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Coleus blumei, 'Black Dragon'
Painted Nettle. Flame Nettle€2.25This wonderful Victorian type coleus ‘Black Dragon’ forms a riot of rumpled leaves in velvety purplish black leaves, each bordered by frilly edges. The ruby red centres are sometimes flecked with violet or pink. Easy to grow from seed, they will show their first colours in as little as two weeks.
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Coleus blumei, 'Chocolate Mint'
A Premium Sun variety€3.95The neatest Coleus to come along in quite a while, 'Chocolate Mint' offers rich cocoa coloured foliage with a mint-green scalloped edge. A 'Premium Sun' variety, they perform at their best in a position of full sun and are quite heat and drought tolerant outdoors. The leaves are very uniform, turn them over and they gleam bright mint. Scrumptious!
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Coleus blumei, 'Coral Candy'
A Premium Sun variety€3.95Coleus 'Coral Candy' features a new plant form - narrow, serrated leaves that gracefully drape down the mounded plants. The first seed raised coleus to ever win the coveted AAS Winner designation - AAS Judges noted that this beautiful variety holds its colour well, even when grown in full sun and holds up nicely in the autumn.
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Coleus blumei, 'Wizard Coral Sunrise'
Painted Nettle. Flame Nettle€2.25Coleus have been perfected, the new varieties have colours that intensify in sun, but can also thrive in shade. “Coral Sunrise” is an excellent example of the new developments, The beautiful coral pink heart-shaped leaves have neatly serrated edges, with shades of olive and intense bright green margins.
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Coleus blumei, 'Wizard Sunset'
Painted Nettle. Flame Nettle€2.25Ten years back coleus were gaudy relics from Grandmother's generation, but now coleus are back and teetering on the cutting edge. “Wizard Sunset” is one of the softer colours from the Wizard series, with heart-shaped leaves in beautiful shades of bronze - apricot. Excellent in full sun.
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Corydalis solida 'Spring Fumewort'
Bird-in-a-bush
European Wildflower€2.85What gardener with a heart and soul could resist the spring flowers of Corydalis, whose winged petals with upswept spurs suggest a flight of elfin butterflies. These woodland ephemerals are highly useful at the front of the border, with miniature bulbs such as crocus, muscari or scillas.
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Digitalis ambigua 'Cream Bell'
Perennial Foxglove aka 'Créme Belle'€3.65There are not many yellow flowering foxgloves and as they are so rare each one is joyfully celebrated. 'Creme Bell' is often misspelled in a French way - 'Créme Belle' and is simply heavenly. A true hardy perennial variety that produces multiple spires of soft vanilla-cream bells in late spring. -
Digitalis ferruginea 'Gigantea Gelber Herold'
Perennial Foxglove, Rusty Foxglove€2.75Digitalis 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. -
Digitalis grandiflora
Syn: Digitalis ambigua. Perennial Foxglove€2.25Digitalis 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. -
Digitalis lanata 'Café Crème'
Grecian, Woolly, Perennial Foxglove€2.45Digitalis 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. -
Digitalis lutea 'Small Foxglove'
Small Foxglove, Straw Foxglove€2.45Digitalis 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 creamy tubular flowers and grows to just 60cm in height. This delicate foxglove is a charming beauty wherever it is planted. -
€2.65An 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
Native Pink Foxglove
Wildflower of Britain and IrelandStarting at: €2.25
This lovely native European woodland plant is a beauty to add to any garden and a popular biennial for shaded places. Plants form rosettes of lance shaped leaves, the second year the rosette begins to shoot skyward with beautiful large spikes and drooping bell shaped blooms that are spotted inside.
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Digitalis purpurea 'Apricot'
Aka Suttons Apricot, Apricot Delight, Apricot Beauty Foxglove€2.25This outstanding variety produces large spikes of the most beautiful shade of coral / apricot. Introduced in 1992, one of its greatest assets is the ability to mingle, a quality particularly important in contemporary gardens where the accent is on informality.
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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. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot Cream'
First Year Flowering, Florists Foxglove€3.95Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot Cream' produces towers of a delicate buttercream colour, the dense spikes of blooms are borne all the way around the stem. Developed to flower in the first year, they can be sown anytime from January to September. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot Lavender'
First Year Flowering, Florists Foxglove€3.95Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot Lavender' produces towers of an exquisite colour. This premium series has been developed for florists to be first year flowering. Unlike some varieties the dense spikes of blooms are borne all the way around the stem. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot Rose'
First Year Flowering, Florists Foxglove€3.95Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot Rose' produces towers of outward facing, pink funnel shaped blooms with mauve interior markings. Developed with the florist in mind, they are long flowering, beautifully uniform in growth and well-branched. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot White'
First Year Flowering, Florists Foxglove€3.95Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Camelot White' produces towers of outward facing, white funnel shaped blooms with mauve interior markings. Developed with the florist in mind, they are long flowering, beautifully uniform in growth and well-branched. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Dalmatian Crème'
First Year Flowering, Florists Foxglove€3.95Developed for the florist, this premium series provides good-quality spikes that are uniform in height and blooms the first year from an early sowing. 'F1 Dalmatian Crème' produces towers of gorgeous creamy blooms with deep mauve interior markings. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Dalmatian Peach'
First Year Flowering, Florists Foxglove€3.95Early flowering and fast growing, award winning Digitalis 'F1 Dalmatian Peach' produces towers of swoon-worthy peachy blooms. Developed for florists the series blooms the first year from an early sowing. Sow successionally for continuity of blooms. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Dalmatian Purple'
First Year Flowering, Florists Foxglove€3.95Early flowering and fast growing, award winning Digitalis 'Dalmatian Purple' produces towers of gorgeous lavender-purple blooms with deep mauve interior markings. The good-quality spikes are uniform in height, well-branched with excellent habit and compact foliage. -
Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Dottie Mix'
First Year Flowering Foxglove€3.95A new a super-fast, first year flowering perennial, 'Dottie Mix' blooms just 20 to 24 weeks from sowing. The plants grow quickly and are more compact at flowering than other F1 series, the showy spikes carry large blooms and quickly fill large pots with ease. In a range of soft, modern colours: White, Cream, Purple, Peach and Warm Rose.
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Digitalis purpurea 'F1 Dottie Peach'
First Year Flowering Foxglove€3.95A new a super-fast, first year flowering perennial, 'Dottie Mix' blooms just 20 to 24 weeks from sowing. The plants grow quickly and are more compact at flowering than other F1 series, the showy spikes carry large blooms and quickly fill large pots with ease. In a range of soft, modern colours: White, Cream, Purple, Peach and Warm Rose.