All Plants

Polygonatum biflorum dwarf form£6.50

A dwarf form of one of the common American solomon's seals. Slightly pleated green leaves and clusters of cream bells with jade green tips. Scented. Decent soil in shade. 40cm.

Polygonatum multiflorum£6.50

The classic "solomons seal". Tall arching stems with generous green-white bells in late spring. Best in decent soil in shade. 75cm.

Polygonatum odoratum 'Ussuriland'£8.00

An excellent, vigorous and floriferous selection collected in Russia in 1996 by the late Michael Wickenden. Grey green leaves and large creamy flowers in April/May. 90cm. Good soil in shade.

Polygonatum orientale F&S364£6.00

An excellent low growing Solomon's Seal with crisp green foliage and bright cream and jade green flared flowers in spring. Top plant. 30cm. Good soil in shade. Collected in the Elburz by Furze and Synge.

Polygonatum stewartianum£5.50

A rare woodlander with whorls of green foliage on stems to 45cm. Creamy flowers are followed by red fruits. Good soil in shade.

Polygonatum verticillatum£6.50

Upright stems with whorls of narrow leaves to 90cm. The clusters of narrow flowers appear in the leaf axils higher up the stems in late spring. Good, woodsy, soil in shade. Less attractive to sawfly.

Polygonatum verticillatum tall form£7.50

A distinctly taller form of this narrow leafed species making upright stems to as much as 2.1m in good soil in shade. Masses of tawny flowers from the higher leaf axils in early summer. Hardy.

Polygonatum x hybridum 'Purple Katie'£7.50

An elegant form which emerges with purple shoots that slowly turn green as the white and green flowers appear below the arch of the stems in late spring. 75cm. Good soil in light or part shade.

Polygonatum zanlanscianense£6.00

Elegant arching stems with whorls of narrow leaves equipped with tendril-tips that allow the plant to scramble. Clusters of purple flushed flowers in late spring. 1.2m. Shade.

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.

Potentilla rupestris£5.00

A lovely cottage garden type plant that makes clumps of strawberry-like leaves and upright stems topped with white flowers in summer. Easy and hardy, will self-seed a little. Good with smaller grasses. 40cm.

Potentilla sp. CC7180£5.00

Probably a Himalayan collection this has neat clumps of fresh green trifoliate leaves and clouds of rich ruby red flowers for weeks in summer to 40cm. Ordinary soil, sun.

Primula 'Barnhaven Garnet Cowichan'£5.00

Stunning garden worthy polyanthus in a range of deepest reds, some near black. The Cowichan types lack the typical large yellow eye. Decent soil in some shade. 25cm.

Primula 'David Valentine'£4.50

Pretty pink flowers on this P. elatior x P juliae hybrid. Showy flat faced flowers held in large heads up to 15cm in late winter and spring. Good soil in light shade.

Primula 'Lady Greer'£4.50

AGM. A delightful little primrose hybrid with neat clumps of leaves and masses of light yellow flowers in spring on stems to 20cm. Good soil in light shade.

Primula ex Barnhaven Indian Reds£5.00

Seed grown polyanthus in a range of bright rich reds, rubys, crimsons etc. Some towards magenta or purple. Decent soil in some shade. 25cm.

Prosartes lanuginosa£6.00

(syn. Disporum lanuginosum) Soft green clumps with greenish white, open, starry flowers in spring to 30cm. Good, leafy soil in shade.

Reineckea carnea£5.00

Low patches of strap-like leaves (more or less evergreen) and short spikes of flesh pink flowers in spring. Ordinary soil in shade. 15cm.

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!

Rubus cockburnianus£14.50

The classic white stemmed bramble with robust upright stems to 1.8m or more, arching over with time to root at the tips. Small pinkish white flowers. Easy!

Rubus spectabilis£8.00

A much loved species from north America with cinnamon coloured, peeling bark, very early magenta flowers (often before leafing up) and glossy green foliage. 2m.

Rubus ulmifolius 'Bellidiflorus'£8.50

Amazing fully double soft pink bramble with pointed and almost frilly petals. Bronze tinted foliage. Thorny! Prune to size.

Rumex scutatus silver leaf£5.00

Low bushy clumps of shield shaped leaves spotted, splashed or coated with a silvery overlay. Thready spikes of pinkish flowers to 40cm. Sun.

Salvia 'African Sky'£5.50

Stunning sky blue flowers from spring to autumn on this modern S. chamelaeagnea hybrid from New Zealand. Scented foliage is a bright, fresh green. 60cm in a sunny spot with good, drained soil. Probably not fully hardy.

Salvia 'Waverly'£5.50

TENDER An eyecatching hybrid with masses of racemes of purple calyces and white flowers flushed with pale lavender. May be worth trying outside in a warm sunny, sheltered garden but overwinter frost free to be safe. 50cm.