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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€2.35Out of stock
What 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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Cyclamen graecum
Greek Cyclamen€3.40Out of stock
Cyclamen graecum are appreciated for their wonderful rosettes of superbly marbled leaves. The markings of which are infinitely variable and include some of the most striking patterns and vivid colour combinations. The flowers have a magenta blotch at the base and are veined in red.
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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. -
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. -
Dicentra eximia 'Fernleaf Dicentra'
Fringed Bleeding Heart€2.45Out of stock
A popular plant for the shade garden, very easy and satisfying to grow, Dicentra eximia is a tremendous performer. Long-blooming, with nodding, heart-shaped flowers and deeply cut, fern-like foliage, planted with other shade lovers it will add charming beauty to any woodland or shade garden.
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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. -
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€2.10Digitalis 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. -
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. -
Digitalis lutea 'Small Yellow Foxglove'
Small Foxglove, Straw Foxglove€2.00 Digitalis 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. -
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. -
€2.35An 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. -
Digitalis purpurea
Native Pink Foxglove
Wildflower of Britain and IrelandStarting at: €2.10
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 'Snow Thimble'
Dwarf Foxglove€2.20Digitalis purpurea 'Snow Thimble' is bred for its large pure-white, bell-shaped blooms, born on short spikes only 100cm tall. It is one of the most elegant dwarf Foxgloves, easy to place in the garden it is especially suited to cottage gardens, shade gardens, wildflower and cutting gardens.
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Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora.
Pure White Foxglove€1.85 The 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. -
Digitalis purpurea heywoodii 'Silver Fox'
Aka 'Pink Champagne'€2.70Digitalis 'Silver Fox' is one of the most beautiful dwarf Foxgloves for the cottage garden and border. Growing to just 60 to 70cm tall, the creamy-white speckled bells are flushed with soft lavender-pink. An elegant and rare foxglove that is ideal for borders or containers.
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Digitalis purpurea var gloxinioides
Aka 'The Shirley'€2.35 Digitalis 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. -
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. -
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. -
Erythronium dens-canis
Dog's Tooth Violet€2.95Out of stock
Erythronium dens-canis is attractive from the moment it pokes up from the soil in early spring. The oval pointed leaves with bronze patterns appear in early spring and are followed shortly by nodding rose pink to purple, elfin-cap flowers that bloom for several weeks.
