Ranunculus acris ‘Stevenii’

One of the clump formers this makes a solid clump of lush green foliage and upright stems to 75cm. with many bright yellow buttercups in summer.  Lovely with Molinias in good soil, sun. (1.4L pots)

£3.50

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Ranunculus ficaria ‘Green Petal’

Weird fully double flowers are mostly green with some yellowish white in the centres. Lightly marbled leaves.  10cm. Almost any soil in sun or shade. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Ranunculus ficaria ‘Lambrook Variegated’

Typical pale yellow single flowers but the leaves are edged cream and finley speckled. Different but not striking!  10cm. Almost any soil in sun or shade. (7cm pots)

£3.00

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Ranunculus ficaria ‘Tortoiseshell’

Dark bronzey leaves with brown and silvery markings on this form of Lesser Celandine. Yellow flowers.  15cm. Average soil in sun or light shade. (7cm pots)

£3.00

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Ranunculus lanuginosus

Hairy leaves divided into three come complete with creosote-like brown slodges in the axils, fading as the leaves age. Branched stems of rich golden yellow flowers. Tame! 30cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Rodgersia ‘Bloody Mary’

A new cultivar with bronzed leaves and red-pink flowers in summer. 50cm.  Good to moist soil in sun or light shade. (1.4L pots)

£5.50

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Rodgersia pinnata ‘Chocolate Wing’

A recent introduction with beautiful chocolate bronze spring foliage which eventually turns bronzy green.  Blush pink flowers turn deep burgundy as they age.  Good bronzy autumn foliage. 80cm.  Good soil in sun or light shade.  (1.5L pots) 

£5.00

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Roscoea alpina CC3667

Dainty sugar pink flowers on narrow-leaved stems to about 20cm. A pretty spring flowering woodlander for decent leafy soil in shade. (9cm pots)

£4.00

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Roscoea cautleyoides ‘Jeffrey Thomas’

A very pretty woodlander making a small clump of upright stems to 25cm. Pale yellow and cream orchid-like flowers are produced in early summer. Best in leafy, good soil in shade. Hardy. (1L pots)

£4.50

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Rubus arcticus

An elegant little suckering beastie. Green trifoliate leaves on short stems with occasional bright pink flowers. Happy in a moist shady spot but probably doesn’t mind. 15cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’

AGM  Tough clumps of matt green leaves and branched heads of warm golden yellow flowers with black middles in late summer/autumn.  Average soil in sun or light shade.  60cm. (1L pots)

£3.50

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Rudbeckia triloba

Clumps of dark green leaves and stems to 90cm topped with masses of warm yellow daisies with black centres in late summer and autumn. Looks annual but is perennial in a drained soil in full sun. Hardy. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Ruellia humilis

A rare perennial from North America with clumps of soft foliage and relatively large trumpet-like flowers of a soft violet-purple in summer.  Good, but drained soil in part shade seems best.  30cm. (1L pots)

£4.50

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Rumex flexuosus

Wonderful bronze foliage on this New Zealand dock.  Neat clumps of lance-like leaves produce heads of small bronze flowers. Well behaved, clump forming to about 40cm. Average soil in sun. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Sanguisorba menziesii

Amazing  burgundy red pokers held above attractive clumps of deep green pinnate foliage in late spring to early summer. Definitely a “What’s that?” plant. 65cm.  (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Red Thunder’

A new variety with excellent deep red bobble-like flowers on wiry stems to 1m. Attractive foliage is a bonus.  Good soil in sun. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Sanguisorba ‘Tanna’

Rich burgundy-red bobble-like flowers hover on thin, but strong stems above delicate looking green foliage. Good soil in sun or light shade. 30cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Santolina rosmarinifolia ‘Lemon Fizz’

A new variety with bright lemon yellow foliage.  Typical soft yellow button-like flowers from midsummer to 60cm. Best cut back after flowering to promote a bushy plant.  Drained soil in sun. (1L pots) 

£3.50

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Saponaria x lempergii ‘Max Frei’

A low growing form with masses of fresh pink flowers over a mat of green foliage in summer and autumn.  Does not spread. Drained soil in sun or part shade. 30cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Scabiosa ‘Butterfly Blue’

Clumps of soft, cut foliage and loads of lavender-blue flowers in summer and autumn to 45cm.  A sterile hybrid so it keeps on flowering without deadheading. Drained soil in full sun.  (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Scabiosa columbaria ssp. ochroleuca ‘Moon Dance’

A new form of this lovely perennial. Neat clumps of greyish green foliage and wiry upright stems bearing clear pale yellow flowers all summer.  Well drained soil in sun.  Shorter than normal, 30-40cm? (1L pots)

£3.50

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Schizostylis coccinea ‘Pink Princess’

A beautiful form with white flowers flushed with pale shell pink in late summer and autumn. Iris-like leaves in clumps.  Good soil in sun, not too wet in winter. 60cm.  Syn. S. c. 'Wilfred H Bryant' (1.5L pots) 

£4.00

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Scilla litardierei

A very good value bulb, flowering for weeks in spring and early summer. Long-lasting spikes of rich sky blue flowers to 15cm. Unobtrusive foliage. Good soil in sun or light shade. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Scopolia carniolica ‘Zwanenburg’

A recent introduction with deep purple-brown flowers, larger than the species.  Bigger foliage and a tougher plant. Deciduous, best in decent soil in part shade.  50cm. (9cm pots)

£5.50

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Scutellaria incana

Neat clumps of upright stems bearing spikes of powdery blue flowers in summer.  Drained soil in sun. The aristocrat of the genus. 60cm. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Scutellaria ‘Mood Indigo’

A new form with a low growing habit, lots of short stems topped with spikes of rich indigo blue flowers in summer.  Semi-tuberous habit to 30cm.  For drained soil in sun. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Sedum ‘Chocolate’

Deep chocolate brown foliage and cheerful pink flowers with reddish centres in mid summer. Neat bushy plants to 40cm. Drained soil in full sun. (1L pots)

£4.00

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Sedum ‘Red Cauli’

AGM  A new upright form with brilliant reddish flowers over dark green leaves with a deep purple flush.  Deep red stems complete the effect.  45cm. Drained soil in sun. (1L pots)

£4.00

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Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’

A new yellow leaved form from Austria. Prostrate, with bright yellow flowers. Dry soil in sun. Foliage turns bright amber in winter. Not to be confused with S. ‘Gold Mound’ which looks the same but is not hardy. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Sedum telephium ‘Karfunkelstein’

AGM  Clumps of purple foliage with a grey cast topped with rich pinkish red flowers in late summer and autumn. 45cm.  Drained soil in full sun. (9cm pots)

£3.50

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Sempervivum ‘Exhibita’

Rosettes of greyish green flushed violet-purple. Orange tinged in winter or when hungry!  Well drained soil in full sun. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Sempervivum ‘Lilac Time’

Grey rosettes look almost blue-lilac at times. Well drained soil in full sun. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Sempervivum ‘Lively Bug’

Hairy rosettes with a red flush, particularly in winter.  Well drained soil in full sun. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Sempervivum ‘Purple Queen’

Rich purple rosettes - stunning. Very well drained soil in full sun.  15cm. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Sempervivum ‘Red Flush’

Fresh green rosettes flushed red from the middles, almost all red in winter and greener in summer.  Well drained soil in full sun. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Sempervivum ‘Rosie’

A hairy variety with the rosettes flushed reddish in winter. Well drained soil in full sun. (7cm pots)

£2.50

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Senecio polyodon

Low growing clumps with slightly sprawling flower stems with loads of luminous purple flowers in late summer and autumn. An unusual hardy plant for the front of the border. Sun or light shade, drained soil, seems quite drought tolerant.  30cm. (1L pots)

£3.50

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Sidalcea campestris coll. Oregon, USA

A lovely, hardy species with patches of narrow-fingered leaves and slender spikes of sugar-pink flowers in spring and summer to about 75cm.  Ordinary soil in sun or light shade. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Silene sp. collected Sakhalin

As yet unidentified this species was collected in 2002.  Fleshy grey foliage and lots of white flowers on stems to 60cm.  Papery seed pods add interest after the flowers finish. Seems happy in any soil in sun or light shade. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Speirantha convallarioides

An unusual relative of Lily of the Valley, this has evergreen, broad, strappy leaves and sends up plenty of spikes of scented starry white flowers in spring. Forms a patch. Good leafy soil in shade. 25cm. (9cm pots)

£4.00

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Stachys byzantina ‘Primrose Heron’

A mat-forming perennial with yellowish grey leaves, densely woolly. Erect woolly stems of purple-pink flowers. 45cm. Drained soil in full sun. (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Stachys officinalis ‘Hummelo’

Neat clumps of glossy green foliage and short spikes of bright reddish purple flowers in summer.  Compact plants for the front of the border.  Average to good soil in sun. 25cm.  (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Strobilanthes rankanensis

Strong upright growth covered with large mid green leaves and spikes of tubular purple-blue flowers from late summer till the frosts.  Average to good soil in part shade is best but it will grow in sun or shade. 75cm. Deciduous. (1.5L pots) 

£4.50

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Symphytum cordatum

A choice, neat, clump forming species with attractive cordate foliage and clusters of pale yellow bells in spring.  Reasonable soil in part shade seems to suit it best. 20cm.  Slow to increase.  (9cm pots)

£3.00

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Symphytum tuberosum

A clump forming species making a low maound of pale green foliage and branched stems of pale yellow bells in spring, and summer if in good soil.  Light shade. 45cm. (1L pots)

£3.50

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