Bulbous Perennials
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Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'
Syn Allium aflatunense.$2.03
This is a stunning fashionable plant, with globes of rosy-purple crowded spherical umbels, and strap shaped leaves. The flowers are very long lasting and help fill that awkward gap between the later spring bulbs and the perennials. -
Allium narcissiflorum
Piedmont Garlic, Flowers of Narcissus$3.15Allium connoisseurs will tell you this little-known Allium is the most beautiful of them all. They point to nodding clusters of delicate wavy-edged bells in soft shades of rose and lilac set above masses of slender grass-like glaucous foliage. Allium narcissiflorum is one of the treasures of the genus.
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Allium sphaerocephalon
Drumstick allium$2.59Allium sphaerocephalon is a quite unique, summer-flowering plant that prized by gardeners because of its striking floral display. The tall stems are good at adding colour and movement to the garden, they provide light vertical accents when drifted through borders.
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Allium ursinum
Ramsons Garlic, Wild Garlic, Broad Leaved Garlic
Wildflower of Britain and IrelandStarting at: $2.10
Until 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.
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Cardiocrinum giganteum, 'Giant Yunnan Lily'
Syn: Lilium giganteum var. yunnanense$3.50Cardiocrinum 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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Corydalis solida 'Spring Fumewort'
Bird-in-a-bush
European Wildflower$2.03What 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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Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora 'Lucifer'
Montbretia, Coppertips, Falling Stars$2.17Out 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 paprika red. The fiery-red flowers with orange-yellow throats are held on gently arching stems. -
Cyclamen coum
Hardy Cyclamen$2.73Cyclamen coum is adored as a cultivated ornamental plant. The flowers vary from white to rosy-purple with every hue in between and in such quantity to obscure the leaves. They open from early winter and continue unabated into spring. -
Cyclamen graecum
Greek Cyclamen$3.99Cyclamen 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$2.87There 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'$3.71Having 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. -
Cyclamen persicum, 'Giant Flowered Mix'
The Florists Cyclamen$3.43Out of stock
Cyclamen persicum, often referred to as the Florist's Cyclamen are widely available at florists or stores throughout autumn and winter months. ‘Giant Flowered Mix’ has sweet scented flowers that are held upright above the foliage. Colours include light pink, deep pink, white and red.
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Eranthis hyemalis, 'Winter Aconite'
Winter Aconite$2.59Eranthis hyemalis are often the first flowers to appear, they beam a golden glow into the garden at a time when the sun rarely breaks through the clouds. Happy in the light grass that is typical under trees, a carpet of them in is a fantastic and spirit-lifting sight. -
Erythronium dens-canis
Dog's Tooth Violet$3.57 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. -
Erythronium grandiflorum
Yellow Avalanche Lily, Glacier Lily$4.13 Erythronium grandiflorum is a rarely offered species. Native to west North America, it is one of the largest of the genus. Blooming in early spring, each flower stem has up to ten golden yellow, nodding, star-shaped flowers with reflexed petals. -
$3.29Loved for their delicate multi-coloured flowers and light, sweet, floral scent, few flowers can beat with Freesias for fragrance.‘Royal Champion’ produces plants with long, strong stems and large fragrant flowers. With up to eight blooms on each stalk, the funnel-shaped flowers float above a fan of sword-like leaves.
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Fritillaria meleagris
Snake's Head Fritillary, Chequered Lily,
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland$3.15 Snake's head fritillaries always excite attention wherever they are seen. None of the other lovely members of the fritillaria genus can match this native wildflower for the bizarre and unmistakable colouring of its bell-shaped flowers. -
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
English Bluebell, Wildflower of Britain and Ireland$1.96A deep blue carpet of bluebells is an unforgettable sight to anyone visiting many of our native woodlands. The spring spectacle of seeing a wood not only greening, but also 'blueing' is one of the joys of the year. When bluebells are in flower, spring has truly arrived.
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Nectaroscordum siculum 'Sicilian Honey Lily'
Sicilian Honey Lily$2.59A native to France and Italy, Nectaroscordum siculum blooms with cascades of white, pendulous, bell-shaped flowers. The sturdy stems rising to about 50 to 75cm carry clusters of 20 to 30 thimble-sized blooms. They look wonderful both in the border and when cut for arrangements.
