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Aconitum napellus

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Flowers: June-August.  Plant in part shade or woodland.  HxS 1.5mx50cm Our native monkshood is an upright, tuberous perennial with showy flowers on dark spikes.  The flowers are electric blue and held in spires above the foliage.  Architectural in habit it does not require staking and grows best in a well drained but moisture retentive soil in […]

Iris pseudacorus

Iris pseudacorus

Flowers: May to June.  Grow in sun or part shade.  HxS  1.5mx1m The native yellow flag iris has yellow petals with darker yellow zoning and brown markings on the falls.  It is ideal for boggy and wet ground or as an aquatic plant in medium to large ponds.  Iris pseudacorus has an herbaceous habit appearing early […]

Pulmonaria ‘Trevi Fountain’

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Flowers: April-June.  Plant in part or full shade.  HxS 45x40cm This Lungwort has large, rich blue trumpets of flowers.  These are held in clusters, on short stems, above a mound of oval, silver spotted, deep green leaves.  This hybrid seems to flower more continuously than other blue flowered hybrids.  Organically grown in peat free compost. […]

Actaea simplex ‘Black Negligee’

Actaea simplex 'Black Negligee'

Flowers: August-October. Plant in moist part shade. HxS 2mx1m A very dark, almost black-leaved form with pink budded, white flowers in late summer as other plants are fading.  It can grow to 2m in flower given ideal conditions and provides a great vertical accent in rich fertile soil.  Scent is just an added bonus!  Organically […]

Symphytum ‘Hidcote Blue’

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

PLEASE NOTE: RECENTLY POTTED UP. AVAILABLE TO ORDER WITH DELIVERY IN APRIL/MAY 2021 Flowers: April-July.  Plant in part or full shade.  HxS 45x75cm Dark red buds open to pale blue and white tubular flowers on this clump forming comfrey.  The rough-textured green leaves are really good weed suppressing and superb ground cover when underplanting shrubs.  […]

Euphorbia palustris

Flowers: March-June.  Plant in moist or wet soil in sun.  HxS 90x60cm Although Euphorbias are usually associated with dry or poor soils this member of the family loves damp, even wet sites and is happy on heavy soils.  It bears similar greeny-yellow flower heads held well above the foliage, flowering early in the year.  There […]

Convallaria majalis ‘Prolificans’

Flowers: May-June.  Plant in part shade or woodland.  HxS 30x30cm This is the double flowered form of our native Lily of the Valley and is rare and very desirable.  It is tolerant of most conditions but particularly good on banks and under deciduous trees or shrubs.  The frilly double white flowers are held up above the foliage […]

Symphytum ‘Hidcote Pink’

Symphytum 'Hidcote Pink'

PLEASE NOTE: RECENTLY POTTED UP. AVAILABLE TO ORDER WITH DELIVERY IN APRIL/MAY 2021 Flowers: April-July.  Plant in part or full shade.  HxS 45x60cm This comfrey has red flowers when in tight bud opening to a soft pink.  It was found at Hidcote Manor and can be inter-planted with Symphytum ‘Hidcote Blue’ or variegated forms.  This […]

Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’

Flowers: May-July.  Plant in light shade.  HxS 60x60cm A lovely Solomon’s Seal variety with variegated leaves which are green with a cream edge.  The scented, cream bell-like flowers are borne along the stem in early summer.  Attractive and performs well in a cool moist soil.  We are lucky and have no problems with sawfly at the nursery.  […]

Iris sibirica ‘White Swirl’

Flowers: June-July.  Plant in sun or light shade.  HxS 70x70cm Siberian flag irises prefer a moist or even boggy soil so are excellent near water, although are tolerant of drier conditions if watered well until established.  This has to be one of the best white varieties, seldom surpassed with newer hybrids.  The white flowers with flaring […]