For those who need the new plants here are the 25 most recently added plants. Not necessarily new but just new to the website, or sometimes a plant we haven't had available for some time.
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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.
A recent selection with an upright habit and sprays of open pinkish red flowers and good autumn foliage colour. Average to good soil in full sun. 1.2m.
A lovely clump forming foliage plant that also produces curious strings of tiny pink flowers in late summer. The fresh green, divided leaves are distinctive. Decent soil in shade. 50cm.
Brilliant blue flowers, like a Tradescantia, on grassy foliage to 30cm. A rarely seen clump forming tuberous plant for a well drained, warm, sunny position. Hardy in most of the UK.
An unusual colour combination on this strong variety - wine red flowers with lemon yellow markings in the centre of the falls and in the standards. Well drained soil in full sun. 25cm.
A recent introduction from the French garden of the same name. Purple flowers with pale edges and markings. Glossy green foliage. 30cm. Shade, even quite dry.
An attractive compact variety with rich green clumps of leaves and slightly arching stems bearing dark brownish flowers in midsummer. Excellent warm autumn/winter stem colour. 80cm.
Clouds of tiny pink flowers that fade to white in a mass over the rosettes of broad greyish green leaves. A relative of Sea lavender it appreciates a well drained, sunny position and should be salt tolerant if you are near the sea! 40cm.
A delightful old (1906) cultivar from Cayeaux in France. Elegant white flowers with a network of cornflower blue veins in late spring and early summer. Drained soil in full sun. 90cm.
Very fine hair-like green foliage that tries to be evergreen. Clouds of light sandy flowers in summer to 40cm until the stems extend and the flower trail around the plant. Full sun and well drained soil. Perennial grass from Chile.
An attractive and unusual form of ivy with bright white new leaves that develop dark green speckles that flood the leaf as it ages. Moderate growth that can climb or cover the ground.
Much darker purple-crimson flowers on this form of the species which suits cottage garden or more modern naturalistic borders. Clumps of low foliage and slender flower stems to 60cm.
A lovely white flowered form of this hardy species with relatively large dangling flowers from midsummer. Good soil in shade. Best to apply a mulch of bark or similar when it goes dormant in late autumn. 60cm.
Collected by Michael Wickenden this is similar to I. omeiana but has delightful light pink flowers in autumn. Low patches of dusky foliage. Deciduous and hardy, for good soil that doesn't dry out in shade. 40cm?
Clump forming with an upright bushy habit. Lovely mossy green leaves with a faint chevron and narrow tapers of tiny white flowers in mid-late autumn. Hardy, deciduous and best in shade. 90cm.
A recent German selection of this clear blue flowered species that grows to about half normal height, so around 1m tall. Good soil in sun or light shade. Deep mulch overwinter.
syn. 'White Rain'. The beautiful white flowered form of this front of the border favourite produces masses of it's whorled flower stems all summer to 40cm. Cut back if needed. Drained soil in sun. Easy and hardy.
A scabious relative producing clouds of silvery white button-like flowers with a hint of pink all summer to 90cm. Hard to describe adequately! Ordinary soil in some sun.
Very finely divided fresh green foliage and slender stems to 1.2m topped with airy heads of mostly whiteish green flowers where the showy pale yellow stamens are the main attraction! Hardy, ordinary soil in sun or light shade.
Beautiful glowing, deep pink flowers in autumn to 80cm and semi-double but with clear yellow centres. A striking but subtle plant. Drained soil in sun.
