Woodland
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Ajuga genevensis
Geneva Bugle€2.20Out of stock
Ajuga genevensis is used throughout the world yet this relatively uncommon form is less well known. This very well behaved, evergreen groundcover has deep gentian blue flower spikes and is by far the showiest of the species. It is often the plant of choice for smaller areas or along edges and pathways.
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Ajuga reptans
Bugle. Thunder and Lightning,€2.35For most of the year Ajuga is a pleasant, quiet achiever, a very versatile low growing ground cover, with evergreen, rosette-like foliage that hugs the ground like an evergreen carpet but those weeks in spring when the blue flowers appear are simply quite magical.
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Allium ursinum, Ramsons Garlic
Ramsons Garlic, Wild Garlic, Broad Leaved Garlic
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.45Until a few years ago you would never have seen wild garlic on a menu, but these days is definitely a chefs' favourite. The whole plant is edible, the flavour is softer, more pleasant than cloves from garlic bulbs. The leaves have a vibrant colour that brings food to life, use sparingly in salads, or add to sauces and dressings. It also makes splendid pesto.
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Anemone nemorosa 'Wood Anemone'
Windflower
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.75This lovely woodlander makes a striking impact in the spring garden. The Irish-born exponent of wild gardening, William Robinson, adored Anemone nemorosa. Writing in his English Flower Garden in 1883, he begins by saying "there is little need to plead for their culture".
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Anemonopsis macrophylla
False Anemone, Renge-shoma€3.55Out of stock
Anemonopsis macrophylla is one of the most beautiful and elegant plants that you could wish for. Slow growing and rarely seen, it bears nodding, opalescent white flowers on slender elegant spikes, but this emphatic woodlander is not in fact difficult to grow if given humus-rich, semi-shaded conditions.
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Anthriscus sylvestris 'Cow Parsley'
Gipsy Laces, Lady's Needlework.
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€1.80Anthriscus sylvestris is most characteristic of hedgerows, road verges and woodland edges. Our native Cow Parsley has a sophisticated form, with delicate, open, white lacy umbels, that from mid-spring to early summer look as though they're erupting from a well shaken champagne bottle!
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Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'
Gipsy Laces, Lady's Needlework.€3.00Out of stock
Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' is the most elegant and garden-worthy form of cow parsley. With stunning, almost black, finely cut ferny foliage the first year, it explodes the second year with delicate clusters of small white flowers held above the darkest of foliage. Use them for fillers in bouquets as you would Queen Anne’s lace.
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Aquilegia alpina
Alpine or Mountain Columbine€2.25Out of stock
Aquilegia alpina is a species-columbine that rivals the fanciest cultivars and has been grown in gardens for as long as the idea of gardening has existed. It is a clump-forming perennial with deep blue-green, downy foliage and vibrant violet blue nodding flowers in late spring and early summer.
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Aquilegia canadensis
Rock Bells, Dwarf Red Columbine€2.35Native to Canada and the US in all states east of the Rockies, this superb variety is quite unlike the usual Aquilegia. Growing just twelve to eighteen inches tall, with dark-green foliage and eye-catching, scarlet and lemon-yellow flowers which hang like drifts of softly illuminated lanterns.
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Arum italicum subsp. italicum.
Italian Arum, Lords & Ladies
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.45'Arum Marmoratum' is extremely useful for shady spots or woodland planting. With unusual creamy-white flowers, attractively patterned leaves and scarlet, fleshy berries it stays lush right throughout winter, thriving in cold weather.
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Aruncus dioicus, Goat's Beard
White Goat's Beard, Bride's Feathers€2.10Out of stock
Aruncus dioicus’ commonly known as Goat's Beard or Bride's Feathers is one of the most handsome plants for the perennial bed. Its leaves are large and it has an abundance of flowers and in the autumn it turns an impressive, autumnal yellow colour.
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Bergenia cordifolia ' New Hybrids'
Heart-leaf bergenia, Elephant's ears€2.45Out of stock
Bergenia cordifolia is one of the most useful of all plants and worthy of a place in any garden. No other plant offers such quality, glossy, evergreen foliage at ground level. This sturdy plant can be planted in groups as ground cover, for edging borders or to provide a foil for delicate foliage plants.
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Betonica officinalis, Betony
Formerly Stachys officinalis, Wood Betony, Bishopswort.
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.75Out of stock
This pretty little wildflower is a slow growing, long-lived plant with attractive spikes of rich pink-mauve flowers that are very attractive to bees and butterflies as a nectar source. The flowers, which rise from dark green crinkly leaves, keep their colour throughout summer and look stunning when growing en-masse.
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Cardiocrinum giganteum, 'Giant Yunnan Lily'
Syn: Lilium giganteum var. yunnanense€3.35Out of stock
Cardiocrinum giganteum is a truly spectacular plant, which produces glorious vanilla scented, trumpet-like flowers on stems up two to three metres tall. Most gardeners agree growing this rare beauty is well worth the wait. I suppose you do have to be patient to be a gardener. We all know the longer we must wait for a beauty, the more we treasure it.
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Cimicifuga racemosa var. cordifolia
Actaea racemosa var. cordifolia€2.35Actaea cordifolia comes into its own late in the season, when multiple stiff and stout stems emerge from the base of the plant. It displays impressive long racemes of chalky-white blooms that are composed of numerous, tiny individual star-like, fragrant flowers. -
Cimicifuga simplex 'Atropurpurea'
Actaea simplex Atropurpurea Group€2.70Actaea simplex 'Atropurpurea' is an exceptionally beautiful selection, valued for its large Astilbe-like leaves of purple black. Its dark hue makes a wonderful backdrop for colourful foliage and flowering shade plants. In late summer, long, fluffy spires in pale pinkish-white, rise above the dark foliage. -
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.
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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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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.
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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.