ACIDANTHERA
Half-hardy bulbs from Ethiopia (now included in Gladiolus) which can be
left down permanently in the south but require a top dressing of sharp
sand or ashes. Often treated as annuals, they need full sun and a light,
well-drained soil.
MURIELIAE
(Gladiolus callianthus)
ACTAEA
Easy plants for dry shade. Clusters of white flowers followed by dramatic
red or white seed heads in the autumn
PACHYPODA
RUBRA
AGAPANTHUS
We are steadily building up our collection of these spectacular South
African plants. They require a light, well-drained soil rich in humus.
They should be given a winter mulch of leaves, bracken or straw.
BEN HOPE
BLACK
PANTHA
BLUE
GIANT
‘BLUE
MOON’
BRESSINGHAM BLUE
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
CASTLE OF MEY
CLARENCE HOUSE
DYERI
ENIGMA
GLANAVON
GLACIER STREAM
HEADBOURNE
BLUE
HEADBOURNE
WHITE
ICE BLUE STAR
ICE
LOLLY
INAPERTUS
JACK'S
BLUE
LOCH HOPE
LADY MOORE
LILIPUT
LOCH HOPE
LITTLECOURT
MIDNIGHT STAR
NAVY BLUE
PETER
PAN
PRAECOX ORIENTALIS
PRAECOX ORIENTALIS ALBUS
PRAECOX
ORENTALIS DOUBLE
PRAECOX NANUS ALBUS
PRAECOX NANUS VARIEGATUS
PREACOX
PRAECOX FLORE PLENO
PROFUSION
ALLIUM
We offer here semi-evergreen varieties which prefer to be planted at this
time of the year. The onion smell is not strong unless the leaves are
bruised. They are all easy to grow in light, well drained soil and full
sun.
CERNUM
(Nodding Onion)
FLAVUM
PULCHELLUM
(carinatum)
PULCHELLUM
ALBUM
SENESCENS
TUBEROSUM (odorum)
ALBUCA
Unuasual summer flowering bulbs for the conservatory or pots, Masses of
soft yellow flowers in spikes
SHAWII
ALSTROEMERIA
Easy species of the well-known cut flower. Plant deeply in a rich,
well-drained soil and mulch with bracken etc. in winter. Alternatively,
they make excellent pot plants for a cool greenhouse. Cut back after
flowering for a second flush.
PSITTACINA
(pulchella)
PSITTACINA
'ROYAL STAR' (VARIEGATA)
AMARYLLIS
Useful for late autumn display. They are best planted in a warm, sunny
border. Protect with bracken in winter.
BELLADONNA
BELLADONNA
ALBA
ANEMONE
Although a full range of bulbous and rhizomatous species can be found in
our Autumn catalogue, we offer here some of the more unusual herbaceous
varieties.
LESSERI
SYLVESTRIS (Snowdrop anemone)
ANTHERICUM
A small Lily-like plant with rhizomes and grassy leaves which quickly
forms a clump when happy. Best in rich, light soil in full sun.
RAMOSUM
PLUMOSUM (Trichopetalum plumosum)
LILIAGO
ARISAEMA
These attractive and unusual relations of our own Lords and Ladies are
becoming increasingly popular. They are quite hardy and require a cool
soil that does not dry out. A covering of bracken is beneficial in cold
areas. The ‘flower’ is in fact the spathe, the true flower being
inside it.
CANDIDISSIMUM
NEPENTHOIDES
SIKOKIANUM
TORTUOSUM
ARUM
(Lords and Ladies)
CRETICUM
ITALICUM
MARMORATUM (pictum)
ASARUM
usual foliage plants for cool
shade. Mounds of evergreen, silver-variegated leaves and curious flowers.
SPLENDENS
ASPHODELINE
Although natives of the Mediterranean area, these striking plants are
easily grown in any sunny position.
LUTEA
LIBURNICA
ASTER
Autumn
flowering member of this popular group.
DIVERICATUS
ASTRANTIA
Easy summer flowering plants for sun or part shade.
MAJOR
MAJOR 'HADSPEN BLOOD'
MAJOR
' SUNNINGDALE
MAXIMA
BELLAMCANDA
A relation of Libertia from eastern Asia. It needs a rich, sandy loam in a
sheltered position. Also ideal for a greenhouse.
CHINENSIS
(Blackberry Lily)
FLABELLATA
CAMPANULA
Easy plants for a sunny border, each producing a succession of large,
showy flowers all summer.
ELIZABETH
KENT
BELLE
TAKESIMANA
CARDAMINE
(dentaria)
Easy plants for shade. Spring
flowering
PENTAPHYLLA
CARDIOCRINUM
A monocarpic lily needing a very rich soil in semi-shade with plenty of
moisture. Produces offsets to grow on for future years.
GIGANTEUM
CODONOPSIS
Unusual scrambling plants with bell-shaped flowers. Sun or semi-shade.
GREY-WILSONII
CONVALLARIA (LILY OF
VALLEY)
These
favourite and attractive plants will grow outside in almost any situation.
MAJALIS ‘FORTIN’S GIANT’
MAJALIS
ROSEA
CORYDALIS
This
exciting new plant from China is virtually evergreen with creeping fleshy
roots. It needs a cool position in the garden and humus-rich soil. Flowers
like tiny snapdragons.
FLEXUOSA
‘CHINA BLUE’
FLEXUOSA x CASHMIRIANA
CRINUM
Bold, late summer flowering bulbs for a sunny border.
MOOREI
xPOWELLII
xPOWELLII ALBA
CROCOSMIA
Once
included under Montbretia, these plants are excellent for extending the season into late summer.
CANARY
BIRD
CITRONELLA
CONSTANCE
DUSKY MAIDEN
EMILY MACKENZIE
LADY
HAMILTON
GERBE D'OR
HIS MAJESTY
HONEY ANGELS
LUCIFER
OKOVANGO
SARACEN
STAR
OF THE EAST
ZAMBESII
CYCLAMEN
Hardy
Cyclamen for shade. In general they are far better planted as growing plants than as
dormant bulbs. Due to the fragility of their leaf stalks we prefer to
despatch late in their growing season when they are naturally dying back.
All tubers are dug daily for immediate despatch.
AFRICANUm
ALPINUM
(TROCHOPTERANTHUM)
BALEARICUM
CILICIUM
CILICIUM
ALBUM
COUM
COUM
ALBUM
COUM
‘MAURICE DRYDEN’
COUM
PEWTER GROUP
COUM
RED
CYPRIUM
GRAECUM
GRAECUM
ALBUM.
HEDERIFOLIUM
(neapolitanum).
HEDERIFOLIUM
ALBUM
HEDERIFOLIUM
‘SILVER CLOUD’
INTAMINATUM
LIBANOTICUM
MIRABILE
PERSICUM
PSEUDIBERICUM
PURPURASCENS
(europaeum)
REPANDUM
ROHLFSIANUM
DACTYLORHIZA
These hardy orchids
are happiest in deep, moist, fertile soil. They have been artificially
propagated.
FUCHSII
DICENTRA
North American herbaceous plants with divided
leaves and flowers along the ends of the branched stems.
SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart)
SPECTABILIS ALBA
DIERAMA (Angels fishing rod or wand flower)
A beautiful genus;
normally very tall arching spikes ending in hanging bells. Requires a light
moist soil. Evergreen and clump forming.
BARR
HYBRIDS
GUINEVERE
IGNEUM
PENDULA
PULCHERRIMUM
PUMILA (dracomontanum)
DISPOROPSIS
An evergreen version of Solomon's Seal. Easy
in shade.
PERNYI
DODECATHEON
A very popular
herbaceous perennial with beautiful heads of several drooping cyclamen-like
flowers. Well deserving their popular name of ‘Shooting Stars’.
MEADIA
MEADIA
ALBA
PULCHELLUM (pauciflorum)
EPIMEDIUM
Any reasonable soil,
though preferably cool and shady, suits these semi-evergreen plants.
CANTABRIGENSIS
YOUNGIANUM NIVEUM
VERSICOLOR
NEOSULPHUREUM
EPIPACTIS
An easily grown clump
forming orchid species requiring an open, humus-rich soil in semi-shade.
GIGANTEA
ERANTHIS (winter aconite)
They transplants better with roots than as dry corms. Please
note that towards the end of our packing season they are beginning to die
back but this is normal and they will grow just as well. They require a
well-drained, shady spot and should be left undisturbed.
CILICICA
HYEMALIS
GUINEA GOLD
EREMURUS
Certainly not a dwarf
bulb. Large crowns of fleshy roots give rise to spectacular spikes of starry
flowers. Needs well-drained soil, full sun and patience!
HIMALAICUS
OASE
ROBUSTUS
STENOPHYLLUS (E. bungei)
EUCOMIS
(pineapple flower)
These unusual bulbous
plants require a warm position in the garden. Although they will tolerate
sun or semi-shade they flower best when grown against a sunny wall, where
they are useful for late summer interest. Good in large pots.
AUTUMNALIS
BICOLOR
COMOSA
(punctata)
COMOSA ‘JOY'S PURPLE’
POLE EVANSII
MONTANA
SPARKLING BURGUNDY
GALANTHUS (snowdrops in growth)
We pride ourselves on
our collection of Snowdrops, which is one of the widest to be found in the
trade. It is well known to be another plant which resents being dried out
and, therefore, prefers to be moved in full growth in the spring.
ALLENII
ATKINSII
BRENDA TROYLE
CAUCASICUS HIEMALIS (G. elwesii monostictus)
DESDEMONA
ELWESII
FOSTERI
HILL
POE
GRACILIS
JAQUENETTA
JOHN GRAY
KETTON
LADY
ELPHINSTONE
MAGNET
MAIDWELL 'L'
NIVALIS
NIVALIS FLORE PLENO
OPHELIA
PLICATUS
PUSEY GREEN TIP
REGINAE OLGAE
S.
ARNOTT
STRAFFAN
SCHARLOCKII
TITANIA
VIRIDAPICE
WARHAM
WENDY'S GOLD
WORONOWII(ikariae
latifolius)
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST ; In February we publish a list of rarer
snowdrops.
GALTONIA (summer hyacinth)
Excellent mid late
summer flowering bulb from South Africa, requiring a well drained soil in
full sun.
CANDICANS
PRINCEPS
VIRIDIFLORA
DWARF GLADIOLUS
These are not to be
confused with the large-flowered Gladiolus. They flower much earlier, are
smaller, more elegant and do not require staking. Most are reasonably hardy
in the south of England and like to be planted in full sun in a good garden
soil. There are two planting times — autumn and spring. The varieties listed
below should be planted as soon as they are received.
GLADIOLUS CALLIANTHUS (acidanthera murieliae)
COLVILLEI
ALBUS ‘THE BRIDE’
NANUS
'CHARM'
NANUS ‘GOOD LUCK’
NANUS ‘PRINCE CLAUS’
PAPILIO
(purpureo-auratus)
PRIMULINUS ‘ATOM’.
HELLEBORUS (winter hellebore)
These increasingly
popular plants will grow in any ordinary garden soil, but prefer a moist,
well-drained rich loam in partial shade, where they are lime tolerant.
ARGUTIFOLIUS
'SILVER LACE'
FOETIDUS
LIVIDUS
NIGER
(Christmas Rose)
TORQUATUS
VIRIDIS
ORIENTALIS (H x hybrida) (Lenten Rose)
ORIENTALIS
PRIMROSE
ORIENTALIS RED
ORIENTALIS WHITE SPOTTED
ORIENTALIS 'BETTY RANICAR' (double)
HEMEROCALLIS (Day lilies)
The backbone of any
sunny border, these are totally hardy and extremely adaptable, producing a
succession of flowers over a long period. The ones listed below are dwarf
forms.
EENIE ALLEGRO
EENIE WEENIE
SONG SPARROW
VICTORIA ADEN
ARCTIC
SNOW
BONANZA
BLACK MAGIC
CONTESSA
CORKY
DESTINED TO SEE
DUMORTIERI
FRANS HALS
GENTLE SHEPHERD
GOLDEN CHIMES
LILIO-ASPHODELUS (flava)
MOROCCO RED
NASHVILLE
PARDON ME
STELLA D’ORO
STOKE POGES
VARIEGATA
WHICHFORD
URY WINNIFORD
HELONIOPSIS
Small Japanese rhizomatous plants with unusual flowers. Easy in shade.
ORIENTALIS
HEPATICA
Delightful spring flowering plants for part shade.
ACUTILOBA
NOBILIS
TRANSSILVANICA
HOSTA
Excellent
foliage plants for cool shade or moist soils in full sun. Useful to fill
spaces left by dormant bulbs.
AUGUST MOON
BLUE
WEDGEWOOD
FRANCES
WILLIAMS
HALCYON
GOLD EDGER
LANCIFOLIA
VENTRICOSA
HYPOXIS
Related to
Rhodohypoxis but these have their stamens visible. Prefer acid soil and must
be kept dry in winter.
PARVULA HEBRON FARM BISCUIT
PARVULA PINK (x rhodoxis)
IRIS
1.DWARF BEARDED IRIS
All flower
April-May.
Dwarf forms of the well known tall bearded iris. 4" - 16" ;
flowering in April. Sun
AMPHORA
BABY
BLESSED
BRANNIGAN
BRASSIE
BRIGHT WHITE
CANNINGTON OCHRE
CHERRY GARDENS
CHERRYWOOD
DOUBLE
LAMENT
DUNLIN
ELVINHALL
FLUMADIDDLE
FOREST LIGHT
FROSTED
ANGEL
FURNACEMAN
JEWEL
BABY
JIANSADA
JOANNA TAYLOR
LANGPORT WREN
LENA
LITTLE SAPPHIRE
MEADOW COURT
MIDNIGHT BLUE
MINI
AGNES
MY
SEEDLING
NANCY
HARDY
OCHRE
DOLL
PALE SHADES
PEACH
EYES
QUARK
REGARDS
SUNDOLL
TELL FIBS
THIRD CHARM
THIRD WORLD
2.SPECIES IRIS
ATTICA
BULLEYANA
CHRYSOGRAPHES
ENSATA
FOETIDISSIMA
(The Roast Beef Iris)
GRAMINEA
JAPONICA VARIEGATUM
LACUSTRIS
PALLIDA
VARIEGATA
PSEUDACORUS VARIEGATA
PSEUDACORUS 'ROY
DAVIDSON'
PSEUDACORUS 'TIGER
BROTHER'
SETOSA
SIBIRICA 'WHITE SWIRL'
SIBIRICA SILVER EDGE
SIBIRICA
SPARKLING ROSE
3. WINTER FLOWERING IRIS
UNGUICULARIS
(stylosa)
UNGUICULARIS 'BROADLEIGH'
UNGUICULARIS ABINGDON PURPLE
UNGUICULARIS ‘BOB THOMPSON’
UNGUICULARIS LAZICA
UNGUICULARIS 'MARY BARNARD'
UNGUICULARIS 'OXFORD DWARF'
UNGUICULARIS 'WALTER BUTT'
JEFFERSONIA
Choice plants for a
cool woodland garden in humus-rich soil.
DIPHYLLA
DUBIA
KNIPHOFIA
Dwarf red hot pokers. Plant in full sun in a well drained soil.
‘LITTLE MAID’
TRIANGULARIS (galpinii)
ROOPERI
LEDBOURIA
Tiny bulbs for glasshouse/windowsill
COOPERI
LEUCOJUM
(Acis)
Short forms of the Snowflake
AUTUMNALE
VALENTINUM
VERNUM
LIBERTIA
Clumps of narrow
evergreen leaves. Needs a well-drained soil. A long lived cut flower.
FORMOSA
LILIUM
( lily)
Lilies for borders or pots. Sun or part shade.
AFRICAN QUEEN
APOLLO
CASA BLANCA
CRIMSON PIXIE
FORMOSANUM
PRICEI
LANCIFOLIUM (tigrinum splendens) (Tiger Lily)
LEICHTLINII
MARTAGON (Turk’s Cap lily)
MARTAGON ALBUM
MONTE
NEGRO
NEPALENSE
PINK
PERFECTION
PINK
TWINKLE ( PINK TIGER)
REGALE
SPECIOSUM
'BLACK BEAUTY'
STARGAZER
WHITE AMERICAN
LIRIOPE
Like an evergreen
Grape Hyacint,in either sunny or shady places..
MUSCARI
MERTENSIA
A close relative of
Pulmonaria (q.v.), preferring well-drained soil in
shade.
VIRGINICA
NERINE
Hardy Nerines should be
planted 6" apart in a sunny border under a warm wall and the bulbs, which
take up to two years to settle down, should be left undisturbed. Glasshouse
varieties are easy pot plants for cold glass.
BOWDENII
BOWDENII ALBA
BOWDENII ‘MARNIE ROGERSON’
BOWDENII 'MARK FENWICK'
BOWDENII ‘STEFANI’
( STEPHANIE)
FILIMENTOSA
FLEXUOSA ALBA
‘HERA’
‘MANSELLII’
MASONIORUM (filifolia)
SARNIENSIS (Guernsey Lily)
UNDULATA
(crispa)
ZEAL GIANT
OPHIOPOGON
Black grass-like member of the lily family.
PLANISCAPUS NIGRESCENS
ORTHROSANTHUS
Clump forming iris relative for a sheltered position.
MULTIFLORUS
OXALIS
Non invasive. clump forming spring bulb for sunny situation.
TETRAPHYLLA (deppei)
PAEONIA
(peony)
Species peonies with large, single flowers. Sun or part shade.
MASCULA
MLOKOSEWITSCHII
PEREGRINA
DELAVAYI ex CHINA
PARIS
Unusual rhizomatuous
plants for well drained soil in shade.
POLYPHYLLA
PLATYCODON
Easily-grown rhizomatous plants for the front of any sunny border.
GRANDIFLORUS ALBUS
GRANDIFLORUS MARIESII
FUJI PINK
PODOPHYLLUM
Unusual plants for a
cool shady position. Their handsome, long-lasting leaves open like an
umbrella.
HEXANDRUM (emodii)
PELTATUM
POLYGONATUM
(Solomon's Seal)
Well known woodland plant.
BIFLORUM
HOOKERI
VERTICILLATUM
ODORATUM
VARIEGATUM 'GRACE BARKER'
POTENTILLA
Dwarf clump forming
operennial with large yellow flowers in the spring.
FRAGIFORMIS
PRIMULA
(PRIMROSE)
These well-known
plants like shade at least in
the middle of the day.
CANDELABRA
FLORINDAE
JOHN
FIELDING
MILLERS
CRIMSON
VERIS (Cowslip)
VULGARIS (Common Primrose)
VULGARIS
'TAIGETOS'
PULMONARIA
(Lungwort)
The
back bone of any shade planting. Evergreen patterned leaves and flowers
all spring.
ALBOCORALLATA
ANGUSTIFOLIA 'BLUE
ENSIGN'
‘ BLUE MIST’
FRUHLINSHIMMEL
LEWIS
PALMER
OPAL
PULSATILLA
Clump forming plants for sun. Fern-like leaves and single bowl-shaped flowers on fairly tall stems,
followed by distinctive seedheads.
ALBANA
CAUCASICA YELLOW
EVA CONSTANCE
VULGARIS ALBA
VULGARIS ‘BARTON’S PINK’
RODGERSIA
Dramatic foliage plants.
PARASOL
ROSCOEA
The fleshy roots give
rise to strange hooded flowers reminiscent of orchids, although they are in
fact ginger relatives. They require a cool, humus-rich soil and are lime
tolerant.
AURICULATA ‘BEESIANA’
CAUTLEYOIDES
HUMEANA
ALPINA
SCILLIFOLIA
SANGUINARIA
These plants like a
well-drained, peaty soil and a cool or shady position.
CANADENSIS
CANADENSIS PLENA
SCHIZOSTYLIS
(Kaffir Lily)
An excellent plant
with a slightly bulbous rhizome for autumn flowering when there is little
else in the garden. It grows well in sun or part shade but must have a damp root
run in early summer.
COCCINEA MAJOR
JENNIFER
PINK PRINCESS
SUNRISE
VISCOUNTESS BYNG
ZEAL SALMON
SISYRINCHIUM
Easy in full sun,
these all make good tuffets of narrow Iris-like leaves with small flowers
all summer.
‘CALIFORNIAN SKIES’
DOUGLASII (Olsynium douglasii)
MICRANTHUM (iridifolium)
STRIATUM
STRIATUM 'AUNT MAY'
SMILACINA
Closely related to
Solomon’s Seal, these perennial herbaceous plants have wide
funnel-shaped leaves tapering to a long point, and upright, feathery spikes
of flowers. They grow best in a good moist loam in part shade.
RACEMOSA
TIGRIDIA
Easy summer flowering bulbs for dry sun.
PAVONIA
RED
PAVONIA
YELLOW
TRICYRTIS
(Toad Lily)
An unusual plant for the autumn garden, for most soils in part
shade.
HOTOTUGISU
STOLONOFERA
TRITONIA
Closely related to
Crocosmia these require a sunny, well-drained position.
DISTICA RUBROLUCENS (Montbretia rosea) No stock 2008
TRILLIUM (Wood lily)
Highly desirable,
these North American woodland plants resent disturbance and will take at
least a couple of seasons to re-establish their root systems and begin
flowering. They need a light, humus-rich soil that is not too dry, in part
shade. Large clumps should be divided after flowering to maintain vigour.
CHLOROPETALUM
CUNEATUM (sessile)
ERECTUM
(Birth Root, Lamb’s Quarters)
GRANDIFLORUM (Wake Robin)
LUTEUM
RIVALE
SIMILE
VASEYI
RUGELLII
TROPAEOLUM
Late summer flowering climbing relatives of the nasturtium with rhizomatous or tuberous roots. Best in
cool, humus-rich soils with plenty of moisture.
CILIATUM
TUBEROSUM ‘KEN ASLET’
SPECIOSUM
TULBAGHIA
A clump-forming member
of the lily family for a warm, sheltered spot and ideal as a conservatory
plant.
VIOLACEA
VIOLACEA PALLIDA
VIOLACEA 'SILVER LACE'
UVULARIA
(Merry Bells)
The arching stems give
rise to terminal hanging flowers that are shaped like a long bell, with the
twisted petals joined only at the top. They need a light, peaty soil, in
semi-shade, similar to Trillium (qv).
GRANDIFLORA
VIOLA
They look like miniature Pansies and are easy to grow in either sun or
shade.
CUCLULATA ALBA
PEDATA
SORORIA ‘FRECKLES’
ZANTEDESCHIA
( S African arum lily)
Though usually found
in glasshouses, if well protected with bracken in the winter, Z. aethiopica
is perfectly hardy in the south of England.
AETHIOPICA ‘CROWBOROUGH’
AETHIOPICA ‘GREEN GODDESS’
AETHIOPICA 'KIWI BLUSH'
ZEPHYRANTHES
(Flowers of the Western wind)
Tall crocus-like
flowers . Clump forming. Sheltered position or pot.
CANDIDA
