Winter Interest
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Anemone nemorosa 'Wood Anemone'
Windflower
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland$2.73
This 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". -
Anemone sylvestris 'Snowdrop Windflower'
Snowdrop Windflower$2.45Affectionately known as the Snowdrop Anemone, Anemone sylvestris is a charming perennial with satiny white flowers. Blooming in spring, the buds emerge on bent stems, dangling downwards like snowdrops. As the flowers start to open the stems straighten and the flowers face outwards to soak up the spring sunshine and attract pollinators to its scented flowers.
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Arum italicum subsp. italicum.
Italian Arum, Lords & Ladies
Wildflower of Britain and Ireland$3.15'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. -
Carex comans 'Amazon Mist'
Curled Sedge, Switch Grass$2.17Amazon Mist is a graceful ornamental grass with arching silver white evergreen foliage, each ending with a slight curl. The flowing mounds of fine textured are lovely spilling over slopes and walls. It adds colour and texture to both summer and autumn displays.
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Carex pendula
Pendulous or Weeping Sedge$2.03Carex pendula is a woodland plant of considerable charm with long arching leaves and erect stems that bear long drooping green flowers. Suitable for full sun, in shade, wet or dry, it is a great plant for tough conditions, it will even tolerate heavy soil and permanently wet soil.
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Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire'
Red Switch Grass, Speckled Sedge$2.73Out of stock
Carex Prairie Fire is an outstanding specimen plant. A very ornamental grass, in full sun the fine leaved foliage erupts into colour like burning embers. In late summer, panicles of rosy flowers appear just above the foliage. For glorious colour, plant in full sun to partial shade.
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Cimicifuga racemosa var. cordifolia
Actaea racemosa var. cordifolia$2.45Out of stock
Actaea 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
Actaea simplex$2.73Out of stock
Actaea simplex is a spectacular plant. With long, fluffy spires in pale pinkish-white that seem to float in mid-air. Stunning when grown in groups, while single plants have good specimen value, they add architectural height and late summer bloom to the back of a shady border. -
Cimicifuga simplex 'Atropurpurea'
Actaea simplex Atropurpurea Group$2.73Actaea 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. -
Cortaderia selloana 'Pink Feather'
Pink Pampas Grass$1.68This unusual pink form of pampas grass with tall, pink-flushed, feathery plumes is a real show stopper. In midsummer spectacular plumes erupt above the foliage. The show continues into winter as the feathery plumes persist and the foliage turns golden brown when touched by frost.
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Cortaderia selloana 'White Feather'
White Pampas Grass$1.68Cortaderia selloana 'White Feather' - Pampas Grasses are the ultimate architectural plant, adding texture, autumn colour and winter shapes in the landscape. Relatively easy to grow, this plant flowers throughout late summer and autumn. It will provide colour and interest for many years.
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Corydalis solida 'Spring Fumewort'
Bird-in-a-bush
European Wildflower$2.03Out 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 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$2.87Out 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'$3.71Having 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$3.43Cyclamen 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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Cynara cardunculus 'Cardoon'
Cardoon$1.75 As low as: $1.40Whether you are into the culinary arts or edible landscapes, you may want to put this plant at the top of your list. Chosen by the RHS as one of the top plants of the last 200 years, Cardoons are aristocrats in both the ornamental and the vegetable world. -
Dipsacus sativus fullonum
Fuller’s Teasel, Wildflower of Britain and Ireland$1.89Fullers Teasel a sub-species of the common teasel. The bristly flower heads were cultivated, matured and dried. Inserted into wooden frames, they were used to bulk up the pile on woolen cloth. The variant name 'fullonum' refers to the name of the trade of the 'fullers' to raise the nap on woolen cloth - to 'tease' it. Teasel is still used today by some who weave wool by hand.
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Dipsacus sativus fullonum, Organic
Fuller’s Teasel, Wildflower of Britain and Ireland$2.45
Fullers Teasel is perfect for attracting wildlife to your garden, especially bees and butterflies while birds love to feed on the seed. It is unique in the plant world in the way in which it blooms: purple-pink flowers form first in a ring around the middle of the head, it grows in width over a few days. Organic Seed. -
Dipsacus sativus sylvestris
Common Teasel, Wildflower of Britain and Ireland$1.68The wildflower, Teasel can grow to six feet tall and is an architectural wonder when in full bloom. It is primarily a native of roadsides, rough pastures and rural fields. Perfect for attracting wildlife to your garden, especially bees and butterflies and is famously associated with small birds, especially goldfinches, who love to feed on the seed.
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Echinops ritro 'Globe Flower'
Globe Thistle$2.03One of my favourites for the back row. The rounded, violet-blue flower heads on silvery, branched, leafy stems are actually much softer than they look. An unusual colour and structure, so a great conversation piece and an excellent dried flower. -
Echinops ritro 'Globe Flower', Organic
Globe Thistle$2.45
Echinops ritro is a superb hardy perennial with great structure for the back row of the border. In late summer through to autumn, globular violet-blue flower heads appear, each on silvery, branched leafy stems. An unusual colour, the flowers have a metallic lustre. Organic Seed. -
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.
