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Note that most of these pictures are of mature plants. The ones for sale are young.
S = Sun
PS = Partial shade
Grow on in pots until autumn then plant in sunny pot against a wall
Agastache cana ‘Heather Queen’
Easy to grow, sun loving, hardy perennial. Much appreciated by butterflies. Violet-pink flowers from June to October. When bruised, the flowers and foliage are mint-scented.
Grow in any soil. Deadhead to prolong flowering. 3’/90cm
Agastache hybrida ‘Arcado Pink’
The long flower spikes are a beautiful, clear bright pink, quite unlike most Agastache. The vigorous plants are robust yet delicate, free-flowering yet tidy and great for cutting.
Agastache hybrida ‘Astello Indigo’
Grow in any free draining sunny soil with its mint scented spikes of deep-blue flowers. Compact and fast growing, it is perfect for containers with well branched plants producing densely set flower spikes. Flowers all summer long. Very attractive to bees and butterflies.
This sun lovely half hardy perennial should be protected with a mulch over the winter. 2’/60cm
Ajuga reptans possibly ‘Atropurpurea’
Creeping front of bed, flowering late spring. S or PS.
Creeping perennial, near black glossy leaves and blue spikes of flowers
Allium species
Full sun. Collected from S.W. Turkey
No photo.
Aster novi-belgii Rosenwhichtel – SOLD OUT
A small aster that is excellent ground cover for the front of the border. Excellent foliage and long flowering period.
Athyrium filix-femina ‘lady fern‘ – SOLD OUT
Moist PS
Mexican Lily. Hardy/half hardy (Give protection from frosts). 4′. Yucca -like but softer leaved rosette of flowers, arching spokes of red and green flowers ‘much resembling a dragons head.’ “One of the world’s most magnificent hardy plants.” Rare.
Half hardy perennial. Showy, red /orange flower, green leaves. Prefers moist soil. H60″ Spread 20″. Rhizomes can be lifted in autumn and stored frost free over winter. Dead head flowers after flowering to promote more.
Centaurea ‘Jordy‘ – SOLD OUT
Low growing small perennial. Sun.
Large shrub flowering in late spring and again in autumn. S
Vigorous late climber, large pearly white flowers.
Digitalis – SOLD OUT
Various hybrids
Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Willmot’s Ghost’
Giant sea holly. 2′.
Euphorbia amygdaloides var robbiae (Mrs Robb’s Bonnet )
Wood spurge. Good for difficult spots – e.g. light shade around base of trees. Will spread freely. However easy to control.
Crown of thorns. Subtropical. Needs full sun. To 1m.
A chance seedling found and named by Beth Chatto. It is relatively small but forms a good clump at the front of the border.
Geranium cranesbill ‘Mourning Widow‘
Very useful herbaceous perennial suitable for growing under trees and shrubs. Does well in poor soil. Happy in dry shade. The photo doesn’t do it justice as it is elegant in flower. Flowering early summer.
Small blue flowered version of this shrub
A variegated ivy that is suitable for pots and hanging baskets. It has a bush habit. The plants offered are well rooted but are yet to bush out. It is completely hardy so can be used in winter pots.
Ivy. Medium-sized evergreen climber with clinging aerial roots. Light green young leaves broadly margined with bright yellow; the older leaves grey-green edged with pale yellow; no flowers.
Greenish flowers in late winter/early spring. Dappled shade
Pewter Leaf. S or PS. Large divided evergreen blue green leaves with burgundy coloured stalks
Hardy perennial (but beware slugs) Variegated leaf with summer flower spires
Jasminum officinale ‘Devon Cream’
‘Devon Cream’/’Cornish Cream’/ ‘Clotted Cream’ (Take your pick).
S or PS. Climbing fragrant flowers
Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’
Shrub to 10’. S. Mass of bell-shaped flowers in Spring.
Lathyrus latifolius ‘Pink Pearl’
Perennial sweet pea, grows to 8′.
Good in pots – needs ericaceous compost. Re-pot in Spring.
Linaria aeruginea ‘Neon Lights’
This sun loving hardy perennial enjoys sandy soil. It is a fun plant for all the family. It has little spikes of flowers from May to August. Like juvenile snapdragons in a wide range of colours, mostly bicoloured. Good for rockery, edge of the border. Great in little pots. 8’/20cm
Lobelia cardinalis Queen Victoria
S or PS. Summer and early autumn with brilliant red flowers
A tall, stately lobelia. These plants are from seed, pricked out in the spring so they may not flower until next year.
Lonicera periclymenum ‘Graham Thomas’
Honeysuckle. S or PS –but will flower best in PS.
Named after the famous plantsman and garden adviser to the National Trust. White flowers turning yellow. Long flowering.
Semi evergreen clump forming shrub. To 60cm. Small pink/white flowers June – September.
Blue. Sold by pots
Myosotis scorpioides ‘Mermaid’
An excellent ground cover plant for a damp spot creating a sea of pale blue flowers in early summer. These plants are about to flower. Note this is a ‘spreader’ when it is happy.
Penstemon – SOLD OUT
Probably ‘Alice Hindley’,
A pale blue penstemon with a white throat flowering profusely throughout the summer.
Matagallo. This evergreen shrub enjoys a sunny, fertile, well drained rocky soil. In summer it bears whorls of purple or pink flowers. 4’/1.2m
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Lady in Red’
S or PS. Compact shrub to 8’.
A very pretty candelabra primula. One of the plants is in flower so the others may flower this year. It dies down after flowering but comes back the next year.
Climbing.
Less prickly ornamental bramble with double creamy flowers. Sheltered site. P or PS.
Rudbeckia fulgida var sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ – SOLD OUT
A floriferous Rudbeckia with long lasting flowers – no need to dead head. It takes a while to clump up but it’s worth the wait. The foliage is a shiny dark green and the clump is attractive even before the flowers emerge. A great plant for the autumn border. These plants should flower this year but my experience is that it is not impressive in the first year.
Nearly black foliage with pink/creamy flowers. Blackish/red berries in Autumn. Hardy perennial. 4′. Dramatic, can be used as a specimen plant.
Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Beaujolais Bonnets’ – SOLD OUT
With deep red-wine-coloured centres dotted with contrasting white stamens and with pale pink ruffled outer petals. Loved by butterflies. Flowering from summer into early autumn. Deadhead. They make excellent cut flowers.
Scabiosa caucasica ‘Perfection White’– SOLD OUT
With beautiful large white flowers on strong stems lasting well in water. It attracts bees and butterflies all summer long. Deadhead. 2’/60cm
Stachys byzantina (Lamb’s Ears)
S. Front of border.
Small evergreen perennial shrub with small pale blue flowers in summer.
S or PS. Grows to 5’. Pink flowers
A lovely Zantedeschia with beautiful, mottled leaves and large, dark purple flowers. It’s great in a pot, giving about 6 weeks of flowers and the leaves are lovely even when the flowers are not out. It can also be grown in the ground – for me it has been hardy in two Oxford gardens. The two pots for sale come from this year’s splitting of the stock plants. I would expect them to flower this year and to bulk out rapidly for next year.