Here are all the other perennials, from the commonplace to the ridiculously rare. Have a good browse or use the Plant Selector to help.
Since we grow such a large, eclectic selection you may find the refine function in the left hand column useful to narrow down your search, or if you know the name of the plant you are looking for the Search box at the top right may help you find it. If you need help choosing your plants then our Collections might be of interest or ask us for help by email or phone.
Low mats of blue-grey foliage produce globular heads of white flowers that mature to warm reddish brown seeds that are the most attractive feature. Drained soil in sun. 10cm.
(Collected as A. balcanicus MESE 311) A neat, deciduous, plant with jagged green foliage and stocky spikes of soft pink flowers from green bracts. Drained soil in full sun. 30-60cm.
From the Alpine Garden Society expedition to China in 1994 this herbaceous species produces upright stems to c. 1.4m topped with spikes of light green buds that open to ivory tinted pink flowers in summer.
Glossy, deep green, grassy foliage a little lusher than A. gramineus. Spikes of creamy white flowers nestle in the foliage. Seems happy in shade or sun, moist-average soil. 30cm.
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.
Low growing clumps/patches of blue/green leaves with silvery margins. Short stems bearing clusters of apple green flowers which turn rusty-red from spring. 20cm.
Bright sparkly blue flowers in neat round heads of stems that wave in the breeze in early to mid summer. Grassy leaves that still look ok while it flowers. Drained soil in sun, 45cm.
Neat clumps of fine foliage and slender stems topped with open heads of drooping pinkish purple flowers in summer. Delightful. 40cm. Drained soil in full sun.
A delightful low growing species producing glowing purple flowers in pendent clusters in spring and early summer. Makes neat clumps of grassy leaves, the flowers slightly taller to 20cm. Drained soil in full sun.
AGM Very similar to the well known A. sphaerocephalon but this has light yellow flowers. Well behaved and very pretty mixed with grasses. Drained soil in sun. 60cm.
A bulbous perennial, mid-green leaves. Bears heads of pink-purple flowers to a height of 60cm Flowers from May to June. Deciduous. Hardy. Ordinary, drained, soil in sun.
A good, robust and hardy Alstroemeria with crisp white variegated foliage and deep red flowers with a white throat and green and black markings! Drained, deep, fertile soil in full sun for the best growth. 90cm.
Tight clumps of upright stems topped with clusters of starry, porcelaine blue flowers in late spring and summer to 45cm. Broad, fresh green leaves that turn yellow in autumn. Drained soil in sun.
Seedlings from the excellent Amsonia 'Ernst Pagels'. It has proved very fertile and produces strong seedlings. Hopefully tall, willowy plants topped with large light blue flowers and good autumn colour.
Strange brown and white striped hooded flowers with a very long "tail" for the beetles that polinate them in the wild to climb up! Tropical looking fresh green leaves and orange berries later in the summer. Hardy in pots and the ground in the recent cold winters.
A beautiful and elegant German selection with fresh green foliage and sprays of creamy white flowers on strong upright stems to 1.8m. Good soil in sun or part shade.
Deciduous clumps of glaucous grassy leaves send up strong stems with dense spikes of snowy white, starry flowers with pinkish veins from brown buds. Late spring into summer, drained soil in full sun. 1.5m.
An attractive less common form with medium to large white flowers with green tips and a warm pink flush to the centre. Good clumps of lush green leaves. Good soil in sun. 50cm.
A deep ruby red flowered selection, our plants divisions from a particularly good one. Deep green foliage stained purple, especially on new growth. Good soil in sun. 60cm.
