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Herbaceous perennials - C to D
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Calamintha grandiflora ‘Variegata’

Bright, fresh green foliage variegated with clear creamy yellow speckles.  Spikes of chalky pink tubular flowers in summer. 30cm.  Average soil in sun.  Ideal for edging borders. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Campanula garganica Dicksons Gold

Campanula garganica ‘Dickson’s Gold’

Neat clumps of acid yellow foliage and contrasting blue flowers in spring/early summer. Ideal for rockery or container. Best in part shade to protect the leaves from the sun.  10cm. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Campanula carpatica ‘Jenny’

A new variety with clear white bells with blue-lilac centres. Masses of flowers to about 20cm. Drained soil in sun. PBR (1L pots)

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Campanula latiloba ‘Percy Piper’

Clump-forming perennial with basal rosettes of mid-green leaves with tall stems of cup-shaped, rich violet-blue flowers.  Average soil in sun or light shade. 80cm. (9cm pots)

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Campanula poscharskyana E H Frost

Campanula poscharskyana ‘E H Frost’

Brilliant edging plant with icy blue flowers to 35cm. Low growing, carpeting habit. Full sun or part shade, drained soil.  (9cm pots)

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Campanula poscharskyana Lilacina

Campanula poscharskyana ‘Lilacina’

Very similar to 'Lisduggan Variety' this has slightly pinker flowers. Low growing carpets for drained soil in sun. 25cm. (9cm pots)

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Campanula poscharskyana Lisduggan Variety

Campanula poscharskyana ‘Lisduggan Variety’

Lavender pink flowers to 25cm. (9cmSQ)

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Campanula poscharskyana ‘Nana Alba’

New to us, icy, not quite white flowers on low growing plants.  Drained soil in sun.(9cm pots) 

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Campanula poscharskyana ‘Senior’

Low growing groundcover with masses of rich blue flowers with white centres in summer. Drained soil in sun or part shade. 15cm.  (9cm pots) 

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Campanula poscharskyana ‘Stella’

More clumping than other forms this has deep blue flowers in summer on low growing plants to 15cm.  Suitable for large rockery or front of border.  Average soil in sun or part sun. (9cm pots) 

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Campanula poscharskyana ‘Trollkind’

New to us, this is a dwarfer blue flowered form. Drained soil in sun. (9cm pots)

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Campanula punctata ‘Milky Way’

A new cultivar with creamy white hose-in-hose flowers with bold burgundy spotting and speckling inside. 40cm.  Average soil in sun. (9cm pots)

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Campanula punctata f. rubrifolia Bowl of Cherries

Campanula punctata f. rubriflora ‘Bowl of Cherries’

Purple flushed deep green leaves and large purple bells in summer on wiry stems to 45cm.  Good soil in sun, replant every 3-4 years. (9cm pots)

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Campanula Sarastro

Campanula ‘Sarastro’

A new hybrid between C punctata and C. trachelium with large hairy leaves and large hanging blue bells. Like ‘Kent Belle’ but more compact. 60cm.   (9cm pots)

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Campanula sp. from Iran

Campanula odontosepala from Iran

Low growing, suckering plant producing short arching stems with largish mid blue bells in late summer-autumn. Suitable for sun in drained soil.  25cm. (9cm pots)

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Cardamine bulbifera

Cardamine bulbifera

Vague clumps of dark stemmed green leaves and purple flushed stems bearing several lilac pink flowers in spring.  Average, woodland soil in shade or part shade. 40cm. (9cm pots)

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Cardamine californica

One of the less common American species this makes a carpet of deeply divided purple flushed foliage and spikes of white flowers in spring. Good soil in shade.  20cm. (9cm pots)

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Cardamine glanduligera

Cardamine glanduligera

Stunning, rich purple flowers in small clusters on stems to 15cm. Glossy leaves, divided into three are sparingly produced.  Slowly forms a loose patch in good, drained soil in shade. (9cm pots)

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Cardamine heptaphylla Guincho Form

A lovely form with deep purple flushed new foliage turning mid green and purplish stems topped with clusters of glistening white flowers in spring. 40cm.  Best in decent soil in shade, drained but not dry. (7cm pots)

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Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Lice’ Forest Blue

A compact bushy shrubby perennial with sprays of brilliant blue flowers from midsummer.  Average, drained soil in sun or light shade. Best sheltered from cold winter winds.  50cm. PBR (9cm pots)

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Chaerophyllum hirsutum ‘Roseum’

Clumps of ferny green foliage and strong but slender stems bearing masses of umbels of soft pink flowers.  Spring/early summer.  A choice perennial for sun or light shade.  Average soil. 1m. (9cm pots)

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Convallaria majalis ‘Haldon Grange’

A large form (triploid?) with golden margins to the foliage and chunky white bells in spring.  Makes a patch in time. Best in good soil in shade or part shade. 20cm. (9cm pots)

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Corydalis elata ‘Blue Summit’

Tidy clumps of bright green foliage and heads of scented electric blue flowers to 35cm. Much easier to grow than the usual form of C. elata.  Good, leafy, moist soil in shade to do well. (9cm pots)

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Corydalis flexuosa ‘Blue Panda’

Fresh green foliage and brilliant electric blue flowers. A bit more compact than some others. Good, drained but moist soil in shade. 25cm. (9cm pots)

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Corydalis flexuosa Norman's Seedling

Corydalis flexuosa Norman’s Seedling

Bright blue flowers with a smoky flush for weeks in spring. Not quite so vigorous as ‘Pere David’ but a more subtle colour.  30cm.   (9cm pots)

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Corydalis flexuosa ‘Père David’

Brilliant blue flowers for weeks in spring. Pretty water repellent foliage, stays where you put it. Summer dormant - sometimes! 45cm. Easy in humusy soil in light shade. (9cm pots)

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Corydalis Spinners

Corydalis ‘Spinners’

(C. elata x C. flexuosa) The first of these hybrids this is a good tough plant.  More or less evergreen, fresh green foliage produces upright stems topped with big heads of bright blue, scented flowers in mid-late spring.  50cm. Good soil in shade. (9cm pots)

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Corydalis ‘Tory MP’

Another C. elata x C. flexuosa hybrid, this one no doubt claiming to be true blue!  Fresh green foliage and heads of bright blue flowers in spring.  50cm.  Good soil in shade. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’

THE Crocosmia. Upright clumps of iris-like pleated foliage and spikes of brilliant red flowers in late summer.  Drained soil in sun.  Up to 1.5m if it is happy. (1L pots)

£3.50

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Datisca cannabina

An unusual leafy green perennial with hemp-like foliage on tall upright stems to 1.8m with pale green flowers held in dangling spikes. Good soil in sun or part shade. (2L pots)

£5.00

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Dicentra canadensis

Very fine cut foliage of soft grey and short arching spikes of cream locket shaped flowers if you are lucky! Good soil in shade and a moist atmosphere seems best. Scorches in sun. 15cm. (7cm pots)

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Dicentra cucullaria Pittsburg

Dicentra cucullaria ‘Pittsburg’

A lovely little clump forming species, this cultivar with soft grey, ferny foliage and white flowers just flushed pink with amber-yellow bases in spring.  Good, leafy, drained soil in shade.  20cm. (9cm pots)

£4.00

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Digitalis lutea

A short-lived perennial with rosettes of glossy dark green leaves. Narrow tubular pale yellow flowers on tall spikes in summer to 1m.  Average soil in sun or light shade. (9cm pots)

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Digitalis parviflora

An attractive perennial foxglove with rusty brown flowers in strong upright spikes to 80cm.  Evergreen rosettes of deep green leaves are good for winter interest.  Drained soil in sun. (9cm pots)

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Disporopsis aspersa

An eager species with glossy, evergreen foliage and smallish white bells in late spring. Decent soil in shade. 40cm. (1L pots)

£6.00

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Disporopsis fuscopicta

Disporopsis fuscopicta

Evergreen stems are spotted and speckled purple at the bases with greeny white flowers with brown markings in spring. 45cm. A very choice woodlander for a good leafy soil in shade.  (1L pots)

£5.50

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Disporopsis nova

New to cultivation this species has shiny, evergreen leaves, quite narrow and held on stems to 40cm. Lots of whitish flowers with green/brown speckles in late spring to early summer.  Good soil in shade. (1L pots)

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Disporopsis pernyi

Disporopsis pernyi

Evergreen, shiny, deep green leaves with pendent white flowers along the stem. A plant for leafy soil in shade. Forms a dense patch in time. 25cm. (1L pots)

£4.00

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Disporopsis pernyi

Disporopsis pernyi B&SWJ 1864

This collection has narrower leaves and is shorter than normal. A plant for leafy soil in shade. Forms a dense patch in time. 20cm. (9cm pots)

£4.00

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Disporum cantoniense

Deciduous clumps of fresh green foliage flushed bronze at first. Clusters of hanging bells, greenish white to 50cm.  Shade and decent soil. (1L pots)

£6.50

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Disporum hookeri var. oreganum

Neat clumps of bushy stems clad with mid green leaves and largish open white flowers often speckled pale brown. Bright orange berries later if you are lucky!  30cm. Good soil in shade. Deciduous. (1L pots)

£4.50

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Disporum lanuginosum

A beautiful spring flowering woodland plant from eastern North America. Short, branched stems with soft green leaves and open, flared cream bells with delicate pinkish speckling inside.  30cm. (9cm pots)

£4.00

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Disporum megalanthum ex CD&R2412b

Disporum megalanthum ex CD&R 2412b

Established seedlings of this sought-after gem.  Clumps of upright, evergreen stems produce beautiful cream bells from March to May. Good soil in shade. 40cm. (1L pots)

£10.00

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Dodecatheon jeffreyi

Brilliant rose-purple reflexed flowers, in spring and summer, on this classy "shooting star" from North America. Prefers moist but drained soil in shade.  Neat clumps to 40cm.  (1L pots)

£3.50

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Dryopteris erythrosora

Dryopteris erythrosora

AGM  The Autumn Fern with its perpetual autumn colours.  Largish fronds of a paleish green are flushed with bronze, orange and yellow. Easy and colourful. 60cm. Shade, decent soil. (1L pots)

£4.00

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Dryopteris wallichiana

Dryopteris wallichiana

AGM  A stunning semi-evergreen fern with deep green fronds on dark, blackish stems. Easy in most reasonable soils in shade. 60cm. (1L pots)

£4.00

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