notch taller.M. c. c. ‘Moorhexe’. At 1m and with wispy panicles this is a useful intermediarybetween the short and tall Molinias.*MUHLENBERGIA rigens. Deer Grass. An uncommon N. American sp. with modestsilvery-green foliage and distinct, slender plumes resembling exquisite platinum braid inlate summer. 60cm+.ORYZOPSIS milliacea. From evergreen tufts erupt filament-like flower stems arrangedumbrella spoke fashion from the base in descending size, tier upon tier creating anelegant, airy effect. Almost unmatched for beauty in winter. 45cm.PANICUM. The ‘Switch Grasses’ of North America are a valuable addition to our flowerborders. Strictly clump forming and trouble free, they erupt in September/October into ashower of tiny reddish-purple, bead like flowers. At the same time, the foliage assumescrimson-purple hues, contributing greatly to the general effect.P. amarum ‘Dewey Blue’. Differs from the following selections in being paler in bothleaf and flower colour and with a more arching habit. We love it. 120cm.P. v. ‘Cloud Nine’. The strictly erect grey-green leafy stems erupt in October into aspectacular billowy cloud of flowering panicles. It makes a superb punctuation. 2m.P. v. ‘Dallas Blues’. Excellent broad blue green leaves, making it a foliage plant of duemerit. The flowers are nothing to boast about. 2m+.P. v. ‘North Wind’. We so enjoy this plant with its strong vertical habit, forming a greencolumn in the border. Good bronze and copper tints in autumn too. Flowers? Hmmaskanother question. 120cm.*P. v. ‘Red Cloud’. Impressive sized panicles of ruby red flowers. A handsomenewcomer. 120cm.P. v. Rubrum. An old variety, but one which performs very well with us, floweringprofusely and with superb autumn leaf colour. 1m.*P. v. ‘Shenandoah’. Particularly dark red flowers in this form and characteristic redstaining to the foliage also. 1m.P. v. strictum. Bolt upright with a particularly airy flowering inflorescence. We love it!120cm.P. v.‘Warrior’. Produces a great misty head of ruby flower spikelets that remainattractive in winter long after their colour has been sapped. 120cm.From£4.50£4.80£4.50From£4.80

36 37*PENNISETUM alopecuroides ‘Black Beauty’. A selected clone of the followingwith spectacular dark, busby-like flowers in autumn. Admired by all. 90cm. This and thefollowing forms of P. alopecuroides enjoy moist, not dry soil.P. a. ex ‘Black Beauty’. Seedlings of the above which come pretty true to form.P. a.‘Herbstzauber’. Looking like an obese Pincushion, and softer toned than theabove, the brown bottlebrush flowers of this fine German selection always drawpositive comments. 50cm.P. macrourum. Unequivocally one of the most exciting grasses we grow. The flowers,not unlike cream-white Pipe Cleaners, are held aloft on stiff 180cm stems. Need wesay more!*P. orientale. Difficult to propagate we hope to have plants of this lovely species forsale by early summer. Remains a fine plant and holds its own against the followingnewer introductions.*P. o ‘Fairy Tails’. American selection where it has received much praise and given itssuperb performance in the garden here, much praise from us too. 75cm.*P. o. ‘Karley Rose’. A much vaunted new introduction bearing dusky pink featheryflower plumes for several months. A good doer, managing well on Marchantʼs clay.75cm.P. thunbergii ‘Red Buttons’. A newish fountain grass with conspicuous, big bug sizedcopper-red flowers through summer. Has proved hardy here. 90cm.*P. villosum. Spectacular, huge creamy-white tactile‘Caterpillar’ flowers, irresistible tokids (and adults too!) Hardy here but gets its annual haircut in spring only. 50cm.*SPOROBOLUS airoides. Provides one of the airiest displays of any grass, and whileclichéd, particularly entrancing on misty/frosty mornings. 60cm.S. heterolepis. From green tufts rise wiry stems bearing a mass of tiny bead likeflowers. But it is their amazing scent of crushed leaf coriander pervading the air thatwill send you more than the humble visual impact of this plant. 45cm.STIPA arundinacea. (Calamagrostis arundinacea) The evergreen clump of bronzedfoliage will by mid July have erupted into a cascade of fine, brown-pink flower panicles,fading in turn to a mist of gold. Needs good soil to give of its best. 45cm.S. calamagrostis. A graceful, arching grass whose light green flowers age to pale gold-buff, a colour kept through the autumn and early winter months to great effect. 1m.S. gigantea. Like a giant Oat, whose flowers in some lights so shimmer with gold,might seem to be fed by some mysterious electricity supply. Divisions. 2m+.S. gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’. A German selection. Our parent plant performs well herenormally producing an abundance of shimmering gold flower heads. For us, thefoliage is noticeably compact.S. ichu. (Jarava ichu) Persistent tight silvery plumes erupt for months over fine tufts.Like no other feather grass we know. Its hardiness may be questionable in very coldgardens so shelter/sun/drainage essential. 50cm.S. tenuissima. Known affectionately here as Tina Turner Tenuissima! The soft greenmound of fine foliage is covered in summer by a haze of pale straw colouredflowers. 45cm.From£4.80£4.60From£4.80£4.80£4.75£4.95£4.95£4.95£4.60From£4.50From£4.50£4.35£4.75From£4.60From£4.80£4.60£4.50Snowdrops at MarchantsThe hype surrounding snowdrops cannot have escaped your notice given its extensivecoverage in the media over the last few years. Comparisons are even being made to the Tulipmania of the 16th Century. My own fascination for these endearing early flowering bulbs wasfirst kindled at Washfield Nursery in Kent where I started as a nurseryman three decades ago.The collection of snowdrops we brought with us to Marchants has slowly been added to overthe years: gifts from friends, purchases from snowdrop catalogues and sales together with theselection of promising seedlings occurring in the garden here. Our collection is not large butthrough trial and error on our heavy clay we believe all the snowdrops we grow make for goodand for the most part easy garden plants.Each year in early/mid February we hold a weekend sale of snowdrops drawn from ourcollection. This year for example we offered over 40 different varieties, many at affordableprices. Rarer varieties inevitably command much higher prices – we sell these too! Thereforewe offer plants for the beginner, collector and connoisseur alike.If you would like details of next year’s sale keep an eye on the blog page of our websitewww.marchantshardyplants.com through January when the date will be announced. If youwould like a copy of our snowdrop availability list, please forward a catalogue request (also onour website) and include the word ‘Snowdrop’ in the address details asked for. We will then beable to email you the information thereby making it simpler for you, simpler for us.

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