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Cosmos bipinnatus 'Velouette'
Semi-Dwarf Mexican Aster€2.25Out of stock
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Velouette' is an exceptional new variety with unique dark red blooms, the same sizzling dark red as Rubenza. Semi-dwarf, early flowering and uniform, they give a wonderful effect when planted in combination. They will start to bloom in as little as 70 days from sowing, going on to offer to six months of colour from May to October.
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Crambe cordifolia
Heartleaf crambe€2.75I like magnificence in the garden. Either those plants which over perform, or those which are so rare that they stop one in ones tracks, or those that designers call 'statement plants'. Crambe cordifolia is one such plant. All about stature, plant them and stand well back.
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Crambe maritima 'Lilywhite'
Seakale, Wildflower of Britain and Ireland
Ancient Crop.€3.95Crambe maritima is a lovely dual purpose plant. This delicacy from the olden days has a unique delicate flavour, forced Seakale is a real delicacy. In the garden, it can be grown as an eye-catching and fragrant border plant. It has perhaps the most beautiful of all large glaucous leaves.
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Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Lucifer'
Montbretia, Coppertips, Falling Stars€2.10Out of stock
Give the devil his due Crocosmia has never looked more appealing. 'Lucifer' is an aptly-named variety because its flowers are the hottest coloured of all - a searing hot paprika red. The fiery-red flowers with orange throats are held on gently arching stems.
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Cyclamen hederifolium
Hardy, Ivy-leaved or Neapolitan cyclamen.
Wildflower of Europe€3.20Out of stock
There are few plants that offer such ornately decorative foliage. no two plants are the same and a mass planting of Cyclamen hederifolium in the late autumn or winter is more fascinating than the most intricately detailed Persian carpet.
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Cyclamen hederifolium f. albiflorum
Hardy, Ivy-leaved or Neapolitan cyclamen.
Marketed as 'Perlenteppich' and 'White Pearls'€3.55Out of stock
Having seen the dainty flowers of Cyclamen hederifolium, few can resist trying to grow it. The form, albiflorum blooms with pure white flowers. The succession of flowers lasts for weeks and provide a feature until late spring.
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Cynara cardunculus 'Cardoon'
Cardoon€2.20Whether you are into the culinary arts or edible landscapes, you may want to put this plant at the top of your list. Chosen by the RHS as one of the top plants of the last 200 years, Cardoons are aristocrats in both the ornamental and the vegetable world.
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€2.65
If you're an adventurous gardener, cook, or gastronome, then you'll want to grow cardoons. In summer, tall flower stems which are topped with large blue-violet blooms. A dramatic statement in the flower border and a flavour that is truly unique in the vegetable world. Organic Seeds.
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Dianthus barbatus Nigrescens 'Sooty'
Poet's Pink, Sweet John, Sweet William€2.70Out of stock
‘Sooty’ is one of the most unique of all Sweet Williams. A short lived perennial, often grown as a biennial, it bears multiple densely packed heads of darkest ruby, almost black, fragrant blooms on red stems, and leaves that mature to a shimmering metallic mahogany. A stunning cut flower and border plant.
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Dicentra spectabilis alba
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Bleeding Heart€3.55Out of stock
This stunning, more rare form of Dicentra with its pure white heart shaped flowers adds charming beauty to the woodland or shade garden. Planted with other shade lovers, it gives a real lift each spring when the delicate heart shaped wonders first appear.
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Digitalis ferruginea 'Gigantea Gelber Herold'
Perennial Foxglove, Rusty Foxglove€2.75Out of stock
Digitalis ferruginea 'Gigantea Gelber Herold' is an interesting and exotic looking foxglove. Elegant, orchid-like flowers with an interior of rich red to dark brown veins. Completely hardy, heat tolerant and totally perennial, this is a remarkable perennial for modern garden design.
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Digitalis grandiflora
Syn: Digitalis ambigua. Perennial Foxglove€2.10Digitalis grandiflora is one of the few truly perennial foxgloves. Extremely hardy and one of the best performers. Bearing upright stalks of beautiful creamy-yellow bells through the summer, the lovely soft shade allows this plant to blend with almost anything in the garden.
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Digitalis lanata 'Café Crème'
Grecian, Woolly, Perennial Foxglove€2.10Digitalis lanata has a beautiful 'Coffee and Cream' colouration, from late spring to mid summer it produces spikes of densely packed, fawn-coloured flowers each with a pearl coloured lower lip. Each of the blooms is delicately patterned with dark brown veins.
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Digitalis lutea 'Small Yellow Foxglove'
Small Foxglove, Straw Foxglove€2.00Digitalis lutea is a quite a different species to the traditional cultivated foxglove, with delicate small flowers; it is an easily grown plant that is reliably perennial. It bears delicate pale cream-yellow tubular flowers and grows to just 60cm in height. This delicate foxglove is a charming beauty wherever it is planted.
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Digitalis mertonensis 'Summer King'
Merton's Foxglove€2.45This striking and robust foxglove, a hybrid between the pink flowered D. purpurea and the yellow flowered D. grandiflora produces a beautiful mix of the two shades. Warm pink, speckled flowers that are larger than the traditional foxglove.
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€2.35
Out of stock
An aristocrat from Spain with densely packed spikes of cylindrical small chocolate funnels above dark green, rich foliage. Digitalis parviflora is a plant that will stop viewers in their tracks and have them enquiring its identity.
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Digitalis purpurea 'Elsey Kelsey'
Foxglove. Aka Pam's Choice€2.45Digitalis 'Elsey Kelsey' is one of the best new foxgloves found in recent years. Their elegant upright habit, long spikes of flowers and their heavenly white bell shaped flowers with densely speckled throats of deep maroon-purple make impressive features in the garden.
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Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora.
Pure White Foxglove€1.85The pure unadulterated white form of this English woodlander. Grown as a single colour in a perennial bed they are outstanding for their simplicity alone. Pure white foxgloves are a supremely elegant plant, they lighten up those shaded corners, giving a sense of depth and interest to an otherwise dark area.
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Digitalis purpurea var gloxinioides
Aka 'The Shirley'€2.35Digitalis purpurea var gloxinioides is an outstanding and unusual strain of Foxglove. Resembling the Gloxinia plant, the open flowers are tubular, each with frilled edges. With tall dense spikes of blooms, they are held horizontally and display the heavily spotted throat markings to better advantage.
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Dodecatheon meadia 'Shooting Star'
American Cowslip,€2.35Out of stock
Dodecatheon is a member of the primula family and a relative of the Cyclamen. It enjoys sun or partial shade and lend themselves to woodland environments, softening the under story with its delicately perfect blooms. Propagation by seed is surprisingly easy. A reliable bloomer and an easy keeper.
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Eccremocarpus scaber
Chilean Glory Flower€2.35The Chilean glory flower is an exotic-looking climber with dark fern-like foliage and twining tendrils that cling to fences and trellises.This useful climbing plant will quickly cover walls, archways or pergolas. The clusters of small tubular flowers range from bright orange-scarlet and carmine rose to clear golden yellow.
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Echinops ritro 'Globe Flower'
Globe Thistle€2.10One of my favourites for the back row. The rounded, violet-blue flower heads on silvery, branched, leafy stems are actually much softer than they look. An unusual colour and structure, so a great conversation piece and an excellent dried flower.
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Echium plantagineum 'Dwarf Blue Bedder'
Vipers BuglossRegular Price: €1.75
Special Price €0.95
In summer Echium plantagineum bears the most beautiful dense spikes of exquisite, violet-blue flowers. Compact and bushy and growing to only 30cm tall, they are rich in nectar and pollen and are ideal for attracting butterflies and bees. RHS AGM.
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Erigeron karvinskianus 'Profusion'
Mexican Daisy, Fleabane€2.95Out of stock
Producing a profusion of daisy like blooms from May right through till November, the flowers open white but change to deep pink as they mature. Erigeron is easy to grow and an amazingly versatile plant, being low-growing, happy in sun or partial shade and thriving in any well-drained soil.