Alpine violet. Wonderful for naturalising under trees and in shade. Masses of pink flowers appear from late summer until Christmas. Leaves (often marbled) appear midway through the flowering season...
Used widely in Oriental cooking. The edible stems are best fresh to add a citrus flavour to thai curries or even used to make tea! Not frost hardy. Height to around 20cm
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Clump forming. Silvery-grey deeply cut leaves with large, succulent globe artichokes, which if not eaten open to purple-blue flower heads on woolly stems. This is a delicious seed raised form. June to...
Egyptian paper grass. Short lived perennial with long grass like green leaves and pretty umbrella shaped brownish flowers through summer. Moist soil or planted in shallow water in a conservatory is...
Japanese holly fern. Lovely, alternate, broadly lance shaped evergreen fronds attach to black stems. Height and spread to around 50cm x 40cm. Humus rich moist but well drained soil in light shade in a...
Prostrate habit with masses of mildly scented, yellow pea like flowers in late spring and early summer. Height up to 30cm and a spread of around 1m. Ideal as a low ground cover for a well drained spot...
Dark sumptuous leaves typical of the Bishop series and deep red flowers with black and yellow centres from midsummer right through to the first frosts. Dead head to encourage repeat blooms and mulc...
Dark sumptuous leaves typical of the Bishop series and plum magenta flowers with red and yellow centres from midsummer until the first frosts. Keep dead headed to encourage repeat blooms and mulch ...
Pure scarlet, semi double flowers over mahogany red foliage. Height to around 1m. Keep dead headed to encourage repeat blooms and mulch deeply in autumn to overwinter tubers.
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