September
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Passiflora caerulea 'Blue Crown'
Passionflower, Passionfruit, Granadilla€2.55Out of stock
Known as the Blue Crown Passion Flower or Hardy Passionflower. It is an extremely fast growing and beautiful plant. ‘Caerulea’ sparks with 10cm flowers with white petals and blue filaments. It is popular with gardeners because of its intricate, scented flowers that have an almost surreal appearance. -
Passiflora edulis 'Purple Giant'
Passionflower, Passionfruit, Granadilla€1.95A Passiflora that produces very fragrant, unusual flowers. The flowers are white, except the base of the corona which is purple; the filaments are curly, as long as the petals, 5 to 7cm across. The edible fruits possess pleasant flavour, kind of sweet and a little tart.
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Passiflora mollissima
Passionflower, Passionfruit, Granadilla€2.55Out of stock
Passiflora mollissima produces beautiful pink flowers and edible long yellow fruits, like a short banana, which gives the vine its common name. The fruits taste delicious and are considered to be the finest of passionfruit juices; they are used to flavour ice creams, drinks, and cocktails. -
Passiflora quadrangularis
Giant Passionflower, Passionfruit, Granadilla.€2.95Out of stock
There are dozens of species of passion vine grown, but one that always gets a lot of attention is the Giant Granadilla Passiflora quadrangularis. One of the most beautiful passionflowers with large, fragrant flowers with deep red petals and a centre crown that contains rows of numerous white and purple rays. -
Paulownia tomentosa
Royal Paulownia, Empress, Princess or Foxglove Tree€2.45Paulownia puts on an awe inspiring show in spring. Its soft chamois velvet buds open into large violet to blue, trumpet-like blossoms which fill the air with a sweet fragrance. Huge downy leaves appear after the flowers have opened. They are an architectural delight. -
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain Grass€2.75Pennisetum alopecuroides is an especially appealing species, it changes its appearance and colour throughout the growing season. In late summer graceful fountain-like plumes emerge in profusion, they slowly change colour to a blend of green, soft pinks and light-colored maroons before maturing to light tan.
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Pennisetum alopecuroides var. viridescens
Black Flowered or Dwarf Purple Fountain Grass€2.75Pennisetum alopecuroides var. viridescens has broader leaves and darker flower heads than the regular species and, growing to around 60cm tall, it is also slightly smaller. It has graceful smoky purple-black plumes that contrast nicely with the slender arching, glossy, deep green foliage.
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Pennisetum villosum 'Cream Falls'
Chinese Fountain Grass€2.65Out of stock
Pennisetum villosum is one of the easiest and most visually stunning grasses to grow. Brilliant white, rabbit-tail spikes are produced in abundance from bushy, clump-forming deciduous plants. Eye-catching and early to flower in borders or large containers. -
Penstemon barbatus 'Twizzle Blue'
Beardtongue€3.25Awarded a Fleuroselect Medal for striking colour, plant habit, and flowering performance, Penstemon barbatus 'Twizzle Blue' is a first year flowering perennial that will add height and high-impact colour to the border, giving superb flowering performance from mid to late summer.
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Penstemon barbatus 'Twizzle Coral'
Beardtongue€3.25Out of stock
Penstemon barbatus 'Twizzle Coral' adds a graceful twist to the garden. A first year flowering perennial, that is hardy and vigorous, it boasts twice the length of flowering stems, giving longer, more elegant wands for the vase while preserving the natural elegance of Penstemon barbatus.
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Penstemon barbatus 'Twizzle Purple'
Beardtongue€3.25A winner of both an AAS and Fleuroselect Awards, Penstemon ‘Twizzle Purple' is a first year flowering perennial that boasts twice the length of flowering stem. Strong, trouble-free plants produce trumpet shaped magenta-violet blooms that flutter all along tall, slender stems.
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Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Taiga'
Russian Sage€3.85Russian Sage is one of the great garden plants of all time, but if you've been frustrated by their floppy nature, this new variety will be a welcome addition. Growing to about 60 to 75cm tall, Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Taiga' is also the first Russian sage available as a first year flowering perennial.
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Persicaria orientalis 'Cerise Pearls'
Dwarf Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate€2.45Persicaria orientalis ‘Cerise Pearls’ is a new, modern-day variety that grows to a more manageable height of 100 to 140cm . Tall enough to give the same airy effect, yet so much easier to place in the garden. From August to October the whole plant is spectacularly draped with long, dangling, velour-like cerise tassels.
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Phlomis russeliana
Jerusalem Sage, Turkish Sage€2.95Out of stock
Phlomis russeliana is a justifiably popular plant, with lovely sage-like rosettes of heart shaped leaves. From late spring, right through to early autumn, whorls of hooded, soft yellow flowers appear. Each plant can contain as many as fifty individual blooms creating a magnificent candelabra effect. -
Phlox paniculata 'New Hybrids Mix'
Garden Phlox, Perennial Phlox.€2.75Tall garden phlox are a beauty to behold, the large, dense flower clusters, produced in abundance during summer. Phlox Hybrids Mix is a perennial, cultivated strain. The colours are wonderful, the sweetly fragrant, evening scent is captivating and they are very easy to grow.
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Physostegia virginiana 'Crown of Snow'
Obedient plant, The Lady of the Lake€2.10The physostegia, or obedient plant, has prolific dazzling, pure white flower spikes which are arranged on distinctly square stems. They can be twisted around the stem and will remain where you put them...hence, the common name! -
Physostegia virginiana 'Grandiflora Rose'
Obedient plant, The Lady of the Lake€1.95Out of stock
The physostegia has prolific dazzling tubular flower spikes which are arranged on distinctly square stems. This oddly named perennial is perfect for the middle of a mixed or herbaceous border. The flowers are on swivels that can be bent right or left on the stem - a useful feature for floral displays.
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Platycodon grandiflorus 'Mariesii'
Kikyo, Balloon FlowerRegular Price: €1.85
Special Price €1.30
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Platycodon 'Mariesii' is a very floriferous, robust, long lived perennial that forms a compact mound of green foliage, bearing inflated buds that open into star-shaped single bright violet-blue blossoms with dark violet veins. A reliable bloomer that is long lived, it is great for the border and perfect as a cut flower. -
Polemonium caeruleum album
White Jacob’s Ladder, Greek Valerian
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.15The white form of the lovely Jacobs Ladder, named after the slender, fresh green leaflets arranged like the rungs of a ladder. Blooming in late spring to early summer, the bright foliage and white flowers will brighten shady locations. Both the flowers and the attractive ferny foliage are excellent for cutting.
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Polemonium yezoense 'Purple Rain'
Japanese Jacob's Ladder€2.80Collected at altitude in Japan and introduced in 2006, Polemonium yezoense 'Purple Rain' is one of the best new introductions in recent years. With bronze-purple lacy foliage, dark stems and violet-blue flowers, it is the darkest flower form of Polemonium available.
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Polygonatum multiflorum 'Solomon's Seal'
Common Solomon's Seal
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland€2.95Out of stock
Polygonatum multiflorum is a long cultivated pan-European perennial. Alternate bright green leaves are held upright like the wings of a bird on the upstroke of flight. Tubular white flowers, edged with tiny lime-green petals spring from their axils in spring. -
Potentilla nepalensis 'Helen Jane'
Cinquefoil€2.25Out of stock
Potentilla 'Helen Jane' is a beautiful new semi-dwarf cultivar that displays gorgeous crimson-eyed, bright pink flowers, with petals that are attractively crinkled just like crepe paper. Flowering over a long period, new buds open repeatedly in a long succession, from late June to September.
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Potentilla nepalensis 'Ron McBeath'
Cinquefoil€2.25Venerating a former plant curator at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, 'Ron McBeath' is a beautiful new semi-dwarf cultivar. This diminutive potentilla repeat-flowers for months, sending up wands of rosy carmine flowers even in shade. It outlasts other potentillas by far.
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Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alpina
White Alpine Pasqueflower or Alpine Anemone€2.75Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alpina is a charming form, with white flowers, the outer segments flushed with bluish-purple. A favourite for collectors, they have a protracted flowering period and followed by attractive seed heads, they are showy, long-lived and reliable plants with a lengthy period of interest.