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Arum italicum ssp italicum 'XXL'£6.00

Wintergreen with faintly veined large rich green foliage. Yet to see full size here. Best in good soil in at least some shade.

Convallaria majalis ex Tatra Mtns£5.00

Wild collected form with light fawn-pink flowers and somewhat narrower leaves than commonly cultivated types. 20cm. Good soil in shade.

Holcus mollis 'Albovariegatus'£4.50

Very pretty mats of cream and pink variegated foliage, very soft to the touch. Dainty flowers in summer. Average to dry soil in sun or part shade. 30cm.

Roscoea alpina CC3667£4.50

Seed grown plants from this wild collected form with light purple flowers over clumps of relatively narrow foliage to 20cm. Drained but moisture retentive soil in shade!

Sanguisorba obtusa silver leaved£5.00

A great form of the species with silvery-grey foliage that is a good reason to grow without the chunky caterpillar-like flowers. Good soil in sun or light shade. 75cm.

Tellima grandiflora 'Forest Frost'£4.50

Clumps of fresh green foliage with silvery marbling and bronze-purple tones in winter. Spikes of apple-green flowers in spring to 50cm. Evergreen. Ordinary soil in shade.

Vinca minor 'Marie'£4.50

A recent selection with small leaves and lots of big windmill-like royal blue flowers in spring. Low evergeen groundcover to 15cm. Ordinary soil in sun or shade.

Geranium maculatum 'Putnam County'£5.00

A typical wild form, named to give it's origin in New York State. Pink-mauve flowers on stems to 50cm. Good soil in sun or light shade.

Aquilegia rockii£4.50

Rarely cultivated species with elegant dusky purple flowers on an open plant to 50cm. Reminiscent of Aquilegia ecalcarata but larger and easier! Good soil in part shade.

Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Vorjura'£4.50

This new variety has many bright rosy-pink flowers with deeper pink anthers in early summer. Low ground cover good for edging in sun or light shade. Ordinary, drained soil. 20cm.

Dodecatheon poeticum£4.50

Primula relative with elegant rich rosy pink reflexed flowers produced successionaly in spring. Prefers moist but drained soil in shade. Neat clumps to 30cm.

Corydalis 'Wildside Blue'£5.00

A lovely hybrid from Keith Wiley with bright blue flowers over ferny, light green, foliage in spring and early summer. Decent soil in shade. 30cm.

Phlox glaberrima 'Bill Baker'£6.50

A low growing species from North America, this cheerful pink form collected by Bill Baker. Average soil in sun or light shade. 40cm.

Persicaria chinensis var ovalifolia 'Indian Summer'£8.50

Collected in the Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh this clump former produces clusters of pinkish red flowers on the tips of arching stems to 75cm. Good soil, part shade.

Digitalis davisiana£5.00

A perennial foxglove with rosettes of fresh green evergreen foliage and spikes of pale yellow flowers with milk chocolate brown markings to 90cm. Ordinary soil in sun or light shade.

Disporopsis fuscopicta£5.50

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.

Gypsophila paniculata£6.50

Clouds of tiny white flowers in summer make a lovely soft effect in the garden or can be cut for a vase. Drained but good soil in sun or part shade. 1m.

Sesleria autumnalis£4.50

A neat clump forming ornamental grass with stiff yellow-green leaves and spikes of cream flower to 40cm in late summer and autumn. Good soil in sun or part shade.

Stachys recta£4.50

Low clumps of fresh foliage and slender spikes of creamy flowers with fine pink markings. Unusual front of border plant for sun or part shade. 45cm.

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'£4.50

A valuable, evergreen, yellow variegated version. Lovely for its bright winter effect. Grass-like arching foliage to 30cm in average to good soil in shade or part sun.

Centaurea dealbata 'Steenbergii'£4.50

Clumps of jagged leaves with silvery grey undersides produce deep, bright, pink cornflowers from bronze buds to 75cm. Summer-Autumn. Drained soil in sun or part shade.

Luzula sylvatica 'Bromel'£4.50

Lush bright green leaves provide attractive evergreen spreading clumps to 25cm enhanced by airy heads of bronzey flowers in late spring to 60cm. Ordinary soil in shade.

Hedera nepalensis var. sinensis£5.00

A fairly small ivy from south-west China with grey veined leaves, new growth purple-red in spring and summer. Best grown in at least light shade, sheltered.

Hedychium spicatum 'Shirui Steps'£12.00

Hardy with a mulch this species produces white and pinkish flowers fairly reliably each year. Good soil, we prefer a little shade here. 1m so far.

Potentilla nepalensis 'Helen Jane'£4.50

Beautiful clear pink flowers with a crimson centre over many weeks in summer on this herbaceous species. Ordinary soil in sun or part shade suits it well. 40cm.