Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Anisodontea ‘Elegans Princess’ (Standard)
The Cape Mallow is a half hardy perennial that grows really well in patio containers and even in sheltered flower beds. The Hollyhock like flowers completely cover the green foliage through the summer months, making it a firm favourite of butterflies and bees, who love the high nectar content.
Lysimachia ephemerum
Lysimachia ephemerum, commonly known as Loosestrife has pallid flower spikes massed with star-shaped white blooms, which contrast beautifully with green-silver foliage. Surprisingly, the attractive Loosestrife is rarely seen in the UK. It is an elegant perennial, which thrives in boggy areas close to ponds and streams or in bog gardens or moist borders. Loosestrife looks
Bergenia cordifolia
This vigorous evergreen perennial is an old fashioned garden favourite. Its large glossy leaves have wavy edges, forming neat clumps of foliage, often tinged purple in winter.
Epimedium ‘Frohnleiten’
Epimedium ‘Frohnleiten? is the perfect hardy spring perennial. It is a strong grower with evergreen foiliage that is a bronze/green colour. These unusual leaves create the perfect backdrop for the sprays of bright yellow flowers which are held high above the foliage
Acanthus spinosus
Acanthus spinosus (Spiny Bear’s Breeches) is a wonderfully bushy border plant that’s perfect for a sunny or semi-shady spot in any cottage garden. Not only does it thrive in any garden soils, but despite its exotic appearance, it is fully hardy so you don’t have to worry about it over winter. This RHG AGM award
Clematis Cezanne™ evipo023
This repeat flowering variety is covered in bloom from April to July with a second flush appearing in late summer. Clematis ‘Cezanne’ bears large, mauve-blue single blooms with buttery yellow anthers that make an eye-catching display.
Bergenia purpurascens
A familiar, trusted plant for cottage garden planting schemes and perennial borders. This reliable plant forms an evergreen clump of glossy green foliage that turns to beetroot red in winter.
Clematis Ice Blue™ evipo003
This repeat flowering variety erupts into bloom as early as May and continues well into the summer. When other plants are fading, Clematis ‘Ice Blue’ produces a second flush of flowers in early autumn, making it superb value for money.
Aster novi-belgii ‘Professor Anton Kippenberg’
Inject a burst of fresh colour into you planting schemes in autumn with this fabulous Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Prof. Anton Kippenberg?, traditionally known as Asters.
Delphinium ‘Magic Fountains Lavender’
The stately spires of Delphinium are indispensable for creating height and structure in summer borders. This compact variety boasts all of the vertical drama that you would expect, but at just a fraction of the height!
Viburnum davidii
Flattened heads of small white flowers decorate this compact, rounded shrub in late spring. If cross pollinated, the female plants will later produce striking metallic blue berries which contrast strongly with he wine red stem tips.
The Willow Wand®
A piece of living art hand crafted in the UK for your garden. The Willow Wand® is made from 9 living willow whips, expertly selected and hand woven by master weavers which, over time, will fuse together. The stem height will never change, but the topiary crown of the Willow Wand® will become dense and
Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Showa-beni’
This elegant Silky Wisteria is so called for its downy leaflets along the main leaf stem. The long, pinnate leaves make a lovely backdrop for the lilac-pink, fragrant flowers that appear in late spring and early summer.
Daphne odora ‘Sweet Amethyst’
Daphne is prized by gardeners for its flowers and fragrance! Clusters of purple-pink buds burst open in early spring to release their exquisite, sweet perfume. The starry blooms are borne at the stem tips against a backdrop of glossy, evergreen foliage.
Wisteria floribunda ‘Macrobotrys’ Group
This magnificent Japanese Wisteria bears particularly long racemes of lilac purple flowers that can reach over 30cm (12) long. Wisteria floribunda ?Macrobotrys’ is a classic, long lived, cottage garden climber, producing a superb flowering display every spring for many years.
Verbena bonariensis
With Verbena bonariensis the main attraction is the display of clustered cushioned heads of glowing lavender coloured flowers which are produced on top of stiff upright branching stems. Between July and October bees and butterflies are attracted to feed on the nectar adding their presence to the many reasons why perennial verbena is enjoying a resurgence in recent years.
Clematis Amethyst Beauty™ evipo043
This free-flowering cultivar is unrivalled for its flower power! Blooming all the way up its stems, Clematis ‘Amethyst Beauty’ is a sight to behold. Large, velvety purple flowers with maroon anthers and a reddish central bar along each petal create an impressive display.
Clematis x cartmanii ‘Avalanche’
Ornate, heavily dissected, evergreen leaves provide a superb contrast with the glistening white flowers from early spring. Clematis x cartmanii ‘Avalanche’ boasts some of the largest blooms of the evergreen clematis, with flowers up to 4cm in diameter.
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Pink Beauty’
Flattened flowers head of ?lacecap? flowers decorate Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Pink Beauty’ in May. The blooms emerge white and slowly mature to soft pink, against a backdrop of dark green, deeply veined leaves. This hardy deciduous shrub makes a reliable addition to mixed borders and woodland gardens.
