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Catalogue 2012 Page 44<br />
Osmunda regalis Largest hardy fern. Elegant fronds unfurl with a coppery tint in<br />
spring. Forms a large handsome clump. Prefers moist soil, not<br />
chalk. 4ft .<br />
Osmunda regalis Purple-hued form of the above. Elegant fronds unfurl with a<br />
'Purpurascens' purple-coppery tint in spring and remain dusky.<br />
Pachysandra stylosa Large ribbed evergreen leaves on a low-growing shrub to 9<br />
Pachysandra<br />
terminalis 'Green<br />
Sheen'<br />
<strong>Grass</strong><br />
inches.<br />
Good form of the well known ground cover plant - shiny dark<br />
green foliage, good spreader under shrubs in semi-shade/ shade.<br />
Not for lime.<br />
Paeonia lactiflora Stunningly beautiful flowers, the outer petals are fuchsia-pink<br />
'Bowl of Beauty' making a bowl filled with narrow petal-like creamy white<br />
AGM<br />
stamens. 3ft.<br />
Paeonia tenuifolia Brilliant scarlet flowers with black centres in the middle of fine<br />
dark green Dill-like foliage. Very rare and choice and not often<br />
available. Flowers May/June. 2ft.<br />
Panicum<br />
Clump forming grass with wonderfully open, airy growth. Stiff,<br />
slender stems, arching leaves and clouds of tiny purple spikelets<br />
virgatum - Switch<br />
produced in panicles from mid-summer on.<br />
Panicum virgatum<br />
'Northwind'<br />
Very upright accent grass, with broad olive-green blades with<br />
glaucous backs, topped later by strongly vertical flower heads, all<br />
together forming a strong, columnar shape. 5ft.<br />
£8.75<br />
£8.75<br />
£5.75<br />
£3.75<br />
£8.75<br />
£9.75<br />
£14.50<br />
Panicum virgatum<br />
Vigorous selection with huge heads of purplish spikelets and<br />
£6.75<br />
'Squaw'<br />
intense red and purple leaf colouring in autumn. 4-5ft.<br />
Papaver - Poppy The Poppies here are Oriental Poppies, robust perennials with<br />
rough hairy leaves that come into bloom in early summer,<br />
sporting huge brightly coloured flowewrs that later turn to finelooking<br />
seed heads, ideal for using in dried flower arrangements.<br />
Easily grown in almost any soil with a bit of drainage, preferring<br />
a sunny position. The foliage dies down after flowering leaving<br />
space for later flowering plants.<br />
Papaver orientale A particularly fine Oriental Poppy with very large single flowers £6.50<br />
'Beauty of Livermere' of rich crimson-scarlet with a black basal blotch on each petal.<br />
AGM<br />
Strong stems to 4ft. Also known as P. o. 'Goliath'.<br />
Papaver orientale<br />
'Patty's Plum'<br />
Rich plum-coloured blooms May to July. Unique and valuable! £6.75<br />
Papaver orientale Frilled petals, white with deep purple basal blotch. Lovely £6.50<br />
'Snow Goose' combination!<br />
Paulownia kawakamii - A similar tree to the more well known P. tomentosa described<br />
Sapphire Dragon Tree below, but with paler lavender-blue flowers. Paulownias are fast<br />
growing trees much used for shade in hotter climates. They<br />
produce a light, easy-to-work timber much priced for furniture in<br />
the Far East.<br />
£12.75<br />
Paulownia tomentosa Magnificent large tree producing erect panicles of purple £12.75<br />
AGM - Foxglove Tree foxglove-like flowers which are spotted and marked yellow at the<br />
base, produced in spring. May also be grown as a large shrub by<br />
pruning to the ground in sprung. The resulting shoot produces<br />
enormous leaves and may grow to 10ft in one season.
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