Catalogue - Paul Christian Rare Plants

LEUCOJUMvernum Podpolozje Combines the yellow-tipped habit of carpathicum with the robust statureand twin-flowered habit of vagneri, the best of both worlds. A superb plant. ................................ £7.00vernum vagneri A morerobust form with two, green-tipped flowers per scape (one inordinary vernum). Freshly lifted, sent damp-packed, not dried. Moist, humus-rich soil, half shade. £7.00* vernum vernum Nursery grown stock of typical vernum. Almost all have one flower perbulb with the typical green apical markings on each of the 6 petals............................................. £5.00MORAEA* spathulata A splendid evergreen plant for the garden. Tight clumps of narrow leaveswith stiff, upright stems bearing Iris-like flowers of bright yellow which open, one after the other over aperiod of weeks, in Summer. Humus-rich soil, full sun, plenty of water when in growth. ............... £5.00LILIUM* canadense Whorls of leaves crowd a stout stem crowned with a candelabra-spike oflarge, pendant orange turkscap flowers. Height varies from 60cm to 120cm, according to the wetnessof the soil, which should be rich in organic matter; pH matters less than humus and moisture. ... £12.00* lancifolium flore pleno The double-flowered Tiger Lily has stems up to a metre tall, clothed innarrow, deep-green leaves. Each bears 20-30 large, scentless, deep-orange, starfish-flowers spickledall over with dark purple-black spots. Flowering is July-Sep, depending on your garden............... £7.00lankongenseThis stunning lily can only be addressed in superlatives. Highly fragrantflowers in July, with pink, reflexed segments spotted with deep purple. Close to L. duchartrei but it laterflowering with longer racemes of flowers that are pink on opening and not white... ...................... £8.50martagon This is a widespread and easily grown Eurasian lily. It has stems from 60-150cm tall with whorls of deep green foliage. From slightly hairy buds open hanging, pink, Turks-capflowers flecked with purple inside. Beautifully and strongly perfumed ......................................... .£7.50* martagon album Raised from seed from true white parents, this is a lovely garden lily andone that I esteem above many rarities. Easily grown in a fertile, moist (not wet), half-shade in a humusrich soil, but it does not like mature trees and heavy dry shade ................................................. .£9.50* nepalense A gorgeous bicoloured Himalayan lily. Deep garnet, hanging bells with theend third coloured bright yellow and reflexed upwards, like a lily version of Fritillaria michailowskyi.Likes a deep humus-rich soil in which its stolons can spread. Fully hardy here over many years . .£5.00pyrenaicumA strong growing plant which makes a superb garden display in June withdense whorls of compact leaves on short stems topped by rust-speckled vivid yellow flowers. Thewhole is seldom over 60cm here. Tolerant of lime and acid soils and an excellent garden plant £12.75pyrenaicum Gavarnie This is a distinct stock traceable to a collection made by the late FrankWaley in the French Pyrenees at the Cirque de Gavarnie, at 1,500m in 1935. It has been propagatedin cultivation since then. First offered 2011. ............................................................................ £14.50sargentiaeThis very fine trumpet lily makes stems from 45 to 100cm tall. These bearscattered leaves all the way to the terminal cluster of 2-5 flowers. Each fragrant bloom is around 15cmlong, of pure white shading to green at the base. Flowering July-August. .................................... £9.50sulphureumNodding trumpet flowers, of white to pale yellow, 1-2 to a stem. Reputedto need heat, but glasshouse protection is only needed if you wish to set seed on this late-floweringspecies, in cold climates. Fine in the garden and a valuable and lovely late autumn plant. ........... £6.50* tsingtauense Stems from 40-90cm tall carry whorled leaves and up to six, up-facing,vivid orange, star-shaped, scented flowers. Thickly-textured orange petals dotted with dark red withvivid orange pollen. Totally hardy here and readily grown, in a well-drained, humus rich soil ..... .£11.50* wallichianum Slender 120xm stems make huge, fragrant, white chalices, late in theautumn. A humus-rich soil in half-shade, perhaps growing through a small shrub, is ideal. Then youneed a nice long, warm summer to work the miracle. Fully hardy, not difficult, but little known.....£6.50More Lilium will be available in late Autumn and in our Spring 2014 Listing 29