Drought Tolerant
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ACHILLEA 'FANAL'
Floriferous and very long flowered strong red achillea.
Height 2'6". Flowers all the way up the stem. A real good doer and excellent value for money.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
ACHILLEA 'FEUERLAND'
Fiery bright red flowers with a yellow eye which fades to burnt orange.
Sturdy clump former.
Just over 3ft tall

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
ACHILLEA 'FORNCETT FLETTON'
Excellent two tone brick orange flowers.
Compact grower at just over 2ft.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
ACHILLEA 'ROSE QUEEN'
Floriferous and very long flowered dark pink achillea.
Height 3ft. Flowers all the way up the stem. A real good doer and excellent value for money.
Combine with yellow Buphthalmum or Coreopsis for gorgeous display.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00

ACHILLEA 'PAPRIKA'

 

Excellent modern variety with stunning scarlet red flowers held over fern-like
feathery foliage. Compact and tidy plant. Very desirable.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
ACHILLEA 'WALTER FUNKE'
Superb achillea with orange red flower heads over grey green foliage.Excellent modern variety. Quintessential
Cottage Garden plant. Tolerant of poor soils.
Compact at 24-30ins. Excellent in full sun. Cut back after flowering for the next flush of flowers.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
AGAPANTHUS 'HEADBOURNE HYBRIDS'
Spectacular displays of large strong blue flower heads in Mid Summer.
This is a good hardy variety and an excellent pot specimen.
Bold strap like foilage gives a tropical feel to any setting. Height 2 -3ft.

£5.00 each
ALCEA 'DOUBLE CRIMSON'
The quintessential cottage garden plant which carries spires of rich red fully double flowers.
Flowers all summer long.

Height 5 - 6ft. A favourite with all types of gardeners!!!

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50
ALCEA 'DOUBLE MAROON'
The quintessential cottage garden plant which carries spires of dark red/ black fully double flowers.
Flowers all summer long.

Height 5 - 6ft. A favourite with all types of gardeners!!!

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50
ALCEA 'DOUBLE PEACH'
The quintessential cottage garden plant which carries spires of delicate peach fully double flowers.
Flowers all summer long.

Height 5 - 6ft. A favourite with all types of gardeners!!!

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50
ALCEA 'DOUBLE WHITE'
The quintessential cottage garden plant which carries spires of pure white fully double flowers.
Flowers all summer long.

Height 5 - 6ft. A favourite with all types of gardeners!!!

£3.00each

3 FOR £8.50
ALCEA NIGRA
The quintessential cottage garden plant which carries spires of black single flowers.
Flowers all summer long. A real head turner.

Height 5 - 6ft. A favourite with all types of gardeners!!!

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50

ANEMONE 'SERENADE'
We recommend Anemone Serenade as the best large pink variety due to its
persistence and garden worthyness.
Will grow in sun or partial shade. Best on soil that drains freely.
Height 3ft. Our stock is eel worm free.

£4.50 each
ANEMONE 'WHIRLWIND'
In our experience we have found this semi double pure white variety the most
rewarding.
Will grow in sun or partial shade. Best on soil that drains freely.
Height 2 - 3ft. Our stock is eel worm free.

£4.50 each
ARTEMISIA 'VALERIE FINNIS' AGM
One of the best silver foilage plants there is.
All silver foilage plants should be grown in full sun.
This Artemsia is a compact grower and an excellent as a foil for flying perennials.
No sunny border should be without this plant.

£4.50 each
DIGITALIS MERTONENSIS (The Strawberry Foxglove)
This robust clump forming perennial carries strong flower spikes of large tubular,
crushed strawberry coloured flowers in Mid Summer. The large dark green
attractive foilage is evergreen. Best in sun or light shade.
Height 3ft.

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50
DIGITALIS PARVIFLORA (The Chocolate Foxglove)
This perennial foxglove is quite different to the common foxglove. It has stiff
architectural spikes of chocolate brown red veined flowers which rise above

low leafy rosettes.Best in partial shade with good drainage.

Height 4ft.

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50

DIGITALIS PURPUREA 'ALBA'

A pure white variety of our common foxglove. It is very distinctive and one of
our best selling lines. It is best in partial shade on all but the heaviest of soils.

It is loved by bees and gardeners alike!

A stately 4ft.

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50
DIGITALIS 'SUTTON'S APRICOT'
A soft peachy apricot variety of our common foxglove. The tall spires appear
in early Summer and are absolutely gorgeous.
Best in light shade.
Height 4ft.

£3.00 each

3 FOR £8.50
DIASCIA FETCANIENSIS
The truly hardy Diascia. This South African species will thrive given good
drainage and a sunny spot in this country.
In our trials border this plant excelled flowering from late April through
to October. It stays compact at about a foot. An excellent plant.

£4.00 each
ERYNGIUM VARIFOLIUM
The most desirable 'sea holly' which carries steely thistle type flowers
from July to September. Likes full sun on a free draining soil.
Height 2ft. An irresistable plant when in flower.
 

£5.00 each
ERYNGIUM BOURGATII
One of the most prettiest and blueist Sea Hollies. Spiky silver edged foilage is topped
by blue thistle type flowers. Good clump former requires good drainage and
full sun. Very desirable.
Height 18".

£5.00 each
GAURA LINDHEIMERII 'WHIRLING BUTTERFLIES'
A very hardy perennial forming a clump of grey - green foilage crowned by abundant
graceful flowerheads from Early Summer til Autumn. Tolerant of partial shade but
best in sun. Height 2 - 3ft. An excellent subject for the herbaceous border due to
its ethereal flowering habit.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
GERANIUM HIMALAYENSE PLENUM
An unusual double flowered perennial Geranium. Carries a profusion of showy
lavander - blue flowers on a compact plant. Excellent as part of an Early Summer
display. Good clump former.
Sun or partial shade. Height 1ft.

£4.00 each
GERANIUM PYRENAICUM 'BILL WALLIS'
This unusual perennial Geranium carries masses of very deep violet - purple
flowers from Late Spring. Forms a tidy clump and performs well in full sun with
good drainage. Seeds freely to surprise you in other parts of the garden.
Height 12 - 15".

£4.00 each
GERANIUM 'MAVIS SIMPSON'
A suberb perennial Geranium that is extremely long flowered.
It forms clumps of creeping greyish round leaves which are smothered by clear
pink, purple veined flowers. It is highly adaptable in sun or partial shade. Excellent
ground cover. Height 18" x 3ft.

£4.00 each
KNAUTIA MACEDONICA
A profusion of double dark crimson scabious like flowers cover this delightful and
sought after perennial. A favourite of bees and butterflies.
Flowers from June until first frost.
Plant in sun or light shade. Height 2ft.

£4.50 each
KNIPHOFIA 'ICE QUEEN'
This strong growing poker forms a clump of deep green, exotic foilage which is
evergreen. The huge flowers are bourne in Late Summer and Autumn. They fade
from a greeny yellow to white. One of our favourite plants.
Requires full sun and good drainage. Height 4ft.

£5.00 each
KNIPHOFIA 'JENNY BLOOM'
This delicate and understated perennial bares pink and cream pokers in June and
July and again September - October. Excellent clump forming plant and combines

well with other flowering perennials. Good draining soil is required.

Height 3ft. Dead head to encourage repeat flowering.

£5.00 each
KNIPHOFIA 'NANCY'S RED'
This modern poker is a fabulous introduction it has a compact habit growing to
2ft. Flowers are produced in mass through the Summer. The pokers are a deep
coral red which glow in the late afternoon and evening light. This is a real
different colour and form in any border.

£5.00 each
MIMULUS AURANTIACUS
This unusual plant forms a shrubby plant to about 2ft in height. The large flared
orange trumpets are produced throughout summer well into autumn. Best in full sun
on free draining soil. Very drought tolerant. Mulch around crown in autumn.
Very irresistible when in flower. Very zingy!!

£5.00 each
MIMULUS AURANTIACUS var. PUNICEUS
A brick red form of the above.
An unusual and different colour selection.
 
 

£5.00 each
MIMULUS AURANTIACUS 'ELEANOR'
A delicately attractive pale yellow selection.
Rarely offered for sale.
 
 

£5.00 each
MIMULUS 'POPACATAPETL'
 
Rarely offered for sale.
 
 

£5.00 each
MIMULUS 'QUETZACOATL'
 
Rarely offered for sale.
 
 

£5.00 each
MIMULUS 'VERITY PURPLE'
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Rarely offered for sale.
 
 

£5.00 each
NEPETA 'SIX HILLS GIANT'
A superior 'cat mint'. Excellent as a foil for other flowering plants. The silver foliage
is appealing in itself, but the mass of flowers form a terrific blue cloud effect.
Height 2ft. Best in full sun. Very drought tolerant.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
ORIGANUM 'HOPLEY'S'
This variety has dainty sprays of purple - pink flowers above mounds of
aromatic, dark green, narrow leaves.
It is great in borders, gravel borders or in containers. Likes a well drained, sunny
spot. Loved by bees and butterflies. 18" x 12".

£4.00 each
ORIGANUM 'KENT BEAUTY'
An ornamental variety of Marjoram with trailing stems bearing eye catching
pink flowers which fades to shades of purple in late summer.
Likes a well drained and sunny spot.
4" x 8".

£4.00 each
PENSTEMON 'ALICE HINDLEY' AGM

A very pretty Penstemon with pale bluish - liliac flowers with a white throat.

A fairly tall variety standing proud at 4ft with large flowers to accompany it at
4 - 5cm long. Flowers from Mid July. Still in flower at Christmas in our border.
For well drained soil in sun or partial shade.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'CHARLES RUDD'
A very striking large flowered Penstemon with the tubular flowers are a deep
purple with a pure white throat. A gorgeous and very popular chap!
A medium height Penstemon at 2'6".

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'CZAR'
This new introduction for 2005 from Pensham Penstemons is a strong growing
variety. The 3ft flower stems carry extra large plum - purple flowers with a
clear white throat.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'FIREBIRD' AGM
This is one of the most popular Penstemons for its spectacular and long lasting
flowering season. It was breed for its persistence, the tubular flowers are a
bright red with darker internal veining that almost glows.
Forms a bushy plant to 3ft. A brilliant garden plant.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'FLAMINGO'
A good large deep pink flowered Penstemon with attractive pink veins
in the white throat. Very attractive. One of the best pink penstemons.
 
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'GARNET' AGM
This variety is a rich dark red. An old variety that has
should the test of time. Unfussy in the garden forming a
bushy plant to 3ft that flowers continually.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON HETEROPHYLLA 'HEAVENLY BLUE'
Vivid electric blue flowers in summer over a shrubby branching plant. A suberb flower

colour. Produces a profusion of flowers.

Wants free draining soil in sun or part shade.
Height 1 - 2ft.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'KAY BURTON'
New penstemon for 2005 from Pensham. 'Kay Burton' is astrong grower
which produces the the largest red flowers with white veining in the
throat.We think this will be a real hit this year and for years to come.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'LAURA'
Another new penstemon from the Pensham breeding specialists.Large open
tubular flowers of a uniquely beautiful soft fuchsia shade with white throat.
We had real trouble finding words to descrbe the colour.
A compact and sturdy plant.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'LILAC AND BURGUNDY'
A beautiful bicolour with a strongly contrasting dark
mouth against a lighter tube. This is quite different
with the marking that intrigue the eye.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'OSPREY' AGM
Large, frilled trumpets of pink with a white throat form
spectacular flowerheads in summer.
Sun or partial shade.
 

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'RAVEN' AGM
The largest and darkest deep purple tubular flowers.
This continued to perform for us in our border trial.
3ft. Sunny spot.
As with all penstemons cut back in spring.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'RUBICUNDA' AGM
A great red with a distict white throat.
The large flowers are produced in July and go through until September.
2ft x 2ft.
Good drainage in sun or partial shade.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'WHITE BEDDER'
Pure white trumpets. Persistent and reliable in the
garden. 3ft.
Excellent in combination in the the border.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PENSTEMON 'WOODPECKER'
This new Penstemon is truly blue. Strong blue medium sized
trumpets over narrow foliage. An excellent colour.
2ft x 2ft.
Best in a sunny spot.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS 'YELLOW TRUMPET'
A native of South Africa this plant adds a real tropical feel to a border. Its woody base
throws flower spikes which carry pendent yellow throated flowers freely all summer.
Plant in full sun with a sheltered position against a wall or fence. Mulch in Autumn.
Size 3 - 4ft

£3.50 each
SALVIA LYCIOIDES
This is rarely offered for sale. I have only seen it once over
six years of showing. Compact shrubby plant to 20ins.
Strongly aromatic foliage. Profusion of regal purple flowers
with white veining. Drought tolerant. Sun. Try it.

£4.00 each
SALVIA MICROPHYLLA 'PINK BLUSH'
One of the best performing shrub salvias. Requires full
sun. Large bright pink flowers smother the bushy plant
all season. Fabulously rewrading in our border trial.
Reliably hardy and persistant.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
SALVIA MICROPHYLLA 'YELLOW SEEDLING'
This shrubby plant forms a plant to 2'6". The aromatic
foliage is topped with delicate yellow lipped flowers
with a coral upper. Sun, decent drainage.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
STACHYS CILIATA
A very recent find. This lipped flower plant forms a
dense mound of a nice green foliage which is covered
with flower heads of maroon purple. Best in sun.
12" x 2'.

£4.50 each
STIPA ARUNDINACEA
'Pheasant tail grass' is an apt name for this handsome plant.
Arching feathery flower plumes that are a shade of autumn
purple. The foliage is at its best through late summer into
winter, being a riot of autumnal reds, oranges and golds. 2-3ft

£4.00 each
STIPA GIGANTEA AGM

'Giant Golden Oats'. This magnificent and elegant grass

carries large golden oat like flower plumes from June, they
appear almost ephemeral. 5-6ft.
Sunny, most reasonable soils.

£4.00 each
STIPA TENUISSIMA
'Pony Tails' .One of the most graceful grasses. Bright green
clumps with fluffy plumes, fading to biscuit. Always moving
in the wind.
Compact at 2ft. Sun on any reasonable soil.

£4.00 each
VERBENA BONARIENSIS
This fully hardy plant is very worthy for combining its height with violet blue
fragant flowers. It's tall wiry stems carry a sucession of delicate flower
clusters from June to October. A great bee and butterfly attractant.
Plant in full sun. Height up to 5ft.

£3.50 each

3 FOR £8.50
VERBENA HASTATA
A super long lived and long flowering perennial from
Nova Scotia.This pink forms seems to sparkle as the
flowers open up the branching candelabra heads.
3ft. Hardy. Freely seeds. Combine with grasses.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
VERBENA RIGIDA
This must have plant is extremely good value for money.
This compact,18ins, branching plant covers itself
in strong purple flower heads that go on forever.
Adored by bees and butterflies.

£4.00 each

3 FOR £10.00
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