Pampas Grass

Astrantia -
Motherwort
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Dense clumps of fresh green divided foliage above which rise
wiry stems topped by posies of pink or white florets with a pale
green collar. Sun or part shade. Excellent for flower arranging.
Astrantia 'Buckland' A form with pale pink flowers and green bracts. Very handsome! £6.50
Astrantia major
'Hadspen Blood'
Astrantia major
'Roma'
Astrantia maxima
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Astrantia 'Star of
Fire'
Athyrium filix-femina
'Lady in Lace'
Athyrium nipponicum
pictum AGM -
Japanese Painted Fern
A most striking form of Astrantia major . Loose heads of darkest
red flowers are held above clumps of deeply lobed and toothed
leaves in summer.
£6.50
New, very attractive Astrantia with large green veined pale pink £7.50
collar and a swarm of rose pink star-shaped flowers. Very free
flowering. 18ins.
Very large flowers with a broad pink collar . 18 inches. £6.50
Black stems, dark wine-coloured ruff and paler florets give a nice
contrast. 18ins.
This amazing fern looks very similar to parsley! Adds texture to a
shady bed or pot, lovely fresh green colour. Small plants.
Beautiful fern with wine-red leaf stalks and metallic grey-blue
fronds. 2ft.
£6.50
£4.75
£5.75
Aucuba japonica Handsome evergreen shrub with very striking variegation - dark £6.75
'Goldstrike' green leaves splashed and splattered all over with gold. Will
grow in the darkest corner, where it brings much needed light.
Toletrates poor soil. To 8ft.
Aucuba japonica Dark evergreen foliage with a showy cream-pale lemon edge. £7.50
'Sulphurea'
Effectful variegation, quite rare in cultivation.
Baptisia australis A large clump of blue grey leaves topped by Lupin like flower £5.75
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spikes of indigo blue rising 1½ft above the foliage in June/July.
The leaves turn coal black in autumn. 4ft. Sun and good drainage.
Berberis
Spring flowering shrubs, usually of easy cultivation, enjoys most
soils, sun or shade.
Berberis temolaica Glaucous leaves with a white bloom and very upright powdery
AGM
white shoots makes this decidious Berberis a wonderful accent
plant or backdrop to perennial borders. To 10ft. Quite rare in
cultivation.
Berberis valdiviana One of the most handsome Berberis. Large leathery leaves are
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smooth glossy deep green, almost spineless. Drooping clusters of
yellow flowers in spring. Difficult to propagate and rarely
available.
Betula - Birch A group of trees grown for their graceful habit, and decorative
bark which is often peeling. Grows well on most soils - avoid
shallow soil over chalk.
Betula ermanii Graceful vigorous tree with stout, smooth, creamy white flushed
'Grayswood Hill' pink branches. An exceptional form from Grayswood Hill in
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Surrey.
Betula ermanii 'Polar Heavily branched strong growing tree with pure white branches
Bear'
and trunk.
£18.50
£16.50
£28.50
£28.50